If you are looking to play a fighting game for the first time or get into the MK franchise, this game is perfect.
Mortal Kombat is my favorite fighting game franchise of all time, and this is the best game in it. The fighting feels extremely responsive and fluid, and all of the characters' designs both visually and mechanically are perfected.
After a wave of 3D environment Mortal Kombat games, as the franchise was dying out NRS came in and saved it all with a reboot bringing back the fun of the original MK games, but with style and polish for modern audiences. The game's roster includes 31 characters, all with different abilities and combos to learn (or alternatively you can spam uppercut), and I can't think of a single character that feels boring or undesirable to play.
The story mode has its infamous moments (Sindel) of lazy writing, but it doesn't take away from the experience at all. Everything else in the game outweighs the few negatives it has. The combat (which is the most important part) feels great, and better than any other modern MK game. The fatalities and X-rays hit that sweet spot of not being too long / overdrawn, just enough to not get annoyed every time you get hit by an X-ray mid-battle. This doesn't even happen that often - considering breaker and EX moves are drained from the same power bar (even more proof of the clever fighting design).
10/10 would play again if the online was open.
Mortal Kombat is my favorite fighting game franchise of all time, and this is the best game in it. The fighting feels extremely responsive and fluid, and all of the characters' designs both visually and mechanically are perfected.
After a wave of 3D environment Mortal Kombat games, as the franchise was dying out NRS came in and saved it all with a reboot bringing back the fun of the original MK games, but with style and polish for modern audiences. The game's roster includes 31 characters, all with different abilities and combos to learn (or alternatively you can spam uppercut), and I can't think of a single character that feels boring or undesirable to play.
The story mode has its infamous moments (Sindel) of lazy writing, but it doesn't take away from the experience at all. Everything else in the game outweighs the few negatives it has. The combat (which is the most important part) feels great, and better than any other modern MK game. The fatalities and X-rays hit that sweet spot of not being too long / overdrawn, just enough to not get annoyed every time you get hit by an X-ray mid-battle. This doesn't even happen that often - considering breaker and EX moves are drained from the same power bar (even more proof of the clever fighting design).
10/10 would play again if the online was open.