Mortal Kombat 1 Story Review - Pros and Cons

[@torestrictivefan8336]

The story was base but when the characters started talking about there being more timelines and titans that's when I felt the story took a left.

[@pt7930]

Yeah, if they just focused on the New Era stuff then this story would’ve been way better. The infinite timelines stuff really muddies things since we’re forced to focus on other versions of characters we haven’t been following at all.

[@cee_jay_mcc7914]

The story felt super strong about up until the sindel chapter. Plot started to get super convoluted and stupid. They should really just hard reboot and forget this timeline bullshit but that realistically won’t happen.

[@darkstalker696]

I sorry I very out of touch what does "base" mean? (Sorry for bad English still learning)

[@nabilahmed579]

@@darkstalker696 I think he was trying to say ‘good’ or ‘best’ to try and describe the story. It was probs a typo error

[@shawklan27]

​@pt7930 word multiverse writing is so over saturated that it's depressing they had to put it in mk of all things

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

The story was interesting until the timeline stuff. Also when ‘Damashi’ got introduced, it should’ve been the orb we’re familiar with that is controlled by Onaga. NRS said they wanted to start a fresh timeline yet here they are with MK11 Aftermath 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[@Marinanor]

How I thought it might go is "Shang Tsung won in time line A, Liu Kang won in time line B, Onaga fuses timelines together and kills Shang, Someone else has to kill him other than Liu.

[@fivejedis]

I'm convinced this is basically Aftermath 2. Remember there were leaks and rumors the MK11 was suppose to get an Aftermath 2 and this story basially confims we were going to get an Aftermath 2 but it got rolled into a story for MK1.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@fivejedis deagon was rumoured to be part of the leaks for aftermath part 2 and he was meant to be one of the main villains as far as earlier leaks go

[@sipalingindonesia]

Mind you, had onaga became the game's main villain, then you'd waste an endgame-level enemy for a supposedly an introduction game. Even MCU played the long game with Thanos....

[@dannun7269]

electric boogaloo 🤓🤓🤓

[@angelsilva7207]

When you think of Bo’Rai’Cho, you think MrGStar321. When you think of Darrius, you think of TheFightersDen. I love it 😂

[@olofacosta3192]

Lmao cant believe they actually brought back Darrius. Just look at him when him and Havik kill scorpion. He's just impossible to take seriously lmao

[@sodokami6347]

@@olofacosta3192He looks like MVP I can’t take him seriously too 😂

[@BasedRamen]

Bo Rai Cho was kinda cool in MKX. As for Darrius, eehhh... I kinda would've preferred to have Kobra back. At least then, he would've been like the series' Dan Hibiki in a way. lol

[@burningwolf5805]

Bo Rai Cho is gender swapped into Madam Bo. That trained Raiden and Kung Lao.

[@cdcdrr]

Baraka was by far the best chapter. He went from being a flunky begging for Shao Kahn's favour to being a man of the people. Helping his fellow tarkatan, allying the heroes despite the misunderstanding that let Shang Tsung slip away, fighting his way out of the flesh pits, sparing Reptile and sympathizing with his motivation to protect his family. Also his arcade ending has him become Mileena's supporter and advocate of the tarkatan. Giving her the courage to go public with her illness, and organizing the relief effort for the tarkatan. Baraka is now the protector of the downtrodden, helping the outworlders who cannot help themselves. One of the better ways in which Netherrealm changed a character.

[@Strummie]

Tweaking Baraka and Reptile’s back story was definitely an unexpected, but welcome surprise for this game.

[@azzy8121]

First megan fox next we are gonna have Onaga voiced by snoop dogg 🤣

[@olofacosta3192]

Funnily enough he'd do a better job lol. Snoop gets vicious when hes angry

[@WeedShaggy]

Snoop did some good VA on Def Jam FFNY

[@sodokami6347]

He’ll probably do ten times better 😂 than Fox

[@tyronleung5276]

Snoop Dogg has acting on his resume baby boy, bones, car wash, starsky and hutch

[@Smokey1419]

​@@tyronleung5276 and each movie, he sounds and acts just like snoop

[@olofacosta3192]

This game DESPERATELY needed another main villain. Even if it wasnt Onaga,titan Havik being the base boss would have been better. Idk why but this game just feels a bit incomplete. Like why is it a completely empty roster spot?

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

It looks dumb but I guess they’re going to go mk9 route where that empty slot turns into a sub-menu for dlc characters?

