I agree

But 3 things

1. The secret fights have their own difficulty no matter what.

2. Expert mode will have the opponent spam the fuck out of you.

3. What the hell are you doing playing on beginner?

Some people like playing on Beginner, and some people just want it over with already, lol.

I am playing on beginner because thats what I am lol

THROW ASSHOLE!

Thats what you do when they block. If you cant throw them on beginner then they arent blocking that much.

That shouldn't be too bad, considering lots of attacks are unblockable. I myself have never had any problems whatsoever on beginner, though...

What Zero said, if they keep blocking get up close in that bitch's face and start throwing down.

Here's my tip when fighting against Klassic Noob:

He loves to teleport a lot so, try to keep some distance from him and when he does teleport, duck and uppercut. Then, rinse and repeat.

I was just thinking this same thing yesterday. It doesn't piss me off that they block, but they do indeed block too much. I understand you can still throw, but a match where all I'm doing is jumping toward the opponent, throwing, turning around and repeating is boring as shit!!! I want a real fight! They seem to do this on all difficulty levels too.

1.Having your attacks blocked nets you chip damage and tons of meter.

2. There are ways to break a block defense. Mostly obviously throwing, but also combos that incorporate things like high-low mixups.

they will always block when your Xray is loaded ..

In short, practice more and learn your character.

Specifically learn:

1. Launch/juggle starting combos that cancel into specials.

2. Jump-in combos that lead to launch/juggle combos that cancel into specials.

3. Specials that set up "free hit" status.

4. Cross-up attacks that can lead to launch/juggle combos that cancel into specials.

5.. Find combos that will cancel into your X-Ray if applicable.

Seriously beginner mode the AI seems asleep 75% of the time. Boss AI behaves a bit differently though.

i like to play on expert ,perfect practice for online

i noticed with baraka if they block a combo he can quickly do a blades fury right after fuckin them up when they try and counter attack you.

I hate getting my X-ray blocked, so annoying when you knew you lost that chance at winning, but could have turned it around.

Yelp. That's why I'm saying learn to chain in your X-ray off a combo cancel or as a counter/punish since naked X-Rays will get blocked a lot. It doesn't take much, a simple 1, 1, X-ray or a 2, 1, X-Ray is all you need. Tailored to your character of course.

There is no 'AI' in this game, OP. The CPU opponents just run through rote patterns like Mario Goombas.

This fact is no better evidenced than by the woeful CPU boss characters that do nothing but spam a single move most of the time.

AI is one area in particular where video gaming is stuck in the dark ages.