Mortal Kombat II

Review

by Ben Lau

Mortal Kombat II is as much fun as the first Mortal Kombat was, and better. Mortal Kombat II is such an improvement over the original. This time around the colors is more colorful and rich in the backgrounds. This game is so loaded with secrets that it just increases the replay value even more. Instead of just the old finishing moves you can pull off to kill your opponent, there are now "babalities" which turn your opponents into babies to humiliate them. You can also use friendships now, which is just a way to finish them without killing them. The finishing moves are still there and now most characters have at least two different ones. The control is fairly decent and the moves are easy to use, but the fatalities take a little of practice before you can pull them off easily.

It's kind of difficult to finish this game because of how tough the last two bosses are, but after a little practice you'll find out the boss' patterns and be able to beat them easily. Each character has his or her strengths and weaknesses; some fighters may be very strong but slow, or very fast but weak. But most likely you'll use everyone just to see all of his or her violent fatalities! It may take a long time but chances are you'll play this game until you've seen every secret there is to see in it so definitely give this one a try if you like fighting games or just plain violence.