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    Game » consists of 26 releases. Released Apr 19, 2011

    One of the goriest fighting game franchises returns to its roots, introducing a new story that re-tells the events of the first three Mortal Kombat games (with a unique twist).

    Skarlet is out - Impressions

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    #1  Edited By soldierg654342

    So Skarlet is finally playable (at least on the PSN, I've been hearing that XBL is having issues with the pack) and I'm wondering what you all of your first impressions are.  
     
    In the little bit I've messed around with her in training mode, I have two main takeaways; her damage is really weird and she has the largest and most complicated move list in the game.  
     
    The second one is pretty self explanatory. She has a tone of moves, a ton of fast tags, and a tone of specials. She has some of the most complex strings and adaptive specials. The the first is a bit stranger. Simply put, the damage of her attacks are all over the place. Her u3 into uppercut is 2 hits for 20%, and yet some of her strings barely break double digits. She really seems more focused on long juggles, giving her a quick overhead launcher that has a pretty long reach.  
     
    Overall, I'm feelin' her. I've been looking for someone to move onto since I've kind of grown tired of Sektor, and playing a rushdown character will be a nice change of pace.  

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    #2  Edited By Twitchey

    She's bloody hot
     
    /British accent

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    #3  Edited By djstyles92

    Shes my new fav.  Love her.

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    #4  Edited By Crixaliz

    I find the lack of an alternate costume a bit strange.
    I don't know if it is glitch or if it is hidden or if she just doesn't have one.

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    #5  Edited By hungrynun

    Did a solid patch also come out with the DLC?
     
    edit: Just booted it up and it totally did.

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    #6  Edited By Bestostero

    From what I've seen, she's REALLY into blood... its creepy, her babality she gets a bottle of milks and rejects it and opts for a bottle of blood lol

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    #7  Edited By GregIsRad

    Her fatalities are nothing short of REVOLTING.

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    #8  Edited By Bobby_The_Great

    She's different, a bit hard to combo with, has interesting moves, her X-Ray is a bit weak. She's going to take some work getting used to, but she's not just a palette swap of moves or anything. She's completely unique.

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    #9  Edited By DeeGee

    What's her X-ray like, guys? I saw the videos of her fatalities/babality, but I didn't see this anywhere.

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    #10  Edited By unchained

    She's fun. My wife was grossed out at the alt fatality, which was amusing.

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    #11  Edited By Aetos

    Shes a lot of fun to play. I think shes going to be my new main.

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    Eli Roth would be proud of her fatalities, that's for sure.

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    #13  Edited By Slaker117

    Her neutral throw is crazy. 17% damage? Why?

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    #14  Edited By JJOR64

    If she can't do jab into hands, then no thanks.

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    #15  Edited By soldierg654342
    @DeeGee: She does a Mileena-style roll into the person, jams their nose into their skull and put one of her heels into an eye, which I appreciate since it acknowledges that she's wearing heels. 
     
    @Slaker117: That's what I'm talking about. Her damage outputs seem really bizarre.She either has effortless damage or has to work really hard for it, since the damage scaleing is especially hard on her because she relies on long juggles. 
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    #16  Edited By TechHits
    @JJOR64 said:
    If she can't do jab into hands, then no thanks.
    she doesn't have to body mass to do jab into hands, you need to weigh like 300 lbs at least. 
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    #17  Edited By SpanxMcFranks

    I just finished trying her out, I like her. I could see myself using her a lot more in the future.

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    #18  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @SpanxMcFranks said:

    I just finished trying her out, I like her. I could see myself using her a lot more in the future.

    This statment is great taken out of context. 
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    #19  Edited By SpanxMcFranks

    @The_Laughing_Man: Lol, that is what I thought as soon as I posted it.

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    Her combos are whack as fuck. In a bad way.

    Conversely, her X-Ray has a goddamned huge hitbox.

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    #21  Edited By MachoFantastico

    Anyone know if she (and the Klassic Kostume pack) is out on the PSN EU store yet?

