MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!


Okay so I got this game on rent, and was able to finish the story mode, try out some of the other modes, explore the krypt, etc before I returned it.

And here is my review.

Gameplay:
The gameplay in Mortal Kombat X is GREAT, fluid, face paced action keeps you on the edge of your seat. As you and your opponent can go back and forth easily until both of you have a sliver of health left.
Combos range from very easy to extremely difficult, each special move can be used in a variety of ways, and X-Rays, breakers and enhanced specials help keep you at the advantage. However you never know when your opponent will turn the tide by breaking your combo or dealing massive damage from an X-Ray. You also get to interact with the items around you, such as jumping off of a tree to get away, grabbing Shao Kahn's hammer to slam down on your enemy, or THROWING AN OLD LADY. All of these things keep the battles interesting and dynamic, letting you have a variety of ways to take down your opponent. Great work NetherRealm.

Story:
Unlike the gameplay, story here is...lackluster. Clocking in at around 6 hours.((SPOILERS UP AHEAD))
The story picks up 2 years after Mortal Kombat 9, when Shinnok, former Elder God, invades Earthrealm to corrupt the lifeforce, the Jinsei.
A couple problems with this.
1: Quan Chi said that the invasion was ready right away, why did they wait 2 years?!
2: Why are we NOW learning about the Jinsei? 10 games and we just now know about such an important factor.
3: The Elder Gods have done NOTHING to stop this invasion...or do anything in the story actually.

Anyways continuing.

So Shinnok gets to the Jinsei, and with his extremely powerful amulet, goes to trap Raiden and What's-his-name(sorry) in the amulet. However Johnny Cage, Kenshi and Sonya Blade come in and save the day...
Again, a couple issues
1: Shinnok becomes a winy 12 year old in this part
2: Johnny Cage defeats Shinnok, former elder god, by Shadow power ex machina.


Throughout the rest of the game, many issues like these arise, most importantly, how inconsistent the power of some characters are. Johnny Cage can defeat both Sub Zero and Scorpion at the same time, but Sub Zero then can defeat all of the Young Justice squad later on, then one of the the squad members, Cassie Cage, is able to defeat SHINNOK AT MAXIMUM POWER...with Shadow Ex Machina.
There is a lot of issues with the story, if you wanna know them all, look up "Everything Wrong with Mortal Kombat X" on youtube.

Extra:
Some of the main things i'm going over here is the extra game modes, the bonus items, etc.

However let me talk about one thing first....THERE IS MICROTRANSACTIONS! You can buy 30 easy fatalities, extra skins, and a $30 Kombat pack with 4 characters and some skins...WHAT?!
Just no, no, get out of here microtransactions, go, get.

Now let's talk multiplayer...it's fun as hell.
But they do have this wierd Faction system, but i'd just ignore it since it basically does nothing.
So when you get matched with someone online, all you can do is cross your fingers that you get a good connection, if you do, it's amazingly fun...unless they are Sub-Zero/Scorpion spammers. If you don't, well you're fucked.
Local multiplayer however is REALLY fun, I had a couple friends over and we went back and forth of best out of 3 matches(which I won 80% of them), and we all tried out the different characters and special classes with each type, we had an absolute blast I can gladly hold by imaginary champion's belt as the best Ermac.

Okay next, is the Krypt, the Krypt is basically this extra store in the game, where you go to different tombstones and you can use the Koins you get from playing to unlock Fatalities, Brutalities, outfits, etc. It's pretty interesting and has an extremely creepy vibe...with jumpscares and QTE's for some reason. It's pretty neat nonetheless.

The Ladders are basically the same, but do have new endings in them where you beat Corrupted Shinnok. So pretty cool there.

FINAL SCORE: 8/10

Despite the meh story, the microtransactions, etc. The game is a blast and it's so much fun to grab a buddy and just go crazy, try a different game mode or buy some new stuff at the Krypt. Worth the buy if you like Mortal Kombat.

The story in MKX is pretty lackluster and short that was really my only gripe about the game. After Injustice's story, I expected Netherrealm to at least put more effort into their MKX story because the story mode in Injustice was short too.

And yeah, the Microtransactions, Easy Fatalities, and DLC unlockable characters are completely unnecessary. Fatalities are not even that hard to do because in the Moves List you can tag the one you want to appear on the screen.

The DLC characters have got to go. Maybe for guest characters like Predator is acceptable but for characters like Goro, Sindel, Baraka, and Rain who have been in previous MK games, they should be unlockable by playing the game instead of buying them.

I thought it was pretty good. Lot of stuff to do for both competitive and casual players.

AND IF ANYONE LOOKS AT THIS POST.

Would anyone be interested in a tournament if I bought the game?

I bought it but I only played it for like 30 minutes  on pc lmao