Mortal Kombat has been around for a long time. It's a cultural icon and
was responsible for the creation of the ESRB. This is because the game
is full of gore and people love games with lots of gore. Not to mention
the Fatalities are some of the coolest deaths in any game. But Mortal
Kombat Armageddon doesn't have the coolness factor that the previous
games have.
The first thing that makes this game fail is it's controls.
Specifically the Wiimote and Nunchuk attachment. To do your special
moves you must hold down the B button and move the Wiimote to the left,
right, up, down, or do half circle movement to do the attacks. This
might sound easy but getting them to work is a chore. They don't
register well and you'll do the movement over and over again just to
get it to work once. So instead of wasting time trying to do a special
move you can punch and kick. These are mapped to the D-pad on the
Wiimote. This is very awkward to do and it's not ideal.
But never fear because the Classic Controller and the GameCube
controller are both supported. But using either one completely defeats
the purpose of playing this game on the Wii. It just becomes the PS2
and Xbox versions of the game minus online play and it looks worse than
either of those version too.
The games combat system is just flat out pathetic. You've got your
simple stock standard punches and kicks, then you've got your grapple
moves and special moves. You can't string different combos together
either. So it's just basic button mashing mixed in with some special
moves making the fighting extremely unsatisfying.
There are over 60 characters in the game. You start out with all of
them with only 4 available to unlock. All the character play the same
with the exception of a select few. Every single character that has
ever been in a Mortal Kombat game is playable.
What the Wii version has that the other versions don't (other than the
Wii controls) is an Endurance mode. This mode has been in just about
every single fighting game known to man and MK has just got around to
putting it in there games it seems. This mode is exactly how you would
expect it to be. You fight until your die.
Other than your basic Arcade modes and versus modes there is a mode
called Konquest. In this mode you take control of an incredibly generic
character by the name of Taven. This mode plays like a really bad flash
game that you would play on the internet. The combat is bland and the
story is at best forgettable.There is also another Kart racer called
Motor Kombat. It's a small distraction and isn't anything special.
Mortal Kombat Armageddon is a average game at best. It's nothing
revolutionary and there are defiantly better fighting games out there
with better controls, deeper fighting systems, and better
differentiation between the characters. To put it simply, this game
isn't what you think it is and it's worth a rental if you feel the need
to play.
