Mortal Kombat X Reviews
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Mortal Kombat X may not be bigger than its predecessor, but it just might be better. Prepare yourself for our review!
Mortal Kombat X continues the tradition of excellent 2D fighting mechanics mixed with the series’ signature gore. Projectiles fly, uppercuts are thrown, and blood rains down as the two fighters engage in a fight to the death. The powerful X-ray attacks and hallmark fatalities are as graphic as ever, and the result is a level of violence that can have you wincing one minute and laughing the next. The formula of 2011’s Mortal Kombat reboot is perfectly preserved, but with expansions on that blueprint throughout, Mortal Kombat X is the successor I hoped NetherRealm could create.
Combine this high attention to detail with the game’s characters and combat system with a very rich breadth of content – be it the game’s story mode, towers or even just how many finishing moves are available to each character – and you’ve got a fully featured fighter that doesn’t hold back. Mortal Kombat X is a fully featured experience that no fighting game fan should miss.
Overall, Mortal Kombat X isn’t flawless, but its victories far outweigh its shortcomings. With its fantastic story mode, impressive graphics, silky smooth gameplay and violently enjoyable combat, it’s no doubt the best in the series despite some minor issues with content. Some may be put off by the reports of microtransactions, but the truth is they are unobtrusive and are not paramount to your enjoyment of the title at all, except maybe Goro being locked behind a paywall for those who didn’t preorder. Anyone looking for a next-gen brawler with teeth should look no further; Mortal Kombat X is all that you need.
A fantastic fighting system, excellent production values, great story mode, exciting new characters, solid online play, and lots of single-player content make Mortal Kombat X one of the best fighters on the market. It isn’t a flawless victory, not quite, but its damn close, and even after these years, it still has the power to bring a group of my friends together to watch Fatalities and swap controllers, waiting for just one more round. Now then, who’s next?
Mortal Kombat X improves upon a classic franchise in nearly every way. From its surprisingly impressive story, to its great new characters, to its expansive amount of new content, Mortal Kombat is a must-play for any fans of the series.
Mortal Kombat X is an excellent fighting game, with a wide and varied roster, that’ll please series fans and newcomers alike. The combat is rock-solid, and offers a technicality that may surprise those with a low opinion of the series. Netherealms has crafted something that is enjoyable on a number of levels, and whilst the squeamish need not apply, anyone with an interest in fighting games should check it out, despite some questionable practices over downloadable content.
Easily the best fighting game on the market today. MK X takes all of the lessons learned with the 2011 release and turns it up to 11: content, gameplay, and overall fun. If the developers can improve the netcode a little bit, this could be a major contender on the fighting game scene for years to come.
If you’re a fan of MK at all you’ll no doubt know that the franchise went off track a bit after its first few entries. Fans always looked forward to the next game in the series but many time felt let down by the final product. When MK9 was released it seemed like Ed Boon and company went back to the drawing board a bit and came back with a fresh take on what had become a stale offering at best. Four years later and MKX is bloodier and more brutal than anything seen before it and it capitalizes on what MK9 did right (sweet, sweet x-ray attacks) and expands on what was offered as well.
Graphics: 8.8 Gameplay: 8.5 Sound: 8.7 Control: 8.4 Replay Value: 8.9 Online Gameplay: 8.2 Overall Rating: 8.6 Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertain ...
MKX continues NetherRealm Studio's brutal legacy in style with the finest installment in the long-running franchise to date.
NetherRealm has outdone itself with Mortal Kombat X, delivering an uncompromising fighting game that revels in blood-drenched ultra-violence. Not just essential for Mortal Kombat fans, MK X is something that deserves to be enjoyed by all fight fans over the age of 18. Brutality!
Republished on Wednesday 29th September 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows.
From humble beginnings in the age of arcades to modern day gaming systems, Mortal Kombat has come far. Once seen as one of the best fighting games in existence, the series took a nasty turn for the worst with many mediocre and subpar releases over the past 2 decades. Thankfully, Mortal Kombat X seeks to change all that, and boy does it put up a spectacular fight.
Mortal Kombat X combines cinematic presentation with all new gameplay to deliver the most brutal Kombat experience ever.
PC-specific disclaimer: We were given the PC version for review. By far, the PC version is the worst option to pick. Its positive side is that the visuals are smooth and detailed, but also scale perfectly for moderate setups and high-power rigs alike. Mortal Kombat X is going to look great on any PC. The downside is that glitches and stuttering are consistently present in every cutscene, as well as online, making it infuriating to play at times. Downloads to fix errors have been a nightmarish scenario too. Crashes happen regularly, which again affects the online community. It’s bad. Feel free to knock off several points from the main score for the PC version. Ten, twenty points; however many is necessary to make up for a lesser port. Consider getting any other version instead or be prepared to have a lot of patience.
Mortal Kombat X takes two steps back and one step forward compared to the 2011 installment, and yet it turns out to be a worthy representative of the cult dragon series.
NetherRealm Studio’s has pumped this latest installment in the legendary series full of blood, gore and fatalities. A slew of new features are meant to offer players more to latch onto than sheer brutality. There’s now a proper Story Mode and interactive arenas to button bash your way around.
Even so, Mortal Kombat X is a thoughtful leap forward for the franchise – a nice change of pace from what was seen in Mortal Kombat 9. The new and old fighters are all well realized and smartly designed, and their variations help satisfy a wide variety of play styles. The story mode is lacking, but the remaining modes (single player and multiplayer) ensure the game will stay in the disc tray for a long time to come, and the Test Your Luck modifiers ensure no two matches are the same. This is the current-gen Mortal Kombat we all wanted: it’s smooth, mechanically sound, unbelievably gory, and looks great.
The best new Mortal Kombat for years, with a fighting game experience that’s as generous with the content as it is with the gore.
Mortal Kombat X‘s impact isn’t as explosive as 2011, but it’s well polished and a worthy successor. I think with a more reliable netcode it will grow into one of the biggest fighting games of 2015, and as more DLC characters are added to the roster, it will become even more enticing for that Komplete Kollection purchase.
Mortal Kombat X's union of savagery and spectacle is bruised by a sloppy port.
This series faces an uphill battle in maintaining momentum so long after the release of the game. At the moment, it's losing that fight. This issue is heavy on action and bloodshed but light on characterization or compelling drama. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter, or Kicksplode on MyIGN.
Mortal Kombat X has surpassed my expectation of a fighting game. The impressive graphics, characters, smooth controls, and fun game modes makes MKX a worthy title to be added in your collection of games. The fatality and brutality are just, again, insanely awesome! More gore, more battle, more victory makes Mortal Kombat X the next-generation fighting game we’ve all been waiting for.
Mortal Kombat X stands tall as the pinnacle of the Mortal Kombat franchise.Mortal Kombat X is easily one of the best Mortal Kombat games ever made. The developers at NetherRealm [...]