I know this will probably get huge bad replies from a lot of the MK fans out there. Let me first say that I am a huge fan of MK, and can't wait for the new movie to come out, but let me explain why I feel that Mortal Kombat is finally dead.

Starting out with Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. When this game came out I'll admit I was excited to get a copy of it. But when I played it and the major let down of the speed of the game, the new styles, and worse yet, some crappy new fighters, I kind of felt like I was let down. In this game they piled so much into the Krypt that they ran out of room for anything fun for in game things. Like hidden finsihers, or better fighters all together. The bosses in the game were way too easy even on the very hard level setting of the game. Not being able to jump by pushing up, and crouch by pressing down, and the absence of everything true in all other MK games, the buttons. Now MK was just like any other 3D fighter with simple Attacks 1, 2, 3, and 4.

After a year of being out, MK Decpetion soon followed, and it at least gave us some of things we were so desperately wanting from before. More fighters including a lot of familiar faces returning, and new finishers, and now more levels. One real cool thing was the addition of Puzzel Fighter, and Konquest Story Mode. The only let down of the new mini games was Kombat Chess. It proved to be very boring at times. Unfortunatly the speed only increased a little, and the same choppy controls were there too. A lot of other MK fans though a major let down was that there were supposed to be these rumored Super Unlockables, but hey, if you think the game isn't going to do too well after being out a while, add a rumor to keep em playing it. Last but not least, the new Hara-Kiri move was a huge disappointment. It would have been better if the victor of the match told the opponent to do the move besides having the looser be the one to do it to themselves. If you ever played the CPU a lot, that's all it tries to do is a Hara-Kiri almost every time you win. Argh! Darn that CPU! Again, the last boss of the game is still easier than Shao Kahn ever was. At least Kahn was more difficult to pick up on the first time fighting him.

Around the corner is MK: Shaolin Monks which in my opinon doesn't look too promising. Sure it will relive our MKII past time experience, but if it is anything like MKV, or MKVI above we'll be fooled again.

It just seems now, Mortal Kombat doesn't seem to get better, it tends to get a little worse. MK's 1-Gold were all very huge, and popular, and fun. The fourth installment was the fastest of all and the most fun to play out of all the MKs if you like the fast paced fighting game style. The third game offered the most secrets, the second I believe offered the best graphics, and the first one of course was the ground breaker. The adventure games are okay, but I guess you've got to try out all your angles. In my opinoin, Mortal Kombat is only surviving because it has such a huge following, and a very interesting and detailed storyline. Although in the past few games from MK4-MK Decpetion the story line seemed to fall apart, it is still the one, and in my opinion the only thing drawing you back to the game for more. You've just got to know what these characters are going to go through, or have been through in the past.

In closing I still want to say Mortal Kombat will go down in history as one of the most popular fighting video games of all times.