- Free to play MTX model in a full price game.
- Denuvo DRM that causes fps drops even on some strong hardware in a game genre where the fps is closely tied to the gameplay.
- No crossplay.
- No ranked connection/fps filter.
- Netcode is underwhelming.
- PC port lacks performance optimization and some ppl crash a lot.
- Cutscenes are not 60 fps.
- Ranked changed from FT3 to FT2 when the overwhelming majority didn't want this.
- Ranked is not tournament rules.
- Customization is obviously lacking considerably when compared to MK11 since they want to sell to us bits and pieces of it for real money.
- Story mode was the worst I could remember.
- NRS/WB complete lack of transparency with the community. Their podcast "Kombat Kast" is always live but all they do is market the game and not interact with the community during it.

+ Gameplay in a vacuum is fun and best since Mk 9 imo but outside of the lucky very few ppl playing offline we are all stuck playing the game in terrible online conditions so it's indirectly turnt to krap.

In ending I would like to point out that I'm a pretty big fan of MK and have spent 1.4k hours in MK11 and I'm closing in on 200 hours in MK1 but I also play other fighting game such as Tekken 7 for 3.4k hours which can be verified on my steam profile.

So yea outside of all of that it's a great game.

Will update the review as the game itself is being updated.

Update 1: Game still sucks.

- Free to play MTX model in a full price game. - Denuvo DRM that causes fps drops even on some strong hardware in a game genre where the fps is closely tied to the gameplay. - No crossplay. - No ranked connection/fps filter. - Netcode is underwhelming. - PC port lacks performance optimization and some ppl crash a lot. - Cutscenes are not 60 fps. - Ranked changed from FT3 to FT2 when the overwhelming majority didn't want this. - Ranked is not tournament rules. - Customization is obviously lacking considerably when compared to MK11 since they want to sell to us bits and pieces of it for real money. - Story mode was the worst I could remember. - NRS/WB complete lack of transparency with the community. Their podcast "Kombat Kast" is always live but all they do is market the game and not interact with the community during it. + Gameplay in a vacuum is fun and best since Mk 9 imo but outside of the lucky very few ppl playing offline we are all stuck playing the game in terrible online conditions so it's indirectly turnt to krap. In ending I would like to point out that I'm a pretty big fan of MK and have spent 1.4k hours in MK11 and I'm closing in on 200 hours in MK1 but I also play other fighting game such as Tekken 7 for 3.4k hours which can be verified on my steam profile. So yea outside of all of that it's a great game. Will update the review as the game itself is being updated. Update 1: Game still sucks.