Mortal Kombat is a guilty pleasure of mine. The brutality, ease of play, and simple video game pleasure are qualities that are becoming increasingly hard to find. Sure, people will say that you're not a true gamer if you can't pick up the latest first-person shooter and have a kill:death ratio of at least a 1.5. But who cares...
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
The fighting genre is full of mini-games, from Street Fighter's car destruction to Tekken Ball. Here's the best Mortal Kombat mini games.
Cultured Vultures: We've gone to the trouble of ranking the Mortal Kombat games across the series' history. Special Forces is clearly number one.
My favorite is always going to be Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. I know some people didn't like the addition of the run button. But, man that game is burned into my memory from childhood, lol.
MK2 will always be the best in the series. Been playing a lot of MK1 lately though. Definitely enjoying it more than any other NRS era MK game.
I will always have a special place in my memory for MK 1 and 2. You had to be there during that era at the arcades. Martial arts tournament fighting movies were still popular, and MK 1 was exciting. Real life motion captured characters done well (unlike Pit Fighter). A cast of characters we all liked like Bruce Lee(Lui Kang), Van Damme(Johnny Cage), the Lightning god(Raiden) from Big Trouble in Little China, and Ninjas, gotta have Ninjas. Goro was menacing as hell. The MK arcade had some of the best speakers similar to Killer Instinct as you could hear the loud crisp and bassy sound that was distinctly different than other arcades. MK 2 improved greatly on the controls and fighting mechanics
This game is gona be soooo sick! I can't wait to play it!
Good to see MK back.
I hope it plays as well as it is starting to look!
The MK everyone has been waiting for is on the stairs \o/
Coming up with funny interpretations of what raiden screams when he torpedoes is essential to MK Fun, i hope they use some classic ones like... YOURFATHERSTOLEMYCAR!!! YOURMOTHERSFROML.A.! xD