From the totally random crossover department...

[rock_nog]

He is in the Mario Kart arcade game, though... I think that's what Mott was thinking of. Which, incidentally, is totally unfair. I mean, we don't even get the Mario Kart arcade game here in the States (to my knowledge). The least they could do would be into include Pac-man in one of the console games, as like an unlockable or something.

[Warlock]

He is in the Mario Kart arcade game, though... I think that's what Mott was thinking of. Which, incidentally, is totally unfair. I mean, we don't even get the Mario Kart arcade game here in the States (to my knowledge). The least they could do would be into include Pac-man in one of the console games, as like an unlockable or something.

True, but that game was actually made by Namco.

[rock_nog]

Well then I blame Nintendo for not securing the right to include Pac-man in future Mario Kart games as part of the deal.

[Warlock]

Well then I blame Nintendo for not securing the right to include Pac-man in future Mario Kart games as part of the deal.

But that would suck How does Pac-man even pilot a go-kart? He's just a limbless yellow ball with a mouth

[MottZilla]

I was being sarcastic.

Let's face it, the main selling point of the Mortal Kombat games is the gore. Without that, all you have left is a mediocre beat-'em-up.

No you don't. A "Beat 'em Up" is a game like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the arcade game, Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc. Mortal Kombat is a Fighter. And it is much better than mediocre in most of its installments. Some those like MK4 I didn't care for.

[Dragon]

Mortal Kombat had its high points when it was 2d, back then the digitized look and the fatalities really set it apart from the pack. The series lost a lot of steam once it hit 4 though, and while DA and deception were good... I don't understand any argument that says Armageddon wasn't crap, and I fear this crossover will fall to the same fate.

Mortal Kombat had good gameplay back in the day, and was better than medicore (but not great), cool endings and gore were not the icing on the cake though... it was the freaking cake. Without the gore the series would have ended with MK1. There was a reason MK was packed in ever arcade around, and that reason was you could rip someone's head off.

Mortal Kombat has a spotty history in 3d, while DA and Deception were cool (good unlockables, cool endings, backgrounds and fatalities), MK4 was pretty bad, and the last one plain sucked. I rented it over the weekend when it came out, and it didn't take long to hate it, the crappy mario kart ripoff mode, the stupid word scroll endings, and the lack of individual fatalities. The 3d gameplay is okay, but just about any other 3d fighter blows it away.

The crossover idea is the final nail in this series coffin, you got Superman, Batman, then what? Scorpion vs Wonder Woman (very odd)? Green Lantern (could be cool)? Green Arrow? Eventually even with using villians you are going to run out of good DC characters, and you just know Aquaman is going to be in there... with the great super power of making everyone pity him.

Bottom line, looks bad. Unless there is a free demo that blows me away... this will be the best Mortal Kombat to walk away cautiously from.