{"id":5235,"date":"2020-05-28T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/shang-tsung-smug-face-mortal-kombat-11-aftermath"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:28:08","slug":"shang-tsung-smug-face-mortal-kombat-11-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/mortal-kombat\/shang-tsung-smug-face-mortal-kombat-11-aftermath","title":{"rendered":"Shang Tsung\u2019s smug face is the real star of Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s always been an irresistible camp to Mortal Kombat. The franchise may conjure images of polygons pulling out spines with B-movie glee over bellows of ‘fatality’, but this is a universe where beefy warriors squeeze into colour-coded outfits, conjure lightning from their hands or, in Sindel’s case, slaps foes into fleshy puddles with grey wigs. <\/p>\n

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As graphics became more realistic, Mortal Kombat 11<\/a> offset gruesome with extra goofiness. Johnny Cage crushes skulls with acting awards, while Sharpshooter Erron Black bounces bullets off coins to blow out eye sockets. There’s the story mode too, where time travel tomfoolery pits past and future selves against one another for a narrative which has an eye winked at the audience, even when a spear is impaled in the other. <\/p>\n

Aftermath, a DLC pack which adds five story chapters and three new characters<\/a>, is the series at its defiantly nonsensical best. It picks up directly after the original campaign by ramming a plot spanner into the victorious climax. Turns out, you can’t just defeat time lord Kronika to restart a new timeline, you need Kronika’s crown too. Back to work, lads.<\/p>\n