'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' ( which started life on earlier consoles as 'Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3' ) met with mostly hostile reviews when it first appeared in 1996, mostly because as it was basically the first three games all crammed into one, fans felt somehow cheated. It is certainly true that there is many negative points to the game, such as its brutal difficulty, high number of glitches ( notice how either some characters do not have their names announced at the character selection screen ) and also the dumbing down of some of the finishing moves, but all that aside it is still a grand little game, well worth playing over and over again.
I did not get to play 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' until 1998 ( even though I was well underage ) when my dad rented it from our local video rental store ( oh how I miss them ). When I first played it, it was like all my birthdays had come at once. I was so hooked on it, I even tried staying up past my bedtime to have a sly game with the bedroom light off and the volume down on the television. Of course, I was busted moments later. For weeks on end, this was all I ever talked about.
The plot for 'Trilogy' more or less is the same as its predecessor, 'Mortal Kombat 3'. Conquerour Shao Kahn rises yet again from the loss of his previous battle and attempts yet again to rule outworld. So, not really much to tell.
All of the characters from the first three games appear here, some albeit as remastered sprites ( as some of the actors who portrayed the sprites originally were fired from Midway, the corporation responsible for the game, following royalty issues ). Most of the original fatality moves are also retained ( though Sub Zero's fatality from 'M.K.1' in which he tears his opponent's head and spine from their body appears heavily censored ), though some are omitted completely, such as Jax's arm-rip fatality, Kuno Lao's hat slice fatality and the stage fatality on 'The Pit II' stage in which the opponent is uppercutted from the bridge and thrown onto a bed of rocks, all of which are from 'Mortal Kombat II'. Other finishing moves such as Friendships ( in which the character performs a kindly act towards their opponent. This was intended as the game's comic relief ), animalities ( in which the characters transforms into a dangerous animal to kill their opponent ) and babalities ( in which the opponent is turned into a baby ) are still included. An unlockable character named 'Chameleon' can also be found, if the correct procedures are followed. NOTE: In the N64 version of the game, Chameleon is a female ninja but in the other versions is a male ninja.
Though admittedly disappointed at the game lacking some of the original finishing moves from the previous games ( especially 'The Pit II' stage fatality ), 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' is my favourite out of all the games in the series. Unlike the 'Resident Evil' games, 'Mortal Kombat' did not dwindle in quality the same way the aforementioned zombie fest games did. In 2009, Midway Games went bankrupt and were taken over by Warner Bros, who developed 'Mortal Kombat 9' in 2011.
To sum up the entire game in general, I'll say it in the words of Shao Kahn: ''Outstanding!''.
I did not get to play 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' until 1998 ( even though I was well underage ) when my dad rented it from our local video rental store ( oh how I miss them ). When I first played it, it was like all my birthdays had come at once. I was so hooked on it, I even tried staying up past my bedtime to have a sly game with the bedroom light off and the volume down on the television. Of course, I was busted moments later. For weeks on end, this was all I ever talked about.
The plot for 'Trilogy' more or less is the same as its predecessor, 'Mortal Kombat 3'. Conquerour Shao Kahn rises yet again from the loss of his previous battle and attempts yet again to rule outworld. So, not really much to tell.
All of the characters from the first three games appear here, some albeit as remastered sprites ( as some of the actors who portrayed the sprites originally were fired from Midway, the corporation responsible for the game, following royalty issues ). Most of the original fatality moves are also retained ( though Sub Zero's fatality from 'M.K.1' in which he tears his opponent's head and spine from their body appears heavily censored ), though some are omitted completely, such as Jax's arm-rip fatality, Kuno Lao's hat slice fatality and the stage fatality on 'The Pit II' stage in which the opponent is uppercutted from the bridge and thrown onto a bed of rocks, all of which are from 'Mortal Kombat II'. Other finishing moves such as Friendships ( in which the character performs a kindly act towards their opponent. This was intended as the game's comic relief ), animalities ( in which the characters transforms into a dangerous animal to kill their opponent ) and babalities ( in which the opponent is turned into a baby ) are still included. An unlockable character named 'Chameleon' can also be found, if the correct procedures are followed. NOTE: In the N64 version of the game, Chameleon is a female ninja but in the other versions is a male ninja.
Though admittedly disappointed at the game lacking some of the original finishing moves from the previous games ( especially 'The Pit II' stage fatality ), 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' is my favourite out of all the games in the series. Unlike the 'Resident Evil' games, 'Mortal Kombat' did not dwindle in quality the same way the aforementioned zombie fest games did. In 2009, Midway Games went bankrupt and were taken over by Warner Bros, who developed 'Mortal Kombat 9' in 2011.
To sum up the entire game in general, I'll say it in the words of Shao Kahn: ''Outstanding!''.