Hardcore MK fan since the release of the first Mortal Kombat and have played all of the different platform versions to date.
This game brought to the table something that we MK fans had never seen before; a story mode.
Obviously, it got a little repetitive before it ended but I was open-minded and just excited to be able to do more than just fight against my friends who either are too good, or just plain pathetic.
I also like the fact that, as Sub-Zero, you were able to kill "Scorpion" in the first level. The developers obviously wanted to give some closure to a bunch of Sub-Zero fans.
I'm more of a "Scorpion" and "Reptile" fan myself but have no beef with the Sub-Man. (Pun intended)
It's now 2008 when I'm typing this so I'm sure that it's almost impossible to be able to rent this game first before buying, but go buy it on Amazon.com or something. It should cost less than what you use to pay to rent an N64 game anyway.