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[Barrage]

Anyone know when the stream starts tonight?

 

[DryEyeRelief]

It's already up:
http://www.justin.tv/offcast

 

[corrosivefrost]

So apparently changing your stance affects whether or not you can get hit by certain combos.

Details?

 

[Carnby]

Does this game have Friendships?

 

[crimzonflame]

Details?

http://testyourmight.com/forum/show....-Lets-come-up-with-a-list.&p=45734#post45734

 

[Filth]

Does this game have Friendships?

no, but it does have baby alities.

 

[Teknopathetic]

YESSSSS, OPEN AND CLOSED STANCE COMBOS!

Not sarcastic at all, I'm really curious as to how many of those are in the game.

 

[sleepykyo]

On one hand I could look at this as getting some of my VF fix. On the other hand, even in VF I was too lazy to use foot stances.

 

[Papercuts]

YESSSSS, OPEN AND CLOSED STANCE COMBOS!

Not sarcastic at all, I'm really curious as to how many of those are in the game.

I'm more curious about whether this will get patched out, unless Netherrealm really did know about this already despite saying otherwise.

 

[ArachosiA 78]

Is anyone playing this in 3D? Curious how it looks, does it maintain 60FPS?

The 3D alright, but nothing special. It only applies to the background; the characters are 2D. The depth in the background is pretty nice, but you don't really notice it because you're too focused on the fighting in the foreground. As far as I can tell, the 3D doesn't cause a hit to the framerate.

 

[Carnby]

Does anyone know an 8 hit combo with Liu Kang? I can not pass it on the Challenge Tower.

 

[Professor Beef]

UltraDavid ultra salty at the end of that match, haha.

 

[Mileena]

Does anyone know an 8 hit combo with Liu Kang? I can not pass it on the Challenge Tower.

B+3, 1, 2 loops four times anywhere

 

[sleepykyo]

edit: beaten.

 

[fernoca]

Does anyone know an 8 hit combo with Liu Kang? I can not pass it on the Challenge Tower.

B+3, 1, 2 loops four times anywhere

Or even easier..the bicycle kick. At least that's what I did against Sheeva and got exactly 8-hits.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Aris throwing out some pretty hot pressure. Just ran over that guy.

 

[Aselith]

FINALLY BEAT SHAO KAHN IN STORY MODE FUCK YOU YOU PIECE OF SHIT COCKSUCKER /SPIT

 

[gray_fox224]

FINALLY BEAT SHAO KAHN IN STORY MODE FUCK YOU YOU PIECE OF SHIT COCKSUCKER /SPIT

I understand...

 

[Nose Master]

Regarding the stance changes, does that mean hitboxes are actually in full 3D?

 

[MontTrain]

Hey guys. Sorry if it's been mentioned a million times before but with the online pass can you play against people from other regions or is the online pass region coded. IE. A friend with a US copy vs a UK copy.

 

[Raxus]

I think I may have found an easy method to double flawless Shang Tsung in ladder. Gotta test it out tomorrow.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

For how much effort they put into the story mode its really disappointing that they couldn't let you pause in the middle of a cut scene. I got an important phone call right after winning the Scorpion/Sub Zero fight and had to miss the entire scene. I can't imagine how it could be technically unfeasible to allow a simple pause in this day and age.

if you quit the game after the cutscene and start it up again itll play the last cutscene before itll let you continue the story

 

[fernoca]

Hey guys. Sorry if it's been mentioned a million times before but with the online pass can you play against people from other regions or is the online pass region coded. IE. A friend with a US copy vs a UK copy.

Seems to be region-locked, for match-making (i.e. playing with randoms). For people in your friends list; is not.

Though that's more related to netcode, lag and a more balanced experience, rather than because of the online pass. The online pass doesn't dictate region-locks...at the moment.

 

[Thunderbear]

The 3D alright, but nothing special. It only applies to the background; the characters are 2D. The depth in the background is pretty nice, but you don't really notice it because you're too focused on the fighting in the foreground. As far as I can tell, the 3D doesn't cause a hit to the framerate.

