Reviews - Pro-Clockers! PC Reviews One MegaHertz At A Time

The game is a team-based fighter, so you'll be able to choose two different fighters and swap between them at any point during the battle. Only a small part of the roster was available at the demo, but it included plenty of returning favorites like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cyrax, and Reptile. The controls feel very familiar, and in fact many of the moves—like Cyrax's net and Scorpion's infamous spear—require the same button combinations as in previous games. In a lot of ways it feels like MK2, only with modern visuals.

And those visuals make a huge difference. The game utilizes the same 2.5D style found on games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Street Fighter IV. So while the actual game is rendered in 3D, the fighting takes place across a two-dimensional plane. The background I got to fight in appeared to be a haunted forest, with animated trees, a rolling fog, and several unlucky bodies hanging from the trees. There was quite a bit of depth to the background and the small details were almost enough to distract me from the fight.

 

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