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  1. Nov 24, 2015
    8
    Brutal Fatalaties

    Overall: 76% (98.2/130)

    Atmosphere 7.8/10
    Graphics 9.0/10
    Level Design 7.7/10
    Sound 9.3/10

    Balance 7.5/10
    Controls 7.5/10
    Mysteries 5.0/10

    Animations 8.0/10
    AI 7.5/10

    Replay Value 8.5/10
    Story 6.9/10
    Tutorial 4.5/5
    Variety 7.0/10

    Cost-Benefit Ratio 2/4
    System Requirements 0/1
  2. May 30, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I admit that my review is without the online experience included. My review is about the offline game. That said I am dazzled by the new sheen that Mortal Kombat X has, it has reached a new height of aesthetic style and experience. The new story is wonderful, and old characters that I had always disliked are now welcomed the new style that Johnny Cage has is redeeming, for a long time I had hated this character. Also the new story is much more interesting than that in XIIII.
    The interactivity in the level designs are fabulous, throw bodies, flaming basins, barrels, at your enemies. Slam their heads into the concrete statue you two are next to, or use the world as a tool to get a new angle on your opponent.
    The only problem I have with this game thus far is that they removed coop ladder, which was always a favorite to play when I have a friend come over to play with me. I prefer to play cooperatively with my friends.
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  3. Apr 27, 2015
    8
    I'm really suspect to do this review. Mortal Kombat is my fav fight game, and the 10th version not disappointed me.
    Btw, this game has a lot of release issues (stuttering, bugs) that will have fixed when a new patch already done to release.
    This is the big production of NetherRealm, Ed Boon and High Voltage Studios ever made, and results not be more best than expected, because the game
    I'm really suspect to do this review. Mortal Kombat is my fav fight game, and the 10th version not disappointed me.
    Btw, this game has a lot of release issues (stuttering, bugs) that will have fixed when a new patch already done to release.

    This is the big production of NetherRealm, Ed Boon and High Voltage Studios ever made, and results not be more best than expected, because the game looks gorgeous, with a 2D-3D gameplay. This time, Ed Boon try explore more the online than before, and the experience is good (not best, but good...saying about lag) joined all of this with a lot of blood carnage fatalities and brutalities. This game introduce more new characters than before, and has a history mode talking about them.

