World’s First Look at Kratos Gameplay in Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat gameplay featuring God of War’s Kratos has been unveiled.

[Dart89]

Yes can't wait i finally convinced my bro to get his ps3 version so now i can own him badly xDDD.

Glad to see MK back to what made it what it is today.

[tehpees3]

OMG Kratos will own! Scorpion prepare to meet the God of war.

Fits in this way more than Soul Calibur. This will be awesome

[BubbleSniper]

OMFGx1000

Kratos VERY EPIC!

jizzzzzz in my pantZ

[sikbeta]

Woah! Kratos owns!

[Active Reload]

Kratos is powered by...Unreal!

[Boody-Bandit]

"Coward! I am through doing the bidding of the gods, come down and face me right now."

I can't wait to rip some heads off with Kratos.

[miyamoto]

Kombat Kratos will Kill with Skill!

Its his destiny to be killing in this game. Its tailor made for him.

The x=ray visual effects are inspired by the movie The Three Kings, from the director of Uncharted the Movie.

[Active Reload]

This game is using UE3 technology.

[Kevin ButIer]

Day 1...

[jjohan35]

Wow they made Kratos pretty true to the GoW series. I just hope he's not overpowered. It would kill the chances of MK9 being taken seriously at fighting game tournaments.

[Masterchef2007]

How is this for Xrays

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[RyuCloudStrife]

dont kid yourself

[Rocket Sauce]

I think the x-ray moves are an homage to the Sonny Chiba movie "The Street Fighter" - no relation to the game.

See for yourself at 1:43 in the video...

[DORMIN]

THERE WILL BE ONLY CHAOS!

[Zydake]

Uh for some reason while watching that I sang like the opera people in the GoW theme

[jjohan35]

You'd think that Kung Lao's hat would fly off lol while getting his head bashed by the incoming subway during one of the fatalities.

[Kurt Russell]

I will be jealous of Kratos when I play my sbox version :(

MK is where the fight stick is though!

[HaHa_Ostrich]

@ Zydake
I was humming the very same theme. lol

[Vo_Cal]

OMFG-OMG-OMG... My most anticipated game of this YEAR. Gonna buy it for 360 and PS3.. JUST IN CASE A MUHFUCKA WANNA TEST! YOU BETTA HIDE YO KIDZ!

[CrzyFooL]

Hide yo wife!

[Rocket Sauce]

Run and tell THAT...homeboy

[RioKing]

You are dumb, you are really dumb.

[PRHB HYBRiiD]

fo real

[Blaze929]

wow this is old as all hell

[FunAndGun]

It is all the same except for the Kratos gameplay!

[LOGICWINS]

^^I'm surprised that no one here mentioned anything about the King of the Hill mode. That looks awesome.

[user9422077]

@Blaze:

The Kratos gameplay wasn't in the demo trailer at all. This is all new.

Btw, on topic: I'll know which version I'm getting.

[LOGICWINS]

"You are a moron. It's the extended version of the trailer we saw. It includes a lot more gameplay as well as additonal modes. So shut the hell up."

Woah..easy on that roast beef buddy.

[Blaze929]

wow ok sheesh, calm ur asses down

[Eamon]

lol nerdrage.

[Led-Zeppelin]

Is that all you comment about?

[2v1]

mortal combat is free to play on the psn

[xAlmostPro]

I love how they gave him more than one weapon xD like he goes through in his games :D awesome

[Persistantthug]

.

[ngecenk]

STRYKER FTW!!!!

[cyborg]

Kratos owns, the other MK fighters are no match for him!

[LOGICWINS]

lol^^

[FishCake9T4]

Apart from Raiden.

[ceedubya9]

FishCake9T4,

In all fairness, Kratos is in the business of killing gods....

[Raendom]

Raiden is a match, but Kratos would find a way to end him. :P

[RedDead]

ceeduby...greek gods kinda suck compared to say....the devil....demons and the christian god. If you ask me Kratos fits into MK so much. His powers are very much in the same catagory as MK characters. You say he kills gods, but they're probably the weekest 'gods' in history. They're just superhuman beings.

If I was a newcomer to MK and Gow, Kratos would just seem like he belonged in the game. Who would really win in a fight between Scorpion and Kratos? Who knows they have about the same speed, Scorpion being slightly faster instead of stronger. Point is their strenght is very comparable.

TEdit---The point is, kratos would not "OWN every MK character"

And i'm not talking about the game, certain characters are considered strong, it's like comparing who would win in a fight, Gandalf or Frodo. Cutscene strenght is normally this. For example, ingame leon S kenndy can take a hachet to the skull. Cutscene leon can not take a hachet to the skull. Who would win in a fight? Leon or Superman...oh I dunno whoever is the better player.Do you get my point now? Or can you still not fathom what i'm talking about?

[LOGICWINS]

"Who would really win in a fight between Scorpion and Kratos? Who knows they have about the same speed, Scorpion being slightly faster instead of stronger. Point is their strenght is very comparable."

Whats the point of that comparison? They are two fictional characters. In the game, the person who is the better player will be the victor..regardless of which character he/she chooses, so I don't get the point ur trying to make.

[Hudahudahuda]

Yeah, the Greek Gods are weaker than THE God anything is, but they weren't weak in GOW games. Poseidon pretty much flooded the planet just by dying.

Scorpion vs Kratos, Scorpion, can teleport and has hellfire which burns souls. Kratos Has Massive strength and the blade of olympus.

I wish Zeus could come later as DLC. Zeus vs Raiden would be awesome.

[Soplox]

Kratos Killed ZEUS
what chances Raiden have??
Zeus>>Raiden

[sharpened sense]

Are you guys really comparing who would win in a fight between Kratos a made up video game guy vs. The Greek Gods who were made up by Man vs. the Christian God who also was made up by Man??? lol

[Undeadwolfy]

Raiden?

(I keed) :p

[one2thr]

@red dead destroyer
You do know, that he defeated the sisters of fate (the chicks that controlls one's destiny), right?
And that he also killed Gaia ( The ever present mother of earth), right?
You do, know that he escaped hades multiple times and actually absorbed hades soul right?
You do know that all of the titans and gods combined are basically the same god concept as the christian god right?
Lastly, did you know that he's an immovable, but yet unstoppable being right?
In case if you didn't know, "He" is Kratos...... But I'm assuming you already knew that, right?

[pinksteak09]

@reddeaddestroyer, you typed all that nonsense for more disagrees than you bargained for...may olympus have mercy on you

[x5exotic]

@RedDeadDestroyer
christian god got pwned by jews
the devil sucks,greek gods>>>>>>CH ristian mythology and all stuff like that,its just kratos' powers made them look crappy b4 he raped them all :)

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Bahaha! Kratos should be honored to step foot in the mk universe. He will get absolutely destroyed. Round after round. Get ready to see your little god get raped on, n4g.

[Corepred4]

maybe if you pick him. you probably suck at MK, lol.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Yeah that makes a shit-ton of sense corepred4. The only thing you know about me is that my avatar is of the mk logo and that I'm obviously very excited about the game based purely on comment hisory. I've only been playing mk since I was 5.

Yeah..you're right. Add that all together and what do you get? I don't give a shit about bitch kratos because I suck at mortal kombat.

[Sub-Zero85]

My boy Ermac can hold his own against Kratos

[Rocket Sauce]

I just watched Sub-Zero freeze Superman and smash him into a hundred pieces on youtube. I'd put money on him.

[Winning]

Kratos fucking owned

[Panthers]

Haha I love how they have QTEs for his moves.

[darkdoom3000]

@corepred4

Well, you must have failed the QTE cause that joke just fell flat.

[Gambit07]

Day 1? Yes, day 1.

[theonlylolking]

Anyone who has played the demo should have seen this.

[VenomProject]

Yeah, this is old. Saw this last week.

[princeofthabay]

its extended

[MetalNCarnet]

The kratos gameplay wasn't in the demo trailer. That is new.

[VenomProject]

I'm not talking about the demo trailer.

[theonlylolking]

If you beat the tournament it shows this trailer.

[pinksteak09]

i played the demo, and i haven't seen this...may i borrow your eyes?

[blind-reaper]

yep this video was on my demo... weird!!

[adnanrules]

OMG ONLY SEEN A BIT BUT OMG

[SuperStrokey1123]

Im getting pretty excited to see this game...

[hyabusha]

April 19th hurry up!!!!!

[Rynx]

lol seriously. I'll be on Spring Break too!

[PSWe60]

FREAKIN' AWESOME! Wish they would have included Kratos in Soul Calibur IV instead of those crappy Star Wars characters, they don't even deserve to be mentioned.

