Has NRS silenced the Mortal Kombat 1 critics?

[YagamiFire]

Spend a lot of time on Kiwifarms, eh? I'm not surprised.

No, but I'm aware of it and its lolcow farming. Briefly followed the insanity of Nick Rekieta's hilariously well-earned downfall

I stand by that - for the most part - animations in this game are fine. They're significantly better than the days of Jason/Terminator d3.

MK1 has improved in quite a few regards. It's not good mind you and not impressive but a lot of it is reaching what I'd consider competent or acceptable. Like you said, for the most part its "fine".

There's some rough stuff in it, but nowhere near as bad as the internet makes it out to be. Especially since, by the time you've seen a d3 or even a string, you're already thinking about something else in the match.

Agreed. MKX, both Injustices and MK11 were substantially worse.

Ah, but silly me, that's assuming people that criticize the game actually play it. As we've seen, that just never happens.

See you say a lot of common sense stuff then throw in these dumb things. I have 140+ hours in MK1

Or is this one of those cope-gotchas that is a quantum-argument? "Oh you put in a lot of time to the game? I guess you can't criticize it because you clearly enjoyed it enough to play a long time" while also "Oh you didn't put in a lot of time to the game? Then you can't criticize the game cuz you barely played it!" while also "Oh you didn't play the game at all because you say nothing looked appealing about it to you? Begone with your criticism since you didn't touch the game!"

Like...what's the actual motivation here?

I also think there's a lot of really good animations and call backs in the game. Like Ghostface dropping their knife during their throw and having to pick it up afterwards. Or how good the two Ghostface command grab looks. If you've seen the latest Scream, it looks pretty much exactly the way they do it in the movie.

I've always said a lot of those style animations are good. Stuff that is pure stylistic flourish is pretty much always done well from what you've described to cinematics. Hell, I gave insane credit to how good looking the outros were in Injustice 2. Those looked fantastic and that carried on into MK11. It's the attack and idle animations that tend to look particularly bad and often downright awful (again going back to the era discussed earlier).

Same with Conan, to be honest. If you look at how Arnold moves and swings his sword in certain scenes, you'll find it's practically 1-to-1.

It's not bad. Conan is a bit of a mixed bag but okay over-all. Like you said, he's "fine".

Or take Quan Chi. All of his down pokes, his standing 3, his 1,3 - they all look like he's casting spells/summoning shit mid-fight. It's cool.

They did an excellent stylistic design with Quan Chi's various attack effects. Definitely.

Anyway, my point is that while it could always be better, there's plenty of good animations to be found.

No disagreement. MK1 is much improved. I just wish the improvement was more substantial from what we've seen.

 

[Vulgar]

I won’t even ask, you guys write entire essays to answer simple questions lol

As opposed to you, who simply dodges questions that he's afraid to answer.

I don't take you seriously.

 

[YagamiFire]

This place hasn't gone downhill, it fell off the fucking hill

Gonna give you some legit, old school OG advice: don't take the internet so seriously. The internet isn't real life. It's shitposting and goofing around.

I could argue with Vulgar (just as a random pick) all day on here about shit and if I met him in real life tomorrow while out with the wife or whatever I'd offer to buy him a drink of his choice because he's a fellow fighting game fan and it'd be cool to meet someone like that because it means we have something in common I think is cool. And I bet he'd be cordial too...because that's how the vast majority of people are when they're not literally insane or have contracted a terminal case of the onlines. And, even then, those sorts of people tend to be absolute pussies that can't even make eye-contact to have a normal conversation.

There's no tone and no face-to-face empathizing online. Shit comes out raw and easily misinterpreted. Taking it all to heart is a way to lose your mind and get out of touch with actual socialization.

For example...

@Vulgar I'm going to Evo this year as part of a Vegas vacation. If you're there, I'll get you a drink. If you're not, I'll still get you a drink of your choice and pour one out for you.

 

[Vulgar]

They genuinely think they prove how much better they are at being fans of a video game series. This place hasn't gone downhill, it fell off the fucking hill and landed in some pubescent boys cumsock.

I'm risking getting infracted/banned again simply by interacting with you, but since you're replying to someone who was talking directly to me and your comment is related, I think it's fair.

Your complaint is that TYM is bad now...because you have to read more. Okay.

As it turns out, if a person is trying to make a nuanced point or trying to disagree in a nuanced way, it takes more words than, "something something Wakanda Forever," "something something cumsock."

 

[YagamiFire]

I'm risking getting infracted/banned again simply by interacting with you, but since you're replying to someone who was talking directly to me and your comment is related, I think it's fair.

Your complaint is that TYM is bad now...because you have to read more. Okay.

As it turns out, if a person is trying to make a nuanced point or trying to disagree in a nuanced way, it takes more words than, "something something Wakanda Forever," "something something cumsock."

Bullshit! Fuck you, Vulgar. Wakanda forever something something cumsock

Case closed

 

[Vulgar]

Gonna give you some legit, old school OG advice: don't take the internet so seriously. The internet isn't real life. It's shitposting and goofing around.

I could argue with Vulgar (just as a random pick) all day on here about shit and if I met him in real life tomorrow while out with the wife or whatever I'd offer to buy him a drink of his choice because he's a fellow fighting game fan and it'd be cool to meet someone like that because it means we have something in common I think is cool. And I bet he'd be cordial too...because that's how the vast majority of people are when they're not literally insane or have contracted a terminal case of the onlines. And, even then, those sorts of people tend to be absolute pussies that can't even make eye-contact to have a normal conversation.

