The 3 WORST Mortal Kombat Games

[@FastR080T]

Scorpion: I am Scorpion, you killed me in cold blood Sub-Zero: Ayy ma bad I laughed way too hard at this.

[@ArcaneOmen2041]

I can't tell if Sonya was being in character or was really pissed to be in that outfit.

[@Chachiandfriends]

Lol

[@somerandolad]

I get the feeling it was a bit of both.

[@robertcortez4956]

@@somerandolad I mean she’s wearing a sports bra and a pair of yoga pants while wearing a military cap. It’s borderline a pornographic outfit.

[@KaoticReach1999]

@@robertcortez4956 Uh....borderline pornographic? Lmao First from the boon events with her that yes she’s just being in character, not because her outfit which is mild at best, I’ve never seen such a dumb comment, can you even go to the beach without screeching about the swimsuits? Do you look at mannequins at the mall with topical clothes much more than hers and scream “How dare they sale these pornographic outfits!” Grow up boi

[@eropandasennin13]

@@KaoticReach1999 Got a little edge in your comment dude XD.

[@windwind3170]

Replacing Bi-Han's voicelines with CJ's was the greatest thing you've come up with! Please continue! I want more of Gangsta Sub-Zero.

[@grimes558]

Same old Sub Zero! Busta! Straight busta!

[@TransWomanTalksOnYouTube]

Lin keui rag with the strap, thats og

[@chrisossu2070]

17:29 Fun fact, it's revealed in MKX that stomping Quan-Chi's nads is the only way to break the Revenant curse.

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

12:50 Sonya: "Hi" Wow, she sounds so happy and thrilled for the new video game. 😃

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Actress is gorgeous though

[@nintendohandheld9556]

"Our battle is finished, you are now freed from my curse" Scorpion says that while humping the air. Such lovely animation.

[@Jetanium]

“ a r r r r r i g h t “

[@Dreadjaws]

16:06 - Ah, yes, who can forget that time Sub-Zero fought Thor

[@thelegendaryhusquin9906]

18:40 Or that time he fought the Violator in his medieval lair.

[@lucianganea3034]

@@thelegendaryhusquin9906 Spawn might have a word with Sub Zero if he arrives as DLC

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

IDK, but I'd pay good money to see it. Lmiao. 💜

[@16BitJay]

I wonder if Sonya was in character, or if she thought Tommy Tallarico was hitting on her and was genuinely disgusted. It was a good video, and you made me laugh several times while still being informative.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

He doesn't have time for that, he was late for working hand-in-hand with Shigeru Miyamoto

[@connormartinson7619]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69his moms proud of him

[@alentad5262]

15:24 17:42 18:37 I love how you replaced sub a bubba's voice with CJ, it fits so well

[@treyenma5206]

I'd love to see a video of just those edits going over all the cutscenes in the game with Sub-Zero.

[@thaitrinh8852]

Who the hell is bubba?

[@Jethammer117]

Godd Howard sub’s bubba (brother)

[@spiderzero2099]

Kai is Liu Kang's black friend that he hangs around so he can get the N word pass.

[@slifer875]

nintendo? NTR? ningen? a guess we will never know..........

[@BigK13372]

Spider-Zero But he’s asian. He already has the N Word Privilege simply because he’s not white.

[@IllMatic97]

@@BigK13372 no

[@darrylthompson7509]

@@BigK13372 so much truth to your statement.

[@Nekusa]

lMAOOO

[@sharkdude7]

Na man Fujin is awesome, the only good newcomer out of MK4. Rain is still the best tho.

[@LordRaptor]

Really? what about Quan Chi? or Shinnok? or Tanya? or Reiko? none of them are any good?

[@sharkdude7]

Lord Raptor Quan Chi is a BITCH!!! Shinnok is alright. Tanya and Reiko get better.

[@wafflcoptr]

Rain sucks ass. Totally broken and unbalanced in Trilogy, has the worst fatality in the entire franchise (his uppercut fatality is fucking horrible,) he's barely got 3 special moves, he's only been playable 4 times in 15 released games, and he's consistently ranked as one of the lamest characters by various media outlets. Fuck Rain, weakest ninja outside of Chameleon.

