The result was Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, a title that puts you in the shoes of either Liu Kang or Kung Lao as you battle through an action-packed story starring the wide range of recognizable characters from the fighting games.
However, in 2005, as the mainline series was ramping up for its big (at the time) finale in the form of Armageddon, a team led by series co-creator Ed Boon tried to do what no one had been able to at that point: Release a good Mortal Kombat action game. Whether you're talking Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero or Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, the series' action-focused titles haven't exactly been – how should I put this? – good. However, when it branches out to other genres, things tend to fall flat. The Mortal Kombat franchise has a long, storied history in the fighting-game space (and for good reaso n).
