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Best Fighting Game 2011

Posted on Monday, December 19 @ 12:04:11 Eastern by


Mortal Kombat


Platform(s): Xbox 360, PS3

Publisher: Warner Bros.

Developer: NetherRealm Studios

Mortal Kombat was my childhood. No, I didn’t live in some sadistic house of horrors, but I did spend a good deal of time at local arcades, loading up the MK coin-op with quarter after quarter. I thought those days were behind me. Stuffing quarters into a machine is in the past, but everything that made Mortal Kombat amazing back then has made a triumphant return. NetherRealm studios learned from past mistakes made with the franchise and used that knowledge and power to return to what made the series successful in the first place – simplicity and violence. Not only have they brought it all back to 2D glory, but they’ve managed to make it better, deeper and more fun – something I never dreamed possible. The end result is nothing short of a flawless victory for the franchise and for long-time fans alike.

Did you really think I could pick anything else?

Runners Up:
Related Games:   Dead or Alive: Dimensions, Mortal Kombat, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, WWE '12
Tags:   Best of GR, Mortal Kombat


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Comments
  • StickyGreenGamer
    StickyGreenGamer
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
    Childhood recaptured. Or more specifically, childhood "get over here!!!"
    0 0
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
    I hated you couldn't perform any fatalities in story mode.
    0 0
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
    I'm a little disappointed that this is such a short little paragraph for such a big thing.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Dec 20th, 2011 at 3:21 am
    I think this game speaks for itself
    0 0
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 20th, 2011 at 4:39 am
    Wait until you see another one of my blurbs. It just says Oh hai! And then I punch something.
    0 0
  • Blazin13
    Blazin13
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
    The only fighting game in recent memory that had a story mode worth playing.
    0 1
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
    Good pick! My only other runner-up would have been Dead or Alive Dimensions. That was a solid game.
    0 0
  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
    Agree 100% with this award, and I also like that the runner-up of sorts is Dead or Alive: Dimensions, an awesome game, considering is for a portable system.
    0 0
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
    Honestly, what other fighting game that came out this year deserves this award more than Mortal Kombat? I'm trying to think of any, looking at the runner ups, and still coming up blank.
    0 0
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
    Anthony for being such a big fan this is a small blurb.
    0 0
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 20th, 2011 at 4:37 am
    I drive a red Corvette convertible to compensate for my tiny blurb.

    Truth is, I felt my coverage throughout the entire year - and the game - spoke for itself. I'll be sure to publish the extended novel version as a Kindle eBook. Only $9.99. Act now! Limited time only. While supplies last.
    0 1

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