Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Disappointing"

After mortal kombat vs dc universe's failure midway (now known as neatherealm studios) went bankrupt and almost had too shut down until good ole DC picked up there falling pieces. When a new MK was announced a Mortal kombat with gore and brutal fatalities the fans got very excited and generated hype. What we or I should say I got wasn't what I wanted. Lets get the good things outta the way. Mortal Kombat 9's fatalities are excellent. This is the gore Mortal kombat is known for. Ripping arms and heads of and even cutting people in half was neve uncommon for this series. When you beat someone to a living pulp and the classic FINISH HIM/HER comes on the screen it is incredibly satisfying to do and watch. They are also quite simple to pull of though as they are now in the moves menu unlike mk vs dc's where you had to magically figure it out yourself. Next to god of war 3 this is the bloodiest game I have ever seen. The story though simple (like most of this game is) is quite easy to follow. The story is basically an alternate version of the first 3 mortal kombat games. I own't spoil anything but I'll say it is easy to follow and moderately entertaining. But mortal kombat is about well "kombat" No ? This is where the combat falls flat. Each character has a very small move set and are not satisfying to pull off at all. (an exception is kratos) there is also no real point to even using any of scorpions combos as you can just do the same punch punch kick move to win every fight. I don't know about you guys but I liked 3-D MK better. there was a bit of strategy to the fights with 3-D now you are in a small confined space with little to no room. Simplified yes but not exactly easy. While trying to do a combo that apparently did sooo much damage i was crouching and jumping like an idiot. So yes mk9 controls are still bad. Online gaemeplay is here but fighting with others online was never fun as people would just spam the same move over and over again and watching live matches is not fun either for the same reason. So I guess hardcore Mk fans with adore this because there precious gore has returned but with its unsatisfying combat and frustrating online I don't recommend this to many.