DAY 2 Of the MK 9 DEMO - IT ROCKS!

What made me an MK fan years ago seems to be back now....ABOUT DAMN TIME MIDWAY!

Following Review is from a player who played with an Arcade Stick.

When I was a still a kid, grade 8, I had MK deception for the PS2, I quickly became obsessed with it, what a fun game this was. I quickly became a huge fan I must say, but the following games after MK:Deception were a REAL deception.

Was that some warning/advertising midway? lol

MK Armageddon...
MK VS DC -Blaaargh- <-- This is what made me give up on the franchise honestly, I was SO deceived.

But now comes MK9. I finally had the chance to play the Demo last night, since I was busy with real life and stuff. So I turn'd my PS3 on and downloaded the demo, and ultimately started playing...and WAMMM!! Right when you open the menu you have Scorpion punching the crap out of Sub-Zero -laughs-. Just the style that the menu adopted was awesome compared to it's predecessors. Anyway, after laughing for a moment I went to pick my character, I started as Sub-Zero.

Noooooow.. I knew that the gameplay was back to it's 2D roots, but what was I supposed to expect? All I thought back then was 'Wow, it looks amazing!'

Round 1 - FIGHT!!!
''Oh yes yes yes! Back dash, foward dash,''
'' Sub-Zero's move list is really well done and complete''
''Typical 2D action is finally back!''

Those were my thoughts during the first 40 seconds, then I started laughing my ass off simply because it was hilarious. When you mash (1) ( Square for PS3 ) Sub-Zero gives his opponent some particular 'Bitch Slap'. This amusing motion made me spam this attack on my opponent for the first round, I then began to explore the controls a bit more. I took at look at the bottom of the screen aaaaannnd what am I seeing?

A 3 bar system for special moves? Great, but what happens when it's full?Well there goes your answer.

When the 3 bars are full, you press R2 and L2 simultaniously to perform the X-Ray moves, which are pretty brutal in their own way. -laughs-

In conclusion, Mortal Kombat is FINALLY back to what made MK....well, MK after all. The demo is simply amazing, and I'm still playing it as I write this post -pauses game-. I'm totally picking this up in april, and if you're a fighitng game fan, an MK fan or even, any type of gamer out there, casual like hardcore, MK 9 seems to be a great experience, definitly download this demo, it's tons of fun for free, the typical MK feeling is there, the soundtracks is great! Remakes of the old songs! And the gameplay is absolutely fantastic! I recommend this to anyone who wants to play something simple and entertaining.


Was it worth the wait? Worth the hype? Absolutely! I think this game might make me return to the fan I once was.