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  1. Apr 23, 2019
    10
    The best mortal kombat ever!
    KISHKI NARUZHU NINJA 10trollface10
    NetherRealm The best xD
  2. Apr 28, 2019
    9
    These guys completed the storyline and restarted it, just like in Futurama! Good lord! This is simply brilliant! The mechanics of the fights were as gorgeous as they were. Among the shortcomings, it is worth noting only slow unlocking of skins. In general, the game is a masterpiece!
  3. Apr 29, 2019
    9
    Mortal Kombat 11 es un juego que se plantó con la solidez de décadas de experiencia en el género y suma algunas cosas de qué hablar, así como mucho contenido. Si bien se supo ayornar con misiones diarias y un sistema de microtransacciones repudiados por la comunidad, la promesa de este juego es ir trabajando sobre esa base. Los bugs son reales, pero no rompen la jugabilidad, ni elMortal Kombat 11 es un juego que se plantó con la solidez de décadas de experiencia en el género y suma algunas cosas de qué hablar, así como mucho contenido. Si bien se supo ayornar con misiones diarias y un sistema de microtransacciones repudiados por la comunidad, la promesa de este juego es ir trabajando sobre esa base. Los bugs son reales, pero no rompen la jugabilidad, ni el equilibrado y violento combate que se espera de un juego así. Son apenas detalles insignificantes, los que impiden recomendar este título. Expand
  4. Apr 24, 2019
    9
    Downright stellar game, some characters have been retouched but I didn't find them to hamper a fighters identity too much, jade is straight up badass af, erron is still nails and kotal seriously packs a punch (in the form of a sword). campaign was actually pretty good, enjoyed finishing it. Attacks hit with weight making landing simple combos satisfying af. if your a mk fan definitely pickDownright stellar game, some characters have been retouched but I didn't find them to hamper a fighters identity too much, jade is straight up badass af, erron is still nails and kotal seriously packs a punch (in the form of a sword). campaign was actually pretty good, enjoyed finishing it. Attacks hit with weight making landing simple combos satisfying af. if your a mk fan definitely pick this one up, I feel that fighters are at their best here. Expand
  5. Apr 26, 2019
    9
    I would give it a 10 if it wasn't for the terrible optimization and desync problems that the game has right now, in terms of gameplay and mechanics is awesome and it has a lot of gamemodes, but this problems are driving me mad sometimes, yesterday for example i couldn't play online...
  6. May 4, 2019
    8
    Okay, slightly more fair review time. A lot of the outrage involving this game seems to be from parrots who haven't actually played the game. Pay 2 win? Mmm, no. In fact the microtransactions are literally just for costumes and are so sparse it would be near impossible to ever pay for them all. A bit **** Yes. Most of the games unlockables appear to be designed around essentially grindingOkay, slightly more fair review time. A lot of the outrage involving this game seems to be from parrots who haven't actually played the game. Pay 2 win? Mmm, no. In fact the microtransactions are literally just for costumes and are so sparse it would be near impossible to ever pay for them all. A bit **** Yes. Most of the games unlockables appear to be designed around essentially grinding through Koins earned online or from Towers.

    The real question is, is this a major problem to the core of a fighting game? Well, I suppose if your concept of fighting games is playing dressup. If you bought the game to play a good fighter, with some of the best connection quality i've ever had, then welcome to a great experience. If you bought it to play dressup, then you will find yourself with a lot to do to unlock everything and will probably be a bit annoyed you can't unlock things specifically (Unlocks are essentially random like lootboxes).

    The fighting however is some of the best i've played and is a lot fun. In fact I haven't had as much fun playing a fighting game since DBFZ and before that... Blazblue. Most fighting games simply miss the mark in many ways for me. On that aspect I have to give this game a good score because at the end of the day I just wanted to log in, practice a character, and fight some people online. If you can't enjoy fighting, the core of this entire genre, because of dressup concepts, then honestly what the **** are you doing playing fighting games?
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  7. May 2, 2019
    10
    this game is amazing! great mechanics, graphics, and gameplay. totally worth it!
  8. May 4, 2019
    10
    After the recent patches the game is fantastic. It doesnt crash, tower of time is getting a balance update and the game looks as fresh as ever. Fantastic game.
  9. Apr 25, 2019
    9
    Хз чё народ бунтует, но игрушка хорошая. 9/10
    Минус только в том, что издатели повелись на поводу фемкам и sjw.
  10. Apr 25, 2019
    8
    game is good. very nice storymode with over-the-top stupid MK story. Gameplay is (or feels) a bit different from MK9/X (slower?), but still smooth, violent and nice to play.

