Why is Mortal Kombat 2 considered the best fighting game of all time?
You mean Street Fighter Alpha 2
Because it's PEAK 90ies gaming
>>12088219Who the fuck told you Mortal Kombat 2 is the best fighting game of all time?
>>12088261me in third grade
>>12088219Who said this? I never hear anyone say this.
>>12088219The setting is great and it's cool as helland the gameplay is good enough to be fun, but not so good to attract tourneyfags
It's not. The single player mode was trash. Repressed kids only liked it because it was their first taste of violence with gore
>>12088219Because people consider it the best fighting game of all time.
>>12088219As a fighting game it sucks. Every character has basically the same moveset except for special moves. Without fatalities no one would remember it. It would just be seen as the lame American ripoff of Street Fighter. And in all reality, that's what it is. SF2HF is the greatest fighting game of all time.
>>12088219UMK3 is way better
>>12088339SF is basedboy>How wholesome and kawaiiiiIn the 90s us BMX riding edgelords ruled, clearly you didn't live through the zeitgeist of the day
>>12088219Because it isn't? MK9 is.https://gamerant.com/mortal-kombat-game-tier-list-best-worst-good-bad/Try it. Easy to see why.
>>12088226fipibipi
>>12088381The women in that game look awful though. They literally all look like transgender hookers.
>>12088359I see the word filter is still exposing newfags
but you can't play as sheeva teleport stomping noobs all day
Sf3:3s and Sf2:st are both way better. Heck, I'd even take Tekken 3 or soul calibur 2 over that boring pos game.
>>12088471And SFA3 FFRB2 KOF98 SS2 MVC2 etc are all better than those. But MKII is chadder than all because it's caucasoid and has no weirdo shit like schoolgirls or jazz songs
>>12088410>The women in that game look awful though. They literally all look like transgender hookers.You're thinking of the newer MK11. MK9 is 2011, the peak of MK.
>>12088219Because you are apparently in a temporal vortex where it is still 1994. Which is the year Super Turbo came out btw. The actual best fighting game. So you're close!
>>12088219Only americans believe that, even 2nd tier japanese fighting games like Advanced V.G. 2 or Asuka 120% Limited are better than Mortal Kombat II in mechanics.I'm saying this as someone who likes MK2 and used to own it.
>mechanics!>japanese!>street fighter TWOOOOO!!!I'm so tired of weebs, it's sickening.
>>12088594And in 2025 the only fighting games anyone anticipates are SF, MK, and Tekken. But only MK generates millions of views for lore YouTubers and has money making Hollywood movies and fairly well received comics and action figures and has Halloween costumes at the store
>>12088671>and action figuresyou are not paying attention.
the infamously shitty knock off movie tie-in street fighter is head and shoulders above the entire mortal kombat series.
>>12088219Because I mean just look at it. Holy shit those graphics. And the lore at the time was unprecedented. Even JRPGs don't have that much depth to their characters.
>>12088219kevin smith fag ahh thread
>>12088869>Zoomers on /vr/Go back
>>12088263>MK2>third gradeMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS
>>12088219It isn't. The Mortal Kombat games aren't good games, they just shocked us at the time and has cool music. They don't hold up.And everyone knows that Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting is the peak.
>>12088339Mi amigo.
>>12088339What sucks dick is the cheating Ai
>>12088359>He still falls over the $ø¥filter
>>12088219Would be excellent if the next MK game was using digitized sprites and actors. It feels like the series lost its charm when it went 3d.
>>12088339>Every character has basically the same moveset except for special movesi think that's true for every fighting game
>>12090905The funny thing is Ryu and Ken have all identical moves, and no projectiles exists other than slightly altered ki blasts, but SF fanboys still cry about MKs generic normals when you have ten times more variety in specials making up for it
>>12090421MK is bigger than SF in 2025 boomer
>>12088219We didnt say it was the best, we said it was cool as fuck.Gameplay wise it sucks, but the hype was enormous and felt so exciting that we overlooked the game's shortcomings.
What's the best of the original MK trilogy? is 2 or 3 more beloved? I might try to start playing one of them on Fightcade, but they're so weird. I pulled up "combos" and inputs are so fucking wrong looking.
>>12091432MK2 is considered the best because it's the original but better and maintains the classic aesthetic and has most of the fan favorite characters, some missing but none on the roster are disliked MK3 vanilla was controversial for the change of setting and roster, but UMK3 made up for this and overall is considered the best because of the higher competitive potential with running and combos
>>12091438Oh does 2 not have running? For some reason I thought it did. Looking at them both back-to-back, I think 2 looks better than 3, graphically speaking.
