Mortal Kombat 1 has KILLED Mortal Kombat for me

[@RedShogun13]

Remember when MK9 dropped and we all lost our minds: “MORTAL KOMBAT IS BACK” and then we had a super fun sequel in MKX? Good times.

[@jok3r687]

And with Tag Team... one thing I thought was awesome about other Fighting games... I felt like a kid all over again!! Lmao

[@kiddkush_97]

I still play X screw MK1

[@just_2swift]

Nah

[@FlossyCarter]

This game would have been dope WITHOUT the cameos. Imagine the same graphics and gameplay, but instead of cameos, 10 more playable characters, stage fatalities, frendships and mercy’s….This would have been an Epic follow up to MK11. MKX is still the Best MK EVER!

[@Riles_-bn4jr]

i did not expect flossy here lmao

[@Nick-up5wv]

MKD is the BEST ever, but I DO really dig MKX.

[@tanzolo4487]

Mk9 100%

[@darklord9581]

They also need more diverse combos for the characters, it’s gets tiring seeing the same strings and moves over after a while lol. AND THEY REALLY NEED to stop giving hype DLC characters like spawn, Homelander and Omiman weak combos lol. Like idk if it’s a glitch or not but Homelander has two air combos that are exactly the same lol.

[@FlossyCarter]

@@darklord9581 They should have put Oni-Man and Homelander in the next Injustice and gave us Cyrax and Sector!

[@TheOfficialBlackSheep]

Everything about MK1 is everything that goes against Mortal Kombat: • Lameos instead of Tag Team • Poke system that requires no skill • Lack of diverse combinations • Full arenas that are not completely accessible to fight in such as Johnny’s Mansion and the Teahouse • No stage fatalities • Mediocre outfit designs • Repetitive music soundtrack with 0 creativity • Horrendous single player game modes • Terrible DLC characters and character changes • Micro-transactions • A multiverse story mode that no one asked for • Servers that constantly and consistently disconnect • Unresponsive Fatal Blows • *WHO DID THEY MAKE THIS GAME FOR?!*

[@Kung_Fu_Junkie]

Don’t forget dei

[@ilyapoliakov3388]

Soundtrack is great this time actually

[@TheOfficialBlackSheep]

@@ilyapoliakov3388 How when all of the tracks sound the same? • In the words of the Homelander: *GET OFF YOUR F•CKING KNEES*

[@jamaicandrogba9899]

They made this game for Warner bros

[@YoutubeSupremeMod]

Almost agree. DLC characters are fine. And Fatal Blow has requirements to come out you can’t just mash it out whenever you want that’s a skill issue. The rest is totally obvious and understandable.

[@tbbanimations]

Didn’t Ed say they were considering the characters all be played by celebrities, I think that shows how out of touch they are

[@mlo009]

I can imagine Megan Fox pressing 111111....... occasionally a 4.

[@blok--head7472]

Meanwhile still no Terry Crews as Jax... But sure let's get the actors who make no sense like Megan Fox and Dimitri Vegas. (Who?...)

[@jeremyallen5974]

Coming soon: Lizzo as Princess Kitana! If you don't like it you're both sexist AND fatphobic!

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

I realized that the moment I saw Conan the Barbarian of all characters. I legit went "do these fuckers not realize most of their players are likely in their 20s or early 30s?"

[@yoshbui2312]

People who did not grow up in the mid 90’s don’t have the experience of what it’s like walking into an arcade or a 7/11 grocery store and seeing an MK arcade. I grew up playing MK1, MK2, MK3, UMK3, MK Trilogy, and MK4. Seeing an MK arcade then was like seeing your crush. It demanded your respect. MK games had a serious tine to it and didn’t take a back seat to any frigging fighting games of its time. 7/11 stores would rather have an MK arcade than a Street Fighter arcade.

[@Nick-up5wv]

Growing up in the 90's MK 2 cabinets popped up EVERYWHERE! Recently there is one in a mall I go to inside of a Foot Locker. Last time I went to buy shoes I took longer to pick them out because MK2 distracted me.😅

[@extremepop324]

It's true.. video games are more of a 90s thing, especially fighting games. Everywhere had a Arcade or 2 of them or more! Like at Wal Mart, Pizza shops, laundry mats, gas stations, grocery stores. Gaming today feels like something that has to try so fn hard to feel relevant with all focus being on E Sport tournaments. In the 90s fighting games were just "Around" all over the damn place.. if you had a quarter, you could run some quick games with a possible stranger in the middle of buying groceries

[@just_2swift]

@@extremepop324 man good times...

[@jackkawf4449]

Kameos were a terrible choice nobody asked for an assist system in MK, it didn't need it anyway

[@Nick-up5wv]

If it had been implemented as an on/off system and didn't repeat main roster characters it could have worked. Tag mode from MK9 would've been better OR 2 on 2 Kombat like in Ultimate MK and MK Trilogy.

[@thedevilsleutice]

@@Nick-up5wv2 on 2. Imagine if every cameo was either a costume or character.

[@BabyMaharaja0]

If it was 2v2 tag that would have been great.

[@Nick-up5wv]

@@thedevilsleutice That'd be cool

[@turbobooster9263]

@@BabyMaharaja0 for real n I think fighting games with a lot of characters should have a 2 vs 2 options

[@GhoulieFGC]

Real Tekken Tom Brady

[@Raikuu11]

Real SF Tom Brady 😂 either is a great choice

[@gus9663]

​@@Raikuu11 I'm hoping he goes to SF personally

[@CGoody564]

The Real (other) Tom Brady

[@ruinedshadow97]

After 1 week of grinding "why tekken is trash" 😂

[@MioDoxi]

​@@gus9663 Yes please. I'm done with these spam videos when I'm trying to find mk matches. Have him please

[@granddeath]

Bill isn’t lying, this game is fucking boring to watch. The cameo system murdered this game.