    Mortal Kombat X marks the new generation of Mortal Kombat series. If you like fighting violence games, MKX is for you.
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  4. May 25, 2015
    7
    Characters :The characters(including Variations) in this game represent: Jonny cage( old Sylvester Stallone); Sonya Blade & Cassie cage(Mother and Daughter from Brazzers who want to have fun);Kitana(the Arab belly dancer);Mileena(Gone Girl with teeth); D vorah( Chinese Butterfly Effect); Jacq Briggs(Ebony Destruction); Ferra & Torr( Devil May Cry with a kangaroo baby on shoulders);Characters :The characters(including Variations) in this game represent: Jonny cage( old Sylvester Stallone); Sonya Blade & Cassie cage(Mother and Daughter from Brazzers who want to have fun);Kitana(the Arab belly dancer);Mileena(Gone Girl with teeth); D vorah( Chinese Butterfly Effect); Jacq Briggs(Ebony Destruction); Ferra & Torr( Devil May Cry with a kangaroo baby on shoulders); Ermac(The Mummy Returns); Kotal Khan(Apocalypto); Goro( Four arm Assassin Creed with Blades); Erron Black (call of juarez gunslinger with Mask); Kenshi (47 Ronin); Reptile( Lizardman); Jax (the expendables 3: the dark version); takeda(the human centipede:weapon); Kung Jin(Korean Green Arrow);Quan chi (Pusssy version of Kratos); Kano( Pirate version of cyborg); Raiden( Taiwan Fisherman); Predator( Fantasy of every American that he should exist); Tanya( Tarzan;Rocco); Jason Voorhees(Scream; silent version)
    By the way Teen Army ( cassie,jac,tak,kung) in MKX is fccuking annoying with Next Generation (teens) dull faces.
    X Rays:In MKX bones break like plastic. They are 2 frame Xrays ie 1st frame bone normal(intact) and on impact 2nd frame bone breaks. It dilutes intensity of X Ray. Why not bones crush on instant impact like in MK9?
    For PC X-Rays are pure cinematic 30FPS and gameplay is 60FPS on lower resolution. The frame drop from 60-30fps for x-rays makes my eyes bleed and x-rays look slow motion. X rays are supposed to be internal damage due to special moves performed by characters. So there should be a physical contact! As far as piercing and aerial Xrays are not actual Xrays. ( corrupted shinnok; kenshi;Erron Black etc).
    Xrays are not part of gameplay this time and are on cinematic side. Lui Kang Xray performs 11 hits on opponent in which 2 hits break bones and I have to sit and watch the damn 11 hits again & again every match when he performs Xray. In MK9 Lui Kang X Ray was superb with just 2 hits(upper cut & kick) & it looked damn nice . If you compare Xrays of MK9 with MKX; MK9 Xrays are superior and well designed(feel fresh) compared to MKX which get boring very fast and I wish there should have been a button to skip Xray cinematic in MKX for Cassie cage because that xray is a brutal one and my nuts say to my brain don’t select cassie since you can feel your nuts getting crushed is worst nightmare for a boy.
    Fatalities:Fatalities are supposed to be humiliation of the opponent. MKX fatalities have become cliché like SAW movies you go on cutting people for no reason and yet the movie wants to be in a horror genre. This is not horror! Cutting people like vegetables. Similarly MKX fatalities now don’t reflect humiliation of opponent. It represents you just have to cut your opponent in number of small pieces like onion and in any way as possible. The camera angles for fatalities are disgusting show all brain & intestine. I get it you have to cut but it can be shown in less graphic and not letting camera almost touch slaughtered bodies and showing the winning character.
    Gameplay mechanics: The game looks fast in videos but the PC version feels weird. The characters feel heavy. The characters don’t respond to the commands and due to this it is difficult to achieve multiple combos at a time (+ 30% damage: Kitana’s kombos difficult to achieve). Sometimes moves appear slow (Kano jump in air appears slow while playing: 60fps).
    The characters jump automatically in stages due to props( jumps due to animal sitting in Outworld stage) at first I couldn’t understand why the fccuk my character is jumping and not punching . Then throw items that are on stage (throw a branch of tree) randomly character does this action ruins kombos and flow of fighting.
    The special moves of characters ( jaqcline, jax ,sonya(1 variation)) have missiles, rocket launcher, terminator flying machine, machine guns!! Seriously?? MKX now has to depend on rockets and bullets in the game. You can just spam all the through the round with these and win.
    Instead of ( X,A,Y,B) why the game doesn’t have alternate mapping for right stick? I know many gamers don’t play with right stick but kombos can be performed relatively easy using right Analog stick. Now just smash the buttons X,B then Y doesn’t get registered so kombo fails and again smash the buttons X,B…So we have to win the game performing only 2 or 3 moves during the round. The fighting lacks rhythm atleast on pc and not to forget FPS drops while playing.
    Now for the variation of characters the downside of this is some of the charcters have less kombos in one of their variation( e.g: X,X,Y,B is broken into X,X,Y AND Y-B etc.) my point is main kombo is broken into several parts in a variation. Now the downside of this feature is when you play classic tower or continous matches you are left with handful of kombos to perform during the tower which feels boring after 7th or 8th match.
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  5. Jun 27, 2015
    4
    Great game, but bad port, horrible PC port. Thanks for High Voltage Software. Good to play in PS4 ou Xbox One. The Nasa's pc not run this game well...
  6. Aug 6, 2015
    9
    The game has next-gen graphics better than injustice. Interactions is a new and great feature added to the game. Characters are kinda great. The variations is a fun mechanic allow you to feel different battle after battle. The brutality and the fatality defies your victory and the combo system allow you to be a combo master and have fun learning it.
  7. Nov 9, 2015
    9
    Really good game, very balanced characters and I was surprised how the new characters played out especially Takeda, Kung Jin, Cassie Cage, and Erron Black. There's a lag in the game though, but there's a way to avoid it. Other than that, great game.
  8. Oct 9, 2015
    10
    This game worked fine on my 2008 PC. What's with them PC and Xbox user scores. That's really mature of you Sony fans! Giving 1 to a game so it sucks if it's not on your system or if it's on another system. Really! Down with the low scores! Everyone should rate 10 stars all PC and XboxOne games so we can purge our gaming community of haters! Down with them haters!
  9. Jan 5, 2016
    7
    This game has nice graphics and interesting fighting system, I enjoy playing it in multiplayer, but optimisation for PC sucks, and story mode is poor. Wnen in MK 9 everything was great, story mode was epic but sometimes not logical, in MKX its a boring story of 4 teen age looking new characters, nothing epic, and not that interesting. Looks like developers decided that if MK1 - 3 were goodThis game has nice graphics and interesting fighting system, I enjoy playing it in multiplayer, but optimisation for PC sucks, and story mode is poor. Wnen in MK 9 everything was great, story mode was epic but sometimes not logical, in MKX its a boring story of 4 teen age looking new characters, nothing epic, and not that interesting. Looks like developers decided that if MK1 - 3 were good without developed story, so same gonna work for MKX. Now we see that online playing is interesting, fatalities and Brutalities are great, but without great epic scenario, which was in MK9, game lose's its attractiveness. I'll give this game 7 out of 10. If u, developers, read me, make some kind of very interesting story mode, or make DLC with another story. Expand
  10. Mar 21, 2019
    7
    Good:
    - Brutality returned and reworked.
    - Run, arena interactions. - Base animations are more fluid and consistent, with some laughable exceptions (google A.B.I.torial) - Overall slight improvements everywhere. I like: - Minor changes or details to chars. Like new Mileena's teeth, Kitana's awesome jumps animations like yeah she jumps with such grace, that only MK9 Sonya's jump
    Good:
    - Brutality returned and reworked.
    - Run, arena interactions.
    - Base animations are more fluid and consistent, with some laughable exceptions (google A.B.I.torial)
    - Overall slight improvements everywhere.

