![]() ![]() Each Kombatant has a special attack, such as scrambling blocks or clearing an opponent's logo pieces, which can be triggered when the meter is filled. Each time pieces are cleared, a power meter gains some charge and junk blocks drop onto the opponents screen based on the number of combos and pieces cleared. A black Mortal Kombat logo clears all pieces of the same color as the group it touches. Whenever a piece featuring the Mortal Kombat dragon logo touches a group of pieces of the same color, all of those pieces disappear. In this puzzle game, pieces made up of two colored blocks fall into the field. The game takes place on the bottom screen, while super deformed versions of the Mortal Kombat characters battle each other in rhythm to the pieces, which eventually leads to a Fatality. Puzzle Kombat was Midway’s answer to the popular Super Puzzle Fighter and was originally included as a bonus in Mortal Kombat: Deception. If you are not prepared, online opponents will quickly hand your ass to you (almost literally, thanks to the gruesome Fatalities).Ī second game, Puzzle Kombat, is also included on the game card. However, if you haven’t played Mortal Kombat before, or at least in a decade, you’re definitely going to want to work on strategy and timing before attempting to play over Wi-Fi. In most cases, I found the gameplay quick and responsive, which is critical in a fighting game. This is actually one of the main shortcomings of the game: 1-player mode isn’t a lot of fun due to the fact that the CPU essentially cheats, which means players must spend time exploiting holes in the enemy A.I. Play is extended simply because the AI is made so difficult, which means several retries are necessary to clear a full game. Depending on the difficulty level, between six and nine stages must be cleared in succession, each featuring one or more different fighters. Alhough this takes away the possibility of experimenting to figure out moves for yourself, it does tend to be useful for pulling off the finishing moves, which often involve a hard-to-remember sequence of button presses. The bottom screen shows the gameplay, while the top screen displays a list of moves that your character can do. This resulted in the addition of sillier finishing moves like the Babality, which transform your opponent into a baby at the end of the match. In its third iteration, the Mortal Kombat franchise took on a less serious flavor, focusing more on having fun rather than a coherent story. Similarly-executed Fatalities made Mortal Kombat famous, and each character has multiple finishers at his or her disposal. Like any fighter of this style, special moves are performed with a button sequence usually involving pressing several directions and ending with an attack. One of Mortal Kombat’s weaknesses is that all characters have the same physical abilities and so only their special moves differentiate them. Mortal Kombat 3 was the most complex of the 2-D Kombat games, with a run ability added to the standard punch/kick/block repertoire. Even still, the inclusion of online multiplayer allows fans to relive the arcade experience. Fighting games have evolved since the days of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and the gameplay is somewhat dated. Ultimate Mortal Kombat takes us back to the earlier days of the franchise, after much of the violence debate had subsided, but before 3-D became the norm. The Mortal Kombat fighting series has a long history in which it once pushed the limits of violence in video games and helped lead to the ESRB ratings system. ![]()
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