The whole Mortal Kombat thing has died long time ago. The last good release, IMO, was MK3. (I'm still playing it!) The game was about controlling your own rhythm and predicting your opponent - in the first place. Knowing "secret" moves was secondary. If you had the rhythm you could've defeated somebody with "bare hands." Violent scenes was a bonus. The game was built around the rhythm. After MK3, it's all about violent scenes. With jam pouring out of people and high-contrast renders they don't even look realistic anymore... And that music - indeed, no style at all.
R.I.P.. Mortal Kombat. (We still play you in DOSBox!)
It really did seem to lose something after MK3 and never seemed to get it back. MK9 seemed to get the closest out of all the newer ones to that old feel, at least for me, although the X-ray bone breaking special moves it introduced got too long and annoying after you did them every single match. Seems like they've doubled down on those and they've just gotten worse with MKX and MK11.