[@Bunchdude]

I think the Kameo system could have been a fantastic addition if it was implemented well. I think if they made every Kameo good and every character good it would have been a fun game

[@christianhenry4173]

​@@Bunchdudethis is basically the new mechanic of this poor plastic game. Hit + hit + block, then punish Hit + hit, cameo break or duck, poke+ punish. The cycle gets so boring to watch. Constantly backing up and ducking but no actual unique combos used. Everyone is spamming that 1 move including the pros.

[@YoungSweezy]

I was optimistic About it, it looked fun on reveal. But few hours in scrubby ranked proved me otherwise

[@vengeance112]

@@BunchdudeI think the kameo system would’ve been really cool if it was like the mk11 assists they had, but they butchered it with making unsafe things unpunishable and braindead boring sadly

[@highbredsmoke]

how is it the cameo its how people are playing the game what ever is "meta" every one just copys what some one esl is doing no one is carving there own path

[@minimumcan]

I went to CEO for MK1. The casuals after Grand Finals were definately little to none. I couldn't even find anyone in Jebailey Land (which is were the after hour casuals were held). I thought after Grand Finals I was maybe gonna be able to play one of the top players but, I couldn't even find the players that took me out of bracket. Meanwhile, my buddy is over by Street Fighter getting games with all sorts of players in casuals, from FlashMetroid to Diago. I definately lost my motivation for this game competitively.

[@ProperXSmoke]

I was there as well that shit was wack for MK

[@slowmojo9355]

Stop supporting this garbage of a game, than maybe NRS may get serious about their games

[@GBurnYa]

Yep, Kameos completely ruined the essence of MK. We don't want assists or cringe superheroes. Keep that BS in Injustice. Hope they learned their lesson.

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

Wld have much rather gotten Injustice 3.....

[@lordtark6736]

This game was meant to be Injustice 3, that's why we have this cringe fest of superheroes.

[@Marco.91]

Don't blame netherrealm (Ed Boon and team) blame WB. They make all of those decisions

[@chuenjinyang4513]

​@@Marco.91not kameos tho

[@just_2swift]

No it's on NRS. WB is the wallet the budget. NOBODY at WB said "give them assists to fight with" No that's NRS... ALSO nobody at WB keeps telling NRS to scrap the previous MK engine and make a new one. That costs more of the budget to build a game engine every 2 years to be prepared for a 4 year life cycle. Right now they're working on the next game. Imagine if they didn't rebuild the structure but added on to it? Using MKX or mk9 as a foundation. But they won't ​@@Marco.91

[@SuperNorq]

For me the fact they destroyed the lore killed MK for me. Years of gathering stories and lore from every MK game wasted. I just can't recognise the characters I love anymore. Thus I can't get excited for future installments.

[@Yayofangamer16]

And you have all the blame for it

[@blok--head7472]

I wouldn't mind the reboot if they actually stuck to their guns and did it 100%. New timeline, New everything. Instead they half-baked it, then forcing the original timeline to be ducktaped to this "nu era", it's a complete mess. Nothing makes sense anymore because they wanted their cake and eat it too. What was even the point in rebooting the franchise if they're just gonna do it again with MK2? Waste of everyone's time is all that is...

[@mkarg5012]

True, they literally ruin every character by making them some multiverse type of shit where all the creativity goes down to "ok but kung lao has sub zero powers". The story now is a mess that baited people into thinking it ended with mk11 but it's just a continuation.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

Retarded take. I havent bought a mk game since armageddon because theyre all shit. So actually, its your fault.

[@Itsdustybunz]

Mk lost its identity. It lots it’s grit and edginess. Probably the last MK I’ll allow myself to get excited for

[@donaldthomas7394]

Mk was my favorite fighting game since the 90s. This is the first time I have liked street fighter and tekken more than mk.

[@young8584]

Same

[@Nick-up5wv]

To me MK took everything good about Street Fighter and Tekken and ramped up the dial to 11. At one time I believe it was THE fighting franchise; after completely reinventing the standard formula of "stand 20 feet away and spam fireballs until you win" and REVOLUTIONIZED the fighting genre as a whole. Hell it influenced gaming in the 90's as a whole. It created the ESRB and made people think differently about how games could be done in general. Without MK we wouldn't have Grand Theft Auto, God of War, COD, Doom, etc. MK made gaming more mature and fighting games "FIGHTING" games! It was ALWAYS my favorite fighting franchise because it did things differently than other series. Now it has John Cena and Megan Fox. WTF NRS?!? Bring back MORTAL KOMBAT!!!

[@entityedgenetwork2252]

same here after 30 + years -

[@FlawleZ31]

Because the game is no longer MK anymore.

[@Nick-up5wv]

@@FlawleZ31 True

[@sheena1521]

I feel like I'm the only person who thought this game looked lame asf when trailers dropped. The fact that they keep rebooting the story says everything; they have no clue wtf they wanna do with mk.

[@aryelrosa4829]

Feel like NRS should’ve went with the original ending from the MK11 story.

[@georgealvarez1195]

I hope SF6 somehow manages to get Sub-Zero at least over there I know they'll treat him right lmao

[@YUSSUFXVI]

Lmao facts, I’m back on sf these days having a blast

[@TheNikolaYo]

That would be amazing,they would treat sub zero with soo much respect.I would go to sf in a blink of an eye.

[@ZensanFGC]

😂

[@mrnozchalazt7199]

At least you know Sub-Zero would actually be a very solid character in Capcom's hands lol.

[@michaelgalante4308]

If sf6 gets sub zero then I’m 100 percent getting into that game

[@thegrayboxzero]

i think WB should just give up on Mortal Kombat and rename it to Celebrity Deathmatch.

