In the next timeline, all I want is to be a model soldier. The Chosen One thing is for the Liu Kangs and Kitanas of the world. But despite what you may think about Beverly Hills girls, that is SO not my style. Now I can change history! Talk about ridonkulous cosmic power. Cassie Cage: For the second time in my life, I kicked the living shit out of an immortal.And we have not run out of meat since! ( Laughing Evilly) Within a thousand years, all realms fell to Tarkatan blade. Last we challenged Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat. We easily took Edenia, then Outworld and the Netherrealm. ![]() Baraka: Kronika's power was mine, mine to share with the tribe! In the new timeline I built, Tarkatans would be slaves no more.Even without the campaign, MK11 and Aftermath have lots of great singleplayer diversions, but the story is really what I'm here for, and this one is as brilliant as it is ludicrous. And frankly, despite getting a lot better thanks to the best-in-class tutorials, I'm still a pretty crap kombatant. I don't want to fight some toxic wanker who will inevitably spew vitriol on the off-chance that I win, and unfortunately multiplayer is full of them. I love fighting games, but I just don't have that competitive spirit. Most of the big characters get a nod and some scenes, but the majority of the attention is on DLC and expansion additions. I can't say I'm disappointed to see Ronda Rousey not returning as Sonya Blade, either, as she's an atrocious voice actor and, more importantly, spews transphobic nonsense and promoted a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory. It's also a chance to give a bit more attention to characters who normally get sidelined for the infinitely boring Sub-Zero and his now equally boring bud, Scorpion. Aftermath is twice as ridiculous but plays it a bit more straight, but it works, carried as it is by the scenery chewing sorcerer. The first campaign managed to get a lot of laughs out of '90s Johnny Cage meeting his grounded dad version and generally kept a more playful tone, even with the end of the world coming and buckets and buckets of blood. Normally both fighters are on the same side, so the result is the same, but for the climactic battle you get to pick who gets to build a new reality between the two last men standing. Finish him!Īt several points, Aftermath lets you pick between two fighters, but it's not until the end that this actually makes a difference. He was expecting the betrayal and let all of his friends die knowing that his enemy would eventually bring the crown to where it needed to be: the giant novelty hour glass that controls time. The divine version of Liu Kang is still knocking about you see, and because he's been in pretty much every Mortal Kombat, he's wise to Shang's ways. Honestly, after all that Shang really deserved to win, but nope! There's still one big twist to come. But there's still time for a few more betrayals! Surprising absolutely nobody, Shang's not too keen to share power with his second set of allies, the evil ones, leading to a fight between the bad guys. While that's happening, Shang decides to finally stage his betrayal, tricking Fujin into giving him the pilfered crown, turning him into a god (and hot). ![]() ![]() It's hard to keep track of them all, but there are three Liu Kangs by this point. Then poor Liu Kang gets his legs smashed in courtesy of Shao Kahn's hammer, which in turn breaks the legs of his future self, a Revenant fighting on behalf of Kronika. The entire Cage family gets battered, captured and put in breeding camps. With Sindel and Shao Kahn now leading a massive army to Kornika's keep, they take a moment to screw over a few more people. Sindel manages to rescue her husband, who it turns out she's in love with because he's a big bastard and not because she was enchanted, and then stages a coup of her own daughter's empire, but not before killing her loyal friend, Sheeva. Once the betrayals begin, they just don't stop. Human once again and apparently free from the influence of her husband, Shao Kahn, she's a goodie now, but of course she's just waiting for her big reveal. Sindel, the evil empress, is also not to be trusted. First to resurrect Sindel, who died and became a Revenant, and then to snatch the crown. No RoboCop, sadly.Įven though Shang clearly isn't on the level, the heroes go along with his plan. He's also accompanied by characters introduced previously in DLC, like Sindel and Nightwolf, letting them get some time in the story spotlight, as well as new additions like the four-armed Sheeva and Fujin, Raiden's windy brother. His plan is to steal the crown before Kronika can get her hands on it, necessitating yet another time travel romp that criss-crosses with the previous campaign.
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