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Game Title: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Oct 30, 2025)
• PlayStation 4 (Oct 30, 2025)
• Xbox Series X/S (Oct 30, 2025)
• Xbox One (Oct 30, 2025)
• Nintendo Switch (Oct 30, 2025)
• PC (Oct 30, 2025)

Trailer:

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 86 average - 90% recommended
Metacritic - 88 average (PS5 version) - Based on 6 reviews

Critic Reviews


CGMagazine - Philip Watson - 9 / 10

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is a triumphant return for the series that brings back the best the series has to offer.

ComingSoon.net - Tyler Treese - 8.5 / 10

Online qualms aside, the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is a true love letter to the iconic fighting game franchise.

GameSpot - Jason Fanelli - 9 / 10

Digital Eclipse's latest is a love letter to kombat with a K, warts and all.

Gaming Nexus - Nathan Carter - 9.5 / 10

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is an absolutely incredible collection of the classic games with some great quality of life features added to them. The documentary is a fascinating look into the history of the Mortal Kombat team and the development of the series. It's a shame that the online features are barebones as of now, but I think for old school Mortal Kombat fans, this collection is a dream come true and has personally reignited my love for this franchise.

MonsterVine - Spencer Legacy - 4 / 5

The Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is another strong collection from Digital Eclipse, despite some strange missteps. The included games and ports range in quality, but they're presented with the excellence we've come to expect from the devs. The online is frustratingly limited at launch, but the bonus content and various available ports make this worth checking out if you have any interest in the series's early days.

PlayStation Universe - John-Paul Jones - 9.5 / 10

Another home run for those wizards at Digital Eclipse whom I hope will never stop weaving their game preservation magic, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection isn't just a pitch-perfect trip down memory lane, it's a love letter, a tantalising peeling back of the curtain, a look behind the scenes of one of the most legendary and landmark videogame franchises ever made. If you have even the smallest modicum of fondness for gaming's original bad boy, then the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is as essential as essential can be.

Saving Content - Abdul Ahmad - 3 / 5

At the bare minimum, at least these venerable classics (particularly the arcade versions of MK1-4 as well as Mortal Kombat Trilogy & Mythologies) finally got well emulated re-releases. But there are things that probably should have been here at launch that are missing (like online private rooms/matches), and quality of life things that could be better (having to hold a button for 1.5 seconds to pause, lack of visual filter options, etc.). If you absolutely are a Mortal Kombat die hard, and you want easy access to play these games on modern consoles, or don't mind only playing random online matches, this collection is for you. Otherwise, you may want to wait for the promised update and/or a sale before jumping in.

Shacknews - Ozzie Mejia - 8 / 10

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The Outerhaven Productions - Josh Piedra - 3 / 5

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection contains some of the greatest and most iconic games in the Mortal Kombat franchise! These were the games that put the series on the map, challenged censorship, and paved the way for other fighting games. Despite the games being fantastic, the selection of titles feels bloated and unnecessary, while the features, while good, seem like an average offering.

XboxEra - Győző Baki - 8.2 / 10

Revisiting the original trilogy is still a blast, especially online, despite many other collections already exploring those games. Padding out the title count with many ports of the same goes is a bit futile, but a good exercise in game preservation.

 

[Moridianae]

Game Information

Game Title: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Oct 30, 2025)
• PlayStation 4 (Oct 30, 2025)
• Xbox Series X/S (Oct 30, 2025)
• Xbox One (Oct 30, 2025)
• Nintendo Switch (Oct 30, 2025)
• PC (Oct 30, 2025)

Trailer:

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 86 average - 90% recommended
Metacritic - 88 average (PS5 version) - Based on 6 reviews

Critic Reviews


CGMagazine - Philip Watson - 9 / 10



ComingSoon.net - Tyler Treese - 8.5 / 10



GameSpot - Jason Fanelli - 9 / 10



Gaming Nexus - Nathan Carter - 9.5 / 10



MonsterVine - Spencer Legacy - 4 / 5



PlayStation Universe - John-Paul Jones - 9.5 / 10



Saving Content - Abdul Ahmad - 3 / 5



Shacknews - Ozzie Mejia - 8 / 10



The Outerhaven Productions - Josh Piedra - 3 / 5



XboxEra - Győző Baki - 8.2 / 10

The one guy complaining about the amount of titles, calling it bloated must be real fun at parties.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Going to sink an insane amount of hours into this.....as an OG MK arcade head, some of my most favorite times in the arcade was playing MK2 and the other ones. Can't wait to dig into this full kollection tonight!

Looks like an easy platinum too if you're a trophy nut like me lol

 

[Kuranghi]

I look forward to watch someone stream this on Friday and Saturday, I didnt know about the documentary part of it until this week, that'll be really good I reckon.

I still haven't gotten round to Karateka or the Jeff Minter collection from DA, will do soon.

A total lack of visual filter is a big miss to me, I'm not talking about scanlines or pixel masks because the CRT displays of the time wouldn't necessarily have had those but these graphics were definitely not meant to be seen at such a high resolution as modern displays provide with absolutely no filtering.

The brain fills in the gaps when some of the image is blurred or merged and it loses its perceived higher resolution when you just display it pixel for pixel nowadays. Things end up looking much flatter overall, ironically.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Nice, might pick up on Switch 2 as the first time I played the original was on a Nintendo console.

I think the red on the box suits it better than PS5's blue and white too.

These things matter

 

[The Pleasure]

Lets see if i still got it

 

[Lee49]

I ended up pre ordering this even though I have zero nostalgia towards the series unless playing some of the ps2 game as a kid that had kinda of an open world counts.

