Mortal Kombat: Armageddon | Xbox

About the Game

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon brags a roster of 62 characters and sees the return of classic ones from the original Mortal Kombat , such as Reptile, Shang Tsung and Goro. The enhanced Konquest mode (story/adventure mode) improves over the preceding versions, but has a shorter length. There are now 64 arenas (including revamped versions of classic environments) which each have their own tweaks, such as the ridiculous amount of stage fatalities (fatalities are a fancy way of killing your opponent, including classic techniques such as the "spine-rip" or "arm-break"). In the new Kreate-a-character mode, you can design your own character and clothe them with familiar or new costumes.

Gameplay & Core Systems

Perhaps the most amusing addition for longtime fans is the debut of "Motor Kombat," a racing mini-game patterned after Nintendo's Mario Kart. Motor Kombat has players selecting a vehicle from the following ten characters: Sub-Zero, Bo' Rai Cho, Scorpion, Mileena, Kitana, Johnny Cage, Jax, Cyrax, Baraka, and Raiden. Each super-deformed driver performs his or her trademark move on rivals, from Raiden's electricity to Scorpion's spear attack. Motor Kombat supports four players in a split-screen view, or up to eight online.

Standout Features

• Kreate-a-character: In the new Kreate-a-character mode, you can design your own character and clothe them with familiar or new costumes.
• Various button presses and combos at the end of a fight will sometimes trigger fatality mode and if the right buttons are pressed the fatality can become a chain of fatalities.
• The Kreate-a-fatality allows you to redesign these finishers.
• There are now 64 arenas (including revamped versions of classic environments) which each have their own tweaks, such as the ridiculous amount of stage fatalities (fatalities are a fancy way of killing your opponent, including classic techniques such as the "spine-rip" or "arm-break").
• Perhaps the most amusing addition for longtime fans is the debut of "Motor Kombat," a racing mini-game patterned after Nintendo's Mario Kart.
• Motor Kombat has players selecting a vehicle from the following ten characters: Sub-Zero, Bo' Rai Cho, Scorpion, Mileena, Kitana, Johnny Cage, Jax, Cyrax, Baraka, and Raiden.
• Raiden's: Each super-deformed driver performs his or her trademark move on rivals, from Raiden's electricity to Scorpion's spear attack.
• Motor Kombat supports four players in a split-screen view, or up to eight online.

Modes & Ways to Play

Various button presses and combos at the end of a fight will sometimes trigger fatality mode and if the right buttons are pressed the fatality can become a chain of fatalities. Motor Kombat supports four players in a split-screen view, or up to eight online.

Player support includes Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS).

Presentation & Atmosphere

Display support includes HDTV 720p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital.