jpetrunak
I was pleasantly surprised that I got an email this morning. My impressions so far ...
1. This stress test reaffirms why I absolutely hate playing against real people (lol). I like to beat up brain dead AI and execute cool combos, I hate competing, but with all that said, I didn’t feel overwhelmed and the net code is great.
2. Game reminds me of Street Fighter IV in the best possible way. The game is very slow, but I completely see why. Spacing is so important to this game and it really does feel strategic as opposed to the hyper rush down 50/50 frantic death speed of MKX.
3. My biggest take away , and the thing that has me even more hyped for this game is how different the characters feel from each other. Maybe it’s just me but Mortal Kombat games always kind of felt like everyone on the roster basically played the same with the exception of their special moves and strings. It was always combo into pop up into neutral jump punch pop up again into string with a special. MKX kinda of started peeling away from that with characters like Kotal and Ferra Tor, but for the most part if you played with one character you kind of had a general idea of how to proceed with another. This game doesn’t feel like that at all. Playing Skarlet felt completely different from Scorpion and Baraka. Characters just truly feel like their own thing now and I love it.
Im keeping my fingers crossed the actual beta will have a training or local play option because I really want to be able to actually figure stuff out without having to pull up a moves list in a middle of a match.
Overall my my hype level is through the roof. I don’t care about Kombat Kasts or trailers anymore, I just want this game in my hands right now.
Plays like Street Fighter? I don’t like that at all. There’s a reason why I haven’t touched a SF game in ages, the controls are slow and the moves are horrible to pull off. Man, I hope you’re completely wrong in your assessment. I’d hate for MK to lose its gameplay appeal and become a SF copy.
