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* [[8.8]]: IGN gave the game a "mere" 8 out of ten, with a one page review and some complaints about the single player mode. The latter falls under [[Did Not Do the Research]], since they were that [[It's Hard, So It Sucks|it was too hard]], and that the story mode wasn't comprehensive enough. Note that when the reviewer states in the review that when he made remarks about the difficulty to other IGN writers, they noted "Sounds like ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', then" and that none of the other fighting games except for [[Guilty Gear|a]] [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|few]] feature a story mode.▼
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]:
** The announcement and subsequent trailer for this game, which takes the game back to its 2-D roots. With copious amounts of blood, violence and carnage, to top it all.
** The return of the "Test Your Might" and "Test Your Sight" mini-games, along with two new ones, called "Test Your Strike" and "Test Your Luck", as well as a '''300-level''' "Challenge Tower".
** Anyone who doubted the game could possibly be bloody enough to stand out was shut up with the news that [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|Kratos]] [[Guest Fighter|would be joining the carnage]].
** Rain is back as [[Downloadable Content|DLC]], after being left out of the main game. And he has his [[Punched Across the Room|super roundhouse kick]] back.
** [[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street|FREDDY. KRUEGER.]]
* [[Awesome Music]]: Nearly all of the music of the original games gets a remix, including several very well done orchestral remixes.
* [[Base Breaker]]:
** [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|Kra]][[Guest Fighter|tos]]. You've got the fans who think he's a great addition to the roster, the fans who are vehemently against his presence in the game, the fans pestering Netherrealm Studios to add a 360 exclusive character, and the fans who just don't care about him being in the game.
*** With the reveal that the fourth DLC character is [[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]], the fanbase is further split between those who think he's a welcome addition and those who feel that he's even less fitting in the game than Kratos is and that the reveal is a disappointment after the hype leading up to his release.
** Shang Tsung's ''Bang Bang!'' fatality. Some find it a hilarious [[Take That]] towards the Joker's censored fatality in ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]''. Others see it as completely [[Out of Character]] or ill-fitting for Shang Tsung.
** [[Scrappy Mechanic|Babalities]] are back in the game. Without Friendships or Animalities to accompany them.
** There's also the announcement that goes both ways: Unmasked Sub-Zero, YAYYYYY! Wait, Retro {{spoiler|Cyber Sub-Zero}}, BOOOOOO!
** {{spoiler|Cyber Sub-Zero}} is a HUGE one among the fans.
* [[EverybodyBest RemembersKnown for the StripperFanservice]]: Inverted AND averted within Story Mode. Most of the female characters remain clothed to some degree, with one surprising exception at first. No, not Sonya. Or Kitana. Or Jade. Or [[Nightmare Fuel|Mileena.]]. Or even Sheeva. It's {{spoiler|''Sindel''}}. In what is the only display of "frontal nudity" of any kind in the entire series, when {{spoiler|Quan Chi resurrects her}} to match the events of ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]'', {{spoiler|she}} is brought back ''naked'', {{spoiler|with only a view shown of her upper chest above the nipples}}.▼
▲* [[8.8]]: IGN gave the game a "mere" 8 out of ten, with a one page review and some complaints about the single player mode. The latter falls under [[Did Not Do the Research]], since they were that [[It's Hard, So It Sucks|it was too hard]], and that the story mode wasn't comprehensive enough. Note that when the reviewer states in the review that when he made remarks about the difficulty to other IGN writers, they noted "Sounds like ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', then" and that none of the other fighting games except for [[Guilty Gear|a]] [[Blaz Blue|few]] feature a story mode.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Johnny Cage's [[Flanderization|inflated ego]] has ironically made him a fan favorite this time around, as his douchebaggery reaches [[So Bad It's Good]] levels of funny.
