Is it just me or does anyone else think Liu Kang, Kobra, and Tanya are top tier?
Just playing around in practice mode w/ Liu Kang and noticed he has a pretty easy (without lag anyway) 6-hit combo that does 40% damage 
. Dairou’s got an easy 39%, and the uber simple 3 hit 32%'er. Any other characters have stuff like that? Haven’t spent much time trying.
Review
Aight, picked the game up from GameCrazy (best job in the world, discounts rock) and I pretty much have made my decision that this game fscking rocks. Many people have complained that the game will eventually boil down to a pattern of duck, counter, and repeat, but for anybody who’s actually trying to beat ass there are many more real options out there. I guess I get down to specifics:
Control: Spot fucking on. If you press a button too many times you’ll fuck up your combo. Every fighting style (from the styles that are actually used in realy combat) look authentic(sp) and all seem to have weak and strong points. The specail moves all have various uses in the game and, all in all, there are no complaints here however…
Single Player: Konquest mode fucking sucks. PERIOD. Don’t give me any bull shit about how there’s shit to find and it’s exciting and how there’s a story line. No, it all boils down to a damn tutorial(sp) and an extended way for people to find the damn characters. And I really, really, hate that, because if they spent more time makeing this more fun the games would have been so much better. The krypt however is very entertaining(sp). It feels rewarding to have to go through the bull shit Konquest and get to unlock tons of cool shit that are actually exclusive to the game.
Gameplay: The fighting is great. Really, I could spend a few hours playing through Arcade mode to get the various endings. Puzzle Kombat and Kombat Chess are actually full games, not just tacked on mini-games. Both of which are fun ass hell and will keep you griped for hours. The only game I’ve played that’s as addicting as PK has to be Tetris, and tetris doesn’t have cool ending moves or graphic fatalities. KC is interesting because you can actually set traps and cast spells to use on your opponent. Basicly it’s chess for people who hate chess. All this stuff though amounts to one fucking thing…
Multi-play: EVERYTHING IS ONLINE AND DOESN’T LAG. Honestly, that’s where it’s at. As a hardcore fighing gamer, I get pissed as fuck when I’m playing GGXX or CvS online and there’s delay. But MKD is smooth like butter. Obvisiously(sp) X-Box gets live play so it’ll be sightly better on the box but PS2 gamers luckly get the addition of it being broadband only, so rock on there.
Graphics: Blood is beautiful. I’d do every girl in this game. And the fucking stages are awesome. However KONQUEST MODE LOOKS LIKE CRAP. I mean really, how bad does a character model have to look so that you’ll clean some shit up. Damn.
Other: Camera is standard fighting fare. The only real addition I have is this: HOW COME THERE ARE NO “C” ANYWHERE IN THIS GAMES. I know it’s “Mortal Kombat” but seriously “the kyrpt, konquest, puzzle kombat, kombat chess,” why? It trips me up when I’m typing it’s so fucking annoying.
Overall I’d give it an 9/10, because the game is fucking great, but in order to get all the crap, you have to play komqest mode to get the locked krypts.
Punk Out :devil:
haha is this story true? how during the beta kobra’s name was Ken Masters cause midway themselves knew they were ripping him off? then a german magazine reviewed the beta and said ken was in the game
when i first played mkd, the controls still felt damned stiff but i can blame tekken for giving fluid controls all these years for spotting that flaw. Once i got used to the rigid controls and getting random disconnects online for about 30 mins (20 mins spent looking for games) i finally played a full game. It was damned fun. Best online game, at least performance wise. Even though my tight matches came down to who crouched and who threw, it was still disturbingly fun.
Even when i was done fighting i still spent hours just playing puzzle and losing a ton. This is the only online game i played so far that cant piss anyone off. If you lost then you just got outplayed. Plain and simple. Thats why it owns. No sore loserness, cheap tactics or bitter feelings after each match kept this game fun. I know there are mk haters around here but i think puzzle fighter justifies a purchase alone. Its that damned good!
random notes
-in falling cliffs arena, while we fought near the edge, sometimes one guy would randomly float in the air OUT OF BOUNDS and not fall to their bloody death
-im not sure how this really happens but this is what it looks like. One guy starts a string and the other guy jumps. the jumper will cross the fighter doing the string and would take the all the hits in the air when theyre not even facing.
-i mashed out kobras hara kiri without knowing the command =
-they killed chess. CK is NOTHING LIKE IT so dont get your hopes up for ppl that dont have it already. Frankly id be playing it alot more had “klassic chess” been available
BUY THIS GAME
I loss 10 straight matches so far in Puzzle Combat, but i damn sure had fun losing. I can’t say that for any other game I’ve played online.
Same here. I lost six games in a row. I’m garbage in that puzzle mode.
Puzzle Kombat is honestly digital crack! I’m a Super Puzzle Fighter II whore so I’m LOVING Puzzle Kombat! It’s the shit! Anyone who’s enjoying Puzzle Kombat please add me to your friends list so we can play on Live. Tag = Isamuu
Puzzle Kombat is kinda fun, I’m 10-0 somehow so far.
What do you guys think about various supers?
Bo Rai Cho Kollapse is pretty nice.
