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Started by psar...
Mon, 22 Nov 1993 15:45
MK2 blathering
Author: psar...
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 15:45
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 15:45
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Ok... time for my first blathering about MK2... It took a little while to get used to the handling of the characters on this one... they're a little looser than MK, which is for the better I think. It's also a little easier to hit (it's much easier knocking people out of the air, for example... a weak point for MK1, in my opinio One thing that I hoped they would include, but really didn't, was an intelligent computer opponent. There are lots of you who say that the machine is too hard, but I think it's not so much hard, as it is cheap. I have found SO many traps you can get the computer into, it makes playing the game silly- the women pose a problem only because they can walk up and throw you (repeatedly) so fast. Samurai Showdown is a great computer opponent- I was hoping MK2 would be as well... I've only seen one original character fatality posted, Scorpion... I wonder if the other original characters are also similar to their original fatalities, with a *slight* difference... we did manage to figure out Baraka's on our own, but thanks for the postings, guys :) Question is, now where's the secret stuff :) There's the obvious ? square... and is that a black square next to Kitana's box? Also, no one seems to have noticed yet, but in the test mode, there's this thing called 'Shawn attacks'... (I'm not one to say that this means anything, but hey, I'm just pointing it out that its there :) ) I haven't noticed anything that changes from one screen to the next, like the moon appearances in MK. I have gotten several double flawlesses with fatalities (Baraka, who else) without using block, but nothing secret... I wonder if maybe there have to be certain conditions or something... or maybe secret things haven't even been put in yet... or maybe there's nothing secret at all (we talk like there HAS to be something secret :) ) Of course, it still doesn't explain the ? square... Ah well... the game is still quite young... As for character preferences so far.... my old favorite was Scoripion, but he lacks compared to some of the new moves and speed... I'm learning to appreciate Liu Kang and Reptile... Liu can be vicious! He can deliver an almost unstoppable barrage... and Kitana also has some evil combos as well (I'm not the best with her, but I usually end up fighting this kid who uses her well... I win, of course, but not by much usually :) ) Well, that's enough blathering for now.... 'later!!!
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: va... David Vasconcelos
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:38
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:38
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In article <1993Nov22...@woods.uml.edu>, <psar...@woods.uml.edu> wrote: >One thing that I hoped they would include, but really didn't, was an >intelligent computer opponent. There are lots of you who say that the machine >is too hard, but I think it's not so much hard, as it is cheap. I have >found SO many traps you can get the computer into, it makes playing the >game silly- the women pose a problem only because they can walk up and throw >you (repeatedly) so fast. Samurai Showdown is a great computer opponent- I >was hoping MK2 would be as well... I've killed Baraka (more than once) by repeatedly using Raiden's lightning. Does anyone know how many difficulty settings MKII has? -- va...@monster.mktg.stratus.com
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: step... Salvatore D Tepedino
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 18:10
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 18:10
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David Vasconcelos (va...@monster.sw.stratus.com) wrote: : Does anyone know how many difficulty settings MKII has? It has 5 difficulty settings... All the machines I've seen are set on level 1 (Easiest) Level 5 is impossible... -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMail: step...@ic.sunysb.edu |Man's one purpose in life: Plastic --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: yj... Young J Lee
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 23:14
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 23:14
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In article <2dapio$p...@max.physics.sunysb.edu> step...@csws4.ic.sunysb.edu (Salvatore D Tepedino) writes: >It has 5 difficulty settings... >All the machines I've seen are set on level 1 (Easiest) >Level 5 is impossible... > U of Penn has its machine set to level 5. the guy said so himself because "he wanted to see what level we play at" ptui. it's almost impossible to get past kang and cage, and almost no one has gotten past the women. ackptt. "how about that baraka fellow?"
