Fighters are in for a subtle surprise when they fire up either the 360 of PS3 version of Mortal Kombat today. Developer NetherRealm Studios has stealthily issued several "hotfixes" designed to further balance characters like Kung Lao, Baraka, and Kano.
This isn't a true, downloadable update, but rather a "live fix" that will happen the moment you switch on the game inside an internet-connected console. Curious if your favorite character will be affected by the tweaks? The developers have posted patch notes, and most Kombatants will likely welcome these changes:
- Reduced some of Kung Lao's combo and overall damage.
- Reduced the damage on some special moves.
- Increased the damage scaling after Kitana's Enhanced ground fan toss.
- Adjusted some juggle's damage scaling.
- Reduced the damage on some basic combos that were doing too much damage without using any meter.
- Increased Sheeva's damage output for several of her moves and attacks.
- Temporarily Changed around some of Sonya's fighting style properties to reduce her ability to lock someone down in block stun.
- Changed Kano's Towards Front Kick to a low block.
- Reduced the recovery on Kano's Upball to be closer to Johnny Cage's Flip Kick recovery.
- Increased the damage of some of Baraka's special moves and attacks.
- It is easier to juggle combo after hitting someone with Baraka's chopchop on the ground.
- Increased the damage scaling on a frozen opponent.
- Baraka's Away Front Kick, Front Punch combo is now a true popup.
- Reduced some of Reptile's combo damage.
Are you happy to see these balance changes?
For PS3 players who purchased the game during the infamous PSN outage, NetherRealm has also axed the requirement for an Online Pass (the Kombat Pass) for multiplayer bouts until the Playstation Store resumes service on May 24.
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