[@AlexxxPerales]

It’s not over. That’s how fighting games are these days , they sell you the incomplete version first. Lol

[@sonic-bb]

​@@AlexxxPeralesyeah but this game literally has an empty roster spot lmao

[@jackjax7921]

@@AlexxxPerales lmao this is more complete than the first edition of Street fighter.

[@SolidPain6624]

As much as it pains me to say it but games are never completely finished today. DLC is an excuse to stall and buy time and keep people coming with an economic gain. Just look at the kameos… shujinko doesn’t even have a brutality…

[@BBQsaucemix]

Forever obliterate any franchise's stakes using this one simple word: TIMELINES!

[@TheWolfKing5988]

Onaga needs to be the final boss in MK2, All the timelines need to be merged back into one with Titan Kung Lao, Kitana and Raiden replacing the Elder Gods or merge them with their new era counterparts, The villains need their own chapters along with the heroes because the fights are too one sided.

[@sipalingindonesia]

Multiple time line is actually the staple of many fictional universes these days. Let's say that they decided to kill kano in one game, how would they reintroduce him in future games? Face it, nobody stays dead in current fictional media. Multiple time-line gave them excuse to reintroduce long dead character without much repercussion. They can just say he came from another time line, like what they did with green arrow in Injustice....

[@TheWolfKing5988]

@@sipalingindonesia That’s just lazy writing, plus MK has 4 known Necromancers( Quan Chi, Shinnok, Shang Tsung and Onaga) who can bring back dead characters if there’s a need for it. The Multiverse theme is played out now.

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@TheWolfKing5988technically Shinnok is powerless in this timeline so he’s a non factor.

[@TheWolfKing5988]

@@chadpeterson5698 Titan Shang Tsung interfered with Liu Kang’s timeline and Shinnok’s Amulet came into play during the story mode, so he might not be powerless anymore.

[@DShawnPaytonOffiicial]

This review is on point, as usual! I was so happy for Baraka and Reptile. When they heard Ashrah killing demons in the forest and they both geared up and ran towards the noise, I was like, "Hell Yeah!! Let's fuckin Go!"

[@blueisacolor7639]

Oh my god, finaaally, someone mentioned the power scaling. I thought I was the only one thinking it was weird as hell.

[@staylurking4461]

I'm glad NRS corrected their wrongs and put Sindel back to being a heroic character like she suppose to though it was short lived but I'm glad she's back to basics.

[@christophergrissom7938]

Spot on, from beginning to end👍

[@jackjax7921]

Thank god. You fanboys are insufferable.

[@tawiadennis]

Titan Hsu Hao is the next villain for sure

[@burningwolf5805]

Exactly. The Jobber Alliance Titan Tsu Hao Titan Mokap Titan Kobra are tired of people not putting respect on their names.

[@joshuagorski9452]

The only notable thing Kung Lao did outside his chapter was get his hat

[@zaragozrex]

The multiple timelines stuff *REALLY* should have been saved for like the third or fourth game in this timeline. The multiverse stuff is fine for stuff like Invasions mode, but having it take center stage at the tail end of the story completely derails the point of what was supposed to be a reboot, AKA, a fresh new entry and starting point for people who never got into the games before.

[@LoksTheGamer]

Yea, I feel like they pulled that card way too early. The last half of the story literally became Aftermath 2, but I did find it cool.

[@ipostlamememesallthetime953]

I was awaiting for our Dragon Lord, Onaga, to make his return...perhaps in a different timeline it already came to pass. However the case may be, I agree with the pros and cons. The storyline until the multiple dimensions/timelines was phenomenal. Now it's Mortal Kombat: Infinity War

[@tyronleung5276]

This wasn't no Infinitiy war this was a cluster fuck and predictable nerfed trash

[@A1KX100]

The biggest pro for me was Liu Kang. He ABSOLUTELY CLEARS!!! Raiden as earth realm's guardian EFFORTLESSLY!!! I can't believe how much I enjoyed the role reversal between Liu and young Raiden. I loved it, he's an incredible guardian. Not gonna lie, if we never have Raiden as a guardian again I would be absolutely ok with that. Would love to see a Great Kung Lao guardian, or a Kitana guardian, Grandmaster Kuai Liang guardian etc, switch it up, that would be fun.

[@adammayes8120]

If the final boss was onaga this coulda been best story mode ever created

[@adammayes8120]

Fighting game wise

[@redwolfe7049]

Agreed.

