Mortal Kombat 11
The good ending ofMortal Kombat 11 : Aftermathis the thoroughgoing last for theMortal Kombatfranchise . After the clip - travelling journey of the past three games , theMortal Kombatseries had written itself out of yet another street corner in the original conclusion ofMK11by ending the secret plan with Liu Kang have the ability to mold the future ( and past ) of the realms as he see fit , having destroyed Kronika and gained dominance of her hefty mythic hourglass .
However , as show in thetrailer forMortal Kombat 11 : Aftermath , this was a abruptly - lived triumph , as Shang Tsung , flank by Liu Kang ’s friend Nightwolf and Fujin , come out through a portal and order Liu Kang that all of reality will be destroyed if he attempts to operate the hourglass without Kronika ’s treetop , a McGuffin which acts as the driving force-out behind the plot ofMortal Kombat 11 : Aftermath . Depending on the player ’s selection , however , only one character ends up winning .
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Before the final conflict ofMortal Kombat 11 : Aftermath’sstory , the player is given the choice to decide whether they will be campaign as the Fire God Liu Kang or the necromancer Shang Tsung . If they pick the latter , Shang Tsung will attain command over fourth dimension itself and flex the realms to his evilness will , but if the player prefer to amaze the final encounter as Liu Kang they are treated to what might be the best finale theMortal Kombatfranchise will ever get .
Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath’s Ending Explained
After Shang Tsung betrays both Raiden and Fujin , draining their souls from their bodies and leave them husks on the ground , he then murders not only Kronika but also his former drawing card Shao Kahn and the recently - resurrected Sindel . Right before he is about to take mastery of the hourglass , however , he is interrupted by Liu Kang ( in a manner which mirror how Shang Tsung disrupt him at the beginning of theMortal Kombat 11 AftermathDLC ) and the two of them engage in combat for the last time . When Liu Kang is triumphant he take Kronika ’s cap from a helpless , cowering Shang Tsung , who then dethaw into sand and detritus .
Liu Kang then finally present players what his visual modality for a new world will be like . The placement rise to what seems to be the White Lotus Temple at an undetermined clip , and monks are seen training in a court . Liu Kang float down and enrol the home of a man who is sitting in prayer , calling him by name . " Kung Lao , " the new god say , startling the man greatly . Liu Kang introduces himself as the " God of Fire and Lightning , Liu Kang . " The piece is stunned but reverential , and Liu Kang says that he is much more humble than the Kung Lao he knew . This Kung Lao is confused , and Liu Kang use up him by the shoulders and tells him he has been chosen to be a champion , and that he will need to train .
This is probable the Great Kung Lao , the one who was name in the very firstMortal Kombatgame as the last champion of Earthrealm and the ancestor of both Liu Kang and the Kung Lao player are familiar with . Liu Kang has on the face of it replaced Raiden as the shielder of Earthrealm and will now begin train this original Kung Lao , potential in preparedness for futureMortal Kombattournaments .
Despite lingering questions about why Liu Kang would select to keep theMortal Kombattournaments in his young reality at all , this is quite possibly the best ending theMortal Kombatfranchise could ask for . It not only resets the timeline , erasing all the patch jam and inconsistencies with it , but it also make a nice signified of nostalgia , closure , and accomplishment , and in a series so full of wickedness it ’s nice to see immorality last banished and a newfangled , hopefully better universe put in its place . Perhaps Liu Kang ’s utopia does n’t includeMortal Kombatat all , and maybe he just wants to train the Great Kung Lao to detain vigilant enough to keep it that elbow room .
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