[Kingdom Come]

Two characters from one of the highest-grossing and popular film franchises of all time? Kratos wouldn't have fit in with the Soul Caliber franchise, however, he fits in well with the gory traditions of the Mortal Kombat franchise...

[Pintheshadows]

Haha, and Darth and Yoda with LIGHTSABERS fitted in just fine did they?

[PSWe60]

LOL!

[Krimmson]

Funny, Kratos seemed to fit in perfectly for Soul Calibur on PSP.

[Hudahudahuda]

He was in soul calibur wasn't he?

[Treezy504]

Yeah he was in SC Broken Destiny on PSP

[zeroskie]

this demo's been out a while

[user9422077]

This is the EXTENDED TRAILER. The Kratos gameplay wasn't in the demo trailer at all; it's new.

[NeloAnjelo]

Kratos actually looks like he's from Outworld. I was worried that he wouldn't fit in. I'm glad he does! Thats three weapons we just saw... THREE!

[Vo_Cal]

I bet MS is holding off on an XBOX character. Would be cool to see them pull Master Chief out their ass and let MK make record sales. With Kratos and MC, this would be the fastest selling fighting game in history.

[Pintheshadows]

What an awful idea. How would Master Chief fit in?

[unknownhero1123]

if netherrealm studios made stryker work, they can make master chief work as well. For example, a combo of his would a few jabs to the face with a few slices of the laser sword or a few rounds out his plasma pistol.

a fatality could consist of master chief slicing a hole in the opponents chest, knocks the opponent down and leaves a grenade in the opponents chest wound.

I know that is difficult to imagine master chief in MK but he can work. Like i said, if a cop can fit in the MK universe, so can master chief.

On topic, kratos looks sick. his combos look fun to pull off.

[Corepred4]

No, Master Chief would not fit into MK. No. Shut up. No.

[Rainstorm81]

Stryker isnt a new character....He was on MK3....Netherrealm didnt have to make it work he's part of the MK universe.

The Halo spartan didnt fit in DOA and i doubt it would fit for MK...A Earth realm cop is one thing but Space Marines?? Come on..

[CaptainGreece]

I think 360 owners are getting nada.

[kingboy]

My god Kratos has sub-zero on his knees begging for mercy and that wasn't even a fatality move haha !

[jalen247]

LOL

[Burning_Finger]

Damn, I was expecting Kratos dying on this trailer.

Still, much better than the soul caliber 4.

[telekineticmantis]

and it was worth it, he looks beast but, I wonder if he's overpowered, I need a muliplayer demo before I know whether, I'll be getting this

[etowntwo]

Still can't believe no exclusive character for te 360.
Easily they could have added Marcus Fenix.
Oh well.

Well played Sony.

[MK_Red]

WTF? This video has been available for more than for more than a few weeks. Almost every game site has had the direct feed version for the last 2 weeks. The MK demo on PSN has it too.

That video was posted on N4G twice! Still, pretty cool vid with some sick fatalities and character reveals.

[MK_Red]

Oops, my bad. Discard the comment above. This vid has a few extra seconds showcasing awesome Kratos gameplay and a sick King of the Hill mode. Arcade like experience FTW!

[Der_Kommandant]

He looks better than i expected

[Killzone3___]

error :(..

[MrBeatdown]

Anyone else notice the triangle button over Kratos as he was stabbing Sub-Zero?

I lol'd.

[DFogz]

What was up with the QTE's during Kratos' gameplay?

[InfamousHero]

Kratos gameplay may have been only for the Playstation Plus demo because i saw this last week as well.

[MK_Red]

Nope, the PS Plus demo was also the shorter one without Kratos gameplay or other extra stuff (Like Raiden fatality and King of the Hill mode).

[Nate-Dog]

Man I'm not the biggest fighter fan but this is looking pretty good. Played a little bit of MvC3 but it felt a little too easy for me being a newbie to the series. Demo of this was way too easy difficulty wise but to me at least it seemed pretty solid gameplay wise and looks like it has a lot of potential.

[bronxsta]

Kratos looks epic. Feel sorry for Sub-zero (he's my favorite)

And on Master Chief, he'd fit right in. Plasma grenades for ranged attacks, energy sword for a weapon, Needler to the stomach during an X-Ray. Doesn't MK already have like two cyborgs, a guy with robotic arms, and a gun-wielding cop. Master Chief could work but I'd prefer Marcus Fenix, Bayonetta, Frank West, or Ninja Gaiden's Ryu

[Haseo106]

The Sword of Olympus!
=> Kratos will own everyone in Mortal Kombat. I have never played Mortal Kombat before and I didn't even think about buying this one when it's announced. However, when I saw the trailer of Kratos as a PS3 Exclusive, I pre-ordered the game immediately. Just can't wait!

