As of late, the “Mortal Kombat” games have featured surprisingly decent — if not great — campaigns, but the meat of the experience has been multiplayer. You can fight a friend while you both sit on the same couch, but online competitive matches have become more popular than ever. Unfortunately, without the proper netcode, online matches lack a spine.
When “Mortal Kombat X” launched, the game received mostly good reviews. However, its netcode wasn’t good, even on consoles. Still, for all the console version’s problems, the PC had it worse. Online matches were notoriously unstable, and the game suffered from issues unique to the platform, including crashes due to memory leaks. The developers at NetherRealm Studio tried to fix “Mortal Kombat X” on PC, although fans on Reddit reported continued problems. Eventually, the developers moved on to their next game. No, not “Mortal Kombat 11” — “Mortal Kombat XL.”
To be fair, “Mortal Kombat XL” included all of the previously DLC-only characters, and the upgrade improved both gameplay as well as the underlying netcode. However, to take advantage of these improvements, players had to buy the game separately. To add salt to this gaping wound, the developers didn’t originally plan to release “Mortal Kombat XL” on PC. NetherRealm changed their minds eventually, but if they hadn’t, they would have left PC players with an inferior game with fewer characters and worse netcode.
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