Mortal Kombat X [Special Edition]

Several characters work together to steal Shinnok's amulet and imprison him inside, but eventually Mileena hatches a plan to release Shinnok by bringing the amulet to Quan Chi who escaped when Shinnok was imprisoned.

The gap in years is mainly used to introduce the new characters to the cast, such as Cassie, the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade (who married and divorced), Kotal Kahn as the new emperor of the Outworld, and Takeda, the son of Kenshi.

The game stays close to the visual style and the mechanics of the 2011 reboot.

The main controls are still based on two types of punches and kicks, and blocking, to form combos with uppercuts, teleports, special moves that incorporate weapons and fatalities.

The three-tiered energy from the previous title returns, making available X-Ray moves, powered up EX moves and combo breakers.

As introduced in Injustice: Gods Among Us by the same developer characters can use the environment to re-position themselves or optionally use parts as weapons.

Each character now has three variations with different moves and weapons.

There is once again a sprinting gauge, returning from Mortal Kombat 4 .

The trademark fatalities finishing moves are expanded with new types of finishers.

Multiplayer games have quitalities where a character is immediately killed when a player leaves an online game prematurely and faction kills that are finishers tied to one of the game's five factions.

Brutality finishing moves return from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 , as powerful versions of moves that can be used at certain moments to link a combo into a finisher right away.

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Mortal Kombat X [Special Edition] for PlayStation 4 is currently worth €23.90 loose, €16.29 complete in box, and €21.00 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Mortal Kombat X [Special Edition] has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common PlayStation 4 titles.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Mortal Kombat X [Special Edition], loose is €23.90 and CIB is €16.29 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.