4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 – this combination of numbers endlessly introduced the heroes of the Lost series on an old computer in a bunker. They did not know what would happen if you change the order of numbers, make a mistake or miss their input, and therefore continued to do as it was started. The hero of Chekhov Belikov in any weather walked in the galoshes and with an umbrella, and at home he locked himself on all castles, fencing in every possible way from the changes that could change his measured, simple and predictable life.

Neopobia was before and still remains an integral part of our time. In the best case, manic conservatism develops into a well -established brand and a kind of quality mark, such as good whiskey with a long history and constant recipe. In the worst, we get a gray, predictable and uninteresting product that is sold "by old memory".

[Videoid_12915]] Despite not the most suitable musical accompaniment, Mortal Kombat X's debut video has already collected more than nine million views. This is called – hype.[[/Videoid_12915]]

Choose Your Destiny!

The creators of the fighting winging are perhaps one of the very “people in cases” who are worried first of all about how to keep the face of their episodes recognizable. However, for virtual fights, immutability is not as bad as it may seem. Juggling with gaming mechanics in games claiming e -sports, it would seem to miss the seemingly grabbed for the most holy balance.

Take, for example, Street Fighter , Tekken , Guilty Gear And King of Fighters – Each of these games is associated with its own, established gameplay. But when we remember Mortal Kombat, Everyone thinks about their favorite part. Unlike the brothers in the workshop, MK changed very much from the game to the game. And only one invariably-an overwhelming degree of violence, sprinkling blood on the screen, breaking legs-shirts and the obligatory order of the championship manager: “Finish him!"

► The creators surprisingly for a long time carried this simple and familiar name for us. But there could be Kumite, Dragon Attack, Death Blow and Fatality. Not to mention the fact that the game could well become an adaptation of the film adaptations of Jean-Claude Van Damma. This, if that, is real facts.

The first Mortal Kombat was very far from the perfect fighting, even in the understanding of that time, and could well be unnoticed, given that a revolutionary Street Fighter 2, slot machines with which were scattered as an outfield in the heat. Street Fighter 2 gave the players everything they could dream about: intelligible control, a system of combinations of strikes, demonstrated the advanced graphics and, most significant, showed as many as eight unique fighters who arrived at the tournament from different parts of the Earth. The game was so popular that the market was overwhelmed by a whole wave of imitators, and any retreat from new standards threatened with oblivion.

Management Midway Games, The game for Arkad developed at that time, looked, thought and entrusted Ed Buna And John Tobias Stone your own fighting wiping for a year. They coped in ten months, but did everything in their own way. Instead of sophisticated combinations with circular movements for special receptions – a simple sequence of directions. Instead of a backward block, a separate button. Instead of the company of individual fighters-a hodgepodge from the heroes of kun-fo-films with the same basic techniques.

► Mortal Monday is one of the largest advertising campaigns in the history of the American video game market.

Test Your Might!

Could one presence of blood in colorful chosel muzzles guarantee a long life to the game? A month after Mortal Kombat, the light saw an even more bloody fighting game – Time Killers, in which fighters from different times and places fought with each other using chainsaws, stone axes and futuristic blades, crippling their legs, cutting off their hands and decapitating directly in battle. About a year later appeared Eternal Champions, in which the pointing of opponents made even more defiant. But there was also Weaponlord, who is considered to be the ancestor of the series Soulcalibur . There are still questions?

► In the first "deadly battle" of the fighters, you can count on the fingers. But at that time and so much seemed a luxurious feast. ► the second part of the regiment arrived. And the main opponent for the first time was Emperor Shao Kan.

► Over time, the Mortal Kombat universe acquired an entire army of heroes. Will we see any of them again?

But Mortal Kombat is still remembered, and the series, having gone through a few falls, continued to live and was again on the crest of success. In many ways, the margin of safety was laid precisely then, at the end of 1992, with the release of the first part. Not only Bun and Tobias tried to combine a virtual massacre with undisguised violence. This idea swims in the nearest air streams, and many resorted to it. But so far all the others continued to draw “cartoons”, the creators of Mortal Kombat decided to use the Full-Motion Video captured at that time, but not the very popular technology of capture, in which gaming sprites were not drawn manually, but were captured from a shot video.

► costumes from a commercial for Mortal Kombat 2 on home consoles, it seems, migrated straight to a failure second film based. Rubber Mask Baraki – so for sure.

Naturalist characters, blood splashes and the ability to finish the enemy with a pretentious deadly blow – but for such a defiant content, some were ready to sell the soul to sell! And while adolescents and kids of all ages crowded around slot machines, Midway was preparing to deliver a new blow to the hearts of pious housewives – put their extraordinary child in a cozy cradle of home consoles. All this was accompanied by a very aggressive and large -scale advertising campaign, which was twisted right along the box, without subtasks and censorship.

