Is now the first original game that I've ever purchased. I bought it pirated to see if I'd like it, and it was more than good enough for me to pay 72$, then pay 60$ for X Box Live to pwn some newbz online. Huuray.
I've just started playing it. I'm mastering Cage. I don't like him, but he's a bit fun to play with. I've only tried him, Sonya (because of Story Mode..I hate her), and Noob.
Subscribing to X Box Live Gold is a fucking bitch btw. Since I'm not in a supported country, I have to put my country as one that IS supported. The bitch is that the payment apparently has to come from that country as well. Anyone willing to pay 10$ ? You have to be from one of these countries
South Africa, Netherlands, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, or the UK.
I saw him hit a 73% combo. He also performed the reverse shadow kick thing Cage does while the opponent is in the air, right after his finished his X-Ray..could never get that to work thus far.
By the way Mephisto, out of curiosity, are you a fan of fighting games as a whole or just MK?
I used to be pretty good in Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, and all those games. I stopped playing them. I pretty much stopped playing everything. I got MK because it looked badass, and indeed it is.
I want to try playing with another character. I'm getting smoked online by so many fucking newbz, it's frustrating. Mainly because they're absolute shit. Like this one moron who chose Noob and literally kept doing 3 of his specials incessantly until he won. I couldn't kept close to him because he kept spamming them so fast.
I want to try playing with another character. I'm getting smoked online by so many fucking newbz, it's frustrating. Mainly because they're absolute shit. Like this one moron who chose Noob and literally kept doing 3 of his specials incessantly until he won. I couldn't kept close to him because he kept spamming them so fast.
Well, almost any character has to do that against Cage because Cage's normal attacks (non-specials) are almost all faster than anything they can do so a good Cage player can keep beating on most other characters without any chance for them to do anything back as long as they can just get in on them (using nut punches to end combo's so that you don't throw them away from you) and don't make a mistake. Some of his combo openers have faster recovery than the enemy can recover from blocking them.
But Noob is of course the extreme example here, he's the opposite. Imo he's boring, but whatever. The point is Noob is only good for spamming specials. He does have very good corner combo's, but to pull those off he has to actually spam enough specials to push you into a corner first. Plus most of the noobs who use noob don't know how to do combo's anyway.
As for Cage, you'll want to try dashblocking. What you do is you dash toward them (forward,forward) and then you can block while your character is still in the dashing animation and you will immediately stop dashing and start blocking. Repeat that until you're within range for a jump punch. Then just wait for an opening (= wait until they do something that can jump over) and jump in. Just be careful of low projectiles though.
There are several other characters that make Cage look like a fucking turtle (Mileena, Kitana, and Jade to name a few). He's certainly not slow, and he's surely top tier, but what you mentioned aren't really the highlights of his strength points. Basically, he doesn't leave himself open in any of his specials, bar MAYBE the nutcracker. He also has kickass juggles, and badass corner combos. If you X-ray someone and he's near a corner, you can keep the combo going and land massive damage.
Reptile could be a very good choice. Also Cyrax is pretty damn good. Most chars are very interesting to play with. Let us know what new char have you chosen to play with. Smoke is also a nice option.
Reptile is pretty damn good in the right hands. He's slow, but if you know how to handle him, his juggles and combos are crazy.
I want to try Smoke just because he annoys me so much when I go against him. Basically, if you stay up in his face and stay on the offensive, Smoke has absolutely no fucking change. Lol@this guy who constantly tried to run away from me yet I still managed to kick hiss ass. I'm thinking of trying either Mileena or Kung Lao next. Maybe even Sub-Zero, I'm not sure.
I decided to pick up Ermac. Much more fun to play with than Cage, but he's a bit hard to actually fully master. I got the hang of the back+punch, punch, slam, jump+kick, tele-punch(enhanced, punch, and the ack+punch, punch, slam, X-Ray. The thing is, it's 50% on the connection of the jump+kick into tele-punch, and you have to be really close to the opponent and connect on him to get into the combo, that's if he doesn't use a Breaker, obviously. He's great from a distance, too. What I hate are players who constantly spam specials, keep blocking, then hit a 2 or 3 hit combo then go into X-Ray. It's frustrating when such newbz win. My biggest fault was diving into Online when I didn't have a hang on the character I'm playing with, since most people online now are pretty damn good with a bunch of players and have way more experience than I do. I'm racking up on losses, but understandably so. Eventually, I figure I'll stop losing and get a good win/loss ratio.
