Law212 wrote on Yesterday, 17:10:

I'm not a fan of the modern MK games. I really liked when Deadly alliance came out, Then Deception was even better. Then armageddon came out and they ruined the quest more because the story went nowhere and they took 1 style from each cahracter away to give to the new cahracters so some of my faves from deception felt nerfed.

I did like MK 9 a lot. and played it a ton online on xbox 360 and then on PC. MKX was OK but i felt it wasnt great. I also was disappointed that animations for MK still felt jerky and awkward. MK 11 just sucked and i dont know why. I just didnt like it and I really hate all the guest cahracters. When MK 1 was being shown and the first thing they showed were guest cahracters I said nah. not playing this one. I never understood why the attack animations looked jerky and awkward and then someone made a video comparing street fighter animations to MK and it was night and day.

The MK cahracters have certain moves that would be so awkward to do in real life. and nothing crazy but just like a front kick or a poke but they do them in odd stances. while in SF the cahracter balances themselves properly for each move. Anyway im ranting. I love MK but dont like the last 2 or 3 games.

It's interesting you mention the PS2/Xbox trilogy, because I've been thinking of those games lately, while playing MK1. I remember really liking Deadly Alliance. It had some great atmosphere, and I liked how they tried to make a fighting game that really felt unique to play (it doesn't even play like the previous MK games, really). Deception was indeed a nice improvement, but then Armageddon was such a letdown. Now, I see it as the "Mortal Kombat Trilogy" of those three games, just a goofy little bonus for the fans.

At first, I didn't like how jerky and awkward MK9 was after those games, but I grew to like it. The rest of the series has mostly played the same, with bizarre animations and completely ridiculous fatalities, but they really did try to make 11 and 1 into "serious" fighting games, and I can respect that. Personally, I prefer MK11's slower pace to MKX--the former feels more like MK1/2 while the latter feels more like MK3 to me. The guest characters are indeed mostly horrible (especially the action movie characters in MK11 and the weird superhero characters in MK1!), but I kind of like the horror guest characters in MKX!

I really loved MK9 - it basically gives you the golden age of MK (1+2+3) in a beautiful 3D environment with a fun combat system. Essentially it's MK Trilogy done right.

I own MKX, but haven't played it to date. To be honest, the multiple styles and sheer amount of content kinda overwhelms me. Eventually I do want to give it a try (at least story mode).

dr_st wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:

I really loved MK9 - Essentially it's MK Trilogy done right.

Great way of putting it!

dr_st wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:

I own MKX, but haven't played it to date. To be honest, the multiple styles and sheer amount of content kinda overwhelms me. Eventually I do want to give it a try (at least story mode).

You really should give it a try! You can ignore the variations and just use the default... the variations are just a way to keep things interesting if you ever get bored with your favorite character. There is a lot of content, but there's nothing wrong with ignoring most of it and just jumping into the basic tutorial and then playing the story mode.

leileilol wrote on Yesterday, 03:34:

twiz11 wrote on 2026-05-09, 17:37:

old games had more leeway since there wasnt i say real time communication on the net in as lavish as good video chat you had to think before you wrote stuff down

oh there were still lots of corporately-hosted accessable chatrooms in 1999. You think they weren't discussing The X-Files?

at dial up speeds? hmm i did email an x files forum as a kid wondering who fights the future. i did call my aunt the cigarette smoking woman because every time i saw her she was smoking and dabbled in philosophy like "tis better to make a man a fool than to kill him and remove all doubt as to he is a martyr" i think fox is winston from 1984 but they dont kill him they let him live because alive people leave no crubs

newtmonkey wrote on Yesterday, 18:15:

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dr_st wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:

I really loved MK9 - Essentially it's MK Trilogy done right.

Great way of putting it!

dr_st wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:

I own MKX, but haven't played it to date. To be honest, the multiple styles and sheer amount of content kinda overwhelms me. Eventually I do want to give it a try (at least story mode).

You really should give it a try! You can ignore the variations and just use the default... the variations are just a way to keep things interesting if you ever get bored with your favorite character. There is a lot of content, but there's nothing wrong with ignoring most of it and just jumping into the basic tutorial and then playing the story mode.

The variations and gear and all that worked much better in the Injustice games. It felt like it suited that game a lot better than it did for MK