    i feel many reviews give it an unfair amount of **** for some bad choices the developers made, i mainly want to adress these: * microtransactions and random rewards kills the incentive for completionists to
    game is good. very nice storymode with over-the-top stupid MK story. Gameplay is (or feels) a bit different from MK9/X (slower?), but still smooth, violent and nice to play.

    i feel many reviews give it an unfair amount of **** for some bad choices the developers made, i mainly want to adress these:

    * microtransactions and random rewards kills the incentive for completionists to unlock everything. something that added appeal toMK9/X. i am not a fan of microtransactions in any game. if the developer aims to make some extra i would be more than happy to pay for (good) DLC packs, but microtransactions... just...no. But that being said, nothing is forcing you to pay for anything. many content is unlocked by playing/grinding. my first impression is not that you get too little content for 60,-. ive seen much worse systems in semi-recent games.

    political correctness: female costumes are much more political correct in mk11. think what you want about that. i played all Mk's and don't think female costumes were ever a real thing in MK. Dead or alive and Soul Calibur both do that a lot better. I dont need a sexy Cassie... All i wanna see naked is her spinal cord... and thats totally possible.

    Character Roster: I agree that it isnt the best one in the series. but thats totally personal. i would have liked mileena and Goro. loved them in X. no biggie... ill fall in love with someone else. there is always DLC, and i got the feeling there will be lots of that.

    These points are what iread most about in negative reviews, and none of the would fairly result in a 0 or 1 score. If you loved MK9 or X, youll love this. just be aware of the negatives. it is totally fair to boycot a game for having monetizing schemes that you dont agree with, but these 0/1 reviews aren't reviews... they are protest-votes.
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  11. May 4, 2019
    10
    Отличная игра не понимаю почему люди ее хейтят, да были проблемы с сервера на старте, но они все же поправили в в первых патчах. Сюжетка по уровню, как мстители, сетевая и боевка охеренная.
  12. Apr 30, 2019
    10
    I would honestly put 9 out of 10.
    All the negativity trolling campaign of some haters here is truly laughable.
    The only valid complaint is the unbalanced difficulty of the Towers of Time and that's pretty much it. Gonna be fixed soon too. Game looks superb and plays great, in addition to the best story move you'll ever see in a fighting games! Tons of solo contents and unlockables
    I would honestly put 9 out of 10.
    All the negativity trolling campaign of some haters here is truly laughable.
    The only valid complaint is the unbalanced difficulty of the Towers of Time and that's pretty much it. Gonna be fixed soon too.

    Game looks superb and plays great, in addition to the best story move you'll ever see in a fighting games! Tons of solo contents and unlockables too, we're gonna get busy for a long while.

    Nobody actually sane will take seriously the haters on this site who are basing their notes on:
    "Females don't show boobs", "I can't unlock everything a week after the game launched" and "you gotta spend 6500$" which is fake since you can't actually buy everything on the premium store and the currency used on it can be earned ingame quickly.

    With MK11 already confirmed to have the best launch of the series, your review bombing campaign has already proved useless. Too bad trolls! :D

    For any people hesitating on buying the game, go on, it's awesome and the next step after MKX!
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  13. May 2, 2019
    8
    This game is jolly good fun as a casual MK fan. Yes its not cool there are micro transactions but in my forty or so hours of game play i never felt i needed to buy em especially with the update that helped currency rates.
  14. Apr 25, 2019
    9
    I don't understand, because people complain about graphics, it's spectacular and well done. Are they all blind? They complain about micro transactions, but where? There are only aesthetic objects to buy, but they can be unlocked even without paying!
  15. Apr 28, 2019
    10
    This is by far and away the best Mortal Kombat across the series. Specifically in terms of gameplay, animation, kombo fluidity, character move-set variet and special move customisation.

    Extremely fun to play and engaging when committing to a character. I'm also a massive fan of the new characters they've introduced namely Kollector who's a kombo loving beast. In general this is the best
    This is by far and away the best Mortal Kombat across the series. Specifically in terms of gameplay, animation, kombo fluidity, character move-set variet and special move customisation.