But yeah bought it because this collection looks cool as fuck. No lobbies is a massive bummer tho because I think I could convince some people to play it with me, but oddly enough I'm looking forward to diving into the documentary as this is a huge part of gaming history and I know next to nothing about. Seems like a cool package and if you're a enthusiast about the series then I'm very happy for you. Would absolutely love tekken to get this treatment now.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Bout as expected. Nice nice

Will get, be it this weekend or something.

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks like a good collection. I may pick it up after I finish silksong.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Looks like a good collection. I may pick it up after I finish silksong.

No, you will buy it NOW. Backlog it and forget about it for at least 2-3 years, it's the only way!

 

[AJUMP23]

No, you will buy it NOW. Backlog it and forget about it for at least 2-3 years, it's the only way!

At the rate I am going this will be on GP by the time I finish Silksong.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

No, you will buy it NOW. Backlog it and forget about it for at least 2-3 years, it's the only way!

 

[spookyfish]

Nice, might pick up on Switch 2 as the first time I played the original was on a Nintendo console.

I think the red on the box suits it better than PS5's blue and white too.

These things matter

For me, this has always been a Nintendo (MK1 and MK2, MK 4) and PlayStation (MK 3, MK Trilogy) property, although SEGA has its share (Ultimate MK3--Saturn and Mortal Kombat Gold--Dreamcast).

 

[EverydayBeast]

MK is way better and cooler than tekken, the fatalities are unique and MK carried the fighting game torch for yeaaaaaars.

 

[Kacho]

 

[CrimsonTide]

MK is way better and cooler than tekken, the fatalities are unique and MK carried the fighting game torch for yeaaaaaars.

ALSO the announcer! That music too

 

[NeverYouMind]

Quoting myself from other thread:

I am stunned that they could get such a clean picture and instant loading on Mortal Kombat Trilogy. I have also never known that the SNES version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was such a good port with features I thought were exclusive to Trilogy (like Rain and Noob). Love the moveset display, accessible extra options, and rewind feature across games in this release.

I am kinda ticked off by some of the decisions made in this collection based on my Series S experience though:
1. The 32X version of Mortal Kombat II is missing sounds and probably other things.
2. No pixel accurate aspect ratio as it only gives 4:3 and fullscreen for everything.
3. The single TV filter (disregarding curvature) has a whitish glow with no way to change brightness so it looks more washed out than the source picture and there is no more options.
4. There is no audio filter to boost frequencies like decent speakers on old televisions.

P.S. All the portable releases are gutter trash with crappy LCD graphics filters but I was not going to play them anyway.

P.S.S. Mortal Kombat 4 was crap then and is still crap now so even if this is the definitive version of it... it still sucks.

I do not understand some of their decisions in this collection and expect them to at least fix definitive 32X version of Mortal Kombat II. I intend to sink hours into relearning the running combos in various MK3 versions.

 

[rodrigolfp]

"lack of visual filter options"

OOF! PC to save the day.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I'll wait for a sale.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I was not expecting that kind of metacritic/opencritic for this, honestly. I'll definitely grab it on a sale.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

I really hope they do an update for more filters and the 32x sound bug other than that I'm loving it

 

[rkofan87]

here's another Mortal Kombat Fanboy whining and complaining like a dumbass

 

[rkofan87]

"lack of visual filter options"

OOF! PC to save the day.

what options are missing?

 

[Kacho]

what options are missing?

Tons. It has a single filter that looks too fuzzy. Earthion has more variety than this.

I don't care about filters btw but some do.

 

[rkofan87]

Tons. It has a single filter that looks too fuzzy. Earthion has more variety than this.

I don't care about filters btw but some do.

same i just turn the turn the filters and borders off give me those crispy pixels give me those crispy polygons.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

here's another Mortal Kombat Fanboy whining and complaining like a dumbass

I couldn't get past the first 30 seconds. He's the personification of the negative Steam reviews lol

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Tons. It has a single filter that looks too fuzzy. Earthion has more variety than this.

I don't care about filters btw but some do.

It always amazes me how these collections put like one crappy CRT filter in meanwhile I can download like 500 filters for RetroArch that are less than 85 MB total.

 

[KaiserBecks]

That's much, much better than I expected. I'll get a copy then.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

It always amazes me how these collections put like one crappy CRT filter in meanwhile I can download like 500 filters for RetroArch that are less than 85 MB total.

Not to mention, this filter they got washes out the colors and adds bloom to the image. Theres so many better CRT/scanilne shaders on Retroarch for this specific purpose. As far as I remember, this is not how the arcade game looks on machines, it was much sharper meaning another filter was needed. Hopefully they patch in stuff like this as its painfully easy.

 

[MiguelItUp]

here's another Mortal Kombat Fanboy whining and complaining like a dumbass

As an ATP viewer, anytime I see that dude's name I laugh. He's always been hysterical, such a goober, lmao.

 

[rkofan87]

max did not like it it needs a patch now.

 

[archvile7]

What's the deal with the MKII 32X version? I mean, is it the most arcade close version released on console or something? I had the SNES version and played the Genesis version (what a huge difference between the two, especially audio), but never played the 32X version (even though I was one of 5 people who a 32X)

I'll check it out on the Kollection once it gets patched. Just wondering

 

[NeverYouMind]

What's the deal with the MKII 32X version? I mean, is it the most arcade close version released on console or something? I had the SNES version and played the Genesis version (what a huge difference between the two, especially audio), but never played the 32X version (even though I was one of 5 people who a 32X)

I'll check it out on the Kollection once it gets patched. Just wondering

No, it is not much like Arcade version. It has fair AI, bombastically crisp audio, more detailed character sprites (relative to 16-bit ports), and vibrant colors (relative to 16-bit ports).