He's not that easy, but I'm certainly getting there. I've gone a long way in just one day, I can tell you that much. Lol@Jax players btw. His damage is insane, but he's very predictable. One still managed to beat me today because he's too good with him (understandably so, since the guy has a fucking 1900/400 rate, or something). I think I'm gonna be a kill machine in a week or so, I'm sure.
I am a firm believer than anyone who chooses Scorpion in MK9 takes it up the fucking ass. They're spammers, spearing incessantly, and that's about it.
First, I love you for saying this. I have a friend who just fucking uses scorpion because that is the only character he can use effectively. He just blocks and waits for you to attack and fuck up. Then he'll fucking use that chain, burn you and then x-ray. When he can't get his way he fucking spams his teleport bullshit. I personally use sub-zero the most, and whenever I hand his ass to himself when he's not using scorpion, he uses scorpion next. It drives me insane.
Also, Kano is the biggest bitch, you just roll the joystick at the direction of the other player and he'll do his fucking flying combat roll straight at you. It's like the easiest way to win if the other player is an idiot and doesn't block.
You know who is the most fucking annoying character? Kung Lao. He's so overpowered. Lol@them not nerfing him yet. When I use Ermac, I can usually get rid of the guy in 4 combos, maybe 5, even less if I'm draining him with specials.
I'm playing Tag on Hard using Ermac and some other random character, just so I can fight two characters with one.
I just raped 2 people online, chea. On pick Noob and was a complete moron. The other one first picked Cyrax, was utterly horrible, then picked Ermac cos that's who I whipped him with. Then I got bored and quit.
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Good lordy lord, how old are you?
I've just started playing it. I'm mastering Cage. I don't like him, but he's a bit fun to play with. I've only tried him, Sonya (because of Story Mode..I hate her), and Noob.
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South Africa, Netherlands, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, or the UK.
I'd pay you back, someday, somehow. :|
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I used to be pretty good in Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, and all those games. I stopped playing them. I pretty much stopped playing everything. I got MK because it looked badass, and indeed it is.
I am a firm believer than anyone who chooses Scorpion in MK9 takes it up the fucking ass. They're spammers, spearing incessantly, and that's about it.
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I got online btw. If anyone is playing it on the X Box my gamertag is Malicious922, PM me to set up a match or something.
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You've also been taking it up the ass since the MK franchise picked up. Surprise surprise.
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There are several other characters that make Cage look like a fucking turtle (Mileena, Kitana, and Jade to name a few). He's certainly not slow, and he's surely top tier, but what you mentioned aren't really the highlights of his strength points. Basically, he doesn't leave himself open in any of his specials, bar MAYBE the nutcracker. He also has kickass juggles, and badass corner combos. If you X-ray someone and he's near a corner, you can keep the combo going and land massive damage.
Reptile is pretty damn good in the right hands. He's slow, but if you know how to handle him, his juggles and combos are crazy.
I want to try Smoke just because he annoys me so much when I go against him. Basically, if you stay up in his face and stay on the offensive, Smoke has absolutely no fucking change. Lol@this guy who constantly tried to run away from me yet I still managed to kick hiss ass. I'm thinking of trying either Mileena or Kung Lao next. Maybe even Sub-Zero, I'm not sure.
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First, I love you for saying this. I have a friend who just fucking uses scorpion because that is the only character he can use effectively. He just blocks and waits for you to attack and fuck up. Then he'll fucking use that chain, burn you and then x-ray. When he can't get his way he fucking spams his teleport bullshit. I personally use sub-zero the most, and whenever I hand his ass to himself when he's not using scorpion, he uses scorpion next. It drives me insane.
Also, Kano is the biggest bitch, you just roll the joystick at the direction of the other player and he'll do his fucking flying combat roll straight at you. It's like the easiest way to win if the other player is an idiot and doesn't block.
I'm playing Tag on Hard using Ermac and some other random character, just so I can fight two characters with one.
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