Mortal Kombat 11

 PlayStation 4
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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2118 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 664 out of 2118
  2. Mixed: 149 out of 2118
  3. Negative: 1,305 out of 2118
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  1. srt8cat
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    The feminist agenda in this game is disgusting. You can cut a woman in half or split her head in two but she better not be showing her bare stomach! It's a shame this social justice warrior nonsense is infecting all of our beloved games.
  2. Thundaga
    Apr 25, 2019
    1
    Always online requirement for single player content, grind is set up to encourage microtransactions, 1/10
  3. VildhGerar
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    Heavy monetization over basic stuff, NetherRealm Studios has sold their soul. Don't buy this game, and if you did, please, don´t buy the stupid time crystals.
  4. lustrofuria
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    Monetization in a game full price, and single player always online. Shao Khan is really being bad this time.
  5. zedemiro
    Apr 24, 2019
    2
    Zero innovation in fighting mechanics, slightly worse performance than MK X, boring characters and predictable story. The backgrounds are the only interesting thing here. You can safely pass this one up.
  6. Wraithe
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    Pay 60 dollars for a game... then find out to get the whole game, it's 5,000 dollars worth of MTX. So, incredibly stupid.
  7. Liaramancer
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    No legacy costumes. Unlocking things is an insane grind. Injustice 2 was much more generous with it's unlocks. It might have been RNG but at least you were constantly rewarded. MK11 feels like it's going down the Ubisoft / EA path to the dark side... and the political fight dialogue doesn't enhance the experience at all. It just feels tacked on. Totally takes me out of the world of MK. NotNo legacy costumes. Unlocking things is an insane grind. Injustice 2 was much more generous with it's unlocks. It might have been RNG but at least you were constantly rewarded. MK11 feels like it's going down the Ubisoft / EA path to the dark side... and the political fight dialogue doesn't enhance the experience at all. It just feels tacked on. Totally takes me out of the world of MK. Not worth a buy.… Expand
  8. Kearne
    Apr 24, 2019
    3
    OK, so I was really waiting for this game to come out, bought Premium Edition and.... I have to say I feel cheated. There are some good sides as nice and as big character roster as in previous games, no x-rays, but there is not many more good things.
    - Gameplay feels less fluid than in X
    - Microtransacions and pay walls everywhere, you will need to spend some serious time if you want to    OK, so I was really waiting for this game to come out, bought Premium Edition and.... I have to say I feel cheated. There are some good sides as nice and as big character roster as in previous games, no x-rays, but there is not many more good things.
    - Gameplay feels less fluid than in X
    - Microtransacions and pay walls everywhere, you will need to spend some serious time if you want to unlock most of the stuff they have hidden
    - Graphics, cut-scenes aren't that good as they should be
    - Character design is... v bad. And I'm not talking about that "less sexualized" thing. It's just how most of characters act or look is kinda... boring, uninteresting.
    - Pity they didn't implement gear mechanics from Injustice 2... and all the cosmetic changes are mostly only colour change. Whoever was designing costumes did a veeery bad job.

    In the beginning I was giving it a 4, but now I think 3 is better. The games is extremely mediocre. I had way higher expectations.    … Expand
  9. baaaka1337
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Заигрывание с сжв парашей просто осточертело + микротранзакции это просто КККОМБО 0/10
  10. Espador
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Как только увидел на скринах Скарлет, сразу было понятно ,что и тут SJW успели побыть.
    Продолжайте в том же духе продавать игру за фулл прайс с микротранзакциями.
    Я верил в вас,что вы не прогнётесь. Теперь стыдно говорить,что ты фанат МК. Горите в аду вместе с феминистками    Как только увидел на скринах Скарлет, сразу было понятно ,что и тут SJW успели побыть.
    Продолжайте в том же духе продавать игру за фулл прайс с микротранзакциями.
    Я верил в вас,что вы не прогнётесь. Теперь стыдно говорить,что ты фанат МК.
    Горите в аду вместе с феминистками
  11. raoxen
    Apr 27, 2019
    1
    Devs have successfully cheated us and critics on thinking this game was a gem, turns out it's a intolerable grind money grabbing mobile-like structure with frustrating towers, 5 different in-game currencies not including your own money to farm excruciatingly slowly just to gain any customization for your characters of choice or core MK flairs like Brutalities.

    We cannot let game    Devs have successfully cheated us and critics on thinking this game was a gem, turns out it's a intolerable grind money grabbing mobile-like structure with frustrating towers, 5 different in-game currencies not including your own money to farm excruciatingly slowly just to gain any customization for your characters of choice or core MK flairs like Brutalities.

