Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
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Meathook49  363 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:21pm Subject: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/24/07 2:28pm (3 edits total) Edited By: dv8withn8
I want to know why it has taken months to write just one bio per character. I'm not complaining about the lack of them, I just want to know, why it is taking so much time? Well, answer the question Midway! Im calling out a response from you! angry

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Alcarde  2954 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:22pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/15/07 5:29pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Alcarde
Believe me Meathook. You've just opened the gates of war.

Nonetheless let me provide you with a good explanation.

They're hard at work on MK8. Determined to make it the best MK game ever.

There, now don't you feel guilty for complaining?

 

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Meathook49  363 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:35pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
Not one bit. Despite working on another chapter in the series, how hard of work is it to write a couple of paragraphs for a character in one month? One month is still pretty sad too, there should be a bio weekly. If I were writing these bios, I'd have the job done by december with ease. In a sense, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is not yet complete production.

 

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Tiberius  11271 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:38pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
I kind of look at the issue on both ends. I'll admit it's frustrating to get a game without character bios and to only have a handful here and there after the game's been out for some time, but at the same time Midway makes a lot of games and are undoubtedly rather busy. The best way for them to avoid fan backlash like this in the future is to insure that MK8 and all other titles have bios in them prior to release, even if it delays the game's release in some capacity.

 

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Alcarde  2954 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:41pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
Meathook49 posted:
Not one bit. Despite working on another chapter in the series, how hard of work is it to write a couple of paragraphs for a character in one month? One month is still pretty sad too, there should be a bio weekly. If I were writing these bios, I'd have the job done by december with ease. In a sense, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is not yet complete production.


Oh what a load of bollocks. It's the same crap every time.

"Hey all! I'm not actually dead! Now I'm going to kill Blaze to get the uber power and kill my enemies!"

 

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Tiberius  11271 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:44pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/15/07 5:48pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Tiberius
I'll admit some stories basically go unchanged from sequel to sequel. Hell, Scorpion's always going to want revenge on somebody for example. At the same time though, I think a lot of people are frustrated because some long term favorites with few MK appearances have just simply been put back into the game with little to no explanation. People want to know how they got there and why, and that also includes series regulars too.

 

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Tej-Paul  1378 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 5:48pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
Oh don't worry Meathook49 as I totally see where you're coming from. I too am frustrated at Midway for the lack of bios. angry skull shame_on_you

I'm also frustrated at Midway for not releasing the bios before this even game came out. Heck I would've even accepted it if the bios for this game (Not the trading card bios), were only on disc 2 of the Premium Edition if they couldn't be put on the actual game.

 

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Tiberius  11271 posts
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Date Posted: 10/15/07 6:05pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
An expansion disc would be a good idea. Hell, Koei does it all the time with their Dynasty and Samurai titles. While they've done it in such a way that it's severely milked the franchise at times, Midway doing this with MKA on the other hand would undoubtedly prove rather useful I think.

 

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Date Posted: 10/15/07 6:17pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
I know there are people interested in storyline, but no matter what the story turns out to be, it won't drive me away from the gameplay. I've gone from MK1 - MKA reading a few bios here and there, just to get a feel for who the characters are. Besides that, I don't really care how they interact.

Anyway, I don't have an answer as to why the creators are taking their time, but those are my thoughts on the subject.

 

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Date Posted: 10/15/07 11:45pm Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
Meathook49 posted:
I want to know why it has taken months to write just one bio per character. I'm not complaining about the lack of them, I just want to know, why it is taking so much time? Well, answer the question Midway! Im calling out a response from you! angry

I'm expecting to be flamed for this thread, so just a heads up to potential flamers, especially animereaper, I honestly don't give a shit. skull


Hey man, you are not alone. You can read and sign this petition if you agree with it, in order to let Midway know we want to get more bios:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mkabios/

 

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Date Posted: 10/16/07 2:35am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
petition on something that was a waste of bandwidth.
mkfanboys<Midway gamers

 

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Abismo  139 posts
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Date Posted: 10/16/07 6:57am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
animereaper posted:
petition on something that was a waste of bandwidth.
mkfanboys<Midway gamers


You talk like you are not a mkfanboy... And you have posted 2000 messages in these boards laugh
the difference is that you are just a bored flamer mkfanboy, aren't you?

You have stated your position about the bios each time a member of the forum has requested them... We don't need to hear it so many times, so please, you can save it, and let the people who want the bios ask for them.

 

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AGENT47  6319 posts
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Date Posted: 10/16/07 7:01am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/16/07 7:01am (1 edits total) Edited By: AGENT47
animereaper posted:
petition on something that was a waste of bandwidth.
mkfanboys<Midway gamers



Your always complaining about something. What he posted isent spam, like it or not this is an MK board and anything on topic is allowed.

 

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Meathook49  363 posts
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Date Posted: 10/16/07 9:38am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/16/07 12:04pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Sheyla
Meathook49 posted:
I want to know why it has taken months to write just one bio per character. I'm not complaining about the lack of them, I just want to know, why it is taking so much time? Well, answer the question Midway! Im calling out a response from you! angry

I'm expecting to be flamed for this thread, so just a heads up to potential flamers, especially animereaper, I honestly don't give a ****. skull


As I expected laugh

That was a quote from my first post in this topic.

EDIT: I e-mailed Midway equiring about the MK:A bios, the response was to check out wikipedia! Holy ****, I never thought Midway was THAT stupid! clown

 

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Date Posted: 10/16/07 10:15am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway - Date Edited: 10/16/07 12:05pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Sheyla
Meathook49 posted:
Meathook49 posted:
I want to know why it has taken months to write just one bio per character. I'm not complaining about the lack of them, I just want to know, why it is taking so much time? Well, answer the question Midway! Im calling out a response from you! angry

I'm expecting to be flamed for this thread, so just a heads up to potential flamers, especially animereaper, I honestly don't give a ****. skull


As I expected laugh

That was a quote from my first post in this topic.

EDIT: I e-mailed Midway equiring about the MK:A bios, the response was to check out wikipedia! Holy ****, I never thought Midway was THAT stupid! clown


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msimpson  310 posts
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Date Posted: 10/16/07 10:30am Subject: RE: A direct question to Midway
Where are the bios? How hard can it be for someone to write a few paragraphs? Just think about the characters established history, their allies/enemies, what are their future ambitions and make up something interesting and relevant to whats going on at the time. Just hire a few part timers who aren't partial to any specific character to write and a few editors and then have Vogel proof read it to make sure thats what would be good for MK. Sure they have other projects but they should be focusing on one thing at a time, because they can't multitask. Work on one thing, do it right, then work on another. Man if I worked for Midway, I could have the rest of the bios done in like 6 weeks max.

 

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