To each their own, of course, but I'm not seeing it. The gameplay is good, don't get me wrong, and the pacing is much faster than the previous game, but I still don't see how it's not more restrictive:
Isn't all of what you said true of MK11 though (or not relevant to MK11 ie, kameos)? If you mean it's nearly as restrictive, or more restrictive than you thought it would be, that's one thing, but I don't think there's anything that makes it more restrictive than MK11.
The limited starters/more useless strings is worse in this game, at least to me. Not only am I doing the same kombo over and over, but now I'm also always using 1, maybe 2 starters only. Feels very limited just to get going.
Hm, maybe I'm misremembering MK11, but I remember that game being pretty much the same. I certainly don't feel like I was awash with viable strings in MK11. I also feel like more strings become viable with kameos in this game.
For my mains at least, Mileena and Kitana, they had several viable starters, and different strings with different utility. In this game, it's 1,2 for Mileena, and mostly 2,4,1,2 or B2,4 with Kitana. That's it.
I'm not familiar with either character in either game, but it might be worth looking at your kameo options to see if it can change that. My first main in MK1 was Reptile who's really limited in terms of his good starters, but I use him with Stryker so that I can safely use his B31 not just as a whiff punisher, and be able to just kinda throw out his F23 and cover with Stryker grenades.
If you haven't, you should try Killer Instinct.
I wasn't but halfway through reading his post before my brain went to that as well
Yup. What he's saying screams KI.
This is basically how all NRS games work. Which combo route you choose depends on resources, what side you’d like to place the opponent on, whether they have breaker, and whether you want to cash out for maximum damage or set up oki. With the addition of brutalities for swag.
Oh like “dare I say“…. INJUSTICE 2?
Sure, but again, look at Mileena. It's 1,2. That's pretty much it. Her jab.
True, but you had to decide whether to cash out a Krushing Blow or not, or whether to Break and use all your Defensive Gauge or not, etc.. They were different systems, but there were still choices to be made.
Agreed here. I was actually explaining to my finace the other day the difference in the game's pacing make, and why Johnny is considered one of the best in the game (his pressure and offence).
Interestingly that sums of Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate very well. A lot of good ideas that were not executed in the best fashion, but it was a game that played like no other in the franchise.
I still need to disagree with this, but it sounds like we're having very different experiences. And that's great; I'm glad you're quite enjoying the game for what it is!
That's not at all how Hourglass plays, and he's definitely the most successful Mileena right now by a long shot. I think it's always good to check out better players before forming hard opinions about how characters should play.
I watch The Kolloseum (SP?), and enjoy watching Hourglass. I mostly see 1,2 with the occasional F1,4,4 as a starter. That's about it.
F4 and F2,4,3 are a must for any Mileena player hoping to beat the likes of Raiden, Cage and Kenshi. They are just not fast and far reaching, like 1,2, so you will see them when players are enforcing mixes and meaty games - which might seem as less frequent than 1,2, but those are crucial buttons for Mileena that I do see Hourglass throw out a lot. It's the f3,4 you'll never see.
why would you not use f34,especially on high punish moves like a subzero slide and the sort,its the highest damage route
I mean, here's Hourglass using 3-4 different strings/openers in about 20 seconds worth of game time.
It is the meterless highest damage, yes, but doesnt combo into anything other than roll and has more startup and less range than 1,2, for example. Personally, if I wish to punish HARD, I just do 1,2 into ex up teleport and the rest of the combo... f3,4 can also work after the ex high sai, but you have to be in the corner.
F4 isn't a starter; great ender though. I haven't noticed him using F2,4,3, but I'll pay more attention.
Sure, but it's honestly not that great.
Overshadowed by 1,2 as a starter. 2,1 is great mid-kombo.
Perhaps a better rephrase is 1,2 is generally her only starter worth using most of the time.
It works well against the AI, but against a competent human player, it's slow enough that you oft get blown up. @Felipe_Gewehr answered this better, I just saw.
I haven't watched this one yet. I'll be doing that later this week, and we'll see what there is to see.
i think you are completely missing how the game works at a high level.
