Mortal Kombat 1 Is The Dumpster Fire That Keeps On Burning

[@israelpereira2088]

This game is a joke,what a terrible launch,thank God everyone have the option to play Street Fighter 6 and TEKKEN 8.

[@Dragoneye2427]

I'd like to play tekken 8 but they still haven't fixed their online servers last time I checked and given tekkens history of having the worst servers of all the fighting games I don't exactly have my holes up. Shame though because the game itself looks really fun to play though.

[@dylanpenn3189]

@@Dragoneye2427 Ive been playing and the servers have been fine for me on the East Coast. Thats just me though

[@Dragoneye2427]

@dylanpenn3189 really? See I'd like to hop on but I only play fighting games online so it's a make or break for me.

[@atom74787]

The servers have been great recently

[@Dragoneye2427]

@@atom74787 how do you guys like the game compared to the other three?

[@DayHikari-fj5fk]

The irony of harada "saying don't ask me for shit"and being the one who communicates with the fans more than nrs is just WOW

[@brandogents6624]

I also feel that Japanese devs have less hoops to jump thru to fix things and communicate with us. We have much different rules for our devs over here, they have so many hoops to jump thru to even tell us anything about what's going on. While Harada can just come out and tell us what's up and fix things. Or that's how it seems I could be completely wrong about Japanese devs 🤷 just seems they can actually interact more without having to ask higher ups

[@danielchin4198]

@@brandogents6624 maybe that has more to do with being related to warner bros than being a region thing

[@rdowg]

I love it, the dude shows up to EVO tournies as a contestant, shit talks people on twitter, and actually talks about what he and his team are doing

[@riqua27]

​@@brandogents6624Nah that's just Harada thing. You don't see Ikeda (SF) or Sakurai (Smash) do it the way Harada did.

[@khhnator]

just don't ask him for shit

[@TheLordOfTheNight321]

I was mad with the state of MK11, now with MK1 I can't even be angry anymore, I'm just tired and disappointed.

[@ri_c_e]

they should just build off the mk6, 9 or 10 engines or similar or recreate it, the 3d trilogy was fun and interesting, the first half of the NRS era was good too so idk.

[@theretrogamingnerd3316]

What was wrong with the state of Mortal Kombat 11? It was released in way better state than Mortal Kombat 1.

[@Raziel_Goetia]

​@@theretrogamingnerd3316 I think a lot of people just didn't like general way game was played. It was a lot more meter management focused and a lot slower. Iirc you pretty much played to recover meter and then spend it and then spend it. Plus meta was rather awkward at times, esp with Jackie briggs being top 5 through entire life span on the game.

[@ri_c_e]

@@theretrogamingnerd3316 its super scrubby and the characters arent balanced super. some are geounded and some get these super aerial characters. Thats mostly opinionated tho and MK11 releasing good doesn’t mean MK11 was good either.

[@Mugen123456789]

@@theretrogamingnerd3316 mk11 was close to being a very solid game but NRS abruptly stopped supporting it. Tbf the game had core mechanics that realistically couldn't be fixed without gutting the game entirely. Like the regenerating meter system, the breakaway system, the wake up system. All of these systems nrs put bandaids on but couldnt really fix then suddenly pulled the plug on mk11. Then MK1 drops and all those listed issues were gone which is no coincidence. Mk1 was going to be a banger on release but since WBs other projects failed they pushed mk1 early to try to make up the lost money. I find it weird when people say Mk11 is slow when it had close to half the cast zooming across the screen with wavedashes and ending rounds in seconds with krushing blows. It was fast paced with very heavy emphasis on neutral play. It just had other big issues prebaked into the game that couldn't be fixed

[@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn]

I love when you say "absolutely shambolic." It's my favorite word now.

[@lot8113]

I was gonna say that too. "Absolutely shambolic and embarassing", iconic.

[@RealMikeHollow]

I heard it back in editing and was like "stop saying that, Mike. You're going to drive people mad" 😂

[@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn]

@@RealMikeHollow Nah fam, keep it up. xD

[@ImmortalReaver]

@@RealMikeHollow nah it's funny in moderation and also when you talk about people having a stick up their bum

[@wakkablockablaw6025]

I mean, they gave us a half-baked tag mode that you can't turn off. This shouldn't surprise anyone.

[@judecider]

I would've loved a 2v2. I just don't think NRS understands how assist based games work so I'm definitely skipping this game.