[Jonah_Reese]

I-I Just want to play as Kratos. And other stuff but Kratos.

[BlueEye]

Dang! Looks really awesome and I think I'm being caught in the hype cause I might get this!

[Slugg3r]

I hope Kratos can rip enemys head off as finishing move

[tony6767]

woow just wooow

[Roozium]

Game looks amazing... Kratos not so much. To stiff for mortal kombat imo.

[Azfargh]

I agree... somewhat, the movement animations doesn´t connect well as the other characters. But noneless... My team is Sub-zero/Noob Saibot and Kratos.

[maxmill]

Cant wait to own him with every character xD

Hes gonna be the new ken of mk online

[Masterchef2007]

LOL the PS3 version is the one to get. Because of the controller and Kratos. Should be plenty of fun the game cant wait to see a review of it.

[Inzo]

PS3 version will out sell the 360 version 3:1 just because of Kratos. Kratos doesnt fit in nicely with the MK world, the MK world fits in nicely with Kratos.

[JohnApocalypse]

They actually put QTE in his character

[xtreampro]

Kratos looks so weird in this game, he looks so different to everyone else, and just like Roozium said he doesn't look nearly as fluid as all the other MK characters.

He seems like a last minute addition to the game just before release.

[zeksta]

Haha, I laughed hard at the at the fatality of the statue chewing up that dude.

[jalen247]

Kratos fatality should be first person where he rips off one of your limbs and savagely beats you to death with it while bloodying up the screen

[maxmill]

thats like quan chi

[nano88]

im getting the limited edition day 1

[bobrea]

So pumped for this game

[Silly gameAr]

I think I know who the first fighter I'm going to master is. Liu Kang will have to wait.

[TrevorPhillips]

1. Trailer is extended 2. Shows Kratos in action 3. Cannot freaking wait to get my hands on this game!

Mortal Kombat 9 FTW!

[NoLimitz80]

So we are watching a video of the trailer from the end of the demo. Everyone that has the demo has seen this already.

[TrevorPhillips]

This trailer is extended from the demo man. This shows of Raiden in action, kratos in action and online king of the hill

[Silly gameAr]

I've seen the trailer from the demo, but I haven't seen Kratos in action till now. So yeah, I'm pretty pumped about it.

[hellzsupernova]

woah that looks crazy violent lol now i can see why aussie banned it :P

[blakstarz]

y0...that part showing Raiden (I think) getting his head smashed into that subway train while moving was CRAZY!!

[Inzo]

Your right it does look crazy, but its not Raiden though.

[blakstarz]

Ohh..I thought it was...who is that by any chance?

[SkyCrawler]

Soooo glad it went back to it's roots...

[Bathyj]

Wow.

I think, for the first time since the SNES, I want Mortal Kombat.

Lousy Aussie government.

[Shani]

Fatalities and X-rays are cool...
Awesome gameplay too.

[ZILLA]

10/10 game!!!cant fckin wait.

[Claudinho69]

looks just a tiny bit violent...

[magus]

Im not liking those quick time events.

[vegeta121]

the vid is not working anymore

[user9422077]

New WORKING video has been uploaded - find it in the story.

[x5exotic]

Kratos Rules hell, killed its good,does that make scorpion his B**** ? ;)

[SlyFoxC]

Well Kratos moves into a new game....so the next step would be onto the Big Screen, next step after that would be him coming to my house, knocking on the door, and saying, Cody....I am your father, im sorryf for leaving you to kill all the greek gods, but i had too....now we can have some quality father son time....

[soren]

ewwww kratos fights stuff and choppy like every1 els i hate mortal combats animations fighting games aren't good unless they are from the Japanese Americans r really bad at fight moves and combos

[Denocao]

Hey! That video is old!

[Rhezin]

this is from the f!cking demo come on! If you played the MK demo you'd know.

[DirtyLary]

lol . Didn't click his link. But that is funny.

[assmonkey]

Wow stating too get really excited about this game. Looking good!

[acemonkey]

I really think his be the best fighter in the game.