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| Do you think the original Mortal Kombat is overrated? |
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| mark1982:
I gotta go with Yes, definitely for the first MK game. I was in my pre-teens when the first MK hit the arcades and the biggest draw to the game was the violence and fatalities, other than that it was pretty poor technical fighter. Street Fighter II Turbo roughly came out during the same time at the arcades and SF is light years ahead of MK on a technical standpoint. Combos, timing, move sets, hit boxes, counters, anti-air, chain attacks, etc were all well balanced and thought through. Unlike MK it was just a series Hi and Low attacks with poor hit boxes. Don't get me wrong, MK is a fantastic fighting game now and the evolution of the series just keeps getting better and I do enjoy their latest installments. Just not the early MK games. The violence in the early MK games is what made it stand out during that time because no ones else did it. It was the main focus and talking point, kids in school were all talking about the game because of the blood. And don't get me started when the SNES version came out and the blood was replaced with sweat. If you defended that in school you would get eaten alive... So yeah, the violence of the MK games is what made it popular, not for the actual fighting game imo. |
| oldgamerz:
It kicked off a whole new way for fighting video games. But overrated? the original no the 2nd and 3rd one yes in my opinion. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: oldgamerz on November 11, 2019, 02:34:37 am ---It kicked off a whole new way for fighting video games. But overrated? the original no the 2nd and 3rd one yes in my opinion. --- End quote --- in terms of old mortal kombat games ultimate mortal kombat 3 and mortal kombat 2 are considered to be the better games by many. |
| oldgamerz:
--- Quote from: sworddude on November 11, 2019, 03:28:35 am --- --- Quote from: oldgamerz on November 11, 2019, 02:34:37 am ---It kicked off a whole new way for fighting video games. But overrated? the original no the 2nd and 3rd one yes in my opinion. --- End quote --- in terms of old mortal kombat games ultimate mortal kombat 3 and mortal kombat 2 are considered to be the better games by many. --- End quote --- It's just me, i never can't get far in Mortal Kombat 2 or Mortal Kombat 3, because those games reward knowing the combos. and when I want to kick or punch a computer i always sense a delay, and I don't know how to properly play those games. It's not fun for me, getting stuck in the corner of the level, while the CPU, is all the way on the far side of the stage, trowing fireball after fireball at me. Leaving me no choices but to enter counter fireball. I like to bash them a little bit and get my aggression out and a counter fireball in those games is just too frustrating to pull off. Ok does anyone want to try a better version of Mortal Kombat? that you can pretty much do anything you want to your opponent? without the CPU doing the same move over and over again. I highly recommend Mortal Kombat 4 for the PlayStation 1. :) It may not have as many fighters but, it's great to release some stress aggression, it's AI in my opinion is the best because the game will let you knock up there face more and kicks and punches, do more damage than repeating the same trick over and over again. And there is 10 difficulty settings, in arcade mode. includes a team, and survival mode, as well and a practice with a list of your moves. and endurance mode too. you can see and practice all the combos, in a practice mode menu screen. in Mortal Kombat 4 if the CPU or player starts, casting out fireballs or some other projectile you can just flip-jump into their face and bash the heck out of them, You can't do that in most of the early Mortal Kombat games but 4 lets you do that. |
| Cartagia:
Yes, the original MK is absolutely overrated. I'ts not a particularly well controlling game, and is way too sluggish to be a great fighter. It started an incredible trend, but being the first doesn't make it the best. |
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