As my status currently says, I've never felt more bi-polar over a video game than I have with MKX. It's almost like my emotions have become a 50/50 because of this game.
I like MKX, but it's definitely not the crack that MK9 was to me. My first guess for this is that because it is so centered around 50/50, rushdown/then mixup style gameplay that it doesn't really leave a whole a lot of room open for different playstyles. Also with the game being so 50/50 heavy, that naturally reduces the thinking involved to open someone up or win a match in general. It also doesn't help that jumping is for the most part less punishable than it was in MK9, it's as if the game is missing an entire feature because of this. Why attempt to bait jump-ins when for many characters, you get an uppercut at best, and you'll probably just end up trading with it anyway.
When I play a competitive game, I want to think, I want to feel as if I outsmarted the other player, that's where the enjoyment in competitive games comes for me, MKX just doesn't feel like a thinking man's game to me. I typically feel no sense of reward or accomplishment, win or lose. It's partially the reason I play Takeda because I feel I have to actually work harder than many other characters to actually do well.
If you were to ask me again, tomorrow, I'd probably tell you how much I love this game and can't stop playing it.
help plz.
