for what its worth, i enjoyed playing mk2 more than i enjoyed playing any streetfighter game. the concept of "tapping" the buttons instead of "rolling" them was a very refreshing concept, since all of the previous vs. games used rolling. as far as i know, the use of codes originated with mk, like by entering a code of buttons you'd be able to unlock characters, make babalities and such.
plus the fighting action was more articulate, and required more skill. capcom games always seemed like a flurry of punches and kicks and fireballs. i've known people who win in streetfighter by just pressing anything rapidly and just keep on fury kicking and punching. not a tactic that would work with more articulate games like mk, bloody roar, or soul caliber.
I did enjoy Mortal Kombat 2 as well though I preferred the range and mobility that Street Fighter Alpha, Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 had to offer. Mortal Kombat as realistic as it attempted to be during that time was more than often rigid and stiff at best. Their characters had little fluidity and came across to me as 2-D pictures of real people copied and pasted to the screen. Maybe I just enjoyed the anime aspect that SF had to offer. More articulate? I think they each had their own unique aspects which made them interesting games but I just don't agree with that statement. The animation it took to give us Ryu, Ken and even Gouki made the game far superior especially when the gameplay came into effect. I always saw the Fatalities and Animalities as trivial fodder to distract people from the lack of a creative fighting engine. Notice that Street Fighter ( 2-D wise ) did much better at the Arcades than Mortal Kombat ever did.
Button mashing goes across the board and can be applied to any and every video game ever made. And you can't specifically apply that comment to an acclaimed 2-D fighter such as Street Fighter especially since there are World Wide tournaments set for players who end up making hundreds of thousands of dollars playing. Do you think they just button mash their way to getting that kind of cash? Personally I've never heard of a Mortal Kombat video game tournament generating that kind of revenue. Maybe I'm mistaken. Anyway, yeah. I liked both Mortal Kombat 2 and the Street Fighter series. I just personally think SF is better overall.
it's been said countless times SF has a better fighting engine and combo system. Every blow, parry, block, dodge, etc was much more thought out than the early versions of MK.
I for one however, am a graphics nut, so I learned to love MK (more impressed by real-life models) more than SF early on. So I learned to like quick button tapping as well. Even till now, I'll take MK Deception over any of the SF Alphas or Ex's just cuz I don't like rolling my buttons.
i was always more of an sf fan than mk fan, sf has done gone to so many new levels, while mk just ups the graphics and adds some MTV rock band, as to who would win with the actual characters, i have to go with SF....they have like 3 times more characters than mk and all of them pretty damn powerful
i gotta say im gonna like MK: Shaolin Monks, finally making a good off-genre mk and it looks great
Wait a sec, Street fighter came hard with the whole Vs series(X-men vs SF, Marvel vs Capcom, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Capcom vs Snk, Capcom vs Snk 2) those all had "great" graphics and equally good gameplay..
MK maybe too "realistic" to win in an actual battle, and only display rivaling powers during fatalities judging by what the SF'ers can do: create giant energy blasts and Shun-goku satsu's(raging Demon) their power is "too exxagerated" and dwarfs what the MK'ers can do....Evil ryu blew down an entire forest with a hadoken for goodness sakes....Raiden may be considered a god but in the videogame world nowadays gods lose all the time, it seems beating gods is the new "it" thing in videogames, ryu beat Gill(God), terry bogard beats Ares(god) in anime, Kyo(Kof'ers) beats Orochi(God)...From the all-out power perspective the Street fighters win hands down..Mk appears like a hyped up kung-fu flick...
Originally posted by mr.smiley
i hope paola was just joking about posting the picks.
the sf comic has been running for a while and mk not only has a new comic but they had one in 94.
if someone is gonna moderate a forum like this,they should know about all the new comics
I wasn't joking
I know absolutely nothing about Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat comics, why should I? I find the games and movies boring... comic versions must be worst...
If you feel I 'should know about all the new comics' go pm the administrator of this forum and tell him so.
I just remind you, this is a Movie community forum.
Any further opinion about me, state it through private message system.
Thank you
Paola
Global Moderator
Some unsuitable comments were made about our mod, basically saying that she should know about every single recent comic out there.
That is wrong. i doubt there is one person on this forum who knows about every single comic series, that includes mods.
anyway, mortal kombat wins... god like competitors...
Unsuitable? He was merely stating his opinion. While I don't agree that a single person should know all existing comic books & movies it doesn't hurt to at least do some personal research before commenting that you're going to close someone's thread when it's appropriate to the forum. That's hardly fair. Paola has my greatest respect as a moderator but still -- I don't think his ( Mr. Smiley ) comment was at all without some merit. She should make it her business to know which threads are and aren't appropriate given the responsibilities she's willingly undertaken. Anyway I just wanted to say my piece after that bit of confusion. I am in no way or form attack anyone.
Street Fighter all the way. God's have been beaten before and as stated so eloquently -- that seems to be a current trend. Oro could take them all on with ONE HAND tied behind his back. ( Street Fighter gamers will get that joke. 😉 )