XPost: alt.games.video.sony-playstation2, alt.games.video.xbox,    
   ec.games.video.nintendo   
   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   BelPowerslave wrote:   
   >  >> Yeah, but the movesets are much more complex and distinct between   
   >  >> characters.  Characters in MK 1 and 2 share more than 50 percent of   
   >  >> each others' moves.   
   >   
   > True, I won't argue that...but if you get down to it, taking away   
   > special moves leaves most fighting games leaves them all having a set of   
   > punches and kicks...it's that in MK, they all have very similar sets.   
   > It's just the style they went with...nothing wrong with it, imo. It's   
   > kind of like attacking MK3 for having those button-tap combos, then   
   > saying you have no issues with Tekken...it's the *same* combo system. ;)   
      
         I think the main contention here is that the basic MK moves are   
   identical between characters, whereas every other fighter has various   
   speeds, strength, reach, etc for the basic moves.  Sure every fighter   
   out there has the same basic control scheme for every character, but   
   their moves are more varied than the MK games have ever been.  I've   
   always considered this just one of MK's unique characteristics.  Because   
   fighting games are really all about the special moves and combos I find   
   the added distinctiveness of unique basic movesets to be relatively   
   unimportant in judging a fighting game's quality.   
         Diversity and realism is as irrelevant to the discussion as my   
   desire to see a fighting game where scenery can be used as it would in a   
   bar fight or in a dark alley.  I can only imagine all of the fighting   
   game fans that would complain about how difficult a game that attempted   
   simulated a real fight would be.  Oh wait, we need look no further than   
   the Golden Axe Beast Rider reviews.  ;)   
      
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