

The controls also refer a lot to Mortal Kombat 3, with the clash limited to a single plane, the fastest pace of struggle. Each character will have a different intro and outro, depending if they decided to do a Fatality or not. The player can also execute many special moves with little effort. This combines with most martial arts techniques. Instead of having a few punches and kicks divided between high and low, there's now a button for each limb: front arm, front leg, back arm, and back leg.

The story retells the events of the first three games, in a new timeline where Raiden receives a message from himself in the prime future after the Battle of Armageddon has happened and Shao Kahn became the supreme leader of all the realms. Plot Main article: Mortal Kombat (2011)'s Story Mode
