It may be its technical proficiency as a competitive fighter for which its hardcore fans love the Street Fighter series, but it’s not necessarily that which made it popular in the first place. A large part of Street Fighter’s suc…
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We’re playing as Raiden, and we’ve just grabbed a man by the crotch and electrocuted him. But that’s not enough this is Mortal Kombat so we broke his jaw by swinging our heel into it. The X-Ray cam zoomed up on this, too, and we …
Graphic Violence Is pretty much the twisted, shattered backbone of the Mortal Kombat franchise, but something has changed. Now, in an era where visuals are only getting more lifelike by the day and games are growing ever more com…
This isn’t your standard, bread-and-butter RPG. No, this is much better. This is slicker and cooler and more colourful and more intense. This is about being a kid, rebelling against modernity’s dreary routines. This is about subv…
“Fighting games are dying.” It’s said time and again. With dwindling sales and a limited appeal compared to the triple-A games of other more popular genres, it can be easy to believe that fighting games’ health bar is somewhat di…
We’ll be sure to toe the line of decency with this one, but there are obviously varying definitions of the word ‘hardcore’. Be it horror movies, exercise, gaming or the other thing you’re thinking of, the term means different thi…
