Today some concept art has been released from a Mortal Kombat reboot pitch that looks amazing. Favorite characters like Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Kano all received new designs and storylines that are more in tune with the roots of Mortal Kombat.
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.
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
Cant wait for the next MK game, i hope it is darker and more violent than ever
"Back in the day Mortal Kombat was one of the top games on the market due to the solid combat engine"
ROFLMAO stopped reading there. solid combat engine = clunky stiff animated controls? So this is like the 5th reboot the game is getting. Seriously hope it's worth while this time. Been so utterly disappointed with the last 2 titles.
I was a HUGE fan of MK2 back in the arcades, was never because of the fighting engine but the game was so visually vibrant, the death moves so over the top and I did like the characters but as time has gone by the game has got worse and worse.
Seriously hope it goes back to it's roots and becomes a day 1 that I'm gagging to play. Not getting my hopes up though.
I will admit I do like the concept art for the characters though.
since they went 3d and no digitized sprites...
bring back mk trilogy or mk in 2d-3d gameplay
I really hate the story telling and the dialogue in the new mortal kombat games its like watching stargate but worse that said i was wondering if a cel shaded over the top violent mortal kombat game would work.