I would offer a dissenting view and say that the 3D is awesome. It's completely smooth, the image quality does not suffer at all. The depth is great, the characters _are_ in 3D as you can clearly tell when the camera is close to them in the beginning. It's just not obvious when you are far away. The HUD has a nice overlay feeling and everything is like you're looking out a window. I play Mortal Kombat in 3D only, each time I play it without 3D I feel like I am missing that extra goodness.

I highly recommend playing this game in 3D. It just feels great. Adds nothing to the gameplay, but visually looks really good. I do think it depends on the size of your screen. I have a 110 inch projected screen. You can also mess with the depth setting in the MK options.

3D looks fantastic in the Uncharted 3 3D trailer (especially towards the end when they show the action bits), and 3D looks amazing in Killzone 3 as well.

 

[MontTrain]

Seems to be region-locked, for match-making (i.e. playing with randoms). For people in your friends list; is not.

Though that's more related to netcode, lag and a more balanced experience, rather than because of the online pass. The online pass doesn't dictate region-locks...at the moment.

Ah ok cool thanks for the info. All my friends and I are in Australia and they imported a UK copy and I wanted to buy one from Amazon in the US cause it has faster shipping.

Just wanted to know if we could all play against each other

 

[Kadey]

I'm glad Aris is supporting MK. I find it more interesting to watch than MVC3, especially high level play which isn't even close to being peaked yet.

 

[malfcn]

I missed that Aris combo with Smoke, do want.

Got a BnB with no meter that goes to 44..and one that is 51 with xray.

 

[Carnby]

B+3, 1, 2 loops four times anywhere

It worked. Thank you!

 

[ArachosiA 78]

I would offer a dissenting view and say that the 3D is awesome. It's completely smooth, the image quality does not suffer at all. The depth is great, the characters _are_ in 3D as you can clearly tell when the camera is close to them in the beginning. It's just not obvious when you are far away. The HUD has a nice overlay feeling and everything is like you're looking out a window. I play Mortal Kombat in 3D only, each time I play it without 3D I feel like I am missing that extra goodness.

I highly recommend playing this game in 3D. It just feels great. Adds nothing to the gameplay, but visually looks really good. I do think it depends on the size of your screen. I have a 110 inch projected screen. You can also mess with the depth setting in the MK options.

3D looks fantastic in the Uncharted 3 3D trailer (especially towards the end when they show the action bits), and 3D looks amazing in Killzone 3 as well.

Actually, the characters are not in 3D. Take off your glasses when you're playing and you'll notice that the backgrounds have the double image thing you get with 3D, while the characters are perfectly clear. They claimed that this was done so that if you're playing with a group of friends then the people who don't have 3D glasses would still be able to easily watch the game while the people who did have 3D glasses would be able to enjoy the added depth to the backgrounds. I'm guessing this is also why the image quality and framerate do not suffer. It was a smart decision on their part, as you don't really notice that the characters are flat, but you still get the 3D backgrounds. There are times where the characters are in 3D (like during the cutscenes and fatalities), but during the actual fighting they are flat.

 

[weepy]

I've seen this one player use Cage's special three times in a row to win a match. Is there some exploitable Johnny Cage glitch that hasn't been fixed yet or has the game been hacked?

 

[Xevren]

I've seen this one player use Cage's special three times in a row to win a match. Is there some exploitable Johnny Cage glitch that hasn't been fixed yet or has the game been hacked?

If it was his x-ray, there's a glitch out there involving counters.

 

[weepy]

If it was his x-ray, there's a glitch out there involving counters.

Damn. That's big.
http://iplaywinner.com/news/2011/4/27/mortal-kombat-parry-glitch.html

Yep.

 

[Carnby]

This is the worst Krypt ever. There is not one item that I have unlocked that made me excited, or made it feel like it was worth the effort.

 

[fernoca]

Ah ok cool thanks for the info. All my friends and I are in Australia and they imported a UK copy and I wanted to buy one from Amazon in the US cause it has faster shipping.

Just wanted to know if we could all play against each other

Guess shouldn't be a problem, a few around here from UK did a few matches with people in the US and vice-versa.

Though in that regard, what I don't know is if you need to redeem an US online pass in an US account, UK-pass on UK account, etc.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

This is the worst Krypt ever. There is not one item that I have unlocked that made me excited, or made it feel like it was worth the effort.