[@Boom_OH]

Yea at this point just wait till it's like 10 bucks with dlc ​@@judecider

[@Vespyr_]

Did anyone even ask for a stuck-on tag mode? The kameos made no sense to me.

[@wakkablockablaw6025]

@@Vespyr_ In my mind, I thought the only way they could somewhat justify Kameos was if they made the main roster also Kameos AND if they included pretty much every character that will never be in a main MK roster. Like Hsu Hao or something. From what I seen, the selection of who can be a kameo fighter is pathetic, making Kameos entirely indefensible.

[@OtaniNoAsagi]

I thought it was going to be like MK9 and i was wrong.

[@TobiStarGaming]

Mk1 taught me that i spend money on stupid shit, never again. Thank you NRS!

[@marlinmurrell620]

Agreed

[@coffeebean_tamer]

It's so sad when you revisit 9 and X and now you see what we getting in comparison with 11 and 1. 😢 I don't think this is going to be an SF5 game started out awful and ended pretty great.... From what it originally started off as. .

[@lisanalgaib689]

All they had to do was show me Homelander and Takeda and it was over lol lesson learned fr

[@tongpoo8985]

every dollar you spend is a vote for the product you're buying. Don't elect bad products. If all gamers came to your same revelation, things would be 100x better.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

lol. anthem did the same to me LOL

[@JamesBilliam]

Came for the MK criticism Stayed for the Tekken Gameplay

[@CarlClinto]

I spent 100 quid on this game hahaha my head is hot man. Never again. Feel like a complete idiot

[@Ohaimanabu]

same.

[@terrors2572]

I spent the standard price I still feel like I lost way more money than I actually did

[@realmjumper8154]

I can’t believe my favourite franchise is just continuing to take L after L. I’m done with mk1 for the time being.

[@zekeiwa5837]

see you next game!

[@yurikendal4868]

Im done with any further mk in the future

[@adad87821]

its cause WB got a taste of dirty mobile money

[@themarcshark]

Man I'm SO happy with Tekken 8 in every way. It's such a great content rich fun time. I have like no complaints. Maybe the ONLY thing I'd say I want is some more maps. I'm so happy to see this franchise going so strongly. I've been playing it since I was like 5 years old on PS1

[@rdowg]

As someone who genuinely hates one-button, armored w/hyper armor super moves, the heat mode shite irks me to no end......but it's still the most fun fighting game Ive ever played But seriously, heat's 2-frame stagger opener is such a cancer in low ranks lol Makes me feel better about learning how to use yoshi's flash

[@FOREEAL]

NRS/WB got so comfortable with mediocrity that they thought they could get away with it Competition did nothing but increase the quality of their games whereas NRS stayed the same simply because they know majority of their audience are gonna eat up their games anyways.

[@DonYoGi8331]

U should send this whole post to them👌nothin but facts.

[@silversoulken]

Them going with timelines so they have an excuse to constantly rehash and “remake” this game screams mediocre.

[@flavioalbatrozz2557]

Its seems that this "mk timeline" is over. The only thing i can see working is rebooting everything again with a new director who knows about fighting games, and mick gordon to make the OST.

[@xavierhouston4650]

I have a similar thought.

[@OctopusH2O]

Imagine Harada directing mk, either 2d or 3d it would be much much better than what mk has become now

[@nabilahmed579]

There’s a reason why they are doing multiverses now unfortunately

[@dylansharp8471]

@@nabilahmed579 Unfortunately?

[@QueenSydon]

Another reboot would be cool. Just go back to the og game (which is incredibly dated by now), keep the basic systems intact but make it visceral and dark again, real grim and adult. Oh, and make every character who's supposed to be sexy, well SEXY. Men and women, not just the former which is hypocritically sexist imo.

[@logantaylor578]

Just checked. Mk1 450 viewers tekken and sf are both over 14.5 k viewers

[@RYH141]

😂

[@phenom504]

If the Peacemaker patch doesn’t fix most of the current issues when it comes out, then they are really screwed. At that point they might as well just completely rework the whole game cuz I doubt people will want to keep playing. But that means that they will probably re-release the game and rename it “Ultimate MK1” and charge everyone to upgrade to the new version or pay full price if you didn’t have the game before lol

[@DonYoGi8331]

Most likely that's what will happen when the story expansion comes. It'll be a much better version but still, how long will that be from now??

