Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Starring RAMBO

[nachobro]

it's still a UE3 game, which surprised the hell out of me

https://wccftech.com/mortal-kombat-11-custom-unreal-engine-3/

[bork]

it's still a UE3 game, which surprised the hell out of me

https://wccftech.com/mortal-kombat-11-custom-unreal-engine-3/

[Raist]

playing this on switch and man is the image quality bad. So shimmery and jaggy. I don't even remember MK9 on 360 looking this bad.

Buy multiplat games on Switch brehs 

[Akala]

that final tier of tutorials is fucking HARD. I stayed up pretty late to finish the entire tutorial because I thought it'd be easy to bang them out...then it turned into "well i'm not sleeping til i finish this shit".

i still ended up going to bed with two final lessons going incomplete. just need the final combo in those two lessons

The only ones that really gave me trouble were the perfect block ones. If they want people to actually use them regularly they will probably need to open up the window a bit on those and the enhancers I would think. Not sure if IJ2 had any mechanics with similar strict timings as really didn’t play much.

[agrajag]

playing this on switch and man is the image quality bad. So shimmery and jaggy. I don't even remember MK9 on 360 looking this bad.

Buy multiplat games on Switch brehs 

 

[mormapope]

that final tier of tutorials is fucking HARD. I stayed up pretty late to finish the entire tutorial because I thought it'd be easy to bang them out...then it turned into "well i'm not sleeping til i finish this shit".

i still ended up going to bed with two final lessons going incomplete. just need the final combo in those two lessons

The only one that really game me trouble were the perfect block ones. If they want people to actually use them regularly they will probably need to open up the window a bit on those and the enhancers I would think. Not sure if IJ2 had any mechanics with similar strict timings as really didn’t play much.

I was thinking the same thing while doing all the tutorials yesterday. The timing is more stroct than something like parrying in Third Strike. Its more akin to getting a red parry/perfect parry in Third Strike compared to anything else.

I love MK11 in general tho with its mechanics and flow. Love that they added a KoF styled neutral hop meant to dodge and punish low attacks. Love the different options on wake up. Really dig meter is gained back automatically over time.

There are some weird or rushed issues, but as a fighting game, this is the bes NRS game since MK9.

[nachobro]

The only ones that really gave me trouble were the perfect block ones. If they want people to actually use them regularly they will probably need to open up the window a bit on those and the enhancers I would think. Not sure if IJ2 had any mechanics with similar strict timings as really didn’t play much.

Yeah the low/high then counter in the last tier was pretty tough. The two combos I'm stuck on are the last side switch one with Raiden and one of the blockstring ones with Baraka in the final tier. Got everything else done but for some reason I had a mental block on those two.

[agrajag]

this game is confusing the fuck out of me. There are two versions of each character? And they have different moves? I practiced the shit out of defaut Cassie Cage, and then the one in the story wasn't the default one, so all the moves I learned weren't relevant.. or did I fuck up? At least they give you a move reference... This is what I get for being old, not playing MK except for 9 for the last 10 years, and being a total fighting game n00b in general.

Even on the Switch, the cut scene graphics are pretty impressive. It's incredible how far even mobile technology has come brehs. And boy does Ronda suck at voice acting. 

[mormapope]

this game is confusing the fuck out of me. There are two versions of each character? And they have different moves? I practiced the shit out of defaut Cassie Cage, and then the one in the story wasn't the default one, so all the moves I learned weren't relevant.. or did I fuck up? At least they give you a move reference... This is what I get for being old, not playing MK except for 9 for the last 10 years, and being a total fighting game n00b in general.

Even on the Switch, the cut scene graphics are pretty impressive. It's incredible how far even mobile technology has come brehs. And boy does Ronda suck at voice acting. 

A lot of special moves and attacks are assigned via customization. The thing that sucks is what you described. You basically create a class for your fighter. Except for ranked matches.

The presets available for Towers, local practice and vs. stuff, and Kasual online matches, are different than the presets for ranked matches, story mode, and Kombat league when it launches.

[agrajag]

Why in the world would anyone think that' is a good idea? Ain't nobody got time for memorizing ten million move sets.

[bork]

https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/mortal-kombat-11-is-already-10-cheaper-and-it-rele/1100-6466422/

[Shuri]

I kept myself on a media blackout  for this one.