There's no tone and no face-to-face empathizing online. Shit comes out raw and easily misinterpreted. Taking it all to heart is a way to lose your mind and get out of touch with actual socialization.

For example...

@Vulgar I'm going to Evo this year as part of a Vegas vacation. If you're there, I'll get you a drink. If you're not, I'll still get you a drink of your choice and pour one out for you.

You know, I've been telling him that for months now and it's never penetrated.

But that's all I'm allowed to say about that person.

I'm looking at and planning a trip to CEO. You like whiskey? I fucks with Gentleman Jack.

 

[YagamiFire]

I'm looking at and planning a trip to CEO. You like whiskey? I fucks with Gentleman Jack.

CEO huh? I actually could because I have family & friends in Florida and the wife loves the theme parks (and I can't say I dislike them myself). Let me see how things pan out with funds because we're finishing up building our house over the next two months...but a double vacation like that might be nice.

As for drinks, I've actually never had alcohol or anything like that. Glad to get you a whiskey but the hardest thing I drink is the occasional Coca-Cola (yeah yeah I'm a cheap date)

 

[M2Dave]

SF6 launched as the most complete fighting game of all time. It's a landmark product in the genre. A milestone.

Correct.

Street Fighter 6 received "universal acclaim" for its online gameplay, single-player content, and year-one balance.

By contrast, Street Fighter 5 was released in a miserable state, prompting Ono to admit that "we all know that we didn’t put out a complete product..."

I obviously still believe that people in the FGC should criticize developers. However, when developers evidently show signs of effort and improvement, they ought to be praised, irrespective how you feel about the game's meta.

I think that defense and zoning are weak in Mortal Kombat 1, but I appreciate the new moves and well-designed downloadable characters who follow an archetype. So I created this thread to bring balance to the negativity.

 

[Trickywizard]

As opposed to you, who simply dodges questions that he's afraid to answer.

I don't take you seriously.

Weird cause no one takes you seriously either.

 

[YagamiFire]

[A post chiseled from a rock of truth]

Excellently said.

 

[iSuckAtFightingGames]

@Vulgar I'm going to Evo this year as part of a Vegas vacation. If you're there, I'll get you a drink. If you're not, I'll still get you a drink of your choice and pour one out for you.

I'm looking at and planning a trip to CEO. You like whiskey? I fucks with Gentleman Jack.

CEO huh? I actually could because I have family & friends in Florida and the wife loves the theme parks (and I can't say I dislike them myself). Let me see how things pan out with funds because we're finishing up building our house over the next two months...but a double vacation like that might be nice.

this is more like old school TYM... fight on the forums.. meet up for a beef set... looser buys the dinner, winner buys the beers.

Also, I never miss ceo.

 

[just_2swift]

NRS should port over fujin's dash from Mk11 along with the dash block exploit, give it to everyone so we all can wave dash.

It would open up the game tenfold.

 

[ImpostorOak]

Yall would shit and cum everywhere if you realized the tone you assign someone when you read their post isn't necessarily the tone they intend.

I don't take the internet very seriously, or yall. I'm literally just pointing out that this site is a circlejerk for the 6(?) of you at this point.

 

[Vulgar]

Weird cause no one takes you seriously either.

Oh nooooo. Anything but that.

 

[Trickywizard]

Yall write entire books when a few sentences would do lol

like the game play it, don’t then play something else.

 

[Vulgar]

Yall write entire books when a few sentences would do lol

like the game play it, don’t then play something else.

Hey what does Woke mean?

What does Cyrax and Sektor have to do with Wakanda Forever?

 

[Trickywizard]

Hey what does Woke mean?

What does Cyrax and Sektor have to do with Wakanda Forever?

Bro this is like the Washington post “if you don’t get it you don’t get it”

 

[Vulgar]

Bro this is like the Washington post “if you don’t get it you don’t get it”

That's not an answer. I'll ask again:

What does woke mean?

What does Sektor and Cyrax have to do with Wakanda Forever?

 

[Trickywizard]

That's not an answer. I'll ask again:

What does woke mean?

What does Sektor and Cyrax have to do with Wakanda Forever?

Woke means what it means. Google it.

 

[Vulgar]

Woke means what it means. Google it.

I did and posted it in this thread.

It wasn't what you implied it was.

Listen, the longer you keep being a weasel about this, the longer you're going to have to stay with me in this.

I'll ask again:

What does woke mean?

What does Cyrax and Sektor have to do with Wakanda Forever?

 

[Trickywizard]

I did and posted it in this thread.

It wasn't what you implied it was.

Listen, the longer you keep being a weasel about this, the longer you're going to have to stay with me in this.

I'll ask again:

What does woke mean?

What does Cyrax and Sektor have to do with Wakanda Forever?

If didn’t get it you won’t get it.
Let’s get back to the topic.

 

[Vulgar]

If didn’t get it you won’t get it.
Let’s get back to the topic.

Oh, I understand it just fine.

The point is that what you mean when you say it and what I mean when I say it are completely different. And you know what you really mean.

 

[Vulgar]

Yall would shit and cum everywhere if you realized the tone you assign someone when you read their post isn't necessarily the tone they intend.

I don't take the internet very seriously, or yall. I'm literally just pointing out that this site is a circlejerk for the 6(?) of you at this point.

This post demonstrates an extreme amount of cognitive dissonance and a lack of self awareness.

 

[CrimsonShadow]

Hey, everyone: can we get back to discussing the game here, instead of each other?

 

[Trickywizard]

MK9 & MK1 are my favorite modern mk games.