Mortal Kombat Trilogy

The Good
Nothing.

The Bad
I liked the original MK, MK2 was awesome, and MK3 was horrible, these three games combined make up the disappointing MK Trilogy. It would have been an awesome game if they gave you the option to play the three games separately in there entirety, instead they bunched them up and left out several aspects from each MK game. There are only a couple of character outfits from the original MK and MK2 games, and some of the backgrounds from the previous two versions were left out as well. The new aggressor mode and brutalities are uncreative and not amusing at all. The brutality finisher is nothing more than one combo repeated over and over, faster and faster until the player explodes after an uppercut. This is stupid.

The Bottom Line
This could have been one of the best games of all-time, but the makers carelessly threw together three good games to make this mess. Almost everything from the three MK versions are in Trilogy, but almost just isn't good enough, like this crummy excuse of a compilation.

The Good
What I find incredible is that so many people bash this game...They site poor graphics and inferior sound, now while the latter may be applicable the former certainly is not...providing that you have an S-video cable attached to your N64. The characters are full sized and control well. There are a ton a moves to memorize and if you can master juggling it unlocks more depth as well. It is fun to pummel your friends into submission w/ a brutality or the occasional arcade machine to the head has never hurt anyone.

The Bad
My only gripe is that the audio is unbalanced and you have to do a reasonable amount of tweaking for it to sound decent. I am almost positive it is mastered in mono so sometimes a few of the sounds will bleed together. You can change this by lowering your bass a bit and in the options menu increasing the sound effects and lowing the music a tad. Once you correct these minor problems the game plays and sounds like the arcade games it was based on.

The Bottom Line
If you can find this game for 10 bucks somewhere...buy it. It is an excellent game w/ loads of characters. If you memorize the master code you're all set...everything is unlocked! Set the game to 'Bloody Kombat' and start bashing in skulls. This is one of the best 2D fighters of yester-year because it is shamelessly gratuitous and it does not try hide this one bit!

The Good
First of all, a great aspect of this game is the many characters. You have the option of playing as a lot of people, from older and newer Mortal Kombats. This is a fun thing, especially if you play with friends. Mortal Kombat Trilogy could last an entire weekend party.

The Bad
The graphics are the classic Snes graphics, which struck me as a silly thing. Why is this game for the N64? The n64 was made to handle better quality, 3der(is that a word?) graphics, so why did Midway put on the n64? They should have just put it on the SNES, cause thats what the 2D graphics fit for.

Sound and Music is as bad as the other Mortal Kombats. Although the game is okay, I never liked the music and sound of the Mortal Kombat series.

The Bottom Line
If this game was for the SNES, it would be a great game, but by putting it in the N64, it deserves a really low rating. <Not Reccomended unless you really like MK>

My Rating < 2 / 5 >