Don't have a top 5 yet either. Did learn how my Johnny may be low to bottom tier sadly (compared to MK9, he's not nearly as fast, so not much pressure options if at all, and apparently has lower combo potential compared to MK9). Because of this, I guess I'll be more motivated to use Shinnok more in the future (so far his necromancer variation's my fav), and I guess making Ermac a secondary again with the punishing options I've heard he's got, despite his slowness in speed. Will still use Johnny as a secondary also though, just not as much now maybe. Heard his x-ray can even be combo'd out of somehow... Ass. They need to buff him in a patch whenever they nerf full-auto Jacqui.
Tremor and Predator models look sweet!
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To reiterate what I was saying about that review earlier...
Joe doesn’t seem to understand the purpose of lowering the coin count. Literally all it was for is so reviewers could unlock content easier and get more out of the game before it’s time to review. The easy fatalities stuff is by no means unreasonable to grind for and get the normal way without paying. But yeah, is dumb that they still had those microtransactions.
Feel he was being rather nitpicky/harsh on the story. I mean yeah, there’s some things there he said I agree with like the lack of story involvement certain characters on the roster had, but I disagree with him on like the NPC character cameos which I thought were a nice touch, although would’ve preferred if they had been playable too. Ignoring that he can’t seem to pronounce Shinnok right (calls him “Shinook” or something, lol), the citing of that Annihilation scene was pretty facepalm worthy. So what, that shitty movie is more credible at depicting someone's power level/abilities than the game now? Cage > Shinnok, deal with it. 👆 Sounded like Joe never saw Johnny's bio that explained some where he got his powers from too, which Cassie also inherited.
Onto more agreeable things he said...
I see where he's coming from on how the variations limit a character in the sense that some of their specials (like Raiden’s teleport) are only available in one of the three, but they obviously did it for balancing reasons, after taking feedback to MK9’s balancing and such.
Glad he felt the same on the improved Krypt at least, and definitely agree with him on the faction system, sadly. Definitely was one of those things that sounded better on paper than how it really turned out. It's always gonna be the Lin Kuei or someone that wins; your individual contributions don't do much, especially if you're in a faction that's always losing like Special Forces (which I currently am).
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The mixed bag or disappointment of the game's story aside (depending on how you look at it), at least the comic's plot is still looking up. I like where it's going with Goro's father hunting everyone down.
Yeah, I can agree with him on that much as well.
Oh yeah, same here. And no idea at the moment.
Next chapter... R.I.P. King Gorbak. They did better against the Shokan than I thought; even Reptile was kicking ass there for some moments.
And oh hey, Skarlet. They're actually doing something with her character story-wise now... If she uses Kotal's kamidagger she stole in a fight against him in the future, I'd like to see that. (I know the still image looks blank at the moment, but the video works)
Sweet dlc characters have kard sets as well!Jason's variations are "Slasher","Unstoppable","Relentless".
I was missing it Injustice....
Originally posted by Estacado
Are the 100 character match backgrounds any good?Been trying to get good with some other characters.
Lovin A list Johnny and Impostor Shinnok.
Liu Kang and Thunder God Raiden are pretty sweet as well.
👆 Still prefer Necromancer Shinnok though personally, but Imposter's starting to grow on me some too.
Yeah, Thunder God is the only one I use for Raiden with how some of those combos work.
Originally posted by Estacado
Sweet dlc characters have kard sets as well!Jason's variations are "Slasher","Unstoppable","Relentless".I was missing it Injustice....
edit: Some of my fav new brutalities are the ones with Shinnok's amulet blast and Goro's shokan grab. Before that I mostly used the ones with Johnny's split punch and Mileena's ball roll.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Some are. The ones I have thus far are Shinnok's, Johnny's, Scorpion's, Ermac's, Mileena's, Raiden's, and Goro's.👆 Still prefer Necromancer Shinnok though personally, but Imposter's starting to grow on me some too.
Yeah, Thunder God is the only one I use for Raiden with how some of those combos work.
Good, good... Was starting to have a good feeling that might've been the case since I noticed Goro actually had some unlockable kombat kard stuff too like the others, which I wasn't expecting because of Injustice.
edit: Some of my fav new brutalities are the ones with Shinnok's amulet blast and Goro's shokan grab. Before that I mostly used the ones with Johnny's split punch and Mileena's ball roll.
The gap is so big between the two.
Still have to unlock tons of brutalities.
My faves are:
Sub-Zero's dagger to the head.
Scorpion's spear ignition.
Kotal's sun throw rip.
Shinnok's amulet through the chest.
Erron's leg and face shot.
Lookin sweet!!
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Originally posted by Estacado
Some of the combo movesets are damn disappointing just take a look at Ermac's then Scorpion's.The gap is so big between the two.
Still have to unlock tons of brutalities.
My faves are:
Sub-Zero's dagger to the head.
Scorpion's spear ignition.
Kotal's sun throw rip.
Shinnok's amulet through the chest.
Erron's leg and face shot.
And nice choices. Still need to check out other brutalities for myself. On that note, another thing Joe said I can agree with is they should've had some easy brutalities option, since a number of them tend to be much harder to pull off than regular fatalities.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
another thing Joe said I can agree with is they should've had some easy brutalities option, since a number of them tend to be much harder to pull off than regular fatalities.
Indeed. Most of the fatalities I've done so far are more easy to pull off than in past MKs. The option to pay for much easier fatalities when fatalities in X are already easy just makes the existence of microtransactions even more unnecessary. Not to mention insulting. Like it's calling us dumb.