Mortal Kombat II Reviews.

[Mel]

I'm quite familiar with the Gen version of MK2, and I just received the 32x version, ok if I write both reviews?

[Melf]

No problem! Just be sure to establish the improvements/differences when you do the 32X one.

[j_factor]

You should do a side-by-side.

[Mel]

To do an honest side b side i'd have to also add the snes version, whcih i don't have.

I think MK was much bigger a thing on Genny than snes, snes was more of a street fighter thing =)

[Melf]

Hehe, a side-by-side with the SNES version would be a massacre for the Genny game. The SNES cart was so much better.

A comparison with the 32X game might be cool though.

[j_factor]

A side-by-side needn't include the SNES version. Two versions makes a side-by-side.

[Melf]

The Side-by-Side articles compare games that appear on the Genesis and other consoles. Doing one with the 32X would be unfair, since it's more powerful. There'd be no contest.

[j_factor]

I never thought of the point being a contest, I just thought such articles were to inform on in what ways version A is better than version B.

*shrug* It's Mortal Kombat, so it doesn't really matter. :P

[Mel]

well, i tried it last night, wow the game has improved on the 32x.. I"m impressed....

[Melf]

I never thought of the point being a contest, I just thought such articles were to inform on in what ways version A is better than version B.

They are to inform. What I'm saying is that it wouldn't be a fair comparison to put the SNES version against the 32X one. They're not on the same level in terms of available power. A more fair comparison would be the standard Genny cart vs. the SNES one.

[j_factor]

Well then put the 32x one against the Saturn version? Ugh, that one sucked.

[Melf]

Doom 32X vs. Saturn Doom! My god, the Saturn one was bad.

We could just include all three MKIIs, I guess. Was it released on any other system at the time? I don't remember.

[Drixxel]

Gameboy and Gamegear, but ehh.. as you can imagine, those two suffer from a hilarious number of shortcomings.

[j_factor]

MK2 is in the top 5 games of all time for number of different ports. Arcade, Genesis, 32x, Saturn, SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear, PC, Amiga, Master System, and Playstation = 11 systems. The only game I know of that's on more systems is Puyo Puyo/Pop Fever (which is on 14 I think); Primal Rage ties at 11.

[Mel]

Wow, we gotta do some puyopop reviews =)


Anyway, Still waiting to get MK2 for Genesis so I can make both reviews.