Okay, so I rented Mortal Kombat X for the PS4, started playing it today. Note, I am a completely novice player of fighting games; as in going into MK I only knew ONE character, that being Scorpion. So I go in, and I look at all the combos blah blah blah same old same old. In my first fight, I try and apply these, get killed because I can't multitask. Next round, I somehow start button mashing. And suddenly I am a beast at Mortal Kombat. Now, for you fighting game people. Why (If you do) take the time to learn the combos when you can achieve great deeds by button mashing.
As for the quality of the game, I quite like it. I think that is a fun game, but for me at least, it will lose it's appeal very quickly. I see there's a story, so I'll probably do that. But otherwise, ya, it's pretty good in my opinion.