MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! - "Komplete Edition" coming Feb 28th - see post 970

[quote name='GuardianE']So, Challenge Tower decided to freeze as it was saving my progress on Challenge 250.

All Challenge Tower progress, 100% story, costumes, fatalities, Krypt progress, and about 250,000 koins... everything wiped.

fucking bullshit.[/QUOTE]
Damn, that sucks!

GGs last night btw (and to you too Shinobi, glad to see you've joined the MK train).
 
some ppl know, some ppl dont: seems if you play arcade tag ladder you get credit for finishing the game w/both kombatants. though the default ending will be the player you selected 1st at the selection screen. (you can view the other kombantant's ending in the necropolis). this should save you some time for unlocking alt costumes as an alternative to the krypt as well as getting the achievement a bit quicker.

added bonus, Shang Tsung, Goro/Kintaro, and Shao Kahn only have 1 health bar vs. your combined 2 in tag arcade...and it doesn't seem to be a a normal health bar as if you were playing solo arcade.

game on.
 
[quote name='100xp']some ppl know, some ppl dont: seems if you play arcade tag ladder you get credit for finishing the game w/both kombatants. though the default ending will be the player you selected 1st at the selection screen. (you can view the other kombantant's ending in the necropolis). this should save you some time for unlocking alt costumes as an alternative to the krypt as well as getting the achievement a bit quicker.

added bonus, Shang Tsung, Goro/Kintaro, and Shao Kahn only have 1 health bar vs. your combined 2 in tag arcade...and it doesn't seem to be a a normal health bar as if you were playing solo arcade.

game on.[/QUOTE]

Me and a friend did this the first day the game was out, but we didn't get the alt costumes for both characters, just the first character selected. Did get both endings though.
 
Just got home from Gamestop, Mortal Kombat in hand.

Played 2 games with a buddy before he headed out. Something about this game...I dunno. It seems...clunkier than I thought it'd be.
 
So, I sprung for the Tournament edition today. I'm going to part it out, aside from the stick. I have yet to try it out, waiting for the GF to finish watching Grey's Anatomy... :roll:

Aside from that, did anyone who preordered the KE for Gamestop.com even get their classic Scorpion code? I didn't and customer support has been less than helpful.
 
My favorite character is definitely Smoke. He's the one I'm best with so far, at least.

Also,
I absolutely DESPISE the 1v2 matches in the Story Mode. I'm currently stuck on Kitana VS Johnny Cage/Smoke, and I can't get past it for the life of me. I barely won the Liu Kang VS Scorpion/Quan Chi, and only won that by having to Fireball spam at the end. Ugh.
 
fucking FINALLLLLLLLLYYYYYY got my 10 ranked wins in a row, and it didn't even pop on the 10th; I had to actually win 11. I suspect it's because some dude ragequit and disconnect around the 6th or 7th win.
 
My very first match online...the guy left the match after I beat him the 1st round. He did send me a message afterwards, though, saying "sry im a n00b", so I guess that balances it out.
 
For anyone having problems with tough battles(and believe me...there are some) in story mode, you can actually change the difficulty in the options menu. I didnt realize it until I had beat about 75% already. It does make a difference.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']My favorite character is definitely Smoke. He's the one I'm best with so far, at least.

Also,
I absolutely DESPISE the 1v2 matches in the Story Mode. I'm currently stuck on Kitana VS Johnny Cage/Smoke, and I can't get past it for the life of me. I barely won the Liu Kang VS Scorpion/Quan Chi, and only won that by having to Fireball spam at the end. Ugh.
[/QUOTE]

Bah. So many people play smoke online. Everyone loves the teleporters; lots of cheap damage.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']My favorite character is definitely Smoke. He's the one I'm best with so far, at least.

Also,
I absolutely DESPISE the 1v2 matches in the Story Mode. I'm currently stuck on Kitana VS Johnny Cage/Smoke, and I can't get past it for the life of me. I barely won the Liu Kang VS Scorpion/Quan Chi, and only won that by having to Fireball spam at the end. Ugh.
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Spam the fan throw.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']My favorite character is definitely Smoke. He's the one I'm best with so far, at least.

Also,
I absolutely DESPISE the 1v2 matches in the Story Mode. I'm currently stuck on Kitana VS Johnny Cage/Smoke, and I can't get past it for the life of me. I barely won the Liu Kang VS Scorpion/Quan Chi, and only won that by having to Fireball spam at the end. Ugh.
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If you think that one is hard wait till you get to Shao Kahn. He is ridiculous.
 
