Mortal Kombat 11

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 677 Ratings

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  1. DrSiko
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Paying $60 for a game content blocked by grinding or pay walls is unacceptable.
    Cutting off half of most wanted characters to be later sold as DLCs is unacceptable.
    Releasing a heavily-bugged game just because you can patch it in 6 months is unacceptable.

    Not going into the political agenda we non-Americans have to swallow with every franchise now.
  2. OfCourse
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Another classical franchise bastardized by corporate greed and leftist politics. If you didn't like Disney Star Wars, Mass Effect Andromeda and Wolfenstein 2, chances are - you won't like this.
  3. Dobrein
    May 2, 2019
    1
    1 - Microtransactions.
    2 - Tower Of Time are more annoying than ever! Game designer just should be fired at this point.
    3 - Has to be worst story mode writing I've seen in the any video game.

    Buy it only for online play, which can crash at times too :)
  4. wolf-mvp
    Jun 16, 2019
    1
    SJW - 10/10

    Microtransactions - 10/10

    Price - 60/60

    Skipped Indonesia, Ukraine, and Japan.
  5. VpHc
    May 28, 2019
    0
    So, you're another guy that saw the trailer and was like "oh this game is awesome the gameplay is going to be great!" innocent child, I used to be like you, well the truth is that it's impossible to play this game, really... you will get a server error every 15/20 minutes and all your progress will be lost. Don't believe me? Go to steam and see what the players are talking about thisSo, you're another guy that saw the trailer and was like "oh this game is awesome the gameplay is going to be great!" innocent child, I used to be like you, well the truth is that it's impossible to play this game, really... you will get a server error every 15/20 minutes and all your progress will be lost. Don't believe me? Go to steam and see what the players are talking about this "amazing great fantastic astonishing" game.… Expand
  6. ltedas
    Aug 7, 2019
    0
    Worst story we've ever had in this franchise. Pathetic roster. Awful single player content and progression with god damn RNG and failed concept of towers of time (lol someone actually thought that consumables and modificators is a good idea lmao). AI battle (no comments. A mode for those who hate to play this game so much that they let it play for itself. And I thought I bought aWorst story we've ever had in this franchise. Pathetic roster. Awful single player content and progression with god damn RNG and failed concept of towers of time (lol someone actually thought that consumables and modificators is a good idea lmao). AI battle (no comments. A mode for those who hate to play this game so much that they let it play for itself. And I thought I bought a full-fledged console game, not a freaking mobile crap).