[@dEAdAimGUNSHOT]

They’ll probably abandon MK1 and start making the next MK game, lmao.

[@pggalantd]

​@@dEAdAimGUNSHOT I think abandoning the game is more likely to happen. Depends on how much money the microtransactions are bringing in. People still unbelievably shell out money for them.

[@franciscor390]

"Shambolic" what a wonderful word!

[@MillzSzn]

MK9 and MKX the movements were fluid smooth and quick. the downfall of mk was weak ass injustice, they said oh ppl like this lets make mk more like injustice...they made 11 and mk1 in injustice image. Stiff, slow gameplay, repetitive combos, bright neon colors,, even took how the combo damage is displayed 305.76% vs just 30% in every mk before 11 and mk1 i fkn HATE injustice

[@malachikulon8534]

You have no udea what your talking about. Mk1 and mk11 are nothing alike in movement or genral gameplay. And mk11 and mk1 are both nothing like either injustice game. Mkx backdashes have huge nearly half second recover frames and cant be canceled. They also take half of your stamina. Mk1 has far superior fluidity, ive played both and im 100 percent better than you in both so i know for a fact you dont know what your talking about. Not sure about mk9 but that game is a busted dumpster fire that nearly unplayable unless you literslly ban certain startegies. I literslly saw a whole video just on cyraxs broken ass shenanigans. And dont wven gwt me started on mkx balance💀. I love the game but dont try to act like its waaaaayy better than mk1. Because objectively its no bettwr

[@IJC52]

Let mk sit this one out. Netherrealm and Warner bros are to blame for the state of the game not the community. I love mortal kombat and I miss what it used to be. I’m also a call of duty fan and I really miss zombies. It seems like American companies don’t care anymore and would rather push agendas and give out mediocre games on PURPOSE. They don’t love us and they sure as hell don’t care about good memories anymore. Gaming is dying, and only a handful of developers actually care and love the games they are working on distributing to the fans. We have to make our voices heard by force if necessary.

[@JustinJohnson-vc1gr]

Seeing MK, a franchise I love, keep taking Ls is depressing. I'm not even mad I'm just disappointed

[@terrors2572]

so much potential

[@adad87821]

blame WB yes NRS is somewhat to blame to but warner bros is the major culprit

[@israelpereira2088]

Nice Leon S. Kennedy customization with Feng, Resident Evil is an awesome franchise.

[@ri_c_e]

yeah

[@thesyclemonte6571]

Leon’s been hitting the ugly juice

[@Yofu]

Part of the viewership problem is that MK1 is a snoozefest to watch too. There are streamers that I will watch play basically anything, but if they fire up MK1 I'm out because it's just so boring.

[@SephirothOwa13]

I'm starting to think WB has Ed Boon tied up in a basement lol! >.< seriously, though. WB and NRS suck with letting their players/fans updated on what's going on.

[@xavierhouston4650]

The Shemalean assassins got him.

[@sammythijs8641]

Once MK fans have a proper taste of a fighting game like SF6 or Tekken8 they will realize what they are missing out on, I know I did. i’m a first timer on Tekken and i’m loving it. If you told me 3 months ago I would completely lose interest in MK1 and not even care about the upcoming DLC i would not have believed any of it but here we are

[@GUOMENTAREVIEWS]

Same here. Played MK since X and dropped MK 1 in a month. Just bought Tekken 8 and holy shit, it's like Baldurs Gate 3 of fighting games. MK 1 is like The Day Before.

[@sammythijs8641]

@@GUOMENTAREVIEWS yeah for MK Fans it was “ just another Tuesday “ haha

[@Windrider784]

MK1 has the skeleton of a great game, but half the meat is cut off of it and replaced with live service slop.

[@Oldschool1943]

the real MK1 is by midway on ps1/arcade machines that was also ported to mk trilogy on ps1.

[@hurricane7727]

Mk Shaolin Monks was also a Follow up to Mk1. At the end of The First Tournament Earthrealm warriors was facing their Greatest Challenge MORTAL KOMBAT!

[@bobbykushington]

MK Trilogy is a classic.

