OH man, Tekken 7 does a cool thing like the slo-mo for KO...
Mortal Kombat X not only does a slo-mo, but a brand new animation unique to the kill and a special death animation.
Common NRS, let Tekken win in one feature at least
MKX is looking great no doubt and quite so winning in presentation but Tekken 7 is going to be the better game regardless.
What MKX is doing wrong.
1. Female character modeling is some of the worst I have seen. Unacceptable for a game in 2015.
2. Netcode concerns are legit based on past entries.
3. Game balance concerns are legit based on past entries and it's especially likely to be imbalanced based on three different styles for each character.
4. Concerns of NRS going overboard with patching are legit based on history.
5. Pricing scheme is atrocious and turned me away from buying the game.
6. People saying it's not as clunky as before but still clunky, which has me worried.
What Tekken 7 has going bad for it.
1. Terrible soundtrack so far outside of the jungle stage.
2. Roster of new characters doesn't feel so great. Character designs could be much much better.
3. Same outdated costume designs being used since Tekken 5 for returning characters. And don't be surprised when TKXSF also has these characters in the same clothes.
4. Hideous customs
5. Little evolution of gameplay. When someone can replicate your main "flop/tailspin/whatever" mechanic on a PSP version of Tekken 6, you know you need to do more.
So in summary Tekken 7 is failing in presentation while MKX is failing (or will likely fail) in all other categories (netcode, balance, pricing).
With that being said, Tekken 7 is running on Unreal Engine 4 and will still look far superior to MKX despite reuse of assets and costumes. In addition, despite little to no evolution from Tag 2 to Tekken 7, Tekken 7 will still have the deeper and more interesting gameplay system over MKX.
At the end of day, gameplay, balance, depth, and netcode (which Tekken does better) is more important to me in fighting games than story and character designs (which MKX does a better job with).