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Mortal Kombat X |OT| This is NOT a Brutality. This is a FATALITY
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Gunslinger
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oppRAl2aYII
Aris vs MKX online lmao.....Love basedgod for these videos.
Aris vs MKX online lmao.....Love basedgod for these videos.
OmegaDL50
Member
So you are saying we get the chance to kill Jason before he's playable?
Edit - going to try and play the tower Jason is on.
Gonna record a video of me Fatality-ing the hell out of him.
EDIT again - So he apparently isn't even in the PC version Premier Tower. bummer.
No killing Jason I guess.
infinityBCRT
Member
It got better even after that. I actually didn't catch the match but I started watching just at the end.
It's starting to seem like all you need to be good online at this game is a quick "rush" type attack (like a teleport or low dive like Scorpion's scissor kick) and an overhead. Mixing up those moves constantly seems to win most matches... I just ran into a Scorpion that has almost 200 wins and like 2 losses and he literally just spammed his overhead, scissor kick, and teleport and destroyed me.
Dunno what it is about online, but it seems insanely hard to react to anything, and combos that I could get easily in practice never seem to come out, which may be why so many people have figured it's just way more practical to spam some choice special attacks. I don't wanna sound like I'm complaining since I really love the game so far, and I'm sure that after a lot of practice this stuff will be trivial, but it really seems like this kind of play is dominates the beginners level in ranked which makes it hard to learn. What am I missing and what is it that makes these tactics so amazingly effective online? I may just give up on ranked for a while if this is what I can expect.
Dunno what it is about online, but it seems insanely hard to react to anything, and combos that I could get easily in practice never seem to come out, which may be why so many people have figured it's just way more practical to spam some choice special attacks. I don't wanna sound like I'm complaining since I really love the game so far, and I'm sure that after a lot of practice this stuff will be trivial, but it really seems like this kind of play is dominates the beginners level in ranked which makes it hard to learn. What am I missing and what is it that makes these tactics so amazingly effective online? I may just give up on ranked for a while if this is what I can expect.
csquared587
Member
I think online you will be fine if you just learn to consistently block and punish thr unsafe stuff people throw out all the time. I know scorpion in mk9 played with a vortex where you kind of have to guess overhead/low. Im 99% sure its his style here too, havent tried.
Yep. I can get out D'vorah's F11 EX grenade combo starter 100% of the time offline, but my success ratio online is like 20%, maybe even lower.
-MD-
Member
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
Fuck yes, just got the Dropping Fools achievement!
My Liu Kang is too stronk lol
My Liu Kang is too stronk lol
I saw his stream and he had several matches that stuttered that badly which is odd because I have a much worse connection and it has never once been that bad out of the 200 or so I've done.
No need to do that. Just disconnect from the internet until you get past the splash screens and then reconnect.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Yeah, it is.
I enjoyed MK9's story alot more...but this one is still better than any other fighting games story mode.
ReBurn
Gold Member
I had to force myself to put it down so that I could get ready to sleep. I haven't been this caught up in a story for a while. I know I'll be bummed out when it's over.
My only issue with the story is that I played it over 6 or 7 sessions and each time I came back to it it skipped over the next fight.
BizzyBum
Member
It's good but coulda done without the lame QTEs (made even worse with the framerate skipping) and the cheesy mushy stuff. It was also really short.
ReBurn
Gold Member
I've noticed that, too. Tonight was my third session and it skipped a fight when I jumped back in. That's a weird issue.
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
Have to remember MK 9 had 3 games worth of story to use. I wish they would add more story as DLC though. I'm sure it would sell really well.
Wreck-It Ralph
Member
MKX didn't have any bullshit like fighting Goro and Kintaro on a team, so MKX's story mode wins over MK9's story mode for me.
As far as the story itself goes, I'd probably say MK9 has the edge, but it did have a lot of filler stuff. Like Jax's chapter, Stryker's chapter, Kabal's chapter... a lot of the chapters didn't really add anything to the story, and were really just there to add another character to play as. Whereas I feel like most of the chapters in MKX advance the story in some way.
MKX definitely has the better cutscenes, too. MK9's cutscenes have definitely aged in the short 4 years since that game came out. The fight scenes are hilariously bad.
As far as the story itself goes, I'd probably say MK9 has the edge, but it did have a lot of filler stuff. Like Jax's chapter, Stryker's chapter, Kabal's chapter... a lot of the chapters didn't really add anything to the story, and were really just there to add another character to play as. Whereas I feel like most of the chapters in MKX advance the story in some way.
MKX definitely has the better cutscenes, too. MK9's cutscenes have definitely aged in the short 4 years since that game came out. The fight scenes are hilariously bad.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Probably no gameplay footage of Jason yet? I'm not completely sold on his design, but hoping he looks cooler in motion/fighting.
hammertomb
Banned
Disable your network and you should be able to get into the game. You can then enable it and play normally.
abstract alien
Member
This could possibly corrupt your save file, as a few have stated. Do it with caution.
I do it
Freezasaurus
Member
I've bought a bunch of stuff from the Krypt at this point, and I'm wondering... Are there any costumes in there? I have yet to find any.
PaulKersey
Member
This netcode is utter garbage. Private games online and my move comes out 25% of the time and it definitely isn't execution because offline I perform fairly well.
This is super frustrating.
This is super frustrating.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Instead of uppercutting, I added a forward jump punch (or may have been kick) followed by a enhanced teleport and then a grab just before the opponent lands. It results in 13 hits but just 29% lol
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
QFT
I was just having a few matches with a gaffer and lag was still affected my combos. God I wish Iron galaxy were the one's handling the netcode, at least they know their shit.
Wreck-It Ralph
Member
There are. I've found a few.
Freezasaurus
Member
Is there a specific cost that they usually go for? I've started finding things for 10k, but I was running low on Koins by the time I got that deep.
Demoskinos
Member
Man, Sonya (Covert Ops) is so so good. Fast with high mobility. She has a parry she can play the close game with her various grabs she has a move that she can still zone with if she needs to. I'm not super good at finding combos but I'm guessing her downfall might be not being able to pull of super damaging combos. On the bright side though again, I think her X-ray is the best in the game because I'm pretty sure it parries pretty much anything instantly.
drotahorror
Member
I feel about the same bro. I know I'm better than this. I haven't played a ton online but I've yet to win.
PaulKersey
Member
Something needs to be done. This is disgusting. I know the other person I am playing with has a good connection. Rainbow Six lag on my 56k modem didn't affect me like this is here... so frustrating.
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
On offline I can pull of a number of combos fairly easy, i go to online and that turns to 1-2 combos due to input delay which leads me to miss blocks, fish for uppercuts and hope my specials moves take the win.
I really hate this -_-
So true, my connection is solid and hardly lags playing other games.
I really hope NRS fixes this
I really hate this -_-
So true, my connection is solid and hardly lags playing other games.
I really hope NRS fixes this