What is the greatest fighting video game of all time?

[Wally450]

Game Informer came out with a top 25 fighting games and listed Street Fighter 3 as #1. My friend was upset and said Mortal Kombat set the stage for all these other games to be successful and said Mortal Kombat should be number 1.

I wasn't really into fighting games outside of Tekken 3 (loved that game) but I'm interested to see what ISH thinks is the greatest fighting video game of all time.

Tried finding a link to the rankings, but couldn't find one. If anyone could help out, that'd be great.

[bigkingsfan]

Street Fighter 2 TE
Marvel vs Capcom 2

[red1]

super smash bros
super smash bros melee

[Derka]

I'd play Street Fighter II, Tekken 3 and Killer Instinct before I bothered with Mortal Kombat.

[Manny98]

Dragon ball z Budokai 3
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Mortal Kombat (2011)
WWE 12

I never got into Tekken and Street Fighter is overrated

[the mesiah]

http://nintendoagemedia.com/elements_nocache/E8BFF541-EA69-A7B0-5A67736AE3F1B1DD.jpg

[Prometheus]

I understand that Melee has less combo cheese, more techniques, and a higher skill ceiling... but for me personally, it's ssb64. I would 5-stock any one of you with kirby or pika.

[Levity]

Killer Instinct was my GOAT fighting game back on arcade then super nintendo.

recently, i have a huge love for smash bros ultimate.

[Facepalm]

Street fighter 2

[pauk]

Just any Tekken (T7 right now i guess), its not just another stupid arcade 2D fighter.... that game i think most realistically depicts fighting styles, well the ones i mostly like... like Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do and Taekwondo....

Taekwondo = Baek Doo San and Hwoarang depict the best TKD in gaming history, the stance & everything, the techniques on every moves are true to its origin and their move list is incredibly vast with millions moves from both stances.... super satisfying to mixup & combo with all those flashy kicks, dodge, sidestep, repeat...

Muay Thai = Bruce Irvin depicts the best Muay Thai compared to any other Muay Thai character of other games... techniques are very accurate & brutal and again... huge movelist.... he got ditched in T7, but there is always Josie and Bryan Fury who share much of his style...

Jeet Kune Do = Lee Chaolan and Martial Law.... best depiction of JKD... Martial Law is the best clone of Bruce Lee, ever.... and Lee Chaolan is doing his own JKD move list, more kicking based....

[kennethgriffen]

streetfighter 2 turbo. easly. not even close either. people still play it via emulation/mugen mods and have mimicked it a bunch in shows like family guy and every youtube videogame fighting scene


mortal kombat is a better series but they've changed their game so much and evolved to the point where no older game is even worth playing anymore

[egokiller]

Game Informer came out with a top 25 fighting games and listed Street Fighter 3 as #1. My friend was upset and said Mortal Kombat set the stage for all these other games to be successful and said Mortal Kombat should be number 1.

I wasn't really into fighting games outside of Tekken 3 (loved that game) but I'm interested to see what ISH thinks is the greatest fighting video game of all time.

Tried finding a link to the rankings, but couldn't find one. If anyone could help out, that'd be great.

How did Mortal Kombat set the stage when Street Fighter 2 came a year before?

SF2 is hands down the greatest fighting game because it set the stage for combos to be mixed with special moves.

[kennethgriffen]

streetfighter 3 is a superior game but it doesn't have nostalgia because it was an arcade game and only released for the ps2 in japan

[red1]

I forgot about tekken. Tekken on ps1 and ps2 was the shit


between street fighter and mortal kombat I'll go with mk. arcade, genesis and snes mortal kombat graphics were incredible for their time.

[red1]

I understand that Melee has less combo cheese, more techniques, and a higher skill ceiling... but for me personally, it's ssb64. I would 5-stock any one of you with kirby or pika.
I honestly think melee is the greatest fighting game of all time

[egokiller]

This combo was banned from the local arcade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k50KAO5QOUE

[diamenz]

another vote for sf2.

[scuzzy]

Mortal Kombat and Wolfenstein set the stage for BLOOD :bowdown:

[egokiller]

Street Fighter 2 set the stage for vomiting when hit. Most probably never even noticed this.

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[HylianNightmare]

super smash bros
super smash bros melee
This

Melee
Ultimate
64
Wii U







Brawl

[Im so nba'd out]

I hate fighting games because im terrible at them but my brother loved them so when i was a kid i played em all

Street Fighter 3
Tekken 2
Killer Instinct 1
Marvel vs Capcom
Mortal Kombat 2/3
WcW vs NWO revenge
Wrestlemania 2000
Fight Night Round 3
DBZ

are all up there, but the best hands down is super smash brothers Melee & its not even ****ing close

[scuzzy]

Killer Instict (arcade) is my fav, many quarters were spent


ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


Got the new MK11 today, has many of the MK 2 + 3 characters.

