Mortal Kombat is my fighting game of choice, unless you are one of those people who considers Smash a fighting game. Regardless, I enjoy Mortal Kombat games a fair amount. Going back to the original or its ports is definitely jarring as far as controls go, but you can get the hang pretty quick. I wouldn't call the early games easy, especially if you are playing the ports of Mortal Kombat II, which are borderline impossible. As for the first game, I only managed to beat it as Liu Kang, mainly 'cos the moves are easy to pull of as him with my Super Nintendo controller. It sets Liu Kang as my main as it were for Mortal Kombat games until the later ones when I branched out more. Anyway, the port is solid gameplay-wise, but it does kinda blow that there is so much censorship in this port. I would still pick the arcade original over it even if the censorship was not in place.