Every single gamer, whether they be a casual brain trainer or an ultra-hardcore dungeon crawler, is familiar with the expression finish him and can give their best impression of the deep voice that signifies certain doom. Never one to shy away from violence, Mortal Kombat 9 fully utilised the graphics engine at their disposal to make for some truly stomach-churning gameplay. Mortal Kombat is a fighting game which of course are never without their fair share of violence. However, it adds its own brand of unique gore to the fray with special moves you can perform either to turn the tide of battle or to put your sorry opponent out of their misery. Each character in Mortal Kombat 9 has an x-ray move which you can perform in battle. This sees you deal an immense amount of damage to your opponent through a highly stylised, graphic x-ray view. Our preferred x-ray move was Stryker's use of his trusty police baton to crunch the skull of his enemy - you would think this would be enough to bump up the violence factor but no; developers NetheRealm would still give us those iconic fatalities. The fatalities normally include at least one limb being torn from the body of your opponent while others see you split them entirely in half leaving a pile of their entrails on the floor, covered in blood. This violence isnt new when it comes to Mortal Kombat, however its just far more realistic now than it was in the original back in 1992. With Mortal Kombat X on the horizon, get ready to hand out the finishers all over again.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
