What makes MK better than SF

[nebbiez]

As a series of games, I much prefer MK. Better characters, nice gory action, fatalities, etc. Plus I loved the old real human sprites, the only fighting game to have ever done it well. But SF2 is the ultimate old school classic fighting game, and SSF4 is just superb, possibly the best made fighting game ever. Plus, my preference is for 2D fighting games. I don't really like any of the 3D MK games that much. Compared to Tekken and Soul Calibur I just don't think they cut the mustard. Also, SF games are consistently good whereas MK can be more hit and miss!

[Jaybonaut]

Originally Posted by nebbiez

As a series of games, I much prefer MK. Better characters, nice gory action, fatalities, etc. Plus I loved the old real human sprites, the only fighting game to have ever done it well. But SF2 is the ultimate old school classic fighting game, and SSF4 is just superb, possibly the best made fighting game ever. Plus, my preference is for 2D fighting games. I don't really like any of the 3D MK games that much. Compared to Tekken and Soul Calibur I just don't think they cut the mustard. Also, SF games are consistently good whereas MK can be more hit and miss!

That was about the best answer in this whole thread.

[Diva]

Question:
What makes MK better than SF?

Answer:
It's NOT SF

[OJuggernaut0]

Originally Posted by Diva

Question:
What makes MK better than SF?

Answer:
It's NOT 2D

That was about the worst answer in the whole thread.

[Diva]

Originally Posted by OJuggernaut0

That was about the worst answer in the whole thread.

ROFLMAOLOLOL!!



hehe...fuck it!!!

I liked it :P

[Rushdown]

There is nothing that makes MK better than SF, because it isn't. The only possibilities I can think of would be LSD and PCP combined with an allergy to Street Fighter.

[Dark_NightJoker]

MK=King Of Fighting Games
SF=Runner Up Still It Does Go Hard
Tekken=Hella Lame N It Always Will Be Lame

[DanCock]

this question is kinda hard.

i think MK2 and MKD are better then SF. however the whole MK franchise vs the Street Fighter franchise --> SF is better.

people who say that characters share move properties need to clarify that its only the female and male ninjas that share basic move properties in MK's 1-MKT the rest of the cast in those games its different.

there was something special about those 2 MK's, once i played them i was hooked. my problem with SF is im having to kinda force myself to play it for long periods, im hoping that i click with it soon kinda like how tekken was for me. i had a hard time liking tekken at first but 3 months later i loved it. mk2. MKD and Killer instinct i loved them the moment i touched them.


Characters, Fatalities, the players & game play make MK2 and MKD better then SF to me.

[Riu]

what i hate from mk? 1) the game changes 2 much from offline to online and 2) the broken shit in it.

what i hate from sf4? 1) the blocking system i hate holding back to block in so many ways and 2) ultra damage.

[L0rdoftheFLY]

You can't say at a mk web site that street fighter is better. You can't do the opposite either. We all like mk but for some of us the challenge that a balanced fighter offers is more entertaining. Like Dave said, you need to base this question on gameplay alone. And mk gameplay has always been a little off.

If this was a vote I would right now say ssf4 is better than mk vs dc but when mk9 comes out that may change. I am basing that on the games each franchise has out right now.

[Dirtylova]

Originally Posted by OJuggernaut0

You guys would love MK even more if you actually played a good, competitive MK game. Of course I am talking about the only tournament worthy MK game, UMK3.

UMK3 is way better than the SF4 series, as well as many other fighters. Y'all need to get into it, it's where the hype and offline action is!

Quit trolling.. Quit talking about "only tourney worthy mk", when you haven't even been to any..


As for umk3 being better than sf4, as usual, ur wrong.. But who cares, no one plays sf4 anymore anyways, SSF4 SON...

[iNFUSiON]

What makes MK better than SF??? Scorpion!

GET OVA HERE!!!

[Jarret91]

Granted I never been a big player of the Street Fighter (due to me not giving the fair chance when I was younger and much stupider). Anyways back on subject.

