So after playing the game since midnight and taking time to reflect, I’m sad to say that my worst fears came true.
From a gameplay standpoint MK 11 is fine. I liked the jungle heavy gameplay of MK9 and X better but it’s still fun. That being said, I’m a single player gamer, and I feel defeated.
The KRYPT and Towers of Time and ... well the entire customization of the game is clearly designed around micro transactions. I don’t care how many switches they flip, these features were CLEARLY centered around money and not entertainment. I beat story mode and did some tutorials to try and earn some gold to try out in the krypt. I ended up with around 250k which gave me about 10 minutes of chest opening time in the Krypt, most of which was getting consumables and crafting items.
They couldn’t just have you play the game, earn Koins and unlock stuff, they had to throw in all that mobile game bullshit.
My heart is broken. I have been loyal to this franchise since MK 1 in the arcades. To me MK isn’t just about the fighting, it’s about the lore and the story. After dropping $100 on this game and seeing the shit show that is the krypt and towers, I’m done. I stopped buying the Smackdown / WWE game because of this shit, stopped buying Battlefield because of this shit, and stopped buying COD because of this shit,
I just hope that the money WB makes off of people dumb enough to buy time crystals can make up for the loyal fans they lost with their EA / ACTIVISION levels of fuckery.
I’ll still enjoy watching story mode and ladder endings on YouTube for MK12, but there is no sense in buying a game when they suck the fun out of the single player experience.
*Side note, I know TYM is more of a competitive board and most people on here don’t care about single player, but this is the most happening place to talk MK. I just hope NRS / WB knows that they delivered a krushing blow to my heart. Literally ruined MK for me.