![]() If done right, this return to form could rival the upcoming Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8. Sometimes less is more, as a more deliberate roster means more care and focus can be played on making everyone play in a unique fashion with new inputs and animations. Quality over quantity really is the name of the game here. Mortal Kombat 11, for all its visual splendor, felt slow and stiff in comparison to its predecessors, with that being the main issue being the game speed and the bloat of juggling over 35 Kombatants, which is more than we saw from both the previous games, even when factoring in the title’s DLC. With the sands of time appearing to be in play again via the teaser, the time is right to take a back-to-basics approach that solely focuses on the core Mortal Kombat cast. The story of Mortal Kombat 12 needs to be one with a solid through-line so that the plot can actually make sense It’s a move that never made much sense for the characters or the central plot, but left things open enough to fix, with the final shot of the series to date being when Kang traveled back in time to meet The Great Kung Lao, the first person chosen to fight for EarthRealm to battle against the forces of Outworld. The 3-hour addon goes a lot of places in its brief runtime but ends in an unsatisfying fashion as series lead Liu Kang attains literal godhood and Thunder God Raiden reverts to human form. The Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion attempted to further build on these consequences but didn’t quite do the premise justice, wasting an otherwise excellent return of returning Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung. ![]() From lore that few could keep up with anymore, to bloated and unnecessary gameplay additions, this title brought things back to basics at a time when it was needed the most - and it needs to happen again with Mortal Kombat 12. The 2D perspective returned and many of the series’ sins were washed away. That’s why Mortal Kombat (2011) felt so fresh. Whether it was the switch to 3D which had occurred with the sloppy Mortal Kombat 4 or the piling on of gimmicks from Chess Kombat, Motor Kombat, and a progressively worsening Konquest mode, the franchise had seriously lost its way. Even Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, a fighting game that included every playable character to date and boasted the biggest story stakes seen yet, was still a massive disappointment. For as much as I love Mortal Kombat, some of these mid-era games were seriously rough. The first NetherRealm Studios game, which rose from the ashes of Midway Games, took things back to basics with a franchise that had run wildly out of control for nearly a decade at that point. In the other ending, an empowered Shang Tsung conquers Outworld, Earthrealm, and Netherrealm, with Chaosrealm and Orderrealm being next on the list.īut which Mortal Kombat 11 ending is this teaser referring to? I haven’t the faintest idea, but I would like to see it being a continuation of Shang Tsung’s ending, as I’d like to see a new hero arise and take up the fight against him.Let me take you all back way over a decade to the release of Mortal Kombat in 2011. The first ending is where Fire God Liu Kang defeats Shang Tsung, goes back in time, and recruits Kung Lao for the events to come. However, those who played Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, you’ll know that there are two endings. Clearly, this is a hint of things to come. ![]() Following this, we see a short animation of what appears to be an hourglass running out of time, with a final piece of sand exploding, and it looks like a big bang, with a new universe and/or timeline being created. We're just getting started… /i8LzbGfISfĪt the end of this video, Ed Boon, the co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series, also thanked the community and stated that we weren’t done yet. Nothing but appreciation for our fans over the past 30 Years. It also made me feel old as heck, as I still remember going to the arcades when they were a thing in the US, and playing Mortal Kombat, and then again at home on the SNES and Genesis (and Sega CD!).īut this video hides a hidden meaning, as you’ll soon see. Earlier today, the Netherrealm / Mortal Kombat team thanked the Mortal Kombat community for 30 years of Mortal Kombat, and it’s a nice, heartfelt thank you.
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