I think the the whole ability to pickup and play for casual and hardcore gamers made it to where you could simply pick up and play with the basic movelist granted dial-a-combos were trial and error (especially if your controller doesn't cooperate). Then we can't forget about the blood, gore and fatalities, the sheer excitement and anticipation of finishing your opponent in the most "brutal" way possible. Then of course this was counteract with the hara kiri .

[OJuggernaut0]

$100 bucks that whatever Dirty posted, it had to do with me. Haha dude is in love with me, he's probably jealous of Depp.

[FunkoBeh]

Originally Posted by OJuggernaut0

$100 bucks that whatever Dirty posted, it had to do with me. Haha dude is in love with me, he's probably jealous of Depp.

u got Dirt Dawg on ignore?

Originally Posted by Dirtylova

Quit trolling.. Quit talking about "only tourney worthy mk", when you haven't even been to any..


As for umk3 being better than sf4, as usual, ur wrong.. But who cares, no one plays sf4 anymore anyways, SSF4 SON...

[OJuggernaut0]

Originally Posted by FunkoBeh

u got Dirt Dawg on ignore?

LOL I told ya. Yeah, dude keeps trolling and flaming me. It's gotten annoying. It's like he's stuck in High School, dude needs to grow up. He keeps saying I haven't been to tournaments, like he knows me or something. I've been to 5 tournaments, just no official MK tournaments cause there isn't any down here. Except for the one that may happen tomorrow. It's funny because Dirty hasn't been to a single tournament, so it kinda makes him a hypocrite when he says that. It's ok, he can stay online where it's safe and can hide behind his connection.

[L0rdoftheFLY]

Originally Posted by OJuggernaut0

LOL I told ya. Yeah, dude keeps trolling and flaming me. It's gotten annoying. It's like he's stuck in High School, dude needs to grow up. He keeps saying I haven't been to tournaments, like he knows me or something. I've been to 5 tournaments, just no official MK tournaments cause there isn't any down here. Except for the one that may happen tomorrow. It's funny because Dirty hasn't been to a single tournament, so it kinda makes him a hypocrite when he says that. It's ok, he can stay online where it's safe and can hide behind his connection.

remember when I was gonna get you a job and you never showed for the interview?

[Dirtylova]

Originally Posted by L0rdoftheFLY

remember when I was gonna get you a job and you never showed for the interview?

Thought you knew bro, Juggs never shows up...

[L0rdoftheFLY]

he lives right near where I used to work and he was unemployed...pig said I would get him a job and juggs said he would come by the next day...I was not happy.

no job for you!

[OJuggernaut0]

Originally Posted by L0rdoftheFLY

remember when I was gonna get you a job and you never showed for the interview?

Yeah and you needed a trainer. No experience plus I was out of shape, pointless to go for an interview.

[L0rdoftheFLY]

True that

[EMPEROR_Bladez]

Originally Posted by Jaybonaut

What, he can't enjoy Mortal Kombat because Street Fighter is superior? What sense does that make?

You missed it, this is a mortal kombat based site, right??? I'm only judging from the titlle.. if you feel that sf is superior to mk why be at a mk site when you could be at a sf site.. I'm not bashing I'm just asking..

Originally Posted by pootymack

LMFAO! this is another reason I love MK, it brings out the best type of people.

I'm confused, do you mean people with an opinion lol??? Bad reference to a quote dumb dumb.. I was expecting a legit answer, not some extremely vague insult.. pooty shut up









NOOBS!!

[Thunder 88]

Ha! i dare you to read this post!!!

disclaimer: everything's subjective

Originally Posted by Quest2be1

Discuss...


In my opinion no game is better than MK. I still have an enormous passion for MK and that will never die unless they make a MKvsDC2. I love the fatalities, the characters, and the gritty game play.
What do I like about SF? Honestly, nothing really entices me about the game except for the game play. The solid game play is a huge seller for me, but other than that nothing else turns me on about the game. I dislike most of the music and I hate at least 85% of the cast.

MKD, MKA, and KI1 are still my favorite fighters. I should say SSFIV has become one of my favs as well, so I'll rank it #4 on my list.

Exactly. Its your opinion. To say which game is the best can only be an opinion. Then again you can make a great argument and discuss facts, then again even those facts can be debated.

