The bulk of the cast are old favorites, such as Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Raiden, but there are a few newer NRS-era characters, like the blood-magic-wielding Skarlet and Cassie Cage, daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade (her parents are in the game, too). The character designs are great, too, with a varied mix of both visual and play styles. Smoke and dust swirl in the backgrounds, candles glow softly, and interactable elements (like the aforementioned cactus) give each stage a little extra personality.
Mortal Kombat has always been a series that emphasized atmosphere, and this might be its strongest atmosphere yet. There's a broad variety of locations, from a ship sailing a blood-tossed sea, to a desert-housed military base complete with a cactus you can scrub your opponent's face on, to a throwback to the original Mortal Kombat tournament stage with the audience of orange-robed Shaolin monks-except this time they're silent corpses instead of a sea of bobbing heads. The stage designs might be my favorite part.
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