Mortal Kombat 11: 10 Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

2. There's An Order To Unlocking Everything

As mentioned in my review, "You’re supposed to pick a character, fight it out to unlock augment slots, then spend coins getting gems to get stronger, THEN use this loadout – plus konsumables like missiles, storms or summonable characters – to beat the Living Towers, EVENTUALLY getting [a worthwhile unlockable."

It's an arduous, protracted slog as is, but NetherRealm and Ed Boon himself are already tweeting in response to the game's manufactured grind for its cosmetics and consumables.

The above method is the way to go for now though (providing you don't want to drop cash on Time Crystals), and this at least gives you a sense of progression from front to back, that maintains challenge along the way.

The jury's out on whether The Living Tower fights are genuinely impossible, but amass an array of projectiles and damage reductions yourself, then try them, and it might make this mode a tad more comprehensible.