[@gloriouss6352]

It feels like they're just trolling at this point💀

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

I see SF6 retaining the most viewership out of the big 3 this generation

[@adad87821]

if tekken fixes its online issues it could compete with SF6

[@NotLookingForLikes]

The only good thing concerning Mortal Kombat is that you can pick-up almost any character you like, for example Johnny Cage with kameo Khameleon, learn two or three combos. Go online, and pretend you are a pro player for a couple of minutes or hours until you get bored. Than when you feel satisfied by your ''fake sense of accomplishment '' you can once again delete the game from your library and return to playing Robocop, Terminator : Resistance, CyberPunk and GhostRunner 2 without losing too much time in between. When another DLC comes out like Peace Maker or Takeda, you repeat the process shown above.

[@marlinmurrell620]

Damn, you aint wrong lmao

[@sk8lifeXgr8life]

everyone that goes "nah the gameplay doe so creative" I swear they feel like a professor for doing some abc, not hard at all air combo but oooooo one of the buttons is called "kameo" and u can change it it MUST be creative right??? The gameplay is fucking boring too even winning or especially just watching matches.

[@KARS215]

9:11 Tweedy is the PERFECT example of a SHILL! He wants us to ignore the obvious issues and continue to blindly support MK. Why? He’s a pro player and has no identity outside of NRS games 😂. He has a personal stake in this.

[@blackcatbone5697]

As many... That's why they have nearly no more views and i Hope more people like you and i are going to realize it !

[@dylansharp8471]

Shill?

[@mighty_javor4678]

As someone who loved MK9 and MK10, I was a bit disappointed by MK11, so I was quite critical when MK1 came out. Saw that they made women less sexy and I just never gave MK1 a chance. For me, it's an important aspect of the MK experience. The game is rated for adults, and sexy is what I remember MK to be, and I'm not ashamed to admit it... "Why is this a big deal it's just a sideboob who cares." It's actually a good indicator of a company understanding its consumers and giving them what they want... Now playing Tekken and it's fucking awesome.

[@davidmarrero9608]

That's Western developers now in general. It's stupid too they removed all the sexy outfits on the female characters but it's more shit they race swapped em too like Tanya is a black woman in MK 1 which doesn't make sense since she looked eastern Asian which many outworld to Edenians were all Asian descent. Even them making Quan Chi Indian in this was a dumb diversity change which made little sense when Mortal Kombat had already a diverse cast so why race swap characters? It's lazy and fucking stupid.

[@ImmortalReaver]

Listening to this video and decided to take a sip from my drink. The part about 43 viewers on MK came up and made me snort. My nose is burning but that shit was hilarious, and also very sad. Btw right now there's 832 viewers on MK1. Half of which is due to rips arena.

[@Kasaaz]

I wonder how much of it is the general disfunction of WB since the merger and how much is NRS.

[@TheKingOfRuckus]

That Yoshimitsu...I feel like that dude spends all day creating villains on Tekken😂. Hard fought losses to him man. Guaranteed that NRS devs are not happy with the situation, and I'm like 99.99% sure WB won't let them talk. If any of them are willing to take the risk, they'll reach out to yourself or other content creators and let you know, maybe give you messages to pass along to the community. There's no way they dont know what's happening.

[@HWHY]

Could be a gag order because there is a potential sale pending, maybe WB is selling it off.

[@extremepop324]

If the next MK game is MK 2.. the series is fucking trash. They need to go back to MK going to MK 12. This "Rewriting history" is the worst decision in MK history

[@necro-esque666]

I used to be a big Mortal Kombat fan, but this game made me lose almost all of the passion I had for the franchise. An awful launch with gameplay that felt so unfinished I couldn’t be fucked to come back. Thankfully Street Fighter 6 has been very good at scratching my fighting game itch.

[@joshuamoody7729]

This is where I am now.

[@shayarun9977]

man drops some of the most solid feng gameplay i've ever seen in the background of a commentary vid god damn

[@blackcatbone5697]

First mk game who made me play tekken 8 , so now i will stick with tekken 8 cause i love it. And ofc i will never in my life buy another mk game from nrs woke and wb. End of the story

[@zerosuitzeus]

Same. I feel embarrassed even getting hyped at the trailers. But that's what wb is good at -- cinematics so hey 😂

[@anubisshadowreaper8808]

There is literally nothing woke about the game cry more

[@blackcatbone5697]

@@anubisshadowreaper8808 then go play your woke dead azz game 👀

[@Uber_scorpion]

Considering the horrific state MK is in currently I really do wonder if they are even going to release another kombat pack after this one is finished?

