There’s a chance that this game may be updated with more characters and more responsive controls, but we’ll have to wait and see.There are many worlds besides our own, many realms where both good and evil hold sway. If you want a fighting game, your best choices are still Street Fighter IV or the free-to-play Street Fighter II games on Capcom Arcade.
At $6.99, this package is not tight enough to recommend to even the biggest Mortal Kombat fans. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on the iPhone is a letdown in its current state. If you do get past him and the almost-as-unfair Shao Khan, you unlock something, but don’t get any real ending for your troubles. Oftentimes, this beat down includes you getting pinned in the corner, and Motaro simply grabbing you and punching you in the face repeatedly, taking off more than half of your life before you can do anything. Most of the time, Motaro will simply teleport back and forth (which almost looks like the game is glitching out) and then proceed to beat you to a pulp. Even on Novice difficulty, this fight is absolutely awful. He was already a heinous boss to fight against in the original, but his cheesiness is further amplified by the game’s unresponsive controls and the game’s performance. Mortal Kombat 3’s dial-a-combo system is also more complicated to handle in this mode, because you’ll require the joystick to quickly differentiate between high and low attacks, which it doesn’t do well.Įven with all of that against it, I was having an alright time with it until I got to Motaro. What that means is, you’ll have to rely on joystick directions and the attack buttons to execute regular moves, such as low punches. There’s also a ‘simplified’ five-button layout that features a special move button (just like iPhone Street Fighter), but it comes at the cost of a punch and kick button. The standard six-button configuration allows you to play it just like the old days, but special moves will require you to rely on the inconsistent virtual joystick. The buttons appear to work a bit better, but those have their own quirks, too. Half the time, you will end up jumping straight up. Want to jump towards your opponent? Good luck. The virtual joystick isn’t that responsive, and will often misread your inputs. Where the game really falls short is in the controls. Maybe it’s just me, but I’d rather take Raiden and Shang Tsung over Stryker and Jade any day of the week. However, I think they could have chosen a better set of 11. I was fine with Street Fighter IV starting out with 8 characters and I’m alright with Mortal Kombat having 11. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on the iPhone features 11 characters, 2 of which are unlockable. I’m alright with this, but I’ve seen a lot of backlash to this change.Īnother area of concern for Mortal Kombat fans is the current available roster. In their place are low-polygon 3D models, which are functionally sound, but lack all of the charm of the originals. This game does not feature digitized characters, which was signature for this era of Mortal Kombat. The biggest difference between the original and the new game are the completely redone graphics. The first thing you should know about Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for the iPhone is that it is not a port of the arcade original.
Not only does Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on the iPhone fall short of the bar set by Street Fighter IV, it also falls short as a Mortal Kombat game. Mortal Kombat debate carried on for a number of years and across multiple iterations of each series, even the most dedicated Mortal Kombat fans can’t make a case in this battle. Street Fighter has dominated the iPhone fighting game scene for the past year and Mortal Kombat has just arrived, trying to take the throne. It’s like 1992 all over again, this time on the iPhone.
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