Quick Look: Mortal Kombat 11

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!

Is it Mortal Monday?

FACE ME

Cool judgement to pass when the QL has only been online for 8 mins.

I came here to test my might!

Bummed about the progression system, content grind, etc. but the core (kore?) experience seems solid!

Are they gonna talk about the grindy towers?

@splodge: I’ll give an update on my impressions when I’m done watching lol. I definitely thought before this video that I hoped he wasn’t on it because It kinda sapped my energy watching those pieces of content. I’m hoping they prove me wrong though.

Speaking of soundtracks, has anyone ever figured why Tekken 7's soundtracks SUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK?!

Glad to hear MK11 doesn't suffer from the same problem.

Also, Tekken7 continues to be the best fighting game. I can't imagine MK11 surpassing it, but then again, I haven't played it yet.

Never mind, Ben has been fine on this QL. I spoke too soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5_b_1v2MM

Seriously though, hating on Infinite Azure must be a crime.

Does anyone know if the Krypt in this game is finally good or is it still shit like MK9 and MKX?

@elite49: its apparently 80x worse, and rife with grindy microtransaction bait...

Christ, I don't remember how you unlock MIleena's "naked" outfit in MK9 but I just remember unlocking it and being dumbfounded that it was THE big unlock in the game.

@hassun: XD

I would not be surprised if they are using the Krypt to test out systems for their next game. Boon has been on record of wanting to do something completely different for their next game. Using the Krypt to test out third person movement/actions is a good way of doing it.

The thing this new Krypt mode reminds me of most?

Easter Egg hunting in CoD:Zombies.

It's probably good that they spelled clan with a c this time round.

A bad part of me wants to get this on Switch.

I can't not imagine all the random grunts hanging out in that war room scene just looking at each other like "what the fuck are these people talking about?" just off-screen.

I picked up the premium edition on PC and am super excited to play it later today. The trailers for this game have been an absolute blast.

I still think Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in the arcade is still my favorite fighting game of all time. There was just something incredibly impactful, and visceral about the booming sound effects from a massive cabinet as you ran up and did a 9-11 hit kombo.

That krypt stuff looks so cool to check out and see the old stages as you walk around the island. I don't know if I'm a huge fan of the "monster" characters like d'vorah, kollector, cetreon, geras (geras is pretty cool though!) ... I would have really have liked to see sektor, cyrax, and of course cyborg smoke who is like the best character ever (and prob the only one with a 99 hit kombo in MK trilogy).

This just looks slick. I can't wait to check out the story. I didn't even finish MK 10's story because I didn't really care for the game play but they just seemed to ramp everything up and besides the terrible 2 bars at the bottom looking like a picture frame when you play this looks like a damn masterpiece.

@elite49: It was the unlock for beating the challenge tower. I only beat it as quickly after release because that's when PSN went down

If all they are charging you for is some easy fatalities.... I'm 100% ok with that. All the other shit is FREE.

Yup that was it and it was 300 of those for that crap. I beat it within the first few days before knowing what it was because I remember them talking up a huge game that it was "amazing".

Goku Kang

@kblosnack: Kangarot

Technically, they charge about 60 bucks for this game.

We need a MK story playthrough feature on GB.

As someone who is probably only going to play the story mode and the tower/crypt stuff (I'll still probably play some online multiplayer too), this looks well worth the price of admission. Should I watch playthroughs of MK 9 and X before playing the story in 11 though? I just want to get the maximum amount of enjoyment out of it, and don't want to be confused by too much of what goes on.

That tutorial looks pretty neat. It doesn't make the game look less intimidating to me (that's a lot of stuff to remember), but anyone wanting some clear explanations of fighting game terms and theories should dig it.

@knockingnick: The story in 11 is a culmination of events that started in MK9, so yes I think it's worth watching through the story modes in that and X before playing this.