[@efarjeonfgc]

Hopefully not. MK needs another redemption like MK9. MK needs to die again to be reborn. To anyone reading this: Play SF6 and/or T8.

[@Do0mSl4yer95]

I hope not. As you'd expect I wanted Doomslayer in MK for a long time but at this point they gotta step FAR away from whatever their plan is and do something else with a whole game. Mk1 feels uninspired.

[@zerosuitzeus]

They really shouldn't but honestly guys I think it's time to accept that mk is a franchise that sells based off nostalgia. I don't think they care about making the game an experience anymore.

[@dylansharp8471]

@@zerosuitzeus Bullshit.

[@zerosuitzeus]

@@dylansharp8471 or what?

[@atom74787]

SF6 had 115k viewers on twitch last night which is insane. Tekken 8 is an absolutely amazing product and as an SF main I think I’m enjoying it more than SF6. With project L on the horizon I just don’t see how NRS games survive this level of competition.

[@skurinski]

MK still outsells MK and SF combined, its still selling hot buckets

[@OctopusH2O]

@@skurinskibecause most of the ones who buy, are not aware of the issues or were fooled into thinking it was a good game like on launch

[@Do0mSl4yer95]

Mk1 is a shell of a game and this is coming from someone whos supported MK for years. The lack of game modes, completely dogshit frames, no stage interactions, no good skins whatsoever, a neutered version of tag team from Mk9 that's not as fun, boring dlc characters, boring character interactions, purchasable fatalities. There are too many negatives to comfortably greenlight it. Ground to air gameplay loop is pretty fun but that's not enough from a studio that is usually ripe with content.

[@dylansharp8471]

Some of those seem like an exaggeration.

[@ItsmeVel]

I'm more mad that MK1 charged 70 bucks for the most barebones MK experience to date. Compare what Tekken 8 did for the same price..

[@khiryhelms]

Guilty Gear is a niche franchise and Guilty Gear Strive is the "Mortal Kombat 1" of the franchise. A game that was a wild departure from the roots of the series system mechanics and (in my opinion) is only propped up by what little money there is in the tournament scene.

[@Mr_Mistah]

Yeah Xrd Rev 2 blows Strive out of the water

[@janematthews9087]

Well the head guy in charge of WB is too busy strip mining the company for money, he's not gonna bother being a good leader and give them what they need to make a good game.

[@Kralex121]

I was a bit surprised by Mortal Kombat 1. It had a lot of hype around it with the universe reseting and everything, yet after the game released I didn't end up hearing much about it. There is this strong feeling that it's quickly being forgotten. As a big Street Fighter fan on the other hand I am reliefed to see it still doing so well even after over half a year and Tekken having just released. We are currently in a bit of a content drought so seeing the numbers as healthy as they are is actually quite impressive. Overall if MK is going to get it's act together I will be very happy though. The more good fighting games are out there the healthier the fighting game community will be and the more the scene will grow. Seeing interest from casual players to get into the games increase over the past year has been a real pleasure. It's sad to see the series that has always been seen as a bit of a crowd pleaser fall short at a vital time like this.

[@johnnyzero8853]

We should just let Mortal Kombat put to rest

[@HWHY]

What if the devs can't communicate because WB is in the process of selling off MK?

[@hurricane7727]

Ironic. Same thing happened to Mk after Mk vs Dc.

[@ryuno2097]

Let's not forget the MK youtube page is turning off the comment for their NA tournament live streams but somehow they didn't turn off the comments for the Brazil tournament live stream.

[@ChrisYoungGunn]

I don't poop anymore, now I say "I gotta take a mean NRS"

[@STUN_SEED.]

The fact omni man and peacemaker are in mk it's pretty obvious we're not going to get a new injustice

[@lianaverwood9810]

Mk1 has done everything wrong to encourage players to respect and bother with their game and have drove away players due to predatory behavior.

[@dylansharp8471]

Predatory?

[@lianaverwood9810]

@@dylansharp8471 the cost of things that should just be in the game not on top of the price you already paid.

[@steepsort6905]

"The sludge must flow on" Disney, 2023. Netherrealm, 2024.

[@dylansharp8471]

What now?

[@ThatZanderFella]

Moral of the story: Be in touch with your player base casual or not and never go full nrs.

[@KenshinRell]

It’s really shocking given the hype around MK1 and seeing how NRS has dropped the ball it really needs to be studied. I’m already over MK1 hopefully they learn from this.

