Abstract: The story mode is told rather well using in game graphics and some pretty good voice acting. But as usual, it's really is just the vehicle for teaching you how to play the game. You fight three or four battles with each character, which gives you just eno...
Abstract: As you wake up, get ready, and drive into the city for work every day, do you ever wonder if there are epic crime-fighting saviors out there somewhere, hidden amidst all of our mundane daily activities and false sense of safety? Of course you do, we al...
Abstract: NetherRealm Studios new Mortal Kombat is a re-imagining of the famed fighter series that began back in 1992 with the original Mortal Kombat. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series started off with an arcade fervor that lasted for a few iteratio...
Abstract: Plainly called Mortal Kombat, the latest entry in the violent fighting game series is actually a reboot. Technically the ninth main-line entry in the series, it takes many cues from Street Fighter IV – pulling characters and gameplay from the ‘classic’...
Abstract: I had heard about it in hushed whispers: a new arcade game was recently delivered to the local comic book store, and it was supposed to be even better than Street Fighter II. With fierce fighting, blood, and even rumored secret moves, it was only a mat...
Abstract: Mortal Kombat boasts 30 stages, with only three of them being slight variations of one another and eight professing special stage Fatalities. Along with 27 characters out of the box (28 on PS3 thanks to Kratos) this is easily one of the m..
Abstract: So, with the series looking to have lost it’s identity for over a decade, it was understandable for anyone to write off the series and lose faith in any future installments. I think that this is what many people did but, when Midway went bankrupt and...
Abstract: After many years and half a dozen mediocre-to-middling attempts to rekindle one of the biggest franchises of the 90s, Mortal Kombat is finally really back. Under the watchful eye of series co-creator Ed Boon, NetherRealm Studios has delivered the ni...
Abstract: MORTAL KOMBAT! I'll admit to not being the world's biggest fan of this particular franchise, and that's almost entirely because I don't have the nostalgia for it that others do. I played MK 1, 2 and 3, and then kind of fell off the horse after that. Pl...
Abstract: Twenty years ago, arcades all around the U.S. saw an unprecedented surge, the event spear-headed by two extraordinary titles on opposite sides of the spectrum. Prior to that, the genre was practically unheard of but their success would ignite a wave of...