Twinblade

https://www.ign.com/articles/mortal-kombat-1-for-switch-review
 
 

Wowww well this is certainly unexpected. But it’s a very good sign as it shows capcom still values this series and sees potential in it.

Looks goddamn insane 

8 hours ago, -GD-X said:

I made some pretty good progress in Lies of P. I would have cleared out the 4th main area, but my damn xbox controller broke (right back button). I had just figured out which weapon and strategies to use on the boss too lol. 
 

I can’t express how much I love creating weapons. The handles have more impact on combat than just being faster or tankier. It’s pretty nice having the scaling/power of your favorite blade and using it with a handle that has the move set/speed you are looking for. 

 

I can’t say I’m a fan of the dodge upgrade being buried in a skill tree. Sometimes, an enemy will lock you in a long combo set and you can’t roll out of it, unless you upgrade (which won’t be available until later). Odd gameplay choice. 

 

The pacing is pretty great IF you aren’t using throwable items. If you are, you will have to grind. You can’t keep buying them from the shops. Maybe that will change, but it is a bit of a nuisance. However, the items do make boss battles easier, so maybe that’s the reasoning. 
 

All in all, I’m really enjoying this. It’s not perfect, but it’s consistently surprising me. 
 

 

 

 

 
that sounds really neat. I assumed the long demo had nearly all of the game’s mechanics in it but it sounds like there’s still a lot of stuff to discover and play around with after those initial areas.

8 minutes ago, Playstation Tablet said:

It's PS4 visuals. It's not on OG Switch and will require Switch 2 to run. It's a good remake.

 
it’s nowhere near PS4 visuals. They still haven’t figured out how to make use of basic lighting or post processing techniques so every scene looks flat and dated.

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mortal-kombat-1-review-new-era-familiar-kombat/1900-6418115/

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The Good
Air combos and Kameos are wonderful additions to the fighting system
The campaign is bonkers in the best way
Easter eggs and callbacks make this a great celebration of 30 years of MK

The Bad
There's a variety of modes, but none of them have a lot of depth
No spectator mode in online play is egregious

Lies of P seems easier than the demo for some reason. I took out the first boss without breaking a sweat, but it took me several tries during the demo.

4 minutes ago, Remij said:

 

We're in a thread celebrating new improvements to the Steam Deck.... and you wanna talk about Ally because nobody here gives a shit about it.    

 

Hell, I've basically been telling you "hey Twinky, _________ would be great to play on your Ally" multiple times now... And let's not forget you're the retarded bitch who bought some other POS device and returned it because it sucked... meanwhile we're all still playing our Decks here.. 

Don't worry im looking forward to the Deck 2 too....so I can watch as Ally 2 comes out right after and destroys valve once again 

24 minutes ago, Remij said:

Not even close

 

You already know this is going to swing the other way... and Steam Deck 2 will have more powerful hardware than Ally as well as:

 

Better support from Valve

More features built in

Shader Caches for all games

Better UI and user experience

ect. 

 

 

Lol funny how hermits are all suddenly wishing for a Deck 2 because they see how dated the hardware in the original is.

25 minutes ago, Playstation Tablet said:

We need Steamdeck 2 so it can run all current gen games.

 
You mean the Ally?

12 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

i would get a month of gamepass just to make sure it's for you.

 
i played through the demo so I mostly know what to expect.

14 minutes ago, -GD-X said:

lies of P OWNS!

 

pros: weapon customizing is insanely cool; i love using different arms in different areas, depending on enemies (the grapple one makes combat fast and frenetic); very linear, so this feels like it's going to be a tight campaign; neat "armor" upgrade system; super cool levels.

 

cons: parries require perfection (i feel like BB was more forgiving); too linear (a pro for me, but a con for those who love to explore); major deja vu if you've played BB; jarring difficulty spike between enemies in some areas and respective bosses. minor grinding required to get a good amount of certain items (throwing cell turned one boss into a joke lol). also, an excess of those items don't get sent to storage - smh.

 

on the fence: the skill tree. on paper, it's good. however, i'll have to see how many quartz i get to properly unlock all of the perks (some look amazing).

 

so far, it's the closest i'll get to a BB2 until BB2 drops.

 
 Nice will probably buy it tonight.

Damn those are some ludicrous prices. 

WTF i just noticed the new console design. Shit looks like a thicc Amazon Alexa  

Dumb. Games will still need to support the OG controllers so I doubt developers will  put in a lot effort into getting those features working. Especially given Xbox’s continued poor hardware performance.

I’ve had the game for a while I think I’m gonna finally try it tonight.

A country with no navy just took out one of Russia’s state of the art submarines. You can’t make this up 

7 hours ago, Playstation Tablet said:

This game is good so far but the mystery of Danganronpa was better. The companion while good hurts the game imo.

I grew to like the companion especially with the commentary/comedic relief she adds throughout the game.

There is still plenty of mystery in all the different cases.

12 hours ago, Sabo said:

You'll probably love it. I tried the demo last week and thought it was alright and this is coming from someone who doesn't like the older entries. So I'm not really sure what's changed since now and then because its pretty much the same game but a lot prettier. I'll probably end up picking it up TBH.

  
I just tried it for a bit and I’m definitely impressed. The visuals are vibrant and surprisingly detailed, and the combat seems fast and fun. I might get this.

31 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

 

What a weird component to focus on. Is he missing out on any gaming performance by not going with a PCI-e 4.0 drive? No. Can he spend another $50 to get one? Yes.

 

Not to mention his build has a fucking 7900 XT in it. Just shows how out of touch people's price expectations are when a lemming can build a PC with one of the best GPUs on the market for $500 less than the minimum other people are throwing out.

 
He’s spending $1500 and can’t even get a SSD on par with $400 current gen consoles.

$1500 and that doesn’t even include a pci 4.0 ssd. Christ pc gaming is too much nowadays

I still get surprised when I pick up my switch and see just how good some games look on it (primarily first party Nintendo titles). It was pretty ahead of its time so I don’t think people should doubt Ninty and what their capable of.

Not the greatest time to get into PC gaming, devs have all put abandoned making decent ports for it in favor of focusing on consoles.

7 hours ago, Remij said:

Have you tried the Star Ocean 2nd Story R demo yet?  It's damn good.  Would be gorgeous on the Ally since the game supports 120fps as well.

 
I didn’t know there was a demo but that seems like a game that’s more up my alley. I’ll give it a try.

Man I wish I liked Sea of Stars. The demo did nothing for me.