** Also, Stryker gained a lot of popularity in this game, due to his genre-savvy personality and re-tweaked look.
▲* [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper]]: Inverted AND averted within Story Mode. Most of the female characters remain clothed to some degree, with one surprising exception at first. No, not Sonya. Or Kitana. Or Jade. Or [[Nightmare Fuel|Mileena.]] Or even Sheeva. It's {{spoiler|''Sindel''}}. In what is the only display of "frontal nudity" of any kind in the entire series, when {{spoiler|Quan Chi resurrects her}} to match the events of ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]'', {{spoiler|she}} is brought back ''naked'', {{spoiler|with only a view shown of her upper chest above the nipples}}.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope|Zig-zagged.]] There is an actual plot and some respectable storytelling and voice-acting, but some dialogue is clearly just to [[Let's You and Him Fight|get characters punching each other]]. Even when people are ''on the same side'', talking solves nothing. [[Violence Is the Only Option]]. Somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]] since this is a [[Fighting Game]].
* [[Fan Dumb]]:
** It doesn't matter if you point out you like the game anyway, that you think everything else is good and that you still enjoy the game much. They will still flame the crap out of you and call you a noob for complaining about how luck is a factor in some of the gameplay.
** Much of the fan base seems to think that the game's [[Fake Difficulty]] doesn't exist and that skill can overcome things like, say, Shao Kahn ignoring hitstun and hitting you in the middle of the attack that was supposed to knock him back.
** If some fatalities are performed on Kratos, his expression and animations won't change. For some reason, ''everyone'' claims that this is ''obviously'' "special treatment" (and for some reason, they ''always'' use those words) from the licensers not wanting Kratos to die violently, and not, you know, anything like his reactions simply being unfinished.
** There is a lot of fandom controversy around the story mode scene involving {{spoiler|Sindel slaughtering most of the cast}}.
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* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: Some of Goro's and Kintaro's weaknesses can be exploited via these. They can't comprehend uppercut spamming on Normal difficulty, and are also impotent against diving kicks, especially {{spoiler|Cyber}} Sub-Zero's, {{spoiler|which is a Godsend when you fight both of them towards the end of Story Mode}}.
* [[Heartwarming in Hindsight]]: Johnny Cage hitting on Sonya at the very beginning of the game, as Cassie Cage's presence on the ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'' roster shows.
* [[He's Just Hiding]]: A good portion of the fans believe that {{spoiler|Liu Kang}} didn't die when {{spoiler|Raiden shocked him, and that he'll be showing up in the next game having made a [[Face Heel Turn]].}}. Whether or not this is true is unconfirmed.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]:
** ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (Animation)|Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm]]'' gave us a non-canon glimpse of Cyrax and Sektor before they underwent automation; they were respectively shown to be Asian and Black. While we've known that (in canon) Cyrax has been shown to be [[Ambiguously Brown|dark-skinned at the least]] since his ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Gold]]'' (additionally, his bio for this game confirms that he's Motswana), this game's story shows us all of the major Lin Kuei warriors before they were converted into cyborgs. Sektor is shown to be Asian, thus meaning that he and Cyrax swapped races between the games and the cartoon.
** A year before the game was ''announced'', a [[YouTube]] user uploaded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLW0WpxDe50 this video.] At the time it was just a show off of ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Armageddon]]'''s "Kreate-A-Fatality" feature, where the player could build their own character, with their own powers, fighting stances, weapons, etc. But now that [[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street|Freddy]] was confirmed to be [[Downloadable Content|DLC]], the video seems (unintentionally, of course) prophetic...
** [[Canon Foreigner]] [http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Hydro Hydro] [[Mortal Kombat: Legacy|becomes a cyborg]]. {{spoiler|So does Sub-Zero!}}! Made funnier by the fact that a fangame (''[[MUGEN|Mortal Kombat Project]]'') has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1FuP15-olQ Hydro] with the same cyborg design as ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|MK3]]''!Cyrax and Sektor, {{spoiler|1=which eventually became [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oItKXtVflj4 Cyb-Zero's downloadable costume!]}}! Even better: {{spoiler|Cyb-Zero}}'s moveset is ''very'' similar to Cyborg Hydro's in the aforementioned fangame.
** ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Film)|Annihilation]]'' features a scene where Rain announces to Shao Kahn that he's captured Kabal and Stryker. Cue ''Mortal Kombat 9'', and both of them are [[Bash Brothers]].
