Regrettable posted:

Do we have official confirmation or is that from the leaked list?

codo27 posted:

Good MKs: OG 1 (for its time), 2, 9. Will this be the Fourth Good Mortal Kombat?

Minidust posted:

Yeah at least on a purely psychological level, picking a Kameo character is much better than deciding which special moves you're leaving behind. Variations felt like adding complexity for complexity's sake, solving a problem that didn't exist, not unlike the "fighting styles" of 5 thru 7. Man did anybody like Fighting Styles?? Felt like something that should have been a single character's gimmick, at most.

pretty soft girl posted:

Iirc the big thing with DA (and maybe Deception?) is that a lot of good poking normals and strings can be cancelled into backdash to make them safe

I think there's also sidestep wave dashing in certain stances, I distinctly remember Shang Tsung being able to move laterally really quickly

You're also very correct in your suspicion, those games were embarassing efforts even when they were new compared to the 3D Game golden age that brought Soul Calibur 2, Tekken 5, VF4, and DOAwhatever. They're pretty much only saved by having decent side content, even weirdos who are hardcore evangelists for the 3D era never seem to talk about the gameplay

If it weren't for the MK brand those games would be sitting in the dustbin of history with Tao Feng and Kakuto Chojin

widespread posted:

Wonder which performer's gonna promote it, I think there are a few that'd fit a sorta-MK aesthetic.

... I forget if Super Porky's still active.

exquisite tea posted:

Announcing DLC characters before the release of the full game is pretty standard FG grift by now. Pretty much all of them do it.

Buschmaki posted:

what grind...? You dont even have to unlock kharacters...

Jamesman posted:

Like for console exclusives? I didn't realize it was a significant issue in fighting games because I'm not big on fighting games overall, but I think if a version of a game has a platform exclusive, the other versions should cost less since you're getting less content. I thought it was funny how Kratos wasn't allowed in tournaments because it wasn't fair to XBox people who didn't know how to play against him though.

I'm just an old man disillusioned with the games industry. I still like Mortal Kombat and I'm interested to see what they do with the actual meat of this game, so I'm not intending to just jump in here and poo poo on everything.

DLC Inc posted:

watching some of the MK11 endings and man I hope Skarlet comes back, one of the most fun movesets in the game, killer design, total psychopath. Leave D'Vorah/Collector/Kotal behind, bring Skarlet back

Floodixor posted:

hey so as a kid of the 80s and 90s I grew up with MK1 through 3, of course, but then never played any of them again until MK11. I played it on gamepass several months ago for quite a bit, forgot about it, and then it went on sale on Steam with the ultimate edition for 8 bucks so I got it and I've been playing it a lot lately

I've never been a HUGE fighting game player like some of ya'll (like I don't understand some of the language used, the deeply technical stuff that fighting game fans talk about) but I've enjoyed it enough as a fan

my question is what are the honest criticisms of MK11? I absolutely agree that the Krypt in particular is a total grind, and I also don't care what my dude's sword looks like, etc. I completely agree with what someone said in this thread about it feeling like it was going to have a million microtransactions but then it got changed at the last minute

but as far as gameplay, it's decent. BUT I never played MK10 or anything so I don't know comparisons - so what makes MK11 a bad game, in the thread's opinion? You all obviously know a ton about MK so I'd be interested to know.

also my main is Fujin because he's fun as hell but also Scorpion because I'm a basic bitch player but I can't seem to pull off those combos!!! So I stick to the easier kharacters

Floodixor posted:

was there anything just about the base game of MK11 that really irked people? Like how is MK10 better than MK11 for instance, I guess. I dunno, I like MK11 a lot aside from the krypt grindy bullshit but I don't know a ton about fighting games like you guys do

Mr. Neutron posted:

What the hell? This makes the move list extremely difficult to read at a glance, what was wrong with arrows???

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

Chameleon came out as trans and changed her name to Khameleon

Mr. Neutron posted:

The combo damage is pretty drat high, not sure I like that to be fair. Something as simple as Liu Kang's B23 air 134>BF1 is already 30% meterless...

Jerkface posted:

Shujinko's XRAY was actually really cool lol

Shao Kahn and Sindel on the roster. Does that line up with the leak?

Gavok posted:

Who does that leave?

maruhkati posted:

This is kind of the fundamental problem with how Aftermath ended. With a mighty god capable of rewriting time on the side of good, it's impossible for evil to be much of a threat unless said god is a colossally stupid fuckup.

Sockser posted: