Mortal Kombat 9 Discussion Thread

Raze_them_all · 23-04-2011 2:31pm

yes, it saves after every chapter

Sabre0001 · 23-04-2011 4:42pm

Raze_them_all wrote: »

You can delay your xray...by not releasing the triggers

A great tip. Was messing around with Sub Zero and you can do a few different combos into XRay by holding until the right moment

Raze_them_all · 23-04-2011 6:49pm

It really helps if you're winning and they're holding block forces them to make the move (I assume it'll work online too as I haven't been on)

Just 100%ed the tower.

Feel a little bit like a rock star tbh /nerd

unky chop chop · 23-04-2011 8:39pm

Is there a way to hit confirm your combos.
The way I see it you can only hit all buttons in quick succession for the combo and hope for the best.If you do it any slower the combo doesn't come out.Frustrating

Sairus · 23-04-2011 9:08pm

God this game has so many infuriating moves. Ermac and Smoke I'm looking at you.
However, Sheeva's stomp is all sort of hillarious :pac:

Game is really damn good though. I'm really enjoying story mode - and after the few hours of versus I played today I'm dead happy with the purchase.

Placebo · 23-04-2011 9:35pm

Kano throw is the best thing ever

Robbknoll · 23-04-2011 10:34pm

Sairus wrote: »

God this game has so many infuriating moves.

The good thing about that is that every character has at least one haha

Mickles_86 wrote: »

Oh and for those who havn't played online yet.....Scorpion is the Ryu of MK..........every other game someone picks him and spam the **** outta his spear throw

Im surprised no one has mentioned Kung Lao, honestly ive fought that character nearly 50% of the time during all my online matches. He seems to be the guy everyone goes to when i beat them

K.O.Kiki · 23-04-2011 11:21pm

Sabre0001 wrote: »

/raises hand

Just going to throw the question out there - does the game skew towards defence?

As soon as you move forward, you risk getting a teleport move done to you. Easy to hold block button in place - no crossups from jump / teleport. Once XRay meter is charged, you want to block all the time just in case you make one mistake and lose %% life!

I'll be able to answer all these questions myself as I get more used to the game. Just wondering what other first impressions are?

You take block damage from any attack in MK.

Always been like that AFAIK.

Raze_them_all · 24-04-2011 12:38am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

You take block damage from any attack in MK.

Always been like that AFAIK.

You only take 1% though and a good blok usually leaves you lined up for more damage

Rob2D · 24-04-2011 12:50am

I wish they would have made a proper manual with move lists for each character.

Raze_them_all · 24-04-2011 12:53am

Rob2D wrote: »

I wish they would have made a proper manual with move lists for each character.

why? It's there on the start menu, no difference between stopping to read a manual than stopping to read it on the start menu, besides you memorize the combo's of your favourite characters pretty quickly

24-04-2011 1:05am

Early tier list on SRK. Its bound to change, but it's an indication of how it looks so far:

http://shoryuken.com/content/mk9-fatality-lives-television-spot-strategy-guide-tier-list-4275/

Interesting that Shang Tsung, smoke and Cage are all placed in the top tier. I had always used cage back in the day and find myself gravitating to him more and more in MK9. His flip kick is seriously good as an anti air and his shadow kicks are amazing quick attacks and punishers. Only thing is his x-ray takes a bit more smarts to pull off than most.

Also, good to see that scorpion and sub zero are looking mid-tier if this list is at all accurate. It will mean all the spear and iceball spammers online will have to work a bit harder to keep up.

Kratos is apparently **** tier on the PS3. Looks like he was just a novelty character after all. Am glad I got the 360 version now, am already having a blast messing around on XBL with its more widespread voice chat.

Raze_them_all · 24-04-2011 1:12am

Would agree with the top tier pretty much.

Lol at cyber sub being the worst!

24-04-2011 1:29am

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Would agree with the top tier pretty much

Yep, me too. They all seem to be the handful of characters that are giving me the most grief so far. Does anybody know if Shang tsung's morphs into all the other characters are for CPU Shang Tsung only, or are they actually do-able via hidden inputs like they were in the old school MK games?

Raze_them_all · 24-04-2011 1:38am

I'm not sure, I thought I was transforming earlier but i got hit(pretty sure the comp is immune mid transformation so I doubt I was)

I'd ****in love if he could though

Raze_them_all · 24-04-2011 7:46am

Just a note, it's all over the place that Kabals babality is F,D,F,Y thats wrong it's actually F,D,B,A

My cheevo for doing all the babalities(hidden moves) didn't unlock boo. Should master smoke today(I've decided he's amazing and not for no0b spammers :pac: )

chopperbyrne · 24-04-2011 10:16am

A tier list after three days seems fairly pointless.

We all know me and Dreddy are going to dominate the 2v2 scene with our GDLK Mileena/Noob Saibot team.