[@CradleOfJohn]

@wafflcoptr Rain is a character with wasted potential but a lot of people would disagree with you saying that he is bad. He got better when the MKX comics fleshed him out a little more along with his appearance in the MKX story-mode and before that they were fleshing him out a little in Armageddon. Ed Boon himself said that he doesn't like Rain but its funny cause some characters that Ed dislikes are some of the ones that have a relatively large fan-base.

[@wafflcoptr]

@@CradleOfJohn He just doesn't offer anything special. Unlike Reptile, Noob Saibot, Ermac, or Smoke who all started off as rumors and secret characters you could fight but not play as, Rain was a joke from the start. By the time he was playable, his moveset was simply unfair and unbalanced and if you had a friend who played him in Trilogy, you were pissed off and would talk endless shit for him choosing Rain (think Oddjob in Goldeneye.) If that weren't enough, his uppercut Fatality in that game is, barre none, the worst in the entire franchise. MK vs. DC gets a lot of flak but those fatalities were created under some serious limitations imposed by Warner Bros. Trilogy didn't have those restrictions. It could have been as violent as they wanted it to be, and yet it was the shittiest fatality up until that point and you'd be hard pressed to find a worse one (some of Bo' Rai Cho's are really bad, Quan Chi's neck-stretch in Deadly Alliance is up there too.) But what really ruins him are his fans. They seem to think he's just as cool as Scorpion and Sub-Zero and think he should be in every game, even though the number of fatalities he has is lower than the number of games he has been playable in. Rain is seriously underwhelming in every aspect and his fans want him to be DLC when we only have 6 slots available that would be better used on characters like Fujin, Shujinko, Onaga, Blaze, Havik, Motaro, Reiko, and maybe a guest like Spawn or Doomguy. Rain had his chance already, it's kinda selfish to want him again.

[@jacktaylor6155]

Oh man this guy is a BEAST for including the bloopers smash cut into the actual game cutscenes!

[@stefanoninivaggi98]

Kai is the most powerful shaolin 'cause he can say the N-word

[@gageunruh3574]

Not powerful enough to be brought back

[@stefanoninivaggi98]

@@gageunruh3574 F

[@jonnyamick5463]

FinalGamer1998 was that a Wu-tang reference?

[@darksonicyt5430]

Gage Unruh No it was too OP that he couldn’t be brought back anymore

[@DevFromParaplegiance]

GemerlYT they need to bring him back though lol that handstand spinkick was tight

[@lucid3782]

Can't wait for people to yell about wanting a part 3 after 2 seconds of this came out.

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

Lucidly Lucid I want part 3

[@JunDageki]

Yeah, but no seriously, where's part 3?

[@alfa01spotivo]

wheres part 3?

[@rtpmoviereviews5939]

Loving the vids lately man, I've gotta sign up for that pateron!

[@Powhart]

I can't be the only one who really enjoyed Mortal Kombat 4 :( this was even more nostalgic to me than previous versions :(

[@b.o.353]

Powi MK4 still stands the test of time. It’s got a great look to it. Still love it. It’s of that era.

[@Ron-gw4lj]

The continue screen was bloody good at giving me nightmares, that's for sure! Loved the music too.

[@Jetanium]

MK4 and MK Gold were my favorite.

[@zakkziegler111]

Jivy I had the exact same MK4 PC port. that thing was great.

[@labbaby189]

I grew up off that and Sub Zero. At worst I can say they aged badly, but realistically I don't have anything bad to say about those games.

[@zagrozaslan]

"Get the microphone out of my face" "Sorry"

[@dennfoo]

@AlphaDrum It was, but still was a weird awkward moment

[@alexandera.7127]

always seemed like kind of a dick move by her, journalist was just doing his job

[@cdcdrr]

@@alexandera.7127 I think it may just have been an in-character reaction, since Sonya is the no-nonsense action girl who doesn't suffer fools whose name isn't Cage. Or maybe the journo made a pass or joke that made her decide they can't be friends anymore. Still, my sides!

