Okay, so, what I liked about MKX...
- Most of the new characters were great. There's only one character I would just erase and a couple I don't care all that much about, but most of them were great! Both in design, gameplay and presentation. Takeda quickly became a top favourite of mine.
- Though I think Kung Jin's gameplay is a mess and his aesthetics are really dull, his character and personality is fantastic. Gay character done right.
- I like the pace of the gameplay. It's faster, but I could pull off the combos a lot easier this time around. A few things I'm not all that much a fan of, but overall, I liked it. Could be improved upon though.
- A lot of the character designs were just excellent! Kitana's main costume, Mileena's Kahnum costume, Ermac's main, Reptile's alt, Shinnok's alt, Quan Chi's main... For the first time in a long time I actually like Scorpion's costume. Sub-Zero's Revenant costume is just badass as fuck! And they finally made Kung Lao (human form) look right!
- Speaking of Scorpion, for the first time ever, I actually liked him as a character. His story with Kenshi and Takeda, building up the Shirai Ryu, finally getting his revenge and making peace with Sub-Zero... he's been my least liked character for so long, and NRS made me care about him. That's commendable.
- The story overall was nicely told, though the premise was kinda basic with the Kombat Kids and Shinnok... however, the whole Civil War thing in Outworld was really interesting and I hope we will get more of that in MK11.
- Tanya. Though I wish she was on the main roster, I love everything about her when she became DLC. I initially wanted her to be more sorceress-like, but I am very much a fan of what they did with her. I am also in love with the whole idea of her and Mileena being lovers, as hinted in their intro dialogues.
- The GGPO was a great update of the netcode which made it playable! And hopefully it will be even better in MK11.
- Rain, Fujin, Baraka, Sareena and Sindel all looked really awesome. Would've been more awesome to have them be playable though.
- The Fatalities were more creative! And I liked the new Brutalities, they were pretty cool.