Mortal Kombat 11

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2118 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,305 out of 2118
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  1. BenLoohole
    Apr 30, 2019
    5
    MK11 has solid game play mechanics and it has a new pace which offers something different to previous games in the series. New mechanics, like additional special meters and fatal blows add interesting options when brawling. Being able to customize and modify fighters also adds creativity and depth. it also boosts some of the best aesthetics for a fighting game I have seen this consoleMK11 has solid game play mechanics and it has a new pace which offers something different to previous games in the series. New mechanics, like additional special meters and fatal blows add interesting options when brawling. Being able to customize and modify fighters also adds creativity and depth. it also boosts some of the best aesthetics for a fighting game I have seen this console generation. It has a cutscene heavy story mode for the fans and lots of cinematic fatalities. Shame, if you want to see or use everything there is to offer from MK11, you have to put the hours in. A lot of hours. You have to grind for hours (days) to unlock the unlockables. This is when MK11 stops being fun and becomes a chore. It can force many gamers to their wallets. This problem can be a deal breaker for many. MK11, overall is a great game just ruined by the grinding problem, NetherRealm need to patch the game and rescue it. Or it is worth waiting, remember when we got MKX then we got MKXL with all the extras. Will there be a MK11XL of sorts with all the extras only time will tell.… Expand
  2. Fule
    Apr 30, 2019
    2
    Beautiful and thought-provoking, but impossible, which makes it annoying to play
  3. luanvianalv
    Apr 30, 2019
    7
    Tecnicamente e mecanicamente, Mortal Kombat 11 é o melhor de toda a franquia. Porém, cagaram no sistema de progressão. As torres são muito difíceis e as recompensas não são compensadoras; a Krypta é realmente muito boa mas ainda continua com aquele sistema de LootBox chato. A NetherRealm ainda teve a cara de pau de colocar uma loja onde você pode comprar skins com praticamente dinheiroTecnicamente e mecanicamente, Mortal Kombat 11 é o melhor de toda a franquia. Porém, cagaram no sistema de progressão. As torres são muito difíceis e as recompensas não são compensadoras; a Krypta é realmente muito boa mas ainda continua com aquele sistema de LootBox chato. A NetherRealm ainda teve a cara de pau de colocar uma loja onde você pode comprar skins com praticamente dinheiro real, e o Shao Kahn por DLC. Sem contar a dependência da internet para poder jogar as torres, já que não faz o menor sentido deles terem feito isso. Desculpe-me mas não aceito um jogo assim.… Expand
  4. Leiji_Ridel
    Apr 30, 2019
    1
    dont trust critic reviews, just look for players who really played this piece of code... its too pity thats too late to make a refund, dont chose this if you like fighting games
  5. xiiicaesar
    Apr 30, 2019
    5
    The core game is actually really good. I enjoy the fighting and the story. Even the classic towers are great.

    When I wanted to pick a character to learn, I saw he had a lot of alternative costumes. Cool! How do I get them? I need to unlock them in the krypt. I found out online he had awesome brutalities. You can't do them before you unlock them in the krypt though. So how do I    The core game is actually really good. I enjoy the fighting and the story. Even the classic towers are great.

    When I wanted to pick a character to learn, I saw he had a lot of alternative costumes. Cool! How do I get them? I need to unlock them in the krypt. I found out online he had awesome brutalities. You can't do them before you unlock them in the krypt though.

    So how do I unlock these things in the krypt? Well, you need to do these towers of time that add these random and annoying modifiers to the fight to earn currency which you can use in the Krypt. Then you have 3 sorts of currency that you can spend in the krypt, where you open chests with random rewards. Does anyone think griding for resources and opening these chests to get that 1 kostume or brutality you really want? It could take ages! Does anyone actually think that is fun?