    This game is one of the worst in a franchise right there with MK4 (just for different reasons).    … Expand
  7. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    Wanna ruin your best selling gaming franchise? Well, learn from MK11 and you will succeed fast! MK11 is worst MK of all time and you know why? Because they took all the iconic characters and absolutely ruined their look, in every way possible. They made all female characters as ugly as possible and gave them worst possible outfits of any fighting game. They don't even look like sameWanna ruin your best selling gaming franchise? Well, learn from MK11 and you will succeed fast! MK11 is worst MK of all time and you know why? Because they took all the iconic characters and absolutely ruined their look, in every way possible. They made all female characters as ugly as possible and gave them worst possible outfits of any fighting game. They don't even look like same characters anymore. I hope they explain in next game that MK11 Kitana was just from another Universe and now classic REAL Kitana is back. Because if they don't, i wont even care if they make MK12. MK11 was literally insulting video game. Only character that looked good was Noob Saibot, only character. That's not enough and ruining legacy characters is not good way to sell your game either. Why was Kitana Asian, serious question. Why? She has ALWAYS been white. Always. in every game ever, she was white and in movie she was also white woman. Why or even how, would you randomly change her race? It makes no sense. Absolutely no sense. And all the costumes were trash as well. MK9 remains as last and also one of the best MK games ever, MKX was fine, but didn't have best roster and sadly MK11 ruined it all. I rather play any 2002-2006 era MK game than 11. These games were way better, had way better looking characters and actually good costumes. Also why would they ruin Skarlet like that? She was my favorite new female character in MK9 and in MK11 she looks NOTHING like in that one. She looks like completely different person. It's not enough that you say "-this is Skarlet". No. She needs to look like one as well. It's like making sub-zero Pink and saying "well this is sub zero now", Doesn't work like that. Not even sure they can fix any of this in MK12. Would they just go back to old looks from MK9 and say that MK11 was mistake? Would they make Kitana White again? pretty sure they wont, so sadly i'm confident MK is over. Thankfully i can still enjoy all the old ones that were actually phenomenal.… Expand
  8. deltameta
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    Кастомизация персонажей сделала огромный шаг назад.
  9. Randwulf
    May 3, 2019
    3
    Stunning graphics, superb design for backgrounds, but that is the only good I can say about this game. DISGUSTING level of greed has tarnished this game with a mobile game design. You pay $60 but are expected to go buy time krystals to unlock thousands of skins and gear in the game. The Krypt is a grindfest that would take many, many months to complete without buying krystals. The game isStunning graphics, superb design for backgrounds, but that is the only good I can say about this game. DISGUSTING level of greed has tarnished this game with a mobile game design. You pay $60 but are expected to go buy time krystals to unlock thousands of skins and gear in the game. The Krypt is a grindfest that would take many, many months to complete without buying krystals. The game is also rife with leftist propaganda politics, most especially the unbalanced censorship of females -- males can wear armored loin cloths while females must be covered head-to-toe. The roster has a few fan favorites, but too many characters are filler for "diversity" quotas. Speaking of, NRS now only sees Jax's skin color and deemed him a slave, even though he never was a slave. He was a proud American serving in the Special Forces to defend Earth Realm, not a "woke" Wakanda warrior. As is, the roster is underwhelming, and likely designed to be that way so you feel compelled to buy DLC fighters in the future. No stage fatalities, again, the gameplay feels slow and unresponsive, and the difficulty in some game modes is so brutal you will be tempted to smash your controller. I am so, so disappointed with NRS. They went woke and I hope they go broke to learn a lesson.… Expand
  10. SellG
    May 3, 2019
    0
    Гадкие разработчики,которые прогнулись под меньшинства и феминисток и насравшие на большиство!Это позор!Так и ещё добавили куча микротранзакций.Я очень разочарован.
  11. exequielborghi
    May 31, 2019
    2
    Great game with great mechanics
    Things that ruins the game are:
    1st Microtransactions. They sale an incomplete game and makes you buy the other half separately but the worst of all is that even though i bought the best bundle, with the season pass included and all the premiere hats and tattoos, they have the guts to sell you characters outside the season pass. IT s a SCAM!!! 2nd. SJW.    Great game with great mechanics
    Things that ruins the game are:
    1st Microtransactions. They sale an incomplete game and makes you buy the other half separately but the worst of all is that even though i bought the best bundle, with the season pass included and all the premiere hats and tattoos, they have the guts to sell you characters outside the season pass. IT s a SCAM!!!
    2nd. SJW. MK was born as a sort of offender game. I remember people pissed off because of the violence, blood and the Fatalities. For all that plus great game mechanics, everyone loved the game and kept buying it, in spite criticism. Now a days Feminist, whom never bought and played a MK game, and never will, complains about woman shapes... and the game designers follows and makes a game without any stereotypes. Maybe in MK12 they should include obese characters and handicapped as well.

