PS4 > PC

OK, so MKX has been out for a few days and I find that even though I preordered the game to have access to Goro, I haven’t even used Goro yet.

But I have noticed something interesting. When I bought the Kombat Pack, I was under the impression that I would have access not only to Goro, but to Jason, Predator, and others. It took a little digging around, but it turns out that I don’t have access to any of that extra stuff I paid $30 for.

I’m kinda pissed. When Steam was there asking for my credit card number, nowhere did it say that I’d be paying more money for something they weren’t planning on delivering any time soon. They were deliberately vague in a way that would make any reasonable consumer believe that they would get the new characters with the release of the game. Then, a few days later, they announce a release date for *one* of the new characters. Jason. But I still have to wait for them to release the other guys.

I don’t usually buy virtual property. This may be the first, or one of the first times I’m buying it. But I feel robbed, misled, and scammed. These guys took my money, and now I have to wait until they feel like giving me what I paid for?

So I put a ticket into Steam, and told them I wanted a refund. Their answer was that they don’t give refunds, and that I’ve already played the game for 40 hours. Like the guys down at Steam are so noob that they don’t realize the difference between the release game and the additional DLC content.

So now I’m left in a position where I could cancel the purchase on the credit card. Obviously, if I wait too long, they’ll release Jason, and then they’ll get to say that I have received the DLC content. At least part of it.

I’m honestly torn on what to do here. What doesn’t make it any easier is the fact that the PS4 version of MKX is the best version. I feel kinda lied to and cheated by Ed Boon, who said that the PC version would be just as good as the console versions.

It’s not. Where should I begin? With a minor aesthetic change. On the PS4 version, after the character select, there is an animation where the characters walk away from each other. That doesn’t happen in the PC version.

But I’m much more upset with the netcode. This game plays horrible. I’ve had more MKX disconnects in this first few weeks, than I’ve had in *years* of playing StarCraft 2. I started keeping track of the number of disconnected matches. So far, I’m at about 1 in 10. Which doesn’t sound so bad, but statistically speaking, that sucks.

It sure doesn’t help that it takes a long time to find a match, and that I’m often matched against much stronger, or weaker, opponents. In short, I find myself wishing that I had purchased a PS4 instead of a new computer because I’m very unhappy with the PC version.

I could write a whole other post about the release day debacle, but it’s passed us, and I’m sure I’d just be beating a dead horse. Next post I’ll finally get around to talking about gameplay and characters.