Mortal Kombat 11 Review (PlayStation 4)

by Jim Smale · Published April 24, 2019 · Updated September 13, 2023

For our Mortal Kombat 11 Review, we play Take control of Earthrealm’s protectors in the game’s TWO critically acclaimed, time-bending Story Campaigns as they race to stop Kronika from rewinding time and rebooting history. Friendships are tested, and new alliances forged, in the battle to save all of existence.

Mortal Kombat 11 Review Pros:

Lush vibrant graphics.
43.70 GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
HDR support.
Fighting gameplay.
Works On PlayStation 5.
Daily Quests.
DS4 speaker used.
Solid soundtrack and voice work across the board.
The story is mental, it’s so Mortal Kombat and I love everything about it.
The story mode makes the seamless transition from the cutscene to in-game.
Link the game to the Mortal Kombat mobile game for rewards and login bonuses.
The tutorial area covers everything from timing to fatalities to specific character tutorials. Anything you could possibly need is here.
Can rebind buttons.
Can replay campaign levels by choice.
Ai battle mode-assign 3 defenders and set up 3 attackers, attack other players Ai by selecting them from a list, and earn rewards. You can watch the fights and even fast-forward them.
Unlock new announcer voice packs by doing set challenges.
Customize character’s skins, weapons, items unique to them, and what move sets to use.
Level up individual gear which unlocks augment slots for extra bonuses and buffs.
Combo counter.
In-depth stats screen.
Klassic tower-novice, warrior, champ, endless and survivor. Win for rewards earns extra rewards by achieving certain scores and unlocking character endings.
Fight modes- local matches, local tournaments, and online.
The campaign took me about 7 hours on normal.
Towers of time mode earn rewards for beating unique time-based towers. Compete on a world scale by submitting an overall score for even more rewards.
Konsumables are items you can assign and activate in tower matches to counteract any set special effects.
Krypt-free roam area full of chests that you open with your currency. Light puzzles in places and you can U lock and smash things to open it up more. It is set on Shang Tsung Island.
Fast loading times.
Solid online connections.
Few nods to the original games like skins, moves, and music.
The move list is always available in the pause menu. It’s in-depth by even giving dmg block numbers and even about the frames!
You can set the AI to actually fight for you in the towers! They do fatalities and earn you currency and EXP.
Can earn easy trophies by having the Ai fight for you and they will do all the fatality trophies.
Environmental interactions and some with their own little cutscene.
Fatalities and general fighting are bloodier than ever!
All locations look fantastic and have a lot of movement in the background.
Easy fatalities tokens can be earned. Premium currency can be earned.
Online private, and public matches and what looks like a season mode is coming.
Easy to pick up and play.

Mortal Kombat 11 Review Cons:

A lot of different currencies to manage.
Does a bad job of explaining modes.
In-app purchases.
Can’t do fatalities in the story mode.
A lot to learn/take in.
AI battles feel random. I say this as in AI battles you can tweak and change each character’s stats.
Takes a lot learned from Injustice 2 that it sounds and plays just like it.
Shao Khan feels way too powerful.
Dailies don’t show rewards or have a counter so you know when they refresh. Also, it shows 3 slots but I only get one maybe two.
Krypt is a fun novelty at first but even that just feels like it’s dragging out a simple action.
Any lag ruins online.
Time-consuming to manage each character load out.
Huge grind to unlock all outfits, weapons, and items thanks to stingy payouts from fighting.
Towers of time have broken difficulty spikes and puny rewards.
You can have the gameplay for you!
The story mode has to be two rounds and I see this only as a way to extend its play length.

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