To be honest, I can't stand playing fighting games on consoles...the joysticks, d-pad, it doesn't matter. I'm old and need an arcade joystick lol.
To be honest, I can't stand playing fighting games on consoles...the joysticks, d-pad, it doesn't matter. I'm old and need an arcade joystick lol.
As for me, I was lucky enough to marry a gamer, but she thinks fighting games are inane, unfortunately.
So even though, like every red blooded male in his late thirties, I grew up utterly adoring mortal kombat, there's no point in me buying the game because I'll have no one to play it with me.
But it does look fucking SIIIIIIICK.
I agree that the rap track doesn't fit the trailer though, and I'm a HUGE hip hop fan. Don't get me wrong.
It just doesn't fit.
I play on stick. Most NRS games aren't really made for stick though. You can do it. Not worth it though.
I feel like MK has gone in a different direction than I did. Love fighting games. MK doesn't do it for me like the 90s games did anymore. Playing on controller doesn't help.
Inane? Fighting games require the most skill level to me and memorization. Definitely the hardest (and best) game genre for serious, skilled players.
I guess I'm weird, I play almost every fighting game wth the d-pad (I get a better sense of control in regards to special input commands). Since a lot of MK's current 2D games combos rely on directional inputs I find it infinitely easier to do it via d-paid over the analog stick. I play vastly better on the d-pad.
I hope my MKX main Erron Black (rumored to be included) retains most of the Outlaw variation fighting style in MK11. If he's not in it at least my MK9 main Skarlet is in the game.
So here's the full roster according to what's been revealed and a few leaks here and there:
Scorpion
Sub-Zero
Raiden
Skarlet
Baraka
Jade
Kabal
Johnny Cage
Sonya Blade
Kano
Liu Kang
Kung Lao
Kitana
Cassie Cage
Jacqui Briggs
D'Vorah
Erron Black
Kotal Kahn
Geras
Shao Kahn
Noob Saibot
The Kollector
Cetrion
Jax
Spoiler:
Frost (wearing a white hood in the story trailer)
And allegedly 3 more characters that can be unlocked according to rumors:
DLC Character 1: Shang Tsung
Others seem pretty likely to be:
Spoiler:
Mileena
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Hopefully the unlockable rumor is true. Mileena not being in a mk game is blasphemy, and I don't even really play her. Huge Spoiler: Shang Tsung fanboy here.
Yeah, the 29th slot is new. There's been a bit of an outcry for Spoiler: Rain considering he's a pretty popular character who never makes it into base rosters. Last rumors I heard about the DLC packs were that Spoiler: Fujin, Nightwolf, Sheeva, Sindel, Smoke and Sareena were all being considered for DLC inclusion, with Spoiler: Spawn and Terminator as guest characters.
Codes for stress test are going out around now, I think. It'll probably be like ij2 and no one but steamers get in. But good luck to everyone anyway.
Noob Saibot kicks ass, sounds like he's voiced by Frank Welker, and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is back as Shang Tsung, first DLC character. I'm in heaven.
Noob looks insane. So happy to see Shang back too. Added bonus that it's the actual guy from the movie. Not often a FG will come along and do such a great job presenting a roster and their playability. No weak links. They all look solid so far. Jacqui being the biggest surprise of them all. She looks nuts with that aegis reflector.
I hope they bring Cyrax in as DLC. Need my Cyber Lin Kuei fix.
Think they said no repeat dlc. Sucks. I really like the cyborg characters. All can be forgiven if Rain's in the game (almost...).
Liking the beta. I'm getting some combos with scorpion. Tried jade, but I feel like I might need a training mode for her. Really wish they would at least teach some mechanics before throwing you into the wild.
Reminds me a bit of old school mk with the pacing.
I was gonna pre-order it this week but stupidly (and bizarrely) bought Kingdom Hearts III randomly.
I'll pre-order it next week since I missed the beta anyways.
I mean do I even need to tell you what NIN song has been in my head the past few hours or
Yeah, if that totally isn't a Mortal Kombat 11 ONLY character right there I don't know what to tell you. We'll never see that guy again after this game.
Definitely, if this franchise has had any problems since it's heyday it's that they add these copy paste or forgettable characters throughout the 3-D era and lean too heavily on the mk1 cast instead of fostering some of the cooler deep cuts from 3 on. MKX was a bit of an exception and that's why some of the newer characters like Skarlet and Erron Black, and D'vorah made it through but I'm shocked at how forgettable se of the new designs are. Especially Cetrion has this whole plant them but all of her moves are that she just throws rocks. And given how contentious this fan base gets about returning characters (all fighting games are like this but outside of smash Bros I've always thought MK was the most) I feel like a new character taking a spot over a returning one, like they had better make it realllly count. And the Collector and Geras and the like definitely don't.
Even some recent returners like Jacqui, and Kotal Kahn and Frost are baffling inclusions because they're so bland to start.
I also feel like an easy way to please the base is just to include every ninja each time, that's usually the stake people have just keep smoke and noob and ermac and reptile and rain and I guess tremor and even chameleon around and you can keep all the shit new guys as much as you want
I like Frost... New characters are kind of underwhelming. Maybe playing them.will change my mind. The fact there's likely no Mileena is baffling. Yeah, she's dead. But, so is Jade. Bunch of people want Rain and knowing NRS, probably won't get him...
Speaking as a guy who's part of an MK podcast and has an ear to the fanbase, this is kinda off-base.
Sure, there have been misses like Dairou and Darrius and Hsu Hao, but a good portion of the MK fanbase has wanted the likes of Frost, Ashrah, and especially Havik back for a long time now. Fujin had a huge push for DLC in MKX and it was considered appalling when he didn't make the cut. Lots of support out there for Reiko and Sareena too, for those real deep cuts.
A lot of folks liked Kotal. It's not all about the ninjas, you're going to be hard-pressed to find a lot of people who give a rat's ass about Chameleon.
Also, Cetrion's not just throwing plants around: she uses wind, earth, a bit of fire and water in her moves and fatalities, too - reason being, she's an elder god.
Personally I find this guy intriguing. I like the idea that Shao Kahn had a tax collector and we're not getting generic ninja general 87634.
I really think those characters are the exception rather than the rulein the 3D era. Sure, each game had a winner or two
Aaaand the last character completing the base roster, the game's secret unlockable, is:
Spoiler:
https://i.imgur.com/VVG5Iho.jpg
Frost!
Just received this text message from a good friend this morning and I naturally laughed my ass off:
“Some people in Europe have MK11 early. Shao Kahn has a fatality where he hammers their head so hard it comes out their ass lel”
There's a few really neat or messed up ones I've been seeing. I really love Noob Saibot's where he basically forces a shadow clone into your guts and out your mouth.
Reealllly can't wait for Tuesday. I've taken 2 days off to relax and enjoy.
Saw the launch trailer earlier. Saw Cyrax and Sektor and got pissed. I like my cyborg characters and I know they're not playable. Can't wait. Think I'm off that day too. Day gone pretty much.
Pre-ordered the Premium Edition on Xbox One. Fuck it.