    EN ESPAÑOL--------------
    Gran juego con gran mecanicas. Historia decente.
    Algunas cosas que arruinan el juego.
    1ero. MICROPAGOS. A ver, no me llama la atención que curren con micro pagos y personajes que se vendan por separado. Lo que me irrita es que pese a haber comprado la mejor version del juego y la mas cara, luego incluyan personajes por fuera del "Season Pass". en otras palabras, a uno le venden un juego incompleto, gasta casi 100 dólares para poder completarlo y después te cobran las piezas. Encima te ponen los personajes en el MENU y te dicen. "¿Ah, queres usarlo? Pagá". A ver. Si antes de comprar la mejor version del juego, avisaran: Te vamos a cobrar por fuera de los que estas comprando, serian honestos y bueno, podria optar por acceder o no. Lo me genera mucha violencia que te digan: Vamos a incluir todos los personajes y despues no lo hacen. Veo algunos boluditos q tratan de TROLLs a las personas que critican esta modalidad y dicen que es normal que haya micro pagos y al que no le guste que se vaya a jugar al Fornite o al LOL. Probablemente ellos sean el tipo de personas que se casan de apuro, le meten los cuernos y luego dicen; Es normal la infidelidad.
    2do. La corrección politica, aburre. MK nacio como un juego transgresor, ahora los corrieron por izquierda y las mujeres del juego están tapadas y es un juego politicamente correcto. Los diseñadores no se la jugaron. Luego del MK9, las feminazis empezaron a criticar la exageración de los atributos femeninos que ellas no tienen y los zurdos se quejaban de los problemas raciales. A ver.... Quisiera saber cuantas feminazis juegan a los MK y si un zurdo va a dejar de comprar el juego.
    3ero. Faltan personajes que me gustan.
    En Fin... no es un mal juego, lo venden incompleto tal vez haya que esperar un año para que salga la version definitiva a mitad de precio y ahí comprarla.    … Expand
  12. Skumbaggot
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    No Mileena and a lame ass roster in general. **** you Ed. It had potential until all of the dlc leaks turned out to be true.
  13. Kleptomacer
    Oct 5, 2019
    0
    PC version is a joke and the game itself is worse than mkx and full of micro transactions
  14. JohnVictory
    Dec 5, 2019
    0
    Bugs, SJW, ugly female characters, microtransactions = garbage game.
    It is a shame.
  15. Erron_Black
    May 28, 2019
    0
    11-я часть полностью провалилась. Буду дальше играть в MKX.
  16. TastyCalls
    Oct 27, 2019
    0
    They could have kept the Mk 10 formula, but no, they chose to make this garbage instead. I never thought MK would go backward after having a gem called Mk X. Very disappointing. I have to comeback to Tekken 7 now and revisit MK XL from time to time.
  17. ShadowTarzan
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Worst MK. Bad customization, same gear multiple times w/ many colors, microtransations, boooring gamplay, the fight seems slow and can't run anymore, stupid censorship on costumes in a game about murder and mutilation, The story mess with time and reboot again, (rebooted already in 2011)
  18. sursurk
    Oct 17, 2020
    0
    Games as a service crap where everything is locked behind an online wall which means this game has no future and cannot be preserved, because most of it is not running locally. Also has microtransactions. Do not buy.
  19. Omerada
    Oct 17, 2020
    1
    Game is almost same with Mortal kombat XL but it is slower and less combo version.I cant believe it is made with Unreal Engine 3 .As a male player i hated their new female character designs(covered clothes).Some other fighting games letting mod possibility but it is not.Another thing they are adding movie characters but dont caring legacy characters.Those are robocop,Terminator,Spawn..ItGame is almost same with Mortal kombat XL but it is slower and less combo version.I cant believe it is made with Unreal Engine 3 .As a male player i hated their new female character designs(covered clothes).Some other fighting games letting mod possibility but it is not.Another thing they are adding movie characters but dont caring legacy characters.Those are robocop,Terminator,Spawn..It is ok but rambo etc coming is this game Mortal kombat ?Lastly game has too much microtransactions… Expand
  20. Katzeo
    Dec 18, 2019
    3
    They toned down heavily the skin showing on the girls while maintained it on the guys. Also very micro-transaction aggressive.
  21. DENNNN13
    Mar 11, 2020
    0
    Херня, особенно баланс меджу персами, которого нет, есть 5 персов и все за других можно не играть.
  22. Gamedude051
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    O pior mortal kombat da história é um pay Simulator e as garotas n são mais sexy pra agradar femimimistas.
  23. InfiniteGnosis
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    One of the worst fighting games I’ve ever played, not to even mention the SJW/politically correct garbage. This game is trash in every conceivable way, to put it nicely.
  24. azuljp
    May 14, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Female censored. This is another game craped by feminism. Old games are better.… Expand
  25. Eloyjf
    May 3, 2020
    3
    I'm updating my review

