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If balance, mechanics, and depth are your priorities, why do you play MK?

Kenshi-Keanu-Kool

D1 mashing is the tactic when skill fails !
Thread Title is self explanatory. Those are the qualities that most of the threads on site revolve around, so I think this is a fair question. I want to emphasize that it’s not meant to be backhanded or upsetting, my aim is to generate a legit discussion.

If balance, depth, and mechanics are your priorities, why would you be playing an NRS product when products like Virtua Fighter, Guilty Gear, etc are available?

NRS has a style over substance legacy. These other offerings have a legacy of depth and balance. Virtual fighter 5 is considered to this day to be the deepest and most balanced 3D fighter of all time. Yet that game is extinct.

Do fighting game players really value the things they say that they do, or is there much more to be said about package and presentation than we let on?

I’m not always great at articulating myself online, what I’m getting at here is that full all it’s mechanical shortcomings we are all still here rather than elsewhere. Are we loyalists? Are we hopeful? Are we in denial? ... or do we genuinely like this because of some other charms. If so I’d like to discuss those charms rather than the relentless complaining. If we can’t talk about anything good then shouldn’t we be playing something else?
MK has depth mechanics and balance . Balance its hard in a game where 10000 things happen at the same time . i just made a thread like this a few days ago .Dont praise SF to much on that aspect .
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
At the end of the day like everything in life, comesdown to preferences. It just so happens most of the world who loves the genre love MK or find something appealing about it.
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
Dante: Disagree, they've been the most successful out of all FG in the genre past 5+ years. Not for nothing but the visual argument can be said about just about all games with current gen graphics lol.
 
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It is unique, looks great, is fun and easy to get into, and has rapidly expanding content...more than a lot of fighters and even though it was a bit rushed it's shaped up well quite quickly...
 

GLoRToR

Positive Poster!
Exactly! I can understand someone not liking a game (no one is going to like every game), but I've never seen people try so hard to ruin other people's fun.

But the truth is, that if most people went to play other games, they'd just complain about those games too for various reasons. It's easy to have a "grass is greener" mentality when you aren't actually aware how 'unfair' certain mechanics are in other titles. The mythical perfect fighting game does not exist. Whatever you play, there's some stuff you just have to suck up and deal with.
There are perceived problems in every fighting game's community, yes. And there are real problems, too.
I think MK11 has very few of the real problems, and the vast majority of them are hitbox issues and frame related.
The very small percentage of dumb shit that, according to all signs so far, will all get nerfed will be out of the way once every character dropped, I hope.
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
Smash had some dude who had like charges in several states cut a guys leg with a katana at a gas station and some other dumb shit always goes on in smash. I don't think we're ever topping that unless some guy pulls some Madden shit and shoots up someone at a tournament.
Wow, that's messed up.

That and several fanbases are honestly toxic, to think just the MK one is and nobody else would be beyond ignorant. For example, look at the Tekken scene, there's literally compilations on YT of people fighting and way more blowups than MK scene has had.
 

DeftMonk

Noob
I think it's funny people that usually are complaining about mk11's depth in favor of games like GG/VF5 are the same ones that would get absolutely whalloped if they were to play those other games. MK11 might have it's problems but if you think horrible balance is one, there may be another reason as to why you are getting the smack down.
 

MKF30

Fujin and Ermac for MK 11
Maybe the next game they'll bring back the other Kombat Kids and leave Cassie and Jacqui out. Just make Jacqui's ending canon so she don't exist lol. haha