Mortal Kombat is a great game and franchise and has been brought to PS Vita. But is it worth your time? In short, Abso-friken-loutely. MK 9 has a great story, good controls and an amazing replay value. First up, the Fight mode. This mode is essentially "get into a fight right now" mode and is great for bus or train rides. You can choose from the "Test your..." games, Tag-team and one-on-one fights. Next, The Story mode. Wow. The story was so detailed, had some good twists and left me with my jaw dropped at the end, wondering what will happen in MK10. To summarize it, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Khan, like the rest of the Earthrealm warriors. He, right before he is killed, sends a vision to his past self. We now go back to MK1. Raiden gets this vision and sees this future, yada yada yada. I dont feel like spoiling so you can use a wiki for that, guys. Anyway, the story mode is about 5-7 hours long, i think. Then there are the challenge towers. You have the OG challenge tower and then the Bonus challenge tower, which has vita specific/new challenges. Then training and versus modes. I havent really played Versus and Training is pretty much basic challenge mode.
The gameplay and graphics are great and the game as a whole, will last somewhere between The last of us and any Call of duty game, including multiplayer.
SUB-SCORES
Graphics - 8 - Great for a portable, but the textures arent as high caliber as, say, Uncharted.
Gameplay - 9.5 - Amazingly fun and addictive with all the different controls of the vita, but some of the challenges can be a bit hard.
Story - 10 - "FLAWLESS VICTORY" for the story mode, Netherrealm.
Value - 8 - Huge amount of replay value for a pocket sized (kinda) title.
OVERALL SCORE
9.7 - 10
Amazing
Reference Chart for Scoring
1.0 - 1.9 Catastrophy
2.0 - 2.9 Horrible
3.0 - 3.9 Pretty Bad
4.0 - 4.9 Bad
5.0 - 5.9 Mediocre
6.0 - 6.9 Not bad
7.0 - 7.9 Good
8.0 - 8.9 Great
9.0 - 9.9 Amazing
10 - Mindblowing
- Michael
