Mortal Combat X or Killer Instinct. Need Advice.

Dear friends-

I'm looking to purchase a fighter for my xbox one. For those of you who own or have played both Mortal Combat X and Killer Instinct, which is the better all around game (online play, graphics/animation, gameplay, ease of access, etc...). Please, keep it civil. Mature and honest advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I'm sure you've asked something similar before. Only because a few days back someone also wrongly spelled Mortal Kombat with a C.

Mortal Kombat X is very casual friendly with a fleshed out story and all the bells and whistles.

Killer Instinct is just a hardcore fighter with a very high skill ceiling and learning curve. If you're competitive and like harder games this would be the better choice.

Long day at work.....my mind is mush right now. My bad for the misspelling. I did not post a few days ago. I have not posted in this site in a very long time. Look at my history. Anywho. Advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, guys.

I greatly appreciate the advice. I am not vey good at fighting games and would like one that is easy to get into and learn. How is the online play? Tons of lag?

Killer Instinct is a better fighting game teaching tool than it is a game. Mortal Kombat is actually a pretty solid game for what it is.

I can't speak for Mortal Kombat X as I own it on PC, but the online play for Killer Instinct is very good. This is the best way I can put it, MKX is a button masher, you can't mash buttons in KI and expect any form of success, you have to know exactly what you're doing.

I find MKX to be more fun for just a quick care free game but when I want to beat the ever living shit out of people and chain together 30+ hit combo's I go to KI. It's more rewarding as it takes time and practice to evolve your skill in the game.

get MKX.

in b4 @ProtossX comes to fap on Killer Instinct

Mortal Kombat X is not very casual friendly at all. Try playing online and have fun getting wrecked. Also, the story is short and not that great.

get a ps4

:O

Herp

This is in comparison to Killer Instinct, in that regard it's extremely casual/noobie friendly and very much a button masher...

You people wouldn't know this though as I doubt either of you even have an Xbox One...

With work, school, family and other hobbies I do not have the time to learn and master a bunch of moves. I simply want a fighting game that I can pickup and play and have mindless fun. is MKX for me?

yeah... i remember my friend telling me the same thing about Tekken 1 (that it's not a button masher, you need skill to win). i button-mashed his ass right after that in the game that he had been practicing a lot.

@ProtossX: You sound creepy. Is that all you talk about is the PS4? I could not care less about fighting over which console is better. I'm simply asking about which fighting game would be more my style.

Killer Instinct is not Tekken...

Yeah, MKX is for you.

i'm sure i saw him praise X1 in another thread just moments ago... try-hard manticore?

awww shit! they are spelled so similarly. my bad.

@nyadc: Thank you for the honest advice. Have a great weekend.

No idea what that is. Simply looking for a fun and easy fighting game to play.

You're right, I don't own an Xbone which is why I'm not in here pretending that I know something about the new Killer Instinct.

On the other hand you're in here trying to say that MKX is a button masher in some fanboyish attempt to drum up praise for KI. There is no such thing as a "button masher by comparison". It either is or it isn't. Unless MKX completely threw everything out the window and reverted back to Mortal Kombat 1 mechanics, then you're wrong.

You see, I understand that Mortal Kombat is a far more accessible fighting franchise than most. Your issue (as usual) is that you're jumping to extremes to make a point and as a result you're putting your foot in your mouth yet again.

Killer Instinct.

You as well!

oh sorry! it's a System Wars term... never mind about that. but yes, like @nyadc already said, MKX is definetly more the game you are looking for.

You're reading way too much into this pal, they're both good fighting games but in terms of their skill ceilings and what must be done to become a proficient fighter they are worlds apart.

This is not about what is better, this is about what suits who best and what to expect out of each game.

Calm down psycho.

Fantastic. Thank you for the honest advice. It is amazes me how some of the people on this site fight over the most insane things. I guess some people have just way too much time on their hands. Anywho.....have a great weekend, guys. Try and get out of the house and get some fresh air. It is going to be a great weekend.

This is one of the most absurd things I've ever heard. If you don't take more than 20% of your opponent's health every time you touch them in MKX then you're honestly not very good at it. That's not button mashing.

Is it an accessible game? Yeah, but so are Street Fighter and Guilty Gear, and both of them games have a ton of depth to them (and more than Killer Instinct, too). Get real, man.

Reading too much into what?

You called the game a button masher. I gave you the "herp" response that you deserved. That should have been the end of it.

You're not giving a fair assessment of the games, you're placing one on a pedestal and dragging the other through the mud to accentuate your "point."

If calling a person out on some pure bullshit makes me a psycho then yes sign me up!

