Well, that was interesting. After a few runs getting back into the swing of things, I managed to get through Mortal Kombat 3 and take down Shao Kahn. I played mostly as Sektor and circumvented my blocking needs by instead learning a cheap 2-hit combo involving his homing missile and teleport punch while also spamming his dumbfire missile to catch jumping or otherwise off-guard opponents. While this tactic did not work on the first boss, Motaro, he's instead highly susceptible to jumpkicks, so I leapt around and took him out that way in a couple of close rounds. Unfortunately since Sektor's missiles don't cause any kind of stun, Shao Kahn then proceeded to shoulder check me into a wall and have his way with me. More than once. He stuns you even while you block, and he hits both a standing and crouching opponent with his specials, so despite my attempts to turtle, it was a mess. Even when I successfully blocked, he just chipped me to death. It was not a fun experience.
Eventually I gave up and swapped to Sub-Zero. I then proceeded to freeze my way to the top. Freezing works on Shao Kahn, so I just spammed it and uppercuts to win the game. There are better things I could have done(combing after a freeze for instance), but I don't know MK3 Sub-Zero well enough to combo with him. Now that I think about it, I wonder if I could have used somewhat similar tactics with Sektor's homing missiles while Shao Kahn taunts to then combo into the teleport punch and keep me relatively out of the corner.
I feel less like I learned the game and more like I just learned how to be cheap at the game.
Up next: Ultima II
I'm sure he'd agree
You still get a cookie for talking about King's Field though.
