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Question Do you guys feel that MKX is the hardest fighting game to date?

NaCl man

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If you think Tekken is easy you have not played it at an advanced level.

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Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
What @Dankster Morgan said. I can see it being one of the hardest if you're, say, Summoner Quan Chi in the corner against, say, Cornermaster Sub Zero.

Elsewhere, not too sure. Personally found picking up MK pretty easy, at least compared to when I tried to pick up Tekken 7 and failed. Could just be a familiarity thing more than anything.
 

God Confirm

We're all from Earthrealm. If not, cool pic brah.
MKX has some pretty difficult execution to a lot of characters that people are quick to skip over
 

Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
MKX has some pretty difficult execution to a lot of characters that people are quick to skip over
If you're comparing to high execution characters of games like Tekken though then they're not that bad.

> Me implying that we're comparing high execution to high execution. I guess if you compare different execution characters from each game then the line would seem smaller.
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
MK9 Kabal and Skarlet alone are much more harder than the majority of the cast of MKX.

In all honesty, the only character with a very high skill ceiling execution in MKX is Dronia and it used to be Demo Sonya and they actually nerfed her.

Comparing to Tekken where it takes years to master that one tech that gives you an edge over the cast its really that easy.

Remember that i didn't had to be a Sonya main to make these videos, but it took me about a week or so to learn and execute those combos

 
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Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
Yeh, but they are also much harder than the majority of the cast in MK9. So the situation is basically the same.
I think his point was that if characters in MK9 are fundamentally harder than MKX characters then MKX can't be the most difficult fighter to date. Although it was a bit of weird comparison I'll give you that
 

Eddy Wang

Skarlet scientist
Yeh, but they are also much harder than the majority of the cast in MK9. So the situation is basically the same.
Point is, MK games aren't really that hard with a very few exceptions in some characters, but never really that hard, even the hardest thing or characters in the game are still easy in other fighting games in general.

Hell SFV has been dumbed down and i really don't want to play it as much for that reason.
 

ismael4790

Stay focused or get Caged
I don't think mkx is a hard game to learn at all outside of some execution heavy characters here and there that you can just avoid if you want to.

However, in terms of number of matchups to learn, it is probably the hardest game out there due to variations.

Also, it was the hardest game to balance xD
 

God Confirm

We're all from Earthrealm. If not, cool pic brah.
If you're comparing to high execution characters of games like Tekken though then they're not that bad.

> Me implying that we're comparing high execution to high execution. I guess if you compare different execution characters from each game then the line would seem smaller.
im just saying mkx was significantly higher execution than i2 or sfv or dbfz
 

Linkuei82

Live by the sword, Die by the sword
im just saying mkx was significantly higher execution than i2 or sfv or dbfz
I do not think mkx has higher execution then sfv at all.

I'm not sure why some think mkx has execution because of the run combos. Learning Kabal, Skarlet, and Sonya execution was harder to master then anything in mkx.
 

God Confirm

We're all from Earthrealm. If not, cool pic brah.
I do not think mkx has higher execution then sfv at all.

I'm not sure why some think mkx has execution because of the run combos. Learning Kabal, Skarlet, and Sonya execution was harder to master then anything in mkx.
sfv is probably the easiest fighter ive ever learned to play

its the only game i can learn a character in like a matter of minutes

its the only game i can learn a character, not play in 6 months and come back without missing a beat

and i played two of the hardest characters in the game

there is no way its harder than MKX

also, i didnt say mkx was harder than mk9 tho, in fact i specifically left that game out of my list cause i didnt play it competitively

MKX doesn't have auto combos, does it?
neither do they
 
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Linkuei82

Live by the sword, Die by the sword
sfv is probably the easiest fighter ive ever learned to play

its the only game i can learn a character in like a matter of minutes

its the only game i can learn a character, not play in 6 months and come back without missing a beat

there is no way its harder than MKX

also, i didnt say mkx was harder than mk9 tho, in fact i specifically left that game out of my list cause i didnt play it competitively


neither do they
Sfv has a higher execution with characters then anyone in mix is what I am saying. You don't have to worry about performing charges, full and 3/4 circles, dps, etc in mkx. The moves and combos are super easy in mk.
 

HellblazerHawkman

Confused Thanagarian
I can speak more from experience on Skullgirls (still a scrub though): So not only does the game move faster than an NRS game, you have team mechanics. So every character has access to some absurdly fast 50/50s and there isn't a breaker mechanic until you get hit so many times the game feels sorry for you. As it moves like an anime fighter, you have the air as another plane to deal with, so if you fuck up a jump, you are eating a full combo, not just a thrown out hit. The assists can also be pretty much any special a character might have, so in the case of my character Valentine, she can get a forward advancing throw that I believe has a hit of armor on it.

In general with non-NRS games, most aren't as simple as "learn which combo strings can be done into a special for combos." One of the bigger selling points for NRS titles is that they are easier to play with better single player content, which is why they outsell games like SFV.

I mean, just look at this set between Sonic and Dekillsage.
 

Espio

Kokomo
Lead Moderator
Even if MKX had the hardest execution of any NRS game, that's not the question being posed. The question is "Do you guys feel that MKX is the hardest fighting game to date?"

Mentioning MK9 or Injustice is just a cop out/distraction. The simple answer is no it is not.

The execution is overblown and overstated anyway. Run cancels, run cancel combos, instant air fans etc. are not that live or that crazy and my execution is trash.
 

NothingPersonal

Are you not entertained!?
I think you and I have different opinions on the definition of "hard"
- Two wrong reacts on 50/50's to the umpteenth degree and you're dead, that's hard.
- Very low tolerance for error or simply a case of bad luck, that's hard. There are many old school games out there in different genres that are extremely hard, even though execution is pretty freaking simple.
- As i said before, that requires you to read your opponent on a much deeper level (be an ethereal clairvoyant), to try and make that 50/50 into a 80/20 for instance.
- SFV and Tekken 7 seem to be so predictable and reactable to me, and the stress level's low. That to me is freakin easy! Tekken, you have to have knowledge of a lotta strings you say? Well, in the end its still way more forgiving because of the predictability and reactability if you didn't. In MK, you better be crystal clear on every li'l frame, every string, every optimal counter for the whole cast (all variations) while placing extreme importance on resource management before you hit a tourny (or you're dead before you come to your senses.)

I play on a hitbox controller. SFV execution to me is no harder than MKX. But, then again, i play Displacer and Nimble, not Dung-Jin. Execution consistency after a coupla months is the same on both games.

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I agree.
 
Not to be a troll, but the fact that this thread exists in the same universe as KOF makes me question reality more than I already do.
First question do you even play KOF 14?People like to overblow KOF difficulty and IDK why as far as modern fighting games go KOF 14 is as easy/hard than most over games.