it's not as bad as it looks but it's still a straight downgrade

even for the time this game looked really, really rough and it's clear even without knowing about this game's development that things were rough
the 3d transition blight struck mk as well, but not nearly as bad as other franchises
this is still a pretty competent fighter that has its own charms
including that god awful presentation
the arcade endings retaining the camp of mythologies really make going through the arcade worth while, and the game's just a bit less bullshit than before
which is good because we're not at the stage of mk having godly amounts of content yet

but it's just diet mk3, there's a weapon system that feels tacked on even though you can wreck shit iwth it
the combos are extremely simplified to the point that i could consistently do some even when mashing like i usually do
etc

which makes it just okay
a little above average in my eyes