Online play suffers from a touch of the dreaded lag.
Stuffed with content, visually superb and with finishing moves which will make your eyes bleed, Mortal Kombat is an awesomely well-rounded fighting experience. There's an involved story mode, freshly introduced tag-team fighting, the excellent Challeng...
A cacophony of gameplay options, a meandering adventure and all that gore, makes Mortal Kombat the release that devotees have been waiting for. A lack of cohesion and subtlety might not appeal to all fighting fans, but with so much action exploding around...
Great return for those who loved the original versions, ridiculous fun, story mode is engaging
Won't be to some tastes
While this isn’t as triumphant a return as the mighty StreetFighter IV, the new Mortal Kombat is a fine reboot, and a real treat for those of us who have fond memories of pulling off heads with the spinal chord swinging or ripping arms away from blood-...
Bloody, brazen and as tongue-in-cheek as always, Mortal Kombat preys on your nostalgia perfectly, but, though it feels it’s trying to add finesse to combat through meters and combos, it ultimately feels somewhat slow and disjointed. 6.1/10Print this pa...
Abstract: “Who plays fighting games for the story?” As gamers, we often ask that rhetorical question when addressing the genre's requisite narrative. Few people actually care about the story modes of fighting games because they tend to be glorified versions of the...
Abstract: One can't define '90s videogame culture, and in a sense pop culture, without at least a passing mention of Mortal Kombat. It wasn't the deepest game on the market, fighting or otherwise, but it captured the imagination of millions with its unapologet...
Abstract: I never got into the whole Mortal Kombat fad when it was all the rage at the local arcade, which, in retrospect is a bit surprising given the amount of time and tokens I spent in the arcades in the 80’s While crowds of blood lusting kids were surging a...
Mortal Kombat is a great return to a series that has not always been reliable. This installment is one of the best possible examples of Mortal Kombat and has a ton of content to offer. Whether you have a fondness for the series or not, this is a game t...
Abstract: Plainly called Mortal Kombat, the latest entry in the violent fighting game series is actually a reboot. Technically the ninth main-line entry in the series, it takes many cues from Street Fighter IV – pulling characters and gameplay from the ‘classic’...