Example: MK is better because it has a block button. SF is better because holding back is better for blocking. Both are facts, yet its all about preference. I prefer the button block instead of direction block.

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

Both aesthetics and gameplay formula trump the rest for my tastes. Presentation is clearly Western and not all that Japanese shit that every other game does. And obviously it's dark and ruthless.

Gameplay is a pleasing balance to me. It's not so technical that it takes a year to master one single character, but it's got enough to it so that mind-games can be implemented and smart players can separate themselves from the rest. And I think the general philosophy of MK's fighting is just plain fun (launchers, juggles, disablers, dials, etc.).

MKSF Theory!!!

I like MK theme vs SF theme. SF theme is Sesame Street, MK is rated R.

Both games are technical, though SF is harder to master, yet a lot of SF players cant' master MK, so I could be wrong.

For me, MK is more fun. I hate hearing "Haduken" all the time. What's so technical about that?

Originally Posted by Jaybonaut

Shocking, it's about the gore. At least you didn't try to say the gameplay is better, because even Ed Boon acknowledges it isn't.

Gameplay is gameplay. Boon is a smart man to admit the truth. Yet even in his and MK's defense, that's all subjective. Why? Because a guy I know, Tafiri, plays both games. I can't beat him at SF, and he can't beat me in MK, and we are talking OFFLINE here folks!!! And he owns both games, I don't. I only own MK games, but I have played SF.

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

I've brought up for a long, long time to guys like Bone that the MK developers don't care to make the most technical game out there. Like I said, it's a good balance. Otherwise you wouldn't have the separation between players that you have.

Presentation and gameplay, it's about both. Don't get the wrong impression about me. Don't mistake me for the guy that wants to buy the game and look at fatalities more than I want to compete. But yes, SF is majority gay in the presentation department.

Yes, the balance is pretty good. Check this out. In defense of MKA, my good ole pal Nomad88 can beat my Moloch only with Blaze. He can't beat him with a reg or kak. I can only beat his Blaze with regs. He can only beat my Regs with a kak. And his kak can't even touch my Moloch. Get that?

Originally Posted by m2dave

Storylines, character designs, and the overall presentation of a fighting game are subjective because everyone has his or her own personal preferences when it comes down to aesthetics. Therefore, debating these matters is utterly futile. That is, an argument about the sophistication of Akuma's and Scorpion's character designs is pointless. We judge a fighting game based on its gameplay (i.e., the actual fighting of a fighting game) because based on the gameplay we can factually determine whether a fighting game is fun, beginner friendly, moderately deep, and most importantly, balanced and free from errors, glitches, and flaws.

The better question is, what makes Street Fighter better than Mortal Kombat? The gameplay is the answer as most of you have already stated in your posts, which is why the Street Fighter franchise continues to be the face of all fighting games at a casual as well as at a competitive level. Street Fighter II paved the way for all fighting games released in the arcades in the early 90s. Recently, Street Fighter IV has resurrected the fighting game genre from the its grave. Street Fighter IV is the only reason why there will be another Marvel vs. Capcom game, a Street Fighter vs. Tekken crossover, a Street Fighter 3rd: Strike Online, and, yes, the reason why Mortal Kombat is going back to its 2D roots, according to Ed Boon himself.

Street Fighter is the Michael Jordon, the Muhammad Ali, the Babe Ruth, the Pele of fighting games. This is not according to me, though. Let the facts speak for themselves. Nothing compares to Street Fighter.

what?

J/K!

ASSthetics. Does the game appeal to us or not? This is important.

Gameplay: SF. But why not MK, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, or Bushido Blade? Speaking of 2D, if the original 2D programmers aren't on the MK9 bandwagon, then MK9 future is uncertain. Balance is important, and MK might not be on top of that, hence banned characters and "community rules". Glitches, ya thats what you get when you buy a game that was never play tested properly.

I will argue that MK at least had gamebreaking at almost ever level, thus making the need for "community rules" unnecessary. Just pick Flash vs Superman and forget the rest, haaaaa.

