14 Video Games You Should Never EVER Play

7. Mortal Kombat: Mythologies - Sub-Zero

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After the success of Mortal Kombat 1-3, the franchise tried to branch out with an action-adventure spin-off starring fan-favourite, Sub-Zero.

It sounds like a great idea on paper but the finished product, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, was the worst game in the series. So, what happened?

Despite the fact that that Mortal Kombat games can be a little hit-and-miss, they've always been praised for their precise controls. These controls work great in a fighting game. However, they are completely ill-suited for an adventure-action game like MK Mythologies that focuses on precise platform jumping.

Each level is filled with instant-kill booby-traps that you cannot see coming upon your first play through, meaning that players suffer many, many unfair, cheap deaths. Sometimes, the foreground obscures the background so you can't even see what's happening.

The cutscenes had such dreadful acting, UGO Networks crowned them as The Worst Cutscenes in Gaming History.

If the game did well, the developers intended to create multiple spinoffs of the franchise. When this game tanked, the creators abandoned that idea and focused on the main series instead.

The only redeeming feature is the blooper reel of the actors screwing up their lines and breaking character.

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