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: The X-Ray moves and Fatalities in particular have high HSQs, though there's no shortage of this in the game's storyline as well. Particular mention goes to the massacre in Chapter 15.
* [[Idiot Plot]]: Several fans accuse the game of being this due to Raiden's excessive [[What an Idiot!]] moments.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Combining Sub-Zero's versus portrait with those of other characters has yielded [http://oi53.tinypic.com/15nlx09.jpg hilarious results.]
** This dialogue, from Challenge #20 in the Challenge Tower:
{{quote| '''Scorpion''': ''I HATE TEDDIES!''<br />
'''Mileena''': ''But I worked so hard on it. You MUST accept it!'' }}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrzi5ndp1o Thanks a particular leak about DLC,], "DLC BASEMALE is my main/is God Tier" looks like it's working its way up as well.
** Stryker and {{spoiler|Police!}}Kabal's conversation in the middle of Chapter 12:
{{quote| '''Kabal''': ''Stryker, check her'' [Mileena] ''out! What do you think? Friend or foe?''<br />
'''Stryker''': ''Foe.''<br />
'''Kabal''': ''Dressed like that?''<br />
'''Stryker''': ''Definitely foe.'' }}
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Check [[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)/Nightmare Fuel|the page]].
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Mileena, again.
* [[Porting Disaster]]: Maybe due to insufficient testing to ensure compatibility on a variety of configurations, the PC version may play perfectly to some, while others experience problems like inconsistent framerate — you may play the first round of a fight going with a fast forward button, then the second in slow motion — or sudden framerate drops when some visual effects are played. It can be remedied only by fiddling with some configuration files. Also, the compression of the cutscenes is lower than in the console releases, which causes a jarring contrast with the higher resolutions allowed on PCs; fans have released a higher-res movies pack.
* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: If ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Armageddon]]'' didn't rescue Stryker, this game surely did. Aside of an even cooler riot suit, any traces of his previous [[Creator's Pet]]-ness [[Took a Level In Badass|have been replaced by pure, unadulterated]] [[Badass|badassery]]. Having a good VA (Matthew Mercer), as well as a mellow, [[Genre Savvy]] personality doesn't hurt either.▼
** While still perfectly playable, the Vita version has very weak texturing (basically heavily compressing the console game textures with no extra work done to make them look good, giving everyone a very haggered and zombie-like appearance). This is especially jarring in Story Mode since the cutscene videos are taken from the console version, meaning you see everyone in full quality then the game engine takes over and the quality drops sharply.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Sindel after the events of Chapter 15 {{spoiler|where she effortlessly curbstomps 10 people at once killing all but Johnny Cage and Sonya.}}▼
▲* [[Rescued Fromfrom the Scrappy Heap]]: If ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Armageddon]]'' didn't rescue Stryker, this game surely did. Aside of an even cooler riot suit, any traces of his previous [[Creator's Pet]]-ness [[Took a Level Inin Badass|have been replaced by pure, unadulterated]] [[Badass|badassery]]. Having a good VA (Matthew Mercer), as well as a mellow, [[Genre Savvy]] personality doesn't hurt either.
** Shao Kahn, too. If not for being a [[Complete Monster]], then it's definitely for being a [[SNK Boss]] that will send you crying home to your mother.▼
▲* [[The Scrappy]]: Sindel after the events of Chapter 15 {{spoiler|where she effortlessly curbstomps 10 people at once killing all but Johnny Cage and Sonya.}}.
▲** Shao Kahn, too. If not for being a [[Complete Monster]], then it's definitely for being a [[SNK Boss]] that will send you crying home to your mother.
** This game has a lot of players wishing that the sequel involves [[Rage Against the Heavens|kicking the collective asses of the Elder Gods]], for doing nothing to help the heroes.
*** It's almost like the story is ''intentionally'' making you hate the Elder Gods with the unbridled fury of one thousand white-hot suns to garner a [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]/[[Rooting for Thethe Empire]] reaction from {{spoiler|Shinnok's inevitable escape from the Netherrealm.}}.
