In celebration of this being Mortal Kombat X's release week, and ahead of our official review, we asked Nathan "Babality" Lawrence to take a look back at the 10 best Fatalities of the series. Videos included.
"We've come along way, baby."
That's what you really ought to say to yourself after looking back at the Fatalities of yesteryear in one of fighting games' best-loved series, against its current-day released in Mortal Kombat X. Visual fidelity might be the main differentiator here though, as the Fatalities have remained as brutal as ever, as Nate discovered in his 10 best Fatalities feature.
Click here for the bloody truth on gaming's most brutal series.
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I mean, that up there is some genuinely not appropriate for kids material, where the original Mortal Kombat was (I think even at the time) not graphic enough to upset anyone except the religious right.
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Maybe I'm desensitized, or maybe it doesn't bother me because it isn't 'real' people, but MK fatalities have never phased me, usually my first reaction is to laugh. Conversely though, I hate gory movies and I can't really watch movies like Saw or Hostel at all, but yeah, in a game like MK it has never bothered me.