Baraka Edgar seems worthless.
Nightwolf Breaker Buster - what does this do??
Sindel Arrange - Can be very devastating if used wisely
Jade’s thingy as well as Raiden storm - game winner if used at the right time
Haven’t used everyone yet
sindels arrange is godlike
Who’s top tier in this?
This really goes out to people who respect the art of throwing, and have no problems with defending against it while playing online.
I’m reading and arguing at Ign now, and I’d like to read from players here… is there a problem with throwing in this game?
I mean, in CVS2, we don’t consider throwing to be an "exploit"
because it can easily be prevented if you’re awake and wise.
But there are some people that feel throwing in MK:D is cheap… that it is sooooo easy to pull off without being punished that it then becomes classified as an exploit when players do it excessively.
Is this true, or are they whining without legit cause?
Throwing is easily evaded and punished in this game. Can it be thrown into high/low mixups… yes. But I definately wouldn’t call it an exploit.
well its a 3d game, u have to throw, and there absolutely nothing wrong with it… well except 4 that its a 3d game… ya … ya know… but its aight
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The kombat game is a breath of frssh air. It’s interesting how you can step after certain moves, but not be able to block or attack.
Does anyone know any sites that contain combo videos for Mortal Kombat: Deception? I desperately need them. Please post, thanks.
PUZZLE KOMBAT THAT SHIT DOWN… OH BAITED!! 
Good to have a thread where people are talking not only about the game, but also how good it is. I haven’t unlocked all the charaters, and I haven’t played anyone in it yet(until tomorrow, tourney in Bloomington Indiana), but for the characters that I have unlocked, I think Noob/Smoke is pretty cheap and hella good. Is it me or is there zero lag time after doing the Teleport behind punch move?? And doesn’t Kobra have that same move?? That is sick, thats like a free move. Plus they have juggling combos, particularly Smoke, and Noob has some cheap shit in the corner. I can do a 50% combo with Smoke on point. And there’s a 53% combo with Noob in the corner. 61% possible if the player doesn’t roll. Kenshi is a juggling freak, too bad he’s a little slow, and the damage, u gotta work to get it. He’s waaaaaay better in Deadly Alliance. He’s my top person in Deadly Alliance, but he’s changed a bit here, I think he is just okay. Lots and lots of juggles. I like Kobra, descent enough damage, not a lot of work, has a lot of moves, not the quickest, but quick enough. U + kick, zero lag. Nightwolf is descent. Nice juggles. Ermac is okay. Just unlocked Jade, and another female fighter. Haven’t tested them yet.
Computer does cheap combos that aren’t possible. Thats cool though, always love a tough cheap AI. I can’t wait till the tourney tomorrow to actually play people. I don’t have a CPU (at home) so I can’t play anybody for now, but hopefully someone at the tourney will have it online, and maybe I can get some matches with ya’ll. Noob/Smoke my new favorite(s)
Well well, I can’t believe it. Finally peeps are giving this game its props! I always found this game to be very fun, especially online due to zero to minimal lag. I have learned to apply Streetfighter tactics to this game by playing footsies and letting loose with speacial attacks and going in for mad rush downs, espeacially with Mileena. I thought she was weak at first until this guy named Lt. Rikki worked my ass 23 to 4 with her. I learned his style and added my own flavor ala-Streetfighter with pokes and footsies and now many a player has dopped me and/or shouted obscenities at me. Last night I had some very good opponents who were deadly with Scorpion. I usually bring in Noob-Smoke to devistate Scorpion players but I tried my luck with Mileena and my tactics frustrated this one player into dropping me! !!
If you stick to her second style Mileena has a ton of options and combos, her crouching game is very safe and if your opponent is conerered you can poke the hell out of them with d+1 coupled with d+4. Her rolling thunder should not be abused but not overlooked either, I bust that shit out when they least expect it. The reason you want to stay in this style is because her first style is very weak as far as damage is concerned but its easy to catch players up in her mind games. average damage in that first style is 16%. Her second style averages between 24-31% and its easy to force players to use breakers with her mix ups :tup: . It’s fun to suprise players with Mileena since they believe her to be a weak character. She seems to be the Ibuki of this game: Lots of combo options and mind games but low on damage, but lots of fun to play :pleased:
Take care.
Indeed she is. She’s one of my favorite characters, next to Baraka and Noob/Smoke. Speaking of Noob/Smoke, how many players out there has had the pleasure of playing with him? He was a bit tricky to learn at first, but soon, I pretty much got the hang of him, and he’s now one of my star players.
I don’t know if there’s a thread for discussion of combos, but if anybody out there has developed their own combos for Noob/Smoke, please, let me know. Here’s a few combos I’ve worked out for Noob/Smoke myself:
NOOB COMBOS:
- B+2,B+2, 2, 1, 3
- B+2,B+2, 2, 1, 1, CS
SMOKE COMBOS:
- Stinky Cloud, Smokeycut, Smokeycut, 1, 2 , 4, CS, 1
- Stinky Cloud, NoseBreaker, 1, 2, 4, CS, 1
- Stinky Cloud, SmokeyCut, Dark Assasin
Anybody know anymore tricks with this team that I should be aware of?