NetherRealm Studios has released the first gameplay trailer for Mortal Kombat 11‘s upcoming Aftermath DLC, and with it comes the first glimpse at new character RoboCop‘s fighting style. Although he hasn’t been a part of the Mortal Kombat series in the past, NetherRealm’s violent fighting game franchise is no stranger to crossing over with popular movie and comic book characters, and previous games in the series have seen the inclusion of iconic horror movie villains like Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
RoboCop isn’t even the first non-Mortal Kombat character included in Mortal Kombat 11, as the game already features both The Joker from DC Comics and The Terminator from The Terminator. Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath is planned to be a story addition to the main plot of Mortal Kombat 11, taking place immediately following the final boss fight, and it’s unclear at the moment just how RoboCop will be included in the franchise’s lore.
No matter how NetherRealm decides to include RoboCop in Mortal Kombat 11’s story, most players just want to find out what the walking police android plays like, and thankfully a new trailer (posted to Mortal Kombat’s official YouTube page earlier today and embedded below) shows just that. Not only are RoboCop‘s moves, including finishers and specials, shown off in the video, but lots of special attacks and fatalities for the other two new characters in Mortal Kombat 11, Sheeva and Fujin, are revealed as well. Check it out:
This isn’t the first video game RoboCop has face off against the Terminator in, as both characters appeared on the SNES and Sega Genesis in the game RoboCop Versus The Terminator, which is based on a short comic book series that retconned part of the Terminator’s backstory and made it so it was RoboCop’s brain which originally laid the foundation for the creation of Skynet. However, that game wasn’t nearly as brutal as this upcoming Mortal Kombat 11 version of the character looks to be, as even RoboCop’s ED-209 makes an appearance during one of his fatalities.
Although it’s not yet been revealed how RoboCop will interact with the characters in Mortal Kombat 11’s story, his fighting styles, special moves, and fatalities look to be not only fun to play but also remain very true to the original iteration of the character, down to RoboCop blowing off one of his opponent’s hands and leaving nothing but a bloody stump behind. The stylized violence of Mortal Kombat 11 may not be exactly in line with the satirical tones of the first two RoboCop movies, but it looks like the character will fit in just fine anyway.
