
Sadly, however, it doesn’t succeed well at doing either.Ī couple of years before the events of the first game, a mysterious sorcerer known as Quan Chi hires the Lin Kuei to steal an amulet for him.


Mortal Kombat: Mythologies was actually meant to serve as a prequel to the series and to hype players up for MK4, which was released in arcades around the same time. But sadly, it’s an idea that hardly ever works in practice, with games like Street Fighter 2010 and Death By Degrees proving that fact. It would only make sense to have a game about what the characters do outside of the ring. You have developers who build up these universes with a diverse cast of characters, each with their own personalities and goals. Fighting game spin-offs are honestly a great idea, in theory.
