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u60...@csi.uottawa.ca (U. N. derGrad) writes:

>MKII just came out in my campus' games room; it's the current hit game  
>there.  Personally, I don't know why so many people are making such a fuss  
>about its inadequacies (if you can call it that).  Okay, so the computer  
>throws you every time;  why not just back off and start over with new  
>combos (the computer keeps track of your fighting patterns to eventually  
>defend against them.  And you're up shit's creek when it does)

>Also, the game setting is too high (level 5 I think).  Well, that's the  
>arcade's way of sucking quarters out of you; what can you do about that?
>If they reduce the difficulty, everyone masters MKII, and the game will be  
>old news (until it hits the Genesis market).

>I think those who whine about their inability to "master" the game are  
>missing the point:  becoming one at MKII (and every other game like it) is  
>not an instantaneous process.  You need patience, research (like testing  
>out the moves in the 'My MKII Moves List' article) and lots of quarters of  
>course!  But playing VARTH is one exception to the rule!

You must become one with the joystick.  You must BECOME the player, the
buttons are merely a mere thought.  Then, and only then, will you vanquish
the game...

"Zen and the Art of MK2"

(you must also spend hundreds of quarters on the game)

-- 
Denis Papp      _  __    _                         dp...@cs.ualberta.ca
   /_ /_/ /\/ /-/  /  / /_                         dp...@amisk.cs.ualberta.ca
"Man, that little bastard smells.  No wonder they call him Pooh."
                                -- Christopher Robin