Mortal Kombat: Armageddon: Difference between revisions

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* [[Back from the Dead]]: Everyone—or, at least, those who we were ''told'' got killed (such as Mavado, who was killed by Kabal in ''Deception'', and Hsu Hao, who was killed by Jax in ''Deadly Alliance'').

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Shinnok is [[The Man Behind the Man]] to Daegon and is trusted by Taven (who is unaware that he had fallen), and pits the two against each other. He seems to have a greater awareness of what is going on than most other heroes and villans, and he chooses to use an avatar for the final battle rather than show up in person. {{spoiler|It is implied in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' that the entirety of that game is a result of his machinations in this one.}} Quite impressive, though he's as much of an [[Anticlimax Boss]] as a fighter as he ever was (even if, granted, he's not technically a boss).

* [[Combo Breaker]]: It could be used three times in a match, however.

* [[Endless Corridor]]: One of the arenas allows you to knock the opponent down a flight of stairs to an exact replica of the area... and then do it again... and again...

* [[Enemy Mine]]: The Forces of Darkness. As opposed to the Forces of Light, who are mostly comprised of [[True Companions|friends and family]] (and even the newcomers are on good standing with the more senior members), there is nothing but bad blood between the villains (and the occasional neutral character). Darrius hired Dairou to kill Hotaru, while [[Order Versus Chaos|Hotaru and Havik]] don't hold each other in high regard. Several of the members would probably be better suited to fight for the Forces of the Light if it weren't for their personal vendettas. Take Nitara for instance. She's most likely the closest thing the group has to a [[Token Good Teammate]] ([[Word of God]] confirms that she's [[Character Alignment|morally]] Neutral/Good), but is there to defeat Ashrah because {{spoiler|Ashrah's [[Cool Sword|Kriss]] is a [[Knight Templar]] towards the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire]] race, which it sees as [[Exclusively Evil]].}} Scorpion, an [[Anti-Hero]], is another good example. He's only aligned with them because he ''hates'' Quan Chi '''intensely''' (seeing as the man was responsible for {{spoiler|killing his family}}, it's pretty damn justified), but he ultimately engages in battle with his former nemesis Sub-Zero (as seen in the intro).

* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: Shinnok is not actually a playable character in this game ''per say''; instead, he was [[Genre Savvy]] enough to use an avatar. {{spoiler|In the next game, Raiden cheats Shao Kahn of victory by altering time... but it is implied that Shinnok, since he never actually lost due to not actually being present, might have altered time ''first'', taking advantage of this trope.}}

* [[Finishing Move]]: Which you can input by using, among other stuff:

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Jarek's weapon style has him fighting with an axe. It's referred to as "Kick Axe" by the game. Now, say that out loud.

* [[How Much More Can He Take?]]

* [[Lazy Artist]]: The game has received many flak for recycling ''Deadly Alliance'' and ''Deception'' character models. Several of the new characters also have recycled animations from previous games, even when they don't fit. Then there's the absolute lack of unique fatalities. Whilst an argument could be made that trying to give [[Loads and Loads of Characters|every character on the roster]] a fatality would have been time consuming & likely seen some characters using similar fatalities, the fact remains that there were only 17 characters in the game who didn't appear in the two previous games, which is less than the rosters of ''Deception'' and ''Deadly Alliance'', and the characters returning from those games could have reused those fatalities if need be.

* [[Loin Cloth]]: Aside from the obvious examples, the custom character can wear one.

* [[Shows Damage]]

* [[Smashing Hallway Traps of Doom]]: Featured in several stages.

 

== Tropes related with the Konquest mode ==