Mortal Kombat

 Xbox 360
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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 445 Ratings

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  1. lox
    Feb 27, 2013
    8
    Mortal Kombat 9 is awesome. Not only is it a great Mortal Kombat game, it's a great fighting game period. It's extremely rare for a fighting game to have an interesting storyline in its single player, considering fighting games have always been more focused on the fighting, rather than the story. But Mortal Kombat 9 is an exception. This game is basically a nostalgic blast from theMortal Kombat 9 is awesome. Not only is it a great Mortal Kombat game, it's a great fighting game period. It's extremely rare for a fighting game to have an interesting storyline in its single player, considering fighting games have always been more focused on the fighting, rather than the story. But Mortal Kombat 9 is an exception. This game is basically a nostalgic blast from the past with modern day graphics. The story/plot of Mortal Kombat 9 is a retelling of Mortal Kombat 1, 2, and 3. Having been an MK fan since forever, I was very satisfied with MK9 overall. The only gripe I have is actually a fairly odd one. I am well aware that the MK franchise is mainly known for it's blood and gore, and I will admit, it's one of the many reasons I love the franchise. But, this game seems to get carried away with it. Yes, I said it, for a Mortal Kombat game, it is bloodier then it really needs to be. Usually when I play a Mortal Kombat game and perform a nasty fatality it is simply badass. But with this game, some if not most of the overly done gory fatalities were not very awesome or rad, they were, for lack of a better word, disgusting. That being said, the game overall is an epic and much needed installment in a franchise that has been releasing increasingly poor installments after MK trilogy. If you're a long time Mortal Kombat fan like me, this game is most definitely for you.… Expand
  2. WyattTheAwesome
    May 30, 2013
    9
    This is probably my favorite fighter of all time. Amazing gameplay and a lot of stuff to do. You have the challenge tower which offers missions to do and there's 300 of them so you're gonna be doing that for a while, and a nice campaign. You can just fight people in Ladder Kombat and is ever so satisfying. The fatalities and X-rays are all good and a few of them make me cringe. If you canThis is probably my favorite fighter of all time. Amazing gameplay and a lot of stuff to do. You have the challenge tower which offers missions to do and there's 300 of them so you're gonna be doing that for a while, and a nice campaign. You can just fight people in Ladder Kombat and is ever so satisfying. The fatalities and X-rays are all good and a few of them make me cringe. If you can get into a decent lobby, online is fun but you need to practice if you wanna stand up to some of the other Kombatants. The only problem I have is you can't just simply go into a 1v1 with the computer unless you're in training mode and you can't die there. Though it's a minor thing, it would've been nice to have the option. Other than that, there were a lot of over powered characters, but this game deserves all the praise it gets.… Expand
  3. Konstantinos
    Aug 13, 2013
    8
    Mortal Kombat is the best game I' ve ever played. From the beginning, MK had a nice gameplay i loved, but now it's something more than that. With HD graphics and classic 2d gameplay, the game can make you see the majesty of fighting. If you haven't played any other games like this in the past, then this game is for you with it's very friendly gameplay, impressive moves and fatalities.
  4. glameq18
    Jul 12, 2013
    9
    Blood, Gore and Fatalities that is how all people think about Mortal Kombat series. Good, this is trademark of the game, but last parts from the series generally understated positive memories about the game. Too much characters, intricate plot changed game intro Bold and the Beautiful with some blood. Till 2011

    Moral Kombat is one of the best fightning games in gaming history. You will    Blood, Gore and Fatalities that is how all people think about Mortal Kombat series. Good, this is trademark of the game, but last parts from the series generally understated positive memories about the game. Too much characters, intricate plot changed game intro Bold and the Beautiful with some blood. Till 2011

    Moral Kombat is one of the best fightning games in gaming history. You will never find game like this fightning, game modes, graphics and characters are so perfectly designed and mixed together, that you just want to play it for long hours! Firstly characters. There are up 25 fighters, but none of them are new. You will see old characteristic faces. All of them were that beautifully redesigned from clothes to the moves, so you wont find your favourite you want to play as all Kombatants. Secondly, game modes. Besides standard Arcade and Versus with some nice diversities like Test Your Luck, you will also find amazing Story Mode, which gives you emotions to Hollywood blockbuster measure. Finally fighning. Modern games offer you thousand hit combos which does not give you much emotions just click the combination and then you will see the fireworks. In Mortal Kombat 5 hit combo is long shot. There are many moves but you feel all hits done to your character. And of course FATALITIES!!! After beating fight, there's no way that you would leave your opponent. Everytime, you want to rip his head of or make his arms clap outside the body and now this is mixed with grudgesome X-ray combos. Sadistically Delicious.