[quote name='MtlTom']Shoutouts to Guardian for making me realize that I need to switch to Johnny Cage until this game gets patched ;).[/QUOTE]

Bonus points if you shout "You just got Cage'd!" into the mic after each X-Ray.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']My favorite character is definitely Smoke. He's the one I'm best with so far, at least.

Also,
I absolutely DESPISE the 1v2 matches in the Story Mode. I'm currently stuck on Kitana VS Johnny Cage/Smoke, and I can't get past it for the life of me. I barely won the Liu Kang VS Scorpion/Quan Chi, and only won that by having to Fireball spam at the end. Ugh.
[/QUOTE]

wait until you have to fight
1v3
 
It perplexes me to hear all these people struggling through the story mode.

I suck so hard in multiplayer I can't win one match to save my life, yet I really had no issues through story mode.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']It perplexes me to hear all these people struggling through the story mode.

I suck so hard in multiplayer I can't win one match to save my life, yet I really had no issues through story mode.[/QUOTE]

some ppl can predict story mode AI better than human opponents and vice versa...and sometime the story AI just goes nvtz on you out of the blue.

the 1st couple of times I battled against Shao Kahn he berserked on me, to the point where I never had an opening to stand w/out being stunned or retaliate. vs my buddy? he said Shao Kahn basically bent over and let him finish him w/out much effort. We were both playing Medium difficulty.
 
Played some guy who was 852-3 last night in my first ranked match. He had a 45%+ damage combo with Smoke on the opening combo.
 
Well I would say a 45%+ combo is why he is 852 and 3. I'm having issues with sindel I think it is number 163 or 173 in the tower. You have to get all of subs ice moves on her before you win. All she does is block and do combos left and right on me. I was told the AI gets easyer the more you fail but with her that does not seem to happen.
 
I'm at Shao Khan on story mode with Raiden and can't pull off the win.
I'm at 150 something on challenge ladder where Liu Kang has to pull off a 8 hit kombo but Sheeva won't stand still hahah
 
[quote name='GirlsRscandalouz']I'm at Shao Khan on story mode with Raiden and can't pull off the win.
I'm at 150 something on challenge ladder where Liu Kang has to pull off a 8 hit kombo but Sheeva won't stand still hahah[/QUOTE]

Keep your distance, spam bolts, teleport and fly at him when he throws his hammer.

I thought it was pretty easy.
 
[quote name='GirlsRscandalouz']I'm at Shao Khan on story mode with Raiden and can't pull off the win.
I'm at 150 something on challenge ladder where Liu Kang has to pull off a 8 hit kombo but Sheeva won't stand still hahah[/QUOTE]

Spam bolts.

Bolt, bolt, bolt, bolt, enhanced bolt, repeat. That's it.
 
For the 8 hit against Sheeva I just did the enhanced version of his kicks. It is 8 hits as long as all hit. I did that one try.
 
[quote name='GuardianE']So, Challenge Tower decided to freeze as it was saving my progress on Challenge 250.

All Challenge Tower progress, 100% story, costumes, fatalities, Krypt progress, and about 250,000 koins... everything wiped.

fucking bullshit.[/QUOTE]

Has anyone else had an issue like this? Both Guardian and another friend of mine complained about this. Seems common, but isolated at best. I'm kinda scared to keep playing the Challenge Tower now until this gets patched.
 
Does anyone know a lot about the tag team mode? I know you can play with a friend on the same console both online and offline, but can you and your friend play on a tag team over Xbox Live?

I can't find info confirming or denying it for sure, although I think you are not able to.
 
I got invited to a 2v2 match when I was in multiplayer, which makes me think you'd be able to get into a 2v2 room with your buddy and play against others. That's my guess, at least.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']What in the hell is a Zoccola, and why is it offensive?

Will the on-disc DLC shit ever stop?[/QUOTE]

Most of that on-disc DLC looks like it could be the retro costumes.
 
[quote name='whiptcracker']Spam bolts.

Bolt, bolt, bolt, bolt, enhanced bolt, repeat. That's it.[/QUOTE]

Yep I just did that last night. Cheapy D said on the CAGCast about spamming fireballs with Liu Kang and after struggling against Kahn with Raiden I tried the same tactic and it worked.
 
[quote name='100xp']wait until you have to fight
1v3
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Twice. You do get your health back after the first set though.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Twice. You do get your health back after the first set though.[/QUOTE]

hmmm...for some reason I could have swore I didn't get my health bar back. what difficulty did you play it on?
 
Just snagged the last copy for $30 at my local TRU. This game is just as badass as I was hoping! Wish I had all the classic costumes though.
 
For those that have the tournament stick: how do you do the Tags and Tag Assists?

The LB and RB buttons seem really small and out of place to use regularly.
 
[quote name='skubish']For those that have the tournament stick: how do you do the Tags and Tag Assists?

The LB and RB buttons seem really small and out of place to use regularly.[/QUOTE]
This has been discussed a few pages back. You don't need the macro buttons on a stick.

Throw = FP+FK
X-Ray = BL+FK+BK
Tag = BP + BK
Switch Stance = FK+BK (does nothing)

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Sooooo, anyone up for another shot at a CAG session this week?
 
[quote name='MtlTom']Sooooo, anyone up for another shot at a CAG session this week?[/QUOTE]

I'm up for it, but make sure to get your lag-proof combos ready. The larger the room, the worse it's going to be.
 
[quote name='GuardianE']I'm up for it, but make sure to get your lag-proof combos ready. The larger the room, the worse it's going to be.[/QUOTE]
I think the Kang-finite is pretty unstoppable even in lag.

I did a little research last night and apparently you can combo off of Liu Kang's b+3, 1, 2 if you dash out of it. You can chain into that 4 times like the 2, 1, 3 combo OR do f+2, 4 which leads to X-Ray. I'm going to test it out in the lab today.

By the way, testyourmight.com's guides are freaking incredible. I don't think they have one for Jade yet, but if you go to the character subforum there's a lot of combos/strats.
 
[quote name='MtlTom']I think the Kang-finite is pretty unstoppable even in lag.

I did a little research last night and apparently you can combo off of Liu Kang's b+3, 1, 2 if you dash out of it. You can chain into that 4 times like the 2, 1, 3 combo OR do f+2, 4 which leads to X-Ray. I'm going to test it out in the lab today.

By the way, testyourmight.com's guides are freaking incredible. I don't think they have one for Jade yet, but if you go to the character subforum there's a lot of combos/strats.[/QUOTE]

You can actually combo after Liu's X-Ray too, though I haven't actually looked into what works and what doesn't.

Yeah, I've been checking tym.com out, and sadly there's no Jade guide. There are a few useful combos that I've taken. My current bnb is pretty reliable, even in lag, but I have a better offline one that I stole from tym.com.
 
[quote name='100xp']hmmm...for some reason I could have swore I didn't get my health bar back. what difficulty did you play it on?[/QUOTE]

It was on Easy. But it's fight 3 people and if you beat all of them 1 time with your one health bar, then there's a cut scene and you fight 3 more. I got my health back in-between.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']I wish I knew half of the fighting lingo you guys are typing out. :(

B+3 here, F+2 here, bnb everywhere.[/QUOTE]
Here's a rundown of some of the terminology for MK. Some of it applies to other fighting games. This is by no means covers everything but should give you an idea.

ATTACKS
FP = 1
BP = 2
FK = 3
BK = 4
BL = Block

You can use either of those to designate attacks for MK. Guardian & I were finding it easier yesterday online/in training to describe combos using the numbering method that originates from Tekken.

Inputs
F = Forward
B = Back
D = Down
U = Up
J = Jump
NJ = Neutral Jump

Generally you see these to describe motions like special moves or fatalities. An example would be Scorpions Spear - b, b+1. You can also use these to describe command normals. Using Scorpion as an example again, his 2 is a simple punch while his b+2 is an overhead launcher.

OTHER TERMS
BnB/B&B - Bread and Butter combo. Generally this describes the most effective, easiest, or "go to" combo a character has.
Overhead = An attack that must be blocked high.
Low = An attack that must be blocked low.
Launcher = In MK, an attack that ground bounces the opponent to allow you to continue a combo. Most characters can do this with nj+1 or nj+2.

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I hope this helps!
 
By the way - does anyone know if it's possible to do 2v2 tag with 4 different players on 4 different Xboxes? Guardian & I were trying to play against other people in tag & couldn't figure it out. I know you can do 2 on one console vs 2 on another console or 2v2 all on the same console.
 
I just did a Babality on Kintaro...totally by accident. Pretty funny, he crawls to a saucer of milk.

Also, it looks like they tweaked Shao Kahn. You can duck his sledge hammer now.
 
[quote name='GirlsRscandalouz']I'm at Shao Khan on story mode with Raiden and can't pull off the win.[/QUOTE]

Wait for him to telegraph his attack/face you, then... Down, Up -> Teleport. Down, Triangle -> Uppercut. Rinse, repeat.
 
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