Dan and Farz don't stand a chance with their scrubby Ermac/Sindel!

Rob2D · 24-04-2011 12:41pm

Raze_them_all wrote: »

why? It's there on the start menu, no difference between stopping to read a manual than stopping to read it on the start menu, besides you memorize the combo's of your favourite characters pretty quickly

Well I don't want to have to press start and then scroll all the way to the move list and beyond every time I want to do a combo.

Playing the challenge tower and story mode is frustrating this way as it changes your character so often that you have no time to learn anything. It would be nice to have a quick reference beside me at all times. I may have to purchase the guide.

And that tier list seems accurate enough for right now, based on what I've seen anyway. No doubt it will change quite a bit though.

dlofnep · 24-04-2011 12:42pm

Got it yesterday. Class game. Loving the story mode! Only getting used to it - the 2 on 1 matches are quite difficult, as I don't have a whole lot of combos down yet.

24-04-2011 2:16pm

Rob2D wrote: »

I don't want to have to press start and then scroll all the way to the move list and beyond every time I want to do a combo.

Yeah, I agree. A printed move list would be nice. Once I've settled on my 2 or 3 mains I'm going to print up a move list for them. Pausing the game to check an input at the mo is a bit of a pain and slows things down, but it's only a matter of time before the moves become second nature I suppose

Rob2D wrote: »

Playing the challenge tower and story mode is frustrating this way as it changes your character so often that you have no time to learn anything.

This is my biggest gripe about the challenge mode, I'd like to be able to choose my character for it. Using characters I know SFA about to learn the basics of everybody is not as much fun as using it to master one or two.

chopperbyrne wrote: »

me and Dreddy are going to dominate the 2v2 scene with our GDLK Mileena/Noob Saibot team

I have to say, the 2-man tag team matches are briliant fun. The tag-in specials are excellent. There is so much value in this game.

bush · 24-04-2011 2:24pm

The worst thing about the movelist menu is it doesnt remember where you were when you pause the next time.

Creature · 24-04-2011 3:09pm

I'm loving the game so far, feels great to play and a lot of fun. Can someone answer me a few questions though; can you not select the stage in a player match and how do you do the stage fatalities? Do you have to unlock them in the crypt?

Sairus · 24-04-2011 3:19pm

bush wrote: »

The worst thing about the movelist menu is it doesnt remember where you were when you pause the next time.

Very much so. The amount of times I have to keep going back in after forgetting a combo or the positioning for a Fatality, then having to scroll all the way down is damn annoying.

Also, the game forgetting my controller presets every time I turn it on is starting to get annoying.

Sairus · 24-04-2011 3:21pm

Creature wrote: »

I'm loving the game so far, feels great to play and a lot of fun. Can someone answer me a few questions though; can you not select the stage in a player match and how do you do the stage fatalities? Do you have to unlock them in the crypt?

Stage fatalities are hidden. You have to find a list and input them. Same goes for babalities.
Here ya go: http://gametipcenter.com/mortal-kombat-fatalities-list-for-xbox-360

dlofnep · 24-04-2011 3:43pm

I'm stuck on the Scorpion versus Cyrax & Sektor fight

Does anyone have some good combos for Scorpion? I can win one round, but trying to win the two is tough.

Rob2D · 24-04-2011 3:45pm

That was tricky alright. I just blocked a lot and waited for openings. Took a while but can be done without too much trouble.

It only gets harder from there!

Creature · 24-04-2011 3:49pm

Sairus wrote: »

Stage fatalities are hidden. You have to find a list and input them. Same goes for babalities.
Here ya go: http://gametipcenter.com/mortal-kombat-fatalities-list-for-xbox-360

But how do you get them so show up in the moves list? It shows the command for Ermac's stage fatality in his move list, I thought maybe that's because I found his second fatality in the crypt. However I've since found second fatalities for other characters in the crypt yet no stage fatalities appear for them.

dlofnep · 24-04-2011 4:16pm

Beat it

Just used block like you said, did the teleport punch to uppercut combo - works a charm.

Sairus · 24-04-2011 5:08pm

Creature wrote: »

But how do you get them so show up in the moves list? It shows the command for Ermac's stage fatality in his move list, I thought maybe that's because I found his second fatality in the crypt. However I've since found second fatalities for other characters in the crypt yet no stage fatalities appear for them.

You have to perform the fatalities in Arcade mode to get them to show up in the command list.

Versus doesn't seem to work.
I'm churning through all of them now. Ugh.

Sabre0001 · 24-04-2011 5:21pm

Tower is a little irritating because it teaches you sonya...and then you have to use someone else! Also doesn't teach some basics. One minigame has jax use the wave and ground pound at just the push of a button.

I have written out some of my interested characters movelists. Then I add to it with custom combos.

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