Babalities? Turn your opponent into a baby. Hey, if the Fatalities themselves weren't enough clue that this violent game has a sense of humor, here's the Friendships. From Kitana baking a cake, to Reptile advertising a doll, to Liu Kang breakin' down with a disco-ball. the latter, pointless.) Friendships range as much as Fatalities in diversity, only in the goofy department. In addition to not one but two fatalities per character, everyone receives two joke finishing moves - friendships and babalities (the former, funny. It hits a good mixture of dark, violent, slightly fantastic, some slightly humorous, and all outrageous - Jax smashes someone's head, Kitana delivers a kiss that makes them inflate and explode, Kung Lao cuts them in half with his hat, Liu Kang morphs into a dragon, Sub-Zero throws an explosive ice-ball, Scorpion still has his trademark "Toasty" Fatality, and my personal favorite: Shang Tsung morphs into the four-armed monstrosity, Kintaro, and punches his victim in half. Going bigger, more over the top, than the original Fatalities delivering some of the best in the series. The trademark Fatalities return with a vengeance. And MK2 succeeded in attaining the appropriate tone for an other-wordly over the top fighting game with gore galore. Combined with the games moody, atmospheric, lo-key music the game's darker, more dynamic and visually interesting backgrounds the more intense announcer whose voice takes on a menacing quality. Like its predecessor, Mortal Kombat 2 uses digitized actors except everything has a more colorful, more fantastic, slightly animated, slightly photoshopped, appearance. The visual style and finishing moves stand out most in my mind.
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