The game overall has more depth and more ways to play, but most MK veterans will have no trouble at all climbing the ladders. There are 4 different ladders you can choose from according to your skill level, and the enemies don't spam the hell out of you like in the first two. The graphics are better, and the online play is quite fun. Best of all, you can actually sprint in this one. It has many different characters, combos, and finishing moves. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is the best game of the three. To summarize, it's very difficult, but might be worth it to some just to fight the legendary Kintaro. The online in this one can be enjoyable when there are two players that aren't spamming the same attack, but sometimes the games are so unbearably laggy that they are impossible to enjoy. However, there are more characters in this one, and the last two fights in the ladder are quite fun if you can make it to them. If you remember the game from the arcade, it's even more difficult now due to the bots that seem to perfectly read your mind. The game becomes very frustrating as time and time again, you are viciously spammed being thrown and hit with projectiles. The bots can throw you from unbelievably far away, even when you're in the middle of doing a sweep or uppercut. Seemingly no matter what you do, it can be very difficult to consistently defeat your opponents in the ladder. Mortal Kombat II is by far the hardest of the three Mortal Kombats, and it's hard for the simple reason that the bots telegraph all of your moves, but even more so than in the first MK. It's fun for a while, but quickly loses its appeal. The online on this one is likely to be spamfests because there are no combos. To summarize, the only way that one can enjoy this is if they played it in the arcade and enjoy the nostalgia. There are collision detection issues in this one, and the bots just tend to spam moves repeatedly. In this port, they telegraph most moves that you make and counter them, time and time again. But for those who remember it, you may remember that the bots in the arcade ladder were very cheap. That being said, it does capture the feeling of the original very nicely. The game has only 7 playable characters, and the graphics aren't the greatest. But for those who are used to more recent Mortal Kombats, you may not enjoy this one. The original Mortal Kombat may be nostalgic for those that remember playing it in the arcade. That being said, I will break them down individually. Mortal Kombat Arcade is actually three different games: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

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