Agreed. Krypt is a total waste of time. You can unlock the outfits by beating Ladder with each character and you can just look up the second Fatalities on the net. What a joke.

 

[Raxus]

Agreed. Krypt is a total waste of time. You can unlock the outfits by beating Ladder with each character and you can just look up the second Fatalities on the net. What a joke.

Even worse, pit fatalities, babalities are secrets until you look them up. WTF.

 

[Zeliard]

Even worse, pit fatalities, babalities are secrets until you look them up. WTF.

That was probably done to keep some stuff mysterious like back in the old arcade days, when you learned fatalities and special moves mostly through word of mouth.

 

[malfcn]

I am quickly getting tired of this game. Fighting against Scorpion and his unblockable fire has taken its toll on me.

 

[notworksafe]

This is the worst Krypt ever. There is not one item that I have unlocked that made me excited, or made it feel like it was worth the effort.

What were you expecting? The Krypt hasn't ever been much more than a place for concept art, alt costumes, and music. I guess Deception had some mocap videos and photos of staff members...nothing too cool.

Edit: MKDA had Cooking With Scorpion in the Krypt. That was pretty cool. Oh, and these were in there too.

 

[derFeef]

So I tried to play more Reptile (in Ladder) - he is quite fun, but the harder enemies keep rushing me down, especially Scorpion and Shang. I can't get the balls out to start some combos, almost like Sub Zeros ground freeze, which never works against the AI it seems.
Are the balls supposed to be combo-ed into? I can't get it to work somehow :/

 

[Xevren]

Throwing projectiles out against the AI will usually end up with you getting punished. For some reason they act brain dead if you use an EX slow ball though. Against the AI it's best to just combo into them.

 

[Glass Joe]

What were you expecting? The Krypt hasn't ever been much more than a place for concept art, alt costumes, and music. I guess Deception had some mocap videos and photos of staff members...nothing too cool.

Edit: MKDA had Cooking With Scorpion in the Krypt. That was pretty cool. Oh, and these were in there too.

Yeah I think we were expecting silly stuff like that. A documentary or two. References to past Mortal Kombats... The Deadly Alliance krypt (when they introduced the concept) was amazing compared to MK9.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I think the Deadly Alliance Krypt had an entire edition of the MK comic book in it spread out over a couple of coffins. I thought that was awesome.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

FUCK. Everytime I try to play anything on my 360 now, the disc drive starts to open and close by itself (which causes the game to restart). There has been many frustrating times where I was about to finish someone's ladder mode and then the console restarted.

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, I'm gonna perform a fatality on someone.

 

[GlamFM]

I think I´m gonna get this one too. Looked so much fun on the Giantbomb tournament.
Is there any reason besides Kratos why I should get the PS3 version?

 

[Professor Beef]

I think I´m gonna get this one too. Looked so much fun on the Giantbomb tournament.
Is there any reason besides Kratos why I should get the PS3 version?

Which version do your friends play?
Do you like the 360 pad or the PS3 pad? Or do you have a stick for a particular system?
Does online play matter to you at all (PSN being down, derp)?

 

[Sinatar]

So I tried to play more Reptile (in Ladder) - he is quite fun, but the harder enemies keep rushing me down, especially Scorpion and Shang. I can't get the balls out to start some combos, almost like Sub Zeros ground freeze, which never works against the AI it seems.
Are the balls supposed to be combo-ed into? I can't get it to work somehow :/

Balls don't make a good opener, what you wanna do is 1, 2, 2, fast ball, 3, 2, 1, slow ball, 3, 2, 1, slide. That's his B&B. Or at least the best one I've been able to find that's easily doable.

I'm going from memory there, the 3, 2, 1's might be 3, 1, 2's.

 

[Glass Joe]

I think I´m gonna get this one too. Looked so much fun on the Giantbomb tournament.
Is there any reason besides Kratos why I should get the PS3 version?

The PS pad is likely better for fighters of this nature. I'm a 360 owner and am more than happy though, so you can't really go wrong with either.

 

[zlatko]

Just saw the parry glitch over on SRK and died laughing that something that big made it through bug testing. I think nows the time you Johnny Cage players should be getting online to rack up free wins.

 

[GlamFM]

So PS3 version it is.