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: Brett De Jesus
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:05
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:05
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step...@csws4.ic.sunysb.edu (Salvatore D Tepedino) writes: >David Vasconcelos (va...@monster.sw.stratus.com) wrote: >: Does anyone know how many difficulty settings MKII has? >It has 5 difficulty settings... >All the machines I've seen are set on level 1 (Easiest) >Level 5 is impossible... The version I've played on (Thanksgiving Night) was so freaking hard that there was no way in hell we could cheez Kintaro to death. I mean, we tried flame-skulling him to death: Pounce. Superman-Slam him to death: get grabbed out of the air. Time Liu Kang's Fireballs sky-high and low: Pounce or walk in and toast you. Baraka-fury him to death: Grab right through it. If anyone else has come across this problem, empathize, and offer a strategy. I prefer harder settings, but if you can't even jump past him, then I can't think of a decent way around him. ..Brett.
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: Andrew B Potratz
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 15:41
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 15:41
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> > Does anyone know how many difficulty settings MKII has? > It has 5 difficulty settings... > All the machines I've seen are set on level 1 (Easiest) > Level 5 is impossible... I've heard that ours (CMU) is on level 5 :( The computer is incredibly cheezy- but a few players here have found some counter-cheezy moves against the computer, and can get up to the Goro look-alike pretty easily with sub-zero's ground and person freeze. Continuously punching also seems to keep the computer at bay, so you can frequently time-out a round once you are ahead.
Re: MK2 blathering
Author: gwis... Geoffrey A Wiseman
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 00:50
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 00:50
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Brett De Jesus (dejesus@s5) wrote:
: The version I've played on (Thanksgiving Night) was so freaking hard that
: there was no way in hell we could cheez Kintaro to death. I mean, we
: tried flame-skulling him to death: Pounce. Superman-Slam him to death:
: get grabbed out of the air. Time Liu Kang's Fireballs sky-high and low:
: Pounce or walk in and toast you. Baraka-fury him to death: Grab right
: through it.
Sounds familiar. Where we play, it was set on 5. After seeing it in
effect, they conceded and put it down to four. It's still pretty
impossible to get past Kintaro, even being as cheap as possible. Any
suggestions?
: If anyone else has come across this problem, empathize, and offer a strategy.
: I prefer harder settings, but if you can't even jump past him, then I can't
: think of a decent way around him.
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Re: MK2 blathering
Author: obe... Oberon
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 18:22
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 18:22
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In article <2de5bt$6...@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca>,
gwis...@herman.cs.uoguelph.ca (Geoffrey A Wiseman) wrote:
>
> Brett De Jesus (dejesus@s5) wrote:
> : The version I've played on (Thanksgiving Night) was so freaking hard that
> : there was no way in hell we could cheez Kintaro to death. I mean, we
> : tried flame-skulling him to death: Pounce. Superman-Slam him to death:
> : get grabbed out of the air. Time Liu Kang's Fireballs sky-high and low:
> : Pounce or walk in and toast you. Baraka-fury him to death: Grab right
> : through it.
>
> Sounds familiar. Where we play, it was set on 5. After seeing it in
> effect, they conceded and put it down to four. It's still pretty
> impossible to get past Kintaro, even being as cheap as possible. Any
> suggestions?
>
Well, I beat the game this morning, but I was CHEAP. I was using Sheng
Tsung vs. Kintaro, but this would probably work with anyone... at the
beginning of the round, back up until he is JUST within leg sweep range.
Leg sweep and then start tapping the low punch button as fast as possible.
He will sit there until the time runs out.
Then against the last guy (I forget his name), I used Sub-Zero and the old,
reliable Freeze, Uppercut, Repeat. Took me three tries to get the timing
right, but as long as the freeze hits him just as he is getting up, it
works like a charm.
I wish Midway would have put the endings in before they released it
though... It is quite a let down to beat the computer only to see "GAME
OVER". Oh well, gotta wait for the ROM upgrades, I guess.
Oberon
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Re: MK2 blathering
Author: step... Salvatore D Tepedino
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 19:36
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 19:36
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Brett De Jesus (dejesus@s5) wrote: -=>Stuff Deleted<=- : If anyone else has come across this problem, empathize, : and offer a strategy. Kintaro will destroy you on ANY level... at level 1, you must do every cheeze technique perfectly, or you are COMPLETE toast! no prayer... It's not the difficulty setting, it's the game itself... -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMail: step...@ic.sunysb.edu |Man's one purpose in life: Plastic --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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