[@pt7930]

I didn’t like what they did with Sub Zero either. Bro really heel turned and betrayed EarthRealm over terracotta statues, that’s crazy 💀 That’s not even mentioning how his character isn’t really developed and stays as a one dimensional douche. The rest of the story ranges from “meh” to solid. It’s definitely better than Mk11’s story for sure

[@olofacosta3192]

The second paragraph is what dissapointed me. If Bi-Han was an ambitious anti hero who was selfish? Fine. But they made him a straight up villain which is lame and less developed than Bi-Han's original character

[@Brollyssweetface]

For real, he was the kharacter I was most hype for. He already acts like Noob Saibot, which defeats the point of Noob Saibot. What's worse is that most of the other ex-villains got better treatment. Mileena is still an impulsive hot head, but she gets to be the rightful empress of Outworld with a loving family. Havik is a villain but they gave him a sympathetic background that he didn't even need. Then there's Rain who feels remorse for what he did while Bi-Han is delusional and thinks he did nothing wrong.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@Brollyssweetfacehavik is not even havik. He’s fucking dairou for some reason lol

[@MarioLopez-rn2bs]

I almost 100% agree with all your takes save for the titan Havik reveal. For me that meant they are going to bring back the OG Havik from the original timeline which is way cooler than this game’s rendition of Havik.

[@KIISwitch]

I hate timeline/multiverse stuff. Now there's absolutely zero stakes at risk, everyone can be everything, everything can happen, and whatever outcome happens it can all be washed away because "different timelines"

[@olofacosta3192]

Exactly. Plus Liu Kang being titan level is kinda lame tbh

[@nabilahmed579]

@@olofacosta3192 which is why they should’ve gone with Shang’s ending. There was a lot more to actually work with. Not to mention it forces to go the story im a different direction while still having opportunity to develop the 2nd timeline for a couple of few games then a reboot can be done. The fact they can bring in titans when most of the mk cast we know is not on that level just speak volumes in terms of priorities

[@lbnycity89]

I’m so glad NRS remember that Jarod Ermac MK9 arcade, ladder ending. The only issue I had with the end Bryan Poet bring it up to is that why are they giving all the emotional? Scenes to Milena. I get it she’s a real girl this time that’s actually a real sister but Kitana should’ve been the one to have that emotional seeing with Jarod. All Kitana do is run up and hug him. But it is what it is still a great scene. I just don’t want to hear no more chatting from Milena Twitter fans NRS gave Milena so much glazing y’all can’t complain no mor. Kitana didn’t even get a chapter. And she was a jobber in the story.

[@redwolfe7049]

That's why I love this channel. TFD puts over what works and bury what doesn't.

[@daytonaspringer6785]

If you think about it NRS literally doubled down on everything MK fans didn’t want Shang being the final boss, more timeline shenanigans, and I even heard some MK you tubers say they were tired of Shao Khan.

[@straightfrommissouri]

Tbh I wouldn't miss him if they just let him go to free agent

[@Wilahelm2]

Pretty much agree. Those middle chapters with Baraka, Ashra, and Reptile where the high point of the story. I would be cool to hear what you think of the story/tower endings. They each actually fit with each other and when seen together feel more like one large epilogue for the story as whole with some cool hints as to the what we might see in the next game.

[@Fullmetal333]

I thought they were going to make the twist that "Damashi" this time was actually The One Being moving the pieces in place for its resurrection. Shang Tsung as the final villain was def a letdown

[@Sungura_Kaiser]

Wouldn't The One Being reforming mean everyone is dead? Unless they retcon that.

[@olofacosta3192]

​@@Sungura_Kaiserthe one being is constantly trying to reform through Onaga and shao kahn

[@Sungura_Kaiser]

@@olofacosta3192 The only way I can see the One Being coming back without the realms and everyone in them being destroyed is if he possesses Shao or Onaga.

[@kurizu1510]

1:04 Who you got? Titan Mokap OR Titan Meat? 😂

[@Spotty2Wily]

The universe would be doomed 😂

[@tpatt513]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Layd36]

​​@@Spotty2Wilymultiverse😈

[@Marcell2aG]

No winners there, the world would explode.

[@majortughjedi9813]

This story has it pros and cons. Power scaling was all over the place, Shang Tsung returning as a villain with no Onaga was a let down. The timelines are getting to a point of rivaling DC in convolutedness. Best part for me probably was Scorpion laying everyone out in his chapter when he became enraged

[@straightfrommissouri]

Ha e you played Shaolin monks?

[@chrisgoodman7338]

Another thing that really bothers me about the story is that the villains dont get a single win because of the BS chapter system. How can you take a threat seriously when they dont win?

[@pt7930]

Shao Kahn got done THE DIRTIEST this time around. Good God that man had zero intimidation factor because he got slapped around more than a prostitute.

