[General Discussion] Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat

Not to mention similarity of moves. You don't need Ryu, Ken, Dan, and Sean. Just keep Akuma as he's stronger than all of them and have thier moves with modified damage and range >_>, not to mention he has a bunch of forms, Shin Akuma, Shin Akuma(Capcom vs SNK2 and this form is THE best), Cyborg akuma(MVC X-Men vs SF). Mortal Kombat gets the one up from me for having fatalities ;p.

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The first Street Fighter games which were released were always my favourite even after the Mortal Kombat games had been released. While the characters from MK had very creative moves (Scropion being my favourite) I found SF to be alot quicker in terms of game play and for a ultra-lucky-button-bashing fiend like me, that's a great for winning games against my friends. Guy was my favourite character from the SF series when he became playable in one of the games (think it was SF Alpha 3).

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I grew up playing both, but Street Fighter II takes the cake for me. They just have very recognizable characters that have stuck around for such a long time and are synonymous with fighting Anime, much like Fatal Fury. In most cases, I believe that Ryu's hadoken is more popular than Liu Kang's fireball. Mortal Kombat just has mindless blood with every hit. It just goes over the top sometimes. As cool as the fatalities are and as cool as Smoke and Sub-Zero are, Street Fighter also spawned collaborations with Marvel and I'm a big fan of Marvel. Then there's the Street Fighter Alpha series, which is my absolute favourite of the Street Fighter franchise. Akuma fuckin' kicks ass.

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Originally Posted by Shuriken

Not anymore. Since MK4,the characters who used to be palette swaps were all redesigned to make them look unique. SF,on the other hand,still has at least five characters who reuse the same set of sprites - Ryu,Ken,Akuma,Dan and Sean. -_-

Actually, that's not true. Take a peek at SF3 (which should've arrived at or around the same time MK4 did). New sprites for the Shotokan bitches, along with every character. Learn2bash.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Street Fighter has stood the test of time. Mortal Kombat can still be a bit of fun so long as you don't take it seriously, though.

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Is this even a contest? SF is so much better. It has tons more depth. My opinion is summarized in the following two quotes:

Originally Posted by TheFrenchLlama

I voted SF... probably because I play fighting games more competively than anyone on this board. I normally look for how tournament worthy games are... and the MK games don't fall into this category. Fun, yes (ignoring the later installments with two button infinites and the like), but not really tournament worthy. There isn't much of a community for the MK scene, which says a lot. SF has stood the test of time (so far) as far as being competitive, which, in my eyes, makes it a superior series. No game is perfect, but I feel like SF comes out on top.

Originally Posted by Tellurian

Street Fighter is the _much_ stronger franchise.
It also has the better games.

Not to say that the Mortal Kombat franchise is a bad one.
To make a movie analogy, where Street Fighter is the Hollywood blockbuster, Mortal Kombat is the back-row splatter movie (with all the ups and downs that come with it though, cultish followers included).

Also, Havoc has apparently never played Street Fighter.

Originally Posted by CryHavoc

Totally agreed manny. Capcom is very bad away from Rival Schools, which is innovative. All street fighter is is a bunch of Ryu clones, and when they're not get this : they're KEN clones, who's already a ryu clone. Not enough cloning variety? Clone the evil ! CLone Akuma ! Who's just a Ken clone with one more move !! WOW.>!! Evil RYU FTW !.. not...

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Originally Posted by Kurado

Actually, that's not true. Take a peek at SF3 (which should've arrived at or around the same time MK4 did). New sprites for the Shotokan bitches, along with every character. Learn2bash.

Also, in SF3: Ken > Akuma > Ryu >>>>> Sean

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Originally Posted by Sharaz Jek

Street Fighter has stood the test of time. Mortal Kombat can still be a bit of fun so long as you don't take it seriously, though.

You really think so? The recent Street Fighter games that I have played have been average at best, nothing with the depth of the Soul Calibur series.

To answer the thread, I prefer the Street Fighter series although I did very much like the darker gorier side to MK as an alternative. I found the music to be much more memorable in the Street Fighter series.

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Street Fighter, no contest.

Mortal Kombat was a mere distraction at best.

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Originally Posted by Vivace119

You really think so? The recent Street Fighter games that I have played have been average at best, nothing with the depth of the Guilty Gear series.

Soul Calibur is nowhere close to being as deep (or balanced) as the GG series, especially with SC3.

Either way, I prefer the SF series to MK since SF was much more polished compared to watching some player at an arcade juggle his opponent to death in an MK game. It's almost as though the game didn't go through a significant amount of testing for them to fail to catch that. All MK really had going for it was the gore and fatality factors; its actual gameplay was pretty crappy.