[@arjunratnadev]

and the whole game down 1, combo or down 2, combo or down 3, combo or down 4 and jump

[@kenolpierre6595]

😂😂😂

[@justblaze2323]

LOLOLOLOLOLOOOOLOLOLOOOOOOOL

[@infinitesurge9641]

😂😂😂😂.

[@TheClemmons352]

This is a great joke!

[@VIE5x]

mk1 was definitely a cash grab for wb they wanted money so they rushed mk1, suicide squad

[@Vert1986]

I played MKX and MK11 and it’s funny to me that those games are better than MK1. The Kameo system ruined MK for me. When SF6 came out in June of last year I gave it a try and fell in love with the game instantly bc of the great mechanics and difficulty of the game. I was excited for the release of MK1 and couldn’t wait to play it. I stopped playing MK1 2 Months after release bc the game is just not fun. I am now a full time SF6 player and have been much happier switching to this game. Tom Is right when he says “I just have to accept the direction MK is going now and move on”. It’s ok to accept this fact then live in denial.

[@raytindall6796]

EXACTLY. I picked up Sf6 as well and I stopped playing Mk1 for a few months and SF6 is just way more enjoyable.

[@bilbobaggins3068]

With all due respect MK11 is absolute cheeks. It’s easily worse than Mk1

[@dmaxbravo_9562]

​@bilbobaggins3068 mk11 was still fun to watch unlike this current garbage

[@Skkra]

You should go back and try MK9 if you never played it. It's by far the best of the NRS-era MK games, and the only one my friends and I still play to this day.

[@YoutubeSupremeMod]

Lots of choices really. I still love MK and will play mk1 from time to time whenever new content comes out. Just not as much as I did mk11 cause it is boring after fake hype from new dlc dies out.

[@TheBanimal]

UnderNight 2 having more EVO entrants than MK1 has to be the biggest kick in the teeth for the "MK sells more/Not world wide" crowd. UnderNight 2 sold a small fraction of what MK1 did and has more players entering at EVO.

[@shutup1037]

😂😂 true

[@intellectic9155]

NRS is trash. That's all there is to it.

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

which is crazy to hear because we all loved them just less than 6 years ago. they’ve fallen from grace.

[@TysonDylan0]

​@@KingJadInfiniteHopeMKX released in 2015. It's been 9 yrs since we all loved NRS

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

@@TysonDylan0 MKX ran until 2019 which is when MK11 came out, so my point stands. less than 6 years ago. (nobody counts injustice we don’t play those games over here)

[@SajeradoProductions]

Trash? Really?

[@just_2swift]

​@@KingJadInfiniteHope Injustice 2 was the last great NRS game though. Call it what you want with the zoning but the game has everything we been lacking since mk11 and MK1 with only mk11 allowing custom moves. Kameos? Injustice 2 had them too! Everything about the the last 2 MK games noticed the main draw to them were already done in injustice 2. MK11 - KUSTOM MOVES/ INJUSTICE 2 GEAR SYSTEM MK1 KAMEOS - INJUSTICE 2 MULTIVERSE ASSIST TOWERS Injustice 2 was their last best game BUT MKX was the last MK.

[@roboboombyyahh1279]

I’m a casual player and I love MK11. I hate Sub-Zero always get shitted on but I love how MK11 looked and the presentation I thought it was top notch from a casual POV.

[@Jack_Ripper10]

Well said

[@curthastings2894]

Yes thank you! 100% agree MK11 was worlds better than MK1!

[@YoutubeSupremeMod]

Yeah mk11 really spoiled us with great customization. I was disappointed when mk1 dropped and I saw the customization

[@curthastings2894]

@@KZbinSupremeMod agreed! and the customizable variation system gave the game soo much more variety than the damn kameo system

[@Spaz740]

Sub-Zero is my favorite character. I wasn't surprised they butchered him in this game.

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

DON’T STOP MAKING VIDEOS. the community needs to hear this.

[@arjunratnadev]

a community now hijacked by toxic brain rot "pawsitivity"

[@kaylemain2006]

The little playerbase left is saying that everything is fine and that this is all easily explainable and not the game's fault, so there's really no point for him to make this videos. The community doesn't want to hear this.

[@ceej7264]

No we don't

[@alexanderkirk3126]

And let nrs off the hook? They'll keep shoving mediocre crap saying it's prestine content!

[@gavinburnett2187]

@@ceej7264yeah tf you do

[@EpicJasonX9000]

Mortal Kombat didn't die with M1K, I would argue MK has been in a zombie state for years since even MK9 & MKX had it's major issues that got inflated with MK11 & M1K. the franchise started it's slow death ever since it's true creator, John Tobias, left Midway back in 2000 during the production of Special Forces. and while the writing wasn't nearly as good in the PS2 era, at least the franchise at that point was still somewhat consistent. and if MK Armageddon was treated as the true finale of the entire franchise, I would of been perfectly fine with it. now a days, I still think it's the last truly good MK game. the day MK truly died was during the release of MKvsDCU because that's where all of these problems that has been growing with the franchise truly began. it was the catalyst to the low tier writing and the poor quality character development and the constant retcons, and there's no way around it anymore. and it's not just the games that suffered from this, it was also the adaptations that came & went since 2011. and none of them has any long lasting appeal like the older films & TV shows did even as far as entertainment value is concerned. it's just as bad as Disney's Star Wars which is the closest comparison I can possibly make. and just like Disney's Star Wars, it has killed any enthusiasm that I may have had with this franchise to where I simply cannot support this franchise under these clowns due to the bad decisions and poor quality content that has been given to us. I blame Ed Boon, I blame his writing team, I blame NRS, I blame WB, and I blame the fans who supported this travesty. and at this point, I'd rather support the older MK games from 1992 to 2006 when Midway was Midway and MK was at it's peak.

[@Pshady23]

What killed this game for me is that It's the only current game where I feel like you can get punished for punishing a move? Hope that makes sense.

