When will this series die? Seriously, the game is just a big joke and the only reason anyone plays it is to see the comical fatalities.
The first Mortal Kombat game had some appeal. It was new, different, and ultra gory at the time. After a while, players discovered it was extremely shallow and had little replay. MK2 came out a bit later and it was an improvement. More characters, a few new moves and combos, and the gameplay was genuinely more interesting. CPU opponents were still poorly programmed, and relied on cheating to win.
Then came MK3... It was all downhill at this point. They should have gave up after MK2. The ridiculous instant-combos you'd get by just mashing a series of buttons. It was like playing a game of Simon where you just regurgitated the sequence. Most of the new characters had a very similar repertoire of moves which differed only in graphical effect. The programmers must've realised there was no depth to this game, so they artificially extended it's longevity by adding even MORE secrets to it (which you'll notice is now a common tactic to cover up for a shoddy game, along with "unlockables"). Poor game, all around.
The series never recovered and I'm surprised they're still able to get funding to push these stinkers out the door.
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