I just thought I'd add some information about this game that I got from Game Informer issue 139(November 2004). A lot of this you may have read and known about, but I tried to be a bit more in depth.
The Gameplay: is both single and co-op and you can play as Liu Kang and Kung Lao. It plays like a beat 'em up, but it's not a button smasher. The moves are more like that of a fighting game. The fighting is multidirectional, so you won't be attacked at once. So you can attack from the front, back and both sides. The attack buttons consist of fast, medium, hard and throw. There's also a bit of platforming, so you'll be double jumping over pits, running up walls and climbing up poles. Also you'll be able to fight alongside other AI controled MK characters.
The Moves: For each enemy you kill you'll gain experience which allows you to purchase more deadlier moves and upgrades. Such as Liu's fireball can be upgraded to 1, then 2, then 3 fireballs and even being able throw them from the air. Kung Lao's hat can first be thrown, then it can bounce off walls, then it can home in on enemies. Also there are various weapons also, so you can cut off enemies heads, arms and cut them in half.
The Levels: The levels are based from MK stages. Take for instance the living forest. In the game, the trees are alive and they move. What's more interesting is that you throw enemies into the mouth of the trees and watch them get munched on in all its gory glory.
The Puzzles: Bet you think you would have to deal with these, but even the puzzles have a MK twist. There's one puzzle where you have to knock enemies onto the fangs of this skull chandelier. Once enough enemies are hanging from the fangs, the weight will lower the it into a pit of fire allowing you to jump onto the upper platform. Once the bodies are burned off, the chandelier will rise once again, taking you to the area.
The Bosses: The bosses will actually consist characters from MK. The one with Kitana, Mileena and Jade actually starts off with you fighting Kitana who is under an evil spell, so you can't kill her. You have to lead her toward the edge and knock her through a portal. A second later her body hits the ground with cage around her. Suddenly Jade and Mileena show up to fight you, and if you let one of them free Kitana, well you better start praying.
Another one is with a giant snake and Reptile is riding on its head. So you have beat the snake before you can even fight Reptile. The snake will try to bite you and eat you. If you end up in his mouth, there's gonna be a test your might to get out. The only way to beat the snake is making it crash into the pillars while trying get some hits in. Once all the pillars break, the floor will give way and you crash in some watery pit, the fall kills the snake, but you have to fight Reptile.
The Fatalities: It wouldn't be MK without these, there are going to be about 10 fatalities for the two characters, 5 team fatalities, and the bosses may also have some. Fatalities come in 3 levels, level 1 you kill one enemy, level 2 you take out more foes with a deadlier attack. Level 3 is Brutality, you basically get 15 seconds to perform one hit kills on all those around you. To perform a fatality, all you need to do is input the button sequence and the screen goes black. One of Liu Kang's involves him uppercutting off his enemies head, then as the screen spins in slo-mo, Liu does a bicycle kick that knock the head back at the body.
The Secrets: There's a lot of hidden things in the game, moves, fatalities, characters, etc. The developers actually added a lot of things from the old games. Like if you look at the picture will the moon you'll see Santa. Another ones is that if you find Ermac, you fight him and if you beat him, unlock Sub-Zero as a playable character.
I hope I helped with this bit of info and I'll end it now and just remember that.............Scorpion rules
"Congragulations.Your still alive....Most people are so ungreatful of being alive.But not you.".~~Saw puppet.
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