I always think it’s cute when people tell me Mortal Kombat was a good game with a straight face. It’s like saying dogs are just as good as cats. PFFFT.
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I’d never once claim the series was good, except…well…
It kinda was, in places.
Sure, the characters all had the same basic moves, the costumes would be laughed out of Power Rangers, and the boss AI was programmed by an especially hate filled 6 year old Alzheimer’s disease victim…
But.
Anyone could just jump right into 2 player mode, and discover the basics of a fighting game. Special moves were easy to input, the rock/paper/scissors mechanics were all obvious, and the combos made logical sense within the second game’s world. In no time at all, a competitive party atmosphere would form, and real tournaments grew out of it.
Compare that to Street Fighter 2, which, due to its more evolved gameplay mechanics, meant that just a few of us would destroy any and all of our friends and family, over and over again, until they couldn’t even look at the Super Nintendo.
Oh you’re definitely right about the quick jump in nature of the game, but it ended up being a shallow pool. I definitely remember being the only person I knew who knew how to throw a fireball in SF2 for a good long while, that was a pain.
And no I wasn’t in a hurry to teach other people how to do it
Wasn’t Scorpion the yellow one, though?