The fast paced combination/juggle driven combat has a very familiar feel. Old hands at Mortal Kombat will feel right at home in Mortal Kombat 9. What really takes Mortal Kombat over the top however is once again the Fatalities, X-Ray moves, and other unlockable finishing moves that you can perform to fully embarrass your opponent. This real time damage modelling is something that really ties together the two rounds of a fight and makes MK9 standout in the graphics department. In most circ*mstances, even if your fighter comes out on top, he looks like he got run over by a tractor. As a fight progresses, your character will be beaten, bruised, and bloodied and he stays that way until the end of the fight. One really interesting point about the fighting is the damage modelling of the fighters. A character can be sent reeling into the background only to spring back into the arena seamlessly and as fatalities and x-ray moves are performed the game switches to a three dimensional mode ala Street Fighter. The action on hand is a hybrid between the traditional Mortal Kombat 2-D design and a more three dimensional view in some circ*mstances. If you can keep your eyes on the action at hand, you’ll find that character models, their animations, and specials are extremely well done.
Beautifully rendered stages feature a range of backdrops that vary from the macabre to the strange and everything in-between. In match, Mortal Kombat hangs with any fighter on the market when it comes to graphics. In the era of HD entertainment gore has never looked so good as it does in Mortal Kombat 9. While we might be used to seeing violence on our screens, Mortal Kombat once again ups the ante in this department. Who you have to thank for pathing the way for this, is probably Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse. We’ve grown accustumed to violence, blood and nudity in our games. Today, the video gaming landscape has changed. The fighting game was on a fast track to popularity for a couple of reasons, but primarily the game had a shocking level of violence that had never been seen before. Originally released back in 1992, Mortal Kombat hit the arcade scene going head to head with the most popular fighting game of the time, Street Fighter 2. The Mortal Kombat franchise is one of the longest running franchises in gaming.
The review below of Mortal Kombat went live on the web, originally on April 19th, 2011. Following our review, I re-evaluated the story portion of the title, and found it to be one of the most enjoying that I’ve played in a fighter in quite some time. After sinking about 10 times as many hours into the game over the past year, the only thing that I can really back-track on at all, is the story mode for the game. I personally played alot more Mortal Kombat following my review of the game last year, and I stand by our original review of the content (which you’ll find below). The Komplete Edition also includes all of the Klassic Skins that were released, and a handful of Klassic Fatalities from older MK titles. Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition has just released and it includes all of the content that NetherRealm released for the game in the form of downloadable content, including fan-favorite warriors like Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain, and the notorious Freddy Krueger. As it turns out, Mortal Kombat went on to win many awards, and become one of the most critically acclaimed fighters of last year. In 2011, the Mortal Kombat franchise was reborn, and the review below were my thoughts on the game when it released last year.