It does indeed look like the Predator will be a playable character in the upcoming Mortal Kombat X after all. It still has yet to be officially confirmed but the Predator’s inclusion was spotted in a X-Box Store listing for the Kombat Pack DLC. The DLC is available in the Mortal Kombat X Kollector’s Edition, the Limited Edition, and the Premium Edition or it can be bought for $30. The DLC comes with four new playable characters – two of them being the Predator and Jason Voorhees. Hopefully, they’ll release a trailer for the Predator soon but for now, check out Jason’s awesome reveal trailer from last week.
Update: The trailer has now been released showing the Predator, Tremor and Tanya joining Jason. The DLC will also feature Predator-themed skins Commando Johnny, Infrared Scorpion and Carl Weathers as Jax.
Mortal Kombat X is set for release on April 14, 2015 for PC, PS4 and X-Box One though the PS3/X360 versions have been delayed until the Summer.
There's far more than simply 2 characters.
Just what I was thinking.
The Pilot Chamber could be a level without corners; you just keep circling the chair. And falling to the egg chamber is an awesome idea.
Big chap
Cameralien
The dragon
AR warrior
Newborn
Engineer
Trilobite (playes like shuma-gorath)
Queen boss battle
Jungle hunter
City hunter
P2 elder
Mr Black
Falconer
Tracker
River ghost
Ripley in power loader
Ripley 8
Hicks w/ shotgun
Dutch
Vasquez
Dillon w/ axe
Royce
EU
Jeri
Dean
King alien
Combat synthedic
Berserker mech
Ahab
Red alien strain
Herc mondo
Machiko
Broken tusk
Stages:
Derilect jockey room/ fall into egg chamber
Queens lair on LV 426
Lead works of fury
Auriga
Jungle w/ hanging skinned bodies on map
Predator 2 ship trophy room
Mr. Black's hunting site
Oh the possibilities
But now that you guys have mentioned it...a proper licensed one could be quite cool...
Space Jockey, Stickman, Newborn, Queen, Powerloader, Deacon, Ripley 8, an Android, a couple of different Aliens, a couple of Preds, and new characters derived from the trophy skulls seen in the films.
There's your starting roster right there. It shouldn't take a damn epiphany to realize this game is begging to be made.
Perhaps this new MK will light a bulb over someone's head.
Exactly!
Introduce other aliens like the Engineers and some others from the comics.
Fair enough. Didn't notice that.
And yet his bio suggest otherwise.. Pffft!
Hish-Qu-Ten means "people who take territory".
Look above where it says Predator. It's the Hish variation.
Seems mismatched to me but.. there is no emoticon for a shrug, and I just want to use such an emoticon. So this will suffice.
Does seem like a spine rip would be more suitable but that was also featured in the first video.
That's because Netherrealm Studios and Warner Bros are on a crackdown on videos.
Here is another video featuring the Hish'Qu-Ten style.. Doesn't seem to fight like a Hish. If anything, this variation is suited towards Hunter, which happens to be melee oriented. Methinks they mis-titled the styles.
And here is a Predator fatality. A little disappointed with this one. Doesn't seem very Predator in that a good trophy was ruined.
Let's wait to see Warrior and the Hish'qu-Ten variations.
Funny that you mention your dislike or Yautja.
Because like I told Rakai, the description describes this Predator as fighting for the "honour and thrill".
I think both interpretations offer something interesting to Predator lore.
Yautja expand on a culture and language while Hish adds some cool technology such as mind control and ships with cannons powerful enough to destroy all life on a planet.
Now combine those traits (leave out the slavery and gender changing), and you have one scary Predator race that is not interested in conquest, but killing just because it can... got a problem with them taking trophies out of you and wanna go to war? Say hello to Exterminatus.
That's something I love about Preds, when they get serious, they are real scary.
I've only heard speculation. Most speculation is that Hunter will be focused on long range attacks, kind of like how the Predator in the first movie seemed to rely on the shoulder caster, and would be stealth oriented. Close quarters would be downplayed. Warrior is speculated to involve more melee type weapons such as the wristblades and combi-staff, and close quarters would be more focused.
But this is all speculation and until we see the gameplay and trailers.. That's all we can do.
