These interactions also make each level feel unique, giving the stage select screen more weight than typical games in the genre. New level interactions, which allow characters to vault off or throw background objects, help you to escape when you’re caught in a corner.

Though the basic combat is familiar, the team at NetherRealm has made some improvements. Players can also compete to see who can score the highest in various modes, giving the online multiplayer another mode that sets it apart from that of other fighting games. Sitting side-by-side with your opponent works best, but the online suite gives players a lot of options, allowing players to battle in head-to-head matchups, team battles, and king of the hill lobbies. The formula of 2011’s Mortal Kombat reboot is perfectly preserved, but with expansions on that blueprint throughout, Mortal Kombat X is the successor I hoped NetherRealm could create.Īll of the carnage is even more fun when you have someone to share it with calling back to its arcade roots, Mortal Kombat X is best enjoyed with another player.

The powerful X-ray attacks and hallmark fatalities are as graphic as ever, and the result is a level of violence that can have you wincing one minute and laughing the next.

Projectiles fly, uppercuts are thrown, and blood rains down as the two fighters engage in a fight to the death. Mortal Kombat X continues the tradition of excellent 2D fighting mechanics mixed with the series’ signature gore.

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