[@knockemout7790]

Worst MK games (in my opinion): 3: Mortal Kombat 9/2011 2: Mortal Kombat: shaolin monks 1. Mortal Kombat 2 and trilogy MK2 and trilogy were such garbage ass games, I don’t understand how they were actually liked! I’m sure most will agree with my list!

[@Baraka_II]

The Dude no most people won’t but your opinion buddy

[@darkcarnivalx]

Nobody: Comments: *WHERES THE MK RETROSPECTIVE*

[@thelegendaryhusquin9906]

I hate how the MK retrospective part 1 is now age restricted. It's so harmless too :( ...

[@thelegendaryhusquin9906]

@Fwuffycodbunny Yep, I got to see the video the first day it came out. But a couple of days ago, it got age restricted, so now I can't watch it anymore.

[@maldon3659]

@@thelegendaryhusquin9906 Damn article 13!

[@thelegendaryhusquin9906]

@@maldon3659 but im in 'merica

[@maldon3659]

@@thelegendaryhusquin9906 oh.

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

this gon be good

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

Can't believe you're here amazing

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

I’m always up for some GodzillaMendoza, big fan! Hoping I can rope him into collaborating on a Top 10 some day haha. Top 10 Superhero Games?

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

@@PurposelessRabbitholes hmm would be interesting considering the fact that the ones like movie tie ins can be mixed from a happy accident or a complete mess for example the wolverine game based on the movie or in bad terms tasm 2

[@ZeOHKay]

Indeed it will be.

[@trashratman6437]

This is so cool

[@Xpzilla]

I like that MK4 had ending cutscenes tho. The other games just have still images.

[@14mespider9]

Hopefully they will change that in Mortal Kombat 11.

[@Shiikx]

@@14mespider9 lol no u -ed boon

[@scumbagbenis3015]

@@14mespider9 damn.

[@minduncontrollable9451]

15:25 - 15:23 - 15:31 - 17:43 - 17:50 -17:55 - 17:58 - 17:59 18:09 - 18:19 Give credit to Zilla for putting CJ Refernces 😅 (15:22)👈 Question is that Ermac

[@bernardo4157]

Mind Uncontrollable lmao I thought Sub Zero actually sounded like that

[@minduncontrollable9451]

@@bernardo4157 LMAO😂😂😂

[@BlamoStramo]

No that's the Lin Kuei Grandmaster

[@lazlotakahashi4150]

I feel for that guy doing the interview. He's so sad.

[@dragons_red]

Duche bag who got roasted on camera, lol best part

[@Teddy0706]

Poop trilogy

[@bernardo4157]

Ah yes the 90s, back when Netherrealm was still called Midway, and their games didn’t have those weird jawline cheeks

[@mqfii8992]

Actually, Midway declared bankruptcy after MK Armageddon (or it was Vs. DC? IDK) Netherrealm Is a studio formed by Ed Boom and has nothing to do with Midway, aside some staff returning from the previous.

[@casualvanilla]

@@mqfii8992 After MK vs. DC.

[@vh9network]

I miss Midway Games .

[@realapokalyptotony1930]

@@casualvanilla they deserved bankruptcy for that game alone and the Armageddon fatality system

[@tykamen5588]

@@realapokalyptotony1930 Armageddon wasn't really that bad of a game it had some good ideas but some of those ideas were poorly executed

[@keanbobeanbo1486]

All I can think about in regards to the bad characters is when Pat from SBFP was talking shit about the designs from the PS2 era before he realized the guy he was talking to was the lead designer during said era.

[@sosamanotf642]

Keanbo Garbanzo When was this? And who designed them? I really like the PS2 era designs!

[@keanbobeanbo1486]

@@sosamanotf642 They talked about it during their Friday Night Fisticuffs for MKX I think? I know they mentioned it during the MKX video that was on machinima before that channel shit the bed and deleted everything. It was more in the context of characters like Moloch and Nitara being un-fixable, while characters like Fujin and Kenshi were redeemed.