[@othellorucker8107]

Happens a lot. I’m like WTF I thought I punished that

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

Guess you never played MK11 😂

[@bilbobaggins3068]

Mans never played MK11. It was significantly worse in that regard

[@RobocopReturns]

MK11 birthed that.

[@RobocopReturns]

@@bilbobaggins3068I just said that. Mk11 is the king of getting punished for doing what you were supposed to do.

[@HeadlockedGaming]

If you're tired of covering MK1. Coming from another who has been around since 1992 and the first MK. I'd be so hype to see you cover some of the previous titles and your experiences & memories. I'd really like to see you cover your thoughts on like competitive MK4 arcade or MK Deception. I remember playing you online back in MKD, MKA, MK vs DC, etc. Such differences I always wondered what other og players really thought of the older games.

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

Duuuuude same, I remember seeing Tom in those super old forums (TestYourMight?) back in like 2006. Really cool guy from my experience

[@saintxeno777]

IT KILLED IT FOR ME 2 i never thought they would take a year to add lobbies and a year for online practice mode

[@xBlackOutx21]

That baffled me...why have an icon saying "coming soon" on a feature that should've been available day 1..

[@DanielSmith-ll2iw]

is online practice a thing yet?

[@saintxeno777]

@@DanielSmith-ll2iw nope

[@darklord9581]

It’s cause the combos and special moves are super easy to learn and most characters use the same buttons for a combo start and same goes for special moves lol. I feel like mk X and 11 had more difficult to pull off than 1 does lol. And actually took precision to land like Lui Kang kicks and juggles or just playing as The Collector I always whiffed his combos 🤣🤣 mk1 took me like 5 secs to learn Omi man, johnny, shao, and basically every ninja character combos/specials☠️ they need to start adding in variety

[@SlimeBlueMS]

Cope

[@jingjing1237]

We are past the paycheck era, we are now in the laughing stock era

[@NMHTelevision]

I felt those “garbage” comments in my soul lol

[@merikijiya13]

Mf is going in 😂

[@just_2swift]

Im so sick of this dam sales argument.... McDonald’s sells millions of meals a day and the food is sht. Makes more than the 5 star restaurants down the street a year. Quality is going to out shine in any aspect of life and the tournament numbers wield this fact. It's not that deep of an analogy to understand. Not a hard concept to grasp but I'm referring to MK1 being McDonald's. Even though NRS time and time again gives us the bare minimum post injustice 2. People will still buy the next game cause it's MK similar McDonald's being bad for you yet we buy and consume it by the millions. Sales being used in an argument is irrelevant cause McDonald's doesn't get top chef awards in comparison cause the perception in the eyes of the fgc is that mk is trash.

[@blok--head7472]

Funny you say McDonalds, the characters in MK1 already look like happy meal toys compared to MK11. Omniman for example looks like he's made out of plastic. If that's NRS' idea for 'next gen', I say we go back to polygons. Because their new artsyle flatout sucks.

[@just_2swift]

@@blok--head7472 THANK YOU I thought I was alone in seeing this as well. Injustice 2 character models look better than mk1.... Like seriously what happened?

[@blok--head7472]

​@@just_2swiftClear sign of a rushed development. Rushed, overpriced, and shallow are the best words to describe MK1.

[@woszkar]

MKX is still the best MK in my opinion.

[@ChozoBrain]

I wish 9 had more love.

[@OpenMiker-rp4eo]

Huh?! You think it’s underrated, compared to X?! Almost everyone says 9 is best. I prefer X but that’s me.

[@just_2swift]

@@ChozoBrain if 9 had rollback it would be over

[@michaelknight4099]

MKX was amazing. Still fun to play today.

[@misantrope6267]

I want to play Mortal Kombat but idk which to get

[@DC-Supreme]

Mk9 and mkx > mk11 and mk1. Not even up for debate.

[@theretrogamingnerd3316]

Mortal Kombat 11> Mortal Kombat 1. Not even up for debate.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

Completely agree. I think mk11 needed a big patch and it could’ve been better make krushing blows based on counter hit and useable more than once change the meter system make more ex moves juggle and make pokes negative, the fact they were safe is beyond stupid.

[@YoutubeSupremeMod]

It is. I think mk11 is better than mkx and you will never change my mind.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

@@KZbinSupremeMod mkx is very mixup heavy and you guess wrong twice and you die.

[@notsure1135]

@@KZbinSupremeModnah, MKX was more creative.

[@Speedur_]

Still playing MKX to this day. Best modern MK hands down. Genuinely believe the community can make a better MK than netherrealm at this point.

[@Nick-up5wv]

If given permission the community could make a better MK vs Street Fighter at this point. Imagine the 2 series coming together to compete and get buzz going around the whole fighting community? It'd be fun to see our two favorite series battling together and determining who's best once and for all.

[@i.ftekhar]

Mkx variations are the best. I miss cryo sub zero

[@Mene_the_Mentos08]

I think MK9 is better than all of the mk games hands down

[@Nick-up5wv]

@@Mene_the_Mentos08 MK 9 is what MK Trilogy SHOULD have been, minus the emphasis on Quan Chi and Sindel murdering everyone. MKD is still the best; at least of the Midway era of the 3D games, IMHO.

[@glang5154]

​@@Nick-up5wv I think MKD is the best as well, and I used to hate the 3D trilogy

[@Bagelking3900]

Mk1 was a scam that i fell for

[@jaded_dahlia]

I felt that

[@Locii97]

Yeah I feel that one. Ironically I spent the most on MK buying the ultimate edition only to play it the least

[@Bagelking3900]

@@Locii97 I did the exact same. Because of the dlc picks were all my mains from my first mk. And the rest of the dlc I watch the shows and they game just had to be ass

[@MoonlightMaskG]

I feel your pain man 😬

[@ugotadeadtrim3712]

I saw the charecters my A.U.D.H.D said yes this is the dopamine I need and bought it just to have the least amount of fun ever

[@Ohheavennn]

You know it’s bad when my friend and I decided to play MK 11 again instead of MK1…..

