Mortal Kombat 1 Hands-On Preview: Ghostface Is A Killer Addition To The Fighter's Roster

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Ghostface is the latest addition to , and he brings a killer new approach to the iconic fighting game franchise. Debuting in 1996's and quickly becoming the face of the franchise (even while different characters wore the mask in each subsequent film), Ghostface had endured as a post-modern take on the slasher villain. Designed as a self-aware character who is quick to point out the tropes that he's actively embodying, Ghostface's more sardonic side has never fully undercut the horrifying nature of the character.

It's those qualities that Ghostface brings to . While he's far from the first horror movie character to appear in the legendary fighting game franchise, Ghostface is a particularly fitting one. During a hands-on preview of the DLC (which got the chance to check out and play at Warner Bros. Games in Burbank, California), 's version of Ghostface proved to be a deceptively tricky but rewardingly brutal character that fans of the slasher franchise and the fighting game series alike will love.

The second batch of DLC, titled «Khaos Reigns,» adds three new guest characters to the roster of. The first of these is Ghostface, the masked killer at the heart of the franchise. Across that series, multiple characters have donned the mask and taken up the knife of the murderer, targeting people with a very self-aware approach to the horror genre. That gleeful sense of gory fun is something the films have in common with the perpetually gory games, making Ghostface an ideal addition to the game's roster.

Screen Rant has the exclusive reveal of a tense Mortal Kombat 1 introduction that pits the masked killer Ghostface against Invincible's Omni-Man.

Ghostface operates as a single fighter, but references the films' habit of having multiple people under the mask by incorporating a second Ghostface into some attacks and cinematics. The result is a close-combat fighter who lacks long-range options but makes up for it with multiple ways to quickly close distance. This includes