Shock-horror, Mortal Kombat hasn't placed number one on a list celebrating gore! Does that make you feel apprehensive about what awaits in the last four entries? It should. NetherRealm Studios' historic beat 'em up franchise has always set itself apart from its contemporaries with excessive violence, to the point of being intentionally comical. After all, could you keep a straight face when one such Fatality involves Johnny Cage re-enacting that famous scene from The Shining by sticking his head through a gaping hole in someone's gut rather than a door? Getting a new Mortal Kombat game upon release is like opening a pack of Jelly Beans without the piece of card that tells you what each flavour is; you pick a character and spin the metaphorical roulette wheel to see which gory finisher you end up with. Queue the next four hours of taking turns with a mate to witness every single Fatality, Brutality and Quitality (for those that play against sore losers in online multiplayer) to see them all and agonise over which is your favourite. Fun times. https://youtu.be/2YxPFw7lfY0
Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.
