
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).