    I like:
    - Minor changes or details to chars. Like new Mileena's teeth, Kitana's awesome jumps animations like yeah she jumps with such grace, that only MK9 Sonya's jump kick can compete; Kano overall aestetic of old ugly survivalist, hell they even added fat to his back, to make him look like he got his strenght not from gym, but from actually killing people.
    - More character-based combos, that actually uses unique strengths of each.

    I dont like:
    - Game has problems with gamma and color pallets. It feels like it has a brown filter all over all textures and lighting in this game is one of the worst, making every scene look darkend, has unnatural shadows and all in all feels like a mess.
    - Arenas are mostly nighttime, has only one version of them and lack uniqueness. Exceptions are Jungles and Wharf.
    - Downgraded female bodies. They have bodies of 16 olds, no ass, no breasts, because having those for females is evil and toxic and patriarchy.
    People agreed MK9 once were a bit over the top. MKX is extreme overcompensation for this. Female either wear generic NPC soldier jackets(Jacqui/Sonya) or some generic top+trousers suit (Mileena/Tanya). And dont you dare show some skin.
    Design in 9 been critisized for lacking personality and "all the heroines are the same".
    Well, now they are so **** different.
    The only bright exceptions are Kitana and Dvorah’s alt.
    - Hard emphasis on Special Force who no one like. Now we have like 4 Stryker characters for tfs.
    - Hard emphasis on online, lack of single player content. (I really miss MK9 challenge tower)
    - No tag.
    - Soundtrack first time in 25 years is forgettable at best and adds to all-in-all bland feeling of being in airless and stuffy place.