[@javolongoblack5028]

Shang Tsung and Bi-Han had chapters

[@pt7930]

@@javolongoblack5028 Shang Tsung and Bi Han had chapters because they were on the side of the good guys. Neither of them had their own dedicated chapters where they did nefarious acts, so the point still stands.

[@lordanti5836]

​​@@pt7930 Shao Khan has been getting done dirty since the inception of MK. What do you mean?😂

[@chrisgoodman7338]

@@pt7930 thank you for proving my point!

[@RonIsElite]

I agree with the pros and cons, the one I mainly didn’t like was the multiple timelines, they need go back to just one timeline.

[@kenyajohnson5044]

Kung Lao did nothing?!?!? He lived man....... He lived 😂

[@DEANDRE_DTS]

That’s a W

[@VegetaLaunchedFinalFlash]

One of my best moment is the respect Liu Kang gives to Geras when he asked him why Geras did not go full Titan.

[@kizaruthegreat]

Biggest con for me will always be character chapters. You can never have 1 decent powerscaling and 2 a good tournament cause of this. Even in mk9 it didn't make any sense for people to fight back to back in a tournament. Just make a story and then think about the characters

[@olofacosta3192]

You can if you do the effort. For example in mk11 scorpion knocked down Raiden, but you can see that Raiden wasn't truly defeated as he immediately rose from his feet and knocked scorpion out. The problem is that nrs consistently humiliates their villains. Just like at mk9 when noob saibot fights Kung Lao. We're supposed to be intimidated and curious about him but then they have him on the ground groaning and looking up at the light like a loser. Same thing in mk11 which just completely disrespected his character

[@kizaruthegreat]

​@@olofacosta3192yeah but you still have tournament problems. Mk9 johnny fights reptile and immidietly baraka. In this game cause it's raidens chapter so he has to fight johhny kenshi and kung lao (johnny v raiden, kenshi v lao easy minitournament) then outworld fight after fight ( could've easily implemented all earthrealm warriors and maybe let reiko win from someone.) They did give a reason for this but lets be honest it's a lazy reason just to say its his arc. That's the thing street fighter 5 story did better. Every fight you was someone else.

[@KingPig12]

my most anticipated video of the last couple days. it definitely did not disappoint

[@RoxasTheUnknown1]

Of the nrs mk era, this is the best story mode but I still feel like thats not saying much. There is def more good than bad tho. Bruh, that powerscaling is atrocious. I'd argue even worse than mkx Corrupted Shinnok. Baraka's chapter was my favorite; dood has come a long way.

[@chadfox6030]

Lord Kang should of been more in the background as well

[@jaimonjohn2516]

My first issue : the timeline bullshit continues 😂😂😂😂

[@stillwinston3765]

I really love how Reptile got respect put on his name at long last. Man is gonna challenge for the intercontinental title lol

[@chadpeterson5698]

Personally my biggest complaint is not the timelines or Shang Tsung hijacking the plot, because I didn’t mind those things too much, but my big complaint is that Shao was turned into a jobber which is why we now need. The Rise and Fall of General Shao Also Onaga is not entirely missing, in fact there are several hints to Onaga, one hint is Titan Onaga, another hint is Onaga in Reiko’s ending which is canon since the endings have been hinted at in intro dialogues. So yeah, he’s either going to be DLC or in the next game. Sure Havik was also hinted, but that doesn’t mean that Onaga can’t pull the rug out from under Havik.

[@sagekoh3158]

It was actually a blatant trick that the game is called mk1 at all. It's a sequel in every way. One that jumps the shark at that

[@maiqtheliar3502]

My main issue with the story as always is the power scaling and ofc them turning onaga to just some “beast” which will definitely disappoint me in the future. Other than that this game’s story definitely surpasses the standards for a fighting game

[@ottooctavius9552]

So many people hated on Shao Kahn, saying you were tired of him. So now we get 2 games in a row on Shang Tsung. Shao will always be THE best villain. Facts!

[@azuresaiyan9005]

The story is basically one big celebration of the 3D era with a ton of returning characters from that era, and elements from Deception’s story, the Deadly Alliance as the final boss and Armageddon nod at the end. Makes Onaga’s absence more apparent. And making him a mindless Dragon was a big letdown when he’s supposed to be one of the most intelligent villains.

[@shemarlosscott2656]

The Story Mode Was Incredible

[@vicenteeus8432]

Hot take 🔥 The sf6 world tour story was better The cheesy avengers endgame esc finale was too much

[@PipeBombsdrop]

said nobody lol

[@norich8490]

The only negative I have really is Jerrod now I get it's a new timeline and Mileena not a clone and was born through natural causes however her having a moment with Jerrod in her chapter should have been for Kitana cause in MK history Jerrod is the father of Kitana and her story arc always involved her avenging her father death and Edenia against Shao Kahn so that bothered me when Mileena is basically in Kitana place and Kitana only gotten a hug from Jerrod.