And after all, all this obscurantism on TV was watched not only by children, but also by their parents! The noise rising around the game reached the American Senate. The government urgently demanded that the virtual entertainment market create a rating system to streamline the sale of video games in the country. And while the best minds of Gamestroy argued and corked over the American-Canadian rating system ESRB, Ed Bun and his comrades brought their creation to a new level.

► Mortal Kombat 3 advertising video either hinted at the extraterrestrial origin of the game, or tried to scare the kids to a heart attack.

Don’t Make Mee Laugh!

Mortal Kombat 2 became even brighter, bloody and causing. Many still consider it the best in the line before the restart. Indeed, it was still the same classical game, only brighter, bloodiest, with a more clear mechanics and with the expanded composition of the fighters. The game has retained its unpretentiousness. The usual blows were the same for all fighters, and only special movements could violate fragile harmony. Due to such unpretentious mechanics, a balance was built between Scorpio and Sab-Ziro, Jax and Johnny Cage. In Mortal Kombat 2, you could choose any fighter and not remain an outsider.

► There have always been a lot of secrets in the series. For example, to turn into kintaro, I had to hold almost half the round to keep the shock button. Special receptions at this time, of course, did not work.

The dynamics in the series continued to develop in Mortal Kombat 3, Which, thanks to the run and the system of combinations that has appeared, has become the most high -speed "deadly battle". But Fatality rolled up to the level of a bad joke. Several skulls flew out of the defeated enemy, a couple of bags of bones and breast cells, and only digitized signatures of the characters remained from the former naturalism. Increased and level of entry. Faced with an experienced opponent, the newcomer simply did not have time to understand what was happening, and then suddenly turned out to be a corpse. But many have such a rapid dynamics to their liking. And a little later Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 entered the classic library of the series.

► Mortal Kombat 3 was so swift that the newcomers sometimes did not even have time to press a couple of buttons, and the enemy had already celebrated the victory.

Mortal Kombat 4 continued experiments and brought the series in 3D. Fans are still arguing how successful this maneuver was, but almost everyone agrees that further a series, like that defeated enemy, flew straight down towards a stone bridge.

► The unexpected combination of the most famous song based on video games and the most large -scale entry into the history of Mortal Kombat.

For many years, the "deadly battle" was filled with new ideas. The fighters were given new combat styles, the arenas were teeming with fatal traps, even designers appeared for Fatality! But to stretch new games above the level of seasonal crafts, there were not enough funds or time. And you can’t say that the subsequent parts were failure. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance received in 2002 the title of best fighting!. Similar rewards collected and Mortal Kombat: Depation , And Mortal Kombat: Armageeddon , in which a record number of characters appeared – sixty -two.

But at the XL Casino sister sites same time, the battles became terrified of horror, glitches and endless combinations also did not inspire optimism. From now on Mortal Kombat, it was possible to yell at the buttons until the pulse loses, leaning back on the couch and turning off the brain. The new modes and mini-games that appeared extended interest, but because of the stupid mechanic, the series lost all authority among serious players, and just those who wanted at least some stability on the screen.

► the American rock group ADEMA even recorded a video in support Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Who-who, and marketers have not been mistaken so far with any part. But it didn't help either.

Flawless Victory?

Finance in Midway Blinks disappeared faster than puddle in the desert. In February 2007, the company announced the development of a new part in a series that promised to return to the origins, to become gloomy, serious and cruel. But a major deal with the comic book publishing house DC comics She broke the hopes of fans. Instead of a triumphal return, players received a crossover Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

► Flash – on the left … ► … flash – right. In the step before the updated Mortal Kombat and Injustice.

To understand how bad the work was for the series, it is enough to mention that only the involvement of fans of the justice league helped to pass for 1.9 million copies. What has become the best result over the past six years of the "deadly battle". Nothing could save Midway from bankruptcy. The rights to the series, together with key employees, transferred to the custody of the publishing house Warner Bros., where the Chicago studio, led by Ed Bun, later received a sonorous name Netherrealm Studios.

[[Videoid_6218]] Mortal Kombat 9 started impressively and powerful. Fans have long been waiting for the revival of the series. But even that start fades in comparison with the excitement around a new announcement.[[/Videoid_6218]]

Escaping from a quagmire, the developers finally were able to return the game a good name. The fighting was restrained in 2011 as they saw him. They started talking about Mortal Kombat again, they began to play again, and the battles of Scorpio and Sab-Ziro returned to school changes. It was the most sonorous success for the entire annals of the "deadly battle". Open plot ending, recognition of e -sportsmen, a warm welcome of an ordinary public – everything talked about the upcoming continuation. And here we are on his threshold ..

What do we expect from the new game and what we are worried about – read In our preview.