    Bad:
    - Variation system. While being a valid idea, the implementation was heavily flawed. In half the cases, the variations represent different sides of the same character. But others exist in parallel to the character, which could easily be given to any other. Like Sonya's drone. The joke is that in MK11 drone now is given to Cassie. There are like 5 characters who has telekinetic or summoning spells like Cage, Ermac, Kenshi, Scorpion which make lines between heroes completely blured.
    - New heroes mostly uninspired, bland NPCs, both in looks and personality. “Kids” are just teenager movie mary sues. "But I like Jackie!1!" - look, I have an idea how ho check coolness. Ask yourself "Will this character be cool as a Guest Character in another game?" I can imagine Scorpion or even Kung Lao be guests in IJ or other fightings. But will enyone buy Kung Jin dlc pack?
    - Retconing new heroes into story.
    - Story mode.
    Is B movie, blockbuster filled with most boring cliche's like:
    Faceless NPC armies, existing only to get kicked by heroes.
    Supervillain that shows off at the beginning and disappear until the end.
    Characters kept to some unnatural roles and squads losing their identity, like Liu Kang and Syndel riding HELLHORSES.
    Just, just you know, its time to stop.
    Also chapter-based story makes all of enemy characters always lose, so how should we believe Quan Chi is a threat if he’s got beaten by everyone?

    Someone says MKX has "evolved from just mindless violence" plot. And I disagree.
    We love MK for brutality, blood, gore and sex-appeal.
    And not for family "things", generations issues and block-buster clichés. I got a dissonance when characters who is this teenager-movie H E R O E S talk to their parents in pre-fights and then bone-ripping part kicks in. Its lame.
    We love every piece of art for what it is, for its unique themes and features. Bringing MK plot to Hollywood B movie type and Humanization of characters of bone-ripping game is not evolution its losing identity in trying to appeal to wider audience. MKX attempt to make multi-dimensional characters ended up with making almost everyone boring, mediocre and uninspiring.
    Between having a 5 sentences long but hinting to something more bio and fully fleshed out but mediocre (at best) "personality" I choose first.