[@AM-m6g]

It's better that's why

[@SuperiorBryce98]

I would say that the biggest problem here is that MK doesn’t necessarily have a legacy. I’m not talking about the popularity of the franchise, but the gameplay itself. Every Mortal Kombat game plays VASTLY DIFFERENT from each other. SF, Tekken, and even KOF are fundamentally the same game. They’re the same cake with different icing on top. MK changes every single time. The problem with MK1 is, they created a system that they don’t know how to manage. That’s why almost every patch somehow makes things worse. Idk, that’s just me.

[@solidmage1720]

Basically you’re saying MK11 and MK1 should have kept the same MKX core gameplay and expand upon the concept? I only played MK1 once and forgot if it played like MKX or MK11.

[@SuperiorBryce98]

@@solidmage1720 No. I’m just pointing out that every MK game changes lol

[@solidmage1720]

@@SuperiorBryce98 MK1-MK4 sort of did had changes. The ps2 trilogy kept the same gameplay and engine.

[@Big_AlStudios]

Honestly, I want to go back to the good old days of Mortal Kombat. Where there was no such thing as buffs and nerfs for a character, dark atmosphere as to what Mortal Kombat was; dark, no microtransactions,no multiverse like story, having a krypt where you spend in game currency and making it creepy, and to me most important of all in my honest opinion, having a konquest mode, and no such thing as “Beef Set” online. I feel sad for MK because it fell out big time.

[@Pabloblart]

I’m not even mad anymore just disappointed and just feel dumb for investing so much passion into this franchise. I hate to admit it and feel stupid that a game had this much of an impact on me but at least I can recognize that it’s simply toxic at this point . Thank you Tom.

[@WLL-ej7lo]

Man I loved this video. I cannot imagine Tom without the Rick Flair level of blood pressure in its face and it made me laughed so hard. The content of what he's saying is on point tho. We will miss you not talking about MK, Tom.

[@skateorpie]

I think he will pop a blood vessel if he keeps at this content lmao so I get it

[@chrisdrake512]

Ric Flair vs Johnny Cage Wooo off when?

[@louis550]

I share all the same views the game is stripped of everything mortal kombat used to be. The MK1 glazers are working around the clock to silence OG fans because they love the crutchy 0 neutral 0 skill BS mechanics that have been introduced. I’ll die on this hill.

[@rafaelguerra9608]

MK11 moved the franchise closer to injustice. Its no longer dark and gritty or mysterious. Its just a bunch a crap with super moves that don't fit the characters. This MK is so bad but on a technical and corporate level. But the last 2 games were horrible in their tone and what the MK universe should be.

[@Forever.Remain.Nameless]

Injustice is way better than MK, wish we wld have gotten Injustice 3 instead of this bull💩

[@rafaelguerra9608]

@@Forever.Remain.Nameless I don't like injustice but I do feel this was meant to be injustice 3. Its the worst mk games in years. With the popularity of DC, injustice prob brings in way more money so they focus on that more now it seems.

[@chuenjinyang4513]

They mk universe has never been supposed to be dark and gritty tho? Even in the 3D era there was alot of colour everywhere. I love mkx to death but the one thing it didn't get right is the colours

[@rafaelguerra9608]

@@chuenjinyang4513 you ever played mk 3 up to Armageddon? I don't mean dark as in the color smh. I meant how brutal they were. No woke era

[@Tomjama]

I wish Killer Instinct would take MK's spot

[@destroyazoid2060]

I wouldn’t mind giving killer instinct a shot. Sadly it’s an Xbox exclusive and I don’t have one…

[@SebuTK]

I knew this game would die quick as soon as i saw it was just MK11 with choosable challenge tower assists. Shit is brutal, use to love this IP

[@jf2849]

Takeda was probably one of the most hyped and anticipated characters in this roster. Releasing him so late into the game was a huge mistake many of us quit playing a long time ago.

[@HazmaFGC]

Legit lol they could have got me last year! Glad i saved that money for Tekken 8

[@phenom504]

It’s a shame because I do think gameplay wise that MK1 is much more fun than MK11. But to think that a lot of people probably thought that it couldn’t get worse than MK11 here we are

[@dennismoose2152]

thats news to me mk11 was dope and felt peak to me and my family, but mk1 was a huge let down

[@Pysikho]

@@dennismoose2152 MK11 as game is amazing it came to the markets as a complete package. The issue for most of the community was the gameplay aspects.

[@lordtark6736]

Mk11 was more fun to me

[@lilleonmuks6493]

@@dennismoose2152 MK11 had a boring combo system, the breakaway mechanic was terrible and being able to get 30% off of a random yolo D2 is probably the worst thing in a fighting game ever. MK1 is way better than MK11, but Tom is right about the power level being too low in MK1. Characters should be massively buffed. A casual will experience losses whether the characters are overpowered or the characters are weak as hell. Whatever a casual lost against most recently is what they will cry about needing to be nerfed.

[@dennismoose2152]

@@lordtark6736 mk11 was incredibly fun to me too, nor sure why people disagree but to me it was cool

[@bloodCount8895]

With CEO having 114 and EVO with 645 while T8 and SF6 have 4-5k+ shows, it's dead. They had their sales pop 30-90 days after release. Since then radio silent on sales when back in October 2023 they said almost 3M units. The casuals microtransactions money will not save the game nor increase actual SKU unit sales.

[@jaemekon]

I don't enjoy the kameos, that is one of the biggest reasons I don't play MK1.

