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Underneath the polish and ton of extras, which well get to later, is a revamped fighting engine.

First are the new power meters.

These are split into three sections, and as you fight, they fill up.

Its a great feature, and one that really adds to the game.

However, this feature really comes into its own once you fill up all three sections.

Luckily, theyre easily blocked if youre prepared, so they dont unbalance the game.

Another new feature has been borrowed from CapcomsVersusseries, and is the tag mode.

The quick tag moves could have been made easier, though, and are overly difficult to pull off.

Are you sitting Komfortably?

Its a great retooling of the tale, and is just what fans have been waiting for.

Krazy Kontent

Outside of the story, the modes are impressive in number, and surprisingly varied.

The most interesting mode, however, is Test your Luck.

Such modifiers include no specials, invisible health bars, limited ranged attacks and much more.

Its an interesting mode, and one thatll certainly be a favourite multiplayer option.

A mode thats sure to last players a while is the Challenge Tower mode.

As well as the challenge modes, theres also a training mode, which is very welcome, indeed.

Kash Konverter

As you win fights, complete challenges and generally play the games modes, youll earn Koins.

Well, after his escapades in his own games, did you expect anything else?

As far as other game characters go, Kratos is possibly the most suited toMortal Kombat.

Speaking of the roster,Mortal Kombats is impressive, with twenty-six to begin with and more unlockable.

This success is hit and miss, though, and some characters do have distinct advantages.

Fighters have always had this problem, though, so you cant criticiseMKtoo much.

The other problem I initially had when playingMKwas blocking.

Again, this is going to be subjective, and many may prefer the block button approach.

The block button does come in very handy for inputting fatality commands whilst keeping your fighter stationary, though.

MKfans simply must have this in their collection, pure and simple.

Not quite a flawless victory, but pretty damn close.

Mortal Kombatis out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.

Rating:

4 out of 5