    We cannot let game developers and their clients outright CHEAT us out of this time and money...
    They knew what they were doing, it's disgustingly corrupt.    … Expand
  12. Laviar
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Да вы с ума сошли? за 60$ я получаю урезанную версию где половина каноничных персонажей будет в ДЛС, а вишенкой на торте это микротранзакции.
  13. Chaotix
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Once upon a time there was a company. Interplay. By gamers, for gamers.
    Now, the times have changed. Interplay is no more. By gaymers, for gaymers.
  14. Fanof
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Developers made an awful decision by spitting on their main customer base, guys. Except the fact that the main boss is female, the story is this: females are heroic, clever, strong, fighting for the good cause while men are either evil or dumb or white knight or with a lack of personality.
    Gaming (same as sports) are supposed to be one of the last safe spaces for men in this feminism    Developers made an awful decision by spitting on their main customer base, guys. Except the fact that the main boss is female, the story is this: females are heroic, clever, strong, fighting for the good cause while men are either evil or dumb or white knight or with a lack of personality.
    Gaming (same as sports) are supposed to be one of the last safe spaces for men in this feminism driven world. MK11 failed to make us feel like heroes.    … Expand
  15. GamersRiseUp
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    NetherRealm’s art director Steve Beran said: “Our design is just getting more mature and respectful. You’re not going to wear a bikini to a fight. You’re not going to be showing so much skin. I think it’s just what the game is about: You’re going in to fight for your life, and you’re not going to be wearing such scantily clad items. I’m sure that will disappoint some fans. We don’t haveNetherRealm’s art director Steve Beran said: “Our design is just getting more mature and respectful. You’re not going to wear a bikini to a fight. You’re not going to be showing so much skin. I think it’s just what the game is about: You’re going in to fight for your life, and you’re not going to be wearing such scantily clad items. I’m sure that will disappoint some fans. We don’t have bathing suit fighters, and I think that’s fine. If people are disappointed, I don’t regret making that change by any means.”

    Clearly this puritan SJW of a designer enjoys spitting in the face of long-term supporters of the series.

    Please don't support this SJW nonsense and don't buy the game, or at least buy it used or once you can find it in the bargain-bin...    … Expand
  16. LordFreeman
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    I'm totally fed up with game developing companies which trying to suck all your money in all dirty ways.Also I started to hate SJW things. I have nothing against people with other gender or race but in my opinion SJW are posers.They don't really care about people's problems and do it only for money. And then greedy game developers and SJW uniting we got products like MK11, Battlefield 5,I'm totally fed up with game developing companies which trying to suck all your money in all dirty ways.Also I started to hate SJW things. I have nothing against people with other gender or race but in my opinion SJW are posers.They don't really care about people's problems and do it only for money. And then greedy game developers and SJW uniting we got products like MK11, Battlefield 5, new STAR WARS games. It's new tendencies to make products to satisfy not loyal fans but the small group of people who don't even play videogames. It's betrayal of fans who supported the MK and Boon and NetherRealm at the very beginning. Now they turn away us and thinking only about business (MK 11 is not even original game but upgraded Injustice 2!). And I blame us, gamers, in creating this situation because we are continuing to buy their unfinished and cutted products. We must end this tendencies. I offer to make posts, videos, songs or whatever dedicated to problem. Call it
    #iwontbuyyourgame and spread it in internet. P.S Sorry for my bad English    … Expand
  17. Verdeleth
    Apr 24, 2019
    3
    The creators made some of the worst decitions one can make when making a game, put micro-transactions on it and surrender themselves to the SJW repulsiveness. The game also lack some favourites like Mileena or Smoke. ONE LAST THING: Ed Boon clearly does NOT know of what he's talking about when he says something like "You don't wear a bikini in a fight!"....No sir, you wear the CLOSEST toThe creators made some of the worst decitions one can make when making a game, put micro-transactions on it and surrender themselves to the SJW repulsiveness. The game also lack some favourites like Mileena or Smoke. ONE LAST THING: Ed Boon clearly does NOT know of what he's talking about when he says something like "You don't wear a bikini in a fight!"....No sir, you wear the CLOSEST to it, like all the MMA pros out there that are ONLY ALLOWED to wear MMA shorts and MMA gloves as their ONLY clothes into a fight. So go do some research Mr. Boon, before you vomit some more useless verbiage and put yourself and your company to shame with your ignorance!… Expand
  18. dtggy877s
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    Another **** created by leftist brainlets, even though leftism is a verified mental illness. Laughable story, but thankfully forgettable at least. Still, the franchise is lost. Stay away.
  19. dazzer70
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    I used to love the MK games but this offering is pathetic. I don't want to have to be online to play the single player version. Microtransactions are cancer. Loot boxes are cancer. As for the slavery references and the woke lefty politically correct rubbish that's the final nail in it's coffin.

    I would have given it a 5/10 for gameplay but I deducted 1point for needing to be online, 1    I used to love the MK games but this offering is pathetic. I don't want to have to be online to play the single player version. Microtransactions are cancer. Loot boxes are cancer. As for the slavery references and the woke lefty politically correct rubbish that's the final nail in it's coffin.

