When comparing AirMech Strike vs Mortal Kombat X, the Slant community recommends Mortal Kombat X for most people. In the question“What are the best PvP games on Steam?” Mortal Kombat X is ranked 18th while AirMech Strike is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose Mortal Kombat X is:
Mortal Kombat X has included online multiplayer modes where players can fight against online friends or strangers in ranked and unranked matches. there is also a team mode as well as king of the hill.
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Pros
Pro Inspired by Herzog Zwei
The developers of AirMech show a great bit of inspiration in AirMech that is derived from the 90s classic Herzog Zwei. Something of a spiritual succesor if you will that is now reformed into the current trends of MOBAs.
Pro Many options to experiment with
All of the in-game options means there is a swath of strategies to experiment and play around with making for a game that one can spend a good amount of time playing in order to learn all the different aspects.
Pro Online PvP and team PvP multiplayer
Mortal Kombat X has included online multiplayer modes where players can fight against online friends or strangers in ranked and unranked matches. there is also a team mode as well as king of the hill.
Pro Allows interacting with the environment
Mortal Kombat X features interactive environments in its stages, allowing for players to interact with their surroundings meaning every player will need to learn the stages in order to know what parts are usable against them.
Pro Each character has 3 versions that change the fighting style
For every character in the game there are three variations for each, essentially tripling the roster in game.
Cons
Con Playerbase in some regions is very low
Communities are limited to some region like US and Europe. SEA players are having a hard time if they want to play multiplayer - they are often matched to EU/US due to lack of online playerbase and get ping times from 330-520.
Con Slight advantage gain to those that use real world money
In-app purchases are not limited to just cosmetic items, which means there is the possibility to get an advantage by unlocking worthwhile items with real world cash.
Con In game currency purposely made more difficult to earn post release
Mortal Kombat X's difficulty for obtaining in game currency has been day one patched to be more difficult to receive in order to push players into spending more money on the game, despite just paying full price upon it's release. On top of this, most reviews for the game were done before the patch, which of course conveniently falsely represents the actual patched release version in the developers and publishers favor.
Con Steam does not properly install the full game
There is an issue when downloading and installing Mortal Kombat X on Steam where the game only installs partially and when launched never install the rest of the needed components, which are listed in the DLC section of the title. Users will have to manually go to the DLC section of the game in their Steam library install all the needed packs to get the game fully installed and working.
Con Same day release DLC
For $59.99 one would expect to get the full game, but of course in this day and age that is not the case. Those looking to have the actual full amount of release day content are looking at a $122.95 USD price tag.
Con Microtransactions to make the game easier
There are microtransactions in the game that allow for users to pay for easier to pull off fatalities. Essentially making the game now unbalanced for those that choose to pay to those that don't after already spending $59.99 on the title.