Mortal Kombat X Review

What fighting game will also be a world increasingly dominated by the samurai of Japan, but the noise of the cavalry Western few years is getting louder and there, at the head of the army, are clearly visible Netherealm, riding horses red blood . Although gender is now too full of titles, the last Mortal Kombat and Injustice have been two commercial success, thanks to a spectacular unprecedented and a deep combat system but much more intuitive than the Japanese representatives. After Mortal Kombat embodies the violence in video games, but exaggerated harmless and can be a catalyst added to the fun.
In this idyll of guts and plasma, however, not everything is perfect. Netherealm I have always suffered the technical nature of the fighting game made in Japan, and some choices in terms of gameplay closely linked to the past of the brand we have done for a long time their noses. With Mortal Kombat X our promised a section capable of undermining the throne his predecessor and to throw him into a pit filled with lava. We’ve played a long time, consumandoci fingertips on the pad, and today we will give you our verdict.

Continuity problems? Ask Quan Chi
It starts from the story mode this time and not the gameplay, because if there is one thing on which the securities Netherealm have always disintegrated competition this is the incredible care put into singleplayer content. Again Mortal Kombat X offers a story divided into chapters, with multiple playable characters and a large number of cut-scenes, without too many problems that undermines everything that came before. Only one little problem: Injustice in the scenes were interspersed also some variation on the theme, here we merely easy qte that just add to the experience. Never mind, though, given the quality of everything.
The plot is predictably freaked out and is directly linked to the last chapter, which had reset the continuity in many aspects. With Shao Khan defeated the new enemy is Shinnok, a formidable opponent who will put in danger the land over more than 20 years of history, and that we will have to fight in a vortex of duels, flashbacks, and not dead heroes. Yes, because to solve various problems of continuity in Netherealm have seen fit to exploit the qualities of necromantic Quan Chi, reviving much of the cast disappeared. It worked? Not really at all, and there are many items that we believe do not fit together very well … but if there’s a story for which it is advisable to turn off your brain and enjoy the journey is that of Mortal Kombat, so we crooked nose much.
In the long campaign they add many ways, but be careful, because there were some pretty heavy losses in this last chapter. AWOL as the tower of the challenges, which, with its missions of increasing difficulty offered a tantalizing way to enjoy the game alone. Here we have the classic towers, which offer an arcade mode, clashes with the modifiers, a survival mode, an endless series of battles, or tests of strength. Once you play for a while ‘, however, you realize how lacking dell’appeal the Challenge Tower. A disappearing we thought well the tag mode, unbalanced as a few but meaningful for beating each of thrashing between friends. Pity.
Applause instead for Kripta, which has become a sort of dungeon crawlers interspersed with unexpected scares and items needed to open new areas. The unlockables in this game are many, and you will lose hours between maps to search for all the costumes, the additional Brutality, sketches and so on.

Hitting stronger
You may have noticed the name “Brutality”, mentioned just above. Here, the return of these alternatives fatality seems appropriate to begin the discussion more delicate, or one linked to the gameplay. Le Brutality is just one of the additions to the system, and they changed shape becoming faster versions of the fatality, usable in closing match if they are defeated in specific ways. The changes to the rest of the system are less marked in appearance, but you can not actually be underestimated.
Virtually unchanged the target combo system, which is based on short minicombo variables and requires the inclusion of the full input because they bind directly to the special moves. It is a system that is accessible and functional, based on the complex combo rebounds but sacrifices some ‘of variety in offensive capabilities. It is now an integral part of the fighting game Netherealm, and over the years has been made less woody: Mortal Kombat X is the work of Boon and company works best where, thanks to a higher speed and a reshaping of the cast. Bar X-Ray back in turn untouched, and allows both to perform the same name that’s very bad super stop combos with two notches, or to enhance the special moves with a single indicator full.
The more subtle change is represented by the stamina bar, visible in the life. This extra element, as well as govern some special abilities, limited shots back, is consumed when using the fast forward stroke, and makes it slightly more difficult to gain distance for those who like zoning. Speaking of zoning, the system is always rather villain, with bullets that do not meet, but outside of a pair of characters that can be annoying we noticed much more criterion in the management of the projectiles. Almost all fighters remain uncovered when abuse of the moves by the distance, and there are many ways to counter them donated to the fighters less effective from a distance.
Much more evident however the arrival of the environmental interactions, seen in Injustice. Were not put in the match carelessly, mind you, their effectiveness is greatly diminished compared to Injustice and the characters perform the same actions in the face of various interactive objects. Use one of these options can be risky, it consumes stamina and is generally a choice exploited to move from one corner of the ring with a narrow footpath. Nothing that can ruin the experience for fanatics competitive.

