The second reason? You might have a problem with the many, many input settings in the game. In Street Fighter, combo inputs need to be timed to match the actual attacks. That can be a tricky thing for fans of other fighting games that use an alternate system, referred to as Frame Links. There is no precise timing - you just need to memorize the combo and input it quickly. The buttons you press to input the combo have nothing to do with the frame data. That means you’ll literally ‘dial’ the combo. First Mortal Kombat 11 (and previous games in the rebooted series) use a Dial-A-Combo system.

Some combos are totally fine - but others? It feels impossible to string together the inputs properly. If you’re a complete newbie to the Mortal Kombat series, or if you’re jumping in after playing other fighting games like Street Fighter, you might be experiencing some serious combo issues. Combos are a tricky thing in Mortal Kombat 11.