Originally Posted by
Lord Golbez
I never liked Mortal Kombat. It came out after Street Fighter II and, by comparison to the fluid movements of SFII characters, everyone felt slow and clunky in Mortal Kombat. Seemed like it was resting its laurels on gruesome finishing moves without any solid gameplay. Also, if I remember correctly, which I might not because I was never compelled to play it much, the characters don't have much individuality outside of special moves. Compared again with SFII where many of the characters play completely differently regardless of whether you use special moves at all.