Gameplaywise the game is excellent! The game runs smooth as eggs and prompts are responsive.
One of the biggest things they korrected was kombo-breakers. In MK11 you had to time a kombo-breaker, while in the air, which was just your kharacter being armored and falling to the ground at a faster rate than normal. If somebody was good at mixing you on the ground you were toast. Also doesn't help that half of the time I was trying to kombo-break it was failing. This game, however, has brought back true kombo-breaks, getting you out of any kombo whether in the air or on the ground.
The game is far from perfect, though, with a few quality-of-life things missing like tagging special moves or kombo strings to show on screen, so you aren't having to konstantly go into the menus. I'm hoping this is something that can be patched in later, but for now I have to keep checking the menus during practice mode. Not a real big deal, but it was in previous titles so it should be in this one; So we're moving a little backwards here.
kharacter intros don't play during single player gaming, but play during online matches. Terrible decision, IMO, because if I was going to skip intros it would be during online mode and not single player. Again, not a huge deal, but let's not remove what has worked in previous games.
There are a few bugs I've noticed. One that sticks out is your kombat report sometimes not showing after kompleting a Tower. I skip the kredits and one time it didn't show, but one time it did. So I've no idea if it happens because I skip the kredits. I am not watching the kredits again, which I've already done after kompleting story mode for the Trophy/Achievement, so I kan't say if it would happen even after watching the kredits. Also, kredits after kompleting a Tower? I feel like that needs to be removed, even though they kan be skipped.
All in all, I am really enjoying the game and I recommend it to any kombat fan. The game will only get better as time goes on, and I'm excited to be a part of it! Great job, NRS. You've got another great game to add to the list!