This is my list of which Mortal Kombat games are fun and balanced for casual players such as myself in single-player.
Highly recommended:
Mortal Kombat (360) - Medium difficulty a few continues
Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5) - Medium difficulty a few continues
Recommended:
Mortal Kombat (Genesis) - diff 1/5
Mortal Kombat II (32X) - diff Very Easy
Mortal Kombat 4 (PSX) - 9 continues on 3/6 difficulty
Mortal Kombat X (PS4) - Medium difficulty a few continues
Mortal Kombat 11 (PS5) - Medium difficulty a few continues
The jury's out:
Mortal Kombat II (Arcade)
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (PS2)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (360)
Not recommended:
Mortal Kombat 3 (PSX) - Motaro sucks on the easiest difficulty
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES) - Motaro sucks on the easiest difficulty
Mortal Kombat
SEGA Genesis 1993@939
Mortal Kombat II
Genesis 32X 1995@3833
Mortal Kombat 4
PlayStation 1998@291
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
PlayStation 2 2002@802
Mortal Kombat: Deception
PlayStation 2 2004@47
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
PlayStation 2 2006@801
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Xbox 360 2008@22
Mortal Kombat
Xbox 360 2011@279
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
Windows 2013@986
Mortal Kombat X
PlayStation 4 2015@1345
Mortal Kombat 11
PlayStation 4 2019@2143
Mortal Kombat 11
PlayStation 5 2020@3305
Mortal Kombat 1
PlayStation 5 2023@3814
Mortal Kombat (SEGA Genesis)
Mortal Kombat II (Genesis 32X)
Mortal Kombat X (PlayStation 4)
Mortal Kombat 11 (PlayStation 4)
Mortal Kombat 11 (PlayStation 5)
Mortal Kombat 1 (PlayStation 5)
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