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Fighting Games Weekly | Apr 13-19 | This Netkode Is An Injustice
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how dare you besmirch the good name of tough boy
and xian coming into the evangelion theme song
and probably other hilarious ones i forgot
It's sad that this determines whether or not I'll play a game. MKX is so damned good, but the netcode is so damned bad. I even liked both MK9 and Injustice, but dropped them quickly for the same exact reason. I don't even ask for much, just something that's good between two good connections. If I see a low ping or green bars, then I expect the match to feel good with no discernible delay. It'd suck if that's the only way to get a good game, but at least it would be possible!
Thomasorus
Member
It's funny to you since you're not used to it but I've been eating this shit for 10 years. That was funny at Stunfest when we were in an basement but during Redbull Kumite that sounded weeabo as fuck.
aris playing mkx online again. most likely will be a salt inducing experience like last time.
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DryEyeRelief
Member
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";160742785]I just can't get past every character's animations looking the exact same to me in MK games. If it weren't for special moves I'd have no idea which character was which.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it's emphasized in their design I guess. Open/Close stance switching exists in the game and that by itself changes how an attack looks. It's a minor thing, but it shows they aren't trying to preserve distinct character silhouettes...compared to street fighter where Vega's claw switches hands, because they want his attacks to look consistent regardless if he's on the left or right.
I think they've gotten better about giving some of the attacks some personality. Something universal in MK like the sweeps, all the characters would perform in pretty much in the exact same fashion. But with MKX, everyone has their own spin on it. Jax kicks you in the shin, Kitana falls on her back and trips you, etc.
I don't think it's emphasized in their design I guess. Open/Close stance switching exists in the game and that by itself changes how an attack looks. It's a minor thing, but it shows they aren't trying to preserve distinct character silhouettes...compared to street fighter where Vega's claw switches hands, because they want his attacks to look consistent regardless if he's on the left or right.
I think they've gotten better about giving some of the attacks some personality. Something universal in MK like the sweeps, all the characters would perform in pretty much in the exact same fashion. But with MKX, everyone has their own spin on it. Jax kicks you in the shin, Kitana falls on her back and trips you, etc.
Coffeeling
Member
Well, the evidence is clear Kappa
That said, I do find those ratings hard to believe when one is a really good product with a lot of polish on the small things (the ones that matter to me anyway) while the other pretty much just flies to the bin on looks
That said, links to the reviews so I can try to read them and fail at it?
Speaking of this, I really like how they depict Ryu's, Evil Ryu's and Akuma's personality through their attacks. Even if the data is mostly the same, the look of Ryu's straight-man punches and Akuma's / Evil Ryu's open palm strikes and some of the other stuff does a wonderful job in giving them their own vibe.
#EvilRyuCloseFierceForPresident
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The true marvel we deserved.
Coffeeling
Member
The weird mix of classy oldtimey look, the cage and the anime music managed to work for me for some reason. The Omega shitfest should've stayed in someone's arsehole instead of being excreted on stage though.
hitsugi
Member
That champion joystick was the thing of dreams when I was a kid.
Who are you? Stealing Coffeeling's account and writing positive things about SFIV!
Can't wait for all the top players to get bopped
Seasoned Badger
Member
Tuned it just in time for that epic ARIS RAGE LOL!!
Wow. lol.
Tekken 7 soundtrack shaping up really greatly.
Souq Version 2 (great after 30 second mark)
Jungle (old build) (loop after 0:35 = Amazing)
Devil's Pit Version 1
Temple Version 1
Souq Version 2 (great after 30 second mark)
Jungle (old build) (loop after 0:35 = Amazing)
Devil's Pit Version 1
Temple Version 1
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I have rock-bottom expectations, yet this still manages to surprise me.
Rice-Eater
Member
This reminds me of the Gamestop SF4 National tournament. Don't remember if it was 2/3 or single game, but I remember it being single elimination and many places forced players to play on pad even if they brought their own stick. I remember Jwong saying how he forced himself to only play on pad for a while because the qualifier where he was he wasn't allowed to use stick. I think I even remember how some people couldn't play their character because the set up Gamestop used didn't have those characters unlocked.
But that was 2009, I would say this is far worse considering the netcode is still an issue and I thought we were beyond these cruel and crazy SBO style tournaments. Yeah their is over 600 players, but man the format lends itself so much to randomness. If I had one really good gimmick, I could see myself going pretty far in that tournament just because people won't be able to adapt in time. I probably could have made it really far in that Gamestop SF4 tournaments if I knew about DP, FADC, SPD with Seth back in the day lol.
riskVSreward
Member
MK netcode ranges from tolerable to awful. Even in a good connection game with my friend down the street, it still feels like you're playing underwater, especially when attempting to do combos.
The only way I would imagine you not noticing is if you never play the game offline, not even training room.
KidA Seven
Member
All the japanese comments for the music were mostly filled with laughter and they were confused why that music was used. They thought Dieminion had the coolest entrance.
The Fuudo one was hilarious. It fit him so well and then he did that little run to the stage.
I'm surprised they're doing a ft1, but isn't this a pre season cup? In Halo ESL is also doing their online cups and lan tournaments that lead up to a season championship. A regular series in Halo is a ft3, but for the ESL online tournaments they are a ft2. That's why I'm surprised the MKX tournaments aren't a ft2 considering Halo matches take about 10-15 minutes. The only explanation is that the regular tournaments are a ft2 and the online tournaments will always be shorter than the offline tournaments.
I agree with this. I have google fiber and netcode feels like ass. After playing a ton of local play the past 2 days I just can't play this online, the delay is just awful.
DryEyeRelief
Member
That's correct. It's pre season so it's FT1. It will change later.
SloaneRisette
Member
I had a dream last night that I was in Smash 4 Top 8 at Evo, but Top 8 was just 8 player Smash
It was terrifying but amazing
It was terrifying but amazing
SolarKnight
Member
Was it in Palutena's Temple
can't imagine it'd be easy to land six thousand loops without dropping them, that's insane that FAB can do that
SloaneRisette
Member
Nah it was in some weird Smashville type stage but was mostly unrecognizable.
It was smaller so that made it even scarier
Wizard if you're reading you should do that.
when is the game supposed to be released? i can almost guarantee they will rush the game out and have a bunch of stuff missing.
Re: On Bum and Sp00ky.
I know they have past issues, but they're obviously past it since they're commentating together at Final Smash Attack next week on Sp00ky's stream.
Also for Final Smash Attack, its a 16 Smash 4 invitationals with half the matches played on Sp00ky's stream, and the other half on Arturo's NYCFurby's stream.
I know they have past issues, but they're obviously past it since they're commentating together at Final Smash Attack next week on Sp00ky's stream.
Also for Final Smash Attack, its a 16 Smash 4 invitationals with half the matches played on Sp00ky's stream, and the other half on Arturo's NYCFurby's stream.
Why aren't they playing the fun smash brothers instead?
NRS is on another level when it comes to how much content they actually put in their fighting games. We can only hope they actually work to improve the online experience. This game deserves better.
irfaanator
Banned
friend was showing me how you unlock the extra stuff. lol cant believe the amt of work they put in that
twozerotwo
Member
FGW l Kahnecting to online. Kahnection Failed.
irfaanator
Banned
the title with netkode is ass or something gets my vote for next week