[scuzzy]

I hate fighting games because im terrible at them but my brother loved them so when i was a kid i played em all

Street Fighter 3
Tekken 2
Killer Instinct 1
Marvel vs Capcom
Mortal Kombat 2/3
WcW vs NWO revenge
Wrestlemania 2000
Fight Night Round 3
DBZ

are all up there, but the best hands down is super smash brothers Melee & its not even ****ing close
right on the money :biggums:

[Stephonit]

Street Fighter II and nothing else is close.

It basically launched the genre.

[Mask the Embiid]

right on the money :biggums:
i meant sf2 the one on sega :hammerhead:

never played street fighter 3

[tpols]

super smash bros
super smash bros melee


this... i always preferred the free for all to the 2d 1v1

[Smoke117]

Never was really into fighting games as I just didn't have anyone to play with. My friends weren't really gamers. If you don't have anyone to play fighting games are just meh. I do play a lot of UFC and have the last 10 years, but that's because my best friend and I play it a lot when we hang out. I remember playing Tekken 3 a lot and loving it, but again, I had no one to play with so it got old quick. I was really into those wcw and later the wwf thq wrestling games on n64, though. Even playing by myself I played a shit load of those back in the day.

[DaHeezy]

SF2 is the GOAT. Mortal Kombat would not have existed if it weren't for the popularity of SF2. The intricate joystick and button combos is what took fighting games to a new level. Mastering a fireball in SF1 set the stage up. SF2 was the first scene. SF was the pinnacle.

Akuma!

[tomtucker]

street fighter 1, the original arcade.

have you tried it for PS4?.... holy shit is it difficult!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rvew8ZaZ8k&t=


.

[plowking]

Street Fighter seems to have fallen off recently, but before that, it was it by far. SF2 like most have pointed out was amazing.

[And1AllDay]

Street Fighter 2 TE
Marvel vs Capcom 2

:applause:

[nathanjizzle]

remove nostalgia and take each game for what they did in their time.

smash brothers
street fighter.

somewhere down the line and honorable mention - fightnight

[TheMan]

Tekken for me and no one has mentioned Soul Blade, loved that game

[dunksby]

Most of the games have been mentioned, but one I played as much as MK back in Sega Genesis days was WWF Wrestlemania, that game looked so ****ing amazing for those days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjeIB5E_Iw

[DCL]

GREATEST as in "most popular" or "your personal favorite?"

personal favorite is obviously subjective.

but most popular was easily street fighter ii (pick your version, they had many).

i remember there was a comic store around my hood, and there were six game machines. they were ALL street fighter ii. the owner probably made way more money with those machines than selling actual comic books.

[egokiller]

Most of the games have been mentioned, but one I played as much as MK back in Sega Genesis days was WWF Wrestlemania, that game looked so ****ing amazing for those days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjeIB5E_Iw

My senior year of high school I had lunch followed by study hall which essentially
made it a 1.5 hour lunch. We’d have 20 kids minimum surrounding this game the entire time:

https://youtu.be/-2ak_BjxKZo

Had we a SF2 machine instead it probably would have made enough to pay for the electric bill and some.

Anyone a fan of War Gods? Game held its own.

https://youtu.be/qoMCmvvtn5g

[Wally450]

Most of the games have been mentioned, but one I played as much as MK back in Sega Genesis days was WWF Wrestlemania, that game looked so ****ing amazing for those days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjeIB5E_Iw

You talking Wrestlemania 2000 for N64? The black cartridge?

That game was amazing. Used to create my own wrestlers and belts, and have my own federation. It was amazing. Gameplay was great for its time.

[Levity]

You talking Wrestlemania 2000 for N64? The black cartridge?

That game was amazing. Used to create my own wrestlers and belts, and have my own federation. It was amazing. Gameplay was great for its time.

that and wcw vs nwo were my GOAT wrestling games. soooo good.

[dunksby]

You talking Wrestlemania 2000 for N64? The black cartridge?

That game was amazing. Used to create my own wrestlers and belts, and have my own federation. It was amazing. Gameplay was great for its time.
Although Wrestelmania 2000 still looks great, what I was referring to is the 1995 Sega Genesis game.

What's funny is that I think I only have watched like 2 hours of WWF/WWE my whole life but enjoyed playing the video games so much.

[dunksby]

[QUOTE=egokiller]My senior year of high school I had lunch followed by study hall which essentially
made it a 1.5 hour lunch. We

[egokiller]

Never heard of War Gods but from the footage it looks like a boring MK :lol

It's definitely a rip of MK made by the same developer.

[Smook A.]

Street Fighter 2
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Mortal Kombat X

Can't decide between the 3.

[jstern]

For its time I'll go with Street Fighter II CE. Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel Vs Capcom (the original) were pretty good games too.

[egokiller]

It's gotten rather comical how entitled gamers of today are compared to gamers of the 90's.

SF2 characters = 8
MK characters = 7

That's all we needed. We mastered all the characters and their moves.
SF2 CE gave us 12 and MK 2 had 12.

Compare that to fighting games that have 50+ characters because current generation isn't patient enough to master the moves of more than just a few characters so they just pick a couple out of the 50+ and never use anyone else. What a waste. :lol