Xazeon Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Mortal Kombat, commonly abbreviated MK, is a series of fighting games created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. The first four renditions and their updates were developed by Midway Games and initially released on arcade machines. The arcade titles were later picked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the home console conversions. Beginning with Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Midway Games exclusively created home versions of Mortal Kombat up until Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Following Midway's bankruptcy, the franchise was picked up by Warner Bros. in July 2009 and became a part of the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Branch. The series began originally as a game based on the popular actor martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme. The idea fell through and Mortal Kombat was born instead. As a result of its success, Mortal Kombat has spawned many sequels and has been spun off into several adventure games, films (animated and live-action with its own sequel), and television series (animated and live-action). Other spin-offs include various comic book series, a card game and a live-action tour. The original three games and their updates, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, were styled in a 2-D fighting fashion with gameplay consisting of five buttons that were high punch, low punch, high kick, low kick, and block. Reviewers have stated that because of this the characters are only differentiated by their special moves. In fact, some reviewers have criticized that the "bewildering array" of special moves in comparison to other fighting games has resulted in too little focus on regular moves. The series is especially noted for its realistic digitized sprites (which differentiated it from its contemporaries' hand-drawn sprites), and its high levels of blood and gore, including, most notably, its graphic Fatalities—finishing moves, requiring a sequence of buttons to perform, which, in part, led to the creation of the ESRB. I'll start off discussing. Do you, YCM, think I should get MK vs DC or MK9? I realize there isn't as much blood and gore in MK vs DC but some of my favorite super heroes are in it :[b][/b]D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 MK vs DC is for DC fans only, I found it to be a bad bad game. Get MK9 instead if you aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xazeon Posted June 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'm a fan of both, but I don't think my parents would let me get another M-rated game (I'm limited to how many I can have) so I'll buy MK vs DC and when I spend time with my older brother I'll go and get MK9 then. New topic: What is your favorite fatality for MK9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xazeon Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Far too gory for me. I'm squeamish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabmonk99 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 [quote name='Xazeon' timestamp='1308405657' post='5292322'] bump [/quote] Since I own the game, and have unlocked everything there is to unlock, I got a lot of choices... But I love all MK characters equally so I can't really put one on top of the other. (get MK9. If you have a PS3 you get Kratos ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzuxon Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 All I have to say is Baraka is the coolest MK character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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