[@humaneshadow300]

Naw they never learn from 11

[@ryuno2097]

It's like they just hype the game up to get those initial sales and when they reached the goal for WB, they don't care anymore about the game. Whatever dlc comes after is just to get extra money.

[@KenshinRell]

@@ryuno2097 Exactly and what's sad is NRS or WB know how popular Mortal Kombat is NO MATTER what people will buy it. I just don't feel the love from NRS when it comes to MK1 when compared to Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6 you play those games and you can tell the effort and focus is there from day one!

[@nrostova5606]

When a game is catered to casual fans and viewership is still low, there IS a problem no denying it. And it bothers me that a 70$ game is acting like a f2p one with outrageous prices like that. of mk1.

[@canerkose7769]

We the FANS yelled a Shaolin Monk's style open world Conquest mode and krypt mk11 style! Instead we got Invasions and Camio! Invasions is repetitive and becomes boring fast and the Grinding is on another level of stupid! Love my mk but until they either get back on track or die, I'm happily playing Tekken 8!

[@MrCjosue24]

Tekken is keeping me more entertained. I'm glad I didn't buy MK1. I was so hyped about it but after seeing what it turned out to be I disappointed me.

[@xfearofdarkness]

Nice points brought up here. I am playing Tekken 8 right now and enjoy it much more than mk1. Just a small reminder to keep promoting that discord, keep it up.

[@90sGasPrices]

We can argue about “the extra stuff” until we’re blue in the face, but the truth of the matter is that MK1 just doesn’t feel good to play. The animations are super clunky the technical stuff just isn’t well thought out: it feels like there is way too much block stun and the characters just don’t move affectively. It sounds silly but the game just feels like you’re controlling a marionette rather than the character on screen. I get that post launch support is important, but nobody cares about DLC to a game that feels this clunky and stiff. A good game will easily make it though 3 extra weeks of DLC related drama. Mortal kombat on the other hand, needs trendy DLC to sell more copies to casuals that will drop the game after 6 hours of playing online with peacemaker. Good, well designed fighting games have players in training mode for 100 hours prior to stepping into ranked online mode. Mortal kombat players literally download new DLC characters and take them online straight away. It’s amazing to me that you could outsell the 2 most legendary fighters combined, but not even have 1/10 of the least popular games online presence. Mortal kombat has been A colossal waste of time for a decade now and it’s embarrassing to have tried so hard to love it over the years.

[@kolbiexo]

I was looking at the gameplay like Paul sure is fighting different lmao you’re playing feng which is cool! 🤣

[@TowerGameOffical]

I agree with everything you said, but i'm disliking because i don't want drama farming videos like this in my recs

[@FidoHusky]

they've sold over 5 million copies already NRS could care less what their fanbase thinks

[@iamthenati]

While i like MK1, I'm actually glad NRS dropped the ball with the game. I never would've jumped on Tekken otherwise. I'm having so much fun.

[@heimstaden4588]

You recomend to try it?

[@iamthenati]

​@@heimstaden4588Tekken 8? Absolutely.

[@skurinski]

Tekken just reuses the same animations and gameplay every game. New coat of point, and thats it. MK and SF rebrand completely every new gen

[@OctopusH2O]

@@skurinskiwich is why mk1 flopped and a lot of people don’t really enjoy sf6

[@savage-stan0729]

@@heimstaden4588don’t wait a sec man, game so dope it’s crazy

[@liciousmacho4639]

Having gone from SF6 to MK1 and now T8, it's really nice change for someone from the dev team to speak and communicate with their community. SF6 is a solid game, but in terms of communication, it's somewhat same as MK1.

[@hxneyxblood]

the wwe reference LET CODY FINISH THE STORY!!!!!

[@cikame]

Tekken 7 was very active its entire life and it wasn't just because of popular character dlc, they didn't break the balance, the online was good enough, the competition stumbled and it always showed very well at tournaments, it was THE fighting game for spectators as well as players, it didn't have cross play and the PC version always had thousands of players every day... that was unheard of. Tekken 8 has not stumbled, it's picking up right where 7 left off with nothing but positive conversation, there's plenty of time for them to mess it up of course and with the first dlc character being Eddy it's going to be a long wait before anything truly exciting and surprising shows up, so it's entirely up to fan goodwill until then. T7 shocked from the get go with Akuma, then Geese and Noctis before any classic characters were added, i think T8 needs to pull the ace up their sleeve within the first season of dlc, they need Tifa or something on par with that to really lock this game in at the top of the genre.

