Exploring Mortal Kombat 1 Stages With Free Camera

[@ermaccer]

First version of MK1Hook is out now! Free camera and FightHUD disable options are currently in, as usual - no paywalls. ermaccer.github.io/posts/mk1hook/ More stuff will come with time as I research more of the game.

[@unoriginality1413]

cool, what version of mk1? snes? genesis? sega cd?

[@BREDES]

​@@unoriginality1413Gameboy 😂❤

[@nothillybilly]

A lot of other fighting games have great stages but MK1 is the first one where I fall in love with every single one of them.

[@AdrenaLukeYT]

Right? Idk of a single one I don't like

[@oblongbox5110]

MK1 stages are the best part of the game. The only game I can see that could rival MK1's stages, is Tekken 8.

[@The_LivingForest]

I love mk11 more than mk1,but mk11 has a map where I hate the guts of playing in it

[@unoriginality1413]

i wish we had MK Armageddon Konquest style gameplay so we could explore these environments more, these beautiful environments have such potential to get explored further

[@kendaocripto]

Shaolin Monks >>>>

[@rikybj0276]

deception

[@Blessin2000]

Wym we have invasions 🙃 yay

[@cotocoyerakson8195]

Let me throw everything I want in the soup. A beat'em up Mortal Kombat like Shaolin Monks where we can have coop or even a party of three members, but also a open world experience like Deception gave us. We can do a lot of exploring and meaningful quests, not repetitive shit that takes forever sometimes. We could actually learn more from this new timeline and even meet a lot of characters that didn't show up yet. Or maybe we could drop the Coop idea and have just young Shujinko finishing his training and then going on a journey to develop his abilities but being guided by the other characters, they teaching him not just technique but also helping him to grow as a character. We could go for multiple choices, choosing different paths that can lead us to different endings. It's not something that we expect from MK but Shujinko is a good character to work with this, he was naive enough to fall into anyone's hand and be corrupted but also was selfless enough to get in between a war just for the sake of people who asked his help. Unlike Taven who was too focused on his main quests Shujinko was always easily distracted, so being able to explore the whole world and learn from everyone, pick sides and build our own destiny, that is a good experience. Now... Imagine how nice it would be to customize Shijinko's entire moveset based in a Beat'em up game, maybe not like Shaolin Monks but more like Hokuto no Ken Lost Paradise maybe... I don't know. Okay, just one more idea. What if we kept the PVP shit, like an arena match. We could use our Shujinko (that the game could let us customize the apperance a little so we could have a taste of Kreate your Character again) against other player Shujinko like Shujinko from different timelines, or being able to use characters that we unlocked by mastering their styles. A good Shujinko who kept helping earthrealm and is wearing the White Lotus clothes from the end of Deception against an evil Shujinko from the evil ending where he wears something similar to Shang Tsung's clothes and learned soul and blood magic, have some of Shao Kahn or Reiko moves.

[@OldSchoolLives]

@@Blessin2000invasions is dog shit

[@danielcook7975]

Okay that is fucking Cool! Kitana and Mileena talking to each other in background, NRS really went into lot of detail lol

[@bravemonkgaming]

That’s a crazy amount of detail 😮

[@ermaccer]

i really got surprised with how they used multiple apple models instead of one-two in great hall

[@MoSaladLFC]

For real. I lost my shit when I saw the Johnny Cage signature on the Amazon box 😂

[@lordadrianrichter3409]

I love Mileena's energy in this game. God, she's fun.

[@fancy3774]

U horny af

[@xleanssx]

Yes, I love it, but be careful with your eyes :(

[@GreatHealer.]

Great attention to detail on those levels. some of the best we have ever seen.

[@ArcherJ1]

What is cool about the great hall is if you play as or are facing any of the 3 ladies sitting in their chairs they won’t be sitting there. I’ve only seen it with Kitana but I’m sure it’s true for Sindel and Mileena as well

[@ChillestForm]

Yeah that’s been a thing since MK9 bro💀

[@_jad3d]

@@ChillestForm Doesn’t mean it’s not a neat detail

[@MetallicMagenta]

@@ChillestForm omg such a fucking downer

[@pinospin9588]

that happened since mk2 buddy shao kahn doesn't sit on his throne when fighting him

[@Fritz_A.]

