Re: Mortal Kombat x officially announced!
Neither Nether Realms nor High Voltage apparently seem to believe in in-house testing of their code. They release a patch which is supposed to bring the Steam port of MKX into line with the console ports, but then are required to pull that self same patch because it corrupts save data. So now Steam players neither have Jason, which they paid for, nor their save data, which they played for.
I myself have been working hard in the Black dragon faction. I was level 50, and was slaving on unlocking Wicked Laser, the last faction kill. My profile level was around 60, and I was getting so close to the level 65 achievement. I had millions of coins from constant play, which I was planning to use in the krypt. I had tons of unlocked items, including backgrounds, icons, borders, costumes, etc, etc, not to mention a lot of leveling up of Liu Kang.
All of this is now rendered moot. I now am level 6 in Black Dragon with only one Faction Kill, no leveling up of Liu Kang, only 16 thou sand coins (10 thousand of that as a result of their pitiful attempt at compensation for their ridiculousness), none of my unlocked icons, borders, or backgrounds (I have a whopping 4 backgrounds available to me at present), am level 5 in my profile, etc, etc, etc.
I don't know how in the world they managed to release an update that could corrupt save data that badly, nor do I know how or indeed if they even plan to make things right. Furthermore, they required that I download 15 GB worth of data to update to the version that had Jason and destroyed my save data, and then was required to download yet again another 15 GB worth of data to remove Jason, any updates meant to bring the PC version into line with the console versions, and my game progress, just to sweeten the deal.
I can only assume that this is part of a "Fresh Start" package being offered by Nether Realms, but if so, I don't know why they didn't charge me yet another micro transaction to enjoy the concept.
I wish that I could convince Valve to recall Mortal Kombat X, and force WB to refund Steam members the cost of the game and any additional content that might've been purchased as a result, including the Premium Edition or Kombat Pack.
This is without even mining the treasure trove that is the poorly executed net code. Last night, I was playing a game with a pal, and at one juncture, the game basically turned into the world's slowest slideshow of different poses.
Nether Realms obviously doesn't care about the PC gaming market, which is why they outsource the development of that port to a third party. If they really didn't care about it, though, they should've made it a console exclusive, rather than taking money from people for a poorly tested, poorly supported, and poorly executed version.
Many people have been saying that pirated versions of this game work better, and while I am not advocating piracy, perhaps i t would be the way to go in order to get your money's worth. Thanks but no thanks, Nether Realms and High Voltage. My next game from you will in all likelihood come from Pirate Bay, not from the Steam Store.
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