[@olofacosta3192]

Why can't mileena get developed too? Must kitana forever hog the spotlight? Lol

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

Kitana got paid 20 bucks to take the bench this game

[@TevyaSmolka]

The story was going good but then the twist happened with titan shang tsung and that's where everything fell apart at least in my opinion, mostly because well I was hoping really hoping for Onaga because all the foundation with onaga return was right there and the fact that NRS didn't pull the trigger just felt like a major waste of opportunity at least in my opinion but that's just me. With all that being said though I am glad there are people who loved this story and are super excited for Havok being the next big bad because that's great more power to them I won't stop them because at the end of the day we all have are own opinions. :)

[@fxman9071]

These franchisees just love these "multiverses" ideas

[@Rodniikun]

New universe not one new character. How does that work? Plus idk why they keep playing Kung Lao they tease him in Mk11 and now he a side kick again.

[@olofacosta3192]

I'm glad they haven't introduced someone new yet. We need to fix the old characters first

[@Rodniikun]

@@olofacosta3192 true they can't even have consistency with their characters between single games.

[@IHeartAminah]

I completely 100% Agree with you

[@featherguardian6023]

I will say I enjoy MK1 Story a lot more than MK11 and Aftermath, it gave Chapters to Baraka, Reptile, Ashrah, Li Mei, Sindel, and Mileena to revolutionize the Fans in a Great Way, setting up the Rivalries of the Clan and Shao’s Army’s Dark Future, making Shang and Quan have their Sinister Charm voiced by New People that understand the Characters, Geras being Likable with Phil LaMarr voicing him this time, giving Raiden, Kung Lao, Johnny, and Kenshi New Spins to their Lore and succeeding, making MK9 Ermac Ending Canon, be faithful to the 3D Era, Cementing Liu Kang as a Great Protagonist and Protector redeeming his Character for Years of Deaths and Undead Reincarnations, and making this a Deadly Alliance Requel is a Brilliant Idea, I do have some negatives like we knew Onaga wasn’t coming as if that happened NRS would have revealed it already, I predicted that the Multiverse was happening but not this Soon, the 3rd half did felt Rushed, Tanya being Retconned did absolutely nothing to the Story, Nitara’s voice was Earbleeding, it needed more Playable Characters and less complicated Story, and the Final Chapter is so Bunkers and Bizarre that I’m Mixed on this Controversial Finale but I do like the Set Up of Havik as a Potential Expansion Story Move, all in all a Good 8 out of 10, not perfect but still a Good Fun Ride with Invasion being a Good New Change of Pace.

[@jamesrodney951]

Also. Reptile defeating Shao and Goro together 2 vs 1 was a bunch of BA. Shao was embarrassing and lost every fight. They did the villains so dirty

[@afroman5160]

Your right which is I picked general Shao in the Armageddon battle. Also it was interesting having him work with Liu Kang.

[@RogueFox2185]

The first two acts were solid for a reboot, the Shang Tsung plot twist also worked great but it really should have been kept to these two main timelines specifically who battle for supremacy instead of branching off into that multiverse nonsense.

[@nabilahmed579]

It shouldn’t have any timeline nonsense at all. The first thing you do in a reboot is explore and world-building and you want to add a major threat that none of our characters that we know about this 2nd reboot can go up against (apart from liu kang) which is bound to get some plot inconvenience and powerscaling issues? It’s still jumping the shark way too early to be bringing in timelines into it when this timeline has not even be properly explored. They should actually continue with following the plot of this new universe that liu created, not thinking about how to satisfy powerscalers’ fantasy so they can wank over who is the most op character in mk

[@RogueFox2185]

@@nabilahmed579 That’s a fair criticism because after all, there’s still so many other characters who’s status we don’t know of yet. From where I thought it was gonna go was that they use Titan Shang Tsung to kickstart all the future conflict in the realms, then when both him and his timeline are wiped away we are now just fully alone with Liu Kang’s new era and Onaga would be set up as the big bad around the corner. But no… we had to get this multiverse crap, which is just not how you should start a reboot right off the bat.

