Mortal Kombat 11

 PlayStation 4
User Score
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. Abirzenith
    Apr 23, 2019
    4
    Blows my mind that critics reviewed it as highly as they did. If this does not prove that the days of trusting critics are far gone then nothing will. The cutscenes feel like a cheap B movie. The combat has not evolved at all for years and the animation has only gotten less fluid over the years.

    What saddens me the most is that combo skill ceiling seems to have been reduced even further    Blows my mind that critics reviewed it as highly as they did. If this does not prove that the days of trusting critics are far gone then nothing will. The cutscenes feel like a cheap B movie. The combat has not evolved at all for years and the animation has only gotten less fluid over the years.

    What saddens me the most is that combo skill ceiling seems to have been reduced even further and couple that with the laughably bad netcode and you have a disaster recipe.

    Anyone who has actually experienced fighting games and seen their evolution over the years will find MK11 lacking in almost all areas    … Expand
  2. Anar-9999
    Apr 23, 2019
    1
    Money Money Money .... never enough, after buying a premium edition for $ 123 you need to pay more and more, because grinding a wall is just a shame.
    Stop these microtransactions, stop the “extraction box” in the crypt, enough, I just want to enjoy the game alone, but no, these microtransactions do not create this
  3. Willianmendes
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Another game ruined by sjw agenda and excessive mtx
    Complete garbage, don't even waste your time
  4. SupremeTrap
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Another MTX riddled mobile like game with a heavy female driven story which is more than likely SJW pandering and the fact all women are wearing full suits while the males are majority topless to an extent, lmao. After finishing that mediocre story I jumped into towers and wow.. these modifiers etc.. ate a cancer. Just a way for them to push ppl into buying in game currency so they canAnother MTX riddled mobile like game with a heavy female driven story which is more than likely SJW pandering and the fact all women are wearing full suits while the males are majority topless to an extent, lmao. After finishing that mediocre story I jumped into towers and wow.. these modifiers etc.. ate a cancer. Just a way for them to push ppl into buying in game currency so they can skip the match altogether. Last time I will buy a Netherealm game.… Expand
  5. Whateverz
    Apr 23, 2019
    4
    it runs at 60fps... great... The graphics are so bad and blurry it made me and a friend have eye pain after just 20 minutes. ALL PROGRESSION REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTIVITY! Complete bs....

    The game is missing fan favorite and classic characters like Mileena, Reptile, Sindel, Ermac and Smoke. Avoid the switch version at all costs. Only reason I give it a 4/10 is that its "playable". Its a    it runs at 60fps... great... The graphics are so bad and blurry it made me and a friend have eye pain after just 20 minutes. ALL PROGRESSION REQUIRES ONLINE CONNECTIVITY! Complete bs....

    The game is missing fan favorite and classic characters like Mileena, Reptile, Sindel, Ermac and Smoke.
    Avoid the switch version at all costs. Only reason I give it a 4/10 is that its "playable". Its a bare minimum game especially the Switch version. What a shame...    … Expand
  6. wizardoverdrive
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Great!!!!
    Игра великолепна! Это 999 из 999!!!
    Спасибо всем ребятам из NetherRealm Studios за еще одну отличную игру.
    Откиньте прочь предубеждения и вам она понравится!
    Очень жаль всех, кто в игру поиграть не сможет.
  7. Greenz
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Mortal Kombat: Handmaid's Tale Edition

    This game covers the women up like they are part of the handmaid's tale universe. While the men get to fight without hardly any clothing. Supposedly the women fight with clothes cause its more "realistic" however if your fighting for your life you wouldn't have a jacket on which the opponent could grab. Game is very sexist they try to hide    Mortal Kombat: Handmaid's Tale Edition

    This game covers the women up like they are part of the handmaid's tale universe. While the men get to fight without hardly any clothing. Supposedly the women fight with clothes cause its more "realistic" however if your fighting for your life you wouldn't have a jacket on which the opponent could grab.