Having spent a couple hours with it..

The fatalities are fun to watch once, and that's it, and quite a few of them are just so edgelordy.. I wish there was a way to do quick executions. Just a decapitation, or something quick and thats it.  Conclude with a badass pose. thats it.

The non stop spamming of coin earnings and items after each map is so fucking awful. It makes the game feel like a mobile game for the chinese market.

The actual fighting and gameplay is great, but There are kind of losing me with all those various modes, tournament stuff, being able to add costume items to your characters but you can only use them in ranked match online (wtf?), and tbh I kinda dont care about this.

The story mode has incredible production values but, as a fan of mk since arcade days , but the actually story feels like bootleg 500 pages fanfiction bs wrote by fans. It's hard to really put in words how annoyed I am by the storyline itself.

The crashing timelines stuff is  and feels like leftover story points for MK Armageddon. MK11 feels like the MK4 of this generation. Incredible hype and production values, but the end product feels flawed and underwhelming.

But unlike MK4, the gameplay is fine in this game!  The wrapping around it is just problematic.

[Akala]

aren't brutalities kind of quick executions? have you seen those? may be tied to BS like not blocking etc.

can't comment on story much as saving for the weekend, but tried the Krypt tonight and pretty much wasted 200k KOINS and 250 hearts.   

[agrajag]

I feel like I missed out big not playing X.


How do you set off a brutality? I did it once, but by accident.

[Coax]

Tried it out on PC and found nothing updated in the in-game shop.  Why? 

Looks great on PC though.  Ultra-widescreen 21:9 support

Don't leave us hanging bork, post some ultrawide screenshots. I'm also stunned it's built on UT3 as it looks killer.

[nachobro]

I feel like I missed out big not playing X.


How do you set off a brutality? I did it once, but by accident.

it's different per character, and they each have multiple

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/04/guide_mortal_kombat_11_-_how_to_perform_all_brutalities

[Akala]

lol newsweek ftw with first google result.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/mortal-kombat-11-brutality-list-how-do-finishing-move-1402758

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https://www.newsweek.com/mortal-kombat-11-krypt-1402746

https://www.newsweek.com/mortal-kombat-11-fatalities-both-how-1402704

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also:

HOW TO PERFORM A MERCY IN MORTAL KOMBAT 11

Once you get to the “Finish Him/Her” part of the match, input the following commands:

Hold L2, Down, Down, Down, then release L1 at mid range.

[bork]

Tried it out on PC and found nothing updated in the in-game shop.  Why? 

Looks great on PC though.  Ultra-widescreen 21:9 support

Don't leave us hanging bork, post some ultrawide screenshots. I'm also stunned it's built on UT3 as it looks killer.

You got it!



They're 2560x1080, so will put in a spoiler-tag.  But here's a smaller one to show how well it fits!

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[Himu]

is that the training room? that's some hideous shit. First bad looking stage I've seen

[bork]

is that the training room? that's some hideous shit. First bad looking stage I've seen

There isn't a dedicated training level.  That one is called "Tournament."  The color scheme is obnoxious, but the arcade machines in the back with the old games are a nice touch. 

[Himu]

So is there traditional MK tournament stage? Like this one?



Or the one in MKII?

[nachobro]

Kotal's stage is like a arena/coliseum. That's probably the closest, but I don't have two stages yet since I haven't finished the stiry

[thetylerrob]

I will never get over how shitty these games feel to actually combo in. Why the fuck do they want you to dial a combo as you land a jump in instead of inputting the combo naturally as the animation plays out? Just feels like garbo.

[Himu]

So it has buffer? I don’t think MK is a chain game.

[thetylerrob]

I think you’re not supposed to be able to hit confirm a jump in punch idk

[Akala]

So is there traditional MK tournament stage? Like this one?

They have that exact same one, only it's the future and all the monks are dead. 

So it has buffer? I don’t think MK is a chain game.

It totally is. 

Agree with rob it doesn't feel natural at all, basically more like MK3 than MK2 just without the run.

[nachobro]

aka perfection

its not nearly as fast as a umk3 or something but it's still quite good imo. they fixed the major issue i had with x, namely too many 50/50s mainly from jump ins, and the additions like the defensive rolls are cool. hard to tell much else definitively at the moment but i'll just say the feel and flow of the game feel very "traditional mk" in a good way.

i do miss run but also skarlet has a teleport and a healing fireball that i can cancel into at the end of every kombo so it's a fair trade off

[Akala]

there really are a ton of teleports in the game. feels like most of the chars have decent tools, just gotta lern sum muvs. 

