The all new Custom Character Variations give you unprecedented control of your fighters to make them your own. The new graphics engine showcases every skull-shattering, eye-popping moment, bringing you so close to the fight you can feel it. Featuring a roster of new and returning Klassic Fighters, Mortal Kombat's best-in-class cinematic story mode continues the epic saga over 25 years in the making.
Angrius Maximis wrote on May 8, 2019, 09:13:
Console fighters on a PC lol.....how lame
CJ_Parker wrote on Apr 24, 2019, 10:14:jdreyer wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 22:47:Xero wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 20:20:
So, Steam reviews have destroyed it. It sits in red mostly negative. I see the majority are due to the micro transactions. I'm hoping the developers are watching because that looks terrible on launch day. They better patch that shiiiieeet quick.
I did end up buying it for a heck of a lot cheaper than Steam though... Obviously with the hope of it being patched soon.
Did the industry learn nothing from the debacle that was SW:BF2?
Apparently not but "the industry" does not have to learn anything as long as there are customers like Xero who buy games on launch "with the hope of it being patched soon".
Why should anyone learn anything if they still get their monies? Gamers will never learn and publishers will never (have to) change. There are always enough sheeple who will buy new games based on hype and flashy trailers alone.
jdreyer wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 22:47:Xero wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 20:20:
So, Steam reviews have destroyed it. It sits in red mostly negative. I see the majority are due to the micro transactions. I'm hoping the developers are watching because that looks terrible on launch day. They better patch that shiiiieeet quick.
I did end up buying it for a heck of a lot cheaper than Steam though... Obviously with the hope of it being patched soon.
Did the industry learn nothing from the debacle that was SW:BF2?
Numinar wrote on Apr 24, 2019, 05:42:Rigs wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 15:23:
God damn, I don't know who the majority of these characters are! I think the last time I played Mortal Kombat in a serious way was...probably around the time the first movie was out. Yikes! I can kinda see who some of these characters are (or are supposed to be), if it's indeed them and not some 'new character but with the same traits as an old one only with different color clothes'...
Hmmm, *thinks back* ...yeah, I think MK3/Trilogy was the last one I really got into, though I did play MK4 on the PC quite a bit but didn't really follow the very bare story... *shrugs* Something tells me I didn't miss much...
=-Rigs-=
I mean, depends what you are into. This is the third game of the modern trilogy. 9 retold MK1-3, X followed the kids of the main cast fighting to prevent Armageddon or something in a nightmarish future and took itself super seriously, and this new one has serious Johnny Cage from X and self aware Cage from 9 interacting with each other.
So if you want some campy wrestling level story, it's good for that! (Or at least the first two were, the new one seems like it's even cooler so far) The MTX does seem rough though. But I'm guessing you don't need to worry about it for VS or Story mode.
Rigs wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 15:23:
God damn, I don't know who the majority of these characters are! I think the last time I played Mortal Kombat in a serious way was...probably around the time the first movie was out. Yikes! I can kinda see who some of these characters are (or are supposed to be), if it's indeed them and not some 'new character but with the same traits as an old one only with different color clothes'...
Hmmm, *thinks back* ...yeah, I think MK3/Trilogy was the last one I really got into, though I did play MK4 on the PC quite a bit but didn't really follow the very bare story... *shrugs* Something tells me I didn't miss much...
=-Rigs-=
eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 15:40:
23% user rating Predatory micro-transaction practices, massive grind, loot boxes and 3 different in-game currencies. And on release 2 characters already DLC for 6€ each.. lmao
Xero wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 20:20:
So, Steam reviews have destroyed it. It sits in red mostly negative. I see the majority are due to the micro transactions. I'm hoping the developers are watching because that looks terrible on launch day. They better patch that shiiiieeet quick.
I did end up buying it for a heck of a lot cheaper than Steam though... Obviously with the hope of it being patched soon.
Xero wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 20:20:
So, Steam reviews have destroyed it. It sits in red mostly negative. I see the majority are due to the micro transactions. I'm hoping the developers are watching because that looks terrible on launch day. They better patch that shiiiieeet quick.
I did end up buying it for a heck of a lot cheaper than Steam though... Obviously with the hope of it being patched soon.
CJ_Parker wrote on Apr 23, 2019, 16:56:They ment to spell Kompakt.
Feckin n00bs spelled combat wrong.
I see a lot of threads saying that earning currency is "grindy", but I think this is a huge understatement. Just consider these points:
Completing the entire story will barely give you enough currency to clear one room in krypt. From this, I got 1 brutality, some common skins and few consumables. You can't so much as clear a single hard tower with all the stuff I got.
Clearing some of the latter towers without at least rare gear and a large number of single use consumables is near impossible. These towers are not just a pure test of fighting skills, they also feature: unblockable blood missiles which drain you life and gives it to the enemy, acid rain, enemy getting armour on low health and some absolutely ridiculous damage modifiers.
Earning said consumables and rare gear is extremely grindy, requiring you to complete event specific and daily towers, as well as clearing multiple easier towers. The krypt chests get progressively more expensive and the drop rate for rare or better items is very low. For context, I opened a total of 23 chests in the krypt and got only 2 rare gear across different characters.