A lot of people are speculating that it's just going to be the Predator unmasked and bare handed. Others say it's going to involve damage and invincibility buffs.
I haven't seen the gameplay yet, so I really can't say. I'm surprised a trailer hasn't been released yet.
I will say this, Warrior and Hunter.. I'm fine with but if the Hish mechanics show a reference to a Kill Gland, or the moves are referencing a kill gland, I'd probably say so. But until then, I have to see the gameplay.
Will it have different game play styles that make it less like the Yautja?
True. South China Sea's interpretation of the Predators is my favourite from the novels. But next to that, the Flesh and Blood Hish are my favourite. They're very different to how Forever Midnight did the Hish and are far more in line with my vision of the Predator - being in it for the hunt, the thrill, the kill. But none of the bollocks from the FM.
I think this is the important thing to remember. I get it, Rakai, you hate the Hish. However, I hate the Yautja and I'm sure there are plenty out there who agree with both of us. They'd never please everyone. And it's not like it's the only Predator in the flipping game so you're not forced to use the Hish.
Just pick a different one and get on with it. It has absolutely no bearing on the franchise or the game.
Exactly. It's just there for fun and to promote an iconic character.
Just like in the Call of Duty map with Predator. It doesn't add anything to the Predator franchise. It's just there for the fans that like the character.
And Rakai, that's a good idea with the Berserker. But I think that Boon needed a "species name" as an excuse to show a Predator with no mask. He was strictly avoiding the new Predators and going for the classics.
I think you would have been much happier if he did "Hunter, Warrior, Classic" or something but he used "Klassik" a lot in the game so that too is out of the picture. Maybe "Unmasked".
But whatever, what's done is done. It's Boon's game afterall and you don't have to agree with his choices. Look on the bright side though, I'm sure you still like the Predator's other two variations right?
I thought you didn't like either when compared to the films. If anything, you liked the South China Sea interpretation best. At least from what I remember. I haven't read that version but I know a lot of people liked it, and I know I would like that version too.
I was personally hoping that the Hish stuff would be buried long since after it's release. You'd think it would be considering that a lot of current EU material such as the NECA toys, the miniature game, AvP: Evolution even use the term Yautja. Even Fox used the term Yautja in a featurette for PREDATORS. So Fox endorses that version and told Dark Horse to stop using the Hish.
Unless there is something going or it could be that Boon just grabbed whatever book had a Predator on it and he just happened to get the Hish version by chance.
But.. I know it seems like I'm ripping on the Hish stuff, and Hicks.. I want you to hear me out here.. I know you see me often ripping on PREDATORS a lot, as I intensely with all my being hate that movie but I think you will be pleasantly surprised to hear this. So hear me out.. I wouldn't have minded it if they went with calling the third variation "Berserker" or something along those lines. It would've stuck more with the films, and leave things more ambiguous to what this Predator is.
Yes.. I'm saying I wouldn't have minded if they referenced THAT movie with the third variation.. I'd be okay with that. A lot more than this Hish stuff. Mrrph.
But at the end of the day it's not a serious effort. Nor an actual Predator entry.
It doesn't mean I have to agree with it or like it.
But I still think Boon is retconning/refunctionalizing/tweaking the term "Hish" for this one...
Maybe Yautja = Jedi, Hish = Sith, ha ha ha.
Not too pleased with the Hish.
https://twitter.com/noobde/status/613820616186073088
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/06/26/predator-is-hunting-kombatants-in-mortal-kombat-x-soon?utm_source=IGN%20hub%20page&utm_medium=IGN%20(front%20page)&utm_content=6&utm_campaign=Blogroll
There's three Predator variants: Warrior, Hunter, Hish-Qu-Ten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgMzil1sfio
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.eventhubs.com%2Fimages%2F2015%2F03%2F20_mkx01.jpg&hash=3fdcf13bf4524d85364b1ca2a597350111e7d87c
I would've preferred Scar over Berserker.. But I'm just grateful we got Diablo here!
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2015/mar/20/tremor-tanya-predator-and-jason-voorhees-are-mortal-kombat-xs-kombat-pack-characters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBKwuQDzCuU