By Sillicur at Friday, November 07, 2014 8:47:00 AM





Mortal Kombat X, developed by NetherRealm, will be the goriest installment of the fighting franchise’s gut wrenching history. Since the game was first announced, a spotlight was firmly put on excessive amount of gore. The team at NetherRealm does not seem to have any intention of shying away from delivering the goriest fighting game to date via the most gruesome fatalities ever seen.

Cringe-worthy fatalities – Death has come a long way

Mortal Kombat has always been about brutal fighting coupled with gory Fatalities. The 2011 reboot of Mortal Kombat upped the ante with two Fatalities per character. The highly detailed graphics blew away fans of the series and delivered the bloodiest fatalities to date on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Death in the Mortal Kombat franchise has come a long way. The game’s finishers have certainly become gorier since Scorpion’s original fire-breathing. For those of you who did not have the absolute pleasure of playing Mortal Kombat 1, above is Scorpion’s fire-breath fatality used on Raiden.

The recent Fatalities in Mortal Kombat X, shown by NetherRealm Studios via a live stream on Twitch.tv, is a testament of how current-gen graphics can push the gore-factor to the next level. The technology to create something as spectacularly violent as Mortal Kombat X was just not available when previous titles in the franchise was developed. Due to the power of next-gen, player can finally experience the full imagination of NetherRealm.

The most brutal of the new Fatalities is Scorpion’s devastating bisection Fatality. The move is almost hard to watch, as I felt the pain dealt by Scorpion every second of the way through. Thanks to Youtube user Maximillion Dood, the new Fatality scenes have been compiled for your viewing pleasure.

If you are on the squeamish side, you should probably not eat while watching the video below. You have been warned!

The Fatality by Quan Chi on Kotal Kahn at the end of the video is disturbing to say the least. The amount of detail is impressive. After witnessing the video above, there is no doubt in my mind that Mortal Kombat X will have the most brutal fatalities in the franchise’s history. The gore in Mortal Kombat X will not only come from Fatalities, but X-Ray Moves and environmental attacks as well.

X-Ray Moves were introduced in the 2011 version of Mortal Kombat, also known as Mortal Kombat 9. X-Ray moves cause a large amount of damage. Players need to charge up the “Super Meter” in order to perform an X-Ray Move. True to their name, these moves consist of a short sequence of attacks that zooms in on the target with an X-Ray and displays bones and organs being crushed, smashed and snapped.

The full 45 minute gameplay stream can be found Twitch.tv. Highlights from the stream include X-Ray moves and the brutal fatalities seen above. Information on some character variation options are also given. For example, Sub-Zero’s Cryomancer will allow the fighter to channel his ice powers to increase defense and form weaponized ice sculptures like Shivs and Hammers. The stream also gives an extended look at Scorpion’s Ninjustu and Hellfire variations.

Closing Thoughts

Mortal Kombat X is shaping up to be ridiculously gory. There is no better feeling than beating a friend down in Mortal Kombat and then humiliating him/her with a brutal Fatality. Due to the advances in hardware, the game will deliver Fatalities that looks so astounding players will almost feel the pain being dished out.

Mortal Kombat X is the tenth main title in the Mortal Kombat series, with a release scheduled for 14 April 2015. Players will be able to enjoy the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Do you have a favorite character and Fatality? Do you enjoy the amount of gore in Mortal Kombat or is it a little too over the top? Let us know in the comments section below.

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