I quickly noticed that in a lot his moves, this particular Xenomorph has blades extending out of its hands. Actually playing the Alien, however, reveals the full story. At a glance, it’s the classic movie monster that people love and Predators hate. XL’s new characters go the extra mile by integrating their stories directly into how they play and how they fit into the universe.
Unlike the last Kombat Pack’s characters, all of these characters are distinctly drenched in the Mortal Kombat world and feel like they have some purpose in being there.Īnyone familiar with guest and DLC characters knows how it usually is: there might be some thrown together backstory about a character magically transporting into the game world and the story ends there, or there might not be an explanation at all.
Like the last Kombat Pack, there’s a mix of 2 guest fighters and 2 returning veterans from previous games. Mortal Kombat XL‘s 4 new fighters are notable not only in that they add a whole bunch of new movesets to the game’s set of fighting styles, but also because they bring back some of the endearing ridiculousness I love about Mortal Kombat. It felt like Mortal Kombat was getting real writers and starting to take itself seriously, and that’s just no good. Gone were the days of Kamidogu and Mokaps, instead there was a bunch of weirdly realistic and kinda boring character designs, military stuff, and every character had something witty to say to everyone else. Despite a fairly lengthy movie-like story mode with a lot of new characters and dialogue, I found the mode lacking in what I really enjoyed: the goofy lore and creativity. So while it made a lot of headway in becoming a fighting game I legitimately enjoyed playing, I couldn’t help but be a little disappointed by Mortal Kombat X. But the reasons I love Mortal Kombat never really had much to do with how the games played.
For almost as long as I’ve loved playing video games, I’ve loved Mortal Kombat.
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