Yep, it definitely is. This video explains it quite well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGQfMhJRTQ

And they are also censoring tf out everything they can on the internet. They censored the Steam MK11 forum so none can complain. If anyone dares to criticize them they say he's not a true MK fan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKvPHLNAhsg
And the list goes on and on...
They can censor all they want but they will only make the hardcore MK fans angrier and louder and they can easily suffer the fate of EA with Battlefield 5

10x for the vids I'm gonna check them out now.

Don't speak for black people.

And personally, as a black man, I've seen far more white folks complaining about Jax's ending than anything, and for ridiculous reasons.

And are you seriously saying that female characters being Elder Gods are an issue? I swear y'all pick the dumbest things to be angry about.

So a woman being clothed and in a position of power is a problem for you. Get the fuck out of here.

I'm not gonna let a few weird endings ruin the game for me. The endings aren't canon and there have been weird ones since MK9. For example Sheeva took over Australia in her MK9 ending. I dont like those random out of left field endings but I can live with them.

Some female outfits are very covered, some are more in line with MK1-Armageddon designs, so I dont care about that. The design of the female characters was horrible in MK9 in my opinion and I am glad they threw that out fast and got back closer to how that were originally.

I literally could not care less about Shao Kahn's quote; is there no possibility that it might be a coincidence? Even if not, it's subtle enough to be dismissed if you'd not nitpick at it.

Those Youtubers calling this stuff out make a career out of this. Sometimes I think they are right and call out ridiculous pandering that ruins games, but this time I think they're just blowing it out of proportion.

I don't have a horse in this race but I gotta say that Shao Kahn quote is anything but subtle lol. They knew what they were doing.

Erron & Jax also have one. Erron says he's not such a bad hombre, and Jax says he shoulda stayed on his side of the border.

Flirty intros, Shao Kahn & Kollector would outrage the Femenazis as much as your extreme of the spectrum.

Ka-Tra

I don't kare and Im certainly not angry lol! I don't speak for black people, they say it. And don't fucking curse me bitch! You're clearly one of them sjw's lol!

The game is great, but the backlash is strong with this one. I think NRS screwed up.

Here you go:

MK Gets woke

Let's cool it down with the insults.

The thing is, though, it was clearly not meant to be taken seriously.

It was neither political stand nor a salvo for/against Trump. It was merely political humor. These folks are tying themselves up in knots for nothing.

I don't know, man. They clearly did it on purpose. Let's take one of the most divisive presidents and have his campaign slogan parodied by Mortal Kombat's most vile and treacherous villains in its history. It was no mistake and I'm sure they meant to make it seem like Trump=Kahn but I digress. It happened and they're not pulling the line. It just makes the game feel dated imo but that's just me. This will all look silly in years time.

Just stop with this stupid ass woke shit. Whoever came up with that term is a degenerate

Honestly i thought the story was going to be full of political themes and sjw typeof bs for no reason... It wasny. The story ead solif and made plenty of sense. I enjoyed it alot. I would of liked to see mkre cameos, i dont care if theure npcs or not. It would of been cool to see reptile have a role in the story. I liked how fleshed out charzcters were, like baraka. I can see why he is there leader now.

I honestly see no issues with this games story. I saw issues with MKX but not this one. The story went above and beyond my expectations

shao kahn has a line were he basically admits to kitana how he used sindel for his "pleasure" and people complain this game doesnt have dark enough themes...really?

Mk11's sales down 43% compared to MkX : RIP Mk

*in the U.K.*

But keep picking and choosing what pieces of a story best suits your agenda.

Will not bother with arguing too much but you'd think Trump supporters would be happy with Trump being compared to Shao Kahn in terms of his words and quotes. Judging Shao by his voice alone without taking into consideration his exploits in fictional lore, he has a commanding presence for leadership; is that not the ultimate compliment for a modern president. As for Jax's ending it is really not that deep, Jax is a hero he plans to do good then he achieves it through his actions: nothing out of character there.

I don't get why people follow Trump like a cult of personality. He's a president, not your infallible God. Shao Khan deserves your cult of personality

Of course it will look silly, but I don't think it was ever meant to be anything else.

Trump's behavior is rather apparent, so I very much doubt NRS was trying to point anything out with that quote. Was it a nod to Trump? Certainly. But it wasn't serious satire. I don't think so, anyway.

I think some are forgetting just how small of a contingent the hardcore MK YouTuber fan base really is versus the wider audience.

Some of those guys making videos saying “people are mad” kinda need to realize that the evidence of that is very anecdotal, plus only the angry people tend to speak out to begin with and their volume always tends to garner more attention than they warrant.

Oh and lastly, isn’t MK11 having the most successful launch in the game’s history? I believe that’s what WB’s CEO said. RIP MK... lol. I kinda feel like this launch would suggest that the series will be just fine even if BroBalls42O and his 300 views per video fans are hopping mad that Jax went back and fixed slavery.

In time, none of this will matter. Same goes with the loot grind, for that matter. It sucks now and people are annoyed, but any perception about wokeness won’t even be remembered when the next MK game comes out.

Who knows, maybe by then, the panicked white guy contingent of the Internet that thinks every female character is a Mary Sue and every non-white character getting anything positive is due to SJW PC police censorship shit will learn to calm down and actually think it’s normal for everyone to have good / cool moments in movies, games, comics etc and maybe even have fun characters and stories all to themselves.

Shao Khan used a Trump line? Jax references the border? So what? It’s a tiny bit of absurdist political humor in a game filled to the brim with humor and absurdity. No big deal. Man, I thought SJWs were supposed to be the hypersensitive ones lol.

Preach.

Oh no, ANTI-SJWS are starting to become a huge pain in the ass like their counterparts- except they don't see it. You have one side screaming CULTURAL APPROPRIATION at every thing and the other screaming "GET WOKE, GO BROKE! STOP PANDERING" while ironically wanting every thing pandered toward them.

It's hard for those of us stuck in the middle. You know...SANE people.

But we've been seeing more of the Anti-SJW breed around these parts as of late.

I can kinda see what you're getting at but it's just something I don't want and never wanted in MK. It's never done correctly and it just comes off preachy rather than satirical. This goes for both parties. If you're gonna insert politics into a video game at least make a game REVOLVING around the politics like Bioshock.

Politics. How tiresome

The kicker to this, though, is that given the immensely diverse political perspectives granted to us by this nation's freedoms, the constitution of 'political content' is subjective.

There are quite a few people who consider Jax's ending political content. I cannot for the life of me understand how, but that's the point. Unless it's conspicuously political, such as a direct reference to an event, all we can do is speculate.