    I don’t want emo-kid Takeda to cry over my screen, I want Jax fighting after losing his hands.
    I don’t want out-of-nowhere FEELINGS between dude and Cassie’s forgettable girlfriend I want betrayals and mature regrets.
    I dont want Hanzo Hasashi I want Scorpion.
    I dont want Injustice I want MK.
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  11. Feb 16, 2016
    10
    NetherRealm have found their true calling with Mortal Kombat X. The most definitive Mortal Kombat game yet, expansive roster, variation system, more elaborate fighting system thus far for the series. The PC version had a rocky beginning but the majority of issues have been rectified. Without a doubt MKX is the ultimate fighting game of this new generation!
  12. Feb 19, 2016
    1
    I don't know about the console version but the PC version of this game is dead thanks to a shoddy port with bad net code and now we are told that the PC version will not receive any further updates, DLC or better net code. Neither the developer nor publisher has provided an explanation for this so PC players of the game are left with an inferior product despite paying just as much money asI don't know about the console version but the PC version of this game is dead thanks to a shoddy port with bad net code and now we are told that the PC version will not receive any further updates, DLC or better net code. Neither the developer nor publisher has provided an explanation for this so PC players of the game are left with an inferior product despite paying just as much money as the people who bought it on consoles. It's bad business practice and unethical. Expand
  13. May 13, 2016
    6
    Not really cool MK game . Graphics not significantly different from Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition . Storyline is worse than in MK Komplete Edition , but added a lot of characters . In this game many different combo and normal gameplay . This game is not one of the best game on MK series . 6/10
  14. Mar 29, 2016
    0
    Forget about the game content itself - purchasing it sets a bad, bad precedent in terms of how horribly WB and Netherealm can treat you, the final customer, and still get away. Don't purchase it if you care at all about the future of the PC gaming hobby, fighting games on PC, and the community that you belong to. Frankly, even SF5, with all its launch issues, is still a better purchase. DoForget about the game content itself - purchasing it sets a bad, bad precedent in terms of how horribly WB and Netherealm can treat you, the final customer, and still get away. Don't purchase it if you care at all about the future of the PC gaming hobby, fighting games on PC, and the community that you belong to. Frankly, even SF5, with all its launch issues, is still a better purchase. Do consider buying it if you don't care at all about others, or even your own future, and just want to do a Fatality right this instant, consequences be damned. After all, that's the same philosophy the developers and publishers are applying to you, my friend... Expand
  15. May 4, 2016
    9
    The new MK is amazing but only if you play everything except story.No seriously what they were thinking when they whrote it.An actor totally destroys MK's legends:Sub zero and Scorpion at the same time.Mileena one of the best MK characters and my personaly favourite got 5 minutes of fame after D'vorah kills her by very strange way.Mileena could eat her face.And at the end 1 girl killsThe new MK is amazing but only if you play everything except story.No seriously what they were thinking when they whrote it.An actor totally destroys MK's legends:Sub zero and Scorpion at the same time.Mileena one of the best MK characters and my personaly favourite got 5 minutes of fame after D'vorah kills her by very strange way.Mileena could eat her face.And at the end 1 girl kills the Overlord/god/dominator and so.
    And Kano(a villager) looks stronger than the Overworld's lord (idk his name).
    But the game is cool for its 1v1,towers,1vs pc,test your luck and multyplayer.Thats the only thing that saves this game:THE KLASICS.
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  16. Jul 5, 2018
    5
    Debo decir que lo trajeron con un mal port al PC, y con gran falta de contenido, y ni decir que por un año lo dejaron muerto al juego, enfocándose en las consolas.
  17. Jan 26, 2018
    0
    amınakodığumun oyunu hiç bi boka benzemiyor sikik bi scorpion var allahsız piç her kombosu tutyor
  18. Aug 9, 2017
    7
    Mortal Kombat X, and by extension Mortal Kombat XL, was a step in the right direction for fighting games. Recently, fighting games have been rather hit or miss. Injustice was awesome,and Killer instinct was a bit tiresome, but the nice rhythm of it all kept us entertained, but then games like Street Fighter V come along and decided that a fighting game is only good if it have goodMortal Kombat X, and by extension Mortal Kombat XL, was a step in the right direction for fighting games. Recently, fighting games have been rather hit or miss. Injustice was awesome,and Killer instinct was a bit tiresome, but the nice rhythm of it all kept us entertained, but then games like Street Fighter V come along and decided that a fighting game is only good if it have good multiplayer. MKX seemed to be in the middle of the morality spectrum. It was a jack of all trades, if you will. The roster was good, but we felt there could've and should've been some more fitted in there, the story is good as well, but seemed to rely only on asinine misunderstanding, and the gameplay was great, but good luck going online and not being met with either a player who's spent collective weeks playing and mastering the game, or a player who is just as good as you, but just knows how to use a projectile. So yeah, online sucks, what else is new. Anyways, I feel the third party characters in this game feel like they have a justification for being there, unlike Thanos in MK9 who was just there because you decided that buying a Mortal Kombat game on a Playstation was a good idea. but I digress, Mortal Kombat left a sour taste in my mouth, but I've played worse. *coughmkvsdcuniversecough* Expand
  19. Apr 28, 2018
    5
    Good single player but online dosent work
    Good single player but online dosent work
    Good single player but online dosent work
    Good single player but online dosent work
  20. Jul 23, 2018
    8
    It did not give me any technical problem, it's a good fighting game, something more uninspired, yes, but it's worth it now that it's very cheap
  21. Feb 15, 2019
    9
    The story is actually really interesting certainly the most gripping I have encountered in this genre.
  22. Feb 23, 2019
    7
    The story mode isn't as good as in the previous game. Gameplay is still very solid and fun. It'd recommend that you get it during a sale.
  23. Nov 30, 2022
    6
    Yani neden diretk XL olarak çıkartmadılar ki???????????????????????????????
  24. Jul 18, 2019
    6
    This is still MK, but, gosh, I hate this new system with styles! I think this game is only good enough to run quickly the story mode and then jump to MK 11.
  25. Feb 6, 2020
    7
    8/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  26. Mar 3, 2020
    6
    Solid art directions and some good additions to the roster. Overall combat feels floaty and lack the dynamic impact of other fighters.
  27. Nov 18, 2019
    8
    Sequel give us more MK experience with lots of new mechanics, thats makes you keeps playing :)
    Shame that Cyrax was gone from game XD
  28. Apr 25, 2020
    8
    This is the first time I tried playing a Fighting-Game and I really wasn´t disappointed! The Game is great to play when you have friends coming over and just want some quick-action, 1v1-gameplay. Fights are decided in a BO3 (Best of Three) and the many characters offer a variety of different playstyles. I finished the story and it was a great way to try out new characters, experiment withThis is the first time I tried playing a Fighting-Game and I really wasn´t disappointed! The Game is great to play when you have friends coming over and just want some quick-action, 1v1-gameplay. Fights are decided in a BO3 (Best of Three) and the many characters offer a variety of different playstyles. I finished the story and it was a great way to try out new characters, experiment with combos and to have a quick overview of the many different combat aspects of the fighters. Whilst I haven´t tried out the multiplayer yet i can already say that the Krypt (which is basically an interactive shop) has unique artworks, fatalities/brutalities, new outfits and fanart to unlock and is very interesting for collectors.