[bork]

I will never get over how shitty these games feel to actually combo in. Why the fuck do they want you to dial a combo as you land a jump in instead of inputting the combo naturally as the animation plays out? Just feels like garbo.

One of the reasons why I will always be a Netherrealm 'casual' and just can't take their games seriously.  Even after all this time, MK still feels so damn STIFF compared to everything else.  That said, MK11 does feel like a step in the right direction.

i do miss run but also skarlet has a teleport and a healing fireball that i can cancel into at the end of every kombo so it's a fair trade off

[nachobro]

there really are a ton of teleports in the game. feels like most of the chars have decent tools, just gotta lern sum muvs. 

yeah it cracks me up how almost everyone has either a teleport or a projectile and if you have both you are top tier immediately

a lot of the combos in the movelist can be strung together in a longer juggle setup and almost all of them can be canceled into a special move. that's a good starting place if you feel like you are doing low damage or don't know where to start with longer strings.

[thetylerrob]

Currently doing every characters tutorial because I like to do all the boring shit first. Do you get anything besides the skins for finishing all of them?

[nachobro]

i think it's just the skins. you get shao kahn announcer stuff for the mechanics tutorials but that's about it for those unlocks.

[bork]

First set online last night was against a Scorpion player.

Match 1:

THROW OUT SPEAR (ducked)
TELEPORT PUNCH (blocked and punished)

...That's it.  Over and over for two rounds.

Match 2:

THROW OUT SPEAR (ducked)
TELEPORT PUNCH (blocked and punished)
GET CLOSE AND DO A LOW KICK (blocked/punished)

...That's it.  Over and over again.

Match 3:

THROW OUT SP-- I just start doing jump kicks and overheads, which he doesn't block, and he loses and quits immediately.

This is like the MK equivalent of the Ryu/Ken player who does random fireball/dragon punches and jump in RH, crouching RH over and over.  Some things never change.

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Then I got matched up with a much higher-ranked player, who completely destroyed me. 

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[nachobro]

Update on Towers of Time & Krypt issues, plus PC performance.

Hello all,

First, we wanted to say thank you all for your feedback on Mortal Kombat 11 so far. We’re dedicated to bringing you the best experience possible and working to get the latest updates and patches live across all platforms.

We’re aware of the difficulty issues in Towers of Time, and while we’ve made some changes, rest assured there are more on the way. To help you along your way, everyone will receive:

· 500,000 Koins

· 500 Hearts
· 1,000 Soul Fragments
· 1,000 Time Krystals

We’ve broken down the updates coming to each platform below. As always, if you’re experiencing issues, please send a ticket to our CS team at https://support.wbgames.com/hc/en-us. Thank you for being a part of the Mortal Kombat Kommunity!

PS4/Xbox:

We’re aiming to release the patch early next week. This patch will include:

· Reduce AI difficulty · Increased Kurrency rewards in Towers of Time · Thank you gift (500,000 Koins, 500 Hearts, 1,000 Soul Fragments and 1,000 Time Krystals)

Switch:

For the Nintendo Switch, we have two patches in progress. We’re aiming to have the first patch in this series released in the next day or two.

· Character tuning to reduce difficulty in Towers of Time · Reduce AI health to reduce difficulty in Towers of Time · Reduce effects and frequency of most difficult modifiers in Towers of Time · Overall improvements to stability

The second patch is in progress and we’ll let you know as soon as we have a release date. This update will include:

· Reduce AI difficulty · Increased Kurrency rewards in Towers of Time · Thank you gift (500,000 Koins, 500 Hearts, 1,000 Soul Fragments and 1,000 Time Krystals)

PC:

For PC, we have two patches in progress. We’re aiming to have the first patch in the series released in the next day or two. This patch will include:

· Character tuning to reduce difficulty in Towers of Time

· Reduce AI health to reduce difficulty in Towers of Time

· Reduce effects and frequency of most difficult modifiers in Towers of Time

· Updates to character move values

· Overall improvements to stability, including crash fixes in menus and navigating UI

· Fixed a problem where the game would not load using certain keyboard configurations

· Fixed a problem where the game would not load due to non-English characters in the Windows user name

We’re aiming to release the next patch in the series early next week. This patch will include:

· Reduce AI difficulty · Increased Kurrency rewards in Towers of Time

· Thank you gift (500,000 Koins, 500 Hearts, 1,000 Soul Fragments and 1,000 Time Krystals)

[Akala]

hopefully there is continued effort going forward to try and have parity with the patches. and DLC...

