Mortal Kombat Review
- Posted April 25th, 2011 at 10:06 EDT by Adam Dolge
- 17 Comments
Review Score
- PSU Review Score
- 9.0
- Avg. user review score:
- 9.4
Summary
Mortal Kombat is one of the most enjoyable fighters on the market and a perfect throwback to the arcade glory days. With an extensive story mode, challenge tower, and massive online potential, MK is a bloody good time.
We like
- A perfect throwback to the arcade days in both style and gameplay
- Tons of single and multiplayer content
- A proper challenge for hardcore fans
We dislike
- Super meter and x-ray attacks need adjusting
- The boss battles haven't evolved like the rest of the game
- The unskippable cut scenes
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(continued from previous page) ...I really got a chance to see how good people already are—the majority of my opponents, by the way, were Smoke, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero. There may be some balancing issues with the individual characters, both online and off, but it seems that can easily be corrected by the developer.
Mortal Kombat didn’t take me by surprise, I sort of expected it be really good, and it delivered. My main concerns with the game—the Super meter system, the (still) annoying boss battles, and online issues—can all be worked out. There are other little issues, like not being able to skip cut scenes in the story mode, that are more annoying than overly frustrating. Then again, the actual issues are easily overlooked if you enjoy the less-calculated fighting game, or just love anything related to Mortal Kombat. It’s really a joy to play for those of us who grew up alongside Scorpion and company.
How long the game sticks around is really up to the community. The single-player has tremendous depth, but all of it can likely be beaten in 15-20 hours, depending on your skill. Online is really where the game may shine six months down the road. The story is cheesy, as you’d expect, while the voice acting and character models during cut scenes are not super polished. As an overall experience however, Mortal Kombat is simply fun. It’s actually more than fun; it’s a ton of fun. As I said earlier in the review, games are meant to be enjoyed, and I truly feel sorry for anyone that doesn’t know how to enjoy a game like Mortal Kombat.
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Anth67
- 5:40am EDT - April 25th, 2011
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Yet to try this online, but loving the SP so far. Not been a big fan of these fighting games in recent years, but this one took me back to the good old days. Can't wait to get it online, and hopefully the reported early lag is cleared up, could be a real winner.
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B_U_L_L_E_T
- 7:55am EDT - April 25th, 2011
- 2
Awesome game. The single player had me hooked this weekend, and with the PSN down it gave me time to pass the story mode. Definitely the best in the series since MKII.
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mortada
- 9:25am EDT - April 25th, 2011
- 4
@3 yes if you replay the story mode you can skip the cutscenes although i dont see why would you want to do that since its "story mode",and i dont get it why do the supermeter and the x-rays need adjustments,sorry PSU but i dont like this review you shoulda given it 9.5
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Majin187
- 12:45pm EDT - April 25th, 2011
- 5
Traded in the let down known as Marvel vs Capcom 3 for this and i could not be happier. This new Mortal Kombat really does bring me back to the old days of MK when i was growing up. I love it and im having alot of fun playing with my boys Scorpion and Ermac. Kratos is a welcome addition and fits in perfectly. Great job Neatherrealm :-)
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jaydlaw
- 1:40pm EDT - April 25th, 2011
- 6
anyone else preorder from gamestop, and downloaded the scorpion skin and not have it. i tried several times (before the outage) and while it downloaded and claimed to have installed sucessfully, it wasn't there. I really can't go to gs and state there was something wrong with the code, psn did accept it.
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kcchiefsfan81
- 5:31pm EDT - April 25th, 2011
- 7
@jaydlaw
put the cursor on scorpion and push start.from there you should be able to select "MK1" costume.
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Montanatim
- 5:18am EDT - May 17th, 2011
- 12
great game online is nice but the 2 day pass almost up and i cant use my voucher code :( ohwell
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