User blog comment:DE-Note/RWBY Game idea/@comment-32598036-20150804014542/@comment-25555436-20150804133329

Eh, MKX is not as great as it should have been. Gameplay-wise, it's identical to MK9, but the story mode is like 6 hours shorter. It's also of much lesser quality in that mode, as most new characters are either not introduced, or make an appearance that makes CFVY's initial appearance look good by comparison.

Writing-wise, it's got it's ups and downs, especially downs at the end. For example, Shinnok. He owns Cage, owns Casey, and is about to win. Oh, but wait! Casey just happens to unleash that green energy thing like her father, just because! And then Shinnok goes down like a pussy. Don't worry about spoilers, trust me, you may well hear the spoilers, considering everything in the story mode sounds cooler than it actually is.

Also everyone has their general fighting style and specials divided in 3 fighting styles, each holding some of the character's specials and some combos. In concept, sounds interesting. In practice, you are forced to play with just a third of your favorite character.

Plus every character has 1 fighting style that owns the others either because of damage, effectiveness, simplicity or comboing potential, so at the end everyone just uses 1 FS and sticks to it unless forced otherwise, making the whole "3 fighting styles per character" idea be ignored and useless.

Brutalities are also special combos now instead of true finishers. That means, you can be hit by them at the beginning of the round. And if they work, you insta-die. Can only be done when you're about to win. So you're fighting Jax, and think you can recover and win? Nope, he grabs you and slams you 18 times against the ground like a pussy. Goodbye victory.

Oh, and the game insultingly slaps you in the face with the DLC. Sindel and Rain are in the game, in the disk, with full movesets. But you can't use them. Wanna unlock them? Pay them around 20$ for each, starting with Sindel. Yes, Netherealm went the Street FighterxTekken route with DLC.