    Anyway, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth and detracts from an otherwise good fighting game.    … Expand
  6. SayNoToMicro
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    The use of micro transactions and SJW themes in this game are outrageous. Never expected this from a MK game. Looks like there are no developers left who actually care about their player base.
  7. Deyo7
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    Microtransaction mess shielded by Political garbage, quite a clever combination i must say. If anyone calls you out on it just call them racist, worked out great for ea didn't it??? Mortal kombat series died in 2019, rest in piss
  8. Reuc
    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!    … Expand
  9. Agimara
    Apr 30, 2019
    10
    all people crying about micro-transactions but it is only customization micro-transactions here don't affect balance
  10. Criticizing
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    Woke game with microtransactions,

    unlike the previous one which maintained some creativity when in came to character costumes and style, while also not locking contents behind a paywall. The recent move of gifting players in-game currency is not just insulting, but also an admission of wrongdoing. Fix the system. And Shao Khan as a day one DLC for those who did not preorder? For 6    Woke game with microtransactions,

    unlike the previous one which maintained some creativity when in came to character costumes and style, while also not locking contents behind a paywall. The recent move of gifting players in-game currency is not just insulting, but also an admission of wrongdoing. Fix the system.
    And Shao Khan as a day one DLC for those who did not preorder? For 6 euros nonetheless. It's not like i didn't pay for the game full price on day one. 6 extra euros for a character who's part of the story and already in the game, really?
    Adding up to that the gear and customization system makes everything soulless. I would have very much preferred fixed costumes and skins with some more effort put into them instead of uninspired Blue Baraka.
    Also what's up with the female characters? I'm not a big fan of skimpy outfits as they were in MK9, but they could have at least made Jade the classic sexy character that she used to be back in the day. I mean, it used to be her gimmick, what's wrong about that? It feels like woke ideas messed up a game which did not have anything to do with politically correctness before. It's not insulting if you include one single barely dressed woman in the game, you know? Especially if being barely dressed and seducing was her character until two games ago.

    Regarding fatalities, it feels like they put effort just on the main ones, while secondary fatalities felt sub par. Brutalities would be nice, if you did not have to grind like a madman in order to get them.

    Regarding gameplay I think that's a matter of taste. I preferred more straightforward approach MK9 and X used to have.

    So sorry to see Mortal Kombat as it is now. I played every single chapter since UMK3, and I'm also a fan on the universe and lore, speaking of that...

    Closing with some pros:
    Nice story mode, I guess? The only really positive feature of the game that kept me entertained for a while. Nice cutscenes and approach, also nice fanservice. The rest can go.

    Better luck next time. It's my fault, after all, having bought a game as a long time fan without thinking twice just because of the franchise's name. Not happening next time.    … Expand
  11. TwoBe
    Apr 30, 2019
    1
    There are two things that I hate in video games.
    1. Cheap politics
    2. Micro transactions Sadly this game has plenty of them. The game mechanics and the quality that was put into this game was great, which unfortunately gets tainted by the politics of our current pop culture and annoying micro transactions. Somehow what all these people are conveying is: “don’t dare to sexualise    There are two things that I hate in video games.
    1. Cheap politics
    2. Micro transactions

    Sadly this game has plenty of them.

    The game mechanics and the quality that was put into this game was great, which unfortunately gets tainted by the politics of our current pop culture and annoying micro transactions.

    Somehow what all these people are conveying is: “don’t dare to sexualise women before ripping them apart!” Because you know, admiring a person’s body is wrong but killing them is right! What a laugh... hypocrites.

    Micro transactions turned it into a mobile game and sadly this is not a console game any more...    … Expand
  12. Pashu1289
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    I am from Ukraine and even cant by this game in PSN. Why ? Because WB lawyers are idiots and they could not understand local laws correctly and because of that cancel game sales for whole 40m + population country.
  13. dinkboy30
    Apr 30, 2019
    10
    Loving the gameplay and story mode. Top notch. I do not collect items so that negative aspect of the reviews isn't relevant to me.
  14. fredinator
    Apr 30, 2019
    7
    Gameplay is good but the towers of time are just plain stupidly designed to use up your patience and all consumeables. Also an absolutely mature game hides censorship to appeal to the SJW crowd by claiming its all to be 'more mature'
  15. Djigabon
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    This game is the perfect presentation of the corporate machine in videogames: horrible and long grindings, paywalls, random rewards for your effort (also known as lootboxes, but they don't "use that word" here), terrible PC port with no support whatsoever and patches that make no difference.

