Parents guide

None, but some of the female characters wear clothes that slightly reveal their their cleveage, which can be suggestive and seductive.

Infrequent mentions of sexual slavery

Some characters flirt with each other.

Just like the previous games, this game consists in fighting your opponent and, when finished, the player can either spare the enemy of finish him/her via the Fatalities, which have the opponent being torn apart, dismembered, decapitated, disemboweled, mutilated, etc., all with lots of bloodshed and gore.

The list of Fatalities include:

Food For Thought: Baraka rips off his opponent's face, revealing their eyeballs, teeth and muscles, causing them to fall to their knees, then rips off their entire front skull completely, exposing their brain. As the victim falls to the ground, Baraka skewers their brain on his arm blade and takes a big chomp out of it, his eyes dilating and lots of blood graphically spurting out everywhere.

Rock, Paper, Baraka: Baraka impales the opponent with his blades through their torso, pulling upward, nearly cutting off their arms, leaving the shoulders dangling. He proceeds to cross his blades at the opponent's throat, slicing and cutting their head off, sending it into the air. As the head falls down and the body falls over, Baraka cuts the head vertically in half and impales both pieces with his blades as they fall, with blood spurting out.

I <3 U: Cassie charges a Green Shadow Kick, launching her foot through the opponent's torso, kicking the heart along with the lungs out through the back. She follows by shoving both arms through her opponent's sides and makes a heart symbol with her blood-stained hands, smiling and giving an air kiss. This Fatality is very similar to Johnny Cage's "Here's Johnny" Fatality in MKX.

HashtagGirlPower: Cassie runs towards her opponent while shooting at him/her. When face-to-face, she delivers a kick so powerful at her opponent's groin, that it causes the skull and spine to fly out of the opponent's body, with the torso splitting in two and a huge torrent of blood spurting out like a fountain, á la American Gods (2017).

New Species: D'Vorah stabs the opponent in the shoulders using her ovipositors, then grabs her opponent by the throat and vomits masses of eggs, maggots and repulsive residue onto their mouth. This sends her opponent into a paralysis, causing them to twitch as green venom forms on their face. Four large pincers suddenly erupt out of her victim's torso and lift themselves off the ground, as a large insect reveals its head by hatching and bisecting the opponent's head.

Can't Die: D'Vorah takes to the air and fires four blasts of resin at the opponent's limbs, pinning them to the ground. Using two of her ovipositors, she stabs her opponent in the head and proceeds to graphically rip the front half of their head off like a sticker, along with their torso. When she finally rips the skin away, the front of the opponent's skull and their ribcage is still attached to the skin, leaving their organs exposed.

Melted: Black tosses a vial of Zaterrean Spit near the opponent. Black then proceeds by kneecapping his opponent with his revolvers, forcing them to fall to their knees. He slowly walks to the now kneeling opponent and forces their face into the Saurian acid by pressing their face down with his boot. As half of their face melts, Black delivers a final stomp, causing their head to explode in the acid.

Death Trap: Black throws a Netherbeast Trap at his opponent's torso, which clamps down and when yanked away, rips out their guts and exposes much of their remaining innards. Black then walks up and shoves his rifle into the newly-created gaping orifice, angles the barrel up, and graphically blows the top of their head off from the inside, sending a fountain of blood and brains flying out from the blast while their eyeballs are also sent flying out at the same time.

The character Erron Black says GD at least once when you fight against a friend but not in "Story mode".

In some of the intros, the characters will have a tendency to insult each other.

One use of the f word and some uses of bitch and shit.

Johnny Cage gives the middle finger during one of his fatalities.

rambo says fuck some times in intros

rambo says around 18 fucks in the game

Kano is shown to drink beer.

Jax is often seen smoking cigars.

Some of the characters, like D'Vorah and Shao Kahn, may frighten some. On a similar note, the villain Kronika is quite unsettling.

One of the characters, Kabal, has a Brutality which happens to be his classic "Freaky Face" Fatality. Here, he screams at the viewer, causing his eyes to pop out and his hair to fly everywhere before screaming at the opponent, scaring their soul out quite literally. This can be scary for some, but it's meant to be humorous.

When the Fatalities and attacks are performed on the Terminator, it frequently shows us his endoskeleton, which is very accurate to what's shown in the Terminator films. This can be somewhat frightening for some, but for those who are familiar with the character, then there's no problem. Also, the same thing applies to RoboCop.

When the Fatalities and attacks are done on D'Vorah, RoboCop and Spawn, their blood is turquoise, dark grey and neon green, meant to represent Kytinn blood, oil and liquid Necroplasm, respectively. This makes those attacks done on them looks significantly less graphic, but they're still extremely gory nonetheless.

This game returns us to the "Friendships" from the second MK game, and it allows the players to spare the opponent while they get the chance to have fun. They're much more lighthearted than the Fatalities, and are a perfect chance to finish a fight in a non-violent and pacific way. The list of Friendships include:

Nailed It: Baraka brings out a cake, then tosses it in the air. As he uses his blades to cut the cake, he makes a mess. A piece of cake then falls on his head.

Feeling Cute, Might Delete Later: Cassie takes numerous selfies with her smartphone.

I Feel Pretty: D'Vorah wraps herself in a cocoon. After a few moments, she emerges with a pair of butterfly wings and begins to fly around in the air.

What the Duck: Black stares at some carnival ducks while smirking. As the drum rolls and Western music plays, he successfully shoots all four ducks with his revolver and blows the barrel.

Frost-Capades: Frost freezes the ground and begins figure skating on it. She then stares at the camera, keeping her head in place and smiling while she continues skating.