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I think, in general, I've logged more hours on the MK games, simply because of all the absurdities (mastering everyone's 'Friendship,' for exampe).

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Hmm thats a tough one, SF was my first fighter but MK was the bloodiest, goriest, fighter that I ever played. I think I am gonna go for MK just because the story line for it was greater then SF for me.

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Is this even a contest? SF is so much better. It has tons more depth.

Exactly what I thought. MK gave itself bad rep when making the games just for aiming to new heights of excessive gore. I'd like to point out that (hard to believe) the Street Fighter movie was decent.....at least in comparison to the Mortal Kombat movie. Silly developers....cannot spell "combat" properly.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Statements like "Every Street Fighter game is the same" or "lol 890432 different versions of the same game" make me cringe, as they are always made by people with no understanding of fighting games.

For example, the Street Fighter II series and Street Fighter III series are WORLDS apart. They do not play the same AT ALL. It's ludicrous to think they're the same. The game engines and mechanics are completely different.

Street Fighter is a franchise for the hardcore - casual fighting game players and button mashers aren't going to appreciate the subtle changes to the game's balance through the various updates. It's like how Blizzard consistently patches Starcraft or Warcraft in order to address imbalances, bugs, and other issues in the game, years after their release. Obviously since console and arcade games can't be patched as simply as PC titles, they chose to release new games with refinements and updates. Hardcore fans typically are glad to eat these up. I would argue that no other genre is as sensitive to game balance issues and "patching" as fighting games are. A seemingly minor change can change the balance tremendously.

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Although I sucked at SF, I always liked it.

At the time, MK was the shit. But really, looking back its really just a pos. Them having to constantly remake the game, as opposed to just modifying and tweaking the engine said alot to me as well. SF is easily the superior of the two. Looking back, MK also looks extremely bad in its mix of animation and realism.

Samurai Showdown was actually my fave of them all, but it was a bit rarer.

Soul Caliber, Guilty Gear, and Tekken are the fighting games I play now. But I still like SF, and the SNK games; even though I somehow lack any ability at those series.

FELIPE NO

street fighter is better,and finally i find someone that as guy as is favorite character,i thought i was the only one

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street fighter i like em both but street fighter has better characters also 1 other thing KEN RULES!!!!!

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I don't think we should even bother comparing these two games. If I went into an arcade and had to choose to spend my only 2 quarters on Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, you can be sure I will play Street Fighter.

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I enjoyed mk1, like mk2 a lot and spend a lot of time killing my fds, but ever since mk3, i lost interest. i can't really explain why. i think it's because most doesn't look as good as they used to in mk2.

i only like sf2, sfa and sf3 series though. don't like all those crossovers and 3d stuff. i'm already looking forward for sf4 it better be 2d, in hd resolution and have a remixed version of sf2 music.

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Originally Posted by Newbie1234

It's also interesting that MK's stock has been on a steady rise since Deadly Alliance, while Street Fighter has been on a slow decline for some time now. Though the new XBLA game seems to have renewed interest in many.

It's not just Street Fighter that's on the decline, it's Capcom fighting games period. After they crapped out Capcom Fighting Evolution and it bombed because it was nothing more then recycled sprites slapped in yet another game with no plotline as to why whatsoever, they pretty much abandoned their fighting franchises aside from repackaging old games (Darkstalkers for PSP and Alpha Anthology anyone?). I honestly don't know what they were thinking with Fighting Evolution, if you want a game that just has random characters from past games thrown into it who in their right mind would choose that small number of characters instead of Marvel vs Capcom 2 or Capcom vs SNK 2?

Years ago I would have said Street Fighter to this question, but seeing as how the Street Fighter series is pretty much staying where it is rather then releasing anything new. I'd have to say Mortal Kombat. The newer Mortal Kombat games may be no Soul Calibur 3 or Tekken, but they're not supposed to be. And if they were like Soul Calibur 3 or Tekken everyone would bash them for copying off someone else just like they do all the GTA clones.

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Originally Posted by Mojougwe

I don't think we should even bother comparing these two games. If I went into an arcade and had to choose to spend my only 2 quarters on Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, you can be sure I will play Street Fighter.

I agree. Street Fighter is a more technical fighter and I've played it since I was a child. Mortal Kombat was a fair amount of fun however all the mechanics are totally laggy and the stroyline is truly weak. If you look at these scenarios SF comes out on top.

Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat- MK (SF 1 is...well..it's SF 1)

Street Fighter II vs MK II- Street Fighter II not saying MK II is bad it's just SF II is the father of all fighters.

Street Fighter Alpha 2 vs Mortal Kombat 3- I'm sorry but MK 3 is pure garbage! I'd pick Guy over Stryker any day.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 vs Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3- The only redeeming factor in UMK 3 is the roster and it's mostly ninja color swaps while SFA 3 has the best roster of all the SF's and is seen as one of the best SF's

Street Fighter EX vs Mortal Kombat 4- Uh...

Cannon Spike vs MK Special Forces- I'd say Cannon Spike for the win! Cammy in rollerblades. drool...(However, it a broader scale...both games suck.)

Street Fighter III Double Impact vs Mortal Kombat Gold- Double Impact wins. 2 games in one and you get to see all that cool SF III New Generation and W-Impact art. MK Gold is just a port of MK 4 with Baraka in it.

Street Fighter EX 3 vs Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance- Uh...

Street Fighter III Third Strike vs. Mortal Kombat Deception- Hard to compare the two, they are both really good just Street Fighter III 3S is a 2D game which has the control and the feel of a 3D game. It gives a broader experience on 2D gaming what with parrying and such (e.g. Daigo Umehara) and how the scales can be tipped with skill and timing. Deception has good visuals but lacks substance to it. The controls are clunky and remind me of Virtua Fighter at moments. I own both but I prefer 3S.

Mortal Kombat Armageddon vs Nothing- No SF4 as of yet to compare and MKA is a really good game. I made Shin Gouki with the character creation so even without a game to compare to I still pick SF over MK.

Sorry to go on for so long but that's my long ass opinion. heh. sorry.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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You can't really up and up compare them like you just did. The difference in release years between many of those (Street Fighter 1 and the first Mortal Kombat, for example) is rather sizable. A better comparison would be The World Warriors versus MK1, or something. And Super Street Fighter II versus MKII. Some of these make no sense whatsoever.

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The topic title completly sounds like one of those eternal fanboy battles trying to kick off.

I'll always prefer streetfighter for the gameplay alone, mortal kombat was more a gimmicks based game (lolz bloooood...) and the style of fighting was to say the least dirty as hell although I guess that appealed to a large amount of people. MK's Good for a laugh but not much more although i haven't played the newest games. Anyone who's played lu kang vs raiden and keeps spamming a certain pair of moves will know what I mean about good laugh...

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I don't like Mortal Kombat very much. The characters are often cool, the backdrops are interesting, and the voice samples are excellent. The overal style is excellent. The gimicks - and they are gimicks, nothing more - are entertaining at least. Fatalities, and various other -alities are fun, but they don't contribute much the gameplay.

Then there's the balance. Or rather... there the balance is NOT. You all know what I'm talking 'bout. It's not that the character's movesets aren't intersting, it's that there's not enough thought given to the tactical side of the game. As was said already in this thread, there's just not enough variation, and not enough depth.

Street Fighter is a very complex game. You can win with any character against a player or against the computer, if you have the skills. No character has an outrageous advantage, most of the time. Obviously that's the ideal, but not all the games in the series have been perfect.

What differentates the two? In SFII and sucessors, pretty much every move you can make has a countermove. Given sufficient skill, and an infinite timelimit, two players could potentially fight for hours. That rarely happens of course, because one player will have a flash of brilliance that the other didn't anticipate, and break through his defences before long.

I'm not a great player of either franchise. I'm just average, or even below. I felt I should state that before anyone gets the idea that I'm any kind of a master of the genre. I've seen them play, and I've been schooled by them a time or two, but I'm no master myself.

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Street Fighter all the way. Mortal Kombat never appealed to me, but then I've only played it a few times. I still find myself playing on Street Fighter II these days. I actually prefer it over some of the newer beat-em-ups that have been released in recent years.

I guess the main reasons for me preferring Street Fighter over Mortal Kombat was the fact that Street Fighter II looked better than Mortal Kombat. (Fogive me if I'm wrong but I'm going off memories that are more than 10 years old, and I've played a lot of games since then), and it also had better characters than Mortal Kombat.

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Street Fighter!!!
I played MK and for me it was like some exaggerated concept to add ..excessive blood, besides in the first few games all characters played the same, I mean, the same animations for all boy and the same for all girls, the only diference was the special moves.

When someone says fighting game, the first thing that comes is SF (at least for me), I hope Capcome releases SF4, because SF3 was awesome!

And SF has Chun-li :P and Akuma

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