I'm enjoying the game for the nostalgia feel to it.....It's good to see them go back to what made them great - Gruesome Fatalities.
My only gripe is the AI level during Story Mode and other Modes as well. It just seems like that it's easier for them to pull off moves while my character is just acting plain dumb.
Rented it and have been playing through story mode for the last few hours with friends. This game has since utterly sold itself and I will be purchasing it next payday.
I L-O-V-E the open-endedness of the fighting engine. There are tricks that can be done here that I could never have imagined in my wildest MK dreams. I'm SO glad they realized they were on the right track with MKDC's engine. Also, fatalites are back and for the first time since 1995, I'm actually grossed out by them again. Just wow.
And FINALLY. A fighting game with some single-player content. I really was getting tired of these games being worthless unless you had friends over 24/7.
The kicker: THEY'RE ACTUALLY PATCHING BUGS AND INFINITES AS THEY'RE FOUND.