The Cynical Critic

Now that E3 is over, we have finally been presented some answers to a number of questions that most of us have been pondering for awhile. One of those questions happen to be: “In the new Mortal Kombat game, are their going to be fatalities?” And my answer is this: Yes. There will be.

In case you haven’t heard, the newest Mortal Kombat game (which is to be released for the Xbox 360 and the PS3), is to feature not only a number of Mortal Kombat characters, but also a handful of characters from the DC comics realm. Now as weird as this seems, let’s not forget that Capcom did the very same thing with Streetfighter vs. Marvel, and we all know how well that turned out.

However, along with the addition of DC also came the mandatory “T” ESRB rating for the game as well. Initially, most fans assumed that without the “M” rating, there would certainly be no fatalities in game, but I am here to tell you that simply is just not the case. Fatalities have been confirmed, however they have also been indefinitely toned down.

Along with this a few new additions to the gameplay have been added, one of those which includes something entitled “Free Fall Kombat”. Free Fall Kombat is a sequence that is initiated during a battle when one character throws or knocks another player off a level, thus resulting in both characters starting a free fall. During the fall, bother characters can still fight, and as they land consecutive blows, it charges a “super meter”, which when fully charged allows each character to do a unique, special move. Another addition to gameplay is the “Klose Kombat” system which is a mode you can enter during a fight, causing the characters to lock with each other and the perspective to change to a close-up of the two, to make for an interval of close-quarters fighting (much like in boxing games).

Finally, at least two new mini games have also been confirmed for the new Mortal Kombat, and online play has also been confirmed for both systems.

As of now, the full character roster is still a mystery, but a number of characters have been shown. Those characters include: Scorpion, Sub Zero, Shang Tsung, Sonya Blade, Liu Kang, Superman, Batman, Catwoman, The Flash, and Captain Marvel. All I can say is that having a battle between Scorpion and Batman is sure to prove entertaining at the very least.

Here’s a trailer for those of you that are interested.