The Mortal Kombat series exists long enough in the market of fighting games, and at different periods of the life caused that one, other emotions. Starting with the fourth part of NetherRealm began to experiment, which affected the popularity of the game is not for the better. With the ninth part of the developers have risen to the classic for the series rails and continue to develop in one direction.
With Mortal Kombat 11 Studio has done work on the bugs, while maintaining a recognizable design. Since 2011, the series is constantly evolving, not just juggling roster fighters, adding subtle changes. The new part is another step forward, both for the story campaign and other aspects. The only thing that remains unchanged is the fundamental idea — a deadly battle!
Story campaign and Crypt
The events of the new part will start immediately after the final story told in 2015. Raiden kills Shinnok, after taking his talisman. The artifact changes character, makes him more aggressive, which Raiden goes on a killing God. His actions disrupt the balance in the time continuum, and to correct the situation is taken time Keeper Kronika. She follows the “Mortal Kombat” from the very first part of Mortal Kombat, but she is forced to intervene only by the murder of Shinnok.
The plot is divided into 12 chapters, each dedicated to certain characters. If you remember the story skirmishes in MK9, most of them caused me questions — tried to get rid of this in the previous part, but to enter the fights as organically as possible in the plot turned out only in MK11.
Locations have become more diverse, for some episodes, even two options are available. Probably, this is how the influence of a competitor in the face of Injustice was manifested. For example, in one duel the arena can be replaced twice — it is caused by a plot, directly it won't turn out to influence. In addition, the campaign added a pair of stories that allows you to choose a hero for the next battle. Thus, some levels can be passed twice for different characters, which will change a little story videos.
Most of all I liked the line of Cassie, johnny and Sony — in my opinion, the ideal hit in different emotions. Thanks to the motion capture and the technical part, which has reached a new level, in the feelings of the characters more believable. Heroes tense up, surprised, puzzled, sad — and it looks convincing.
In MK11 sympathy I have summoned women's characters, which wear full armor, instead sexual attire to. Excessive closeness has been a subject of controversy back in MKX, but in the new game of open body parts, female characters have become even smaller. The fighters look more impressive, and yet NetherRealm could cater to, including fans of Frank outfits, made of skins.
After the story, I went to the Crypt to open a few chests, and at the same time to compare the new version with last year. Like everything in Mortal Kombat 11, the Crypt survived the change. Now it's not just a separate mode in the menu, and a full game inside the MK11. For our character, the developers have implemented a third-person view, and now you can move anywhere and how you want.
The concept of this has not changed — still need to open chests, new passages and hidden relics. Also on the map there is a smithy and an altar for offerings. Chests here are mostly from 2 to 15 thousand coins. Alas, even after spending 500 thousand coins, I opened 3-6 skins out of 30 for each fighter.
If we talk about the question of grind as a whole, it is a lot. The developers offer to open a few dozen costumes, weapons and other elements of the appearance settings, which in no way affect the gameplay. This makes the victory more desirable — because for them the game generously rewards.
In General, the developers have tried to captivate a new audience, without losing the trust of the old. The game has more awareness and meaning in combinations, the desire to hold receptions, and not to press all the buttons in a row. In addition, the only way to be able to win with more guarantee.
However, the main rival for me was the main menu, which I had to understand for ten minutes. The game has many different functions, each button is responsible for a certain action — and all this requires attention. Look at the statistics, look at the elements of customization, create your own style — and it's all located in different places of the game menu.
Multiplayer and Towers
At the start of Mortal Kombat X online left much to be desired: problems with the connection, a long search for players and other problems did not allow you to safely play multiplayer. Over time, this disease remained the cause of my departure from the online — had to place towers and to organize local fights with friends.
In the new part of such problems have not been seen. The game first checked my connection and then almost instantly found the second player. For a few dozen games I have not experienced a single problem. Another thing opponents, I have a player in the first level, which has not played a single match. At the same time, he did not leave me even a chance to win.
In other matches, I also did not always win, but the forces were equal. Trying to defeat a living person blows the brain with adrenaline, and victory brings special pleasure and many awards suitable for the Crypt.
In addition to matches with other gamers in the game there was a place classic towers, Towers of Time and battles with AI. The latter is a battle in which we need to collect three characters, choose an opponent with the same set and just watch from the side. Nothing depends on the player here, you can not influence the victory of your AI. I was not interested in such a regime.
I liked the classic towers and Towers of Time, allowing you to hone your skills and earn in-game material. The time Towers offer seven sets to choose from. Each set consists of its own levels and offers unique modifiers, complicating or simplifying the battle.
In addition, there are rare Towers that can be opened for in-game currency. However, not everything is possible to unlock with gold, some will need special keys that knock or find in the Crypt I failed.
Management and optimization
Play titles mortal Kombat series on the PC I started on the keyboard due to lack of gamepad. I don't remember any special problems with mastering the controls, except that I had to remember the combinations. However, after buying a controller from Xbox 360 to play fighting game has become easier. Mortal Kombat 11, nothing has changed — I still find it difficult to understand how to play with the keyboard, although I understand that this is a matter of habit.
I liked that the developers did not completely change the keyboard shortcuts in the techniques of fighters that were in the previous part. For example, the Scorpion teleport remained on “down, back, A” (down, back, X — for PS4). Master had only a combination of linking several individual techniques.
With the optimization of the new part is much better than it was at the start of Mortal Kombat X. Never in twenty hours I have not taken off the game, and the frame count did not fall below 60 FPS with not too productive system.
Summary
Mortal Kombat 11 — this is another one of polishing and work on the mistakes from the NetherRealm. The developers have touched all aspects of the gameplay, raising the series to a new level. The Studio refused styles, but offered players to create their own sets, making the matches more unique. The pace of battles decreased, but became more spectacular, and the battles themselves thoughtful.
The magic is that playing the new MK11 is interesting even without the knowledge of combinations of techniques. Pressing the buttons in different ways, you can still get some combo, and the next uppercut game will show in slow motion, which will cause a smile on his face.
The production in the story took a step forward towards quality and entertainment. The script answers many questions, the story of Mortal Kombat 11 is interesting, and the final becomes epic. But it should be borne in mind that for a better understanding of what is happening, you need to know the plot of the ninth and tenth parts.
Mortal Kombat 11 is able to give dozens of exciting hours of battle: the plot, the tower, the crypt — will not be bored. If you memorize a couple of techniques in some characters, you can safely go to multiplayer, extending the pleasure indefinitely.