    Assuming, there is no way that you could not play this game. For new players it's a perfect occasion to meet one of most legendary video game series ever. For old confirmed Kombatants it's a beautiful memories set. So FINISH IT and goddamn play this game!    … Expand
  5. fijiboy
    Apr 21, 2014
    8
    they have taken mortal combat back to their roots with this game and boy is it great. one of my favorite fighting games of all time. The fatalaties are awesome, the characters have there own unique style that doesn't feel copied from any other fighter, and the story is actually pretty good and true to the source material. I still play this game every once in a while after already puttingthey have taken mortal combat back to their roots with this game and boy is it great. one of my favorite fighting games of all time. The fatalaties are awesome, the characters have there own unique style that doesn't feel copied from any other fighter, and the story is actually pretty good and true to the source material. I still play this game every once in a while after already putting like 80 hours into the game. this is the game that the franchise needed.… Expand
  6. lordT
    May 25, 2014
    9
    As someone who loves fighting games this was the first one that i played and i fell in love with it the combos are great,the characters are awsome and online mode is ğerfect.
  7. Kaprawiec
    Jun 23, 2015
    10
    I didnt believed in succes of this title. But it is as good as MK2 was back in the days. I just love how good the gameplay is, how well the story is written and how they restarted the series. And I love the gore parts, graphics and everything else in this title. One of the best games ever is back!
  8. Kaminski
    Jan 30, 2015
    9
    This game is a good reboot for the mortal kombat franchise and in my opinion one of the best games in the series. It has great local and online multiplayer, a decent story mode and plenty of fun modes. I love this game and can't wait for MkX
  9. mattewjsueh
    Jun 2, 2015
    10
    Cool awesome and gruesome. I love gruesome and FATALITIES. So, best on in the franchise so far I love it awesome cool its beutiful graphics are awesome love it.it was worth it.I play it all day and relax get challenging and train etc. One of the best fighting games in the world.
  10. MiguelNeto
    Jan 1, 2017
    9
    Mortal Kombat é um dos melhores jogos de 2011, o enredo é bom, cada capitulo é melhor que o outro, alguns sao bem dificeis, o Goro por exemplo, o grafico é muito bom, o visual das fases é excelente, a trilha sonora é boa, a quantidade de personagens é boa, Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kung Lao, Reptile, Shao Khan e etc, o trabalho de voz é excelente, e a jogabilidade é muito boa. Nota 9.4Mortal Kombat é um dos melhores jogos de 2011, o enredo é bom, cada capitulo é melhor que o outro, alguns sao bem dificeis, o Goro por exemplo, o grafico é muito bom, o visual das fases é excelente, a trilha sonora é boa, a quantidade de personagens é boa, Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kung Lao, Reptile, Shao Khan e etc, o trabalho de voz é excelente, e a jogabilidade é muito boa. Nota 9.4
  11. DarCbrGr
    Jun 26, 2021
    8
    I've poured so many hours into this game. I played it a ton at one of my best friend's houses growing up.
  12. DzmitryBoston
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    As always best fighting simulator. I dont really care about any other IPs in the genre.
  13. Juanking29
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    I love all mortal kombat since i was little kid. My first game i play when it came out and don't get me stared with Movies. I have all the games and my all time favorite characters and actors is my #1 Liu Kang and #2 is kong lui , and last on is katana and reptile.
  14. LT_Gruber
    Feb 15, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Brutal game with amazing atmosphere.

    Mortal Kombat has a reputation and rightfully so. It is violent, bloody and overall, just brutal. This review is for the 2011 release, known as Mortal Kombat 9.

    In the game, you follow a dark and sinister story, which is direct follow-up of the events of the Armageddon war, which destroyed and wiped out almost all the warriors in the realms. Only Raiden and Shao Khan, who is the cause of the destruction, remain. In their final battle, Raiden is easily overpowered by Shao Khan, and sends a message to his past self via his magic amulet with the message “He must win”. This refers to Liu Khan, who is the only one that can save the realms.

    After a long journey with a lot of revenge killing, side stories and character introductions, Shao Khan is defeated by Liu Khan. Raiden vows to rebuild the world, along with the friends he made along the way but immediately after that vow Quan Chi, who teamed up with Shao Khan in the past, reveals that the death of Shao Khan was all part of the plan to take over all the realms for himself and his master Shinnok, the root of all evil. This spawned the plot for Mortal Kombat X in 2015.

    There is so much to do in Mortal Kombat. You can play the story mode, in which you play as many different characters throughout your adventure. You can play online or with friends in one on one battles or tag team battles. In the tag team battles, you can actually play with four people on the same screen, unlike Tekken. New attacks come available in this mode, which are special tag team combos that are, like the rest of the moves, really hard to pull off.