    This game must be killed. This abomination is everything wrong with the videogame market nowadays.
  16. madman_asunder
    Apr 29, 2019
    2
    I've always considered myself against review bombing... An exception must be made for this game and its sad... cause the core gameplay is pretty damn good. This game is predatory in its economy and microtransaction design even going as far as to sell you a character that you only have to play 4 story levels to get on your own (they have patched in a description in the store, but on releaseI've always considered myself against review bombing... An exception must be made for this game and its sad... cause the core gameplay is pretty damn good. This game is predatory in its economy and microtransaction design even going as far as to sell you a character that you only have to play 4 story levels to get on your own (they have patched in a description in the store, but on release they didn't even let you know you were just wasting money). I have never seen a $60 play this much like a mobile game. And the developers brushing it under the rug like it wasn't poorly designed. I myself don't mind some of the SJW stuff making its way into the game (I even like the female costume design better this way), but I respect the opinions of people who are put off by it... the developers DO NOT and have vocally been unprofessional calling people who have opinions different than their's "racist" or even "not fans"… Expand
  17. Yoids
    Apr 29, 2019
    2
    I feel scammed. They heavily promoted preorders because you would get a character, and since I liked the gameplay I saw I did it. However, even when they said the features there would be in the game, they did not say they would be locked, and you would not be able to use them unless you grind an absurd amount of time or pay even more.
    I paid 100€ for this game, and I would like to return    I feel scammed. They heavily promoted preorders because you would get a character, and since I liked the gameplay I saw I did it. However, even when they said the features there would be in the game, they did not say they would be locked, and you would not be able to use them unless you grind an absurd amount of time or pay even more.
    I paid 100€ for this game, and I would like to return it. They lied. I do NOT have the brutalities I love about the game, I cannot do them unless I unlock them, and to unlock them I cannot purchase them with money (even more than 100€ lol) nor with currency. I have to play a casino opening chests that have random loot trying to get the items I like. And the problem with that is that there are so many items, I did the math and for me it does not matter if it takes 3000 hours or 3 million hours, since I only play ONE HOUR PER DAY MAXIMUM.
    I am a father, I have a job, I have a family, I simply cannot do that. For me, this game has no brutalities, period. It was a lie, it is impossible for me to get them. And I will not main any character, by the time I will be tired of this game and move on, I will have mained maybe 3 or 4 characters, maybe even 6 if the game is super awesome and I have a ton of fun. And in that time, I will be super lucky if I manage to unlock 1 brutality for those, at max.

    Then we have a mode called Towers of Time, to get those brutalities. I have seen there might have, at least 1 per character. The problem is that in order to get that brutality, you have to play SO MANY games with that character, that by the time I will have access to that brutality, I will never want to play with that character again in my life. They put unreal limitations like "do 75 fatalities" in order to proceed, just to keep playing. It is absurd. I would prefer that they told me directly "you have to come back in 2 months to keep playing", if that want to pace out those, idk.
    Also, this Towers of Time, initially they seem fun, but you quickly see they are stupid and unrespectful, that use the same tactics as mobile games with their difficulties. It is not a matter of you playing, it is a matter of getting consumables and using them to negate the effects of the tower, since matches otherwise are totally stupid.

