/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3917481
>I like the challenge and beating the computer at its own game
To each their own

> It can be done well but most devs are too lazy to give a damn.

Completely untrue on both counts. Devs try very hard to make decent AI, it's impossible with current technology. NRS is no exception, I'm very familiar with their games.

>>3917486
>It's like you never even played MK2.

I've played fuck loads of MK2. >>3917464

>>3744565
>No it didn't. It wasn't anymore interesting than 2

Different opinions I suppose. I like MK2 better on the whole, but I liked the invasion of Earth Realm as the basis for 3 and what they did with the setting and characters. It was just the mechanics I was disappointed in.

>Debatable completely.
Possibly, but I played a whole lot of MK9 and a literal fuck ton of Injustice. Was very good at the game in it's height and am still in the top 10% of 360 players in ranked.

I can't speak for MKX because I haven't spent any time with it, but much as I loved Injustice and MK9 they're not quite on the level of a great KoF.

>>3746882
This person knows nothing of MK history. Tons of people loved Johnny. Especially after the movie.

>>3636154
Nah not yet. MK9 kind of wrapped up what I was looking for from the series and then Injustice turned out to be one of my favorite fighters ever so I was still rocking Wonder Woman when MKX came along.

And the game design for it looks cool but I'm a little over the MK aesthetic so it didn't grab me as much. And now KoFXIV is out and that's gone back to competing with other fighters. I'll probably get MKX sometime when it's cheap but in no rush.

>>3557798
>just play skullgirls dudes

Listen to this guy. It doesn't matter if it's not the most popular game or if it gets ignored at EVO. Injustice is my jam these days and it wasn't even that popular before MKX came out. But even still there are enough people playing that matches are easy to find. And most people who are still at it after all this time are pretty good too. If Skullgirls is the kind of game you want to play then just go for it.

The reason there are less indie fighters compared to other genres is that the nature of them being competitive makes it extremely hard to make one good enough that it's worth playing. Even the big developers with whole teams working on balance and loads of playtesters. It's really hard to make a fighter that's interesting and varied while still being balanced enough to be worth playing.

>>3104518
I would just like to say that I'm probably one of the most active fighter players on this board, and I try to be friendly and positive about anyone into these games. But maybe because this is 4chan, positive posts often get ignored >>3101793 >>3099903 in favour of feeding the trolling posters.

It sucks and I don't know what to do about it, but I try to be pretty cool with everyone. And in general that's my experience with the community. There are always a few bad apples, but there are more decent folk who just want to play. And if you focus on the game itself the shitty people don't matter.

>>3034267
He may not be you, you may have just said some similar stuff so I lumped you together. There is one guy who speaks like you just did about fighters a lot though.

Anyways, the claim is that Street Fighter fans hate MK because it was more popular. But being big into fighters and in the 90's much more into MK than Street Fighter I will say that's not my experience at all.

SF fans don't care that MK is popular and they don't care about the people playing it. They certainly don't want those people to drop MK and start playing SF. They just think MK is a shit game and like to make fun of it's fans.

Now like I say, I did and do like Mortal Kombat. I've always enjoyed it more than Street Fighter. It's fun as hell, fatalities are great and almost anyone can learn to play it. Hell, there was a time in the 90's when my mom could whoop some serious ass with Mileena. MK is a fighter that's more like a party game which is indeed a big part of what made it so great.

But that said, if you're looking for a fighter to really sink your teeth into and master, Mortal Kombat just doesn't really stack up to the big Japanese franchises of Street Fighter and King of Fighers/Fatal Fury. So when someone started playing fighters "seriously" they usually gravitated to one of those more technical games.

Things are a bit different now though that the fighting scene is so big. MK9 was a solid and my current favorite fighter ever is made by NRS.