    Then there is the challenge tower. A literal tower with over three hundred different challenges to complete. These challenges are called “Test your (X)”, which can consist of Might, Sight, Strike, Luck and more. In the challenges themselves, you must destroy a series of blocks with a certain condition, in a given amount of time. It is really cool and grants you the possibility to earn some in game cash that you can use to unlock items and cosmetic gear in the store.

    The mechanics and combat feel fluent but take some time to get used to, especially when one is used to the Tekken fight style and controls. Jumps are faster, higher and all over the place.

    When talking controls, they are fine and fluent like mentioned, but they still feel a little slippery if that makes sense. This is mainly because of the jump mechanics. When jumping, you can move your character like some sort of pinball through the air, making your placement back on the ground a little tricky.

    The graphics are nice and detailed. The character models all look spot on. In terms of animations, Mortal Kombat nails it. The fight moves, punches, roundhouse kicks and grapples all look amazing.

    The music is grim and dark, perfectly fitting for this game. What sets it apart, are the sound effects. Hits feel very realistic and the satisfying punch and grunt sounds are just great. It is sound design like this that really enhance the experience.

    The new X-Ray move feature is awesome. When in battle, you power up your meter by damaging your opponent or taking damage yourself. When the meter is full, you perform a bone breaking series of attacks, which shows actual bones being broken and shattered in X-ray vision, dealing massive damage in the process. It looks awesome and never gets old.

    Of course, you also got the traditional fatality moves. They are as brutal, unique and violent as ever, and the practice mode, which teaches you how to perform them, is a God gift, because they are really hard to pull off and now, you can finally learn them properly.

    One thing I did not like at all in this game is the jump scares from the cemetery/burial site hub. In this hub, you can view artwork, play mini games, unlock items with in game currency and much more. However, once in a while, some sort of zombie demon .jpeg will jump in front of the screen, releasing a deafening scream. I needed to be reanimated back to life the first time I saw this mother… After that, I became on edge, uneasy and filled with some kind of fear, wondering when the next time would be that this b!tch would pop-up again. As far as I could find, there is no way to stop it. Call me a dweeb, but this stuff is not necessary in a game like this and I freaking hate jump scares.

    Nevertheless, I really enjoyed Mortal Kombat and would recommend it to everyone.    … Expand
  15. Ilias13
    May 6, 2023
    9
    For one thing that can be said in the industry, this is way better than mortal kombat vs dc universe. This game fixed most of the stuff that was present in mortal kombat vs dc universe. I am glad they now show you how to do the fatalities. It is cool they have intros for characters and they have cool different skins for some fighters. Although I noticed some other issues:
    1.Once again,    For one thing that can be said in the industry, this is way better than mortal kombat vs dc universe. This game fixed most of the stuff that was present in mortal kombat vs dc universe. I am glad they now show you how to do the fatalities. It is cool they have intros for characters and they have cool different skins for some fighters. Although I noticed some other issues:
    1.Once again, there is no single player single fight mode, cmon I don’t want to do a whole ladder.
    2. Also once again, you can’t choose what chapter to go on story mode.
    3. Even if you are on very easy (which I did for shao kahn in story mode), the AI for Goro, Kintaro, and Shao Kahn will absolutely wreck you.
    4. Also, why on earth aren’t they playable?
    5. The dresses for the daughters of Shao Kahn are NOT for kids.

    This game is so fun and here are some fun facts of the game:
    -this is the first game by netherealm studios after the closure of midway games.
    -some of the assets and features were carried over to Injustice gods among us
    -this was the first mortal kombat game to support DLC
    -originally when the servers for the game shut dow, it was only affected for PS3 so online mode could still be accessed on the Xbox 360.
    -this game is more commonly known as mortal kombat 9.

    Note: the only reason im giving a review on the xbox 360 is because I played it through the Xbox One via backward compatibility.    … Expand
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#18 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#24 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#49 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2011

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 66 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 66
  3. Negative: 0 out of 66
  1. Game Chronicles
    Jun 8, 2011
    88
    I enjoyed this new vision of Mortal Kombat more than any previous edition in the franchise. It has some issues, mostly in the single-player game, but all the hardcore fighters are here for the human-on-human interactions so it probably isn't a deal-breaker. If you love Mortal Kombat or just want to play an uber-violent and bloody fighting game then Mortal Kombat is the reigning champ and definitely worth adding to your collection.
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  2. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    May 22, 2011
    79
    Unremarkable, but it's puerile charm makes it more than the sum of its (body) parts. [July 2011, p.87]
  3. X-ONE Magazine UK
    May 20, 2011
    50
    Borderline broken as a fighter, but, taken on its own meagre merits, a giggle to mess around with. Still, though, it falls a long way short of what could have been. [Issue#72, p.80]
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