Each kameo has their own moves and abilities, and can be called in with just the press of a button and a directional input.

The biggest new change to the formula this time around though is the introduction of kameo fighters, a separate roster of characters that players can choose from before a fight. Each character now has a specific set of combo strings in the air, giving players greater freedom of combo expression while making the gameplay much more dynamic.

Firstly, NetherRealm have reached back into the past, specifically MK: Armageddon, by somewhat reviving air kombat as a concept. However, it’s the new additions to Mortal Kombat 1 that really set the game apart from its predecessors, especially for those who love to spend hours in the lab working on new combos. On a human level, hopefully this style of violence will be healthier for the dev team as a whole, but the player isn’t losing anything in the process as there’s still plenty of “ugh, gross” moments that’d get a channel demonetised if they showed it. Speaking of the fatalities, from what’s been shown in the Stress Test alone, it seems like Mortal Kombat 1 is taking the gore into a more comedic and goofy direction than Mortal Kombat 11’s hyper realistic, “traumatise the developers” approach to gore. Meanwhile, those who are either of a lower skill level, or just like playing Mortal Kombat because they love watching the new fatalities, can skate by playing against their friends with the universal low sweeps, uppercuts and jump kicks. Mortal Kombat veterans will find much of the gameplay in Mortal Kombat 1 to be immediately familiar, as each character has a massive movelist filled with combo links and special moves, with players able to build huge combos by cancelling normal moves into specials. This second reboot has led to Mortal Kombat 1, a full blown re-imagining of the series with new mechanics and gameplay, and this new direction bodes well for the future of Mortal Kombat going forward. Sure, it might have only been twice at this point, but compared to the likes of Street Fighter and Tekken, who are still carrying on the same storyline after decades, Mortal Kombat is not the same game that it once was. Mortal Kombat might just hold the distinction of being the most rebooted fighting game franchise of all time.

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