[@mrstudent9125]

In three-four years Tom will release "Mortal Kombat 2 killed Mortal Kombat".

[@unknowntyrant1005]

And then another 5 years after that he will release " Mortal Kombat 3 killed Mortal Kombat"

[@christianhenry4173]

​@@unknowntyrant1005and maybe just maybe the developers will say "you know we understand mk 2 is ready maybe we should focus on a new injustice 3 game". Because suicide squad ruined everything for the DC side of gaming so far.

[@jket1943]

And he'll bring up mk11 at every point he can

[@ZayTech91]

His fans would call me and others shills but this dude is going to make a video on the state of the game in its second year 💀💀

[@mrstudent9125]

No doubt ​@@ZayTech91

[@EastyyBlogspot]

The game felt odd for me, i am a very casual player but the invasions was a massive almost mobile game like grind. The core game was fun to begin with but just got bored l. It has a feeling of they were really rushed and had to prioritise certain aspects

[@dennismoose2152]

true WB only knows how to support mobile gacha grinders

[@IANGEL101I]

Mortal Kombat just needs to be bought by a better company/studio. I seriously believe that NRS and WB are "cooking the books" when it comes to the actual money they made from Mortal Kombat.

[@aus.RE7]

Honestly I couldn’t tell you which studio would be viable for them. All major studios today blow. Probably just make everything worse

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

Most of these failed projects are money laundering schemes

[@leulzelalem7121]

The issue is that wb forces nrs to reinvent the wheel every time. Ed boon said everything he wants has to go through a bunch of people higher up so wb definetly is the issue

[@IANGEL101I]

@leulzelalem7121 and NRS and Ed Boon are also at fault for following those directions. Both WB and NRS can be blamed here. WB for giving bad orders and NRS for following those bad orders.

[@leulzelalem7121]

@@IANGEL101I i assume nrs is afraid of any kind of consequences theyd face tho as wb isnt as dependant on mk as say bandai namco is on tekken. Wb could easily make their development process hell

[@YUSSUFXVI]

I fw it bro it was getting old but you’re jumping ship at the right time, I’ll support whatever you do next

[@anubisshadowreaper8808]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EL1TExMONTAGE]

Dogshit kameo system, lack of content, no krypt or konquest mode, bare bones customization, and watered down characters that are totally reliant on kameos, which again is dogshit. What the hell was NRS thinking with this game? At this point I just hope WB crumbles and is forced to sell the franchise. And whoever buys it should do a clean house.

[@Tom_Bombadil3000]

Consistency. Every mk is so different from the previous. SF and Tekken are extremely consistent in comparison. Sales numbers are attributed to fatality member berries period end of story it has nothing to do with excitement for it as a skilled based fighting game. It’s THE casual game with the most name recognition.

[@crimsonite2044]

I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again: MK1 is ALL style ZERO Substance

[@judecider]

I'll definitely miss the, "poke, poke, poke, your turn, my turn" but the show must stop at some point. I look forward to the new content, best of luck and stay strong.

[@gantzrunner]

As soon as NRS started altering character designs to capitulate to people who don't even play Mortal Kombat, i knew the gameplay would follow the same road. It's now a game for casuals who play it for a week then move on to a mobile game, and game journos that cant pass tutorial levels.

[@vigilantowl5312]

Funny I dropped off in MK10. The way MK10 was done gave me a preview of what was to come. I am not surprised.

[@McChillin_]

Thank you for your contribution to the community Tom. You had some of the most hype moments during MK9, I still go back and watch those matches. Always loved seeing you on commentary, some of the best talent the scene had to offer. Wish you got to commentate ever since NRS started their Pro Series. Thanks again for everything

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

Looking at the excuses people are coming up with for this game kinda breaks my heart... Their love for the scene is performative...... It feels like the end... Or just an extreme low

[@lonewanderer9876]

Well W.B wants to continue doing these live service games so yeah, it is the end of MK in terms of quality. RIP MK 1992 - 2023

[@mattt1939]

A lot of us love you tom. Please dont stop making videos because whether we realize it or not, the community needs people like you to spread the truth and expose lies.

[@JohnnyLongHands]

Does anybody know if there is a discord to play MKX or MK9? Trying to find a community who still plays those games and have some fun.

[@aryelrosa4829]

I’ll probably just to have buy a PS3 to play MK9 again.

[@GirlBeater]

@@aryelrosa4829who’s gonna tell him

[@aryelrosa4829]

@@GirlBeater if MK9 was backwards compatibility with ps5 I’d get it but that’s not the case.

[@brock11190]

Check out Unbearableskill. We still get down and dirty on MKX -OinkeeDoykeeBaby 🐷

[@mr.13mtp]

Sf6 is where it’s at.

[@DENIS_Biomech]

Please don't stop pointing out how garbage modern MK is, you are the only voice of reason in the sea of access shills. You NEED to continue making videos ❤❤❤

[@RealMikeHollow]

Crazy that we haven't even exchanged our thoughts on this topic yet and everything you're saying is in my video lool. Should be encoded in like an hour or so. KZbin is kicking my a** today with its speed.

[@yonderboygames]

This feels like the end of an era.

[@Demigah]

Talk about this game as much as you want, bro. Don’t listen to people who tell you to stop doing what you WANT to do, especially when it ain’t hurting nobody but their feelings 😂

[@simosan22]

patiently waiting for 'takeda won't save mk1' with 10k others

[@Demigah]

@@simosan22it’ll come

[@FAM0US-M0NSTERS-]

Mortal Kombat died with Midway Games

[@TheHateHarbinger]

True big true

[@NetizenGames]

True.

[@kunklorddave6916]

Mk9 and Mkx did somn, after that it's Sewage based mk11 and mk1

[@Shakebackshordyy]

Mk 9 revived the franchise and mkx was the best mk in modern times

[@FAM0US-M0NSTERS-]

@@Shakebackshordyy when Midway was purchased by WB, WB over time slowly stripped away creativity within NetherRealm and forced more DEI bullshit down their throats. The games are boring and bland just to keep everything safe and check boxes. I still play MKX BTW.