It's funny how MK had amazing details since the first Games.

[@masterbottle1345]

bro the amount of detail NRS put into this is CRAZY, THEY BE COOKIN FR

[@ermaccer]

certainly outdid themselves this time

[@etheron123]

They have cooked and it's a buffet of goodness

[@GgrimrodD]

God the level of detail in the teahouse alone, they've got an entire village back there! When I thought they'd have flat textures or low poly buildings that face one direction, they all look incredibly detailed. Same Johnny's mansion, I hate how we can't explore it more, it's fully modeled on all sides for cutscenes I'm sure

[@Foxfancy357]

1:56 Must be Madame Bo’s special tea 😂

[@arbi018]

as a guy who makes 3d modeling and rendering i gotta say they did add really small details, even outdoors, they took the time to add some lowpoly buildings far away to give the sensation of distance, amazing, that also explains the game 100 gb, lots of assets

[@tdubasdfg]

This the kinda stuff we should be unlocking in the shrine instead of random NPC concept art

[@truboxl]

I wonder thats why story mode fight and custscenes transition is dang smooth

[@cyanaura5044]

Imagine if mortal kombat is not only fighting games, but also an open world where we can exploring all this places

[@cytadell1447]

mk unchained

[@IC2I]

Couldve been the new and improved mk11 krypt but invasions...

[@awkwarddrawings]

Little details like in the throne room where mileena is getting excited and sitting slouched over clearly into the battle while Kitana and Sindel sit gracefully exchanging words or the occasional gasp it’s adorable

[@brunoracanelli777]

7:59 Dude, there is no reason to put that kind of information/detail on this stage. Hella of work there. Big Respect.

[@davidoats1986]

Fun Fact: in the great hall stage if you choose Sindel, Mileena or Kitana they would be missing from their chairs.

[@h4rakirii]

that’s actually been around for plenty of mk games! i first noticed it in mk9 but it might go back even further

[@rudyyeye7812]

I never see kitana shes too far in the left side camera doesnt show her

[@davidoats1986]

@rudyyeye7812 I noticed too but I picked her and she was gone too.

[@TheInfamousDope]

No shit sherlock

[@Fritz_A.]

It's been like that since MK2. Shao Kahn during his boss fight, specifically

[@NeonKnightOA]

Now that explains why every chapter takes place in a stage, or a few of them.

[@JustAnotherGamer1005]

Same for all the other previous MK's. The cutscenes have always revolved around the stages you can fight in. That way they can add a lot of detail without being a waste on resources.

[@theFUTUREchamp845]

In the tea house I like how they put the Mortal Kombat, X lady that you can throw and kill her. It’s a really good detail

[@xavierg5523]

you could tell the creators had fun making some of these detailed items and things in the background. especially in madam bo's teahouse

[@sidneycage22]

0:02 The way these three are just casually talking in the background while watching the fight is just perfect to me. Also, the way Mileena moves makes her look like a normal Earthrealmer. 😂

[@TheSYPHERIA]

They really went all the way out. The detail is spectacular!

[@davidtorres5500]

Simply awesome!!!!! I love those details (in spite Some defects at the end of the every stage). It is amazing yo see the textures of fruits such as apples, oranges and apricots (0:58), announcements of Kano, and Johnny Cage 's prizes like the Palm (in alution to Cannes') and a Gold Raspberry at 8:25 😂 or the cheese of the pizza and mexican Tequila (8:54).

[@Valentin7789_]

man this level of detail is insane!

[@PlayBatty]

Awesome! I feel like most of the 3d games have a lot hidden off screen most never see.

[@miekwavesoundlab]

Meleena is board, Kiana is rehearsing, Sindel is chillin

[@cyberkhan6587]

The level of detail is incredible! However, there are countless completely unnecessary elements being rendered. What a strange decision!

