The time is nigh. Very soon we will be blessed with another Street Fighter and yet another Mortal Kombat. Both games are excellent beat em ups but as we know, everyone has a favorite.
Street Fighter:
1) The daddy of 2d beat em ups. Probably ate more pocket money then any other fighter I know in the arcades.
2) Amazing lasting gameplay.
3) Some of the most memorable characters, moves and phrases.
4) Possibly the most knocked off game.
Mortal Kombat:
1) Brought Death moves into fashion (I believe Eternal Champions on the Sega Megadrive and Sega Mega Cd may have been the first).
2) Made those funky photo graphics the next big thing (I believe the 1st game to do this was Pit Fighter :s not to sure though).
3) BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD, Yeah baby. gave us blood and more blood and gore and you know how much we like that in video games!
4) Some insane special moves (did Raiden say "ali baba hey?")
5) Sexy real women is sexy outfits :p
Both games are great no doubt. I have played both games until my fingers have bled trying to pull of combo's and special moves, but if I had to make a choice, I would say Street Fighter is the one for me. the gameplay is near enough to perfect for me. Me and my group of friends have always ended up playing Street Fighter to battle it out. Mortal Kombat hasn't given us that same joy. Not sure if the novelty of death moves which once made it the "it" game has ran out or whether our expectations have grown and or changed, but the king of beat em ups for me and my friends is Street Fighter.
Feel free to share your opinions.
Pixel Art can be fun.
