“The team at NetherRealm is
capable of reinventing its work
time and time again”
‘good’, Raiden is now more ruthless in
his protection of Earthrealm. But this
is not how things were meant to be. At
the beginning of Mortal Kombat (2011)
almost every single character in the MK
universe was killed, leaving only Raiden
and Shao Kahn to fight one final battle.
With Raiden on the brink of death, he
sent a message through time to his
former self in an attempt to avoid this
fate and apparently succeeded. But
in doing so Raiden upset the balance
of good and evil and tipped it towards
the former. This causes the Keeper of
Time, Kronika, to step in and put things
right by rewinding time and restarting
it. Still following us? Well, let’s just say
that you can expect lots of different
timelines and plenty of time travel
in Mortal Kombat 11. Throughout the
story you’ll encounter many different
interactions between young and old
versions of certain characters.
Kronika has apparently been
affecting events in the MK universe
from the beginning and is being touted
as the first female boss within the
universe, but is she really the bad
person in all this? Could it be that
she’s just cleaning up Raiden’s mess?
What we do know is that by messing
around with time, it gives NetherRealm
a perfect opportunity to set right any
of the narrative wrongs of the past and
start a new continuity that everyone
can keep track of.Immortal kombat
As interesting as the story may seem,
the real star of the show is the combat,
which feels substantially different
from the previous games. The team at
NetherRealm is capable of reinventing
its work time and time again, so it’s no
surprise that for its latest entry it has
introduced a new combat system and
adjusted the moves of the characters
to change the way you play.
For starters, the energy meter has
been separated. Initially, it allowed you
to perform special moves, includingMORALITY
KORNERWho’s good and who’s evil in
Mortal Kombat 11? It’s more
complicated than you thinkABOVE Sub Zero
and Scorpion
there, both
showboating
their iconic
powers.
BELOW Johnny’s
daughter,
Cassie Cage
also returns
for Mortal
Kombat 11.SUB-ZERO
CURRENT STATUS: GOOD
Got turned into an evil
cyborg, but overcame his
programming to fight for
good, until he was killed
and brought back as an
evil revenant. Then he
was cleansed by
Raiden’s magic and
became good again.RAIDEN
CURRENT STATUS: EVIL
As the appointed
protector of Earthrealm,
everyone’s favourite
thunder god fought for
the side of good... until
a combination of grief
and Shinnok’s corruption
led him to extreme
measures to keep his worldSCORPION
CURRENT STATUS: GOOD?
When he and his family
were massacred, his soul
was reborn as an evil
wraith, but Raiden
restored him to life, and
he joined the forces of
good, as a result of that
action. But then,
consumed by revenge, he
killed Quan Chi and almost
doomed the world.KABAL
CURRENT STATUS: EVIL
Once a member of the evil
Black Dragon crime
syndicate, Kabal
reformed and fought
alongside the forces
of good, but then
Sindel killed him and he
was resurrected as an
evil revenant.More Xbox news at gamesradar.com/oxm THE OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE 047MORTAL KOMBAT 11