Mortal Kombat 11 Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

1. The Pros Don’t Outweigh The Negatives, But They Mean More

Thankfully, despite the ugly, intrusive nature of everything I mentioned at the beginning, the core gameplay and fan-focused storytelling of MK 11 is laser-precise in its execution.

It prevents the game being death by a thousand cuts, but you’ll still feel all those corporate gaming mandates getting in the way of what should otherwise be an exemplary fan service package. That feeling you get when you start to enjoy a mobile game or something where there are various "currencies" dictating what you can and can't unlock? It's that pervasive feel that hangs over MK 11; an anti-consumer vibe I guarantee will continue to divide the fanbase going forward.

Here’s to a vocal consumer base forcing NetherRealm to make things right in the future, as for now, all the unnecessary, mobile game influenced bullcrap and bizarre design choices knock a whole star off, and I’m going with 4.

Hopefully it will be 5 in time.