Originally Posted by Wolfman Jack

What make MK better than SF is opinion.

In my opinion, I like MK more and think it is better because of 2 things, the gore and the mythology. The storyline can go even deeper than SF because of it's multi-world, multi-race setting. We have spectres, assassins, mutants, vampires, ninjas, special forces, cyborgs, demons, zombies, dragons, gods, demi-gods, sorcerers, humanoid raptors, wraiths, clones, mutants, mutant-demons, half human-dragons, going so far as to include a motion capture actor, a re-animated corpse, and a riot patrol officer.

MK gives you variety, depth, death, and darkness that you won't find in other fighting games. That said, I'm not blinded by my fandom of MK, I know there are a few better fighting games out there, gameplay-wise, but aside from anything to do with actual gameplay, MK is thee best fighting game... in my opinion.

I love the mythology. Games have to be more than gameplay because we are junkies!!! We need it all and at every level.

Originally Posted by Smurf

ITT: People that sucked at SF.

Originally Posted by nebbiez

As a series of games, I much prefer MK. Better characters, nice gory action, fatalities, etc. Plus I loved the old real human sprites, the only fighting game to have ever done it well. But SF2 is the ultimate old school classic fighting game, and SSF4 is just superb, possibly the best made fighting game ever. Plus, my preference is for 2D fighting games. I don't really like any of the 3D MK games that much. Compared to Tekken and Soul Calibur I just don't think they cut the mustard. Also, SF games are consistently good whereas MK can be more hit and miss!

I'm tired of multi-quoting.
But, as a series of games, MK is superior because of the versatility.

Originally Posted by Rushdown

There is nothing that makes MK better than SF, because it isn't. The only possibilities I can think of would be LSD and PCP combined with an allergy to Street Fighter.

Why isn't there? The best SF players don't necessarily translate to the best MK, Tekken, or Soul Caliber players.

Originally Posted by DanCock

this question is kinda hard.

i think MK2 and MKD are better then SF. however the whole MK franchise vs the Street Fighter franchise --> SF is better.

people who say that characters share move properties need to clarify that its only the female and male ninjas that share basic move properties in MK's 1-MKT the rest of the cast in those games its different.

there was something special about those 2 MK's, once i played them i was hooked. my problem with SF is im having to kinda force myself to play it for long periods, im hoping that i click with it soon kinda like how tekken was for me. i had a hard time liking tekken at first but 3 months later i loved it. mk2. MKD and Killer instinct i loved them the moment i touched them.


Characters, Fatalities, the players & game play make MK2 and MKD better then SF to me.

I agree about the move properties of the original 2D MKs. Killer Instinct was way fun, and it had a bit of MK and SF elements to it. All three games used to be the triatholon of fighters at the old arcades. I miss those days

Originally Posted by Riu

what i hate from mk? 1) the game changes 2 much from offline to online and 2) the broken shit in it.

what i hate from sf4? 1) the blocking system i hate holding back to block in so many ways and 2) ultra damage.

Offline is great, and online is a rip off. I hate holding back myself, because one little twitch and you are blocking improperly.

Originally Posted by Jarret91

Granted I never been a big player of the Street Fighter (due to me not giving the fair chance when I was younger and much stupider). Anyways back on subject.

I think the the whole ability to pickup and play for casual and hardcore gamers made it to where you could simply pick up and play with the basic movelist granted dial-a-combos were trial and error (especially if your controller doesn't cooperate). Then we can't forget about the blood, gore and fatalities, the sheer excitement and anticipation of finishing your opponent in the most "brutal" way possible. Then of course this was counteract with the hara kiri .

Hara kiri should be brought back, especially against those fatality playing douches. Then again fatalities were always a good way of rubbing it in, and thus making it competitive.!!!



wtf did I just post???

farewellmortalswhoosh

[HONOR_Dragon]

For me it's a matter of aesthetics. I like MK bcuz I like to look at and play with characters that look real. I don't want to play the other fighting games with characters that look like wii avatars. Even if the gameplay is better, if the characters look too "square-ish" or there aren't enough frames being animated for each movement, it is a big turn off for me.