[@itsunwilling315]

As a huge fan of mk and a huge fan of your channel this is a dream come true. Keep up the fantastic work

[@anthonylamonica4110]

Congrats on you and Anna's anniversary Xavier

[@unofficialmeme5972]

Your transition from the arcade machine that showed Quan Chi's face, to immediately showing Quan Chi screaming with the camera so close to his face made me laugh pretty hard.

[@YalkYalk_]

One of the things I love about MKX and also MK11 now is that the characters look like real people, and it reminds me of the digitized actors from the OG trilogy

[@diegoantoniofrias9309]

X2

[@jmal]

Even more so in MK11's case with its use of face models.

[@destronlaserwave9566]

You have to continue this series! I am loving it, it's a well deserved break from Spider-Man and Hulk.

[@izmytime9544]

11:35 "Kano's tips and tricks to get a single lazer eye"

[@lamedrawings]

Ay thanks for the video Xavier, genuinely love this series despite not being a huge MK nerd, honestly this series makes me actually want to play MK. Even tho all I'll amount to is a button mashing scrub but damn it I'll have fun doing it.

[@BlamoStramo]

Don't be fooled. Scorpion and Sub Zero are not the main characters by a long shot. If you go in thinking that you will be dissapointed

[@lamedrawings]

@@BlamoStramo I never said that?

[@BlamoStramo]

@@lamedrawings Just a warning. The nature of these videos and the advertising for the games would have you think so

[@Alec.V.]

Godzilla “not a Spider-Man chan- Oh I don’t even need to do that now.

[@undergrounder]

You know he will talk about Spidey, we're all just playing pretend.

[@dem5908]

Jarek actually says: IMSOGAY!!!

[@Spike-Prime]

OH SHIT TOMMY TALLARICO CAMEO 12:36!! I can't believe he worked on every single sound effect and piece of music featured in both the MK games and this video. He should totally get 7 new Guinness World Records for that.

[@heyitschaz230]

2 videos in a week!!!!! You have blessed us Godzilla...

[@babakap4765]

😂that CJ dialogues.

[@c.a.k.comedy692]

WHERES CAGE AND HIS SEARCH PARTY!?

[@14mespider9]

WHERE IS MJ?!?!

[@generalcheese6783]

AUGH YOU'RE NO HELP

[@Snoc75]

MJ?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND

[@vintheguy]

HOLD THAT APC

[@brandonnetwork]

I don’t hate MK4/Gold, but I consider it that difficult to master baby step of the franchise. For it to evolve from the 90s era to the 2000s. If you know what I’m trying to say. PS, don’t dis the Dreamcast. Ever.

[@MidnightRosa0]

13:16 - 13:21 Oh Hey! Thats Me! :D Not Gonna Lie, House Of The Dead Was Actually Really Good. And I Was The One To Beat The Endurance Round As Kitana! You're Welcome!

[@thaitrinh8852]

Your Xavier’s sister?

[@MidnightRosa0]

Yup.

[@Jetanium]

You’re*

[@CyberBolt21]

I have an IMMENSE soft spot for Mortal Kombat 4 because not only was it the first MK game I played, it was also the first video game I ever played. I was 3 or 4 when I played it. It's pretty goofy but that's why I love it, the endings are the best, especially Jarek's ending. Out of these 3 games MK4 is still BY FAR the better game, I don't find MK4 to be complete trash, it's certainly not the worst thing out there

[@serphence8566]

I have a soft spot for MK4 too, and that wasn´t my first one at all. I think it´s just hip and cool to hate on MK4 nowadays. *bad voice acting*, but reptile´s slithery voice in MK4 beats the new coarse angry voice they gave him in MK X(beats the design too in my opinion). Every strike landed, the opponent would scream in pain, in fact, the hose spraying sound effect can only be noticed by ignoring the agonizing screams of the fighter being ripped apart (they barely do that in the fatalities nowadays). In the very least sounds and voices should be a mixed bag, not straight out bad. Then there´s the screams of someone being tortured in the soundtrack, the game over endless pit, the majority of not-at-all-happy-endings. The entire game is like a picture screaming *agony*... it´s fine if people don´t like it, but c´mon... that´s awesome.

