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Good news for fans: Mortal Kombat II appears to be a step up from the first movie. The trailers suggest the filmmakers heard the criticisms of the original and made significant changes. Here are five ways the sequel looks to be better.

Many popular game franchises, including Diablo and Fallout, started as computer role-playing games (CRPGs). These early games often felt like digital versions of tabletop games. While many older CRPGs are now overlooked, they paved the way for successful series, and modern CRPGs are now considered the best examples of the genre. They stand out thanks to complex gameplay, detailed character development, and stories where player choices really matter.

Oh man, you know the one I’m talking about! It’s that iconic intro with Claire Redfield making a run for it as a helicopter is blasting away at everything around her, sending glass flying everywhere. Seriously, a classic moment!

I’m seeing a rumor going around online that Final Fantasy 16 and Dragon’s Dogma 2 are going to be the big games featured in an upcoming showcase. If that’s true, it sounds like it’ll be one of the most exciting lineups we’ve seen in a while!

If you didn’t play this game when it first came out, it introduced some really new ideas for its time. You could hack computers, experience a story that changed based on your choices, take damage to specific body parts, disarm enemies up close, and battle genetically modified mutants – all pretty groundbreaking stuff back then.

Netflix is removing five of its original shows over the next few weeks. The lineup includes a variety of genres – documentaries, comedy specials, and dramas. Keep an eye out for Magical Andes, Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed, Sirius the Jaeger (Season 1), The Ruthless, and Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen, as one will be taken off the platform each week in March.

Many Spider-Man fans consider the “Clone Saga” to be the biggest misstep in the comic’s history, even more so than the more recent “One More Day” storyline. It severely damaged the Spider-Man comics for years, which was particularly shocking given how well they were selling beforehand. Having read the series when it originally came out, I think it’s actually not as bad as its reputation suggests. While it definitely has flaws, revisiting the issues reveals it wasn’t consistently terrible – in fact, it was genuinely good at times throughout its lengthy run.

Before the Nintendo 64 became a hit, another innovative game starring Mario proved how versatile the character could be. Released in Japan on March 9, 1996, and in North America a few months later, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars combined the classic platforming gameplay with the style of role-playing games from Square. Though not as well-known as another Mario title released that same year, Super Mario RPG was a significant step forward for the Nintendo franchise.