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    #22  Edited By frankxiv
    @Sir_Ragnarok said:

    Her combos are whack as fuck. In a bad way.

    Conversely, her X-Ray has a goddamned huge hitbox.

    i've been hit by it jumping over her, when i was already pretty much behind her, but it didn't trigger the actual xray animation i just took a little damage, like a normal or something. super weird.
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    #23  Edited By Slaker117

    @onimonkii: I've had Kung Lao's x-ray hit with the spin part, but then the enemy lands on the wrong side of him and the rest whiffs.

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    @onimonkii said:

    @Sir_Ragnarok said:

    Her combos are whack as fuck. In a bad way.

    Conversely, her X-Ray has a goddamned huge hitbox.

    i've been hit by it jumping over her, when i was already pretty much behind her, but it didn't trigger the actual xray animation i just took a little damage, like a normal or something. super weird.

    Yeah. It reminds me of a few moves Shao Kahn has where the hitbox doesn't appear to, but actually does, cover cross-up jumps.

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    #25  Edited By EvilDingo
    @TrueEnglishGent said:

    Anyone know if she (and the Klassic Kostume pack) is out on the PSN EU store yet?

    Apparently not... 
    I checked my Xbox360's store and everything is out on that system.
     
    As someone who own the PS3-version of the game... I feel kind of neglected by Netherrelm... 
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    #26  Edited By Ares42
    @EvilDingo said:
    @TrueEnglishGent said:

    Anyone know if she (and the Klassic Kostume pack) is out on the PSN EU store yet?

    Apparently not... I checked my Xbox360's store and everything is out on that system. As someone who own the PS3-version of the game... I feel kind of neglected by Netherrelm... 
    yup, EU psn blog updated today. Skarlet is not coming this week and Klassic pack is twice as expensive as US psn =/
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    #27  Edited By SlightConfuse

    I like her a lot. Im still trying to piece combos.

    People need to download. The compatibility pack

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    #28  Edited By GregIsRad

    I will say one thing about her. That teleport attack needs to be punishable like every other teleport attack in the game.

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    #29  Edited By fishinwithguns

    Just bought her today.  My first impressions: very favorable.  She seems like a cross between Scorpion and Mileena/Kitana.  I think she fits in with the rest of the group just as well as Juri did in SSFIV.
     
    There's nothing incredibly special about her, but she fits my playing style, she's really fast and I like that...I tend to be way more offensive, and I've found it really easy to overwhelm people with quick combos into her X-ray, and easy to find good ways to chain combos into special moves and juggle them around some.  I'm not a great MK player, but I approve because she was easy for me to adapt to from the very start, and I like her move set, she's just a fun character to play.
     
    I like her first fatality, simple, straightforward. She turns the opponent into a pez dispenser basically.  I know MK is all about going balls-to-the-wall with creative and often ridiculous violence, but I also like it when they realize they don't have to go over the top with every single fatality, it's nice to see a fairly practical one every once in a while.  Short and sweet.
    Her second fatality, more elaborate, kinda ridiculous, but oh yeah, this is Mortal Kombat.  She bathes in blood but it's not as off-putting as Mileena sensually rubbing her opponent's blood on her body and getting off on it.
     
    And compared to the rest of the females in the game, her cleavage is much more discreet, which I like.  I mean I love boobs, don't get me wrong, but I think they went way overboard with everyone else's bust size.  In Mileena's case it kinda makes her look silly, and Sonya too.  But, great game, I let it slide.  Skarlet's a solid character in my opinion.

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    #30  Edited By EvilDingo
    @needforswede:  
    Any opinion on the self-sacrificing projectile?
    I think it must be to much of a risk to use.  
     
    I haven't tried her yet since I can't download her yet (She's not out for PS3 in EU yet). 
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    #31  Edited By damswedon
    @EvilDingo@Ares42@TrueEnglishGent: I started the game up and she and the rest of the DLC showed before the main menu. 
    I'll need some time to get used to her but I think I'm gonna put her in my lady--ninja rotation.

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