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: Bosses randomly ignoring hitstun, [[AI Roulette]], and button reading. The fact that no patch has been forthcoming to fix any of this isn't helping.
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: In the Vita release of this game, there's a ''big'' [[Art Shift]] when going from cutscene to gameplay, much more than was noticeable in the home-console version (which was practically seamless). It doesn't help that most shirtless characters look like their muscles are just painted-on now. The PC version also has this problem if your resolution is set higher than the resolution the cutscenes play at.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: When the game goes into [[Wham! Episode]] overdrive, expect ''a lot'' of these moments:
* [[That One Boss]]: Shao Kahn in Story Mode, if only because Liu Kang requires a lot more practice for Beginners. He also has a lot less combo potential and easy buttons to use. More specifically the 360 version because the [[Rhymes Onon a Dime|D-Pad is pretty bad]].▼
** The death of {{spoiler|Liu Kang}}. Watching all the trust he held in the one person he believed would guide his people to victory dissolve into anger and disillusionment just before he dies is certifiably tragic.
** Raiden's {{spoiler|near-[[Heroic BSOD]]}} in response to everything he goes through, including the above.
** Kitana's {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]] moment with Liu Kang}} at the end of Chapter 15.
** Smoke's {{spoiler|distraught over Kuai Liang!Sub-Zero}} at the end of Chapter 8.
** The game's [[Bittersweet Ending]]. Watch {{spoiler|Sonya}} desperately struggle to hold back tears.
▲* [[That One Boss]]: Shao Kahn in Story Mode, if only because Liu Kang requires a lot more practice for Beginners. He also has a lot less combo potential and easy buttons to use. More specifically the 360 version because the [[Rhymes On a Dime|D-Pad is pretty bad]].
** A cheap way to beat him during the Liu Kang matchup is to keep getting as far away as possible, as this seems to force him to taunt you. Repay this kindness with a flying kick, and repeat.
** Kintaro/Goro in Arcade Mode can become this because of their Super Armor as well as severe [[Hitbox Dissonance]] on Kintaro's throws. They're not so bad in Story Mode, however.
** The final battle against Shao Kahn as Raiden in Story Mode will ''break you''. He seems to LOVE reading your control inputs and countering at just the right time. And if you try to get a good hit in, chances are he'll bust out the hitstun to hit through that and smack you around for twice as much damage. Not even cheap projectile spamming (which works well in Arcade Ladder Mode) will help you here.
** Another tactic which works is to play defensively, and get really lucky. Always try to get as far from him as possible, and when he throws his hammer at you, teleport next to him and uppercut. If you try it when he tosses a spear, he'll hitstun block it and rape your face (on rare occasions the blow will connect). If he taunts you, use the flying torpedo move instead, as it recovers faster than a hammer toss. Repeat this until he either dies, or more likely, the timer runs out (hopefully with you having more health than him). Landing an X-Ray move is also helpful, the best time for that also being during a taunt or hammer toss. The luck factors in regarding his dash move, and how often he uses it to close the distance on you. If he gets too close for comfort, teleport again and retreat. Trying to fight him straight up WILL NOT WORK. Good luck, and in the words of Shao Kahn, "''You will die.''".
* [[That One Level]]:
** Challenge #251, you must KO Shao Kahn with Shang Tsung, AFTER facing Baraka and Sindel on maxed out [[A Is]]. This is on top of the fact Shang Tsung has a rather mediocre move list.
** Challenge #257: Hell, pits you against Noob Saibot with reduced damage taken, damage boosted X3, a super meter that never drops below 2/3, and input-reading AI. Fun times. Fitingly, this challenge is simply called "Hell".
** Challenge #269 requires KOing 3 Shao Kahns, with no health restore. It doable with a [[Hit Scan]] spam, but it's tedious, and Shao Kahn can randomly ignore hitstun and beat your ass at any time. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|The second shot can be bypassed with the first. In fact, the enhanced version, which involves 4 hitscan shots, can have all 4 hits bypassed as he shoulder dashes you into a corner and stunlocks you.]]
