Mortal Kombat: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, Jax, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Raiden, Kitana, Kano, Baraka, and Shao Kahn. The roster finds eleven characters from each side.

A shame because Batman beheading the Joker would have been amazing. Despite even the implied violence everything comes off as uber-tame. Don’t expect heads to be flying or limbs to be severed. All-in-all its exactly what we’d expect, but the Fatalities? They’re horribly nerfed. Character models display damage like bruises, cuts, and torn clothing. Every time someone gets hit, the grue flies accordingly. Now let me get this out of way … There is blood in the game despite its T rating. For the MK crew it would be business as bloody usual, but for DC there were some tweaks in order! The heroes would perform Brutalities (in which they pummel someone to the brink of death), and the villains like the MK‘ers would perform Fatalities. Okay, so fun’s one thing, but how about the gore we’re used to? Here’s the harsh reality - DC was not about to let any of its characters get disemboweled by anyone, and they certainly were not going to let goodie-goods like Superman or Wonder Woman become stone killers for a video game, so a compromise needed to be made. Nifty!Īfter you’re done with that, there’s the classic arcade mode, which lets you choose either all MK characters, all DC characters, or a mixture of both. Even better, depending on which side you choose, the storylines vary and intersect. The dialogue ranges from downright hilarious to way too cheesy, but you know what? In the end it was a lot of fun. Sound a bit convoluted and confusing? Honestly, it is, but seeing the events play out does a lot more justice to the affair than just reading about them. From there the MK and DC factions clash, each figuring the other are invaders looking to destroy the world, when in fact it is Dark Khan looking for the ultimate destruction. Even worse, being that this was happening at the same time in two different places to two different beings, Khan and Darkseid ended up merging, thus creating a new foe named Dark Khan. These energies managed to merge together and create a portal between the two realities. At the same time in both universes, super villains Shao Khan and Darkseid were being vanquished by Raiden and Superman (who were using their electricity and heat vision), respectively. Would the series’ trademark Fatalities be gone? Would there be blood and gore? And how the hell could these two universes be brought together in a way that actually made sense? Well, the time has come to judge what has gone right and what has gone wrong.įirst of all, the storyline is a surprising winner penned by comics legends Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. For months there was nothing but questions.

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