Mortal Kombat 3

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Score Breakdown Based on 2278 ratings

1. 10 (375)
2. 9 (690)
3. 8 (764)
4. 7 (244)
5. 6 (78)
6. 5 (46)
7. 4 (22)
8. 3 (9)
9. 2 (15)
10. 1 (35)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:9.4

  It had to happen this way, but should have happened differently...

  By PWXShock | Review Date: Jun 19, 2006 | ARC

  Mortal Kombat 3 was the next logical step in the evolution of MK after MKII. The storyline took as much of a dramatic turn as the gameplay. Essentially every aspect of MKII's gameplay (as much as an improvement as that... Read Full Review

  6 of 7 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Mortal Kombat 3

• Rating:8.5

  The SNES version is SLIGHTLY better than this one...

  By 76850392 | Review Date: Apr 26, 2011 | GEN

  I remember as a child watching my older cousin Jamar and his cousin named "Chabra", and their cousins/friends play this at a cookout near my house! I remember it well, Chabra/Jamar's cousin called "B.J." had picked Cyrax... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  A good MK game,not as good as the first two MK games,but has combo attacks and faster speed.

  By ZanarkandTidus | Review Date: Sep 17, 2010 | GEN

  I loved playing MK and MK2 at the arcades and on my home console.MK3 changed things a bit by being the first MK game to have a combo attack system,and it has it's good and bad points. Some of the combo attacks do ov... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  Where's Scorpion?

  By georgeshearde9 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | GEN

  Mortal Kombat 3 is a great game. With great graphics, great sound, music and game play, you'd think that Mortal Kombat 3 is flaming hot, right? For the most part, yes. But there's only one thing that angers me about this... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  Its quite a good game, but not AS good as 2 because of the character roster.

  By mdmbuzz | Review Date: Aug 06, 2010 | ARC

  Mortal Kombat is back baby! With more blood, gore, fatalities, babalities, friendships, and of course, the brand new animalites and brutalities! (the brutalities are impossible to do though) ANYWAY off to the review! Wel... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  MK3 has a serious problem but it can't stop the game from being great!

  By snes_vs_ps1 | Review Date: May 04, 2010 | SNES

  personally,i think it's the best in series along with MK2 obviously.the main problem is that you can't win 2 battles in a row.after you win the first battle,the next one becomes impossible.& it's on very easy mode.the d... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  With all the new stuff it has, this is just simply amazing!

  By 76850392 | Review Date: Feb 14, 2010 | SNES

  I remember 14 years ago I would go over my cousins' house and would just watch them go against each other over and over again. They were pretty good! They knew almost every fatality! They would also start to put cheat co... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7

  Nowhere near as good or groundbreaking as Mortal Kombat 2

  By lightning_kf | Review Date: Mar 27, 2009 | SNES

  After the major success of Mortal Kombat 2 in 1994, Midway were at it again one year later with both the arcade and home console releases of Mortal Kombat 3. + New characters added to the mix Veteran MK players at th... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  fighting to a all new level

  By mariofreak156 | Review Date: Sep 24, 2008 | GG

  Mortal Kombat 3........ahhhhhh a great great game.the only good fighting game.it just never gets old. when i got it for the gamecube i didn't do good at first[because i had never played a fighting game then]but after a... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  Cut Characters and repetitive gameplay give a black eye to this other wise excellent fighter

  By snakes3425 | Review Date: Aug 28, 2008 | SNES

  In the history of video games, there is no greater or more controversal fighting game series then Mortal Kombat. The MK series introduced the world to many classic fighting game characters, including Sub-Zero, Scorpion, ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  Some good additions, but not quite good enough.

  By ForzaAbruzzo | Review Date: Aug 22, 2008 | GEN

  As a die hard MK fan and Genesis owner, I quickly rushed to stores to pick up my copy of MK3 upon release. Unfortunately, I did not find the addiction or sense of appeal to be a strong with the third installment as I di... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

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