Thousand ways to die
The real big news is of course represented by the styles, a gimmick that completely changes the approach to the game. You can see immediately a roster clearly less nourished than usual in Mortal Kombat X, and the reason lies in the ability to select three different “types” for each warrior. Each style adds to the special and unique combo fighter, giving it more effective in certain situations and bringing the player to change significantly their plans during a battle.
The experiment, in our opinion, could the great and gives an impressive variety to the various protagonists of the series, changed as never before and are able to field all kinds of tricks. Clear, in terms of balancing the work is painstaking, and already certain specializations seem damn more effective than others, just as there are characters that become completely style style, while others have variations less dry. Yet it is hard not to get excited when you take advantage of the nails Erron Black corner to increase the pressure on the opponent, they simply place some brutal blows with the variant “owned” by Kenshi, or exploit the swords of Scorpion to start a combo in safety. Thanks to the styles and other changes Mortal Kombat X is a title considerably more pleasant to see, adrenaline and varied than its predecessor.
This bodes well for the life of multiplayer in turn by the book, with a burst of bright mode. The King of the Hill, for example, is back in all its glory, and yet allowed to see the match of the opponents, to vote, show your mood or even to train between one battle and the next. Then there are ranked matches, players lobby with stability of connections reported and percentage that indicates the probability of victory, team match 3 vs. 3, and a curious new addition in the form of factions. At the beginning of the game, in fact, you’ll have to select a group to which they pledge allegiance, and the points obtained by your actions, whether related to objectives completed or simple match won, will be added to the total of your faction. Winning the war of factions, reset every week, offers various prizes (we have not been able to test), and membership in a team provides additional fatality. An interesting idea, that shows how Netherealm maybe this time they wanted to focus more on online and on the single player game. Further evidence is the Living Towers, variations in network of traditional towers with modifiers and clashes renewed constantly. We continue to prefer the Challenge Tower classic, but still a great resource.

But now is the case of slightly dampen the enthusiasm and speaking defect of the game, because there is no other outside cracks in the balance and lost mode. The Netcode primarily, improved since the massacre of the ninth chapter but still was’nt. The lag is a constant in many games if you do not have a connection of high quality and we happen to face some match completely unplayable even against other Europeans. Hard to say whether the situation will change in the future, but we are still far from the best netcode in circulation.
The other deficiency is linked to the roster. If the styles differ very different choices, it is also true that from Mortal Kombat X is the case expect an inordinate number of DLC. Seriously, aside from the already announced Kombat Pack and the annoying choice of Goro put in pre-order, in the countryside there are many models of fighters not playable that we expect to see added gradually. Better than a strategy based on reissues (Arc System and Capcom, we speak with you), but still annoying.
Nothing to criticize instead regarding the technical sector, really spectacular. As we have said, to see Mortal Kombat is more fast-paced, fast and strabilante, the gore is more realistic, the effects laudable, the fatality absurd, and the match between experienced players are lightening fast and damn exciting. By applause scenarios, but not many really wonderful, and animations, which, while maintaining a slight woodiness are much more fluid. This is a fighting game really nice, a ruby-red blood that deserves to be admired for a long time. Some scatterello countryside bother us, but it is limited to the conclusion of the first match of a new cutscene and it is certainly a worrying situation. Do not underestimate finally the sound, which has finally voiceovers in Italian decent, well away from the havoc of the last time.

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