    Extremely fun to play and engaging when committing to a character. I'm also a massive fan of the new characters they've introduced namely Kollector who's a kombo loving beast. In general this is the best feeling mortal kombat for me, was just a joy to **** your opponents up.

    The campaign has more weight, narrative drive and spectacle than MK:X. In general the main campaign is by far better than I was expecting. Still a Hollywood-esque experience but with enough plot points and variations on old tropes in the franchise to have kept me engaged until the end. Additionally, aside from exposing you to new characters which I found was surprisingly good at landing a new kombatant into my character pool. I fondly remember getting my hands on kotal kahn and destroying everyone because his move-set just... Sort of clicked.

    The classic game modes make a return in all their splendor and glory, and after beating my first tower with Kollector I realised the individual dialogues are nicely fleshed out and satisfying to beat the last (and reasonably tough) opponent guarding the ending. Now... Onto the bad...

    The microtransactions in this game are very greedy. The customisation for each character is more extensive than ever and as a result the game forces many awesome weapon and character skins behind (now patched to be more reasonable) a grind or a plethora of premium currencies to "augment" your favourite touches to an already impressively beautiful character design. This is just .. disappointing but the gameplay more than makes up for it. It's such a fun feeling game I can get through the grind to unlock the skins for my favourite kombatants as I master my mains. But lastly... And more insidiously are the konsumables.

    Now as I understand it, by winning in towers and other fun classic challenges in the konquer game mode, as well as leveling up, gets you consumables in the form of actual in game advantage. From healing potions to special moves from other fighters... This is added to milk players that are getting frustrated with the games difficulty. Now there's both wrong with needing a hand to improve but there has to be a better way than microtransaction based konsumables that a bad player would not be able to acquire easily otherwise (as mentioned previously you must beat towers to actually get those). They can completely trivialise the fight and is by far the most hollow aspect of the game. Add a system to promote practice, learning to chain kombos, that some kombos are better than others at certain ranges, to learn multiple characters and using special moves to greater effect than simply spamming. This game's combat is the best it's ever been! It's the most deep also! So why leave a way to cheese the game? You can even get a konsumable to just flat out skip a fight. There has to be a better way to promote not so good players from growing in skill... And not like this.

    Since people barrage this masterclass game with 0's and extremely low scores it's only fitting I give it an obscenely high score. The game as it stands is an 8/10 if not 9/10 but the konsumables, grinding for awesome customisation and more greed brings it down.

    Overall, best MK thus far. Thoroughly enjoying myself with this one.
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  16. Apr 25, 2019
    10
    this game is great.good Graphics good gameplay good story and ...................
  17. Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Sweety game. Love new gameplay mechanics, variations system, custom but grind (ization) .10 cause a lot of cancer haters
  18. Apr 26, 2019
    10
    The best MK in history. Best graphics, best gameplay and overall the best MK game ever. There will be DLC's but they are not pay to win. Most of cosmetics is unlock able only by playing and you can not buy all looks. For me it does not matter how much skins are in game, however it would be nice to have more standard skins.
  19. Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Great game. Great MK. Haters gonna hate.
    PS: Стыдно за соотечественников.
  20. Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Simplesmente incrivel, se vc não comprou e tem medo de comprar fodas, só compra pq ta incrivel
  21. Apr 24, 2019
    9
    The game is great, i honestly don't know why people are complaining about micro transactions this is a fighting game and a damn good one too.

    It does what it sets out to do, be a brutal and fun fighting experience. ED you and your team have done a stellar job in terms of how the game plays and interacts with the players. I had crazy fun with a few of my friends in a lobby, one can
    The game is great, i honestly don't know why people are complaining about micro transactions this is a fighting game and a damn good one too.

    It does what it sets out to do, be a brutal and fun fighting experience. ED you and your team have done a stellar job in terms of how the game plays and interacts with the players.

    I had crazy fun with a few of my friends in a lobby, one can see a lot of thought went into the lobby I love how you can rate a player after you loose to them.

    As for the way the game looks just........... *MIND BLOWING* in 4k or 1080p.

    The crit I have on the game is that there are still a few areas where it plays at 30fps,
    the few day one glitches like server disconnects, the lag input on controls which happened more than once.