[@JWIZZY4real]

This was the truest and most epic rant that I've ever heard about a fighting game.

[@HatTrickzTV]

Its odd really mkx had plenty of broken stuff in it yet its less hated then mk1 lol Same for mk9

[@arjunratnadev]

mk1 is peak disappointing incompetence by nrs

[@HatTrickzTV]

@@arjunratnadev it's so unfortunate bruh it went from my favorite to the worst Its so damn frustrating how we go from mkx which built off of 9 to them reinventing the wheel with 11 then trying to reinvent the wheel again with 1...LITERALLY just had to add a tag mode and we'd been straight lmao

[@SilentiumCivis]

Kombat Speed, plain & simple. The speed, aggression & freedom of combos is what everyone loves & wants but NRS doesn’t want to make $ so we are left with the soft child safe slow MK

[@jadedragon216]

One of the most beloved fighting franchise of all time, Marvel Vs Capcom, almost every game is broken as shit, but it's fun to play and watch. At the end of the day MK1 is just not fun and boring.

[@YoutubeSupremeMod]

Because mkx everyone was broken lmao and combo potential was light years ahead of current MK games

[@rileylynn5824]

Good on you for moving to things that will make you happy! ❤ I feel your pain and dissatisfaction with Mk1. I know you will find better things in the future!

[@martinezbiz]

people need to start waiting a couple months before they buy a game to look at more gameplay and reviews to see if its actually worth it. also nrs did a 50% discount a couple months after release.................seeing them charging $10 for a fatality and for skins ruined this game for me. also same boring combo routes

[@Yugiohsachse]

So true, MK1 is a piece of shit. Its unbelievable. It was my favorite franchise of all time, playing it since the real MK1 and this game make me hate MK. F U NRS, F U Warner Bros and F U Ed Boon. I watched in steam even MK11 has more active players online on steam than MK1 OMG. Thanks for this video

[@TheHateHarbinger]

Brother don't lie you ain't quitting 🤣 you might take some time but you'll be back with new content/the next MK.

[@EthNet34756]

As soon as kp2 is back Tom will be there

[@YUSSUFXVI]

That’s gonna be years from now my friend I think he should def cover something else

[@mistervader]

The only reason outside of personal friends I even got interested in being halfway good at MK was you. It sucks to hear you so disillusioned about something you love so passionately, but I agree with you: if it ain’t fun, no reason to push it. Imma stick around though. Wanna see where you go next.

[@__Phederal__]

Anyone else realized that this video was actually about MK11 ??

[@MichaelBrown-ul4kr]

Best mk of all time

[@__Phederal__]

It’s really good imo 11

[@Nomdro]

11:40, onnnn godddd this is me. Mk1 lost me for sure. There's just something missing. I got no drive to play it, or even watch sets. I used to watch MK11 tournaments all the time. I think the kameo system is the equivalent of the krushing blows. Yeah, sometimes they're cool, at the beginning they're neat, but then it just boils down to repetition, and ease of use. I feel nothing looks interesting in mk1 and the meta became so stale, and in an assist game, there's always gonna be a meta. I never thought I'd say it, but the variation system. Even the terrrrible custom system in mk11 would have been better. Plus this time era multiverse stuff is burnt out.

[@ezopp5600]

I feel you Tom. Good luck to you and your future endeavours

[@phreshchipz]

I went from mk1 enthusiast to hater in 3 months i legit mostly play granblue versus now its genuinely fun hopefully takeda saves us🙏

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

Alright, who's gonna tell him?

[@phreshchipz]

@@vibemasterkorosu2469 please let me dream bro

[@extremepop324]

Honestly it's too late for Takeda. He shoulda been a new main character after MKx.

[@shindra86]

Tom can you cover SF and Tekken scene? And can you also cover the FGC history from your time starting out to current scene?

[@KenshinRell]

Personally I don't like watching or even playing MK1 the gameplay is simple and boring. Somehow NRS made MK1 worse than MK11 and I never thought I would say that.

[@TheChorizo017]

Tom been watching you since the start of MKX and I learned about fundamentals from you whenever I had a question I always went to your videos. It’s sad that something we both loved has been such a disappointment the past years. Maybe we are just getting older but regardless whatever you post I’ll be here to support. Thank you for always being honest in the community no matter how people perceive you. Part of the reason why I enjoyed your videos is because I knew you weren’t in it for money or anything you just had genuine love for the game and it’s sad when we see the thing we love become something we despise

[@GeneticMasterpiece1]

I called it from day 1 of the release. Kameos would ruin this game. MK11 for all its flaws, by the end of it wasn’t terrible and was playable. All they had to do was add to that and they would’ve had a solid level game.

[@akyiret]

What are u smokin on dude??? It’s like overwhelming how much hate MK11 receives for being a bad game casually and competitively. By no means was MK11 “not terrible” it was indeed terrible and MK1 is quite literally MK11 with add ons( new art style, kameos,)

[@GeneticMasterpiece1]

@@akyiret MK1 is absolutely terrible. MK11 once it had been out for a couple years had a lot of its issues fixed. Also, no multi verse nonsense and was authentic MK characters. MK11 is better than MK1 as we stand here right now.

[@akyiret]

@@GeneticMasterpiece1 MK11 and MK1 are both bad games, and MK1 is a better game competitively speaking, mk11 is better lore wise/experience wise(single player side content, krypt , etc.)

