<s>
Mortal	B-Device
Kombat	I-Device
:	I-Device
Special	I-Device
Forces	I-Device
is	O
a	O
2000	O
action-adventure	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Midway	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off/prequel	O
of	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
to	O
not	O
be	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
spin-off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
Jax	O
as	O
he	O
pursues	O
criminal	O
leader	O
Kano	O
and	O
his	O
gang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Device
Kombat	I-Device
:	I-Device
Special	I-Device
Forces	I-Device
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
view	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Device
Kombat	I-Device
:	I-Device
Special	I-Device
Forces	I-Device
is	O
chronologically	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
storyline	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
events	O
take	O
place	O
even	O
before	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
Mythologies	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sub-Zero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gemini	B-Device
:	O
Jax	O
's	O
base	O
operative	O
,	O
relaying	O
information	O
and	O
messages	O
to	O
him	O
from	O
headquarters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
share	O
a	O
friendship	O
,	O
and	O
Gemini	B-Device
worries	O
excessively	O
about	O
Jax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	B-Device
Face	I-Device
:	O
A	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Black	O
Dragon	O
organization	O
led	O
by	O
Kano	O
,	O
who	O
freed	O
him	O
from	O
a	O
high-security	O
prison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tasia	B-Device
:	O
An	O
expert	O
swordswoman	O
and	O
deadly	O
ninja	O
master	O
who	O
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
Kano	O
's	O
Black	O
Dragon	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Tremor	O
,	O
No	B-Device
Face	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Jarek	O
,	O
Kano	O
freed	O
her	O
from	O
a	O
high-security	O
prison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
appears	O
along	O
with	O
Jarek	O
to	O
capture	O
Cassie	O
and	O
Jacqui	O
by	O
the	O
orders	O
of	O
Black	O
Dragon	O
in	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
X	I-Application
comic	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Midway	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
after	O
having	O
tested	O
the	O
waters	O
with	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
Mythologies	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sub-Zero	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Series	O
co-creator	O
John	O
Tobias	O
intended	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
platform	O
games	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
universe	O
,	O
including	O
titles	O
centering	O
on	O
Baraka	O
and	O
Liu	O
Kang	O
;	O
only	O
the	O
latter	O
was	O
actually	O
released	O
by	O
Midway	O
(	O
2005	O
's	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shaolin	I-Application
Monks	I-Application
)	O
despite	O
having	O
sat	O
on	O
the	O
drawing	O
board	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Special	O
Forces	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
both	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
all	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Special	O
Forces	O
is	O
considered	O
by	O
some	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
worst	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sales	O
were	O
so	O
low	O
that	O
Midway	O
placed	O
the	O
series	O
on	O
hold	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
GamesRadar+	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
absurd	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
offshoot	O
(	O
behind	O
only	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	O
Live	O
Tour	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
