MK9 - Best Fighting Game Ever

[Z-911-Z]

I'm a believer that it would probably be in NRS' best interests to make MK10 the "defacto" UMK9. Bring back every character, add in the revamped MK4 and DA characters, new stages, fatalities for EVERY stage(Uppercut someone into the river in Shang's Gardens and get eaten by piranhas, I don't care), fix all the bugs that can't be patched out, hire Tony-T to find all the overly OP combos and resets and tone them down before release, the continuation of MK9's story, and SOME GOOD NETCODE.

My dream anyway, along with Kahn balanced for competitive play.

 

[Reneketon]

My dream anyway, along with Kahn balanced for competitive play.

Don't forget goro

 

[GambitTheFirst]

No. There is a difference between mid and overhead. Not all mids are overhead. The hit levels shown in practice actually make no sense whatsoever, because highs, mids and special mids are all considered "high".

Really? Name one move that comes up as "mid" in practice that's not an overhead. And for that matter name one move that hits overhead that doesn't come up as "mid" in practice. I'm not arguing or saying you're wrong, but I am interested.

Excuse me for going completely off-topic, but I love that sig.

Jade's not quite the worst character, in my opinion...that would have to be Kratos.

Lol cheers. That's why "worst character" is in quotes. Just going on the general consensus from that old bottom 5 thread, not my opinion as I actually use her and understand her strengths and weaknesses. I disagree about Kratos though, dat massive unpatched damage (and potential infinite)!

 

[Altaire]

Really? Name one move that comes up as "mid" in practice that's not an overhead. And for that matter name one move that hits overhead that doesn't come up as "mid" in practice. I'm not arguing or saying you're wrong, but I am interested.

I never said MEDIUM ATTACKS aren't overheads, at all. I said highs, mids and special mids are all referred to as "high". Overheads are shown as "medium", which still doesn't make a whole lot of sense, because mids and overheads are separate categories in MK9. Mids are attacks that can hit a crouching opponent, while highs will whiff a crouching opponent. Special mids are used solely to differentiate between mids that can hit low hitbox characters, and ones that will whiff.

Though, just for the sake of argument, Reptile's EX dash is shown as "MEDIUM", but can be blocked low.

 

[GamerBlake90]

Lol cheers. That's why "worst character" is in quotes. Just going on the general consensus from that old bottom 5 thread, not my opinion as I actually use her and understand her strengths and weaknesses. I disagree about Kratos though, dat massive unpatched damage (and potential infinite)!

Even with the unpatched damage and infinite, Kratos is terrible!

His normals have the shittiest speed in the game, he has no mix-ups, and his specials aren't that reliable. Potentially the only thing he has going for him is that parry. Up-close he's not very good at mounting an offense, and I don't see any way he can zone aside from his projectile. Trust me, I tried playing as Kratos and dropped him under ten minutes. I wouldn't dare take him against another player. Jade, on the other hand, I would be more than willing to try.

NRS just threw him into the PS3 package as a promotional gift, not giving any thought to his design at all.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that his low pokes are just as bad, if not worse. Try his d3 and just see what I mean.

 

[Prinz]

I can't say if it's the best fighting game, since I play only MK9, but I can say it's an AWESOME game!
I'd like to add to the pluses you mentioned the Story Mode and the story itself in particular. Also the endings for each character. Have you seen the endings in SFxT? Disgusting...