There were 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:fighting games before the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat franchises, but ever since their releases in 1991 (for Street Fighter 2) and 1992 (for Mortal Kombat) they have dominated the fighting game scene. These two franchises are now s💮o popular that they dominate e-sports; large auditoriums are filled to capacity by people eager to watch players compete against each other on-stage.
Both of these franchises have had a profound influence on gaming as well. Without Street Fighter 2 it is likely the modern fighting games we enjoy would never have been made; and the Mortal Kombat franchise is al🔜most single-handedly responsible for the creation of the ESRB rating system for video games.
10 Graphics
Both the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat series, since their initial offering, have had excellent graphics. It is really up to the individual gamer whether they prefer the anime style of the Street Fighter games, or the more realistic depiction of combatants in the Mortal Kombat games.
The earlier Mortal Kombat games, while innovative, used a system of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:digitally rendered images of actual fighters that was perhaps a bit too ahead of its time. These digitized images were highly compressed and did not look that great in the first couple of games in the series; however, with modern technology these digitized images look fantastic. The winner is Street Fighter though for its consistently awesome graphics.
9 Animation
The digitized images used in the early Mortal Kombat games looked alright, but did not produce the best animation. The movement of the fighters was very stiff and awkward. This awkwardness affected the gameplay – and not for the better. In contrast, the Street Fighter games have always had very fluid animation.
It’s the fluid animation of the characters that has helped to consistently make Street Fighter the most popular fighting game franchise. The animation in Mortal Kombat games has improved greatly, but they are seemingly always trying to keep up with the Street Fighter games in this regard. The winner is Street Fighter.
8 Sound
This category will take into account not only the music of the two series, but the sound effects as well. Both games have great music, but it is often difficult to think of specific tunes in the Street Fighter games. The Mortal Kombat games on the other hand♑ have music that will e𝔍asily get stuck in player’s heads.
The sound effects of both games are also excellent and have produced a flood of memes over the decades. The sound effects of the Mortal Kombat games are the better of the two though, and are more satisfying to the ear while playing. The winner is Mortal Kombat.
7 Controls
With the exception of the first Street Fighter game the controls in the series has always been just about perfect. They are consistently ultra-responsive and precise. It soon becomes second nature to perform dragon punches, and seldom does it feel like the controls were responsible for a defeဣat.
The controls in the Mortal Kombat games are just as good now-a-days, but the stiffness of the animation in the earlier games often caused players to mistime attacks. The earlier Mortal Kombat games were also much less forgiving for players who didn’t precisely enter a maneuver. The winner is Street Fighter.
6 Balance
Balance, in terms of this entry, has two meanings; one is the balance between the characters available to the players, and the other is the balance of difficulty when playing against the computer. Street Fighter has always had a balanced roster of characters; with only a few characters, like Guile in the original Street Fighter 2, being a bit stronger than the other characters.
The Mortal Kombat games seem to always have some characters that are vastly stronger than others, like Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 2 or Sonya in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat 11. In terms of balance of difficulty, the Mortal Kombat games are notorious for ramping-up the difficulty as one gets closer to the bosses – often to the point of cheapness. The winner is Street Fighter.
5 𒈔 Chara✨cters
Both franchises have very iconic characters. Ryu, Chun-li, and Akuma have become synonymous for fighting games and have made numerous appearances in non-Street Fighter games. Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion are just as popular though. However, while the Street Fighter franchise has great characters it almost never has like the Mortal Kombat franchise has become famous for including.
A very notable and recent example of this is the inclusion of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in Mortal Kombat 11, or the alien form the Alien movies in Mortal Kombat X. The winner is Mortal Kombat.
4 Blocking
Blocking is an important aspect of fighting games. The ability to block an opponent’s attacks adds a level of strategy and depth to fighting games that would be sorely missed if left out. In the Street Fighter games blocking is performed by holding the controller to the opposite side from where the opponent is in rel📖ation to the player’s character.
In the Mortal Kombat games there is a dedicated button for blocking. The dedicated button for blocking is a bit cumbersome, and because of this it often causes players to forego blocking altogether and focus purely of offense. The method of blocking in Street Fighter games, by contrast, is highly intuitive and much more responsive. The winner is Street Fighter.
3 Single Player Experience ♐
As mentioned earlier, the difficulty of the Mortal Kombat games as one progresses through the game can get overwhelming – especially for beginning players. However, recent Mortal Kombat games have included🐠 fantastic cut-scenes between battles that forward a narrative unique to the chosen character.
This is something that Capcom has only recently added to the Street Fighter games; before 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter 5 there were only a few static images between fights to advance the narrative. Also, Street Fighter 5 did not even originally include a single-player mode when it released, but it was included later – possibly due to the back-lash from gamers at its omission. The winner is Mortal Kombat.
2 Inn🍸ovation/Creativity 🎉
Both franchises have brought a great deal of innovation and creativity to fighting games. It is difficult to find a fighting game that doesn’t use the controller/button combinations begun in the Street Fighter games – like thꦐe quarter circle forward combination used to make Ryu throw a fireball (hadouken).
Mortal Kombat has done more than the Street Fighter series in terms of innovation however. Mortal Kombat games have always included the fan favorite fatalities, as well as other finishing moves like knocking the opponent over a ledge onto a bed of spikes. The winner is Mortal Kombat.
1 𝓡 Final Verdict
With a tally of 5 -4 in Street Fighter’s favor it narrowly wins against the Mortal Kombat franchise. Even if the tally resulted in a tie the tie-breaker would go to Street Fighter for being the trailblazer. Before the Street Fighter franchise popularized fighting games they were simple and rare; good examples of pre-Street Fighter games that exemplify this point are Yie Ar Kung-Fu and Karate Champ.
The early Street Fighter games set the standard to which all other fighting games were compared. Other fighting game franchises, including Mortal Kombat, have borrowed heavily from Street Fighter. The Mortal Kombat games have improved over the years to the point where they are just about on par with the Street Fighter games, but in the end the winner is Street Fighter.