    Several updates, several fixes and nothing new. Mortal Kombat XI is this type of game that only wants your money and appears in competitive modes. The news is disappointing, CASUAL mode is completely dead and abandoned from updates, delivering a dead experience with server crashes. Everything here is based on pay to win (P2W) There is no reason to buy a game    I'm updating my review

    Several updates, several fixes and nothing new.
    Mortal Kombat XI is this type of game that only wants your money and appears in competitive modes.
    The news is disappointing, CASUAL mode is completely dead and abandoned from updates, delivering a dead experience with server crashes.
    Everything here is based on pay to win (P2W)
    There is no reason to buy a game that still requires more money, just to maintain its poor quality of content while remaining focused only on competitive modes.
    MK XI abuses his money in exchange for nothing.

    3.5 / 10.0
    "it's a game that just wants your money and that's it!"    … Expand
  26. Ajkula
    Apr 5, 2020
    1
    DEFINITELY NOT FOR NEW PLAYERS ! ! ! DO NOT BUY IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY THE LAST MK FOR 52823423 HOURS

    I just played a few Mortal kombat games before and not for a long time. But the trailer and gameplay looked promising and nice. So i bought it and started playing the game. Afterall its not a bad game BUT there are more bad things + not for new players like me that didnt play previous MK    DEFINITELY NOT FOR NEW PLAYERS ! ! ! DO NOT BUY IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY THE LAST MK FOR 52823423 HOURS

    I just played a few Mortal kombat games before and not for a long time. But the trailer and gameplay looked promising and nice. So i bought it and started playing the game. Afterall its not a bad game BUT there are more bad things + not for new players like me that didnt play previous MK games.

    Where i have the most Problem is tower of time. Thats what i think its called. (My MK11 is on german)
    I pay 25k Coins do unlock stuff for Noob Saibot but i have to do those towers to unlock Noob saibots skin or weapon skin. The problem here is that its so **** hard and frustrating that i can't do Shiit. So i payed 25k for nothing because i can't beat those enemies Because they throw 1823825 granades at you while a 2nd enemy is attackin you while a comet is crushing you while u get fire and poisen dmg ect. Like WTF??????? Soooo basically its a no go for new players. More for Pro players. Thats what it feels like. U are just wasting time and nerves.

    The grinding is utter shiit and a pure waste of time cause u can have so much coins u want and u still cant get Stuff for your favorite character that u want unless u grind 80+ hours.

    On PC the game crashes often and enemies do like 58623 % more Dmg then you.
    Example: you do a Combo and u dealing 3% Dmg while the enemy grabs you and deals 15% Dmg. Very nice

    And yea there is Microtransaction.

    Story is good, Combat is good and thats its.    … Expand
  27. Yoyokyubi
    May 10, 2019
    2
    amazing looking game, can easily tell lots of time and effort went into making it, but i cannot recommend it because of the greedy monetization system that has severly harmed the quality and enjoyment that could have been had in this game. It even has a system tht works identical to a friggin mobile game !!!!!! r u kidding me n i almost forgot something about been more respectful to womenamazing looking game, can easily tell lots of time and effort went into making it, but i cannot recommend it because of the greedy monetization system that has severly harmed the quality and enjoyment that could have been had in this game. It even has a system tht works identical to a friggin mobile game !!!!!! r u kidding me n i almost forgot something about been more respectful to women in a game that involved decapitating people with over-the -top finishing moves. OMG… Expand
  28. kiryu22
    Oct 20, 2020
    4
    The Bad - SJW, Always Online Progression, Shady MTX, Denuvo, Awful Story, 50 Percent of the game is Always Online Krypt, Towers of TIme.

