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Plot:

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is the latest chapter in the award-winning, best-selling video game fighting franchise. With the most complete Mortal Kombat roster ever, including every character from the Mortal Kombat fighting universe, revolutionary Create-A-Fighter and Create-A-Fatality modes, plus a brand new Konquest mode, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon strives to be the most complete, intensely lethal, fighting experience ever. [Midway]

Info:

PUBLISHER: Midway

DEVELOPER: Midway

GENRE(S): Fighting

PLAYERS: 2

ESRB RATING: M (Mature)

RELEASE DATE: October 16, 2006

Critics Score:

based on 22 reviews

Critic Reviews:

Games Radar

It may or may not be the blood-soaked ending to the franchise, but it's easily one of the most enjoyable games in the series and one of the most unapologetically fun games of the season.

eToychest

One hell of a fighting game. So to answer the question, Mortal Kombat has definitely gone out with a bang – for now.

Official Xbox Magazine

By adding muscle and dropping fat, Mortal Kombat feels tight and toned, just in time for the end of the Xbox world. [Dec. 2006, p.74]

GamePro

But as good as the action is it's the replay value of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon that makes it unbelievable. There's so much to do outside the main arcade mode that you'll feel almost overwhelmed with choices. [Dec. 2006, p.115]

Digital Entertainment News

The possibilities are virtually endless.

GameTrailers

Armageddon delivers the culmination of all things MK. The roster is huge, the modes are many, the fighting has been nicely tweaked, and overall, it’s a fitting way to turn the page on another generation of this classic franchise.

IGN

The inclusion of 62 total warriors is a massive achievement. Throw in a fun, albeit short Konquest mode, a diversionary mini-game, a new fatality system, and perhaps one of the largest character creation modes we've seen, and you have a great title that will keep Mortal Kombat fans busy for months.

Game Informer

The immense roster is a glorious thing, but by altering the sacred Fatality, the action just isn’t up to the series’ standards or what fans expect.

Gaming Age

While much of the game play remains faithful to previous Mortal Kombat titles, the developers how gone to painstaking measures to bring new modes and interesting features to their franchise to keep it fresh like deli meat.

Game Over Online

A flawed fighting, racing, and adventure game that never ceases to provide enjoyment in spite of its flaws.

IC-Games

Mortal Kombat Armageddon is the box-set of the Mortal Kombat series and just about every character ever digitalized for the series is available to use and of course abuse.

Times Online

Forget storylines, or any pretence at one: this game is simply about quick reflexes and lightning-fast button- pounding.

AceGamez

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is without doubt the most comprehensive Mortal Kombat game ever.

Play Magazine

If this is Armageddon for Mortal Kombat, it certainly is a most delightful way to kill a series--at least until it rises like a phoenix for the next generation. [Dec. 2006, p.86]

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Fourteen years after the first Mortal Kombat hit the arcades, the "fatality" moves are still gaming's best way of saying "In your face!" to a vanquished foe.

DarkStation

The MK franchise signs off with somewhat of a whimper, albeit boosting the largest character list and few enhanced features here and there.

GameSpot

The umpteenth Mortal Kombat game bombards you with characters and modes but does little to bring the underlying one-on-one fighting action to the next level.

Cheat Code Central

While I appreciate some of the new additions to this version, it’s not enough to make me forget how much this game reminds me of "Deception," "Shaolin Monks" and "Deadly Alliance."

Amped IGO

The end result is a game that will satisfy neither hardcore fighting gamers nor casual players outside the core MK fanbase. This is a fan game to the core, and can only be recommended to the most devout of the MK faithful.

GameSpy

There are much better fighters out there to spend your time with.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

As with the previous MK installment, Midway again augments the core fighting action with binus modes. Unfortunately, they suck. Konquest mode, a rudimentary action-RPG, and Motor Kombat, a widly unfun kart racer, both look and feel like PS1 budget titlees. [Dec. 2006, p.140]

Entertainment Weekly

Offering gameplay no different than other mindless brawlers, it's sad evidence that this once legendary game is most definitely mortal.

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Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYMC4qPgGIU