A fresh and revitalising new entry in the series. This game caters to fans from all points in mk history by both revamping fan favourites and giving new life to characters born in the 3d era, every character is given a new layered backstory which gives each character a new set of motivations and end goals, rivalries and loyalties.

Not only does the game appeal to veteran fans of the series with fun references and call backs, it is still a new experience, which means newcomers to the series won't feel the intimidated understanding previous games lore as they can just jump into this game with no prior reservations.

Everything about this game is a lesson in neatherrealm perfecting and revitalising their formula for making these games. The gameplay is fluid, fast paced and responsive, a massive step up from what some would call the slower paced combat of mk 11.

The details and fidelity of this games graphics are truly a wonder, neatherrealm have always had exceptional visuals, this entry takes it above and beyond, every muscle, wrinkle and contraction of skin can be seen (not to mention the visceral detail of the fatalities), watching the story mode cinematics feels like a live action movie. I played this game on an xbox series s and the graphics still held up on slightly lower end hardware with only the rare frame drop or stutter.

On the topic of story mode, this games storymode for me personally has been my favourite out if all the recent games, it has an interesting plot and manages to maintain easy to follow and understand plot threads, rather than past games which often contradicted itself in the very story it was telling.
The voice acting for all characters (except nitara) is top notch, the voice actors performances truly capture the essence of their characters and bring them to life.

Everything about this game is truly at another level, this game is now my definitive way to play the franchise everything about it either builds on what has been previously established or completely remakes into a fresh new experience.

A fresh and revitalising new entry in the series. This game caters to fans from all points in mk history by both revamping fan favourites and giving new life to characters born in the 3d era, every character is given a new layered backstory which gives each character a new set of motivations and end goals, rivalries and loyalties. Not only does the game appeal to veteran fans of the series with fun references and call backs, it is still a new experience, which means newcomers to the series won't feel the intimidated understanding previous games lore as they can just jump into this game with no prior reservations. Everything about this game is a lesson in neatherrealm perfecting and revitalising their formula for making these games. The gameplay is fluid, fast paced and responsive, a massive step up from what some would call the slower paced combat of mk 11. The details and fidelity of this games graphics are truly a wonder, neatherrealm have always had exceptional visuals, this entry takes it above and beyond, every muscle, wrinkle and contraction of skin can be seen (not to mention the visceral detail of the fatalities), watching the story mode cinematics feels like a live action movie. I played this game on an xbox series s and the graphics still held up on slightly lower end hardware with only the rare frame drop or stutter. On the topic of story mode, this games storymode for me personally has been my favourite out if all the recent games, it has an interesting plot and manages to maintain easy to follow and understand plot threads, rather than past games which often contradicted itself in the very story it was telling. The voice acting for all characters (except nitara) is top notch, the voice actors performances truly capture the essence of their characters and bring them to life. Everything about this game is truly at another level, this game is now my definitive way to play the franchise everything about it either builds on what has been previously established or completely remakes into a fresh new experience.