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favorite MK game(s) for gameplay

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Kombatant
In what MK games do you enjoy the gameplay in? They can still be fun to play, no matter how broken they are, depending on what you like.
For me:

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance

MKDA was one of the few non-broken MK games out there, not only is a balanced decently, but it made 3D gameplay unlike any other fighting game, with multiple fighting styles, each one with a special move that was either useless or improved the character. MKD's true gameplay only revolved around glitches while MKDA barely had any that were usable in gameplay.

The game is a mix of offense and defense strategy's depending on the character, which is why the top tier characters are top, because you can't really get close to them without being punished.

The parry system (called reverse in this one) is much more realistic in this one, and seems a little harder to pull off, mostly with the timing. You cannot do reverses to weapons, though most of the weapons are pretty useless anyway. The bad thing about reverses was, that only a few characters had it, but I did not care, I like beating my opponent helplessly.

:twisted:

Its pretty much my favorite MK game, next is:

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3:

Another balanced MK game, offering plenty of competition, it even has a whole site dedicated to it ( ultimatemk.com which also has other MK games but mainly focuses on UMK3)

The gameplay is much improved over MK2, while you cannot be hit while blocking and holding back, you could do some decent block damage with run-jabs, JK's, and some mix ups, that is what made it leap from the turtle-fest known as MK2.

The 100% combo's in this game are very hard to pull off and you must get your enemy to make a mistake and get hit by it, its pretty rare that you see many 100% combo's in tournaments unless you count kung lao, but even he can take some practice unlike the newer MK games where you could just throw them out like they are nothing.

Overall, the game is pretty solid, gameplay wise, just about perfect balance of characters, combos actually take skill, and is treated nice in todays competition

Worst Gameplay

Mortal Kombat 1 and 2
-balancing issues
-Turtlefest (can be about 100% safe when blocking)
-simplistic, downgraded gameplay compared to most fighters

However, like I said before, these can still be fun depending on what you like in a MK game.
 
My fav.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

Has broken characters, yes, but it's unbalanced gameplay makes it fun.

The worst.
Mortal Kombat Advance.

You just can't do SHIT in that game!! Not even a spear!
 

RoGE

Kombatant
MKSM is not so bad either, I don't know why people say its not a actual MK game, it has everything it needs to be a MK game, its just a little difference in the fighting engine, but its still MK.

I don't know the tiers for the game, but I would say Scorpion is top, because he seems to have advantages, his special uppercut seems to do some damage.
 
Iori9 said:
MKSM is not so bad either, I don't know why people say its not a actual MK game, it has everything it needs to be a MK game, its just a little difference in the fighting engine, but its still MK.

I don't know the tiers for the game, but I would say Scorpion is top, because he seems to have advantages, his special uppercut seems to do some damage.
Anyone who says a game with Mortal Kombat in the title, is not a Mortal Kombat game is a jackass. :D
 

RoGE

Kombatant
Sir-Jabs-Alot said:
Iori9 said:
MKSM is not so bad either, I don't know why people say its not a actual MK game, it has everything it needs to be a MK game, its just a little difference in the fighting engine, but its still MK.

I don't know the tiers for the game, but I would say Scorpion is top, because he seems to have advantages, his special uppercut seems to do some damage.
Anyone who says a game with Mortal Kombat in the title, is not a Mortal Kombat game is a jackass. :D
thank you 8)
 
I started getting back into MK games with MK:A. I liked it at first b/c it was MK. After playing for awhile I lost interest and started playing UMK3. UMK3 is always fun (yes even when you lose). The 3d mk's were fun but not as continually as fun as the 2d mk's.

UMK3
MKT
MK3
MK2
MK
MK:A
MK:DA
MK:D
MK4
 
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Mortal Kombat 1 in all the arcade versions (specially prototype), Genesis and Super Nintendo :D I'm too sentimental, so... I love this game a lot. Still... the MK game I've played the most is definitelly MKTrilogy, and MKDeadly Alliance (PS2)...!

Also, I have a feeling for MK Tournament Edition, I really like this game, and I would like to had the chance to play against human players :roll: despite I've only played it on emulator, it gave me a lot of fun hours... Tsung Morph combos, tag mode, I don't know, for me is more similar to 2D classic MK games... more jumping kick system, the intro is writen, not a video... you know I'm sentimental :wink: