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SFV wasn't even close to being as player expressive as 6 is but I still like neutral in 5 more than 6. Cr.medium into DR is aids. DJ/Juri/Marisa/Ken random DR is aids. DR eating your jump inputs is aids. Defense is aids. V-Shift was fucking based and V-Reversal actually fucking worked. SF6 is obviously the better product this is objectively fact but my issues with 6 were never that it lacked sauce. I just think the game has cool ideas but how they were implemented feels like darts were thrown at the wall. Why doesn't everyone have the same DR speed? Don't give me some BS reason about muh balance. Why does Lily have no cancelable fucking medium? Why does she not get a combo into light spire off of cr.light combo without meter? Why does Marisa get to two tap you? 
 
AH SHIIIIIT MUH NIGGA BUT DAH SAUCE DO LOOK AT THIS TWITTER VIDEO OF MARISA JUST SAUCING YOUR LIFE BAR OFF 1 HIT BRO. YO MUH NIGGA MY JP SO CLEEEEAN I DID OBSERVE AND THEN I DID OBSERVE AGAIN BRAH LOOK AT DAT SHIIIIIIT
 
I'm playing AKI because I'm gonna make everyone seethe. ALSO PLEASE CAPCOM BRING KOLIN BACK FOR SEASON  2 PLEASE
 

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Joey was a Mika player and I guess he's not finding that in Manon. 
 
Regardless of how you feel about SF6, there's no way anyone can say SFV has it beat in player expression. Even with the low forward DR, it's not even close.

I get cr.mk drive rush is annoying AF. Honestly buttons into drive rush (specially when you can confirm them now with a one button input) might be the most off putting in the game. With all that, this is still leagues better than 5.
 
Dudes losing all match but got a v-trigger that gives them bullshit mix and then act like they outplayed you? Yeah, dope, don't need that back in my life ever again.
 
I feel like outside of the way some special moves work, and figuring out what to do with Drive Rush in neutral (Maybe have it cost a bar and a half?), there aren't really any major problems with the game. There's some instances where I think doing parries is better than blocking. In some ways it maybe that at its core blocking should be the safest option defensively, and if doing something else is better than it could point to there being issues; the logic here is that doing stuff on defense should always be riskier than blocking, and if doing stuff is safer and better than blocking then the stuff isn't all that risky.
 
This is still leagues better than 5 by a lot.

Shakunetsu, I'll get you tomorrow. For now though, people really just log on to say shit:
 
 
 

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Haven't played the game yet, but damn it if it isn't the prettiest fighting game out there by a mile. MK11 looked great, but this is exquisite. They've obviously put the resources that MK11 generated to good use, Boon and friends have really outdone themselves this time.

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

Don't give @Doctrine_Darkany ideas...

I started chillin in the hub last night and I did find myself enjoying it.
 
I had my sights set on getting to 2K MR, but this system makes it so hard. On top of getting the same exact people, I'll get a stretch of players that give me 2 MR or 1. Sometimes 0.  Then I'll get on a nice couple streaks and lose all my progress in like 4-5 games. I kinda just starting to care less about it.

Not that I’m good enough to get 2k mr but it’s so fucking tedious getting points after master the most I was able to get was 9 points and then if you lose yeah.. I played for a while and gained 2 points in the end so it’s probably accurate lol.
 
I took a break and played other games and came back a couple days ago. Ranked is rough but casual matchmaking is horrendous I’m fighting platinum ranked players and lower Diamond which is fine but if it does find someone near my rank it’s the same 2-3 people all day. 
 
between matchmaking and the input reader idk if I’ll put as much time into this as I did 5 and if I do it’ll be a slow burn with breaks in between.

Master Rank after 40ish hours of ranked grinding. It stopped feeling tedious after reaching Diamond 5. Got it done in 1.5 sessions from that point going forward.... now what lol
 

 

I don’t know anything about audio but her dialogue is so bad I feel like it’s unedited or on a bad mic or something. 
 
Rousey sounded like she was trying to voice act but just sucked because it’s a job that requires actual skill/effort. Fox sounds like she is literally reading the script off a paper in her living room.

Did you know I despise SFV?
 
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Back from vacation, got to diamond 5 today. The finish line is almost there!

Finally found some time to play today. I was already on the brink of Master, so I figured, what better time than now to make the last push to get Jimmy among the Master ranks.
 
In the final match, I played this really solid Ken player who played a great turtling game. It went down to the last round before I closed it out with a DR headbutt, st. short, medium ball>CA3. I had never landed that combo outside of training mode so needless to say, I felt pretty smug about that.
 
 
 
More importantly though, after a long grind, your esteemed fellow forum member is now finally Mast... Uh...? Diamond 5...? 
 
Goddamnit, there's a Diamond 5?!

Animation has never really been NRS's strong suit, but it's reached a level as to where it is acceptable now. MK11's animation was decent. Also, the rest of the game looks incredible, from the stages to all the little details on the characters. I know it's a trend in the FGC to be condescending towards MK, but every entry is a labor of love with an amount of content and polish that leaves most other fighting games in the dust. MK11 is the best-selling fighting game of all time for a reason. 
 
I am definitely buying MK1. 

Yes, I'll admit that I've been among the dissenters with the animations. Honestly when the games were digitized sprites the moves and animations looked solid and impressive for that time. I went back to watching the first three MK games and the martial artists who performed those moves knew what they were doing. Their technique was crisp and believable. But I'm not too sure what happened after MK3 up to MKA. I am glad that MK1 will be a treat to play though from a visual standpoint. I can definitely do without the fatalities - they don't offer anything gameplay wise anyway, but sign me up for playing on Thursday cuz I'm about to get it in!!!

Finally found some time to play today. I was already on the brink of Master, so I figured, what better time than now to make the last push to get Jimmy among the Master ranks.
 
In the final match, I played this really solid Ken player who played a great turtling game. It went down to the last round before I closed it out with a DR headbutt, st. short, medium ball>CA3. I had never landed that combo outside of training mode so needless to say, I felt pretty smug about that.
 
 
 
More importantly though, after a long grind, your esteemed fellow forum member is now finally Mast... Uh...? Diamond 5...? 
 
Goddamnit, there's a Diamond 5?!

Animation has never really been NRS's strong suit, but it's reached a level as to where it is acceptable now. MK11's animation was decent. Also, the rest of the game looks incredible, from the stages to all the little details on the characters. I know it's a trend in the FGC to be condescending towards MK, but every entry is a labor of love with an amount of content and polish that leaves most other fighting games in the dust. MK11 is the best-selling fighting game of all time for a reason. 
 
I am definitely buying MK1. 

So I’ve been more interested in MK1 than any other NetherRealm release. I’m curious about your opinions on the animations for the Kombatants. Since MK4, the series has had a significant amount of jank. This new one though is not as crispy as SF6  (think Ken’s free flowing Jinrai Axe Kick vs Johnny Cage’s stiff rising kick) but as a martial arts guy, overall I’m impressed by the animation quality and transition between moves. So yeah, what y’all think??