[@vladswayne1503]

Couldn't agree more. As someone who works with 3d rendering I'm baffled by the amount of never to be seen details which must be using an unknown amount of your pc/console resources. No denying it all looks gorgeous though

[@sharif47]

​@@vladswayne1503partially answers why the switch port was so bad.

[@MarcM47]

The level of detail is impressive!

[@aniabbb9218]

8:22 Golden Raspberry Award 😂

[@wild_wind2]

Sindel and Kitana:-* Sitting exquisitely * 0:14 Meanwhile Mileena:- 0:04 and 0:09

[@PhobosWizard]

I was waiting a video like this! Thanks dude

[@UNKNOWN-ys7pl]

It’s crazy how much detail they put into backgrounds that we as the players don’t get to see whenever we’re fighting, like not just the backgrounds but stuff that isn’t on the screen because it’s “out of bounds”

[@ChrisValentine12384]

8:05 Dangly bit XD Crazy how much detail is on sento up close, when we never actually get that close to it normally.

[@jackjax7921]

3:40 Thats attention to detail. LMAO

[@daniloespiritu1962]

They did such a great job with the stage designs!!

[@austinkniga-bartlett8657]

I didn't know the Great Hall and Hanging Gardens were connected! Mind blown!

[@Guava11534]

I feel like these maps are way bigger than they need to be. You can make the map look exactly as it does now still cut out a bunch stuff off screen that players will never see. It will save so much resources maybe reduce the total file size.

[@awesomeruben]

Probably because of campaign, when they walk around and show different angles

[@itz.murdock8174]

i think its because they kmow we are gonna mod and explore the map like how hes doing in the video

[@david8FCB]

NR arent lazy bums like most studios

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I was thinking about saving resources to apply instead into making more costumes, more kameos, etc. Like, things that directly impact the true experience of a 2d game... The fixed camera angle of 2d fgs prevent people from looking a lot of stuff done there.

[@gummyboots]

@@carlosaugusto9821 not in this case, these stages are in the story mode and the parts we don't see normally are used for scenes and transitions there-in.

[@Vortex-me3lu]

I feel like the Dangly Rope in Cage Mansion is a little Easter egg meant to be found if you go exploring

[@Valorstyle]

This should be a mode, it’s a shame to add all this detail to the stages and we can’t see it all. More of this

[@kentrader2489]

Ppl who say the game is rushed don’t understand the immense detail put into this game

[@efremtommasi1387]

As game developer I must say this is a little strange, especially for this type of game

[@obibapious2166]

why is it strange?

[@trafikantes4204]

​@@obibapious2166 I think because most of the map is not visible to players since of locked 2D camera, the outside is way too detailed for no reason

[@obibapious2166]

@@trafikantes4204 ohk

[@awesomeruben]

The answer is probably because the campaign shows these maps and they have to have different angles

[@garudanathanael5257]

​@@trafikantes4204It has reasons. Have you played the story mode? It's for them cutscenes.

[@Maziko_Lee]

Thank you for uploading! The attention-to-detail is wonderful!!!!! 🤩

[@marshmellocrunch]

@3:19 he read my mind and zoomed in on that girl face 😂😂😂😂

[@pouyamoghaddam5082]

At 8:46 the same pizza box that used for TMNT’s outro in injustice 2😮

[@garudanathanael5257]

Now I know the Sento (short) history thanks to this free camera.

[@hanselthecaretaker]

Gracious thanks to you for providing such a neat tool to explore this beautiful game!

[@symmetricgemini5828]

This version of outworld is more majestic and aesthetic while Shao Khan's outworld is more barbaric.

[@suitieeblazer]

5:32 woo.... hold on a second, is that Groot in the Living Forest??? 😱😱

[@thundergodgamer118]

Show the other stages like this please. This is truly awesome!

[@Akari_2759]

Wow they put so much detail in this game! Really wish we could roam though.

