MKAK: first impressions (ps3)
My first impressions for the MKAK on XBL.
Offline, I really don't like how the game looks on my tube tv. I can't edit the screen ratio, aka stretch it, like you can in the stand alone UMK3 on XBLA version. So it's full screen for me and some of the stuff on the edges is cut-off. The graphics look faded even on painted.
The menu's are pretty bad. The font is super tiny. It's also white font with a white'ish background, so it blends in to the background on top of it being small. Even the pause menu has this problem.
The ranking system seems to be like the UMK DS version, which I'm not sure I like. The leaderboards go by longest streak? That's just asking for boosters.
Finally, the online is complete gutter trash. Not only is there massive lag and delay, the features aren't there either. No lobbies aka spectating, no kombat kodes online (which means first round can't have Human Smoke), and no Gamer Tags under the lifebars. My very first match was actually not too bad with little lag and delay, but compared to the UMK3 stand alone version, that match would have been labeled a "laggy match" by me on there.
The offline mode does seem to be really solid though as far as gameplay. It just looks pretty weak on my TV. Also, MK1 online isn't bad at all really... so I guess that's something....
