7 Video Games That Exploited Your Nostalgia (And WON)

So when answering the question of "which part of the collective consciousness to mine for a good old nostalgia blast" Netherrealms Studios simply responded with "All of it. Every last drop"

Now, this might seem like hyperbole but seriously just take a look at the DLC characters for Mortal Kombat 11 and try and tell me your inner child isn't experiencing a sugar rush unlike anything else.

Rambo, The Terminator, and freakin' ROBOCOP join the roster of stone-cold killers in a manner that screams "remember these guys?" and continues a rather epic trend of the studio pumping fans full of fizzy nostalgia pop what with their previous efforts including The Xenomorph, Leatherface and Predator.

It seems like any movie IP worth a damn has been well and truly mined, as have the wallets of fans who were more than willing to splash the gore-soaked cash. What separates these characters from other Tesco-brand tie-ins is the fact that these characters fit perfectly with the violent and over-the-top tones of Mortal Kombat.

Splitting heads, slitting throats, and burning the remains with acid blood feels like a continuation of each movie's IP and as such feels like a nostalgia hit that punches through your very spine.