Why do players love Mortal Kombat and what is the main goal of the game?
Maksym YushytsynToday, Mortal Kombat is a real video game classic in the fighting genre and it is unlikely that someone can guess a more successful project. Meanwhile not everyone can say what the secret of such overwhelming popularity of the game is and why the ranks of its fans keep growing rapidly every year.
Everything began from simple arcade systems, around which there were the whole lines of the ones who wanted to play the hyped game. Music, a story, unusual gameplay – all of this attracted the new fans’ attention in the run-up to the rise of the gaming industry. With the rapid development of technologies in the nearest years, new parts of the gaming series were released and the old ones were re-released on PC and home consoles: Sega, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, etc. The quickly-changing tendencies in the gaming world do not allow developers to sit still too long, so every new game always provides something new for its fans.
What is the objective of the game? To finish the storyline and achieve victory in a mass of entertaining fights where every hero and every location show their key features. We wondered, why do players like Mortal Kombat?
It was easy to figure it out.
A story
Yes, Mortal Kombat is not just brutal fights. If the developers’ idea had been only about this, their child would not have grown to the global scales. The key feature of the gaming series is its original story. It is not about the idea of the confrontation between good and evil, the story of the Mortal Kombat world is probably an Eastern tale with the elements of fantasy and modern hardcore. Mythology, a history, the Eastern legends are cleverly mixed with action and dynamic. Judge for yourself. There are six realms in the Mortal Kombat universe, which is populated by different races: Earthrealm, Netherrealm, Outworld, Orderrealm (Seido), Chaosrealm, and Edenia. As it is usual for any decent story, races rend to trying to conquer each other, destroy, or occupy a neighbor.
But everything is not that simple in the game. Do you want greatness? So let the representatives of your world fight in mortal combat with others. The one who wins will have the right to invade the world of the loser. However, nothing ends with this. In the Mortal Kombat world, fights are just the way to solve any conflict, including the question of who will dominate the world or how to beat another bad guy.
Atmosphere
From the first seconds, almost all players are hooked by the dark, evil, and mystic atmosphere. It follows from the first appearance of the main menu and does not leave until the very end of the credits. This atmosphere is the strongest side of Mortal Kombat, according to the majority of users. Those who started playing the series from the very first games remember how they were afraid of the scary music, screams in agony, and unexpected effects, being a child. Because the whole gameplay is built in dark and gloomy colors and bosses really make you fear, you can feel how they can make a great damage to your character and the whole story of the game.
Humor
It is prickle and brutal in Mortal Kombat. We did not understand it when we were children but, having grown up, we love this game even more. However, it can’t be discussed without jokes. The game was accused of brutality and violent propaganda. Due to this, the creators did not just add interesting jokes to dialogues but even added special finishing strikes (Fatality) to mock those who expressed criticism of violence in the fighting game. For example, the Friendship fatality where players decide to finish peacefully or the Bability fatality, which turns the losing character into a baby. Such an approach is popular among the creators of the video game – to provide a player an opportunity to take a break from tough and brutal fights, it is offered to move everything to a humorous shape and remember that the game is only a game, after all.
Unique characters
During the whole gaming series, players face more new characters every time. But the developers have their own favorites, which will follow you during the whole gaming story. Some of the casual and ordinary fighters have turned into real legends of the gaming community and become the brand symbols. They grow, progress, organize their love life and, of course, prepare for new fights. These gaming characters include Sub-Zero, Raiden, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, and others.
Detailing
With every new game, the authors approach the issue more confidently. Dialogues become more detailed, a story is revealed in a new way, this also can be said about the main element of the game – fights become more interesting too. Strikes, fatalities, cut-scenes, and animations – everything changes and moves players to a totally new level of perception.
So, this is the simple receipt of the highly-selling iconic game. The interesting fighting action, the charismatic characters, the exciting history of the universe based on the mythology of the Eastern countries, a bit of humor, and, as a result, we have Mortal Kombat, which has become classic for the generations of gamers.