Actually, other games have better fighting systems as well.
Now, if MK vs DC actually has one of the best fighting systems of all time then there would be some argument not to complain about the lack of content and style we are used to seeing in an MK game.
MK's fighting engine has never been anything but broken, but back in the MK1-4 days it was a highly fun, addictive and playable fighter. When it came to MKDA the fighting engine was living in the past and was poorly designed, not even having the basics required of 3D fighters. MK Deception was worse, marking it's spot for me as one of the shittiest designed fighting games ever.
It has more infinites than characters. MK Armageddon attempted to improve by adding fighting game staples such as wake-ups to prevent 50/50s. It still has loads of infinites mostly due to the air kombat and is definitively broken. To top it off, unlike the old 2D MKs these incarnations were never really much fun to play, and were clunky stiff and crap looking in a fight as well as being broken games mocked by the fighting game community and unable to make an appearance in big tournaments.
People have been complaining about MK's gameplay for years, and calling the MK team lazy (the real problem is Midway's lack of funds forcing them to churn out an MK game every year). We've been hoping for a change of system to reset and allow good gameplay to be built from the bottom up.
MK vs DC has not exactly done this (featuring many animations from the old games), but appears to have staples such as wake-ups in and the best thing of all to have dropped the old dial-a-combo heavy system in favour of custom combos. Hey, we seem to have just-frame moves too. Rejoice!
Really? Ok, it's better than the disastrous MKs on the last gen consoles, but is it really that much better that it compensates for the lack of content? We are talking relative to dog shit here.
People have laughed at people calling the game out for it's so called fatalities and sell out concept, claiming that the improved gameplay is the saving grace.
Fighters like Soul Calibur, Tekken, Street Fighter will annihilate MK vs DC in the gameplay department (MKs gameplay even looks shitty due to piss poor animation/mocapping), so why tell those wanting a good story and content, no superheroes, and yes, fatalities, that if "If they want fluff play other fighting games". No, sorry, MK has thrived upon "fluff" to keep itself afloat, but this is a baby step. It may well have a good fighting system, but why not play fighting games with great fighting systems AND great setting and content?
The arguments for this game are ridiculous. You don't even have to play it to see this logic. We can see how bad everything else is from how it looks, why bother with an inferior product just because it finally got the fighting in the fighting game right. Other fighting games offer what MK does and more.
If MK continues this way, it'll be through. Or it should be. You see, that's what the fallacy results in.
Should this be in the rant thread (which was not a good idea by the way)? Maybe, but I want people to stop using this logical fallacy to put down people every time they are disappointed with "trivial" things such as fatalities or every single thing in the game pretty much sucking apart from gameplay which looks good. Just good. Wow, people, an MK with GOOD gameplay.
Hey, it'll be fun to play, I'm sure, but don't try to use arguments like that against people who see faults in it. Please. There's quite legitimate reasons to complain.
