The first player to win two rounds by fully depleting their opponent's life bar is the winner. However, the game plays slightly faster and much more smoothly than the original.Īs with its predecessor, matches are divided into rounds. This has also led to the similar criticism of the fighting system being very shallow and lacking any real character depth.
As with its predecessor, the only thing differentiating each character were their appearance, special moves, hit detection, and finishing moves. However, each character still shared generic attributes – speed, power, jump height and airtime – and most normal moves were similar between each character (some normal moves, such as the uppercut, varied between characters this variance was a major part of high-level MKII strategy). The game also introduced multiple fatalities, as well as additional finishing moves to the franchise.
Additionally returning characters gained new special moves. The roundhouse kick was made more powerful in part II, and like the uppercut, launched opponents into the air. A few normal moves have been added (crouching punch, for example).
Mortal Kombat II is an extension of the previous game. Mortal Kombat II is a 1993 arcade game and the second title in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
