honestly just a downgrade from MK11 and even that was a downgrade from MKX but thats another story. they removed all cosmetic customization except for like 1 accessory per character that you can change. and some skins you can buy for real money :| the premium version of the game literally costs $110 and there are still purchaseable cosmetics in the store FFS.
they locked many characters behind "kameos" which are just sidekick/assists that only do 1 thing when you press a dedicated button.. some popular and notable characters that I would rather play the game as are locked behind this feature like Jax, Sonya, Cyrax/Sektor, etc... also the cutscenes are really stuttery and laggy for whatever reason. There are even less characters in the base roster than MK11, and as the cherry on top, the "kombat pack" will be releasing 1 singular character each month. hysterical
also you can't customize the characters moveset like how in MK11 you could choose invididual special moves to give your character and make different builds with different combinations of moves, which actually allowed for a lot of character variation and like I said before, builds. Even in MKX you could choose between 3 moveset presets per character that sometimes even changed the appearance of the character based on the moveset which was really cool. However in this game theyve completely removed that so its just back to a normal fighting game where you pick a character and play.
the gameplay itself is alright, it feels pretty similar to MK11 with the addition of the assist characters, though you also can't interact with objects in the stages anymore which was a weird choice to remove that feature. another weird removal of a beloved feature was combo tagging... you used to be able to go into the options, and add a little star to multiple combos to then have them overlayed on the screen in training for you to practice. well they removed that as well for seemingly no reason.
overall it just feels like a significant downgrade to MK11 in pretty much every single aspect. and if you're one of those people who care about the visual appeal and graphics of a game, it looks exactly like MK11. For $70 this is completely unjustifiable. Maybe if you are a huge MK fan then it would be justified but otherwise I would recommend maybe waiting until you can buy it for like 40% off at the least.
they locked many characters behind "kameos" which are just sidekick/assists that only do 1 thing when you press a dedicated button.. some popular and notable characters that I would rather play the game as are locked behind this feature like Jax, Sonya, Cyrax/Sektor, etc... also the cutscenes are really stuttery and laggy for whatever reason. There are even less characters in the base roster than MK11, and as the cherry on top, the "kombat pack" will be releasing 1 singular character each month. hysterical
also you can't customize the characters moveset like how in MK11 you could choose invididual special moves to give your character and make different builds with different combinations of moves, which actually allowed for a lot of character variation and like I said before, builds. Even in MKX you could choose between 3 moveset presets per character that sometimes even changed the appearance of the character based on the moveset which was really cool. However in this game theyve completely removed that so its just back to a normal fighting game where you pick a character and play.
the gameplay itself is alright, it feels pretty similar to MK11 with the addition of the assist characters, though you also can't interact with objects in the stages anymore which was a weird choice to remove that feature. another weird removal of a beloved feature was combo tagging... you used to be able to go into the options, and add a little star to multiple combos to then have them overlayed on the screen in training for you to practice. well they removed that as well for seemingly no reason.
overall it just feels like a significant downgrade to MK11 in pretty much every single aspect. and if you're one of those people who care about the visual appeal and graphics of a game, it looks exactly like MK11. For $70 this is completely unjustifiable. Maybe if you are a huge MK fan then it would be justified but otherwise I would recommend maybe waiting until you can buy it for like 40% off at the least.