[Himu]

So is there traditional MK tournament stage? Like this one?

They have that exact same one, only it's the future and all the monks are dead. 

So it has buffer? I don’t think MK is a chain game.

It totally is. 

Agree with rob it doesn't feel natural at all, basically more like MK3 than MK2 just without the run.

Show me a clip of the that monk stage

[bork]

https://twitter.com/light_balance/status/1121521197697703936

[Akala]

PC 262MB update going live

**@ Cindi, spoiler as yuge

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[agrajag]

beat story mode on medium, chronica was easy as fuck, although I admit I used very cheap tactics to beat her. I just wanted to get it over with.

[Coax]

You got it!

Was poking around and found this new mod that fixes some of the issues players with ultrawide have experienced (removes black bars on the Krypt and menus) while making fatal blows, fatalities and the Krypt run at 60fps.



According to a comment it also has the side effect of fixing the cutscene audio desync on PC. Apparently runs as a separate program and binds the F10/F11 to its own toggleable functions. Run at own risk I guess.

Would be nice if there were further improvements to the ultrawide res since from what I've seen around it's a little unpolished in places.

Show me a clip of the that monk stage

Mod video above also showcases it.

[bork]

Also, Ronda's voice acting is fine.

https://twitter.com/haydencd/status/1120825449276268544

 

[bork]

https://twitter.com/DiversityENT_/status/1120524147111677953

[Coax]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/bider6/towers_of_time_are_fun_when_they_give_you_and/

[thetylerrob]

  all the scrubs complaining that the tutorials are too hard.

[Himu]

Tried this the other day at a local and gosh it feels like I’m underwater while playing it. Any suggestions for someone not used to this weighty feeling in a fighter?

[thetylerrob]

I think you just really have to get used to it. That's the trademark NRS feel we were talking about earlier, it's bad but some people don't mind it.

[toku]

[remy]

People say it's weighty but i still think it feels like shit. I need like 100% of my concentration and the little kombo list on screen to even have a chance at doing my strings, and the the timing is so strict that half the time my shit just completely whiffs.

And the towers are so frustrating. It's hard enough for me to execute in this game when I'm not getting hit by missles from the BG and a burn DOT, when all the "fun" modifiers are on I feel like I can't play at all.

like 1v1 against people who also suck is fun but man, that singleplayer is ass. at least beating on the ai in streetfighter is occasionally fun

[nachobro]

ps4 rewards hit for the krypt shit being wack. 500k koins plus a bunch of other stuff. seems other platforms are getting it this week. got a bunch of stuff including skarlet's heart chest and did some customizing

[demi]

so sonicfox will win more free money? yawn. wake me when there's a new competitor on the scene

[thetylerrob]

Don't worry I'm sure everyone will take the game seriously this time and he will get some actual competition, people definitely won't drop it in 3 months. 

[toku]

[nachobro]

Got my first Quitality

Didn't get a screenshot

Was just zoning with high/low fb the whole round and then he finally timed a jump in right...to land into my uppercut. RIP. Was kinda weird cause we were having a back and forth long set of matches but I got a bit lucky with timing and he wasn't having it.

[nachobro]

Oh I guess I did get a shot, but I just don't know how a PS4 works. Doesn't show his tag but it was like Kevthegod which made it funnier

[bork]

Nice!    Got my first one the other day on Switch.  "Scot" didn't like getting zoned to death with Cetrion's earthquakes and plant grabs.

[thetylerrob]

So those boss battle challenge towers are actually super fun. Just beat the Scorpion one by getting him down to like 10% as the point player and the randoms I matchmade with we’re getting hype on their mics.

[Raist]

The fuck's a Quitality?

[Rufus]

Rage quit.

[Raist]

Lolz, I'm a dumdumb.

They should have called it Ragequitality TBH.

[remy]

I switched from Kitana to Scorpion and am having a lot more fun. I think Kitana was just whack