Mortal Kombat

This game is very important to the evolution of video games and it has its spot in gaming history. Mortal Kombat is known for violence and this game was the most violent game back in the day. These days this game has aged pretty bad though.

The graphics still look good if you are playing the arcade version. The characters are extremely big though and take up a lot of space on the screen. They are very detailed.

The negative thing is that the speed is very slow, the fighting is very clunky, the music is annoying, the grunts are also very annoying, and fatalities are kinda difficult to perform because you have a very short amount of time to do them.

Anyways, maybe back in the day it would had been a 9/10 but now this game is a 6/10 at best.

This was one of the few games that gave the then-very-popular Street Fighter II video game some competition, and it tried to better that classic by not only including real digitised martial arts fighters, but by putting in some really gory bits.

Just punching someone's head in repeatedly causes liquid crimson to spurt from their face in ridiculously high amounts, and when you had one two bouts out of three against your opponent you had the option (if you knew how) to perform a fatality that would actually kill your opponent in some rather horrible way.

As usual with this kind of game, every single character has a special move (the best ones were Scorpion's harpoon and Sub-Zero's freezing move that froze his opponent rigid for a short time, leaving him/her open to an attack); otherwise, all characters had much the same set of punches and kicks.

While the graphic violence (which probably started the video game rating system) is amusing for a little while, it hides a less-euphoric truth; there's not really much to all of this, and once you've seen the fatalities a few times it's doubtful you'll bother much with them (or even the game) anymore.

That really sucks ass. There was one time when I almost beat all three endurance levels and therefore get to fight Goro (something I've never done before in my life). By the time I got up to that level, it was 1 in the morning and my my thumbs were swollen from playing for so long. Needless to say, I was completely exhausted. But unfortunately, for some godforesaken reason, you can't pause the game. So I had to do the unthinkable and turn it off; terminating my chances of fighting Goro and now I have to try all over again.

Luckely in MK2, it's pretty much the same as the original except (you guessed it) you can finally pause the game and relax.

Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest video game series to ever come around.

Also Mortal Kombat is one of the most controversial video games for it feature of finishing moves known as Fatalities.

The game feature seven characters to fight with. Sub-Zero Liu Kang, Raiden, Kano, Scorpion, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. My favorite Mortal Kombat characters are Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero

The game's main antagonist is Shang Tsung. The game feature a well crafted story line and help created some of the best characters of any video game. Each one has their own It factor that make them fan favorites.

The Graphics of the game were using live action actors to help create the moment of the characters and the results make you wonder how they did.

The controls depends on what system you are playing it on will give you a run for your money as this game needs you to be at your best because it will bring you down hard.

It took a few times to get use to the way the game play works but the game play is good enough to share with friends because fighting games are about having someone extra to play against however the game isn't easy at all you have to be ready for whatever the game has in store it is not a easy game at all.

Mortal Kombat remains a fan favorite even today so do yourself a favor and play this game.

I give Mortal Kombat an 7 out of 10

A Saturday morning staple in any early-90s household. This was my introduction to fighting games and I've never forgotten it. One of my favorites to this day! So innovative; I loved the button combos and the gore!