    Other than that for you who are MK fan this is another great entry into the MK series.
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  22. Apr 23, 2019
    10
    anti-sjw getting mad because black people don't like slavery. bunch of racists looooooooooooooooool
  23. Apr 23, 2019
    9
    Shao khan has two words for those TROLLS .”YOU SUCK”...the game is fire!...every game has micro transactions, if u want a free to play game head over to fortnite and apex that make billions off these kind of transactions, I don’t remeber the last game with free DLC/MT unless it was a silly update. I grew up in an arcade owned family, I’ve been to many tournaments since MK3 and played themShao khan has two words for those TROLLS .”YOU SUCK”...the game is fire!...every game has micro transactions, if u want a free to play game head over to fortnite and apex that make billions off these kind of transactions, I don’t remeber the last game with free DLC/MT unless it was a silly update. I grew up in an arcade owned family, I’ve been to many tournaments since MK3 and played them all. This game is great. It has an injustice feel with rather simpler combos. The reason why the game doesn’t get a 10 in my book is because of the long cut scenes during combos. This game cost money to make. 59.99 is 2-3 skins in a game like fortnite . People don’t know how to rate games now a days. You guys just aren’t that good at it. But cmon ratings like 0 and 1 lol you guys are too much. Don’t ruin it for the true MK fans because of “OPTIONAL” micro transactions. U have enough in the base game to leave all that alone. Unless your really that good and what to train with every character which I doubt. Pick a main character find their BREAD AND BUTTER combos and slay out, guaranteed you’d love the game. Not to mention online is silky smooth. Peace! And remember...FINISH HIM! Expand
  24. Nov 10, 2019
    10
    Best game in series! Those **** who trying to reduce score are tottaly **** Game is great and I'm playing in it every day.
  25. May 31, 2019
    9
    MK11 continues where MKX ended. Really like it. The story, the sound, the animations all on a decent level and I didn't find any huge bugs yet. For me a successful launch.
  26. Feb 16, 2020
    10
    Weird anti pc people review bombing this game when it's one of the better mortal kombat games to ever come out is weird.
  27. Jun 22, 2020
    8
    Great game.
    It's the first fighting game i actually liked and got good at thanks to its PERFECT tutorial that goes in depth into advanced stuff like frame data and special cancels.
    The story is bad but the cutscenes are cool. Gameplay wise is a great game. Easy enough to get into but very hard to master with a great roster of characters with unique abilities and playstiles. The
    Great game.
    It's the first fighting game i actually liked and got good at thanks to its PERFECT tutorial that goes in depth into advanced stuff like frame data and special cancels.

    The story is bad but the cutscenes are cool.

    Gameplay wise is a great game.
    Easy enough to get into but very hard to master with a great roster of characters with unique abilities and playstiles.
    The presentation is also great with cool levels, customizations and fatalities
    For the costumization part the game is quite bad though since you need to grind a lot of matches or just simply buy stuff with real money.
    It's a shame they couldn't make it a bit better (hence i've removed a couple of points).

