![]() Unfortunately, multiplayer is best played offline, as Mortal Kombat X suffers from occasional latency and choppiness that is prevalent in nearly every fighting game. Head-to-head battles present a classic competitive experience, team battles offer a five-on-five tournament style, and King of the Hill mode returns from Mortal Kombat (2011), which simulates the timeless tradition of shouting “I play the winner!” by creating a queue of players that spectate and take turns fighting the reigning champ. Mortal Kombat has always been best when played with others, and the multiplayer offerings this time around are fairly varied. The environmental attacks add a fresh twist, and also lend a much-needed unique feel to each stage. Now instead of blocking until death, the player can grab a crate from the edge of the map, and smash their attacker’s face in with it. If you’re like me, then when you play Mortal Kombat, you often find yourself being backed into one of the edges of the stage and getting pummeled, which is one of the situations that environmental attacks can usually help with. Each stage has few items that the fighters can utilize in combat, like a tree branch that can be swung from, or a pot that can be thrown. Slow-motion x-ray attacks make a return, as do the iconic special attacks like Scorpion’s “Get over here!” spear attack, and of course no Mortal Kombat game would be complete without fatalities, which feel particularly inspired this time around.Īlthough the formula for combat has largely remained the same, there are a few tweaks here and there, the most noticeable of which is environmental attacks. True to it’s roots, the action is fast-paced, well-balanced, and gorey as all hell. NetherRealm Studios has improved upon the familiar, while adding strategic additions and enhancements that make Mortal Kombat X one of the best 2D-fighting experience to-date.Ĭombat–uh, I mean “Kombat” will always be the most important element of the Mortal Kombat franchise, and Mortal Kombat X is no exception. But developer NetherRealm Studios didn’t stop there, adding new characters, environmental attacks, and new characters along the way. Brutal X-ray attacks, bloody uppercuts, and downright cringe-worthy fatalities, all of the gruesome ingredients are here that players know and love. Watch: Innsbruck World Cup on Olympics.The Mortal Kombat series has a long-running record as one of the best 2D-fighters of all time, so it is no small matter when I say that Mortal Kombat X is without a doubt the best Mortal Kombat.She's due back on the wall in two day's time to compete in lead, as well. It's a 15th World Cup victory in boulder for the 24-year-old who also has 23 lead wins. I was really just happy in Prague."Įach of Raboutou (Hachioji), Grossman (Salt Lake, Brixen), Nonaka (Seoul) - and now Garnbret (Innsbruck) - have won a World Cup gold this season. It felt weird in Prague because everyone had three Cups and they were in competition mode. ![]() She added: "I wasn't disappointed in Prague. I'm really thankful and grateful for all the supporters today and all of the crowd that stayed and cheered us on. I was still trying to find my competition flow. "I don't have the words to say how I feel right now," Garnbret said on the IFSC broadcast. Grossman had won last week in Brixen, Italy, while Garnbret had taken silver two weeks ago in Prague, where Frenchwoman Oriane Bartone won.Īmerican Brooke Raboutou made a furious push to land on the podium, but could only manage a zone (halfway up the route) on the fourth and final boulder. was second, with two tops and two zones, while Olympic silver medallist Nonaka Miho won the bronze. Reigning world champion Natalia Grossman of the U.S. Garnbret not only topped all four routes in the women's final, she flashed them, meaning she completed each boulder on her first try. The Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020, who missed the first half of this season due to a toe injury, won her first gold in just her second World Cup back. Janja Garnbret put on a bouldering masterclass Thursday (15 June) night at the IFSC Sport Climbing World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria.
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