It will be a day one buy for me.Each character in Mortal Kombat 9 (2011 version) has multiple regular fatalities, one babality, and a stage fatality (on certain stages) that they can perform at the end of the round if they win. Freddie Kruger was a great guest character. How can they top this? Also have to give them their props. As good as this is, I am a little worried about the next version. Again like all fighters these days, the DLC was a rip off but at least they did not go the extreme's of Ark System or Capcom. Each fighter only has 2 throws and the counter is more of just pushing away from the other fighter. Also I wish their were more variety in throws and a better counter system. However it is much improved over past MK's. My main problem is the animation is not as fluid as most other fighters. But newbies will have to practice to beat the vets. It looks awesome, it is brutal, and it is fun without being difficult to master. The game simply has the meat other fighters lack. Online play is well done and the normal arcade modes are there as well. Some of these are very challenging and give the game variety most fighters lack.
No throws, fighting 2 enemies, hitting fighters when they are in the light, and so on and so forth. There is also a new mode which is 200 (Or was it 300?) stages where certain things need to be done. The crypt is back and the unlockables are endless. The story mode will take a few hours to complete but it is worth the play through. These have never been better or more brutal. Of course the staple fatalities are back and babalities make a return as well. It is a remake in that regard, Bit each fighters moves look a bit different and the game is nicely balanced, good enough even for tourney play.
A larger move list, special x-ray moves which look cool as hell, more special moves per fighter, and that is basically all that has been added to the fighting. It plays like the MK's of old 2-D plane and all. The 360 version does not have Kratos however. All of the fighters are also from the first 3 games except the downloadable fighters. There are over 30 fighting stages, most remakes of older ones from MK 1-3. Well it apparently did well because WB Games gave them infinite money to make this game and it shows. After MK VS DC I thought Netherrealm Studios were done. Well Ed Boon and company is here to show how things are done. Games like DOA and Street Fighter do not even try and you can see everything aside from costumes in a 30 minute play session. It doesn't help that the stories in fighting games border on ridiculous. There just isn't a lot you can do for replay value for those without a great internet connection.
Fighters have really been in a dark place for a while. I grew up with fighters and football being my favorite genre. Fighters have really been in a dark place for a Well I wasn't expecting this. Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors is a collection of electronic music inspired by the game and is executive produced by JFK (of the DJ/ production duo MSTRKRFT and Death From Above 1979).
The game also offers 15 Klassic Skins and three Klassic Fatalities (Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile). The DLC includes fan-favorite warriors Skarlet, Kenshi and Rain, as well as the infamous dream stalker Freddy Krueger.