MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAT!!! 8.5 out of 10 (Chardok-o-meter)

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-10-10 12:56pm

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

You know, I often find myself feeling somewhat violated when game developers take a tried and true game with a deep storyline, involved characters, and three movies to it's credit and whack off an elephant to dump rancid spooge all over the entire concept...

Well, MK:SM is exactly that. A bucket full of elephant spooge dumped all over the whole premise of Mortal Kombat. But I'll be damned if it doesn't make this game glisten and shine. (Meaning it's good.) It's kind of Final Fight meets Jade Empire and a little bit of Good old Fashioned platforming-All with a decidedly Mortal Kombat twist. The character selection is somewhat lacking, only being able to pick 4 characters (2 to start, and 2 unlockable) and Liu Kang's incessant WAH! HI-YA! ABLHABABLHABLABABLABBBLLBBLALBA (bicycle kick) get's REALLY annoying (You can turn speech off, though, just gotta be quick so you can turn it back on for the cutscenes.

Speaking of cutscenes, there's a LOT. I mean a lot. neat story, though, even if it is the same old "Save earth Realm from Shao Khan/Shang Tsung outworld used to be beautiful blah blah blah. The Graphics are polished and well textured, so the blah storyline is easily forgiven. The fighting is well done, and all of the characters moves are there, and they are upgradeable, so there is the element of unlockiness that I enjoy so much.

Short review: Get this game. Renting will not do it justice. This one gets high marks and the old chardok-o-meter. A Definate purchase.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-10-10 01:10pm

Fun game, but definitly get another person in. Game bosses can be fun to biatch motherfuck levels.

VAing is eh, but you gotta laugh at the camp. And a few times you will get annoyed at what they expect of you.

Still fun game if you want a good two player and shredded X-Men Legends 2.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-10-10 04:51pm

So they're finally continuing the MK:Mythologies series after Sub-Zero?

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2005-10-10 04:58pm

Not really. It takes place between Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 (and has a really bitchin' intro where you get to see Sub-Zero do his spine rip on a helpless guard then smash Scorpion across the face with it).

Dorenn Stark · Post by **Dorenn Stark** » 2005-10-10 05:06pm

I agree, this game is better than rental, it is purchase. Good into, entertaining gamepley, good story, in short all your average gamer wants in a game. I give it two thumbs up.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2005-10-11 01:53am

I hear that Mortal Kombat II is an extra in the game. That's pretty cool.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2005-10-11 02:23pm

I saw on Cinematech a longass cutscene where just about all the MK fighers were beating the crap out of each other (with Johnny Cage getting especially beat down), before Lao and Kang are knocked into a pit. Is that the intro? It was friggen sweet!

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-10-11 02:28pm

NeoGoomba wrote:I saw on Cinematech a longass cutscene where just about all the MK fighers were beating the crap out of each other (with Johnny Cage getting especially beat down), before Lao and Kang are knocked into a pit. Is that the intro? It was friggen sweet!

That's the intro.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-10-11 07:48pm

It was cool, but I imagine way better with co-op. Of course that would mean I'd need a second controller and a second player. Two things I lack right now.

I got my ass kicked in the second level though. I get stuck at that second barrier (just after the platforms with the spikes in between and fire statues). The fuck? I used the two catapaults that I saw and it's still there!

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-10-11 08:25pm

Ahhhh.... Mortal Kombat. I got C's in Elementary Accounting II and QBA I thanks to the untimely release of Mortal Kombat II in 1995.