Mortal Kombat 3: Why?

[BiggerBoo]

This might be the beer. But. Hear me out, like you hear a cat meowing at the window:

Is this NOT, like, the worst god damned Mortal Kombat ever made? And was the series ever that great to begin with? I mean, I feel like when you put it next to Street Fighter II, it's basically only good for the shock/camp value. Right? Am I crazy? I was totally never into this series, for some reason.

[j_factor]

What does this have to do with classic computers?

[BiggerBoo]

Ahhhh...the chagrin. It's my first day. Lol

[ssjlance]

I can't say I disagree too much, 3 was the worst minus what little I played of the series after 4. And yeah, the series as a whole pales in comparison to Street Fighter II, but MKII is a pretty damn good fighter in its own right. And the first wasn't terrible.

[Chadt74]

Once the series went to dail-a-combos it kinda lost the luster for me. MKII was a very good fighter 2D fighter and on par (IMHO) with Street fighter 2.

[old_skoolin_jim]

Once the series went to dail-a-combos it kinda lost the luster for me. MKII was a very good fighter 2D fighter and on par (IMHO) with Street fighter 2.

I Agree with, 100%!

[megasdkirby]

For me, MK3 sucked ass, as well as it's "sequel", UMK3.

Many blame MK4 for "killing" the series, but I feel MK3 was the culprit. It was extremely corny, unfairly hard (I mean really, how can the second enemy be ten times harder than the first?), that it pretty much killed the game for me.

MK4 was corny, but it was miles playable than MK3 was for me.

What's worse is that it seems Midway did not learn, as MK Trilogy is pretty much on the same boat as MK3.

MK1 is a classic. MK2 as well.

I feel MK3 was more of a speed test and button smasher than the rest of the series.

[RCM]

MK and MKII are great fun. Like a lot of media, those who appreciate them most were experiencing them when they were most relevant; in this case, back in the early ‘90s. While MK3 certainly started the series’ sad descent, Ultimate MK3 was an improvement and probably the last game in the series I really enjoyed. However, I also played a bit of MK4 in arcades and especially on N64. I wouldn’t mind seeing a 2D reboot of the series, but doubt that’ll happen at this point.

[AB Positive]

Just had this conversation with a friend of mine at the local tavern. MK3 was pretty much god-awful. Dial-a-combos ruined a lot of the ingenuity of figuring out what you could do with the engine. Instead it was "This combo goes HK-HK-LK-LP-LP... yay!". Like "My first Mortal Kombat" almost.

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Interestingly, I found Dark Alliance a decent time waster of a game. Certainly not worth full price back in the day, but I worked at Gamestop at the time and could 'rent' titles from the store. Kept me busy for a couple of days... but I must ask - what the hell were they smoking in regards to their "Breast physics"? People harp on DOA... but boobs REALLY don't move like Dark Alliances' do.

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So yeah. MK3 sucks donkey balls.

[The Shawn]

So yeah. MK3 sucks donkey balls.

*Me performs Sheeva Skin Rip on AB Positive

[Arkhan]

I've been asking "why" in regards to mortal combat since the first one.


I guess that is what happens when your first fighting game is SF2 for SNES.

[kupomogli]

The Mortal Kombat fighting series just sucks period. The series is only popular due to the fact that it came out when fighting games weren't too popular yet. Like everyone else, I remember when I was at the arcades waiting there to play MK2 when they got the machine. Atleast a dozen or more people around it and at the time I thought the game was awesome.

Some MK fans are still addicted to the crappy releases that the MK teams release. Older MK fans stopped playing when the series got really bad at MK4. Now days nearly any fighter that you pick up that comes out is better than a MK game.

[Arkhan]

I thought all of them had jerky controls, lame characters for the most part (with really cheese costumes), and the only redeeming qualities were the gore and the levels themselves.

[evilernLe]

I also hated MK3. It was extremely unbalanced and the single player was just unfair.

Additionally, I really enjoyed MK4... I thought that was a good game besides the camp value of it all.

[megasdkirby]

Older MK fans stopped playing when the series got really bad at MK4.

Which is unfortunate, because MK4 really wasn't that bad. It was MK3 that pretty much almost destroyed the franchise (well, not destroyed, but pretty much ruined), as I remember many criticizing it for many negative aspects it contained. It was "popular" only because of the fad back then, but I bet it MK4 was MK3 back then, things would have been different.

I remember MK3 getting "meh" reviews when it was released. And I recall, when the game got released, dozens of "used" copies a few days after the home console version was released.

For me, Mk3 is far the crappiest and the worse in the main series.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

I liked the robots in MKIII, but that's about it. The first MK on the Genesis is very special to me, and I love MKII on the SNES. They were very simple to pick up and play, and the atmosphere was dark and bloody. The atmosphere of the third game just didn't feel the same. Plus, I got tired of the opponents performing combos on me.

[megasdkirby]

Plus, I got tired of the opponents performing combos on me.

This is what pisses me off the most: the difficulty.

You start the game, and the first opponent has adequate difficulty. You defeat him/her, then you prepare for the second opponent. Why in the HELL is the second opponent at least 10 times difficult than the first!?

Something is not right. It's totally unbalanced, specially on the console ports.

Really, what the hell?

[The Shawn]

Older fans did not desert the game after MK4 (Which truly did suck). UMK 3 kicked all kinds of ass at the arcade IMHO. I remember playing it for hours on end when it came out and I'm in my late 30's now. Also when the Home port of it came out on the genny I had it reserved to rent at Blockbuster and never brought it back! I remember staring at the screen with my son at the time thinking "Wow Awesome graphics!"

Also thouroughly enjoyed Deadly Alliance,Deception,Shaolin Monks and Armegedon.

Sub Zero Mythologies wasn't bad either on the 64 at the time.

MK Vs. DC is not a bad fighter, but I really don't consider anything rated T a TRUE MK game. So it stands out as a 'spoofy' kind of game to me.

The only real crap shoots of the franchise were Special Forces and MK 4.


It pains me to hear people shit all over the series when at the time MK came out there was no-other fighting game like it. Where to hell else were you gonna rip someones head/spine clean off? Street Fighter? pfft...

Kids

[scooterb23]

I still play Street Fighter II. I haven't touched a Mortal Kombat in 10 years.

Ripping out a spine is meaningless when the game that you play to get to that point is below sub-par.

[The Shawn]

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