After reaching its 33rd anniversary, the hit fighting game seriesMortal Kombatwill soon bring veteran and new players back to the 1990s and early 2000s with the upcomingMortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection.
Developed and published by Digital Eclipse and Atari,Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletionwill be the largestMortal Kombatgame compilation ever released, featuring various arcade, console, and mobile versions of classicMortal Kombatgames such as:
All of these games will feature local and online multiplayer with rollback netcode as well as brand-new never-before-seen interviews withMortal Kombat’s legendary creators and actors, such as Ed Boon, John Tobias, Kerri Ann Hoskins, and more.
On top of all of these games and features, Digital Eclipse recently announced the final two games in theKollection’s lineup during the Xbox Showcase at Gamescom 2025: the rather infamous 1997Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zeroand 2000’sMortal Kombat: Special Forces.
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MythologiesandSpecial Forcesare widely regarded asthe two worstMortal Kombatgamesever made in the entire franchise for a myriad of reasons.
For one, both spinoff games completely deviated fromMortal Kombat’s traditional 2D fighting gameplay and instead played closer to action-adventure platformers inMythologies’ case and closer to the third-personMetal Gear Solidseries inSpecial Forces’ case.
The controls forMythologiesandSpecial Forceswere additionally notably frustrating, withMythologiesbeing incredibly difficult to turn Sub-Zero around and jump from platform to platform, andSpecial Forcesfeaturing very basic gunplay and rather clunking melee combat.
Not everything connected toMythologiesandSpecial Forcesis bad, however, as both introduced fan-favorite characters such asQuan Chi, Shinnok, Sareena, Fujin, and Tremor, withMythologiesnotably expanding upon Sub-Zero’s backstory by showcasing the cryomancer’s role in killing Scorpion and helping eliminate his Shirai Ryu clan.
MythologiesandSpecial Forcesmay overall be bad games, but they’re games that are so bad they’re good and can, at the very least, garner fun laughs from veteran and newMortal Kombatfans alike.
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