Mortal Kombat 4 Review

To start off, let's talk about the basic plot of the game:

Shinnok, a fallen Elder God, wants to take over Earthrealm for himself by siding with the Netherrealm sorcerer Quan Chi (BTW, the plan does not go well in the end for either of them)

Now the Kombatants are set to stop Shinnok from destroying the world. 

Here's the full list:

Kai, a Shaolin Monk and a comrade of Kung Lao and Liu Kang

Raiden, the Thunder God and mentor to our heroes

Shinnok, the Fallen Elder God and final boss of the game

Liu Kang, the one and only champion of Mortal Kombat

Reptile, a Zaterran (don't know what that means, maybe a lizardman) who serves Shinnok

Scorpion, the spectre who has no allegiance (has rivalries with Sub-Zero and Quan Chi)

Jax, the Special Forces agent

Reiko, Shinnok's right hand man

Johnny Cage, the actor BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!!

Jarek, the last survivor of the Black Dragon

Tanya, the traitor of Edenia

Fujin, the God of wind and new protector of Earthrealm

Sub-Zero, the cyromancer

Quan Chi, the sorcerer

Sonya, the Special Forces leader on the hunt for Jarek

All of them will fight for the future of the Realms. or so we thought when playing this game

Now, let's get to the game itself

Being the first Mortal Kombat game in 3-D, the graphics are made to represent that. The fighters now look realistic and can have their arms snapped, their necks broken, or their legs broken. The backgrounds are still 2-D though.

In terms of fighting mechanics, it's still the same, with weapons added to each fighter, although it can be removed from a fighter when hit by his or her opponent. The special moves are there, the two fatalities per character, now in 3-D, and some of the fatalities are pretty good

The arcade ladder is the same one from the UMK3, except there are no endurance rounds; it's straight to the sub-boss Goro before battling Shinnok and getting the character's ending, which is now in a cinematic cutscene, but unlike the Playstation version, the characters do not move along with the voiceover

MK4 now contains a practice mode, which you can use to practice the moves of your favorite character. It's also interactive, which means you can make the computer active or not, change the background, and so on.

Now for the breakdown of the scores:
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 9/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Addictiveness: 10/10
Depth: 7/10
Story: 8/10
Difficulty: 7/10

Overall Score: 8.4/10
Final Thoughts: Mortal Kombat 4 is a very good fighting game for the N64, but it just needs a few adjustments to become an all-time classic amoung the series.