[@jasonlorphotofilms]

4:03 I just noticed the picture of an old lady on the wall looks just like the old lady in the outworld market stage in Mortal Kombat X. The one you could interact with.

[@jayv7006]

And it says she is Madame Bo. Which means that she existed in the MKX timeline.

[@tomtom6734]

Wow 😳. Amazing all of the things going on in the background that we don't even know when we are fighting.😮

[@thebadguy8997]

They have come so far, I remember mk11 the stage free camera mod none of these details were there

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

I'm guessing the environments are all fully rendered in 3D because they will all be invasions maps in the future. Can't wait to make my character explore that arched hall in the royal palace.

[@TheInfamousDope]

Keep dreaming

[@Feri]

@@TheInfamousDope so bitter for what

[@JustAnotherGamer1005]

Nope, Invasions maps look totally different and have different layout. They are set up totally different. These are just so detailed because they need them for different angles in cutscenes and such. And even then they did go a bit overboard.

[@kid_thegamer]

The Mortal Kombat Modding Scene is the Greatest!🤩

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Damn, they have more than just one area been rendered. They rendered places even outside of main area. I wonder what for? It's not like it is a 3D game like Tekken, where you can move in any direction that you like.

[@RachelHophes]

The details are crazy!!!

[@Arowana95]

I hope you find a way to make every NPC playable like Ermac, Quan Chi Dark Raiden, Dark Scorpion, Shao Kahn with hammer and every hybrid fighters from chapter 15.

[@zkdelta8014]

Ermac and Quan Chi are going to be part of the first Kombat Pack. Dark Raiden, Dark Scorpion, and Shao Kahn would just be skins for the already existing characters. But the hybrid fighters should definitely be modded in at some point.

[@alemusg]

Increíble!!!... ¿Cómo es posible que los diseñadores se tomen la molestia de poner una gran cantidad de detalles en los escenarios si solo es posible verlos de esta manera?... me impresionó mucho!... gran trabajo!...

[@BigDaddy115]

Taco taco burrito 🗣️

[@xllWarlockllx]

@@BigDaddy115 Monolingual retard is scared of other languages, classic American.

[@ciawn1218]

@@BigDaddy115gringo inglés sin cultura 🗣️

[@BigDaddy115]

@@ciawn1218 burrito burrito taco 👺

[@music_lover2211]

This is amazing. Can't wait to buy that game.🔥

[@reda7779]

I have been waiting for this video!

[@MST3Kfan1]

This is why I would be so happy with a Shaolin Monks style game with these graphics. Even with MK11 graphics. Please NRS, make it happen Great video thank you for sharing

[@LetsTakeWalk]

I sure loved the details in T H E T E A H O U S E.

[@Jm649]

Wow the detail 🤩

[@Crystallums]

Simply Amazing Job for this game !!! It was make with much love...

[@janwelcastro250]

Devs probavly knew this is gonna happen so they went nuts in kreating these stages.

[@Ambatuglooow]

This is the benefit of mk using Unreal engine software on games.. god damn.. the graphics are insane.. the details.. it feels like.. damn.. it makes me.. im bout to blow

[@ermaccer]

omaygott

[@jokinn4849]

they put so much details on stuff that you ain't even gonna see in game

[@nekogirlbeth123]

i remember i was playing on cage's mansion on ps5, fighting against an ai tanya, and she got me in air in the cirner and hit me with a fatal blow, it was weird though, she was facing left but the animations olayed out as if she were facing right. turns out, the game glitched and showed me the fight if the camera was oriented the other way, and i was amazed at how much geometry is modeled for something you can never see in game!

