Mortal Kombat (2011) > a half-assed review

FATALITY LIVES THE DEADLIEST TOURNAMENT IS BACK WITH ALL THE KOMBATANTS AND THEIR UNIQUE FATALITIES. We basically skipped this title for a lot because we had so much fun with the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe fights, and by the time we got tired of that, Injustice was released and we spent a lot of time playing that too. After a while, I managed to snag this for like £5 from a boot sale, so basically free, and although it was a few years old, it’s still fun to play, especially in the 1vs1 couch mode competition. Released in 2011, it brings nice graphics, a return to the roots of MK, with a lot of gore, introducing X-Ray supermoves and fatalities. There are some new game modes, like Test Your Might or Test Your Sight, but they are only mini-games which in my opinion only act like content padding. Thankfully, you can ignore them completely and just go bashing your friends. Thinking backwards in time from Mortal Kombat 11 and X/XL, you can see where those evolved from and it’s a fun to…