What is absurd is you using cliché terms to over dramatize what is being said, also depth does not equate to difficulty.

yeah well, that's the spirit of this System Wars thread... useless arguments :) you should be better off asking legit questions at Games Discussion next time. just a friendly hint.

i wish you a great weekend too!

The problem I have heard thus far with MKX is the online play isn't very good for anything remotely coming close to competitive play.. The reason being is that the game is really overhead and lows orientated with alot of characters and it is nearly impossible to be able to block it repeatedly online and punish.. Justin Wong illustrated this where he was just abusing people with Eron Black with spamming the same combo because no one could effectively stop it online due to the mix ups of overheads and lows.

Bullshit on both accounts.

Go try your luck online or even in single player MKX with some button mashing. Let us know how that works out and be sure to post a video. Also, KI isn't some fighter that requires surgical precision either. As far as noob friendly fighters go it's not MK level, but it certainly floats around in that territory.

I've played and own both. If you're serious about getting into fighting games, I'd go with Killer Instinct.

It isn't the best out there, but its much more balanced and more technical than Mortal Kombat X.

If you're looking for something more passive, primal, flashy. and chalk full of content that may not entirely revolve around player vs player ..then i'd go with MK X....

@neversummer75:

Don't listen to anyone who uses the words "Button Mashing"...

It doesn't apply to either of these games..... funny enough DoA is better in that department.....

Anyway here's the breakdown..... Mortal Kombat is not that difficult..... the specials are executed in a similar manner to Killer Instinct....... it also uses fewer buttons I think..... and even though the Combos are preset.... they are actually short and can be fragmented to combine into other combos and special moves....... the tutorial is nothing spectacular but it will get you good enough to play casually..... its biggest shortcoming is that you have to dial in the Combos and I don't know how everyone feels about that but my god I freaking hate it.

Killer Instinct........ as its already been said Killer Instinct has a higher skill ceiling but it due to its comprehensive tutorial it also has the lowest skill floor and is a better teaching tool than Mortal Kombat is..... its a 6 Button fighting game..... which may seem complicate but actually its quiet simple really because unlike MK, you don't have to dial in the Combos are its Combo System is alot more.... free form.... than Mortal Kombat so you can get away with alot more button mashing there........ its online is phenomenal, some have even said its almost indistinguishable from playing locally.....

Both games are great with a standard Controller... And slightly better with a Fightstick.

Ultimately the choice is yours but You would be literally much better off with Killer Instinct....

Remember..... on the X1 one you have a 3rd and Final Option... Dead or Alive 5 Last Round........ but its a 3D fighter and I assume thats not your thing.

Kindly point out the cliches, because I'm not seeing them.

Both Street Fighter and Guilty Gear are also difficult games to master, so your point is moot, regardless. Though in a fighting game, yes, depth usually does add difficulty.

@DarkLink77:

Its always been my understanding that the depth of a game is measured by the many things you can do using simple controls and concepts......

Difficulty on the other hand is a whole different animal..... it can be anything from the complexity if the controls and mechanics to the speed they need to be executed...... which is why I don't like street fighter........ it probably is a deep game but I'm not experiencing any of that depth and Yomi because I can't execute many of the moves With any level of reliable consistancy..... I might aswell be gambling.

BlazBlue just has way too many Meters and Gauges.

As a guy who isn't all into fighting games, you are right. KI is tough to master.

Eh to be fair mastery in general is tough in a manner this forum doesn't accept. There is a time commitment necessary for that, the young-ins can't appreciate yet with all the free time they have.

Yes, but giving you more options in a fighting game at any given moment generally makes the game more difficult, as it were, because you have all of these options available to you and have to quickly decide which is "best."

Half of the difficulty in being good at a fighter is knowing the right time to use something, or how your moves stack up against your opponent.

KI is more dense though. I tried the tutorial and was like "fuuuuuck this" about 5 minutes in. MKX is friendlier to get into and has way more content for people like me that don't have any intention of playing a fighting game online.

To be fair, a lot of KI's tutorial is less about KI and more about "This is how fighting games work."

KI's tutorial is super misleading, it's not teaching you just Killer Instinct. It's teaching you fighting games, like legit fighting games. There are shit that game teaches you that transcend being a KI thing, and just straight up "this is how you play fighters are a higher level"

I would on some level recommend going back through those tutorials and realizing there is an actual difference between stuff.

@DarkLink77:

Agreed...... but I draw the line at Studying Frame Data........ thats when the game begins to feel less like a game.......

What fighting games are you into anyway ?

I probably will try KI again sometime because I like what they're doing even though **** dave lang. I can only play one fighting game at a time though because I don't want people to think I actually like fighting games. I have a reputation to maintain.

Guilty Gear, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Soul Calibur.

Laziest gamer of all time? lol

Also Dave Lang is great. Run GFB

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