Ultimately, MK 4 is remembered mostly for its unintentionally hilarious endings, which have been memed to death in the two decades since the game has launched. MK 4, while moving towards 3D graphics, still tried to retain the same gameplay as the games before it, meaning something was lost in transition. This iteration of the series was the first to adopt 3D graphics in favour of the digitised actors that the series pioneered for years prior, and time has really been unkind to the transition.

Quite frankly, that could be applied to a lot of games in the series, or just gaming in general, but Mortal Kombat 4 suffers more than most. The first proper fighting game of the series on this list, Mortal Kombat 4’s real flaw has been age. Still, all of this didn’t stop the game from being absolutely awful. Historically, Mythologies is also significant as it’s the last MK game to use digitised actors for its graphics. There’s some good qualities here, as a game that hyper-focuses on one of the series’ most iconic characters seems like a winner. Launching in 1997, MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero is another prequel to the main series, this time focusing on the icy blue ninja. It’s also equal parts incredibly hard and utterly terrible, making for a game that’s great to watch streamers suffer as they play it, but god awful to actually play. The other low entry that doesn’t come as a surprise, Mortal Kombat: Mythologies: Sub-Zero was Midway’s first attempt at branching the series out into other genres, this time opting for a side scrolling platformer/beat ‘em up. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub-Zero Special Forces is very much the dark stain on Mortal Kombat’s legacy, though the next game on this list isn’t much better.ġ3. You know a game is bad when the series’ creator, Ed Boon, comes out on Twitter years later to say that the game and its development were riddled with issues. Like most 3D games back in the late 90s/early 2000s, players explored boring looking levels, murdered identikit goons and looked for keys to unlock doors. During development, series co-creator John Tobias left Midway, along with several other staff members, leading to the game being gutted as a result. Sounds good so far, but Special Forces is a third-person action adventure game that’s just a bit rubbish. Mortal Kombat: Special Forces allows players to take on the role of Jax as he hunts down Kano. Mortal Kombat: Special Forces Mortal Kombat Special Forcesįor those in the know about Mortal Kombat, this entry isn’t really a surprise.

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