Frames are dropped regularly, and when compared to other platform versions of the game, The Krypt looks shockingly ugly. The game really starts to show port struggles when you head into The Krypt, the third-person dungeon explorer mode where you'll be sniffing out loot and spending your Koins. This is not the version to play if you're practicing your combos pre-tournament.
Honestly, it's a miracle the game runs as well as it does, but in portable mode you can see it start to struggle and drop from 60FPS. Admittedly I was using a WiFi connection in portable mode - the way to play if you want the most dropped frames and lag - but the experience was passable, not really good.Īnd that dropped frames issue remains a problem in portable mode at least. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Switch review - "Chaotic RPG fun"įighting game newbies can feel comfortable jumping into Mortal Kombat 11, playing through the story mode, and then using the tutorial to understand the game in depth before jumping online.Īnd on Switch at least, the online is hit and miss.From the most basic of moves to some advanced strategies and tactics, the tutorial is there to carry players from being the least skilled, to the most deadly. What I must praise Mortal Kombat 11 for is the incredible effort put into the tutorial. Traditional links like in Street Fighter aren't really here either, with links replaced by set combos to quickly tap out and combos extended by a literal combo extension button for after special attacks, or by launching and juggling opponents. Combos feel planned out, as tapping out a quick combo isn’t guaranteed to hit, nor leave your character safe. In Mortal Kombat things are slower and more precise.
There won't be any air dashes or insane button mash combos here like you can get away with in some faster anime games. Rushdown tactics and big combos are of course a part of the experience, but you will often find yourself working pretty hard to approach opponents and get combos started. Mortal Kombat, when compared to anime fighters and it's Japanese contemporaries, is a pretty slow and methodical fighter to play. But for you fully grown adults? It's a pretty darn good fighter. Mortal Kombat includes bloody fatalities and gory attacks that just might put the fear of God into the youngest children in the house. VA-11 HALL-A Switch review - "A gorgeous, enthralling visual novel"īut what if you have no idea what Mortal Kombat is? Well to put it short, Mortal Kombat isn’t a game you want your kids to play.Sure, things aren't quite as crisp here as they will be on PlayStation 4 and the like, but despite that, this makes for an incredibly good way to play Mortal Kombat 11 at home or on the go - but things aren't perfect. So despite all of the valid concerns, it's nice to see that the latest installment in the historic and gruesome fighter has survived the porting process very nicely indeed. Sure, we've seen the likes of DOOM and Wolfenstein II appear on the system, but the Nintendo Switch hasn't yet had to handle a big AAA Unreal Engine 4 title, and aim for 60FPS too.
We all knew ahead of time that Mortal Kombat 11 would be an awkward game to port onto Switch.