Mortal Kombat 5 could leave VF4 Standing

Belive me, I know a hole lot more about videogames than you do sport..

 

and a nice PAL gay cover to go with it.

 

I happen to like the PAL covers. I like customized casings alot more than the standard CD covers. But I sure as hell don't let that get in the way of a game I want. I bought MK Gold for like £9 in a bargain bin, It's not like I'm chasing a MK game around the world for the sake of a cover. =}

I did however import KoF 99: Dream Match, so behold, I can live with the CD casings too! Unlike you, who had to, and I quote, 'force' yourself to buy PAL Shenmue 2. Oh it must have been so hard for you to accept the shape of the CD cover.

 

Dude, "sometimes its better to be thought the fool than open ones' mouth and remove all doubt."

 

It was, actually I threw it out I just couldent stand it lying around in my house

 

One thing is for sure: MK is singlehandedly to blame for the "dark age" of fighting games. You know what I'm talking about... the era where it seemed like no fighting game could succeed unless it was a craptacular MK clone. Most fighting game players, thanks to the idiotic egotism of Boon and Tobias and their "brilliant" ideas for fatalities (and friendships, animalities, all that other stupid BS), wouldn't go for a game unless it was bloody as all hell.
Look at what came from MK's "legacy": Bloodstorm, Primal Rage, Time Killers, WeaponLord, Battle Monsters, Cosmic Carnage, Kasumi Ninja, Way of the Warrior (Naughty Dog "quality" for you... and they still haven't improved since then), and the king of hilariously inept "BLUD aNd GoRe r K3Wl!" titles, Tattoo Assassins.

It took the combined efforts of SNK (Samurai Series), Sega (VF of course), and Capcom (SF Zero) to reverse the trend and make people start playing good fighting games again. Midway tried to reclaim their lost glory with the abysmal War Gods and Bio Freaks, but thankfully failed. (Interesting fact: Bio Freaks was originally supposed to be an arcade game, but did so badly on test they ported it without bothering to make a wide release. The closest thing to "direct-to-video" in the gaming industry!)

The Tekken series, IMO, is the new MK... as in, people will look back on it 5 years from now and say "why the heck were we playing that POS when so much better was available?"

 

Uh... The Japanese SM2 had the same type of slipcase cover, silly. It's a neato packaging thing you see on a lot of LE editions, and I was surprised that SoE did it (and quite well too).

 

doubleposter, doubleposter, pants on fire!!!

heh

 

I agree with your points but don't forget Real Bout Fatal Fury and King OF Fighters which were going strong in the late nineties (96-97? arguably the best editions of KOF, definitely story wise). Oh, and Last Blade as well.

SNK were the best, The brave are always the first to die... Bloody pirates.

Chucky: How can you let something so trivial and insignificant as a cover annoy you?!

 

I just hate PAL soo goddamn much!! /versus/images/icons/mad.gif

 

"The Tekken series, IMO, is the new MK... as in, people will look back on it 5 years from now and say "why the heck were we playing that POS when so much better was available?""

I couldn't agree with you more *standing ovation* /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

 

lol, you damn right!/versus/images/icons/wink.gif

 

roflol

That is sooo true.

I dunno if it falls into the same category, but I for one somewhat enjoyed Rareware's Killer Instinct. There was something strangely addicting with the insane strings and ultra combos. And Killer Instinct Gold was, when you get past the awful appearance and crap character designs, pretty deep. With ultra uppers, counters and more.

 

daaaamn straight mirkan! I still to this day play on my KI arcade board almost every day! KI 2 sucked though!

 

That's a bit harsh, though true. I still think MK2 was and still is a damn good fighter though.

 

As a serious player I enjoyed MK2 more than SSF(or SSFT).
Ok at the time, in SF all special moves could be grouped into just 4 or 5 categories(it's true), with each chara having 3/4 of them. (it became painfully apparent by SSFT)
MK2 moves were more functionally original (teleporting, ice puddles, invisibility, quakes, etc), everyone's tools were more different. And MK definitely had more charisma. And damn it it just played smoother.
I liked Killer Instinct better than both. 2 words: Top Attacks (better known as overheads today. KI started it, didn't you know)

 

5 years from now they'll say "we should have played soul calibur. we should have passed soul calibur down generations. we should have delivered electricity and dreamcasts and soul calibur to 3rd world countries"

 

i doubt it, an thats why u hate pal games so much when i think its cool to hav a diferent version of a game, an u didnt even know pal60 an ntsc are the same frame rate,just i different colour subcarrier and infact better resolution then ntsc! hell real hard core gamers know this stuff from like 10 year ago!

 

"""infact better resolution then ntsc"""

SO TRUE

 

your such an idiot who dosent know shit, I know if a PAL has 60htz mode it's gonna run in the same speed as NTSC, but if you turn on that mode the reselution is gonna be the same you dumb moron.
anyways I havent played a PAL game since 1993 or soo and I dont intend to, I mean why?? when I can get Jap and US games which are 10 times better, why settle for crap like PAL??