Mortal Kombat 11

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Played a bit more last night and had a few thoughts on it:

For one thing, I think the characters move and animate far better than MKX. Everything feels more deliberate and less herky-jerky like many NRS games tend to feel. They said the release version will be faster though, so who knows. Either way, I’m digging the movement.

My problem, and this is definitely a “me” issue, is that I’m having a hard time connecting things together. I can do the simple three or four hit combos, of course, but for whatever reason, I’m having a hard time going in to special moves off of those combos. Not sure why. I’m sure I’ll figure things out once I can use practice mode when the game releases, but man… So many things feel like they should connect that don’t for me right now.

I also need to go back and watch them breakdown Jade and Skarlet, because I can’t seem to find anything interesting to do with them lol. It’s kind of annoying that so many of Skarlet’s moves you can choose from are buff type moves, but I guess that’s more of her gameplan this time around. Jade, I honestly have no idea what to do with, and I know Steve really likes her though so I’ll have to check out that kombat kast again for sure.

The stage music, as with every MK since roughly MK2, is ambient, barely noticeable and one of the weakest parts of the game. It’s honestly baffling to me that they’re still putting together such utterly forgettable music for a game that otherwise has a masterful level of presentation.

That’s probably a bit harsh on my part, but man… I listen to KI’s stage music and then MK’s and the difference is night and day. Kinda wish they’d hire Mick Gordon. I’m not saying I need a ton of metal in MK, but he’s got a substantial range and could definitely put together a soundtrack that both works with the stages and sticks in your head.

On the plus side, I absolutely love the stages in this game, the character designs, the customization options for both the characters and their gameplay… This is a really wonderful, well-made game and I can’t wait to play more of it! I liked MKX, but this game just feels so right to me. Now I just have to stop sucking at it so badly lol.

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Yeah, there are a lot of pretty strict situational combo extenders and even little things like air hits into air projectiles have pretty strict spacing and timing requirements. Likewise some of the grounded juggles etc. And, by way of example, it seems like literally the only way to combo off Kabal’s run is with b1 as a starter.

I agree that the animations are smoother and this is helped by the (slightly - people are exaggerating) slower pace of the game.

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Where at in C.J if you don’t mind me asking?I’m from Carteret/Woodbrige area myself.

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Not sure if you traveling with family or work colleagues,but for some decent food try the diner in the Shop Rite shopping center.There’s also a good Chinese place next to it.Also Jazeefs is good too.Also a McDonald’s and Burger King.as for fun things to do,not much in town,more luck if you hit the mall in Woodbridge and hit up the Dave and Busters arcade joint.

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I lived in East Brunswick, Old Bridge and South Brunswick. So south of you down route 1 or the Turnpike.

Spent plenty of weekends at the Woodbridge mall, back when malls were still a thing.

Today we just came back to the airportZ. But thanks for the heads up.

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So…I’m maining Kabal.

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Glad you are ok :slight_smile: About to play some MK 11 before finishing the night off with Sekiro. Having a ton of fun with Kabal and Scorpion. I aboslutley cant wajt for the full game.

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I don’t know why Kabal sends memories of joker in my mind but it does in that photo that mask is awful creepy

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The Skull mask with Red coler scheme is legit badass … IM having fun with Kabal but its hard to compete online with all the Scorpions that have last week under there belt plus typical scorpion teleport game play experience. Even though I play MK 11 Scorpion too its still hard to react to the teleport when you are trying to think about Kabals combos and game plan. I just dont have the muscle memeory for Kabal yet. I dont have any combo extenders practiced either.

IM much better with Scorpion but tired of using and seeing him…I cant wait to get my hands on KANO!

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Lmao just imagine the Nice Guy jokes that can be created with this photo on Reddit lmao!

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Not sure why anyone you likes Baraka wouldnt like him in this game…he is Fn stupid good! Most players with high win ratios in this beta…use Baraka…no doubt about it. He has the easiest high damage cobos with 2 crushing blows. All you have to do is the easy forward advancing combo, crushing blow, command grab enhanced, and then crushing blow combo again… DEAD lol

I do like how they made him like an Orc from Lord of the Rings… Azog!

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Read a few quotes by the art director so I went ahead and cancelled my pre-order :smile: I’m pretty allergic to the kind of stuff he’s discussing lol. Good that he gave a glimpse into their character / art design philosophy. Allowed me to better make a purchase decision :slight_smile:

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what did he say that made you want to cancel the pre-order?

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Nothing too outrageous, but related to desexualizing female characters. Probably been talked about at length before but I only recently joined the mk11 bandwagon so wasn’t aware of this discussion. Anyway, no need to further elaborate as these discussions don’t end well usually :wink:

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Something about sexualization in which fans responded using the male/female double standard. This kind of thing has happened numerous times so I’m not surprised this was the outcome.

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Didn’t all he say was that they didn’t want the female characters wearing scanty bikini-like outfits? I mean I guess they could have a few of the women have a sports bra outfit or something to have some rough equivalent to the shirtless men, but I’m not losing any sleep over it.

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Me neither, but you know how people can be sometimes. I guess it helps that, in my case, I’ve never really been interested in any of the female characters so this kind of debate doesn’t truly involve me here. If I did, I might have had a different stance on the matter

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Honestly I found it better when they started working within limits, mainly since their previous attempts at making scantily-clad female designs were far from ideal; over-muscled bodies, badly rendered faces, and a lot of samey looking outfits (mainly bikinis or leotards).

I have no problem with more revealing designs if done right, but in my eyes NRS never really did it right. Better to just stick with what they know, instead of trying to emulate other series’ designs. Plus it helps that the current design philosophy basically feels like a 3D version of MK2, which is what I’ve personally wanted for years (I also liked MKX’s art direction for the same reason).

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Minor complaint…
I dontlike the “Brutality” font this go around. I prefer the dripping blood font from X. I nice mix between these 2 would be great. Owell.

Also Kabals Extended Hook move… great move but… the recovery time on hit is massive! WHats the purose of a move that is suppsoed to bring the opponent in for a combo if they can recover before you do? Very odd for a move that says " Kabal extends his hook swords to grab and pull the oppeonent closer"
You can get a combo in if they arent mashing crouching jab.

One more thing…why do the characters masks come off during fatalities and fatal blows? DId this in X as well. THeir mask comes off during fatal blows and then comes right back on once they get up LOL
Yeah yeah its so they dont have to create new aniamaitons for each mask or whatever but they could have intergrated it in somehow to where it makes sense visually.

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I understand the feedback on costumes in that the men have somewhat more revealing? aspects chest / arms legs etc where the women are in full suits etc

I could do with or without skimpy I just need design that is attached to the haracter that expands past a boring played out look or popular stereotype (I loved poison Ivy’s default more than a lot of her alternate gear but Starfire although sexy without being slu tee was freaking amazing after they fashioned her a full spacesuit )

Say if Sindel is dlc-
I would much rather her costume have variations on creative bodysuits than a generic swimsuit- but they better not freak with the hair like skarlet

I think it’s the way some are coming across in the online banter

“I WANT NOODITY or ELSE!!!” won’t cut it with devs at all lol

with the right design even bald Frost can be a stunning female character so let’s see what they bring to the table-

they had classic skins in MkX maybe they will have special DLC in another year :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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