    The Good - Fighting Mechanics, Graphics, Sound are Excellent.

    Verdict - I would have scored this an 8 but had to half the score due the always online shenanigans awful MTX and the horrendous SJW antics injected to this game.
  29. Curator336
    Nov 3, 2019
    1
    In the last time went a bad trend, when group women, ugly, untidy, devoid male attention and as a consequence offended on the whole world (huddled in together), is obtained (not without aid weak spirit of developers, bleyuschikh with them in unison) dictate, around the world, as must look female characters in games (although they this not know and in game, likely, not play)... This gameIn the last time went a bad trend, when group women, ugly, untidy, devoid male attention and as a consequence offended on the whole world (huddled in together), is obtained (not without aid weak spirit of developers, bleyuschikh with them in unison) dictate, around the world, as must look female characters in games (although they this not know and in game, likely, not play)... This game (mk11) is no exception. More terrible female characters I have not seen in the history of the series.. Ugly closed women's suits, (half-naked men, oddly enough, no one's feelings do not offend, which I consider cynical and deceitful on the part of the manufacturer). In General, I will no longer buy games from this Studio. If I was given the opportunity to get my money back for this game, I would have done so. The MK9 was and will remain the best part of the series..… Expand
  30. Skidrow9
    Jan 8, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good, but I give such an assessment due to the fact that the tower is impossible to pass, constantly flies. Fix please… Expand
  31. KITPAY
    Sep 19, 2020
    0
    Bring back my favorite characters: Ermak, reptile, tremor, Triberg, Shinnock, milina wtf ED BOOOOOON
  32. Xxxxarazoo
    Aug 22, 2020
    0
    Параша отнимающая нервы. Обязательно должен попасться какой нибудь у€60к который будет делать фаталити после каждого раунда. Пожалел что купил этот высер
  33. Green41
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    "Спасибо" что заблокировали игру на территории Украины без объяснения всяких причин. "Спасибо" что дали возможность поиграть в вашу игру...
    "Thank you" for blocking your game in Ukraine, without giving any reason. "Thank you" for giving us the opportunity to play it...
  34. fear_me
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
    Alright, I was going to put a whole backstory of how my love for this franchise goes back all the way to 1992, when I was nine years old and how my childhood and teenage years can be defined by two words: Mortal Kombat. But then it got too long and I realized no one cares. Suffice to say, I've been playing the franchise since its debut.

    Like most MK fans, I was hyped for MK11. Up until    Alright, I was going to put a whole backstory of how my love for this franchise goes back all the way to 1992, when I was nine years old and how my childhood and teenage years can be defined by two words: Mortal Kombat. But then it got too long and I realized no one cares. Suffice to say, I've been playing the franchise since its debut.

    Like most MK fans, I was hyped for MK11. Up until recently, I still was. That enthusiasm has subsided quickly once I actually started to play the game deeply. First, as you can see in a lot of bad reviews here, yes, a lot of fans do not like the political agenda that was injected around and into the game. No matter what your politics might be, keep them out of a product you intend to sell. It's common sense. You want to appeal to the largest number of people possible, not alienate a few, and then proceed to demonize them when they don't agree with your line of thinking. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, your message will upset roughly half the people either way. So avoid it. In the case of MK, the devs responded by saying "please, don't call them fans" when it was pointed out to them that some fans didn't agree with their ideologies seeping into the game.

    Well, I own Mortal Kombat 11 on Steam, Xbox, PS4, and Switch, all last three being the Ultimate version. So yeah, I am a fan... but not a fanboy. Big difference. So you bet, I will review every port I own appropriately.

