10 Video Games With Unimaginably Complicated Lore

10. Mortal Kombat

The Mortal Kombat game series contains over 80 characters, not counting DLC special guests like Freddy Krueger or the new heroes and villains from MK vs. DC Universe. Each of those kombatants has a shared history in the complicated lore of Mortal Kombat, having affected real change upon each other through the years. With this grand tale being spread across multiple realms of reality, many of which also have shared histories, it's safe to say that Mortal Kombat is a game series with a lot of lore.

So much, in fact, that they decided to give it to us twice. Mortal Kombat 9 (or just Mortal Kombat as it's mainly known) started with the end of everything and Raiden desperately sending a message back through time to his past self. From that moment on the events of the first few games are retold with some key differences. Those who died were able to survive, while others died in their place during this version of events. All of which led to new heroes and villains taking centre-stage in events that were both familiar and wholly alien to fans.