Your first impressions

I'm loving it. My background is I played the hell out of MK9, which is quite possibly my favorite game of all time. I played Injustice, no exaggeration, for about 20 minutes. So anything from Injustice that had been introduced was pretty much new to me. The run mechanic, the stamina meter, and the throw and special enhancements or whatever are sort of foreign to me...I'll have to dig into that stuff a bit more.

The game seems deep as hell. With the variations, it seems like it'll take me forever to feel even halfway comfortable with most of the roster...which isn't a bad thing. I went through the tutorial, and had a pretty tough time completing Scorpion's string combo. Warmed up with a little practice with Ferra/Torr, then knocked out the ladder with Liu Kang on Very Easy, and then Jacqui on Medium. Wanted to build up some koins before downloading the update. The Factions concept seems stupid and pointless to me, but otherwise, I'm loving everything about the game so far, and I'm excited to really dig into this thing. Me, Jax, and Mileena will see you suckas online!
 
MileenaKitana3some said:
So, I've been playing for about four hours now, and I have to say, it's pretty damn great. The graphics are incredible, but the best thing is that the character movements are so incredibly fluid. The crappy thing is that I've only got one stage and practice mode atm, since for some reason PS4 didn't preload the Aussie versions and I've been having to play while it's loading, though I do have all the characters.

I've tinkered with about 16 characters so far, with Reptile, Takeda and Jacqui being the ones that I have seemed to bond to immediately. I will say though, Takeda is a bit slow, and Jacqui is incredibly fast. So far I'm very impressed with the game. Can't wait to get online when the load is finished.
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How do I play the game while the application update is downloading? I'm new to the PS4, so I have NO idea.
 
It's awesome! The background detail of the arenas is just incredible, I love the Quan Chi's Fortress where the body becomes bigger every round. Same with Sky Temple. Also the arenas look even better than during the streams, in particular the Jungle which always looked way too bright to me. I like what they did with the Krypt, very creapy, though all unlockable skins can be viewed even when you didn't unlock them which kind of spoiled things. Also when you unlock a fatality / brutality, it shows a photo of what happens which is kind of a spoiler as well.

I've played with several characters and you cannot just go old school with it, just press buttons and hope you win. The variations system really forces you to strategise and think what you're going to do. Also, the arenas' interactions are great. Love hanging above the opponent in the Jungle. All arenas are available from the start, which is cool, but I rather not have everything available and work for some stuff. Just like I thought, I love Erron Black, Kung Jin, Liu Kang and Ermac is surprisingly awesome as the floating did not bother me at all. Did not play Goro yet, want to keep that for this weekend ;)

Also, a funny thing to add is I played this in front of other people who are familiar with MK, but they were really grossed out by Ermac's intestines fatality :)
 
Just wanted to add that you unlock Shinnok automatically if you brought the kombat pack.

I'm not sure if it's an error or not but that seems to be the key.
 
The bloody update has been downloading for FIVE hours now. Is there any way that I can play the game while it is downloading?
 
Temptress said:
The bloody update has been downloading for FIVE hours now. Is there any way that I can play the game while it is downloading?
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Yes, you can just start the game no problem, the update should not take that long unless you have a slow connection. Actually, while you play it keeps updating and if you re-start the game, some things have already been adjusted.
 
My first impressions are I sat down and played it for 6 hours straight lol, finished the story mode and did a few other things too. I love the game, my only wish is that they had more arenas but other than that I have no real complaints other than I wish we could turn the HUD off so when taking share pics they are clutter free. :)
 
It seems the Shinnok thing is linked to his Samurai costume, so I guess anyone who has the Kombat Pack will have Shinnok unlocked.

I don't, though, so he's my treat for finishing story mode. :p
 
My timing is way off when stringing combos. I'll be in the lab for a few months before I even attempt to compete. For me the X1 controller is either crap or I'm doing it wrong. Jumping across is a task and this full on sprint when trying to dash block is frustrating. Like others said graphics are great but I did get some lag/freeze up when doing certain combo strings, maybe due to it still downloading while I was playing. I'm gonna try that fight pad out but I'm a little on the fence with it missing a mic connection.
 
Mr.Scorpion77 said:
My timing is way off when stringing combos. I'll be in the lab for a few months before I even attempt to compete. For me the X1 controller is either crap or I'm doing it wrong. Jumping across is a task and this full on sprint when trying to dash block is frustrating.
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Last gen I mainly played XBOX but got MK9 on PS3 as the controller is better suited. Same this Gen. PS4 all the way for me and MKx
 
MileenaKitana3some said:
Also, not sure if this is already known, but Shinnok isn't unlockable. At least, he isn't for me, I have him available in training and in single fight.
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What? I dont.. and I have the kombat pack and all... I'm crying my @ss out right now cuz story mode is still downloading and I cant play him <.<
 
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So first impressions:

1. Beautiful game, love the level design and the characters are fun. Gameplay seems solid and the faction thing seems super intriguing.

2. I am terrible at this game and I forsee many a thrown controller in my future. SUPER PUMPED!
 
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