Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon Explains Every Friendship Technique
All MK11 Friendly Finisher options, including Rambo's laser tag, have been explained by game creator Ed Boon.
Co-author Mortal Kombat Ed Boon explained every friendship trick in Mortal Kombat 11, in a new fun and insightful video, including Milina's tea party and John Rambo's laser tag arena. Rambo is the third classic 80s action hero added to the game by the NetherRealm team after the introduction of RoboCop and the Terminator.
This may come as a surprise to today's generation of gamers, but the franchise Mortal Kombat for several decades now. Although it is a hugely popular fighting series, its core fan base consists of those avid gamers who started playing the original games in the 90s. Back in the day, kids loved the action movies of that era, which included some classic 80s movies like Robocop , Rambo и Terminator . The main reason why NetherRealm paid tribute to the main characters these films by including them in Mortal Kombat 11 — correspondence of nostalgia to the main audience of that time. Judging by the attitude of Boone and NetherRealm, it becomes clear that they are just fun to create, but also to play.
In video Wired Ed Boon, co-author Mortal Kombat and creative director of NetherRealm Studios, explained every friendship trick available in Mortal Kombat 11 . An industry veteran explains in detail what non-violent finishing moves are based on and what backstories hide behind them. Of the 37 existing characters in the game, each has one Friendship move, which was originally chosen from 4-5 source fields. One of the main criteria was that the move should be as stupid as possible and represent the opposite of fatality. Ironically, the dumbest Friendship the team has ever offered ended up being added to the game. Boon also emphasizes that modern technology allows for impressively detailed Friendships, unlike the old days of the 90s when a good idea could be abandoned due to technical limitations.
Interesting that in Mortal Kombat 11 there may be more friendship So as rumored , five more additional characters will be on the way to the list of game stars. In early 2020, it was revealed that the number of reserved character slots in the game is 42. With 37 combatants already available, there is still room for five more, which appears to have been confirmed in a recent leak . Announcement about Kombat pack 3 appeared briefly on the Brazilian PlayStation Store, with its higher price indicating that it could contain more than three fighters.
It's nice to see how much effort has been put into creating Friendship finishing moves for Mortal Kombat 11 . According to Boone, there are a lot of nuances that can only be caught after a while. Slight head nods, facial expressions, small background details create the most complex experience in the history of the franchise, when the mocap team works at maximum efficiency to achieve the most impressive results. Friendship is really stupid, but a lot of quality work has been put into this stupidity.