>>12091451Nope, running was added in 3. MK2 plays like an improved OG MK, it lacks the rushing down or combos of 3, it's all about timing and stringing together your specials and heavy attacks , which still is a big part of 3 but it's also way more aggressive and fast paced
>>12088219I tried playing this again recently and thought it was awful. Most kids probably just took turns staging fatalities for each other.
>>12091643Nobody cares about foreign opinions
>>120914322 is the most iconic of the 2D games but UMK3 is generally considered best as far as actual gameplay
>>12088219nobody outside of south america says this
>>12091719Nobody outside of Asia thinks MK isn't the biggest fighting game franchise in America
>>12091740normies play mkx
>>12091743If normies play it that means it's popular. MKX can blow me as an OG MK fan but it's not the point. I won't play the new SF either because it has Tiktok and cloudrap characters which is just as bad as MK making Tanya black when she was already brown or making Mileena a dyke
>>12088261his night-terror demon constantly talks about how great MK2 is so this is his way of regaining control
>>12088301>>12088339>>12090421>>12091431>>12091643>dood fatalities and bludd, that's all dat mattured!!!You're just showing that YOU'RE the normalfag in this scenario.
>>12088869What an ugly fuck
>>120914322 is the more popularly beloved. the roster and the look are perfect, classic cool. mk3 has had actual competitive life post release , the mad dash sprint to get the first juggle combo is the closest thing classic mk has to viable unsolved gameplay.
>>12092015
>>12091953It was the normalfag fighting game in the west zoomnigger.
>>12092064It still is. MK is the MCU of fighting vidya
>>12092172>MK is the MCU of fighting vidyaYou're so out of depth being a zoomer, MK is Spawn(gothic, evil, edgy), SF is MCU(quirky,funny, anti American, wholesome according to liberals)
>>12092198MK and MCU are liberal normie shit
>>12092198They're both normalfag shit retards, but you fags will argue SF or MK is for "FG purists" when it reality no one gives a shit because only autists play FG competitively. MK is the super mainstream but that doesn't mean it wasn't a massively supported fighting game outside of spergtastic tournaments that no one but a handful of people win anything in. So get your head out of your ass and realize your 80,000 hours in training mode doesn't mean shit since you haven't achieved anything in SF or MK.
>>12092520Doesn't change the fact that as a videogame MK fucking sucks and is only carried by normie nostalgia and familiarity with it
>>12092527Nah you're just a weebtroon or pinkonip
>>12092209SF is liberal troonshit>>12092520Your post doesn't make any sense.
>>12088226
>>12093382A3 is cooler
>>12092209MK is a joke
og MK had big dick energy
>>12088219But is it the ULTIMATE fighting game?
>>12093285>jacked white man>tigerlily jailbait>white woman with tits and assthings trannies want but never will be
>>12094881Genesis version specifically is a certified ghetto classic.
>>12094881UMK3 is based even if MK as a franchise sucks
>>12088254>ninety ieswhat
>>12092527>only carried by normie nostalgia and familiarity with itYes, because no one was pretending to shoot fireballs from their hands like Ryu and Ken. Shut the fuck up retarded weeb.
>>12094892Indeed. Really good with a 6-button
It's not the best fighting game ever but it's the best of the franchise.>Massive improvement over MK>Tournament in the outworld, bringing unique stages and atmosphere>We're fighting against the real deal, Shao Kahn>All the newcomers are great additions>Playable boss Shang Tsung and playable secret fighter from MK Reptile>Amazing sound effects and Soundtrack>2 fatals per character>Friendships and babalities for the soccer moms>More secretsThe only con is the cheating AI, but who cares? Arcade games were designed to take your money and vs CPU is not the main focus for fighting games.
>>12088219Because it's the coolest fighting game.
>>12095164>mortal kombat>coolLel
>>12088261Regional sales charts
>>12088667 very compelling argument
>>12095207MK2 didn't sell as much as MK1, SF2 or T3
>>12095205>badass>anime emoboy>some yankee in a retarded hatjackie chan is cooler than all of them together
>>12088219>>12094881>blocking has its own dedicated button, rather than having to hold back (normals do chip damage too)>same for running, can't just tap forward twicePretty awkward desu. At least Shaolin Monks is a thing. Kung Lao is cool.
>>12095398After Shaolin Monks, Kung Lao always gets the short end of the stick. Such a shame, I think he has a really cool design.
Is it, though, OP? Is it?I think there is an almost Street Fighter situation, where the first one was so rustic that the second one ends up being considered the "original". I find the first one almost unplayable, where as the second one is rough, but can be enjoyed. My favorites were Deception and 2011. I don't like the new ones very much.
>>12095423He really did become a big bitch starting with MK9.>>12095448You won't enjoy the first one if you have low t levels. og MK had the most big dick energy.
>>12095448You won't enjoy the first one if you're not a self loathing hapa who publicly embarrasses himself on the internet
