MK 11 REVIEW FULL

You have no control over the battle, it’s down to the planning and loadout you’ve equipped them with. Like a fantasy football team, you can pick your squad of decked out Fighters, and pit them against someone else’s. Standard 1v1 ranked and casual fights are available, as is the AI mode. If you’re feeling fancy, all decked out with your skills and new moves, you can always try your hard at online play. Unlockable rewards range from consumables to use in the Tower mode(s), character skins and items, even fatalities. The Krypt returns, this time as a third person mode on Shang Tsung’s island (voiced by none other than the character’s actor, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), allowing you to spend your coin on chests again. This sounds great in theory, but there’s some slight catches (which I’ll get to). Modifiers can be selected in between stages, from armour buffs to incoming missiles and acid rains to turn the tide. Klassic Towers hark back to the original game, giving each character an ending separate to the main story. Once you’ve got your moves honed in and fatalities locked in the mind, there’s a few modes in which you can use them. It’s definitely get that “easy to pick up, hard to master” thing going for it, as you’d expect from any fighting game. The basics can be covered when you start the story, but delving into the tutorial menu really opens up the meat of the combat.Īs well as your standard “basics to special move” progression, there’s advanced techniques to master, like working out frame damage and reach of moves, cancelling combos to special moves, even to the right move to counter being knocked down and avoiding a follow up attack with. To help this, there is an absolute wealth of tutorials available to players.

This time, it feels like they’ve really ramped up the speed of a fight, with combos being quicker and more accessible to new and masters alike. Personally, I’d always thought of Mortal Kombat/Injustice combat as slow and methodical, compared to the combo-based shenanigans of Street Fighter and Tekken. We complain if nothing changes, so we should embrace the new means of combat we’re given.Ĭombat (sorry, “kombat”) itself is a lot quicker, too. Returning from MKX, this time around if it’s timed right, you’ll get a little cinematic and some extra damage.Īll these new/reformed additions may appear to the cynical as rehashing old moves, but for me, it’s all a welcome addition. It’s the same with the interactive scenery attacks, as well. Say someone’s hitting you with a high attack, if certain characters perform an uppercut at just the right moment, you’ll deal some extra clout and get visually rewarded for it. Countering a move with a specific reply sees you pull off a mini-Xray attack, for some extra damage and a nice little graphical showoff. Similarly, there’s a new Krushing Blow counter mechanic for some table-turning damage, too. Played out in gory animations, it’s still there for all the fans of Xray moves and the like. Inputted the same way as the old Xray moves (both triggers on the respective format), it’s a last ditch move to deal some massive retaliatory damage before/if you die. Getting smacked about to 30% or less health sees the Fatal Blow prompt appear by your gauge. Whereas before it was connected to your special move enhancement pool, and totted up by how much damage you deal/take, it’s now linked to your life bar. One of the biggest changes from the last game is the removal of the ultra-violent Xray moves. Whilst the inherent concept of “hit each other until one falls down” is still there, NetherRealm have mixed up the formula a tad. So, why should you ignore my moanings and still play Mortal Kombat 11? Well, get over here and I’ll tell you.Īs a positive though, you can never accuse Mortal Kombat of being stale. Trouble is, what else can you fill it with? A kart game? Testing your might? We’ve had all that, so now we’re stuck with this mess.

MK 11 REVIEW FULL

It’s become indicative of modern gaming that gamers aren’t going to fork out full price for a beat ’em up anymore, because we’re so accustomed to wanting more from our dollar now. Gorier, graphically improved and with much more accessible combat, it’s a shame it’s also brought the modern trappings of loot boxes, microtransactions and an unprecedented amount of grind to unlock it all. The Finger Guns Review Īs Mortal Kombat hits its eleventh numbered title (and it’s actually numbered this time, instead of numerals or reboot names), it improves on the benchmark that MKX set. But like most modern games, it’s marred with microtransactions and incessant grind. At its heart, MK11 is a top fighting game.

Mk 11 review