MKXL comes with a complete cinematic story mode (that actually moves the plot forward in interesting ways if you care about that sort of thing), a huge selection of characters, over a dozen stages, plenty of unlockable costumes, Easter eggs, secrets, and alternate game modes (challenge towers, faction war stuff, test your luck, etc). I know it’s not entirely fair to compare an expansion of a preexisting game to one that just launched, but I can’t help but marvel at the gulf between the two. When looking at the two games purely in terms of content provided, MKXL is the luxury yacht to SFV‘s leaky rowboat. It’s where the comments are inevitably going to go, so let’s just address it head-on. Capcom’s new fighter has no story mode, no trials, broken lobbies - hell, not even a proper arcade mode. A lot of the conversation around MKXL is going to revolve around its value, and you can’t talk about that without acknowledging it’s main rival, Street Fighter V, which launched last month as a skeleton of a game. But, I can’t do any of that before I address the elephant in the room. I’ve been playing Mortal Kombat XL like a fiend over the past week and I want to talk about my impressions of it - what the new characters are like, whether it’s a good value, all that jazz. MSRP: $59.99 for the XL edition, $24.99 for the ‘XL Pack’ (includes all previously released DLC), $19.99 for ‘Kombat Pack 2’ (four new characters and costume packs) Mortal Kombat XL should make Street Fighter V ashamed of itself. Buy everything, buy nothing, still the best time to play MKXĭon’t write a hot take about SFV… Don’t write a hot take about SFV… Don’t write a hot take about SFV…

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