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News Room Contributor  Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3623 Joined: 3 Apr 2008    | Awesome....So A gunshot by the joker is worse than say giving fiddy 9 |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3617 Joined: 7 Aug 2008     |
Yeah, I don't really see the problem... its not like there's many other games in which you can shoot people. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 884 Joined: 19 Sep 2008     | Maybe he should make his opponent overdose on drugs? |
On the Record  Posts: 5244 Joined: 10 Aug 2008  | Whoa, Joker looks like a fun fighter to play. Love his finishing move... Europe is great... |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008   | hahah thats an awesome fatality move! User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1657 Joined: 15 Oct 2008    | They ruined the "Bang" gun. They should have him pull the trigger a second time and kill someone with the flag. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1075 Joined: 25 May 2008  |
Yes we are :) |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | I was really hoping the fatality would be some variation of his "disappearing pencil" trick from the movie. |
On the Record  Posts: 6204 Joined: 10 Mar 2008   | When I first saw the Joker's fatality move, I was actually disturbed by it a bit. But it was so fucking halarious. |
BANNED  Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008  |
That would have been 9 flavours of awesome. Ah well. Perhaps DC Universe Online. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
"Curses, its jammed"*Fires dart* User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Time Lord  Posts: 9923 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     | Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 | Wait, I don't get it. These people manage to shrug off Supermans laser vision, and yet can be killed by an ordinary pistol? What the hell? User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 717 Joined: 4 Feb 2008  | I can't believe they're editing this of all things... They lost my purchase. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007  |
Wow...that's an odd reason to pass up this game. |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
Is there anyone who is honestly still thinking of buying it? Even the hopeless DC fans can just wait a few months for the MMO. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 440 Joined: 10 Mar 2008    | No one buys games with 'T' ratings. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 862 Joined: 29 Apr 2008  |
Cruel but funny. |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
What does that have to do with The Joker? User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 862 Joined: 29 Apr 2008 |
The actor Keith Ledger, played the Joker in "the dark knight". He overdosed on medication shortly after filming. |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
Its Heath ledger, not Keith. And thats pretty bad taste. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1905 Joined: 24 Jan 2008    | Seriously?? Well, in Dubai, we get PAL region games, so if anything, I might just get this! i've been curious about this game since it was announced, and it looks a bit like Deception with DC characters. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 785 Joined: 20 Sep 2007   |
I thought the only reason to play an MK game was for the Fatalities : P I find it hillarious that they are fighting for a T-rating while trying to convince the old fans how brutal the finishing moves actually are : ) |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 68 Joined: 29 Sep 2008   | Wait a sec, a T rated Mortal Kombat game? That is an oxymoron. I mean, Mortal Kombat was one of the reasons they came up with the M rating in the first place! |
Muckraker  Posts: 332 Joined: 17 Aug 2008     |
The pills? |
BANNED  Posts: 1201 Joined: 18 Sep 2008 |
Low blow... but seriously the finisher's awesome, i love happy he looks as the bullet enters her head. YAY! User was banned for: WOW: a wtf moment. (Permanent) |
Muckraker Posts: 332 Joined: 17 Aug 2008 |
Yeah, gotta love how she gets that "Holy shit he spared me" look right before he uses the real gun. |
Paperboy Posts: 12 Joined: 16 Jul 2008    | Although ironic, I don't believe that looking for a Teen Rating is a bad marketing move on their part. When you bring in the DC Universe, you'll have to expect a broader appeal, and look to keep that market less restrictive. I do find it funny that the move was edited after the guy in the video makes a big deal about the game not being "Mortal Kombat Lite".
It's the same reason that Jax could grow to 100 times his size and step on someone, or Smoke dropping enough bombs to destroy the entire planet.... You don't try to make sense of the MK Universe. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1356 Joined: 27 Jul 2008  | Am I the only one who thinks this raped Joker's (un)dignity? |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 5 Joined: 7 Nov 2008   |
What? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2520 Joined: 5 Jun 2008  | Dude, that was frikkin great. Gotta love that Joker. Gotta love that Ketana, too *tongue hangs out* |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
It's Kitana. And I agree with your evaluation. 10,000 years old, my ass... |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
The one in which Manhunt 2 gets an M rating in the US and is banned in the UK, while Fahrenheit gets a 16+ rating in most European countries but has to have sex scenes cut to avoid an AO rating in North America. Why, what's your fantasy world like? |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 668 Joined: 16 May 2008  | Manhunt 2 has been released here in the UK now. On topic: The amount of hype surrounding this fatality made me think that the head would explode or something. Although I suppose I can sort of see it, seeing a body become flaccid and fall to the ground after one shot is rather disturbing |
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Joker Fatality Uncensored - In Europe
It looks like the Joker's controversial fatality in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is going to be restored to its former full glory - in Europe.
Kotaku reported in October that the Joker's fatality move in the upcoming fighting game was a bit too graphic for the ESRB, which insisted on giving the game an M (Mature) rating despite the best efforts of publisher Warner Bros. to get a friendlier rating of T (Teen). The original move involved the Joker dancing and laughing like a maniac as he fired a prank gun - complete with "Bang!" flag - at his helpless opponent, before pulling a real gun and blowing her head off, followed by more Joker-esque laughing and dancing. In the edited version, which did ultimately earn the coveted T rating, the final, fatal move takes place off-screen.
But it sounds like European gamers aren't going to have to put up with that kind of nonsense. Senior Producer Hans Lo told VideoGamer.com yesterday that it's while it's "partly true" that the game has been edited, there's a bit more to the story than just that. "You know, for North America we have a Teen rating, and teen really means 13 and above. Thirteen is pretty young, you have to admit," he said. "For Europe we have a 15, 16+ rating - so it's a bit different."
He remained cryptic when asked specifically whether that meant different countries were getting different versions of the game. "I don't know, maybe!" he said. "I think you might have to go take a look."
A few minutes later, the U.K. version of the game was put on display for the media - with the Joker's fatality completely intact.
It's an interesting twist, given the widely-held belief that Americans are generally more tolerant of violent entertainment than Europeans. Did a Teen rating from the ESRB really justify cutting a finishing move that Kotaku called "one of the best we've ever seen?" Hard to say, but at least now there's a Plan B. Meanwhile, if you haven't seen it already, feast your eyes on the famous finisher right here:
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