Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is a 2011 fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios. It is the ninth main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and a soft reboot of the series. Although beginning during the events of…
Mortal Kombat is a fighting developed by NetherRealm Studios, released 19 April 2011 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 41.4 hrs to finish.
What Mortal Kombat is
Mortal Kombat is a fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and released in 2011. It was published by WB Games. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story retells the events of the first three games, in a new timeline where Raiden receives a message from himself in the prime future after the Battle of Armageddon has happened and Shao Kahn became the supreme leader of all the realms. Because of this plot, characters and scenarios present are the classic ones, bringing the old to new and starting a new conflict.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mortal Kombat series
Mortal Kombat is the 47th of 118 entries we hold in the Mortal Kombat series. It arrived 2 years after Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The next entry was Mortal Kombat: Kollector's Edition in 2011. Its critic score of 85 is 10 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate at 97.
How it was received
Mortal Kombat holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 464 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 41.4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 58.3 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Mortal Kombat launched on 19 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, World of Tanks, SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED and Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, World of Tanks, SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED, Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mortal Kombat yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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