Richard Bailey of The Koalition writes: Last year, NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released the eleventh major installment in their popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Since then, Mortal Kombat 11 has received numerous content updates in the form of additional fighters, the return of stage fatalities and friendships, and the Aftermath story expansion which I reviewed back in May. With last month’s release of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate now serves as the best way to experience the blood-soaked fighting game in all its glory on next-gen hardware.
Xbox Game Pass has some great single-player experiences, but nowadays, it's all about getting together with friends and family. Thankfully, there's a surprisingly extensive library of multiplayer titles on Game Pass to bring everyone together.
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.
That's the one I played the most as a kid. Fun times gaming on my Sega Genesis, the memories
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
Punch, kick, and shoryuken your way through these PlayStation Plus Premium fighting games, such as Fighting EX Layer and Street Fighter II.
If you have a next-gen console and you're a fan of the series, then this is definitely the best version of the game to have right now.