    I would have given it a 5/10 for gameplay but I deducted 1point for needing to be online, 1 point for loot boxes, 1 point for paywall microtransactions and 2 points for political correctness    … Expand
  20. Oh_Hi_Mark
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    For now it's a game for these who don't have work/other hobbies/girlfriend/boyfriend/life

    In future it could easily go full Black Ops 4 style with micro-transactions. All grindy systems from mobile games are here, just waiting for reviewers to go quiet and be monetized by selling skip option
  21. ps4gamerplay
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    Son unos abusadores, no puede creer que un juego pagado le pongan tanto micropagos, no se merecen mi buena puntucion.
    Warner, They are abusers, can not believe that a paid game they put so much micropayments, they do not deserve my good score
  22. AlfredoNieto
    Apr 26, 2019
    1
    MK11 The Casino Online!!!
    This Game is very dissapointed Story is very good Gameplay too and Fatalities look awesome ,but the game has a loot of grinding and loot boxes and lack of game modes, Towers of time is a Copy and Paste of MKX. I REALLY MISS THE OLD DAYS WHEN MK WAS MADE BY MIDWAY.
  23. MBlake1986
    Apr 27, 2019
    1
    Pros:
    -The Graphics

    Cons:
    -You have to have internet access to play a good 75% of the game, you can't even unlock items without the internet.
    -Towers of Time are ridiculous
    -Items in the Krypt are entirely random. Meaning you may need to open 600 chests, beat the story mode, beat a bunch of Towers of Time before you find the one item you are looking for.
    -Microtransactions.
  24. eldesgraciado
    Apr 24, 2019
    2
    At the time of my review, this is the "progression" situation:

    Base game: $60
    Price to unlock all skins: $6440
    Hours to grind: 3390
    In days: 141

    Note: these calculations include the latest patch, which the devs promised would solve the progression issues.
  25. fhl333
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    I am fed up with games where after paying $60 I only get half of it. Yes, I love the kombat, graphics, story line, but I realized I was playing not for the fun, but to grind for the extra content hidden in micro transactions. This is not only the publisher's fault, but developers are equally responsible. I am more disgusted on the developers than the publishers to be honest.
  26. TheNoobPolice
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    Another franchise I previously loved, made completely devoid of any appeal due to awful micro-transactions (there are at least 4 different in-game currencies that I was able to discover, maybe even more) political correctness (all the best character costumes from the franchise have been removed to appease SJWs), and awful "grindy" pacing in order to monetise the crap out of playersAnother franchise I previously loved, made completely devoid of any appeal due to awful micro-transactions (there are at least 4 different in-game currencies that I was able to discover, maybe even more) political correctness (all the best character costumes from the franchise have been removed to appease SJWs), and awful "grindy" pacing in order to monetise the crap out of players following launch. It's the worst of everything currently infecting the industry and whilever devs take this approach they will never get a penny out of me. Refunded back to Amazon.

    The devs should remember the following.

    1: Customer satisfaction and loyalty is always worth more than predatory monetisation policies
    2: SJW's don't buy your games anyway, stop capitulating to their trolling demands for censorship and moral virtue signalling (the Jax end-story is complete eye-rolling crap).

    Do not buy this game as you are supporting these practices.    … Expand
  27. darclide
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    tl;dr: horrible piece of lootbox money-drain with broken graphics and controls.

    As a long time Mortal Kombat fan I'm afraid I wished this piece of junk was never developed, so I wouldn't feel bad for buying it. The controls are non-responsive and broken, which is critical for any fighting game. The graphics are glitchy, stuttering and very bad looking, the story bad even for a fighting    tl;dr: horrible piece of lootbox money-drain with broken graphics and controls.

    As a long time Mortal Kombat fan I'm afraid I wished this piece of junk was never developed, so I wouldn't feel bad for buying it. The controls are non-responsive and broken, which is critical for any fighting game. The graphics are glitchy, stuttering and very bad looking, the story bad even for a fighting game, and to top all of that, there is a horrible lot of grinding which you can only avoid by paying real money.

    Do yourself a favour and stay far far away from this money-making, broken, pre-alpha state piece of crap.    … Expand
  28. Maragdus
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    Yet another game company attempting to brainwash people into joining a cult instead of doing their job and making a entertaining game while still attempting to steal money from us by adding microtransactions.
  29. Reander
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    An incompetent schlock riding on the coat tails of better games of the past to deliver an uninspired mess full of grind, micro-transactions and lacking in sex appeal and character design. Should have been a mobile release, for free, at best.
  30. pafciu
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Mortal Kombat 11 might have been a decent game, but it is hidden behind AWFULLY DISGUSTING monetization scheme and grindwall. This is greedy and plain immoral. Add SJW BS propaganda and game designed to make you lose and pay. This game is a WASTE of time.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 85 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 85
  3. Negative: 0 out of 85
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 31, 2019
    80
    If is the eleventh installment really is the last Mortal Kombat for at least some time, then the developers part with it with dignity. Large number of fighters, great possibilities for editing them and great gameplay make the game one of the best fighter games of recent years. [Issue#295]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 28, 2019
    80
    Gorgeous visuals, accessible combat, and a gleeful sense of humour make this one of the most unabashedly fun fighting games around – and it’s packed with content. [Issue#163, p.93]
  3. Edge Magazine
    May 23, 2019
    50
    Like the grisly cutscenes, Mortal Kombat 11 is fun as long as you don't think too hard or look too closely at it - but that's exactly where the real joy is found in a fighting game. If Mortal Kombat wants to elevate itself, it's time to start overhauling the skeleton underneath all that flesh. [Issue#333, p.110]
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