    Overall this is a very fun game to play and the best way is to play it with some friends at a Gaming-/Drinking-Evening!

    8/10
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  29. Jun 27, 2020
    7
    Jogo rápido e dinâmico, um bom jogo de luta mas me incomodei com a história rasa e sem graça e ela se leva muito a sério o que é um problema pra mim em MK, principalmente pelos acontecimentos sem sentido
  30. Apr 1, 2021
    7
    Графика - 8/10
    Игровой процесс - 8/10
    Сюжет - 6/10
    Музыка - 6/10
  31. Jul 5, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The PC Version Includes Frequent Crash and Slow Netcode; I Don't Recommend That You Should Play It On PC. Expand
  32. Aug 21, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  33. Mar 25, 2021
    6
    Файтинг из игры конечно хороший но сюжет очень сильно подкачал.
  34. Feb 5, 2023
    5
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  35. Aug 27, 2021
    7
    A high-quality fighting game with high-quality damage detail and a quite good storyline
  36. Sep 29, 2022
    8
    VERY GOOD《8/10》⭐⭐⭐

    《STORY》
  37. Feb 21, 2022
    5
    I hate and love this game at the same time. Absolutely unbalanced, but nevertheless I played it, participated in tournaments and got a kind of pleasure. But what NRS is doing with the fighting game genre is a spit in the soul of the fans.
  38. Feb 5, 2023
    5
    A bad port even in 2022. I finished the story but the game glitched and stuttered again and again. I cannot imagine the state of it at release.
    Bought it again on sale for PS4.
  39. Jan 4, 2023
    7
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  40. Jan 4, 2023
    6
    the game is great, the plot is normal, but..... control on a PC is just I have no words..
  41. Apr 7, 2023
    6
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  42. Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Not a fan of fighting games never played smash bros or any other party games while growing up so only thing i have to review is story and its was just meh.
  43. Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Simply put, the game itself is fun, graphics are mostly up to par.

    However it is so obvious that they did not put in the effort to optimize this on the pc
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. PC PowerPlay
    May 30, 2015
    70
    Excellent fighting mechanics and an incongruously good story hampered by serious performance issues. [June 2015, p.56]
  2. May 15, 2015
    75
    MKX will last you for a long time. A few variations of the usual Arcade Mode, some dumb mini-games, online multiplayer, a lengthy story campaign, and, finally, Krypt… Not all changes to gameplay mechanics are obvious, but they do make the game more dynamic.
  3. It’s still the same fun and crazy fighting that demands from the player exactly as much as he wants to give. You can gather your friends and simply mash buttons to enjoy bloody spectacle, or you can spend hours perfecting your techniques to compete with professional players. No matter how you choose to play it, MKX will find something to offer. [June 2015, p.64]