![]() ![]() Wait, no, this one is.Ībsolutely the most disappointing thing about Kollection, though, is the online play, which is painfully laggy at best, and unplayable at worst. Once, a splattering sound continued to loop after I had finished a match and even followed me all the way back to the main menu, forcing me to quit out. The music in Goro's Lair consistently cut out for me every time I played that stage. A few sounds, like the clapping from the first game, sound completely different than I remember, almost as if new versions have been added in. There are numerous cases of certain sound effects canceling out other ones, and a few samples here and there sound like they play back at a noticeably higher fidelity than others. Since the games look just like you remember them, it's a bit odd the audio in this package doesn't sound the same way. It's nice that the game's controls map directly to that special-edition joystick that shipped with the new Mortal Kombat earlier this year. On a Dual Shock 3 or the new 360 controller with the twisting D-pad, the gameplay is fine, though a stick is naturally your best option. Also, I can't in any way recommend you play this game with the old Xbox 360 D-pad. ![]() All three games generally play like they're supposed to as well, though there's an annoying issue where you lose control of your character for a second when you unpause during a match. In terms of the emulation, the graphics look fine, with a few basic visual filters available to soften the jagged, low-res look that comes along with games this old. Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 are all here in a no-frills format. Arcade Kollection could have served as a great museum display for three of the most memorable fighting games of the '90s, but there are too few bonus features and too many things wrong with this package to make it recommendable to anyone but the most diehard MK fan. ![]() That's the one way this compilation delivers. Even if you are such a person, you'd better have other like-minded individuals around you who want to play against you, in person, on the same console. Let's get the self-evident part out of the way: If you're not interested in playing the original three 2D Mortal Kombat games in (more or less) their original forms, you have no business with Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection. ![]()
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