Mortal Kombat 9 Review and Tier list

Well fighting games aren't really my favourite genre in gaming but there are certain titles that know how to draw me in. My all time favourite fighting game is the latest Mortal Kombat game (referred to as Mortal Kombat 9 to avoid confusion). Often me and my friend "CoalTrain" argue on which fighting game is the best but I still think MK9 is the best fighting game made so far.

Mortal Kombat is a fighting game that anyone can enjoy (unless your parents don't like uneccessary violence or big breasted female fighters.) and quickly grasp. Fatalities are fun to pull off so you can laugh at your opponents death but sometimes can be rather disturbing and grotesque. The blood and gore in some of the moves are rather uneccessary and the x-ray moves can be quite brutal. The game has a reasonably quick pace that anyone can adapt to.

Mortal Kombat has a vast variety of characters to choose from, each with their own special fighting style and moves. Here is the the games Tier list below:

SubZero's X-ray move

TOP TIER:

1. Shang Tsung

2. Raiden

3. Kung Lao

4. Nightwolf

5.Johnny Cage

6. Ermac

7. Smoke

MID TIER:

Battle between Kitana and Cyrax

8. Kabal

9. Liu Knag

10. Kano

11. Kitana

12. Mileena

13. Reptile

14.Sindel

15. Scorpion

16. Sonya Blade

17. Stryker

18. SubZero

LOW TIER:

19. Jax

20. Jade

21. Cyrax

22. Noob

23. Sektor

ABSOLUTE CRAP TIER:

24. Baraka

25. Kratos (PS3 exclusive because he appears in God of War which is developed exclusively for the PS3)

26. Sheeva

27. Quan Chi

28. Cyber sub Zero

This Tier list excludes all DLC characters like Skarlet and Kenchi.

Reptile using his Fatality

The game offers tag battles which allows players to play 2 on a team and 4 in total. It has a tower mode which are a series of challenges which players can acomplish for gold to buy items in the Krypt. Their is a training mode which teaches players the basics and how to pull off their fatalities when in battle. There is also a ladder mode in which players will fight a ladder of enemies to end up fighting Shao Khan. When ladder mode is beaten with a certain character you will unlock thier story ending.

Mortal Kombat also features an in depth story mode which revolves around the fate of Earth-realm and what must be done to ensure its victory. Players will play with each character in story mode to see what role the play in the story.

 The games graphics are up to standard and the playability is amazing so my final verdict is...

              89%

This game is a serious must play and is one of my favourite fighting games of all time.

Thanks for reading, will keep you posted. PEACE People.