I have learned by now that as much as Max tries so hard to be objective (and it causes him to say other that also are not true), he is clearly to defensive (no pun intended) in favor for his personal preferences and can't except that not all fighting games are gonna be like how he likes them, and he won't shy to make outrageous and non-true comments like against Zoning in NRS games and including in MK11 (and he doesn't mention the Zoning in MK9 or MKX, mind you) but in favor of the games that he likes like KI. I think I had enough of him and his channel. His friend Kenny at least gives proper MK content to some extend, I would prefer to watch him instead as Unroolie.
Max played games like Guilty Gear. You cant act surprised if anyone says the games doesnt have much to do in the gameplay department. Even if Max doesnt do everything mk11 has to offer, its easy to understand how poor it is.
GG is a fast-paced, offensive-based anime fighting game. Of course he is gonna like GG. It's the style that he cares about, not the substance.
It very well could be a stretch, but based on the history of this series, this is usually the case.
Case in point:
We threw a Halloween party at my new job and I brought my Switch and my PS4. I mentioned that I had MK11 to which some of them mentioned that they love. We played and needles to say, they were not about that tournament life. I was pulling off shit that they were not used to seeing like basic set ups and corner combos. All of them were casual players only.
This is unlike when I run into players who like Street Fighter V. They usually all know how to play that game at a high level. But, I could very well be wrong about MK11 but it still seems to be the same.
Of course that it's gonna happen in MK a lot more often, because MK11 has sold a lot more in order to reach to casual players (which is what MK was since the very beginning, regardless of the style of the depth., unlike SFV that it took 2 years for it to suit casuals enough and even then it was too little, too late. So when you do find players that play SFV, it will be extremely unlikely to find some that play the game casually, unlike in MK11 that you will find them more. That's not to say however that it's not that uncommon to find players that play MK11 competitively. I for one have met a good number of people since MK11 came that want to learn the game and be good in it, I've even met a couple of people from other games that wanted to try it out. One guy's experince isn't enough to tell anything.
As Max said, this is definitely true.
Smash = Party game with the Nintendo IP. 8 people on a screen mashing random aerials and fully charged smash attacks over and over until people SD their stocks away or get Link Up B'd to death.
MK = Gory game to shock people with fatalities. You can spam D2 and JKs and take a decent amount of life off a good player. Hell, you might be able to win 1 out of 100 games vs a good player.
Tekken = Literally can't even move if you don't actively try to improve and practice basics. There is no way a casual could even take one round off a good player.
Typical comment from an informed individual on TYM. NEXT.
Max's schtick is he runs a YouTube channel where every time a new entry to a fighting game series is released he suddenly needs to dive into it, get good enough to post some ranked videos, and tough it out until the next game release comes out. He's never going to like games that require alot of time put into them and don't immediately have crazy broken bullshit that you can use- unless of course he already has a decade of experience to bypass that process (Tekken, 3rd Strike, etc)
MK11 just isn't conducive to the kind of youtube channel he runs. You can't "drive by" on this game.
^This.
