Mortal Kombat? Thread

I've done some serious (okay, semi-serious at best) consideration concerning remaking it as a FPS of some sort.

I think it would be fair to say that we all like melee'ing. I do, however, also realize that a mod without long-distance weapons would seriously limit the flexibility of maps. This is where I think MK would be great as a mod. fireballs are available, yes, but I'm sure that my fellow SNES-fans would agree that they're too slow and easy to avoid to actually be better than the simple fist.

Also, MK's levels would be great when converted into a mod. You could fall down and land in deadly spikes, or you could be uppercut'ed onto a higher level. All of it would work out perfectly in a FPS. Or at least it has the potential to do so.

The models would be fairly simple. Due to nostalgic reasons, they would not include any serious details (No, it wouldn't be based on Deadly Alliance. I think MK 2 would be better). Also, unlike streetfighter, most of the specials would work fine with the buttons of our beloved keyboards. Forward, forward, backwards, punch, you know.

Plus, I miss Mortal Kombat... They don't make fighters like they used to...

- Edited By Froberg On Sun 7th, Mar 2004 @ 2:25:40pm

Its an intriguing idea. Work on some more and I'm sure people would be willing to help.

PS. Its nice to see a new member who can spell.

- Edited By EvilFish On Sun 7th, Mar 2004 @ 2:35:40pm

Its a lovley idea, but will it work? I think it would be quite hard to convince a cs-player
(as myself) that their full-automatic weapons could be replaced by fireballs?

A crazy idea pops up. (M4A1 shooting fireballs). no just kidding:)

I have to agree with you teh_fonx. \/

- Edited By pettersmart On Mon 8th, Mar 2004 @ 2:09:54am

cs sux, hope it dies, and i mena it,

as far as the mk idea goes, wouldnt a chasecam be better ? especially considering that the game will have a fair ammount of hth combat.

Could you do that in HL?

The only fun I've had with CS is when I decided to yell "Bambambam!!!" into the mic as I shot.

I have given the fireballs some thoughts, though. So far, their speed is the only thing I think could be a problem. They have to be fast enough to be useful yet also slow enough to be avoidable. I'm guessing that they'll be a bit slower than the ones in ESF. Their damage could be stolen from the actual MK 2 game .

Chasecam would work, yeah, but I'm afraid that you would look a bit stupid when doing the special attacks. Forward, backwards, punch, you know. Besides, first person hth combat works fine. Chasecam tends to be funnier, though. *shruggs* I guess that would be the player's choice.

As for HL, I don't know. I'm not a coder. I don't know if you'd be able to make specific series of buttons (as in the forward, back, punch, I tend to mention so often) do one thing (like a fireball or whatever). I doubt it though.

I don't know if you can mod it, but it sounds to me like Jedi Knight 2 would be perfect for this mod, since it functions very well in 3rd and 1st person, and players can toggle between.

I think people can switch between 1st and 3rd person in most games. There are some mods for HL that allows it.

- Edited By Froberg On Sun 7th, Mar 2004 @ 5:04:54pm

I like the idea of a Mortal Kombat mod, I even tried to start one a couple of years ago for HL. But I dont know code

Ill be checking in to see where this idea leads