Mortal Kombat X charging for easy fatality DLC packs
Those who want to perform fatalities in Mortal Kombat X with as little effort as possible may need to open their wallets to do so.
Mortal Kombat X is now available for sale, although its launch has been met with controversy outside of its gorish fatalities and X-Ray moves. The new controversy is over PlayStation Store listings for “Easy Fatalities” packs, which charges players real-world money for tokens that can be used to perform a fatality with just two button presses.
A total of two easy fatality packs are currently available on the PlayStation Network. One pack offers five Easy Fatality tokens for $0.99, while the other includes 30 tokens for $4.99. These packs also show up on the Xbox Store, although these packs are currently not shown on Steam.
Mortal Kombat X allows players to earn tokens in the game itself for free, so these listings shouldn’t raise as much of an issue as Evolve’s launch that included over $130 worth of downloadable content that wasn’t covered by its season pass. During our time reviewing MKX, we earned a handful of tokens that we could have used at any time we wanted to perform a fatality with as little effort as possible.
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replyDaniel Perez posted a new article, Mortal Kombat X charging for easy fatality DLC packs
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This is dumb. My friends and I got it at midnight and thought the easy fatalities were awesome, us being bad at fighting games and all, and were singing its praises until it disappeared from the move list. It took us a while to realize why, and got pretty pissed when we realized it's a fucking microtransaction. It's just really, really dumb.
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They're the only fun in MK so far as I'm concerned. The fighting part was never the attraction, it's the silly gore and other final moves.
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I assume it plays a lot like Injustice? I wasn't really crazy about that one.
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I mean, I liked Injustice *more* than old MK (the last one I played was probably 4 or 5), but it still felt a lot more gimmicky? than other fighting games I enjoy, like MvC, Guilty Gear, and Soul Calibur. SF is in the same boat for me...it might be technically good, I don't know, but I know that I don't really enjoy it.
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Sure, sure. Basically comes down to personal preference. The content of your original post made me think "Oh boy, yet another person that thinks MK is all about gore and nothing else nowadays." </rolls eyes>
But if Street Fighter doesn't float your boat either, then yeah, I get it. Just not your thing. That's cool man! Ever play the Persona fighting game? That one's pretty great.
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Agreed. I have as much fun watching pro players go head to head as I do playing. MK 9 and 10 are deeper than many people give them credit for.
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lol
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FLAWLESS PAYMENT
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haha, amazing
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You're taking an extreme stance. I've ignored all the DLC, and you earn tokens for easy fatalities and other in-game actions just by playing. But, to each his or her own.
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I'm not on any kind of bandwagon. They want full retail ($70 Canadian) pricing alongside pre-order /special edition exclusives for some of the coolest characters, and then throw in microtransactions to nickel-and-dime even more money for something that should be a toggle in an options menu.
I refuse to be a part of that.
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That gets a surprising amount of flak on the shack lately.
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depends what the title is I think, if its a title the collective like, then you're an idiot, if its a title the masses hate, you're doing the right thing.
the shack collective is fickle as fuck
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I think this is a great idea for DLC. It's basically just cosmetic.
It doesn't take anything out of the main game. Adds an easier path to what are essentially cosmetic abilities. And gets NRS more money for making a good game.
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While I agree that this pack is pretty stupid, it's also pretty harmless.
Fatalities are like skins. They don't effect the core gameplay one bit and are for vanity only. -
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