[@CyberBolt21]

@@serphence8566 I Agree on Reptile, I actually like that design, of course there is nostalgia bias for me, but I do think its better than some of his later designs, like Deadly Alliance,. My favorite Reptile designs are classic human, MK4 and MK Shaolin Monks, hopefully if Reptile is DLC or one of the 2 unlockable characters for MK11, he will have a classic human ninja skin, like how Scorpion and Sub-Zero have a classic inspired costume

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

26:03 it's kinda weird to think this one-off boss character eventually became one of the most demanded dlc characters in the franchise

[@olduhh]

Who?

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

@@olduhh Tremor

[@JetJenkins]

Perturbator, huh? I'm starting to think I never really noticed Bomb Squad Man's good music taste.

[@Ditto1610]

Your videogames videos are awesome. Have you played the Metal Gear saga? It would be amazing to see videos of this saga in this model of videos. Just an suggestion to do after the MK videos.

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

15:25 That explains a lot. 17:55 "You killed me." My bad.

[@XMD6145]

I know that mythologies has a lot of problems and an incredibly hard difficulty. I like the game and the idea of these side stories

[@darksidefacelessman]

I'm actually really like Sub-Zero Mythologies. When i first played it, this game kicked my ass, but the game concept, graphics, soundtrack and atmosphere, it's really grown on me, so i kept practicing. Eventually i mastered controls, jump timing sections and fighting system. I even drawn the maps of levels, checking every single pit for a secret, marking those places on a map so i could restart this level with full credits and easily complete it with every bonus item on the map picked up.

[@kaffeetrinken6352]

damn just got done with my homeworks and now i get this video as a nice end to the day :) Love your videos Godzillamendoza!

[@edb2863]

Funny enough was watching older videos of yours when this popped up. Good stuff!

[@HydraDominus]

“Never sorcerer!!! WAAAAHH!!!” *explodes* “Fool” And the award for this centuries best voice acting goes to...

[@Kellum1969]

"Xavier?! I thought you were-" "Thought I was what? Dead? Like the Hulk retrospective?"

[@darthvader5273]

How the fuck was this comment 3 days ago?

[@Kellum1969]

Through the magic of Patreon.

[@colonelcrab4772]

Can someone PLEASE make a video of those subzero/CJ edits??

[@johnsmithy4078]

Hey man just wanna say I’m craving for the next installment in this series. Keep up the good work

[@TylerPanzramCarlin]

I originally got a little upset about someone talking trash about one of my favorite games from my childhood, but eventually saw the humor in it all. Thanks for changing my perspective.

[@AlexThe1Menace]

1:15 the timing with Spidey's punch and Left Hand Suzuki Method was perfect.

[@storywithzoey]

Become the permanent, immortal ruler of a peaceful place called DENNYS

[@Koolyaroo]

Why did this series never continue I would love to see u talk about the ps2 trilogy, i just recently started playing them myself. They’re super interesting to look back at LOL

[@tk-2976]

Cj sub zero was funny as hell

[@negativebones1887]

This was great! Really, really enjoyed this. I’m loving these MK videos as a huge fan of the franchise. Highly anticipating the next one, and especially when you go into the 3D era of games.

[@HQ_Default]

Your costume from when you were 12 years old still fits you 8(ish) years later? Either you were a massive 12 year old or you are a very small lad.

[@mrniceguy7168]

It was an obvious self deprecating joke

[@ciskovasquez8228]

Reptile: hey can I have a glass of water? Shinnok: NOOOOO

[@jairolopez1199]

So CJ was sub zero all the time after GTA San Andreas or did CJ already know ice powers before San Andreas.

[@bthesilentgames]

So he defeated the ballas An corrupted police force, an sorcerer from hell and an fallen elder god? Wowzers.

[@sosamanotf642]

Can you cover the 3D (PS2,Xbox & GCN) era of MK too, I really consider those to be the hidden gems of MK.

[@ScrubbzAnimate]

Carl Johnson Sub-Zero is bae. I'm in love with that entire segment because of that. Great job, dude!