    To sum up, this game insults our intelligence and tries to make money out of the most psicologically unmoral ways, like mobile games. It is aimed at triggering your ludopaty, your anxiosness of buying (this is why you only see a few options that have a timer. If you want that brutality/skin, you better buy it fast or it is gone forever).
    It is a good fightning game, but the disrespect I have received AFTER PAYING 100€ is absolutely ridicolous. Are you really not going to give me the brutalities after paying 100€? Take your stupid game and give me back my money.    … Expand
  18. PeterBazooka
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    The gameplay is fun too bad about everything else. Should have been called AI Kombat since you'll spend the majority of your time offline watching your AI setup play the game for you in the ridiculous towers of time mode. NRS can lie all they want about it not being filled with MTX but the game actively encourages you to spend money on time krystals by making literally everything a hugeThe gameplay is fun too bad about everything else. Should have been called AI Kombat since you'll spend the majority of your time offline watching your AI setup play the game for you in the ridiculous towers of time mode. NRS can lie all they want about it not being filled with MTX but the game actively encourages you to spend money on time krystals by making literally everything a huge slog to unlock.… Expand
  19. Ragdarius
    Apr 29, 2019
    1
    Shao Kahn as DLC, SJW politics where it doesn't belong, Microtransactions, broken towers of time and an overly time consuming grind makes what could have been one of the best Mortal Kombat games a disappointing experience. I'd give this a much higher rating otherwise. Please, at least fix the tower and make it much less of a grind fest.
  20. WayT0oBad
    Apr 29, 2019
    1
    Such a disappointment, what is wrong with these people, how can they be so disconnected from their fan base?
  21. Finchhh
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is impossible to overcome the towers! If you have made long-term farming, make it easy!… Expand
  22. Rybmeth
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    MK11 It's like playing mobile games, a real fruit machine for an unreal price.
  23. Sincere_Doomguy
    Apr 29, 2019
    9
    This game is nothing shorter than a solid 9/10, you probably can tell that there are a ton of BS reviews out there. You will see plenty of kids asking to put more sexy ladies in the game, and saying that the game is too policial because of Jax ending, and just like that they will score the game with an 2/10, 1/10 or even 0. This game's kombat is the deepest of the franchise, giving it moreThis game is nothing shorter than a solid 9/10, you probably can tell that there are a ton of BS reviews out there. You will see plenty of kids asking to put more sexy ladies in the game, and saying that the game is too policial because of Jax ending, and just like that they will score the game with an 2/10, 1/10 or even 0. This game's kombat is the deepest of the franchise, giving it more space to strategic thinking and neutral style, which is a great and necessary addition. Story mode is polished as hell and the best that NetherRealm has put out yet! Online connection is pretty solid just as well. The only point that I'm taking out from this otherwise flawless fighting game is the unbalanced Towers of Time, which as of right now are hard af and can be a real grind. But even that has been addressed by Ed Boon himself, saying that his team will patch it asap. There are some microtransactions in the game that allow you to get cosmetics faster if you wish, but NO CONTENT is exclusively hidden behind paywalls aside from the usual DLC characters, this is another bs that has been spreading around like wildfire by trolls and people who didnt even bother to play the game before reviewing it, and they dare talk about nasty practices... come on people… Expand
  24. QuickBen93
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    I absolutely understand every single person who gave this game a bad rating. I wanted to like it, I really did. Mobile Kombat 11 is just a mobile game, but without the microtransactions, which makes it even worse, as you have no way around the pointless grinding. For example, the whole crypt loot is completely RNG. You still have coordinates and some sort of a map, which is useless, simplyI absolutely understand every single person who gave this game a bad rating. I wanted to like it, I really did. Mobile Kombat 11 is just a mobile game, but without the microtransactions, which makes it even worse, as you have no way around the pointless grinding. For example, the whole crypt loot is completely RNG. You still have coordinates and some sort of a map, which is useless, simply due to the fact that the items are randomized. I am not really sure if Nethrerealm studios are not the brightest staff upstairs, or they have a weird sense of humor.The crypt chests are just like loot boxes. In order to get the cool skins, fatalities, brutalities & etc you need to open chests in the crypt. In order to open the chests, you need to gather 3 different kinds of currencies (please note that neither of those currencies can be obtained with real money) from the Towers of Time. In order to complete the towers of time, you need consumables, which are found in the chests in crypt, which I already mentioned is completely RNG. There is no way around that. You either have to regularly check the in-game store to see if your desired skin is available, so you can spend real money for it, or go through the senseless grind explained above. Please, do not buy Mobile Kombat 11.… Expand
  25. IMVL515
    Apr 29, 2019
    1
    Soy del tercer mundo y ya comprar el juego sale muy caro, y aún así que el juego tenga micropagos. **** you!!! MK11.
  26. N-Glycerin
    Apr 29, 2019
    5
    Mortal kombat 11 is a shining example of how to ruin a beloved franchise with political nonsense and tone-deff, unironic "wokeness". Get Woke, go broke.

    The roster: It's very Meh. There are highly requested characters that return such as Noob Saibot and Frost but there are plenty of wasted roster slots such as jacquie Briggs, a character that was never interesting in MKX and still    Mortal kombat 11 is a shining example of how to ruin a beloved franchise with political nonsense and tone-deff, unironic "wokeness". Get Woke, go broke.

    The roster:
    It's very Meh. There are highly requested characters that return such as Noob Saibot and Frost but there are plenty of wasted roster slots such as jacquie Briggs, a character that was never interesting in MKX and still isn't interesting dispite her wrist guns which were stolen from Deadshot and the superman punch stolen from Jax. Seeking of Jax, he was once a prowd soldier who fought for earth realm on many occasions but is now just a sad old alcoholic who is entirely useless in the story and only serves to further a political message in his arcade ending.