    Graphics -They are absolutely fantastic, no doubt. This is the best looking fighting game at the moment and the best looking Mortal Kombat game ever made, by far. Yeah, lots of gear customization here, which seems to have become the focal point of this game. But once you start fighting red Scorpions or neon Sub-Zeros, along with some downright embarrassing and nonsensical costumes that are repulsive to look at, I wish the system disappeared forever. Preset skins like MK9 and MKX were the perfect compromise. This is MK, not Street Fighter or Injustice.

    Story - Poorly written, but entertaining nevertheless. I think the visuals and familiarity we have with the characters mask that downside quite well. No? Well, put that plot in a movie with unfamiliar characters outside the MK universe and you got yourself a box office bomb and a laughing stock.

    Sound and music - Sound effects are great. The music is boring, forgettable, and unmemorable, better suited in a superhero-themed game. Get rid of this orchestral garbage and bring back the East Asian undertones and kung-fu atmosphere that was part of the foundation of this franchise, please.

    Gameplay - It's very deep, the tutorial is great, one of the best I have ever seen. Frame data, block advantage, man - it's really something to get into. Makes you appreciate fighting games and how technical they can be. That being said it is slower than MK9 and 10, which bothers some people. I really like the customization of abilities, you can really put your gameplay style and personality into your character.

    Single-player - Making progress is nightmarish, demoralizing, ludicrous, an affront to nature, and everything that is good and decent. It's like EA and Konami got together to make something as greedy and as evil as possible. It's disgusting. I like to dive deep into games, especially Mortal Kombat, just really doing everything the game has to offer. Here, the only things being offered are frustration and despair. I'm talking about the grinding, of course. This should be called a "working for Netherrealm simulator" - a taste of what crunching might feel like, except you're paying, instead of getting paid. Let this sink in: people actually use a turbo controller exploit and the AI to play the game for them and make progress. It's the only way unless you abandon all life outside this game.

    This game is like a greedy pig of a mobile game. It absolutely destroys an otherwise near perfect MK entry. I cannot begin to tell you how sad, hurt, and disappointed I am. For the first time in Mortal Kombat history, there are online requirements. You cannot even enter the Krypt if you are not connected to the MK11 servers. And it's all because the in-game currency can be purchased from them as "Time Krystals", with real money. That's what is all about. Despite the initial deception, this game is essentially a big loot box from hell and I despise it for it. Will I continue to play? Yes, I already spent all that money. But will I buy MK12? I highly doubt that things will revert to what they once were. In fact, it can only go worse from here. So most likely, no. This is probably the last MK game I will ever buy. Unless online requirements and grinding is gone, I'm out.

    PC specific - This is the first port I bought. It barely ran initially and for some, it didn't even launch. Bad netcode too, constantly stutters and freezes. Graphics look amazing at high specs and 60fps all-around, if your rig can run it. I lost trust and interest on the PC port.    … Expand
  35. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    4
    Un picchiaduro, non so cosa dire, sono tutti identici, cambiano le combo? si ma fine dei giochi.
  36. GamerExe
    Feb 12, 2021
    4
    Amazing graphics, nice game gameplay, soundtrack is like a injustice 2
    but characters skins is poor and repetitive, broken servers , too much focus on competitive mode does not attract other types of players and always online with microtransations and DLCs characters.
    4/10
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#39 Best PC Game of 2019
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#24 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#81 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jul 9, 2019
    91
    This mortal combat is still tons of fun. Realistic graphics, top-notch body and facial animations, extremely inventive violence and perfect sound effects. Ed Boon and Co. still make the best fighting games in town.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 26, 2019
    82
    At its core, MK11 is a great fighting game – and free-to-play elements, while unfortunate, do not significantly diminish the experience. [Issue#238, p.52]
  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    May 30, 2019
    50
    A refreshing addition to the series, with beautiful graphics and excellent combat, yet plagued with microtransactions that force you to choose between grinding or paying, as well as lackluster RNG systems.
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