[@Mr_Mistah]

I've been wanting Tifa since Tekken 7! But I'm down for anyone when it comes to guest characters

[@_BlackMethod_]

Rugal for dlc would be insane imo. Or Goenitz but he's less popular.

[@luisloaiza0425]

I 2nd this, and I'd love if they make a player version of Angel jin and Super Devil kaz, but they gotta be heavily balanced.

[@jorgepabloneru9654]

MK1 seems like an insanity test sometimes At this point everybody is sick os seing the same combos been repeated over and over Even with that horrendous gameplay MK11 was a lot better to watch

[@jorgepabloneru9654]

And don't get me started on Stryker' siren noises

[@enenra5201]

I regret buying this game

[@Kasaaz]

Ironically, the Rock is also apparently responsible for a bunch of confusion and messing with things at WB too for the DC movies.

[@ChrisMS0815]

After watching lots of wrestling youtube channels lately I did not expect to hear about more wrestling after clicking on a Mortal Kombat vid lol

[@vocalcalibration8033]

As of my writing this the twitch viewers for MK1 is 744, Tekken is 14k and SF6 is 56k. Do with that what you will.

[@Kasaaz]

One thing I'm curious about, especially when it comes to games just constantly being broken like this, is there any route through the platform holders to put pressure on them? Both Playstation and Xbox have a certification process that is supposed to be checking that these things FUNCTION.

[@Kasaaz]

I just say this not because of some technicality or whatever, but because it means the platform holders actually care that the games they are selling on their platforms work. If they care, then they can maybe be brought around to put pressure on NRS / WB.

[@Raisehightheroofbeamcarpenters]

I think they would not care if buyers gonna like it or not. If one game flopes another game takes its place and ps and xbox remains still

[@Kasaaz]

@@Raisehightheroofbeamcarpenters You're probably right. I'm just trying to think of any angles to approach it at this point.

[@mezmerized4lifejay654]

The amount of online players is abysmal!

[@darthxellaa912]

I'm sick of these guest characters. Save them for the end. Give me Ermac and other classic characters.

[@numerodez6558]

Hey Mike I don't know if you're aware of the suicide squad situation but basically that's another wb product that have been released poorly, is live service and they basically shat on a beloved series legacy. I would suggest a boycott for wb games in general, not only mk1. If everything else WB releases are rushed, poorly designed live service games that generates a lot of money mk2 will follow regardless of mk1 success and controversy. Thankfully Suicide Squad is another controversial mess but who knows what's gonna happen when mk2 starts development

[@curio5220]

MK1 in shambles yeah. SF6 deserves legit criticism from a hardcore FGC POV but as a product it's amazing

[@spacemanju7]

MKII was the best mk imo, also keep up the good work. When I get more subs I'd love too talk to you about mk in general the lore, story, characters world building etc.

[@aersla1731]

I'm excited to see how it play out at evo. TBF the steam comparison is not fair since NRS as far as I know has never added crossplay for consoles and pc players, you would just play with a small pc community. It's the main reason I don't bother getting Mk on pc, it's my preferred platform. Crossplay for fighting games should be a must at this point. Still on NRS though.

[@Bakino0]

The boosters literally have a kill button for an insta win lul

[@FMJsplash]

Mortal Kombat used to be my favourite game series but it was lacking so I got Tekken and now I’m in love with Tekken

[@theeuclid2420]

I would like to see a feng guide. But that's up to you.

[@InvinciDon]

Calling MK1 a joke is being generous. As someone who liked the game in its first and second months, it’s never let me down harder than its developer’s non-communication and the game’s repetitive nature. TEKKEN 8 and SF6 are games I’m gonna be playing more of, and MK1 I’m dropping until Peacemaker comes out for the game, but even then, I no longer view it positively anymore.

[@obsidxanx1]

LMFAO tha shi got delayed a whole month😂

[@rizzo32bandit]

I love MK but they really lack content, there really isn’t anything to do after beating story mode and an invasion season, all the koin made in invasions gets refreshed and it be a lot of wasted currency!

[@Faso26TV]

I agree with almost everything you have mentioned. If the community has to call out for the developer on changes that they have implemented and not announced officially, it feels like the product they have shilled you is just a side project to them, not a main focus. I haven't played MK1 myself simply because I was only interested in keeping up with the lore, but the whole plot is so mundane and boring towards the end. I really hoped to see more of the Liu Kang timeline instead of "Titans" clashing.