[@JadedCountess]

Honestly I love the amount of detail in the stages, don’t know why people have to be like “oh it’s strange that they have so much detail that we can’t see” who cares? They wanted to add detail and they seemed to have fun with it so why not just enjoy that🤦🏼‍♀️

[@kman55w]

4:04 they really put grandma we toss in MKX there 😂

[@carlosaugusto9821]

An admirable effort from one side. But on the other hand i started thinking that these highly detailed modern fg stages that are notable in TK and MK, that could even be called excessive and overdone, look like a waste. Especially MK that is 2d, so there is even less to see in the 2d fixed angle. But even in TK there's a ton of effort put in places that the players hardly see. So to me it would be better if these modern games simplified the actual battle stages, dropping the costs to make stages, and applied the saved resources in making adventure-like story modes similar to MK's Konquest, SF6's World Tour, etc, with some level of free roaming (even if restricted). That looks like a better use of resources to me.

[@DovonMac1]

There is an over site in Mileena‘s attack during Lemei story where there are two Milennas at least when I played the switch version

[@garfieldunderpants9914]

What were you expecting playinv the Switch version?

[@StrawberrySkyyy]

The chefs look so unbothered by the literal dismemberment of their customers

[@valkyriehero6271]

i am so sad we didn't get a konquest mode for this gam e attention to detail is stellar

[@RobertJohnson-hp4gz]

The great hall is SO pretty!

[@J.Santino]

This makes me think they planned for a real quest adventure mode but cancelled it last minute

[@krishernandez2293]

Johnnys mansion showing Malibu and LA buildings at a distance 💯

[@juanjosealvarezsouza7365]

4:20 Why is there a photo of Blanche of MkX in tea house's wall? Is Madam Bo in this time line? 🤔

[@MafiaGameVideos]

Can you unlock Homelander and Omni-man yet?

[@ermaccer]

they arent in the files at all outside of dummies

[@MafiaGameVideos]

oof

[@thefrenchedenian6860]

Milena : 🥴 Kitana : 🗣️ Sindel : 😐

[@androkr]

3:41 Antenna?

[@6KArkade]

All high definition models and textures in the background and beyond and you don’t even see them making the game so unnecessarily huge

[@L3mon_head]

Seeing this makes me think about all the extra unnecessary stuff in these stages 💀

[@bigbosssnakecorn8834]

8:16 Imagine teasing an Animality future update 🤯

[@Fritz_A.]

I doubt animaltality will return. Reptile confirmed he only has 2 forms, human and Lizard. Which means he doesn't has his monkey form for the animaltality

[@bigbosssnakecorn8834]

@Fritz_A. That’s why I said “imagine”

[@РусланДжавиш-о3ю]

Waaaaay better than other MK

[@gatoordinario94]

1:03 Jacquie Briggs was taken by Umgadi 😂

[@edoeduardo457]

Ayooo

[@jayv7006]

So Bo exists in the previous timeline, she was in MKX and known as "Blanche"

[@xunyi4153]

太棒了，刚玩上游戏就想着来看看

[@poorjedi]

You are the best, thanks for the mod

[@axostierIV]

3:39 I dont see Madam Bo's TV or Radio around, but why they have satellite dish? Cage Mansion theme looks Doom Eternalish :D

[@link01742]

4:15 This implies that Madam Bo is the lady you throw at your opponent in Mortal Kombat X on the Outworld stage!

[@tomtom6734]

Looks like Groot is in the haunted forest.😂

[@zoe-y5r]

This is so cool

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Amazing

[@sidneycage22]

1:04 JACQUI?!?! 🤯🤯🤯

[@Ary_Nightray]

¡Increíble! ❤

[@CrazyPCgamercatguy]

Awesome! Thank you for the video! Just out of curiosity: all this scenery, which most of it we won't even see or we will be to far away to even notice, doesn't increase the pc requirements for the game? PS: I'd love to see more videos exploring MK stages!

[@elgrasso3117]

Do you think it will be possible to have Kameos as playable characters in the future, maybe with other character's moves, or just to have them as dummies for fatalities?

[@beanprotein]

Well Johnny is going to be a Kameo in KP1 and I heard rumors about Cyrax becoming playable 1

[@Tsar_bombaclat]

@@beanproteinI heard cyrax will be playable and also rewritten as a woman.

[@beanprotein]

@@Tsar_bombaclat interesting

[@Fritz_A.]

Female Cyrax? Time to get my Drawing tools