    Also some characters in the aftermath DLC need a balance patch soon.
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  28. May 8, 2019
    10
    One thing you will love about mk11 is the way they improved from previous games. The only bad side is the currency system.
  29. Jul 23, 2019
    8
    not bad game, but towers of time is totaly s*cks, some modifiers very bad and aren't fun
  30. Nov 19, 2019
    10
    Mejor que el x y con contenido para años, los combos son hermosos al igual que los fatal blows, sangre por todos lados.
    El que se queja de este juego es un imbécil.
  31. Nov 28, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Купил игру. Достаточно классная кастомизация, боёвка (может кому то не нравится) и ФАТАЛИТИ. Фаталити в этой игре- это отдельный вид искусства)). На Микротранзакции я вообще не смотрю, потому что можно и без них играть. Онлайн просто ОФИГЕННЫЙ, только в него играю. Но вот ускорение.. жаль что убрали. Игра стоит денег, не то что кал про пропаганду. В общем- КЛАСС Expand
  32. Dec 24, 2019
    9
    This is a great Beat 'em up game.
    I can understand that people are annoyed by the micro transactions but giving the game a 0 or 1 because of that just makes no sense.
    This game does a lot of things right when it comes to fighting: A big pool of different fighters to choose from, unique fighters with unique fighting skills, a well written story-mode which is rare in fighting games, tower
    This is a great Beat 'em up game.
    I can understand that people are annoyed by the micro transactions but giving the game a 0 or 1 because of that just makes no sense.
    This game does a lot of things right when it comes to fighting: A big pool of different fighters to choose from, unique fighters with unique fighting skills, a well written story-mode which is rare in fighting games, tower mode which basically gives you a neverending source of challenges, the crypt where you can gain new items via coins that you've achieved through fighting and also a multiplayer mode. Theres also a training mode and some other modes.
    So I don't understand all the buzz about the microtransactions. You can buy stuff if you want to but you dont need to, to enjoy this game. This game doesn't force any microtransactions on you.
    Overall this is a great game with tons of things to do. I played MK 10 for a long time and really enjoyed it but this game is at least as good as MK 10 if not better.
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  33. Jan 25, 2020
    9
    Best mechanics in any nether realm gale backed up by beatiful visual style and large amounts of singleplayer content makes mk11 the best in the series. Although the story is awful and the roster leaves a lot to be desired, alongside lacking levels of customisation the mechanics are so good the game is still fantastic.
  34. Feb 2, 2020
    10
    I can't hate this game. WB can shove their time crystal micro transactions up their ASS! Best designs, best game play, best MK ever and they know it too; That's why they gambled with the backlash.
  35. Mar 3, 2020
    9
    Mortal Kombat 11 es, sin duda, un excelente juego de lucha. La saga sigue con fuerza y Netherrealm demuestra una vez más su buen hacer con uno de los mejores juegos de lucha que he jugado. Las mecánicas de lucha se han ajustado para ofrecer nuevas opciones, combos y herramientas. Complejo pero intuitivo, aunque quizás sea mi sesgo personal pero me ha parecido algo más lento de lo que eraMortal Kombat 11 es, sin duda, un excelente juego de lucha. La saga sigue con fuerza y Netherrealm demuestra una vez más su buen hacer con uno de los mejores juegos de lucha que he jugado. Las mecánicas de lucha se han ajustado para ofrecer nuevas opciones, combos y herramientas. Complejo pero intuitivo, aunque quizás sea mi sesgo personal pero me ha parecido algo más lento de lo que era anteriormente MK, más cercano al ritmo de Injustice. Los modos de juego son potentes, y la historia es fantástica en el modo historia. La Cripta se ha reconstruido similar a la del IX, aunque el sistema actual de personalización de los personajes me parece un tanto farragoso, con px independientes para cada objeto, y personalmente prefiero el del Injustice 2. Finalmente, los fatalities me han parecido flojos y poco originales o divertidos, y creo que a la hora de luchar los personajes también han perdido un poquito de personalidad y tienen acciones algo más genéricas.

    Gráficamente el juego es simplemente impresionante, tanto en diseño como en ejecución, tanto en escenarios como en personajes. El sonido está al mismo altísimo nivel, de eso no hay duda. El juego, eso si, tiene algunos bugs graves que requieren algunos ajustes para poder jugar al juego, pero una vez solucionados yo no he encontrado muchos problemas salvo algún puntual y breve bajón de FPS en momentos de tránsito entre cinemáticas y juego.

