12 Fighting Game Mechanics That Make No Sense

A fight's a fight, right? Turns out that's not always the case in some games.

Posted By | On 17th, Feb. 2020

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Fatal Blows

mortal kombat 11

Similarly, Fatal Blows in Mortal Kombat 11. Don’t get us wrong – seeing Kitana throw both her fans into a foe’s chest and drop-kicking them for that extra oomph? It’s awesome. But some of these moves should be outright killing foes, whether it’s Frost shoving razor-sharp icicles in someone’s head or Shao Kahn pinning a fool to the ground with his spear, only to crack his head with a sledgehammer. And yes, everyone is just fine afterwards, which just defies logic all the more, even in Story Mode.


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