I'm changing up this review so I can be little more fair in my disgust with this game and the direction the series is going. Okay look it's not a good thing when modders have to correct characters designs to fit the MK universe. Quan Chi by all accounts should have his MK4/Mythologies skin as an unlockable or at least a premium shop item. Really though it is his coolest skin in the entire series. Cyrax and Sektor should not be turned into normal humans and despite that they should still be given their MK11 designs as unlockable skins or shop premium skins. Shao Kahn is Shao Kahn. I don't want any of the General Shao nonsense. He is the emperor of Outworld and no one can take that title from him not even Onaga. That being said I put on his Deception skin as soon as I could and that stays on. The klassic skins for females like Nitara are a disgrace and are not faithful to their og designs. Why so modest? How can male characters like Shao and Kotal be almost nude but when it comes to females they have to wear modest clothing which will be more restrictive in fights? Furthermore, why are modern skin designs so overly detailed with layers and layers of fabrics and random decorative pieces of metals and jewelry which make the characters look very bland and uninspired?

Why gender swap Cyrax and Sektor instead of making an original female character with a cybernetic armor. And since that is the case why are none of the females gender swapped to a male for the sake of fairness?

By the way the kameo system is the biggest crime of this game. I don't care about kameo characters and they take away from my enjoyment of arcade mode. The kameos and the forced guest characters are an excuse to not bring back more MK characters from the klassic and 3D era and make them fully playable. There's no reason why Hotaru doesn't get a second chance like Havik and Nitara.

Invasions are boring grindy and repetitive chores. I'm not doing chores in a game. Talismans must be farmed constantly and are locked by bad rng yet are required to overcome fights in invasions. You know why Konquest was such a great game mode? Let me tell you. It's because you got to run around every realm punching everyone in the face and you could find cool stuff by playing the game, you know, like stages and costumes and music. Remember that? Getting content through exploring the realms and beating the crap out of everyone. Invasions has none of the soul that Konquest had.

The story is just Avengers Infinity War with the name Mortal Kombat slapped onto it. Khaos Reigns was pointless. Emperor Rain died so Empress Tanya could have girl talk with a dragon. I guess the furries are feeling represented now.

NRS is mostly focused on designing MK around e sports pros who have no love for the MK universe nor for the klassics. To NRS and their shills, it's all about those online seasons and getting big by streaming online matches. People such as that one bundle of sticks that wears the blue fursuit. He don't give a crap about Mortal Kombat. Guys like that just found a game they are good at and profit off of it.

Ed Boon is a coward and a sell out and he probably is getting senile too. NRS and Warner Bros. do not deserve this franchise but if any other publisher gets ahold of MK they too will just dance around in MK's corpse for profits. We are watching every one of our childhood games get r8ped and unalived in real time and all we can do is watch.

I'm changing up this review so I can be little more fair in my disgust with this game and the direction the series is going. Okay look it's not a good thing when modders have to correct characters designs to fit the MK universe. Quan Chi by all accounts should have his MK4/Mythologies skin as an unlockable or at least a premium shop item. Really though it is his coolest skin in the entire series. Cyrax and Sektor should not be turned into normal humans and despite that they should still be given their MK11 designs as unlockable skins or shop premium skins. Shao Kahn is Shao Kahn. I don't want any of the General Shao nonsense. He is the emperor of Outworld and no one can take that title from him not even Onaga. That being said I put on his Deception skin as soon as I could and that stays on. The klassic skins for females like Nitara are a disgrace and are not faithful to their og designs. Why so modest? How can male characters like Shao and Kotal be almost nude but when it comes to females they have to wear modest clothing which will be more restrictive in fights? Furthermore, why are modern skin designs so overly detailed with layers and layers of fabrics and random decorative pieces of metals and jewelry which make the characters look very bland and uninspired? Why gender swap Cyrax and Sektor instead of making an original female character with a cybernetic armor. And since that is the case why are none of the females gender swapped to a male for the sake of fairness? By the way the kameo system is the biggest crime of this game. I don't care about kameo characters and they take away from my enjoyment of arcade mode. The kameos and the forced guest characters are an excuse to not bring back more MK characters from the klassic and 3D era and make them fully playable. There's no reason why Hotaru doesn't get a second chance like Havik and Nitara. Invasions are boring grindy and repetitive chores. I'm not doing chores in a game. Talismans must be farmed constantly and are locked by bad rng yet are required to overcome fights in invasions. You know why Konquest was such a great game mode? Let me tell you. It's because you got to run around every realm punching everyone in the face and you could find cool stuff by playing the game, you know, like stages and costumes and music. Remember that? Getting content through exploring the realms and beating the crap out of everyone. Invasions has none of the soul that Konquest had. The story is just Avengers Infinity War with the name Mortal Kombat slapped onto it. Khaos Reigns was pointless. Emperor Rain died so Empress Tanya could have girl talk with a dragon. I guess the furries are feeling represented now. NRS is mostly focused on designing MK around e sports pros who have no love for the MK universe nor for the klassics. To NRS and their shills, it's all about those online seasons and getting big by streaming online matches. People such as that one bundle of sticks that wears the blue fursuit. He don't give a crap about Mortal Kombat. Guys like that just found a game they are good at and profit off of it. Ed Boon is a coward and a sell out and he probably is getting senile too. NRS and Warner Bros. do not deserve this franchise but if any other publisher gets ahold of MK they too will just dance around in MK's corpse for profits. We are watching every one of our childhood games get r8ped and unalived in real time and all we can do is watch.