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This is my first Mortal Kombat

by bulletstorm

So a friend brought over a copy of Mortal Kombat, I maybe got an hour in with it, and played some story - and I'm very hooked. I've read up on all the characters and lore and stuff and, well. Yeah. Hooked is the best way to describe it. And I watched the Mortal Kombat rebirth pitch video and that is like 1000 times more awesome to me now. So. Now, I think I should jump in with two feet here. I...

So a friend brought over a copy of Mortal Kombat, I maybe got an hour in with it, and played some story - and I'm very hooked. I've read up on all the characters and lore and stuff and, well. Yeah. Hooked is the best way to describe it. 


And I watched the Mortal Kombat rebirth pitch video and that is like 1000 times more awesome to me now. 

So. Now, I think I should jump in with two feet here. I really like fighting games but, I only own MvC2 and all the Tekkens for PS2 - I play a bunch of SFIV - but I really think I should just get it all - the game and fight stick - the latter so I can play the other fighting games I like.

Am I being rational? Or should I play more of my friend's copy of Mortal Kombat before I drop the money on that?