    Game is very sexist they try to hide women and its very bothersome.    … Expand
  8. MileenaOrRiot
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    I won't pretend it's about the SJW bs or the microtransactions.
    I just wanted one thing: Mileena to be in the game.
    She's not in, so the game isn't delivering imo.

    Periodttt
  9. Skyrah
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Not really worth to buy. Always on "feature", a lot of microtransactions and dlcs directly unfluencing the game design by making the game grindy, female characters uglified so the developer can push its agenda (extreme violence is fine though). Better buy Soul Calibur.
  10. Epicevil
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    You cut chars from the game to sell them later as DLC.
    Micro transactions for win!!
    The women look unrealistic and ugly.
    Jax get's woke, NRS go broke. I don't need politics in videogames.
  11. casbyness
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    A combination of terrible design and storyline choices culminate in a total catastrophe for this franchise. Online gambling, horrible grinding, and several key fan favourites disconfirmed for inclusion, most importantly Mileena - one of the all-time top four stars of the series. Tried the game out then returned it within a couple of hours for a full refund. Absolutely awful mess.
  12. MillyIsLife
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    No Milly and much disrespect for us fans of her = Not my game = No money from me.
  13. luvsuper
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Nice and cute good old fighting with faaaar more complex mech. Buy it and play it! Probably controversial design of women chars... But screw it.
  14. marsh199029
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Ignore the review bombers whining about microtransactions and their SJW remarks.

    This game has deep combat, satisfying and over-the-top gore, and a great story mode and multiplayer components. The Fatal and Krushing Blows are a fantastic addition that keeps every match brutal, intense, and it really keeps you from relaxing during any match. The Krypt is sure to please fans. Some of the    Ignore the review bombers whining about microtransactions and their SJW remarks.

    This game has deep combat, satisfying and over-the-top gore, and a great story mode and multiplayer components. The Fatal and Krushing Blows are a fantastic addition that keeps every match brutal, intense, and it really keeps you from relaxing during any match. The Krypt is sure to please fans. Some of the legitimate complaints involve the grinding of the single player mode, but NetherRealm has already said they'd be tweaking this.    … Expand
  15. Detento4587
    Apr 23, 2019
    8
    here only has a crying child who does not know how to wait for the programmers to fix the problems of the game...
  16. zidan15
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. are people really giving a 1 becuase of the currency system.
    1. they are gonna fix it.
    2, you dont have to buy it
    3. once something is unlocked you cant unlock it again so you dont get dupes
    4. not all chests in the krypt are RNG based.
    if we looked at the entire game, then the gameplay and online are great, the story could be better but not awful and the sjw jax thingy everyone is talking about is non-canon its not a reason to fully pass on a game    … Expand
  17. Raziel384
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    good graphics, great story company, too hard grind, too monetized reminds of Middle-earth Shadow of War
  18. mothes1987
    Apr 23, 2019
    1
    SJW/Feminist/Political agenda forced into the game.
    Stop it!
    Monetization - Micro-trans are bad for game that cost money.
  19. NotYoungAnymore
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Вылетела за первые 10 минут, проведенные в настройках.

