Here's looking at you, Call of Duty. So TheGamer poses itself with the inevitable question: which of Mortal Kombat 's many chapters are the best of the best?
Below is a ranking of every mainline Mortal Kombat game to have emerged over the course of its long and storied career. As a slight catch, TheGamer is only ranking the main entries in the series. So crossover titles, spin-offs, remakes and the like are barred from entry.
Without further ado, let's begin! At a glance, Armageddon actually seems to have a lot to offer. After all, it came with a truly massive character roster, multiple fighting styles for most of those characters, and a seemingly unprecedented amount of freedom with its Kreate-a-Fighter feature. Although the series had seen an upturn with its preceding two games, a multitude of Armageddon 's new features and modes were underwhelming enough to tank its playability.
The Kreate-a-Fighter and Kreate-a-Fatality customization systems were particularly bad, being misleadingly limited and detracting from the game's classic charm immensely. While Mortal Kombat 4 certainly offered a few saving graces, it's also largely responsible for setting the stage when it came to some of the franchise's most disappointing entries and spin-offs. The most divisive direction it nudged the series in was in terms of graphical presentation, which was likely to be expected, given that it was MK 's first foray into three-dimensional graphics.
Nonetheless, critics drew unfavorable comparisons to other 3D fighters of the time, and the new characters it brought to the table were entirely forgettable. Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 , by extension is truly a mixed bag. On one hand, it's the culmination of and final entry in the series' truly classic roots. On the other, its lack of innovation failed to keep pace with other fighting franchises, and those additions that were made didn't go over very well, such as the run bar.
It also served as a prelude for arguably the series' lowest point, being followed by ill-conceived spin-off titles and some of the weakest entries in the main series to date. This game is also popular as Mortal Kombat 9.
This edition also received quite complimenting reviews and was also awarded as the fighting game of the year. Since it sold one million copies following its release, it is safe to say it was a huge commercial success. Some countries even banned this version of the MK series because of the violence shown in the game. Countries like Australia, South Korea, and Germany did not support the release of this fighting game. It was only in that Australia lifted the ban and it was placed among the R-rated game.
It was rated 8. This edition of the MK series is rated 8. This edition was made to look different from the original Mortal Kombat game. The game also got new equipment and the theme and style of this version were denser. Developers also added multiple layers of parallax scrolling in this arcade version of the MK series. The story picks up from the time emperor Shao Kahn invokes a Mortal Kombat tournament rematch. After that, Raiden gathers his Earthrealm forces and takes his warriors into Outworld.
This was the first-ever MK game that Midway developed and published. This game revolves around characters that have many intentions.
They enter into martial arts tournaments that have global consequences. This game received 8. It became one of the best sellers of all time, and also had many spin-offs. This 7. The anger that has brought the realms to the brink of total devastation. Every warrior of the game has been called to a last epic battle, where survival depends on who bests who.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon was favored among the masses. One of the striking features of this edition is the complete character roster. There are a total of 62 warriors in the MK version. This has every single playable character from the last 6 game installments.
Khameleon was a secret character from the Nintendo 64 version of the MK trilogy and it was added to the roster of the Wii version on popular demand. This was an update of Mortal Kombat 3 with a rating of 8. UMK 3 was welcomed and raised a bar to a new level. New characters like Frost, Blaze, and others were introduced. It added three new modes, Survival, Tag Team, and Practice. It also introduced weapon fatalities.
Deception was the first game to introduce open-world exploration during Konquest Mode. It also featured the minigames Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat. Shaolin Monks is so far the last spin-off ever made for the series. It featured a co-op campaign and a versus mode for two-players to fight together or against each other.
The seventh game in the story featured practically every character from the previous games including a create your own hero mechanic called Kreate A Fighter. Players could also create their own Fatalities. A new minigame called Motor Kombat played similarly to Mario Kart. It was also the first to feature a plot designed around rewriting history. Unchained was a port of Armageddon for the PlayStation Portable.
It also had the Puzzle Kombat mini-game from Deception. This was the first crossover game and takes place between the second and third games in the main series. It was the last game made by Midway before they went bankrupt and sold the franchise to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
It introduced the X-ray move which allows players to see the internal impact of brutal blows against the enemy.
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