E3 06: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Hands-On

By Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpotPosted May 9, 2006 6:36 pm PT

It's the moment you've all been waiting for: UMK3 is finally being shown in playable form.

LOS ANGELES--It was announced back at a Midway event earlier this year, and now Microsoft is showing off Midway's classic 2D-fighting game, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, in playable form. The emulation isn't perfect, but for an early version of the game, it already seems pretty playable.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was the upgrade for MK3 that added more characters, backgrounds, and important moves, such as Stryker's gun. All of that 2D-fighting action is contained in the early playable build that Microsoft is showing off. What's currently missing from the game is sound effects. Also, the controls work fine, but they felt a little sluggish, and the online feature wasn't available, which is pretty much the game's key feature.

On the achievement front, you'll earn points for finishers, like for finishing a fight with a babality over Xbox Live, giving mercy, executing a fatality, and so on. You'll also earn points for getting 10 wins, landing a five-hit combo, and so on.

The gameplay is right, and the emulation seems solid so far. Stuff like the prematch "kombat kodes" work, letting you enter the all-powerful, extremely exciting "throwing encouraged" code, and so on.

As one of the greatest fighting games ever made, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 definitely stands out as one of the best chances for online fighting on the Xbox 360 later this year. We hope that aspect of the game, along with the sound and control, will be ready to go when the game releases.

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LGAKAgregory
Posted Jul 16, 2007 8:11 pm PT

First i Love Mortal Kombat but WHy in the gods name its 800 mic. points?
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kmart_43210
Posted Oct 1, 2006 10:01 am PT

Cant wait
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chiefmegadeth
Posted Sep 22, 2006 9:05 am PT

when is it coming im dieing here,please soon very soon
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F1sTDaCuffS
Posted Sep 6, 2006 7:24 am PT

any day now...........................
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jakeboudville
Posted Aug 25, 2006 12:10 am PT

sounds fun
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EternalEnigma
Posted Aug 8, 2006 9:06 pm PT

DarthMaul135

It's a port of a game that came out in 1995. It's going to have the same graphics it had back then.
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DarthMaul135
Posted Jul 24, 2006 5:51 pm PT

So it's 2d, are graphics gonna be any where near deception or armageddon?
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minime78362
Posted Jul 16, 2006 6:46 pm PT

First Comment on Old News.Yay!.
But yeah I can't wait for this game.
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