    El resultado de todo ello es un juego que, sin llegar a ser perfecto del todo, desde luego se le queda muy muy cerca. Un 9.
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  36. May 14, 2020
    10
    This game is WAY BETTER gameplay and story wise than MKX. Ignore most of the bad reviews (cause mostly they are saying stupid stuff like 'SJW devs' or mention bugs that were already fixed).
  37. Mar 18, 2022
    8
    Deutsch & English:
    Das ist das erste Mortal Kombat das ich spiele. Ich bin positiv überrascht. Im gegensatz zu Tekken 7 kommt man viel besser rein. Die Attacken und Combos können im Kampf im Menü aufgerufen werden.
    Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass der Story-Modus wirklich eine gute Story hat. Hat es aber :) Die Cinematic-Cutscenes wurden hervorragend animiert. Es wurde viel Aufwand in die
    Deutsch & English:
    Das ist das erste Mortal Kombat das ich spiele. Ich bin positiv überrascht. Im gegensatz zu Tekken 7 kommt man viel besser rein. Die Attacken und Combos können im Kampf im Menü aufgerufen werden.
    Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass der Story-Modus wirklich eine gute Story hat. Hat es aber :)
    Die Cinematic-Cutscenes wurden hervorragend animiert. Es wurde viel Aufwand in die Mimik investiert, die Gesichtsausdrücke sind sehr glaubwürdig.
    Die Attacken sind sehr cool animiert und auch mit nicht ganz so schweren Tastenkombinationen kann man lässige Moves ausführen.
    Es hat noch ein paar weitere zusätzliche Mods zum spielen und die Zeit vertreiben.
    Doch seid gewarnt, das Spiel ist wirklich brutal - also nichts für schwache Nerven.
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    This is the first Mortal Kombat I've played. I am positively surprised. In contrast to Tekken 7, you get into it much better. The attacks and combos can be called up in battle in the menu.
    I would not have thought that the story mode really has a good story. But it does :)
    The cinematic cutscenes were superbly animated. A lot of effort was put into facial expressions, and the facial expressions are very believable.
    The attacks are very cool animated and even with not so hard button combinations you can perform casual moves.
    It has a few more additional mods to play and pass the time.
    But be warned, the game is really brutal.
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  38. May 31, 2020
    10
    ı like this game ı think best mk game ever because the gameplay is succesful
  39. Jul 2, 2020
    10
    Cool very very very very cool this is best Mortal kombat if all mortal kombats.
  40. Oct 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the game is excellent, but there is clearly something wrong with the math - 1st place in the towers: 2,526,000,000, 2nd place - 496,000,000, 3rd place - 4,.147,000,000, how does it work? :) Expand
  41. Jan 7, 2022
    10
    Gráficamente hermoso y muy entretenido. El modo historia es una locura y la personalización casi no tiene limites
  42. May 24, 2023
    8
    mk 11 have great graphics even still unreal engine 3. animation and face quality amazing but as mk game stages variarty not strong. compared mk9 komplate edition with more old stages remakes again mk11 with mkx feels not fully mk. they feel more like ps2 mk games lacking of orginals souls . some mk movie skins and 90s dlc character on feels good but save the day.
  43. May 17, 2021
    10
    Ok, they've brought Mileena back. I do not condemn SJW but the deal is a deal.
  44. Jan 4, 2022
    9
    Joguei pelo gamepass, fora isso não jogaria devido ao preço abusivo.
    O jogo evoluiu muito em relação ao X, em termos de texturas, história e gameplay.
    Não comprei nenhum lutador, isso é ridiculo.
  45. Mar 25, 2021
    8
    Женские персонажи стали какими-то страшными а Джонни Кейдж вообще какой-то Стас Костюшкин. Мне нравится что вернули старых персонажей таких как: Барака, Шао кан, Синдел.
    Но зачем давать возможность переодевать своих героев если для получения предметов кастамизации нужно гриндить в крипте. Из X RAY сделали Fatal blow который можно юзать 1 но иногда даже 2 раза за раунд. Но прикольно что в
    Женские персонажи стали какими-то страшными а Джонни Кейдж вообще какой-то Стас Костюшкин. Мне нравится что вернули старых персонажей таких как: Барака, Шао кан, Синдел.
    Но зачем давать возможность переодевать своих героев если для получения предметов кастамизации нужно гриндить в крипте. Из X RAY сделали Fatal blow который можно юзать 1 но иногда даже 2 раза за раунд. Но прикольно что в игру можно завершить 2 разными концовками за хороших так и за плохих . Итог 8/10
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  46. Nov 30, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While Mortal Kombat 11 may not be the 'best' or the 'most iconic' installment of the franchise, it definitely doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. This was my first game in the Mortal Kombat 'universe', all my prior knowledge was that I knew the names of most of the characters, so I pretty much started this game with knowing next to nothing about the story. Speaking of the story:
    --- Story ---
