I remember the SNES version of 2 shaming the Genesis version, which felt awesome as a SNES-only owner at the time. It was an awesome likeness. Especially after all the flack the first one got.
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Mortal Kombat 2 vs. Mortal Kombat 3
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Melkezadek
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UMK3 will always be one of the greatest. When played at a high level, it's like watching a Dragonball Z fight.
Why is Scorpion's animality not a Scorpion?
Because sheeva is a scorpion
pants
Member
This is the correct opinion
Mortal Kombat 2 encapsulates everything great about the series. It's viscerally gory, colorful, has an awesome cast, and in a time where every fighting game was about karate dudes in tournaments, MK2 had a story about interdimensional warfare between a god tyrant of a hell dimension and the last bastion of Earth's warriors who had to travel to this alien land to save the world.
MK3 blows. Even UMK3 with its gameplay tweaking and return of iconic characters feels hollow compared to MK2. Everything was just too silly and cheaply made in that one.
MK3 blows. Even UMK3 with its gameplay tweaking and return of iconic characters feels hollow compared to MK2. Everything was just too silly and cheaply made in that one.
The Hermit
Member
infinite is actually not enough to show the gap of both games
Always preferred MKII. The music, character aesthetics, and settings give a sense of danger and mystique into Outworld.
I liked MK3 even though it's a different beast. It turned up and embraced the 90's cheese factor with the day-glow, urban settings, and music. It's definitely a product of its 90's times lol.
I mean, how do you not want to do the Bart Man while listening to the stage music?
I liked MK3 even though it's a different beast. It turned up and embraced the 90's cheese factor with the day-glow, urban settings, and music. It's definitely a product of its 90's times lol.
I mean, how do you not want to do the Bart Man while listening to the stage music?
Wow thats even worse than if there was no scorpion in the game. Was scorpion not in vanilla MK3?
You can imagine the meeting..
Dev 1: "Right guys, Scorpion's animality is am easy win, its a scorpion."
Dev 2: "err...we already used a scorpion for Sheeva, we have to keep the existing canon."
1: "Animalities are canon? - Fuck, I had 1 minute assigned to Scorpion for this meeting. The game goes gold in a hour, quick - think of an animal!"
2: "Penguin?.."
1: "Are you fucking nuts?"
Silence for 30 seconds.
1: "Penguin it is."
Chill Penguin
Member
This is how I see it. MK3 gameplay is far superior, so that's the one I'd have to go with in the end.
GodParticle
Member
MK2 by far is the best. MK3 is like they went after the ADD crowd with the silly running. MK2 seems really simplistic on the surface, but it's not
https://youtu.be/TI-OoTD57YI
These sort of custom combos is why I prefer 2 to 3 and dial in combos. Some creative thinking to make combos instead of connecting strings.
These sort of custom combos is why I prefer 2 to 3 and dial in combos. Some creative thinking to make combos instead of connecting strings.
exactly this. The juggles in MK2 were awesome.
Skinny Pete
Banned
MK 2 was great. 3 was so so. Not a fan of the run button or the settings of the game.
MisterLuffy
Member
I like MK2 and UMK3. But between MK2 and MK3, MK2 because of music and stages.
RustyNails
Member
MK2.
nintendork666
Member
I play as Stryker. So MK3.
Projectjustice
Banned
I hope that the next MK brings back digitized actors. With todays technology it would probably look amazing!
As for the topic, MK2 over normal MK3. Theres just not contest, thats why UMK3 was created.
As for the topic, MK2 over normal MK3. Theres just not contest, thats why UMK3 was created.
evilromero
Member
MK3 is more fun to play but I like the characters and levels in 2 way more. MK4 is WAY better than either.
Projectjustice
Banned
MK4 was an abomination. lol
Not sure if serious..
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
3 had better cheats.
2 had better everything else.
2 had better everything else.
Poimandres
Member
MK3 was a pretty big step back from MK2. Hype was sky high before release with all sorts of rumours floating about, but then when it hit arcades the prevailing sentiment was "meh".
Good:
- MK3 introduced some great characters (Cabal, the cyber ninjas)
- Plenty of secrets
- Faster pace overall
Bad:
- Some fucking terrible new characters (Stryker)
- Removal of many characters
- Not nearly as atmsopheric, less mysterious, worse music
UMK3 was good fun, but that's really the game MK3 should have been at release.
Good:
- MK3 introduced some great characters (Cabal, the cyber ninjas)
- Plenty of secrets
- Faster pace overall
Bad:
- Some fucking terrible new characters (Stryker)
- Removal of many characters
- Not nearly as atmsopheric, less mysterious, worse music
UMK3 was good fun, but that's really the game MK3 should have been at release.
That's a given, lol.
There are degrees of bad, though.
And Mortal Kombat has some of the cheapest input reading in the business.
Gimme MK2.
While the whole classic game series was cheesy as hell, MK2 had the 80's ninja B-movie feel perfectly done.
Better character designs, better fatalities, some of the best stages of all the series, a really eerie soundtrack which helped to build a total mysterious ambience and creepy atmosphere.
Ninja costumes were the best also.
MK3 on the other hand (and further entries like UMK3 and Trilogy) were completely over the top and lost the mythical, mysterious, and kinda "this is a serious gore game" tone that the first two had.
They had interesting additions in the gameplay and technical department and some pretty new cool characters, but nop, I don't think they were as good as MK2.
While the whole classic game series was cheesy as hell, MK2 had the 80's ninja B-movie feel perfectly done.
Better character designs, better fatalities, some of the best stages of all the series, a really eerie soundtrack which helped to build a total mysterious ambience and creepy atmosphere.
Ninja costumes were the best also.
MK3 on the other hand (and further entries like UMK3 and Trilogy) were completely over the top and lost the mythical, mysterious, and kinda "this is a serious gore game" tone that the first two had.
They had interesting additions in the gameplay and technical department and some pretty new cool characters, but nop, I don't think they were as good as MK2.
I'm not sure why anybody would prefer "dial a combo". It sort makes the barrier to entry to skilled play memorizing long button chains. I seriously dislike that in fighting games. MK2 combos were based on stringing together moves in intuitive ways that could be deduced by familiarity with the moves with the 3 to 5 special moves each character has.
sixteen-bit
Member
MK2 got cooler aesthetics
sf2fanatic
Member
MK2
Baraka's fatality and Kitana's juggle in the corner was fun
Baraka's fatality and Kitana's juggle in the corner was fun
Skinny Pete
Banned
Agreed guy is awful.
TheLastCandle
Member
MK2, baby.
Lord_Balkan
Member
Yeah, there seemed to be a much more focus on special moves in MK2 and chaining them together with your basic move set (sweet, kick, roundhouse, etc). It was just a lot simpler without the loss of depth than MK3.
MisterLuffy
Member
That reminds me, doing Lui Kang's bicycle kick move was so satisfying in MK2 than MK3.
visiblemode
Member
To some extent this,but also I think for me it was a time and place thing.
For whatever reason as much as I loved MK2, MK3 just hit at a time when my friends and I were really into fighters and so, I think nostalgia plays a big role for me.
Also, Cyrax. Nets and bombs. So many nets and bombs.
Jarek provided us with the height of Mortal Kombat entertainment though.