[@sipalingindonesia]

​@@nabilahmed579titan Shang Tsung is a must for a main villain, because only him can match the power of titan Liu Kang. Any weaker opponents and liu Kang can just snap them out of the universe, and you definitely won't waste onaga in a supposedly an introduction game into the new era.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@sipalingindonesia by that logic, liu should be able to get rid of the outworld threats to sindel’s reign, piss easily. There’s no reason as to why he can’t do that in the actual story or any sort of intervention plus this is not even a mk tournament now which means the laws, in terms of interference, are gone. Liu literally has no restrictions being put on him in the story and despite that, he is still incompetent in terms of how to deal with Shang and Quan

[@sipalingindonesia]

@@nabilahmed579 liu is not an omniscience protector, as he couldn't know that kenshi got blinded and that he's unaware about the identity of Shang tsung's benefactor. He needs geras to tell him about it. But that's not the point. Beside titan Shang Tsung, who else can be a villain that requires liu kang to face him by himself? The likes of Shao, havik, and shinnok have been immensely depowered by Liu Kang, and the likes of mileena, reptile, and baraka are no longer evil.

[@phenom504]

The first half was good but then it fell off during the second half. Also during the Armageddon part, I think they overdid it with all of those hybrid fighters. To me it was a little too ridiculous. I get that MK is an over the top game and I understand seeing different versions of different characters from other universes, but some of those fusions just didn’t make any sense.

[@3cks86]

Baraka scenes were epic I love that shit

[@jamichealruiz]

Facts 💯🔥

[@XerxesTheUndead]

Onaga and Shujinko will probably be the main focus of Mk1's DLC. Reiko and Shao's endings hint to Onaga coming back and Kung Lao's humbling ending where Shujiniko became a threat and had to be mind wiped are building up to something that will definitely make Deception fans happy.

[@PipeBombsdrop]

havik the boss of the dlc, not onaga it leaked

[@PedroARCruz]

I was super hooked with everything about the new era but as soon as Titan Shang Tsung showed up I was like “oh nooo”. The Armageddon scenario at the end was cool but I wish they just focused on the new era. I think if all the other timeline people looked like their proper selfs it would’ve been better, like imagine if it was Tagawa back as titan shang and Richard epcar as raiden it would’ve been cooler and felt like a continuation to 11 but it fails at that cause none of them feel like their mk11 versions which that’s what they’re supposed to be. They should’ve just stuck to the new era stuff and keep building that up to be something meaningful

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

Other than the final boss being a disappointment and the final few chapters near the end, it's way better than the last game in terms of story and voice acting. You're right, Mortal Kombat is king in story presentation than any other fighting games. I hope we get the Aftermath treatment when Titan Havik reveals himself to Liu Kang.

[@traesmith9822]

Aftermath Expansion needs a Smoke chapter. That boy might as well been a puppy dog following around the Real Lin Kuei

[@Illstatefishing]

It was fun watching the story, can't wait to see where this goes next

[@theamazingmaymay123]

The whole story was fire until the titans thing…like I was hoping the bait and switch was either Shinnnok, Certiorn or Onaga. But the whole multiverse thing is so…annoying now. They need to stick to one timeline for awhile now so we can actually have some conflicts

[@HeIsFlx]

That setting for reptiles chapter in the city was just dazzling bro I felt like I was actually there sneaking around 🔥🔥 hoping tekken 8 story can match this energy

[@SiennaDuran-z7k]

Told you so. MK series is like a parody of Hollywood blockbuster movies plus Marvel and DC. This proves fighting game storylines don't work period. Everything just gets stale, boring, and repetitive.

[@TheNadroj10]

They can, you just need good consistent writing. No one has managed to pull it off yet because the writers just care about a paycheck

[@jbigs65]

Kitana fighting the Kombat Kids was a highlight for me

[@AsgardPS5]

Yea FINALLY ! Someone agrees that the story mode was shit ,I’d take 11 story over this one 🤷

[@TheMoonlightMage]

The one thing I like about the timeline thing is that it means that every single arcade ending going back to the original mortal kombat is canon, just that time was always restarted. Which is kinda funny, IDK.

[@kobebrewster2549]

Story sounds good ar the beginning. They shouldve left all that timeline stuff alone. This was the perfect game to mainly focus on world building or the new era. What I don't get is how does liu kangs fight with shang tsung caused multiple timelines to create in which everyone became a titan. It was only between them and liu kang won so that should've been that

[@Spoonky92]

Titan Hsu Hao? Kind of want to see that 😂

[@Spotty2Wily]

And would really want to see who'd take him down 😂 he'll be off the Titan pedestal seconds flat!