    10 Шао Канов из 10!
  20. Arch2626
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    The game has become more serious than MK9. and MKX she was too gray and serious. Now the game is bright again. History mode, as a rule, is beyond praise. Worthy sequel to a great franchise. This is much better than in the previous part.
  21. whyareurunnin
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    SJW **** with donations. Omg my eyes. They changed some of the characters from the last part, I want to puke. Constant bugs and crash games. Do not buy this **** let the developers understand that they screwed up
  22. DeadsFortune
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    An internet connection is required to unlock cosmetic items, play certain modes, and unlock certain characters. Mortal Kombat 11 is also a grind chocked full of microtransactions. Don't waste your money on this crap.
  23. mendalin
    Apr 23, 2019
    1
    I always loved this series of games, but this time something went wrong: microtransactions, a plot sucked from the finger and female characters are more terrible than in Mass Effect Andromeda.
  24. krak228
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    A lot of micro transactions and self advertising shows that nowadays the only thing NetherRealm cares about is money...
  25. Glagonovi
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    The kombat in the game? Really nice. The Story? Pretty epic. Also the game does support ultrawide
  26. Amazonjstice
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Best fighting game of the YEAR! The graphics are amazing(PC). Even optimization is great.
    (Mileena is not in the game sadly) but the gameplay is so fun.
  27. MissionFacation
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Скачивай 60 гигов игры часа полтора и распаковывай её еще столько же.
    Платный персонаж в DLC в премиум игре по предзаказу? Интересно..
    Пока поставлю лайк, потом посмотрим.
  28. cesar3d
    Apr 23, 2019
    0
    Quer ferrar um jogo? faça igual ao Edboon, encha de micro transações.......
  29. 21guns
    Apr 23, 2019
    1
    I remember playing Mortal Kombat Armageddon. I was really excited. All the previous characters coming back? Wow. Then I actually played it and realized, most if not all characters were the same, there wasn't even unique fatalities anymore, you have all these great characters and you just copy pasted them. The game had a lot of fanservices, but lacked any kind of depth, and so Mortal KombatI remember playing Mortal Kombat Armageddon. I was really excited. All the previous characters coming back? Wow. Then I actually played it and realized, most if not all characters were the same, there wasn't even unique fatalities anymore, you have all these great characters and you just copy pasted them. The game had a lot of fanservices, but lacked any kind of depth, and so Mortal Kombat died, until MK9.

    MK9 is one of the best if not the best revivals a IP can receive. It went back to it's root, rebooted everything, and ended having a more cohesive story, there were plenty of unlockables, nice DLC, nice story, great character development, and they got rid of pointless redundant characters, because they started over. I was stunned, that was the MK game I wanted, everything was looking good. But things went downhill.

    MKX paid more attention to e-sports and political correctness, and it reflected in the terrible single player content. The characters they introduced are were terrible, the very definition of a Mary Sue, and in turn that only convoluted the story, something they managed to fix from MK1-3 in MK9. You'd think they would also fix MK4 story, but they somehow made it worse, and still made Shinnok the laughable character he was back then. The graphics were mediocre, a clear downgrade from how crisp MK9 looked, trying to hard to be realistic.

    Enter MK11. Everything was looking bleak again. Everything in the reveal was terrible, from how it looked to character design, and as it went on, it only got worse and worse. Until the very end.

    I must say, there are a few improvements from MKX, namely, there is more single player content compared to MKX, but still not nearly enough and not as good. Character design, well, they are simply terrible, the whole focus in realism, again, and "representation" convoluted all characters. Who cares if Sub-Zero actually looks asian? Between choosing to make him look good in contrast of making him look realistic, I choose the former. Skarlet? Needless to say, but at least her alternative costume makes her justice. I can't comment about online yet, though, but it looks like the focus with e-sports remain.

    All in all, there are a few improvements over MKX, but out of the few things they fixed, they ruined fat more. It's in there with MKX, but an even further down step from MK9.    … Expand
  30. cocaine_cowboy
    Apr 23, 2019
    4
    Pros:
    1. Good fighting gameplay. Feels like injustice 2, but upgraded. Gore, crushing blows, improved attacks - it just feels like a good fighting game.
    2. Love customization 3. Graphics, design and style are much better than MKX's (except sjw ideas) Cons: 1. There are no lootboxes, but everything except the fighting gameplay itself is just about unbearable grind (unless you pay,    Pros:
    1. Good fighting gameplay. Feels like injustice 2, but upgraded. Gore, crushing blows, improved attacks - it just feels like a good fighting game.
    2. Love customization
    3. Graphics, design and style are much better than MKX's (except sjw ideas)

    Cons:
    1. There are no lootboxes, but everything except the fighting gameplay itself is just about unbearable grind (unless you pay, ha-ha).
    2. A lot of political leftist agenda in the game. Very few people from that side of political spectrum actually play MK, stop doing it for a vocal minority that are not your audience.
    3. There are boring, laxy designed characters like Geras, Cetrion and a daughter of Jax, while we don't have half of the classic roster. Hope to see them in DLCs though.    … Expand
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#34 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#9 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Metascore
82

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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