It’s kombat time!
Right now in the fighting game scene, we’re between releases. Older games have been receiving new DLC – likeGT Goku arriving inDragonball FighterZ,Blazblue Crosstag BattlegettingArcana Heartcharacters, while new titles, such asSamurai Shodownare gearing up for release. Currently,Mortal Kombat 11has got the space to itself for a little while. And personally, despite not getting the game, I can see just how strong a titleMK 11is.
Two friends of mine showed offMK 11on their brand new Switch consoles. The Krushing Blow mechanic looks like a really interesting addition, not just forMortal Kombat, but for fighting games as a whole. Even though I thought they were just fancy counter hits, I learned later they can subtly influence your playstyle. This is because they only trigger via a variety of different criteria, such landing an attack several times in a match or missing certain parts of a string, to hitting at the very tip of a dashing attack’s hitbox. I played bothInjusticegames, but decided not to getMK 11because of feelings I have about how NetherRealm games tend to balance zoning and cancel windows. Still, that’s just a personal preference of mine. I still enjoy watching casual match footage.
How have you guys been likingMK 11?I’ve heard a patch has brought the level of grind down considerably,but for a large portion of cosmetics and unlockables, it’s still all about The Krypt. I absolutely love Frost’s design, I can’t believe Baraka is finally back properly. It’s always a fun question to see which characters are being played by the community.
I agree withPatBateman17, Johnny Cage always has the best lines in anyMKgame:
I’m actually enjoying it and thank God for the Krypt head-glitch, which I feel was the bulk of the grind there. Johnny Cage is my best boi for life, even if he’s not the best fighter. I just love the hell out of his intros and playing dress-up with him, lol.
I’m only recently into the story mode, but overall I’m having lots of fun. I’m ok using AI bots to grind the Endless Towers, although in theory it’s total garbage to have to do that.
MK11has been my game in-between bouts ofSekiro, so that might have something to do with it.
I also enjoying watching good matches, likeRabite:
I’m still trying to fight the temptation to buy it with my relatively limited funds. Very difficult at this point though, watching all the YouTube people like Max playing it.
PhilKenSebbenstill needs a few more changes to really dig it 100%:
Once the towers are fixed, I’ll fully adore it. I already do. Sunk over 50 hours into it already. Which is insane for me these days. I really love the changes to movesets, that they can be customized now, and the stringable combos. Really like the roster overall, even if some great fighters are missing. All they need to do is those fixes, and add in some tag towers, and it’ll take 9s spot in my heart.
Honestly, I forgot about Share Play untilSharukurusureminded me:
I Share Played it with a friend over PS4 (he’s a hugeMKfan). There was slight lag, but it was still playable. We weren’t taking it too seriously anyway, just messing around.
My take is that they attempted to make the game closer to something likeTekkenby making it more combo-heavy. Also, I do like the slower pace (i.e. the lack of Run) but that’s probably because I suck at fighting games, and the slower pace feels better to me!
Lord Spenceris waiting in-between fighters:
Mechanically, I felt this was going the same way asMKXandInjustice 2, which I enjoyed less thanMK 9.
The only fighting game I am interested to try now us the newSamSho.
ZalnofeelsMK 11is somewhat hit-or-miss,and may rather go back toMK 9:
I rented the game through Redbox so I could play the story mode. The gameplay is definitely enjoyable and the story mode has all the production value and idiocy that I expect from a NetherRealm Studios game.
Unfortunately, I played it before they deployed the grind patch, so going through the Krypt mode was obnoxious. I didn’t even bother with the Towers of Time mode based on how impossible I heard it was. Any game that has a mode like that in order to push microtransactions automatically goes right to my shitlist.
I could wait untilMortal Kombat 11is re-released as its inevitable Komplete Edition…or I can just replayMK 9on my PC and have fun.
There is more in store with the eleventh edition ofMortal Kombat. We will see it in action at its first EVO event, there are new characters to be brought in as DLC, and only time will only tell how this game will do when it goes up againstSamSho. Still, for now, this isMortal Kombat‘s time to shine.