[@GeneticMasterpiece1]

@@akyiret it’s not better competitively. Everyone picks the exact same combo of characters. At least in MK11 you could pick any character and there was a way to win against any other character. It was at least interesting even if it was clunky…

[@WompaStompaCyn]

The numbers make perfect sense if you think about it literally at all. More people buy MK, but it doesn't retain its players for long. Casuals buy it, play through the single-player content, maybe dabble in online a little, finish with it and uninstall. MK1 failed the casuals so they left really fast. Mystery solved.

[@stinkfinga4918]

Good point. I still pop in mk11 for a time waster sometimes but I'm a casual and not even I'm buying mk1.

[@HuyTran]

EVO is 90% from NA, so it's even scarier.

[@superbn0va]

NRS doesn’t give a Fk. I always bought MK bc of hope it would be similar to MK9, but I realize that won’t happen so i won’t buy another MK again ever. Vote with your wallet

[@s13gaming72]

MK1 killed my love of the franchise too. I've followed it since it's inception when I was a kid and I hate where it's ended up. The top 5 games at Evo by registration are all so hype and fun to watch while mk is just boring these days. NRS wastes money on the rights to stupid guest characters instead of using it to finish the game. They should be embarrassed to tease Ghostface when SF6 is getting Terry Bogard.

[@samtheman6188]

Found out sweet baby Inc had a hand in this game and everything makes sense

[@reezywood3706]

switched to tekken 8 and have had so much more fun on it then any time i’ve played this game , makes me sad as a lifelong MK fan

[@June-mi9th]

Been playing MK franchise since the early 90's. MK these days is all about the money.

[@hiryu87]

I’m pretty much a Japanese fighting game guy exclusively. Really don’t know anything about MK after playing MK9 for the story mode. But dude your passion is inspiring. Got me through multiple videos explaining the state of MK1. Sorry it’s in the state it’s in and NRS doesn’t seem to know what to do.

[@Tek195]

MK9 & MKX is when Netherealm was on absolute 🔥 & at their peak since then the quality of their games has dropped considerably. Gameplay has gone to 💩 Monetization, decimating character lore & stories & finally the agendas they are now pushing, we aren’t stupid it’s obvious. This is no longer Mortal Kombat!!! I say that as a fanatic that also played through every era since the beginning!!!!!

[@JudgeMocha]

I just found you today and I will subscribe. You're real for the comments you've made about MK and I agree with a lot of what you said. I was hyped for this game and had hopes that it would be great, but I was left more than disappointed. I basically completed the story mode as I wanted to see how the events would unfold and I haven't bothered playing the game since.

[@TheInitialReady]

TOM,WE RLY NEED UR VIDEOS

[@ceej7264]

No we don't

[@anubisshadowreaper8808]

Lol no

[@AnthonySkatz]

For the record, I loved playing MK11; I think MK1 sucks to play. I don't feel like MK1 follows MK11 much at all, sans basing the whole game around a Towers of Time gimmick from MK11. But the prominent “Fighting Game Community” and EVO crowds DIDN’T like MK11, so it felt like MK1 tried to go, “we want to get this crowd” and the appeal of Mortal Kombat hasn't really aligned with that at least in my lifetime. NetherRealm is a nice cow, who looked to the sky, saw some birds, and wanted to be like that. So it climbed to the top of a tree and said, “Look! I'm a bird now!” And the birds looked back and laughed.

[@xenoistaken]

I'm gonna try sf6, I already like watching the game just gonna play it now.

[@Hunnid4Cali]

Man I’m ngl I been watching a lot of SF tournaments It’s way more entertaining than bs MK1

[@thathomiefox]

You should definitely try it, I bought the deluxe and I am currently waiting for my main to come out but I’m deeply enjoying the game so much especially with the new jukebox they added and akuma.

[@_Chantelle]

Do it. Hope you have fun! 😍😍

[@Unsweet_tea1]

I would also recommend trying Guilty Gear. Guilty Gear kinda stole MK’s spot in the big 3 of fighting games lol

[@sladeeyyy]

Ketchup and mustard kept going? 2:20

[@corvoattano4544]

I hope NRS goes out of business

[@mrnozchalazt7199]

What makes it really bad is when you look at their competitors. Take Capcom for instance. Street Fighter 5 released in a terrible state and people were not happy with it. Capcom not only kept supporting the game throughout its entire lifecycle but released a big major update for it DURING C-19. Street Fighter 5 was essentially overhauled, while they were working on Street Fighter 6. There is no excuse for the state of Mortal Kombat. You really have to question the leadership, the decision making, and mindset over at NRS. Do they even care about their Franchise anymore? Do they care about the loyal fanbase? or are they just chasing after the bag because they know most people will buy it regardless of what they put out. The content creators who say nothing about it, make their living off of it and they know who they are. So I get why they're acting like MK11 and MK1 are 10/10 with no misses but, you have to call a spade a spade and stand on principle.

[@grizzmoses7472]

Damn bro… You were like our only hope. Best of luck. Looking forward to future content regardless.

[@briquesbts]

The part about "toxic positivity content creator" really hits the nail on the head. I don't think they're paid by nrs, it's just that this type of titles is more attractive and clickbaity. Saying the game is good can hopefully convince more people to stay playing and watching their content. I don't blame them for doing this, for some it's survival. But it really kills franchises, I've seen this before

[@123beyaahqb]

Yeah I've noticed that it's almost like a trend to shit on mk just for views... mk1 is excellent especially combo wise

[@Nappr]

Hey man, big respect to you for your video, I felt this one and I can understand how you feel. I’ve been a loyal mk lover for 25 years. My channel was supposed to be an mk focused channel but I can’t do it, mk1 makes me miserable, so I’ve dropped mk altogether myself. I’ve gone over to horror games, it’s a struggle to build but atleast I’m happy. Mk1 has killed mk for me also. I will stick around out of interest to see what you do next.

[@fern5123]

We gotta give the commentators for mk more credit, trying to hype this game in tourney must be exhausting 💀🛌