[@yusefhafza5454]

One neat thing in MK mythologies is that scorpion first appears in his MK1 costume, but the next time you fight him, he's in his MK3 costume. Just in case anyone didn't notice

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

at least there are more gore that Mortal kombat Vs DC

[@reversepickle5923]

the voice acting for Sub Zero was top notch and its a shame his voice actor couldn't continue voicing the character when he is what Kevin Conroy is to Batman

[@coltonsalguero6849]

Give Sub-Zero CJs voice is classic

[@ar_reactions612]

I’m a simple man: when I see GodzillaMendoza upload, I click on it. Also: MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!

[@yaboialex8862]

Copy paste

[@ar_reactions612]

Alex Rouff hm?

[@yaboialex8862]

@@ar_reactions612 you stole that comment

[@ar_reactions612]

Alex Rouff from who exactly? Also I didn’t, I was just expressing my love for GM’s videos and MK

[@yaboialex8862]

@@ar_reactions612 like every other comment section

[@IronNinja]

You spelled my name wrong in the patron credits, it’s Zackary Stewart... my traumatic flashbacks for my name being spelled wrong are returning, IMA SUE

[@luigiq2861]

OMEEEEEEEEEGALEL

[@IronNinja]

Super JLK patreon my boi, watch videos a few days early

[@IronNinja]

Super JLK nah, I just click the link provided to us on patreon, setting it to various accounts isn’t possible

[@T-Jex]

"Earthrealm, home, or at least it was before i fucked everything up"

[@boomerangthrower3961]

*where’s MK4 for the Game Boy Colour?* *0/10*

[@fishtanksamurai7786]

Kick ass on the Sheena blooper, that was nicely done. Cute actress too.

[@rossobrien1582]

Godzillamendoza is a beautiful man child that loves murder. And I love him.

[@Horrorfreak106]

"Get the microphone out of my face" Oof. Must've been in a bad mood, huh?

[@Magiciantype-0]

Damn Xavier I didn’t know you played house of the dead we should hang out sometime if you are either in Nevada or I am in Colorado

[@thatonerandomguy3953]

30:53 - Sonya's no-bullshit attitude seems to have rubbed off onto the actress.

[@waterdrinker90]

MK4 was great. It was a phenomenom. I was hooked on MK ever since I played 2 in the arcades. I saw the release of MK4, and the huge hype behind it. I remember walking into the arcades the day the MK4 machine arrived and it was surrounded by a sea of people. Seeing those 3d graphics, the amped up violence. I distinctily remember people cheering the first time we all saw the countdown ending on the Continue screen, and Scorpion falling into the spikes. A year later I got a MK4 on my psone, and I played the shit out of it. I know a lot of people who are more used to modern gaming might find it strange, but things like ultra-realistic graphics and good voice-acting weren't really that important to us back then. They were more like a nice extra. ESPECIALLY for fighting games. Of course, by the time MK4 came out, there were other 3d fighting games that blew it out of the water (Tekken, for example), but it was still cool to see those characters we all grew up with in these huge 3d models, performing way more elaborate fatalities, with different camera angles and stuff. The game hasn't aged as well as the classic trillogy, but for those who were there when it came out, I'm pretty sure it has a special place in their hearts.

[@mesicek7]

4:56 I don't know if it was the same on consoles but on pc there was a cheat code for doing fatalities the easy way. You just go into options menu hold 2 buttons(block and run?) and you could enable all sorts of modes. For easy fatality mode you just pressed down and low kick and he'd perform it.

[@stevesteve0521]

Mortal kombat 4 is one of the best in the Mk series so I don’t understand why people underrate the game.

[@chaddangler2046]

Because it really isn't that good.....at all.....

[@ar_reactions612]

Because the game is really bad

[@TylerPanzramCarlin]

I still hope they do a remaster of shaolin monks, or another adventure game staring some MK characters.

[@dominicwalli]

You clearly dont know what you are talking about...mk4 IS one of the best mk games.

[@aliencatcrew3336]

The endings of the characters in this game is like wizard of oz on crack. "Reptile asks for something??" No!! Lol

[@MARRO1190]

You dissapiont me dude. MK4 was awesome, i gotta skip your mk4 review, makes no sense.