[@WeedShaggy]

Titan Hsu Hao would be pretty based

[@jamichealruiz]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@Marcell2aG]

I agree with pretty much every point. Revealing Titan Shang Tsung instead of Onaga was a massive fumble that disappointed me greatly. It felt like a failed attempt to subvert the expectation. Otherwise the story was fire. 🔥

[@NukerOfFace]

"...Quan Chi getting his melanin taken..." fuck, I'm slain.

[@shotz557]

Can you do a reaction to all the characters endings since they’re all cannon to this new timeline I would love to hear your thoughts

[@jamesrodney951]

Also at the end of Armageddon (which should have been saved for a later game) We didn’t find out what happens to all the characters we spent so much time with other than Kang, cage, lau. Wha happened to Killeen’s and kitana? Sun zero scorpion and smoke? What happened to Shao and reiko? The list goes on

[@AlanSito-md2ji]

You right shang reveal was where it all went down hill the end felt to fast pace new shang took the show shang for first time i ever liked shang best lui kang character design ever

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

Kung Lao chapter - 8/10; Johnny chapter - 7/10; Raiden chapter - 10/10; Kenshi chapter - 9/10; Baraka chapter - 10/10; Ashrah chapter - 10/10; Reptile chapter - 10/10; Sub Zero chapter - 6/10; Scorpion chapter - 6/10; Li Mei chapter - 8/10; Sindel chapter - 10/10; Mileena chapter - 8/10 (second half prevents it from being 10/10); Shang Tsung chapter - 3/10; Liu Kang chapter - 2/10; Final chapter - 5/10. So, it's 112/150, which falls into "Very good" category.

[@mrgreen5097]

Pretty accurate for me. Soon as a I saw the whole story I was thinking 7.5/10.

[@ihavethename8724]

Pretty similar only difference is sub and scorpion 7/10 and mileena also a 7/10

[@Dky640]

Hsu Hao and Kobe’s being titans. Man, what kind of things had to go wrong for all that to happen.

[@brucestrauss]

King Jerrod looks like the Wizard of Oz

[@emperorjoker9240]

Tbf Onaga is heavily teased in the arcade endings, which are all canon

[@Uberman96]

The game was a lot of fun, but I personally found the whole timeline stuff at the end to be just so tiresome. Yeah it was cool to see Armageddon again, sort of, but it just felt so messy. I personally would have liked the game centered around Kung Lao and new Raiden as the main characters, with important deuteragonists in Johnny, Kenshi, Reptile, Baraka, and Ashrah. I think this group was really interesting and melded well together, especially Johnny and Kenshi. Loved seeing their friendship build.

[@MusicNotes2024]

I can honestly see Havik being the catalyst for the downfall of Outworld. Mileena being overthrown for what he had Rain did to Seido while at the same time, not being able to stop the civil war started by Shao Khan. Hopefully we'd get the return of the old Outworld with a darker tone like in the early MK games, which has seriously been lacking in the current gen games starting with 9.

[@SavagexRaccoon]

The story is the only reason I buy any MK game and they cooked with this game though I would have liked some more options to pick different characters for a fight like MK11 and test your might was pretty good but that multiplayer oof I’ll stick to sf6 and tekken

[@boldsequence2794]

Every single Mortal Kombat character are titans in different timelines so all of them beat Kronika to gain control of the hourglass which retcons everything how higher beings aren't supposed to be effected by time merging.

[@olofacosta3192]

Yeah that's just ridiculous lol. I was already iffy about Kano apparently being the keeper of time in snow blind. But this was the nail in the coffin

[@wickdaline8668]

The Multiverse fan in me doesn't mind act three.

[@Strummie]

I personally loved the chaos at the end and didn’t get confused at all. My only con was dropping the ball with Onaga. Only hope is that they expand with DLC and explore Onaga’s story. There’s still hope in my eyes that they can redeem it.

[@PipeBombsdrop]

ok so who's alive and who's dead ?how many more timelines are there? and how many more titans are there? please answers help everyone else out lol?

[@Strummie]

@@PipeBombsdrop Well, we know Liu Kang, Raiden, Kung Lao, Kenshi and Johnny Cage are still alive at the end. We have to wait and learn the rest if there’s an expansion or just the next game. Not really confusing, but more of a cliffhanger. The number of Titans and Timelines are more than likely corresponding to one another, but I guess the number is the same as the amount of characters they decide to introduce.

