The first two definitely rely on nostalgia and gore to please. Although some people will argue that 2 is good on its own merits.
UMK3 is good, though. Not many people actually try to take it seriously because of the stigma around the series, but most of the people who do are like "Whoa, this is great!"
Also in 3SO you should just hover over Sean until your opponent picks.
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