    The costumes:
    Gone are the days of the sexy females in MK. Sure you wouldn't wear a bikini to a bar fight but the option would have been nice. That's something people will pay for. Just look at DOA. I also don't think dressing Jade and Skarlet like brides for an arranged wedding was a good move either. Turbans aren't metal enough. All the males have pretty awesome costumes except for Kano. All he got were aweful rehashings of his classic costumes which don't fit the character at all.

    The story:
    If you like time travel then look no further. Rather than continue the story set forth by MKX, NetherRealm decided to give us time travel. Ew.

    Gameplay:
    Glairing political nonsense aside the game feels great to play. It's an absolute ball. I have only one complaint. The breakaway system is a terrible mechanic that has disgraced the MK franchise since Deadly Alliance. It may have been called breakers in the other games but it's still the same thing. It's a system that will punish you for making a good read on your opponent and reward them for making mistakes, A+ design (but not really).

    Progression:
    THERE ARE NO LOOT BOXES. Although you can buy time crystals for an in game store, they aren't really hard to come by either. The store also only has 5 items in it at a time. Not a lot of insentive to buy time crystals when there's nothing you want in the store. Money does not fall for the sky in this gsnrn. It's very grindy. Also there are 3 types of currency for use in the Krypt to get unlockables. Hearts souls and Koins. All of these are hard to come by and the most souls I've seen awarded at once was 200 which is rather insulting considering there's an item in the krypt that costs 10.000 souls. Ouch.

    TLDR:
    Fun to play
    Full of political nonsense that has no business in a game AT ALL.
    Boring female costumes.
    Very meh roster with no Smoke or Reptile.
    Customization is awesome and extensive.
    Story is a little bit of a waste and the end sucks.
    Get woke, go broke.    … Expand
  27. stgreylv
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    I'm done. I'm devastated. I waited for almost a week for things to get better. For all this time I was grinding and grinding and grinding. I never got a skin I was hunting for. And finally I got a key to the tower where was a nice, good-looking skin. And what? Blocked by modifiers. I was almost crying when I was dying and dying and dying without being hit by an AI opponent. And that is 6I'm done. I'm devastated. I waited for almost a week for things to get better. For all this time I was grinding and grinding and grinding. I never got a skin I was hunting for. And finally I got a key to the tower where was a nice, good-looking skin. And what? Blocked by modifiers. I was almost crying when I was dying and dying and dying without being hit by an AI opponent. And that is 6 freaking days after a game being released. No patches. No community service. Nothing.

    And all this politics and SJW in the game. Favorite female characters destroyed. I said to myself - Ok. At least they havent ruined male characters. I can play with them. I closed my eyes to everything, that they ruined. But showing no support to players that are struggling with all this nonsense in creepy mode called - Towers of Time. That just sucks. This game is not gamers friendly. The company is not gamers friendly. They are all about politics and taking your money with microtransactions.

    P.S. And in social media they are treating people like horse s**t. This is worse then EA.    … Expand
  28. MinotavrosGR
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    I made an account just to say this: Do NOT buy this game!

    It is a disgrace to the Mortal Kombat Series (that I loved, especially MK9)

    There are plenty of other negative User Reviews so I do not feel I need to explain myself.
  29. CyberRobotnix
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    Alright, first of all I want to say is "GET WOKE GO BROKE" just for the sake of mocking Jax's quote at the end of the game.

    Secondly, if it's not the stupid developer decisions regarding the story that'll make you avoid this game, then it'll be the microtransactions, the game is full of it. It's an awful attempt at a cash-grab and it's made even more evident when you think about how    Alright, first of all I want to say is "GET WOKE GO BROKE" just for the sake of mocking Jax's quote at the end of the game.

    Secondly, if it's not the stupid developer decisions regarding the story that'll make you avoid this game, then it'll be the microtransactions, the game is full of it.

    It's an awful attempt at a cash-grab and it's made even more evident when you think about how much the game caters to political correctness just for the sake of getting extra "morally superior cause" points and get more people to buy the game which was ultimately this game's downfall.

    Do NOT buy the game, even as a joke, it's truly THAT bad.

    PS: Leftists hate microtransactions more than rightists, so if you go full woke just to get more money from microtransactions, then don't.    … Expand
  30. Radet
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    Insulting its costumers, paywall after paywall even though this is not a free to play game, not a fan of politics in my games.

    Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are taking down youtube videos that are being critical of the game, its disgusting and a major blow to their credibility in the future.
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#34 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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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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