Fighting games were never my specialty. My childhood best friend would always beat me at Soulcalibur II, no matter which character I picked — Astaroth’s axe could only take me so far, and Raphael could never save me from defeat. However, despite my struggles, I still came back to it… and many others like it.
This is a transcript excerpt covering the score awarded to Mortal Kombat 1 on the So Videogames podcast, episode 375: Chicken Wang FTW
HIGH It’s another reason to dive back into MK11!
LOW Spawn. (Sorry, I’m just not a fan.)
WTF Rambo?
HIGH The fight versus Scorpion and Sub-Zero. Sindel’s hot mom energy.
LOW The pricing structure.
WTF Robocop’s appearance in story mode.
HIGH Stellar
production values, fantastic story mode, tons of Kontent.
LOW There’s so
much to take in, it’s a little overwhelming.
WTF Bo’Rai
Cho’s assist.
HIGH Absolute tons of content to indulge in.
LOW I’ve suffered from a few hard crashes, including system lock-ups.
WTF Batman using a blameless bar patron as a weapon isn’t canon, surely?
The one good thing that came out of those terrible Mortal Kombat movies was the soundtrack, or more specifically, the opening song from the soundtrack. Not only does it get the heart pumping and the blood going when you first hear it, it also gets the feet moving too.
That must be what compelled these "cosplayers"—at least I think they are cosplayers—to just break out the ghetto blaster and dance like fools.
HIGH The story mode is one of the best ever seen in a fighter.
LOW The AI vacillates between "invincible" and "lobotomized".
WTF Shang Tsung's "Joker" fatality.
I've been putting a good amount of time into the new Mortal Kombat
I haven't had a ton of time to play games lately, but what little time I have has been spent with the new Mortal Kombat. After the long, unbroken string of utterly craptastic sequels put forth by the series, it's extremely gratifying to see the franchise finally get its act together and reboot itself into respectability.