Disagreeeeee

This is kind of a bad quicklook for anyone who isn't already familiar with the systems of MK 11. "You can do mercies, yeah!" "Crushing blows are a thing." - Without going into explaining what a crushing blow, or mercy is; the requirements thereof, or how they can only be used once per game like the Fatal Blow.

It ain't a problem for me as I'm caught up on all that stuff, but man; anyone using this as a first, and maybe definitive look at the game, is just gonna' leave more confused than they came in.

There's a tutorial in-game, but I don't think that's not really ground for 'em not to cover the stuff they're talking about, especially once getting into what makes this game so different from previous installations. Which is a LOT.

One of my video game regrets is the fact I just can't play fighting games. Like I don't think I was able to beat the first story fight in MK9 on easy. It's shame because the story modes in these always appeal to me.

Man, that Kano model portrait is something else.

Stupid Steam not unlocking until tomorrow afternoon. >:( Daddy needs his Kombat!

Why is Ben on this QL. I'm not a fan of mk, but he seemed super buthurt from the start

@psykodoughboy: wtf are you even talking about?

the whole itemization stuff looks hella annoying, hopefully there is an online mode that gets rid of all that system and just gives the players a couple of premades movesets.

@edmundus: Yeah, I think I'll probably do that then.

Injustice 2 had that same kind of tutorial added to it post-release (including that color coding frame data stuff and advanced tactics). Not sure if anyone on GB ever checked it out. I remember trying to bring attention to it whenever staff would mention how nobody has done a good fighting game tutorial.

It's cool if y'all just have two folks on the QL, especially if the third person isn't into MK.

@cristianarg: He's just a troll, report him and move on with your life. Don't feed the trolls.

Mask on
Fuck it
Mask off

I assume no crossplay?

@mister_v: Same boat, but I keep trying!

Man, all this polish surrounding all the cutscenes and the fight openings etc is really neat, to the point where it's incredibly jarring to me how wooden and stiff the actual fights look. I'm sure the mechanics and the game is all sound, I just could never get over the look and feel of how these games actually played and it looks like this is more of the same.

It'd be really interesting to see Netherealm make something other than a fighting game; their presentation chops are top notch and that new Krypt looks to me like a game designer who is either bored of making fighters or is testing some waters.

@bcrt2000 said:Never mind, Ben has been fine on this QL. I spoke too soon.

Especially since he's not playing, as much as I admire the strategy of finding a move someone can't easily counter then obnoxiously spamming it over and over and over again.

Game looks solid. I just can't personally bring myself to drop $60 on a fighter knowing full-well I'll barely, if ever dip my toe into multiplayer and don't have any local friends around who will really get into it.

Don't get me wrong, the story and unlocks seem great. Though I'm hearing the grind has never been grindyer as the MTX plague claims another victim. I'm just finding myself becoming more selective with the games I spend my time and money on.

Edit: So I read some further details on those claims of grindyness. It's looking like a skip for me. And a strongly recommended skip for anyone else who isn't a fan of predatory game design pushing monetization.

And it is not being covered as much as it should be at the moment. As most early reviewers didn't bother to get into the towers much and the MTX info was cleverly withheld until release.

Do your research, folks. If you dislike games being warped into these unrewarding, pointlessly grindy, artificially difficult treadmills designed to nudge you into the "option" of buying your way up, speak up and speak with your wallet too.

This game looks like it fucken whips ass. As a person that plays fighting games only single player (only multiplayer when I've got mates around) and is only really interested in story modes, I'm so glad MK is still doing right by the genre. Both Tekken and SoulCalibur used to have it but have just totally thrown it by the wayside. Obviously Tekken 7 made a step in the right direction but it was definitely nothing like MK 9-11. Hell, even Virtua Fighter had a semi-decent RPG mode back in the days of 4. Sad that only MK's still keeping strong at it. But I'm so so glad and can't wait to play this one.

Raiden could stand to learn a few things from Doc Brown. I like how he's wildly fucking with the space time continuum with no idea of what he's doing.