Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

The "Mortal Kombat"-series used to be great, but the series has gone straight down the toilet, thanks to the poor quality of the newer games, games like "Mortal Kombat Mythologies"(MKM) MKM is a platform game with lame visuals and a very poor control system, the video-clips in the playstation-version were okay, but it is the gameplay that counts, and there isn`t a lot of gameplay to be found in this game. Avoid it!

2/10

I really tried to like this game because I'm a hard core, die hard fan of anything related to MORTAL KOMBAT.

The concept is great and so is the game play because the game has unique action sequences that will make you remember about the controls of MK and MK II. I truly enjoyed the fighting techniques because MK game-play have always been attractive for avid action and fighting games. The combo system is similar to MK III so you can't go wrong with the game-play.

I always thought I was playing a Chinese action movie. The scenarios are just great; dark, stylish, great atmosphere but best of all, a feeling of uncertainty when the evil characters appear.

The graphics are truly great! The digital graphics combined with 2D and 3D in some cases is really attractive and will make you enjoy the hard and difficult scenarios and enemies.

The sound is also pretty cool with martial arts music and some intense classical MK sounds.

My advice is, get this game but only if you are a fan of the MK games. Otherwise, play it with low expectations because if you are not into the world of MK, you will likely have a hard time trying to like it.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero will go down as one of the worst ideas for the Mortal Kombat franchise. The gameplay is too difficult and the game itself was far too pointless. I didn't care for this game in the slightest.

You can't take a fighting game and take a different direction to an action/adventure game. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero tried to do this and failed miserably. Thankfully this game has been treated as if it never existed with further games that have been successful.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero has managed to earn itself an infamous reputation as one of the worst games ever released. It was widely panned on release.

The less said about Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero the better.

1/10.

This is a prequel Mortal Kombat game with all new game play.

You play as the legendary kombatant Sub-Zero, the Lin Kuei send him on a mission to collect elements for a sorcerer (and newly trusted ally) named Quan-Chi.

Gameplay: The game play is a cross between fighting and a plat former, very different to the previous Mortal Kombat games. There are puzzles to work out and you have to get through obstacles by timing your movements. Sub-Zero has all his special moves and combos intact and can even do his classic spine rip fatality.

Sound: The sound is basically average for this game, nothing special.

Graphics: Digitized sprites (Like MK1-3) crossed with 3D levels. I like the fact that they kept the digitized look and feel of MK.

Story: A great story! A good explanation of Sub-Zero's background.

Lastability: The game has 8 levels, except they will take lots of try's because of the high difficulty. After you finish it once there's nothing to do except do it all over again.

Controls: Not as dodgy as hyped up to be, the only bad thing is having a turn button which changes direction, but you get used to the controls quick.

I suggest trying it first, just remember to give it a chance before you hate it. The problem why a lot of people hate it is because it's damn hard, but I wouldn't want a game you could finish in 5 hours.

Only get if you're a hardcore fan of the series.

8/10

This game has an excellent story line, and I don't mind the retro 2-D fighting style. However, this game is ruined by terrible controls. The pressing a button to change directions is annoying, but I could live with that with practice. The fighting was choppy, but even that is forgivable for me, for I am accustomed to old games like the original Mortal Kombat, an old favorite of mine.

I cannot, however, get over the extreme difficulty of jumping from ledges. He jumps merely by pressing up on the control pad, and that is so easy to do accidentally. I have fallen to my death too many times when I either had no intention of jumping or was unable to jump when I needed to. Unfortunately, jumping from ledges is nearly half the darn game. So, half of it is ruined. With the easy difficulty, I was able to have a lot of lives, I think something like 12, plus 6 continues I believe it was.

It's a real shame it is. So much thought put into a brilliant story line, pretty good music and sound, tough, well designed enemies, like the Air elemental guard. But it is all ruined by the difficulty of the controls, especially in the air level. Nearly the entire air level was jumping from ledges and such. I, however, was so impressed by the potential of this game that I would recommend they try again. Make a new version for Nintendo Game Cube perhaps and work out the flaws. Maybe even switch to a 3-d fighting style. Oh, and am I the only one who thinks this would make a great movie? So, I gave it 4 out of 10. I got some enjoyment out of it, getting a far as when Sub-Zero meets Raiden and goes to the Nether region (or whatever it was). Unfortunately, you can't go farther on the easy difficulty, and you can't get that far on the harder difficulties because you don't have enough lives to keep falling to your death over and over and over. Sub-Zero's echoing yell is tattooed to my brain.