* [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]]:
* [[Tier Induced Scrappy]]:* Shang Tsung. He can only morph into to the character being fought, and they can block this to prevent it. His moves aren't that great, one of which even leaves you open for attack, and is easy to do by mistake when throwing combos involving uppercuts. And 2 of his big advantages, his grab and Soul Steal, are useless on the bosses. He can be played okay in the right hands, but even then, he's moderately good at best.
* [[Villain Sue]]: Quan Chi is working his way up here, if not already there thanks to this game. However it's helps greatly {{spoiler|when it's implied that Shinnok is possibly receiving information from his future self, and thus allowing the two to plan accordingly. Indeed at the very end the two state that everything has gone according to plan.}} ▼
** Sheeva as well, considering that for all her power her specials offer, she doesn't have much to work with in combos and specials and is rather large to boot.
** Kabal takes the cake. He has effectively rendered the metagame completely useless considering that he's a tier onto himself. He has no crippling weakness and functions as a zoner, grappler and can rushdown. His instant air fireball allows him to retreat while having multiple projectiles on screen at once. He is a definitive [[Game Breaker]].
▲* [[Villain Sue]]: Quan Chi is working his way up here, if not already there thanks to this game. However it's helps greatly {{spoiler|when it's implied that Shinnok is possibly receiving information from his future self, and thus allowing the two to plan accordingly. Indeed at the very end the two state that everything has gone according to plan.}} .
* [[What an Idiot!]]:
** Raiden just stands and watches the Lin Kuei cyborgs abduct {{spoiler|Sub-Zero}}; that this comes ''after'' warning Cyrax against the Cyber Inititave &and his saving {{spoiler|Smoke}} from that same fate makes it especially glaring. An argument could be made that {{spoiler|his inability to understand his message from the future ("He must win") could fall under this, as he keeps thinking that it means a specific combatant from Earthrealm, even after Liu Kang's victories over Shang Tsung &and Shao Kahn didn't ward off Armageddon}}. In fact, Raiden from the original timeline could fall under this too, because {{spoiler|he could have very easily specified who the message "He must win" was referring to, though to be fair, he was just beaten up and about to be killed, so he must have had little time to clairify.clarify}}.
*** For one, he didn't go to the Elder Gods until the last possible minute, nor explain his visions.
** Hey Sonya, Ermac's got a hold of Jax! Want to help Jax out? No? Okay, let's just hope nothing bad happ--... Oh wait, there goes his arms. Good thing you're here Sonya, now you can stop the bleeding!
** Shao Kahn himself at the very start of the game. If he simply killed Raiden there and then [[Evil Gloating|as he started his]] [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|gloating]], the timeline wouldn't have changed and he wouldn't have been annihilated by the Elder Gods. Though it's not like that Shao Kahn could've seen it coming. And of course he's an [[Evil Overlord]] so the gloating is to be expected. So really it's less of an [[Idiot Ball]], and the [[Villain Ball]] instead.
* [[Win Back the Crowd]]: This game basically won over the fanbase and then some after a dry spell of games that were either derided as being broken (''[[Mortal Kombat Deception (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''), rushed (''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]''), or mediocre (''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]''). The sheer effort placed into this game and all of the features included made this a hit.
* [[The Woobie]]: You can't help but feel for Raiden after all's said and done. Accidentally betraying your friends, being manipulated by every evil bastard between Outworld and the Netherrealm, watching your world destroyed in an invasion, finding no help from your superiors, and ultimately, figuring out it all went south {{spoiler|because you couldn't even understand your own doomed message.}}. Even if he played with the [[Idiot Ball]], Raiden deserves a Friendship by the end of Story Mode.
** {{spoiler|Cyber}} Sub-Zero is this both in Story and Arcade Ladder. {{spoiler|In both cases, he is doomed to [[A Fate Worse Than Death]], both an initial, temporary one, and a second, possibly more permanent one}}.
** Long story short, this game made the setting a [[World of Woobie]]. It is utterly heartwrenching to see the domino effect screw over nearly ''everyone''.
 
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