blend of genres, and called it "una auténtica delicia que sorprende tanto a los aficionados a los beat-em-up como a los maniacos de las adventuras estilla Flashback." ("a true delight that will surprise beat 'em up fans as much as Flashback-style adventure maniacs.") GamePro took a more moderate but still positive stance, describing it as "an interesting, entertaining, and ultimately exhausting spinoff of the arcade fighting series. Mythologies isn't as big as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or as complex as Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, but for solid and challenging action, it holds its own nicely." Praises for the game centered on its system of accumulating experience points to learn moves, the graphics (in particular the 3D backgrounds), and the full motion video (FMV) cutscenes. However, many found the animation stiff to the point of appearing ridiculous. Some also criticized that there is not enough variety in the enemies, and that the level design and camera often create situations where the player cannot see the platform they need to jump on to proceed, forcing them to jump blindly and hope for the best. By far the most widespread criticism was the unintuitive and slow-to-respond controls, with some particularly complaining at the need to push an action button to make Sub-Zero turn around. John Ricciardi commented in Electronic Gaming Monthly, "Do you remember the old days of the NES when some games were entirely frustrating because of their horrible control? Well take the worst of the bunch, multiply it by 10, and you have MKM: SZ. The control is really that bad." Reviews for the Nintendo 64 version were considerably more negative than those for the PlayStation version, as even critics who had a positive response to the game noted the Nintendo 64 version had lower quality audio and stripped out the FMV cutscenes, which many considered the best element of the game. GameFan and GameSpot also found the Nintendo 64 version's graphics more washed out, but IGN said the two versions are graphically identical apart from the removal of the FMV, and Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro both contended that the Nintendo 64 graphics are better. However, GamePro was overall less pleased with the Nintendo 64 version, describing it as more of a rental, and even Sushi-X, the only member of Electronic Gaming Monthlys four-person review team to give the PlayStation game a positive review, summed up that "While I somewhat