I'm not a huge fan of how Netherrealms' games play. The focus on dial-a-combos makes them often feel sluggish and unresponsive, made worse by the historically bad "feet planted, leaning and swiping" animations. NR has been improving both of these substantially over their past few games, and I gotta say, MK1 feels pretty good!
It's still reliant on those damn combos, unfortunately, but it feels like you can link more regular moves together than you could previously. I'm not a fighting game expert though, damn sure not part of the "FGC", and hopefully I never will be. But to me, a layman, the person these games are ostensibly aimed toward, it's a massive improvement.
Anyway, on to the main reason to play NR games: the single-player content. Unlike Capcom, who view it as an afterthought most of the time (and, when actually attempting a substantial SP mode, create absolute dogshit like SF6's godawful World Tour mode), Ed Boon n Crew always make sure to have a campaign plus a lil extra in store for those of us who do not have any interest in getting our shit pushed in by a hyper-caffeinated 16 year old from Brazil. MK1's campaign, in my estimation, is the best they've ever done.
There are people who don't like the last act of it. To those people, I ask: Are you stupid? Were you unaware of the very concept of this game? Because, to me, in a game (and series, at this point) entirely about timeline fuckery, it makes total sense. They shouldn't do it again, but it's fine here.
Beyond the cinematic campaign, there's an Invasions mode that's a little bit like the single player in Soul Calibur. You move around areas in a board game fashion and have various encounters on each "space". It's fine, and much better than the randomly-generated Multiverse/Tower of Time stuff from mk11 and ij2. The Seasonal aspect of it is strange to me, though. For example, right now, all the seasonal skins are yellow and orange. Why would I want those for most characters, in a series where almost everyone is color-coded? Sub-Zero can't be orange, you freaks! How dare you?!
I will also say that the roster is pretty lackluster. I think making a ""reboot"" and relegating Sonya, Jax, and Kano to "kameo" assist characters is pretty shitty, while snoozefests like Reiko, Nitara, and Ashara are fully playable. But hey, don't worry, buy the Kombat Pack to get two evil Supermans!
It's still reliant on those damn combos, unfortunately, but it feels like you can link more regular moves together than you could previously. I'm not a fighting game expert though, damn sure not part of the "FGC", and hopefully I never will be. But to me, a layman, the person these games are ostensibly aimed toward, it's a massive improvement.
Anyway, on to the main reason to play NR games: the single-player content. Unlike Capcom, who view it as an afterthought most of the time (and, when actually attempting a substantial SP mode, create absolute dogshit like SF6's godawful World Tour mode), Ed Boon n Crew always make sure to have a campaign plus a lil extra in store for those of us who do not have any interest in getting our shit pushed in by a hyper-caffeinated 16 year old from Brazil. MK1's campaign, in my estimation, is the best they've ever done.
There are people who don't like the last act of it. To those people, I ask: Are you stupid? Were you unaware of the very concept of this game? Because, to me, in a game (and series, at this point) entirely about timeline fuckery, it makes total sense. They shouldn't do it again, but it's fine here.
Beyond the cinematic campaign, there's an Invasions mode that's a little bit like the single player in Soul Calibur. You move around areas in a board game fashion and have various encounters on each "space". It's fine, and much better than the randomly-generated Multiverse/Tower of Time stuff from mk11 and ij2. The Seasonal aspect of it is strange to me, though. For example, right now, all the seasonal skins are yellow and orange. Why would I want those for most characters, in a series where almost everyone is color-coded? Sub-Zero can't be orange, you freaks! How dare you?!
I will also say that the roster is pretty lackluster. I think making a ""reboot"" and relegating Sonya, Jax, and Kano to "kameo" assist characters is pretty shitty, while snoozefests like Reiko, Nitara, and Ashara are fully playable. But hey, don't worry, buy the Kombat Pack to get two evil Supermans!
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There are people who don't like the last act of it. To those people, I ask: Are you stupid?
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DragoCrafterr
7 months ago