[@Ron-gw4lj]

IKR, how could we forget the scary continue screen!?

[@Zabijaka87]

Agree. I enjoyed hell out of MK4. MK Mythologies Sub-Zero too.

[@DhaHostileScow]

yeah idk what he was goin on about with mk4...not to be trusted

[@Zabijaka87]

@@wrexonus No U

[@Donotaro22]

Love your videos. Your voice and editing is cool.

[@zeporion6091]

Nobody: Sonya: *GET THAT MICROPHONE OUTTA MY FACE*

[@icetramonster8622]

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves"! That Mic towards Sonya's Mouth. XD Xavier you are funny!!! LOL

[@oldschoolhiphophd]

MK4 was a good game imo. I used to play the hell out of it with my friends.

[@mr.no-to-body8121]

So i assume.....that the true terror of bad mk games is just beginning. (Also, this retrospective will probably not be done before the release of MK11.)

[@xxsh4d0whjwjw34]

This comment won't get a heart

[@lessthanpinochet]

Dude, Cocoon is an amazing song. Vespertine is of my favorites by Bjork.

[@Nintality]

Mortal Kombat 4 or (Gold) is the only 3D MK wich actually feels and plays like the previous games imo. Really fast paced (every combo is the same tho) I really like MK4 and MKG.

[@pocoloco753]

Honestly, I loved Mk4 back as a kid. It had such an unsettling vibe with creepy music and disturbing moments like Shinnok's face melting, living trees moaning in the background or that game over screen that everyone remembers. Cutscenes were fine, on par with what other games had back then and much more entertaining than still images with text . Most of the new characters were indeed very forgetable, but I disagree with the story being bad. If anything, it was interesting to see so many characters being killed in the cutscenes. It made you wonder who was gonna make it out alive in the end.

[@jmal]

MK4 was a weird mix of dark and silly. You got Shinnok's face melting one minute and being "flushed" down the portal to God-knows-where the next, complete with the appropriate sound. You got bone breaker moves that made you cringe with the realistic sound effects, and then some fighters yell "OOHI'MGONNATHROWYOUOVERTHERE" when they literally throw their opponent on the other side of the arena. You have somber ladder endings like Liu Kang's, dark ones like Shinnok's, and ridiculous ones like Jarek's... Yell of Pride™. You could argue that it's series tradition to be dark and silly since at least MK2 with the Friendships and Babalities, but MK4 for me was the point where the silly started to clash with the dark. Its tone was all over the place.

[@randominternetweirdo5479]

How goes the process of suffering through Defenders of the Realm (the animated mess of a series) and Conquest (that live action messy show focusing on ancient Kung Lao and his underwhelming friends)?

[@matane2465]

You mean Siro the greatest Mortal Kombat character ever?

[@marlonsanchez3141]

Say what you will, I still want a MK: SUBZERO MYTHOLOGIES remake and have not suck but also still include a dlc of the original spinoff game.

[@5udimax]

17:44 I did not realize that Sub Zero was secretly CJ from San Andreas.

[@NeoRider99]

11:25 " But they just took out his cyborg parts because he was gay " according to subtitle

[@wafflcoptr]

MK4 was a welcomed breath of fresh air. A new boss, a new premise, weapon combat, a return to actually good fatalities, the return of Goro (!!!) the first time the series had intractable objects that would return nearly 18 years later, and side stepping changed the gameplay fundamentally. I'd play this any day over Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Besides, this isn't a tournament, so weapons being "allowed" is inconsequential.

[@marmax321]

Using CJ's voice lines for subba bubba is just perfect

[@johnnygyro2295]

18:36-18:15 Sub-Zero: *after seeing Shinnok transform* "Aight, I'mma head out." Also, that Sub-Zero song sounds pretty catchy.

[@TheHouseofPanda]

Yes, MK4 was in 3D because of peer pressure. MK3 was highly criticized for not making the leap, even though Virtua Fighter 1 looked like ass when it came out. It was still revolutionary for its time.