[@redrob3140]

TBH with I think we need to take nrs to corporate and get money definitely the collectors edition ppl

[@alsuvarnadvipadanargentum1743]

4:29 total amount of people playing TEKKEN, MORTAL KOMBAT and STREET FIGHTER 8:05 FGC posted some more stats

[@deeeich267]

Everyone who made money off of streaming mortal kombat: “its… actually tekken that sucks, and and, and… THE COMMUNITY is uh… too vocal?”

[@TeaDoubleE85]

Imagine if bandai namco made Mortal kombat

[@Yalbou]

Its funny seeing mortal kombat fans defend this game and say the gameplay is "one of the best" lol. I can get destroyed in tekken 8, street fighter 6, guilty gear and still learn and have fun. In MK1 i knew strait away the gameplay was broken in the first month with the cheap and unfair baraka/raiden witj cyrax gameplay. And now the stupid gameplay continues with johny cage and a handfull of cheap kameos. The gameplay is so idiotic in this game. Mortal kombat fans defend this and just say "get good" lol

[@bondbarrybonds5774]

I would say I felt the same about Mk11 as I did with MK1 except this time around I had Street Fighter 6 and now Tekken 8 to play so I’m unbothered

[@mrnozchalazt7199]

Right only difference was that in 2019, MK11 was the lastest AAA fighting game.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@mrnozchalazt7199also, was riding off the hype that mkx was given due to its reception, pretty banking off previous success

[@TheHazmate]

At the start, I did not buy MK1 due to the Cameo mechanic(I think it's just a lazy continuation of MK11 tower mode) but little did I know the amount of ACTUAL issues the game would have, with desynchs, lack of content, lack of communication and trust from NRS, WB being dicks etc etc.... I really do wanna play Ashrah, been waiting for year for over a decade, but I just cannot bring myself to buy the game. I know a part of NRS is doing good, It's just such a shame.

[@Nulak]

You're right about the handcuff situation, and i wonder why. Some dickriders will tells you the game sold very well and don't want to hear anything else and so the future of MK will be beautiful but i'm worried NRS/ WB relationships are in shambles. I really wonder if they managed to damage the brand this time with two "mid" games to stay polite. On steam, ppl play MK11 more than MK1. Can't tell about consoles numbers of course. I bet it also matter that the pc port wasn't playable for many pc build. MK11 run's fine on potatoes pcs.

[@DoomyRei]

They be d to get rid of kameos add more offline content to make mk1 better I haven't played since season 1 cuz invasions is terrible af

[@patrickbateman1974]

Ok but Feng wei leon is a fever dream lol

[@Jacobbray1]

Ill never preorder a NRS title ever again after how terrible MK1 is i feel like an absolute fool

[@FOF275]

At this point, I just want NRS to release a Mortal kombat XL remaster in November or something while they work on MK2

[@JojoGTP]

I haven’t liked Dwayne Johnson ever since he endorsed Joe Biden lol.

[@V-95K]

I don’t care about guest characters of MK1 and I don’t care about them at all, they are trash… but damn I’m worried about Ermac and Takeda now… especially Takeda, he can get pushed back into autumn or even winter of 2024 because of these guest characters getting delayed…

[@hurricane7727]

In Mk Deception my First Mk Game Ermac was a Base Roster Character !

[@ngs2683]

MK was the first fighting game I have ever played. I used to rent the Megadrive version all the time. Then I got into Tekken 3 once my mom bought me a Playstation and my life changed lol. MK9 was the one that brought MK back into my life. It's sad to see what's happened since then. MKX was fine but MK11 had so many gatcha elements it really pissed me off. It feels great to see Tekken back in action though. I haven't been this excited for Tekken since Tekken 5. I hope the game sells like hot cakes. Tekken is my favorite fighting game and they deserve the spotlight for the amazing work they've done. It saddens me to see how greedy WB games is, constantly ruining their products. MK1 had so much potential but apparently it is going the Suicide Squad way...thanks to WB.

[@JVM-kz9lx]

MK1 will be a great game once it's out of Early Access, maybe a couple more years and It will be somewhat decent.

[@jrm371]

Not building upon the excellent MKX was the biggest mistake of their lives.