This or Mortal Kombat 9?

[tomorrow comes]

Was planning on buying either this or MK9 (Komplete Edition) to start playing online, I've been wanting to play Fighting games for a while now and I don't have any real experience apart from when I was like 6 years old playing Tekken 3 on my ps1, recommendations? :) (GOT A 360 CONTROLLER)

[I'm Ant]

MK a close second I think. I have both but I dunno hmmm.

[a.t]

SSF2 AE! It should be much cheaper during the sale for once, like 7.5$. Also there are many players online already.

[RX-0Banshee]

Well, I'll tell you that SSF4 has a better online community that ISN'T all "brutal beatdowns with mass trash-talk" like I hear MK is. The controls for SSF4 are also more forgiving when performing certain special moves, but SF is about absolute precision. Combos and chains are the lifeblood of the series, and learning how to use focus moves and ultras, how to proritize normal moves over special moves, and how to zone and rush down properly are part of the "unwritten" SF commandments.

For beginners/new players, here on STEAM I know for a fact that they get a LOT of encouragement from veterans (I say this, although I've been playing SF off-and-on in the arcades since Championship Edition came out back in '92). Playing randoms online will get your feelings hurt very quickly, and picking a character you LIKE and learning how the play is an ABSOLUTE MUST! MK is essentially the same in terms of gameplay, but there are more things to worry about when playing such as stage hazards (which SF doesn't have).

As for the controller issue: there are SO many haters here who will tell you to buy an arcade stick. I say: IF you have the 360 controller, USE the 360 controller and learn how to play with it. Haters are going to bash it and say, "The D-pad sucks!" but because YOU have not used it for fighting games before, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?!

They can't read your mind! Play how you want to play; and if you LIKE using the 360 controller (LIKE I DO) then all the better FOR YOU.

If you want to use the Keyboard, use the keyboard. Lots of people I play use the keyboard and we generally have close matches, so I'm not about to diss the keyboard users out there.

Anyhow, IF you buy SSF4, you're committing yourself to something that will take a lot of time, effort, and practise to learn. SSF4 is very demanding with high expectations, BUT it's also forgiving and has the largest online player base for fighting games because...well, most people started with SF on Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis before MK was ported to the consoles in late '92-early '93.

[tomorrow comes]

Thanks RX, just bought it since it was on sale, installing, feel free to add me if you want to give me some small tips :) also wondering how big the player base on this game is? Is it close to 50k? or like.. way more? way less? help appreciated, thanks :D

[tomorrow comes]

And yeah, the 360 dpad is preeeeetty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ useless, cant properly push sides without accidentaly going up, planning to do something to fix it soon though :P

[RX-0Banshee]

Originally posted by Pavi:

Thanks RX, just bought it since it was on sale, installing, feel free to add me if you want to give me some small tips :) also wondering how big the player base on this game is? Is it close to 50k? or like.. way more? way less? help appreciated, thanks :D

Sure thing! My GFWL tag is ShinNoBushi and I'm always up for a match!

[golgey]

This.

[SHREDDER]

The PC version of SSF4 AE was released in July 2011 2 years ago and i bought it the day it released. I also bought MK 9 PC version one week and 3 days ago when it was released. While both games are good i will say that the pc version of SSF4 AE is ALOT better than pc version of MK9 because it dosent lag online it dosent crash and it dosent have any of the issues that people are reporting on MK9 PC. Also due to the fact that SSF4 AE PC version is a 2 years old gane ut has a lot more players online than MK9 PC. Yes SSF4 AE PC is better in evry way compared to MK9 PC. So for now i recommend you to buy SSF4 AE first and if you like it then buy also MK9.

[Doom Vroom]

SSF4 AE is a great place to start in fighting games wait for the price to drop a bit on MK if you don't know if you will like it.

[doc]

MK is currently broken. Wait for a sale.

[Words]

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[Jack]

I own both games games for the 360 and ssf4 for PC. I would say ssf4 has a better online community better net code and a deeper combat system. MK9 does have better offline features like story mode and tower mode. SSf4 all the way. But be warned this isn't a pick up and play; it will take you months to get to grips with the various game mechanics.

[MrDVTO]

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[tomorrow comes]

I should have updated earlier that I already bought SSF4 and I'm loving it :) if anyone wants to add me and help it would be very appreciated! already had some people help me a little :P

[September]

Ofc asking this in SFIV discussion is going to be biased towards SF. :)

I have both games. I prefer MK because of combos. SFIV only has special moves and single attacks that can be linked/chained, while MK has combos too. It makes it more fun for me, as a noob, as it is easier to make visually impressive attacks that aren't just a single hit.

SF is more popular in the esports scene though with a very active community. The netcode in MK is a joke. Both games suffer from locally hosted games though, so online games are always a bit unfair. Hopefully the next incarnations of fighting games will be using the cloud to host dedicated servers, like Starcraft 2 and Dota 2. That is far better in every way (but more expensive for the developers).

Oh, MK has a really nice story mode too. That came as a surprise for me but I really enjoyed it.

So I'd say: if you're aiming to get good and compete online - get SFIV. If you're going singleplayer or casual - go MK.

edit:
ah, you already got SFIV. Good choice. They both were imo. Happy fighting!