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One of the Worst

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: December 28, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have been a long time fan of MK, and was impressed with MK4 in the arcade. The port to PSX simply provides a poor quality game. The graphics rot compared to other fighting games, the difficulty levels are all out of whack, and the controls...forget about it. The only fun my friends and I ever get out of this game is laughing at how ridiculously bad it is. Save your money for the arcade version of this one.

don't fix what's not broken

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because it was the new Mortal Kombat. I had very high expectations for it; unfortunately it didn't meet them. Mortal Kombat was already a great series. One thing I liked about it was that the buttons remained the same. The basic moves stayed the same from one Mortal Kombat to the next. If you specialized in Lou Kang, you were already good at the newest release of the MK series. What I wasn't ready for was the change in controls for Mortal Kombat 4. They re-arranged everything to better suit the weapons concept. I did not enjoy this game as much as I expected because I didn't accept the change. i like to stick with what works. If you feel the need to improve something, don't disturb what makes it great. I give this game 3 stars.

A Sloan Bishop Review

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the first MK game in 3D. It features a tournament mode in which it's like a real tournament, that you can control.

Pros:
*15 Playable charactors, many are new
*Many cheat codes that are really cool

Cons:
*The 3D isn't that impressive
*The graphics aren't very good while fighting
*Very hard

Story:
After Shao Kahn was defeated, Shinnok escapes the Netherrealm to take over the world. You must stop him at all cost.

Not bad, for an arcade translation

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The combo system is intact, the frame rate is intact, but something had to give. (For those who don't know, sorry folks that you are, MK4 was originally an arcade game using truly awesome proprietary 3D hardware.)

In this case, it was the polygon count. Close up, some of these characters are just UGLY. The characters' polygons often clip and sometimes just disappear; fortunately, this only affects the look, not the feel, of the game.

The standard "home version" additions are here -- endurance mode (harkening back to MK1), practice modes with move lists, and Reiko finally has a "real" ending to his storyline. But most people are simply worried about the game's playability and arcade accuracy.

On those fronts, at least, it wins big.

It may be ugly, but it's a lot of fun.

GOOD SEQUEL, BUT THE NINTENDO 64 VERSION WAS EVEN BETTER

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

UNLIKE THE EARLIER MK GAMES, THIS ONE FEATURED SOME 3D GRAPHICS AND IT ALSO HAS WEAPONS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO USE OR THROW AT ANYTIME. THIS IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE NINTENDO 64 VERSION, BUT IT'S A GREAT FIGHTING GAME NONETHELESS AND I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN ANY OF THE MORTAL KOMBAT GAMES THAT'VE BEEN COMING OUT SINCE 1999. GREAT GRAPHICS, GREAT CONTROLS, AND A FUN PRACTICING MODE [WHICH YOU CAN FIGHT FOR HOURS IF YOU WANT TO WITH THE SAME OPPONENT!]. BUT UNFORTUNATELY AFTER THIS ONE, THE MORTAL KOMBAT FRANCHISE WENT COMPLETELY DOWNHILL.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

MK finally comes into the 3D realm in this game. I only wish there were more characters, and I miss the animalities, babalities, brutalities, and friendships. But overall, it's good.

MK4 Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am a video game junkie, but I have never been a fan of fighting games. Street Fighter was ok. But, I will have to admit that MK4 won me over.

Employing the practice mode into the game was a very smart decision. It makes one wonder why it was never done before. I am not an expert at this game, but I would recommend to use Lui Kang.

I enjoyed this game so much that I am interested in buying a copy.

Worst MK game ever!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The only reason I gave this game two stars is because I am an Mortal Kombat Fan but this game sucks!!! It was way to easy you know I loved mortal kombat trilogy because it was hard as h*ll and when I beat it I was so happy and said to my self I can't wait till the next game!!! Yet this is just bad you don't even have to learn the peoples moves any more. You just have to take out your weapon and hack'em to death it just sucks. Then I went and rentid Mortal Kombat:DA and I do admit harder then this peice of $h!t!!! Yet still the weopons are still there and now you can stab them in the gut and leave it there so the person you fight slowly dies. So what I'm saying is stick with 1,2,3 and Trilogy they are way better.

Playstation version is better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Now ive played this game when it came out and i got it again for N64 & Playstation i dont care what anyone says the playstation version is by far the best. yes the in game graphics are a lil bit better but as always cd-rom can hold a lot more data than a cartrige. N64 ver. has no cinematics at all and the buttons are too close together for n64, i beat the game with scorpion on both ps1 & n64, n64 had in game "cinematic" ps1's ending was a real cinematic with crisp graphics and in the options menu there is kombat theater to watch all the characters endings wich to me just kills the n64 version right there simply because there is a alot more to do than just beat the game 20 zillion times and get nothing back. they are both good but playstation killed with the cinematics.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat 4 is one of the best games I've ever played. The sounds are great. The fun factor off the wall! Mortal Kombat 4 is great because it has easy to master moves and the whole weapon idea is awesome. The fatalities are true Mortal Kombat style. Being a longtime MK fan I think that MK4 is the best yet. It combines all of the goodpoints from other Mortal Kombat games into a single great game. A must play game for all Mortal Kombat fans.

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