    Shinnok's decapitation was surely one of the most memorable moments for me, it set the tone of the story very well. After that Cassie gets her promotion and Raiden comes to tell us that they have to ambush the Netherrealm, so they do exactly that. When they're in the Netherrealm, I saw the fight choreographies really shine, it looked so good, it felt satisfying to even watch. The amazing fight choreography can be said about the entirety of the game, great job NRS & WB! I like the concept of Kronika, being able to reverse time, but this ability of hers hasn't been used that much, although when it is used, it's used quite creatively. As I've stated in the beginning, I dindn't know much about the story and I thought that Scorpion and Sub-Zero were enemies so I was surprised to see that they're allies. When they went to shut down the Cyber Lin Kuei factory and I had to fight against Cyrax and later Sektor I thought that I'd be able to play with them, because if they made entire movesets for them, why not use them for actual fighters? But to my dismay I found out that no, neither of them are playable. Skipping ahead to the ending (because I want to talk about other things and the 5K character limit), I really liked the ending; All of Earthrealm's forces against the one and only Kronika, Liu Kang gets Raiden's power and becomes a Fire God, fights with Kronika, wins and finally he rules all eternity with Kitana by his side. I also own the Aftermath expansion and all I want to say about that is I like Fujin, he seems much more intelligent than anyone in the story. Also, when Shao Kahn just smashes Geras until his head is completely gone, why doesn't he recover? You cut off his arm, he recovers, you cut off his head, he recovers. Anyway, the story is more entertaining than watching 5 movies combined, it looks absolutely stellar, it can even be viewed in 4K, the fight choreography is again, amazing, most voice actors did an excellent job and the music is so good, it feels actually important whereas in movie I don't really notice the music but here, it's there, that' for sure.
    --- Gameplay ---
    There's 4: Local, Tournament, Online & AI Battle. I'll leave out Tournament and AI Battle because I haven't tried those because I don't know enough people who have the game to play Tournaments with and AI Battle just doesn't interest me and I'll include Towers of Time and Klassic Towers because in my opinion it belongs in the Fight tab just as much as it does in Konquer.
    - Local -
    it's the standard Player vs CPU mode or is you have a friend over and another controller/keyboard (let me make it clear here, this game for me is much better with a keyboard. It's more satisfying and faster to complete a kombo, and it responds better than a controller). It could've been improved by letting players choose any character - including DLC ones - when choosing which fighter the Computer will control althrough I understand why it's not like this way; someone'd probably find a way around it to play with DLC characters they haven't purchased. Works fine, not much else I can say about it.
    - Online -
    This is the standard online mode where you can fight with other human players, not much else to say about this either. In my experience, every single time I play online ranked I get utterly destroyed by everyone. They say that they match players with similar skill levels. Matching me, a Lvl 33 with a Lvl 78 player doesn't seem like fair especially when everyone whom I've matched up against was much higher-levelled than I was and they never let me hit them once not matter if I blocked or not. Of course players' skill isn't the game's fault but match me with someone who isn't a god at this game, not to someone who is.
    - Towers of Time & Klassic Towers -
    Klassic Towers is just 4 towers some of which have Kronika as the boss. In my opinion Kronika is overpowered even on medium and I feel like this statement is completely justified; she has unblockable moves, attacks too much sometimes, if you fail to block at the right time she can take a third or sometimes half of your full health with 1 long kombo you can't avoid by blocking. It's easy to forget that Klassic Towers even exists and its quite the opposite with Towers of Time. ToT has some various modes to play through, even character oriented towers which I like very much. You can go against one stronger foe with 2 other players or unlock special towers and more. I enjoy this mode because of the variety. It's "just" towers yes but the way they use the mechanic of towers is quite creative in my view.
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  47. Apr 15, 2021
    8
    Yes some many characters are after pay wall. Yes there is some sjw stuff but i dont remember many right now, mainly Jax ending. Yes grind is strong here.

    But i liked game very much anyway, i started playing it late 2020 so maybe some bugs were already fixed. Got game and some expansions on discount so price didnt hit me hard. Animations are good, characters look good. I didnt play pvp
    Yes some many characters are after pay wall. Yes there is some sjw stuff but i dont remember many right now, mainly Jax ending. Yes grind is strong here.

    But i liked game very much anyway, i started playing it late 2020 so maybe some bugs were already fixed. Got game and some expansions on discount so price didnt hit me hard. Animations are good, characters look good. I didnt play pvp much, mostly single part. For me its the best MK game, but its not perfect. Didnt see any pay2win yet, maybe it was removed.

    I would like to play Reptile and have different Jax ending though.
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  48. Jun 26, 2021
    9
    Story mode is not good as mk 8 and mk x but its still worth to buy.This game has amazing graphics.Also great mechanics.You should definitely buy it.
  49. Mar 24, 2023
    8
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  50. Jan 7, 2023
    8
    Still not better than mk9 and mkx.Mk9 and mkx were had a so hype and fast gameplay but mk11 gameplay is so slower than them.
Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. 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.
  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. 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.