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5221692 No.5221692 [Reply] [Original]

Is it really that bad?

>> No.5221709

It's worth it only for the fmv cutscenes. The gameplay itself is really bad.
You might as well watch it on youtube.

>> No.5221713

>>5221709
This basikally

>> No.5221718

>>5221709
The kutskenes are the only reason this game has any entertainment value. Gameplay-wise, it's a slightly better Batman Forever.

>> No.5221723

>>5221713
>>5221718
>basiKally
>Kutscenes
True MK fans identified

>> No.5221751

>>5221692
It's a side scroller beat em up where you have to push a button to turn around.

>> No.5221816

>>5221692
It's horrible.

>> No.5221820

It's bad. Not kusoge levels of bad but its own level of bad.
Like anon above said, it's like Batman Forever for the SNES and that game is fucking horrid. You'll only suffer and get angry playing it.

>> No.5221837

>>5221692
Yes.

>> No.5221883
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5221883

Was it better or worse than pic related?

>> No.5221887

>>5221692
It's not really that good but there's a certain and very obvious amount of love behind it's development

>> No.5222034

It's pretty bad but my MK obsessed friend rented it bakk in the day and we had some fun with it. It's worth playing if you're a big MK fan and you don't have to pay any money.

>> No.5222418

>>5222034
>bakk
Keep the MK speak going guys.

>> No.5222435

>>5221692
Enjoyable rental as a kid, probably not something I'd give a second look today

>> No.5222471
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5222471

Is it really that bad?

>> No.5222693

>>5222471
Even thought MK4 is part of my childhood, the game is pretty mediocre.
It's better than Mythologies, of course.

>> No.5222705

>>5221692
It's like a horrible nightmare that just won't stop. Truly the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my life.

>> No.5222807

Sareena's actress is cute.
What makes this game bad are the platforming segments. MK controls don't lend themselves to be frame-specific or precise for jumping on platforms.

Also,
>button to turn around
one of the better examples of this is the final boss: it's very simple to defeat him - but because it's such a chore to do all the specific actions needed for it in order, you'll probably die a few times before you manage to do it. For anyone who never saw it: you have to:
- freeze Shinnok
- turn around
- run through the portal
- turn around
- run through the other portal

All in less than 3 seconds, and this is the only time you're ever supposed to do this. Not practice run beforehand.

Or you can just Polar Blast Shinnok to hell so you can see Sareena and Quan Chi's bloopers.

What the hell. Just watch the bloopers already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KceAscg1XF8

>> No.5223003

>>5222471
I think it's the first time where I noticed they were just phoning it in even though the game added new gameplay elements. I wonder where the series would be now if they'd kept the tone and atmosphere of MK2.

>> No.5223009

>>5221692
The control scheme is what ruins it, honestly. If it controlled like any other 2d sidescroller, instead of retarded trash, it could have been an easy 7/10. As it is? 4/10.

>> No.5223038

>>5221709
>>5221713
Holy shit, that was wonderful

>> No.5224272

>>5222693
how

>> No.5226251

>>5221692
Yes

>> No.5226271

I kinda liked it. Yeah it was frustrating as hell, especially that wind temple with the platforms. But I just remember me and my best buddy at the time playing through. Oddly enough, I really liked the water temple in this game.

>> No.5226393

>>5222807
The Polar Blast strategy only works on the second form. The first form can only be beat with the teleporters unless you have excellent timing on one move and can glitch it.

>> No.5226425

>>5226271
Isn't the water level regarded as the worst here for deaths?

>> No.5226509 [DELETED] 

>>5226425
So what? Lots of people like it including me and him. It's not like everyone on /vr/ has the same opinion.

>> No.5226527

>>5226425
Doesn't it also take place in a fucking sewer?

>> No.5227073

>>5221692
if you can get used to the weird controls it's actually a really fun game.

>> No.5227243

>>5221883
Oh shit, please don't remind me of that """game"""

>> No.5227340

>>5226425
I would be surprised if it was. The wind temple was where you really started to platform, which filtered out most of the players. Then you came to a section where you used a cyclone to get UP several levels, but now, you had to fall, then maneuver yourself into the cyclone to get 'caught', and repeat that cycle to get back down for progression. And then there was Fuujin...if you didn't IMMEDIATELY start running when you landed the last blow on him, you were fucked. Every-time.

>> No.5227705

>>5221692

Its not the only 90s platformer with bad controls and unfair platforming....

But the controls are Realllly bad. The platforming can be Reallly unfair.