So, that night, while waiting for friends to be ready to play Team Fortress 2, I plugged in my USB gamepad and launched MKAK for some classic MK action. Now, I have Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for both Xbox 360 and Steam, but my Xbox 360 is currently packed away (more info about that in a later post, hopefully). Of course, I had played for several minutes on UMK3 before realizing, “Hey, I could be playing this at home…” While there, I noticed that for the first time they not only had Mortal Kombat II, but the original Mortal Kombat and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as well. This past weekend, I went to the Houston Arcade Expo for my annual classic arcade gaming fix.
At the end is a super fun game, you have to know how to handle over the top violence.It really is a shame that Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection has been more or less abandoned on Steam/PC. A bigger problem is that the female characters are, for the most part of them, objectivized, dressed in provocative outfits and have unproportionate body parts yet none sexual activity. The swearing in the game is bearly noticeable and only present in some dialogue sequences in the story mode that are skippable. The main heroes in the story mode, specially the main protagonist, Raiden, are great role models who will sacrifice their lives to deffend Earth and their loved ones. The brutal and gruesome moves executed by the player to his oponent are optionnal although if the the AI is in the mood for blood, it won't be as easy on you as you would be on it. Some will excuse me for saying this but its gore and violence are for me sometimes strangely funny for the motive you can't take them seriously anymore and it has a sort of dark humour to it. The violence is extreme and intense, okay… But its so over the top that you can't take it seriously though I must warn you if you're sensitive to gore and blood you might want to look at annother game. Great for quality and horrendous on content.įor those of you who don't know Mortal Kombat is a fighting game famous for its controversy across the years because of its graphic fatalities and bloody fights. If you're looking for a fighting game this one will probably offend you the most as that it what it is known for and exeeds in.
You can take this game as a sexed up horror movie made into a fighting game and that will explain the overall content. There is a story mode and unlockables but all in all it's the same gameplay with a different backdrop not matter what you do. It is a smoother version of previous installments with everything HDed and detailed so the quality is there in gameplay and there are charecters with simpler moves for those who have a hard time remembering special maneuvers or just don't play as often.
One nice addition is the tag team option of playing up to 4 players locally on the same screen which is a step up in the series for getting friends together in person rather than only 2 people or online. This game is for shock value and gore, plain and simple. I would recommend that one for the 13 and older crowd but not this one. DC title is toned down to a tasteful level and the fatalities are replaced by less gory 'brutalities as finishers making it the least bloody MK title. Although the game itself is well rounded with every charecter you can think of from classic MK, aside a few bosses. Sex is not an issue per se but suggestion is so in your face that anyone with any qualms about attire will instantly notice the blatant exploitation.