FreelanceButler said:
Mortal Kombat.
This probably applies to earlier games but I never played 'em, so I'm just referring to MK9.
"Sorry about Shao Kahn. It was an overpowered mess of a joke that we were meant to take out, but forgot."
At least I can only assume that mess of a boss was a joke. There's no way he could be that strong on purpose.
[sub]I'm aware he's kinda easy once you know how to beat him, but it doesn't make the 70 bazillion losses necessary to find out how to beat him any less frustrating.[/sub]
Actually, you'd be wrong. Good afternoon, I am an MK veteran. Shao Kahn is always that bullshitty, and so are any other bosses and sub-bosses ya care to mention in these games. You're just the new generation of people being irritated as fuck with it. Lemme give you the rundown from 1 to 3.
Goro - There is no one who doesn't hate him for his grab-and-pound attacks.
Kintaro - Eveybody hates his teleport slam and fireball spam.
Motaro - Not only is he loud and annoying, but we hate EVERYTHING he does.
Shao Kahn MK2 - Too fast for human reflexes, irritating, and (like other MK boss bastards) ungrabbable.
Shao Kahn MK3 - Nevermind that the game is just bad, they took everything about Shao Kahn we hate and then gave him a fucking hammer.
From then on, it's been tradition to make MK bosses as bullshitty as possible, because we already jumped the fucking shark in MK3 when proper fighting was replaced with running in and throwing in a load of rehearsed combos. Other games have this, but Mortal Kombat exploited it the most. And even at the end of it, you don't beat Shao Kahn or whoever else with combos. Of course not, because they've thought of that already when they programmed the bosses.
Boss characters always take off too much health in those games. Do you know what Kintaro and Shao Kahn do in MK2? Four hits to bring you to the danger zone and then one to finish you off. Five unforgiving hits, no matter how grazing. If you're in the air and you're not immediately kicking Kintaro when he goes on a fireball parade, you get to bounce off of those to death. That's just an example.
Five hits, and you've got to do more to handle THEM. There's only one thing TO DO: Never stop moving. I can beat Shao Kahn, probably the same now as I did then. Never stop fucking moving. You jump around like a flipping jack rabbit, kicking with all your might and avoiding the movies. If you're Subzero or Scorpion, you take one of those moments where they're taunting - and it WILL happen - and do what they do best. There's alot to be said in having a couple-second reprive in battle because of a spear-grab or a freezing, plus the free hit.
It's too late for anyone to apologize for Mortal Kombat. They've been shameless about it since I was a kid.
