

You have to give NetherRealm credit for getting original actor Peter Weller in to do the facial capture for him too. Still, if you’ve ever wanted to see The Terminator go up against Robocop, now’s your chance. His moves aren’t particularly interesting or original, and only those who have a fondness for the character are likely to stick with him. New guest character Robocop, on the other hand, isn’t much more than a novelty. There’s plenty of fun to be had mastering each character as well as customising them. Sheeva has a wonderful range of multi-hit moves that make you feel like you’ve well and truly pounded your opponent by the end of each match, while Fujin feels incredibly unique considering the game’s expansive roster. Sheeva and Fujin are honestly quite brilliant. The real value of the Aftermath expansion, then, is in the three characters it adds to the game. “Sheeva and Fujin are honestly quite brilliant”

The trouble is, once you have completed it, you’re unlikely to return. You’ll earn lots of neat rewards by playing through it too. The production values are as high as ever, and taking control of characters neglected by the main story is a nice touch.

The Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath story will take you around three hours to complete, and you’ll be entertained for all of it. Presenting a plan to thwart Kronika once and for all, Shang Tsung is of course up to his scheming again, and in doing so he steals every scene. Picking up where the story of vanilla Mortal Kombat 11 left off, the limelight is given to classic characters added via DLC: Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, and newcomers Sheeva and Fujin. The content included in aftermath is actually pretty good. “The Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath story will take you around three hours to complete, and you’ll be entertained for all of it”

MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH FREE
While Aftermath costs £34.99/$39.99, everything else is free for all. Though it has landed at the same time of a brilliant new patch, adding new stages, Friendships, stage fatalities and balance changes to the game. It doesn’t even introduce any new trophies or achievements for those interested in such things. It offers additional story chapters, three new characters and very little else. Unfortunately the same can’t be said of Aftermath, a expansion for the game landing pretty much one year after its original launch. Needless to say, it offers tremendous value for money, even if it’s a little grindy at times what with so much content locked away in its Krypt. It has plenty of characters (even more if you’ve purchased the Kombat Pack), a brilliant story mode, and so many customisation options that you can spend hours just tweaking your favourite combatants. Mortal Kombat 11 is undoubtedly one of the finest fighting games available right now, especially for those who don’t actually like fighting other players.