[@Iddqd328]

Honestly as a follower of the 30 years of this franchise with comics, games, movies, cartoons...I can't believe old fans dig this...story. It's silly. It's childish. It's like those Marvel movies with so many derp jokes (To the point of being annoying). For example, Johnny Cage is now some sort of a Spiderman on a avengers movies. Dude can't stop being millenial and stuff. Johnny Cage from 90s movie and other games had a sense between joking around (w/ sarcasm instead goofy) and being serious on the right moment (like saving Sonya) It's just so dumb, so made for 2020 kids. It's not more about a violent tournament. The whole thing was like a hero silly movie with orchestra *bang bang baaang*. What the hell happened to the writers, making fusion characters like a Dragon Ball Fanfic. It's not even bad like a b-movie that becomes a cult. It's silly and underwhelming 😮‍💨

[@Spotty2Wily]

I'm sure Kira would knock Titan Kobra off somehow like in Armageddon, and Titan Tsu Hao's role will be severely short lived. 😂

[@limelight58able]

Great synopsis, Den. I honestly thought Onaga was gonna be the endgame after all this multiverse stuff is said and done. I was really hoping that any Aftermath type DLC would've included Onaga, but I think Netherealm is gonna milk the multiverse angle to death before he's brought back.

[@thenightman9186]

In several fight intros between Liu Kang & Geras they speak of Onaga being a titan in the alternate timeline. Could lead to something big...🤔

[@chrisgoodman7338]

After the multiverse reveal i just couldn't take the story seriously any more! That final part of the game was a straight fan fiction. The time travel and the chapter system was what led to the downfall of mk story modes

[@dominicperez3777]

If the whole timeline, multiverse stuff wasn't included in the story mode, then the Mortal Kombat story would have been perfect! It would've been a 💯! Overall the story was fantastic!

[@jsam1997]

Second half of the story was nonsensical bullshit. More multiverse crap, like we dont get that in every franchise nowadays and why were the titans so weak? 😂😂

[@inshouha76]

My only real gripe with the story was that characters spent more time expositing than throwing hands at times. There's no way Liu Kang wouldn't have started swinging as soon as he saw Titan Shang Tsung materialize lmaooo. But then again that's something Mortal Kombat likes to do across most of their games so perhaps its just Series Tradition at this point.

[@EdgyBunnyBoi895]

For what I've heard from ed boon he said they wanted to reference Onaga instead of putting him in the game which sucks to be honest probably a future DLC well help because in Reiko's and Shao's ending conforms that Onaga is still alive being chained up, and i know the story mode wasn't that good because of the boss reveal and timeline but there are some couple of good chapters in here and i like motral kombat's story i mean sure people shit on Mortal kombat's story mode. don't get salty with this one mk's story mode is better than any fighting game story mode and i agree with The Fighter's Den opinion sure some of the MK games weren't good but the fighting and voice acting "except for Megan fox" were all on point including lore

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

I’m okay with havik as dlc hopefully that dlc teases Onaga

[@thunderstudent]

I actually like the whole "multiple timelines" thing. It opens up loads of potential for storytelling. I want to see the timeline with Titan Raiden. I want to see what he did in his tineline. I was skeptical about the new origins for Baraka and Mileena but they were some of the best we've gotten from them. Mileena face turn, Baraka's continued face turn, Reptile face turn, Geras face turn! And he seems happier serving Liu Kang than Kronika. Before he just wanted to die, now he has something to live for!

[@mateoramirez9232]

they really have to step up on the next game, the thing that comes to mind, is making sub bosses playable, motaro, kintaro, goro and bring onaga back

[@makaveli7dayz172]

The story was good until the multiverse stuff happened.

[@kzakulenga5138]

There should only be 3 timelines Midway era Netherealm era Liu Kang's era If they focused on those Timelines and implementation on characters from those eras merging into this new one God I would've loved that

[@TheCoyoteGray]

Was going so well until Shang revealed himself bro, best part of the game by far is when Johnny, Kenshi, and Kung Lao are on their mission, those chapters were excellent

[@lkjs-si2sr]

I agree with your review. It was incredibly good until the timelines review. Then it became so confusing and frustrating, it almost looked like AI generated stuff. Still, MK franchise once again proved itself to be the best fighting game in terms of lore, by far. At first I had mixed feelings about Kuai Liang becoming Scorpion and thus Noob Saibot (one of my fav characters despite the stupid name) ceasing to exist, as well as the new timeline being too "wholesome" when compared to the old days. But then I reminded that this is Liu Kang's try at reality shaping and it all made sense. Make no mistake, despite its flaws, this game is great.

[@MegaAmir46]

If you ask me the game should have stayed in the Great Kung Laos era...pretty much the playable cast is full of ageless demons and Outworlders with extended life same roster could have worked

[@redwolfe7049]

I felt kind the story wouldn't end that good when I saw Shang Tsung being a preorder bonus. Like that started anew and Shang is still involved.