Mortal Kombat X
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Fast hand-to-hand and weapon fighting with heavy blood spray, plus slow-motion X-ray strikes that show bones and organs shattering on impact.
Real money buys add-on fighters and costume packs from inside the game, along with tokens that unlock easy-input Fatalities and shortcuts past the Krypt's unlock grind.
Signature Fatalities and Brutalities have the player dismember, decapitate, and tear opponents apart in graphic, exaggerated detail.
Story-mode dialogue includes strong profanity between characters.
A grim story of war, betrayal, and death, with characters killed off in brutal fashion.
Several characters wear cleavage-baring or form-fitting outfits; no actual nudity.
Demonic and monstrous characters and gory, grotesque imagery throughout.
Sorcery involving necromancy, soul-stealing, and demonic Netherrealm forces appears in the roster and plot.
Some female fighters wear tight or revealing costumes and a few characters trade suggestive banter, but nothing beyond that.
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What it is
Mortal Kombat X is a one-on-one fighting game where two combatants battle across themed arenas using martial arts, weapons, and supernatural powers. It is defined by extreme, stylized gore: matches feature blood, bone-crunching X-ray attacks, and elaborate finishing moves (Fatalities and Brutalities) that graphically dismember, decapitate, and disembowel the loser. A cinematic story mode strings fights together with a grim plot of war and betrayal and includes strong profanity, while demonic characters, necromancy, and soul-stealing sorcery run through the roster. Some fighters wear revealing outfits. Online play is available but there is no in-game voice or text chat.
How it's framed
The game presents its brutality as spectacle and reward: landing a decisive blow triggers celebratory, over-the-top gore, and executing a Fatality is framed as the ultimate payoff of a match. The tone is pulpy and exaggerated rather than realistic, treating extreme violence as theatrical entertainment within a fantasy-mythology conflict.
Details
- Developer
- NetherRealm Studios
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Games
- Released
- Apr 13, 2015
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