Abstract: Back when I was in high school, more years ago than I care to remember, I had an English teacher who liked students to write short papers. He would tell us this on a fairly regular basis and would always remind us why – 10 pounds of bullshit smells wo...
Mortal Kombat combines the novelty of extreme violence with a great fighting engine. My favorite moments with Mortal Kombat were always playing against a friend (Gamespy’s Ryan Scott is a beast), but I was disgusted by how unbalanced some of the single...
Abstract: Over the years, as the fighting game genre became more crowded, something weird happened to the Mortal Kombat series. It started to change its DNA. While I'm all for evolution in a series, Mortal Kombat took this to an extreme, and some strange things ...
One of the most indepth story modes to grace a fighting game, Revamped control system makes it easy to pick up and play, Huge amount of content to unlock, Challenge Tower minigames and challenges are lots of fun, Viciously brutal moves.
Shao Kahn is incredibly cheap, Occasionally laggy online play.
Over-the-top, bloody, and bursting with content, Mortal Kombat is a return to form for the franchise....
Abstract: It always seemed rather strange that whenever fighting games are brought up, the names “Mortal Kombat” and “Street Fighter” are usually the first titles that come into people’s minds. Strange, because while the former’s gameplay has consist...
Abstract: Published April 27th 2011. Written by Gloria Preston. Don’t get too excited, but Mortal Kombat is back. It’s easy to forget that a long time ago it used to be a good series of games. But like some other long running franchises it lost its way and becam...
Brilliant combat which intrigues the new and engages the old players, Tons of unlockables, Brutal finishers revel in devilish gore, Great amount of single player modes delving into lore of MK and mini-games
Final bosses on arcade ladder feel kind of cheap, The changing of C to K is something of a nuisance on my spellchecker
There’s fun to be had and – obvious as it may sound – fans of the series will get a kick out of it (and a punch, and their head ripped off), but generally speaking there are far better fighters out there for your buck. 5.7/10Print this pageComments (0)...
Abstract: The fighting game series that has showcased over-the-top violence for nearly 20 years has finally made it to store shelves for its 9th iteration. However instead of simply tacking the number 9 to the end, this new Mortal Kombat is a reboot of the serie...
