So I got a bug in my butt to install Mortal Kombat 11 last night and was doing the story mode which is basically like a movie with intermittent fights and it occurred to me that I love Mortal Kombat but just the characters, the worldbuilding, and the lore. I’ve never been big on fighting games and as I age, I am finding it harder and harder to pull off special combos quick enough to even do much other than slapping buttons and hoping for the best.
My favorite MK game was one of the ones on PS2 where the story mode was basically God of War gameplay turning it from a fighter into an action adventure game.
If Midway were to make a Mortal Kombat title that was like Dark Souls but set on Outworld or something, that would definitely be my jam.
Another would be Warhammer 40k. I am not at all interested in the PnP gameplay nor a lot of the video games. But I love the lore and the game Rogue Trader is fucking dope, playing more like a traditional CRPG in that setting and not an RTS or straight up shooter.
Do y’a have any games like that? Where you like everything about them except the actual gameplay?
Fighting games were very neat when they came out but I was never very good. A few sorta innovations came out with new games but eh to me they are kinda all the same thing so what is the point of new ones at some point.
I always wished for a Street Fighter side scrolling beat em up.
You’ve just described the 16-bit era forgotten almost-classic, Cyborg Justice.
The learning curve is steep, and the graphics are kind of boring. But after that, it is a a co-op ongoing series of Street Fighter brawls with surprisingly deep combat and some interesting and satisfying progression.
Edit: As others mentioned “Final Fight I/II” get close, and is way nicer looking, but doesn’t have much going on for special moves.
Also “King of the Monsters II” is a pretty solid Street Fighter clone that has some side scrolling in the levels and destructible environments.
There’s also a few goofy old Capcom arcade games that have this feeling, but I’m not remembering the title names, right now.
You’ve got it. I loved Final Fight and dreamed of a game like that but with Street Fighter characters and special moves. I think Streets of Rage is a bit closer to this idea, but I never got to play it as I was a SNES kid back in the day.
There was a neo geo game I played alot in the arcades. You like had these spheres or something that would change your form and abilities. Not a lot of abilities though so its not like it used joystick motion plus button combos or such.
yeah I think its just not my thing so I can’t appreciate the differences as much. Im a pretty lazy gamer nowadays so honestly most games of reaction skill are not big with me.
I promise I won’t keep trying to sell you on them after this, but the amount of the game that comes down to reactions will vary wildly from game to game, and I don’t know that I’ve found a feeling in games more satisfying than knowing you outsmarted a similarly skilled opponent in a fighting game. If you’ve got any curiosity about it whatsoever, I’d recommend you check out this video by Core-A Gaming that shows just how wildly different they can be from game to game, with the only caveat being that it starts to feel a bit like an advertisement for 2XKO at the end. And if your curiosity survives that video and you see one that you might be interested in, we can leverage the 80/20 rule and I can help you “git gud” in record time.
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Fighting games were very neat when they came out but I was never very good. A few sorta innovations came out with new games but eh to me they are kinda all the same thing so what is the point of new ones at some point.
I always wished for a Street Fighter side scrolling beat em up.
You’ve just described the 16-bit era forgotten almost-classic, Cyborg Justice.
The learning curve is steep, and the graphics are kind of boring. But after that, it is a a co-op ongoing series of Street Fighter brawls with surprisingly deep combat and some interesting and satisfying progression.
Edit: As others mentioned “Final Fight I/II” get close, and is way nicer looking, but doesn’t have much going on for special moves.
Also “King of the Monsters II” is a pretty solid Street Fighter clone that has some side scrolling in the levels and destructible environments.
There’s also a few goofy old Capcom arcade games that have this feeling, but I’m not remembering the title names, right now.
I wanted a 2d side scrolling mmo but with combat inputs and combos like mortal kombat.
I guess Elsword wasn’t too far off from that, but wasn’t quite right.
im not sure I understand. Isn’t that what it is or do you mean like street fighter doing the double dragon thing? (or turtles or avengers or xmen)
You’ve got it. I loved Final Fight and dreamed of a game like that but with Street Fighter characters and special moves. I think Streets of Rage is a bit closer to this idea, but I never got to play it as I was a SNES kid back in the day.
There was a neo geo game I played alot in the arcades. You like had these spheres or something that would change your form and abilities. Not a lot of abilities though so its not like it used joystick motion plus button combos or such.
Oh, so, so many differences. This is my wheelhouse. I doubt you’d see too much in common between Invincible VS and Street Fighter 6.
yeah I think its just not my thing so I can’t appreciate the differences as much. Im a pretty lazy gamer nowadays so honestly most games of reaction skill are not big with me.
I promise I won’t keep trying to sell you on them after this, but the amount of the game that comes down to reactions will vary wildly from game to game, and I don’t know that I’ve found a feeling in games more satisfying than knowing you outsmarted a similarly skilled opponent in a fighting game. If you’ve got any curiosity about it whatsoever, I’d recommend you check out this video by Core-A Gaming that shows just how wildly different they can be from game to game, with the only caveat being that it starts to feel a bit like an advertisement for 2XKO at the end. And if your curiosity survives that video and you see one that you might be interested in, we can leverage the 80/20 rule and I can help you “git gud” in record time.