The Ultimate Fighting Game

[ReloadPsi]

As a man who is sick of Guilty Gear being left out of these lists, I guess I'll just have to pick Mortal Kombat. I'm better at MK than at Guilty Gear anyway, but Mortal Kombat hasn't given me my all time favourite game soundtracks. Speaking of, when the hell are the soundtracks for Judgment (sic) and Dust Strikers getting released, dammit?

But its still fun ripping people in half. Or kicking them in the groin. Or ripping off their arms and hitting them in the face with them.

This is true... although I'm not very good at these; I can get an Extreme Fatality (10 stages; the highest is 11, and if you use cheat codes you can go higher but the rewards stop at 10) but it's the same every time.

And which other fighting game lets you create and play as a Red Mage, hmmm?


P.S. Protip: When I read this thread title, I was thinking it was gonna be a game about the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

[Slothy]

Soul Calibur series- Haven’t played it though I heard it was good. There’s something interesting about watching Link outside of his usual Zelda games.
Virtual Fighter series- I like them. Nothing was too spectacular about them, they just weren’t flashy like a lot of other fighting games and that’s what I liked. Then again, I’ve only played the older ones.
Bloody Roar series- Never heard of it.

You've missed out on some great games my friend.

And for the record; Mortal Kombat doesn't have half the depth of Street Fighter 3 (or any other Street Fighters for that matter). Even when it comes to the best game in the series, MK2, and runner up MK4.

[ReloadPsi]

Soul Calibur series- Haven’t played it though I heard it was good. There’s something interesting about watching Link outside of his usual Zelda games.
Virtual Fighter series- I like them. Nothing was too spectacular about them, they just weren’t flashy like a lot of other fighting games and that’s what I liked. Then again, I’ve only played the older ones.
Bloody Roar series- Never heard of it.

You've missed out on some great games my friend.

And for the record; Mortal Kombat doesn't have half the depth of Street Fighter 3 (or any other Street Fighters for that matter). Even when it comes to the best game in the series, MK2, and runner up MK4.

I like to speculate that the thing that made MK so popular is that it was aimed at older gamers. The older games are definitely inferior fighting games, and were so back in their glory days (I know I did always prefer Street Fighter when I was younger) but their simplicity made them accessible to the older crowd, back when gaming was still relatively fresh and new, so they didn't get to learn from an earlier age (six years if we ignore the Video Game Crash of 1983; the NES revived it all in '85). Did I mention that was pure speculation?

Now that I'm the same age as those people, I'm able to say I grew up with video games. Anything as simple as Mortal Kombat is bound to get laughing and pointing out of me, but it's also a game from my childhood and I still love it. MK has also kept trying new things while every Street Fighter game I play just feels eerily similar to the previous one, right down to the fact that I'm pretty sure you still have to charge a Sonic Boom for 2 seconds, which an AI Guile somehow does while walking towards you. Plus the first MK movie was infinitely better than Street Fighter. Not that that's a worthy point of argument, especially when you take the sequel into consideration

[Discord]

Bah, neither. DoA 4 eva.

[Mirage]

Soul Calibur for me.

[Firo Volondé]

I voted for SSB, for nostalgia's sake. I'm not the greatest fan of fighting games.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Ok people, I know I missed a few games and I'm sorry!!! I tried my best!!!

[blim]

I didnt like beat em ups til i played tekken 3 so i guess i have to go for tekken

[Lionx]

Personally nothing will be Street Fighter, and with a very close runner up, King of Fighters. 2-D will always be the fighters i like and can play well at. I do disagree at the notion of Street Fighter feeling the same with every game installment outside maybe the SFII:WW => SFII:HF part where some differences were not as pronounced from one game to the next. But even within that generation of SFII, the changes were noticable if you play it competitively enough.

I liked the concept of Bloody Roar, but it wasnt really a very good game since it had 100% combos and other stuff that came with it.

[Roto13]

Mortal Kombat isn't aimed at "older gamers." It's aimed at 12-year-olds whose parents don't care what they're playing.

[Dreddz]

Nuts, I forgot to mention Asuka 120% Excellent: Burning Festival. Why oh why wasnt it released outside Japan. That game was beyond the realms of awesome.

Where's the SNK love?

No King of Fighters?
No Samurai Shodown?
No Fatal Fury?
No World Heroes?

Absence of Darkstalkers, World Heroes, Eternal Champions, and Marvel vs. Capcom makes me a sad pokeman though. :(

I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

[Wolf Kanno]

Nuts, I forgot to mention Asuka 120% Excellent: Burning Festival. Why oh why wasnt it released outside Japan. That game was beyond the realms of awesome.

Where's the SNK love?

No King of Fighters?
No Samurai Shodown?
No Fatal Fury?
No World Heroes?

Absence of Darkstalkers, World Heroes, Eternal Champions, and Marvel vs. Capcom makes me a sad pokeman though.

I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

Probably cry

I only mentioned it cause I was curious to know if anyone else remembered this game.

[Black Mage FF1]

Super Smash Brothers Melee is the best fighting game of all time IMO.

Playing with 3 other people = a lot of fun.

[Dreddz]

I only mentioned it cause I was curious to know if anyone else remembered this game.

I sure do, I remember the pain like it was yesterday.

[KentaRawr!]

Mortal Kombat isn't aimed at "older gamers." It's aimed at 12-year-olds whose parents don't care what they're playing.

Are you sure it's not aimed at fans of the series?