Mortal Kombat isn't special anymore

[@DJRobinSkouteris]

Ι remember Ed Boon saying for months, that MK1 is a reboot, and it has a huge twist ending. And the unbelievable twist after all, was that it was not a reboot. It was a sequel. BORING AF

[@Trickaz94]

@@DJRobinSkouteris I remember that too, also he stated that it was in no way a continuation of mk11, which it very much was

[@ajscrewu]

What you didn’t like the weak deviantart style characters at the end? Or how they keep trying to push Janet cage because it looks like one of the devs who is a man in a dress

[@metalrex2480]

@@ajscrewuwait what?

[@ajscrewu]

@@metalrex2480 they have trans devs and they’re the reason the female characters are ugly and there’s dumb genderswaps

[@GrizzlyTeen]

@@ajscrewuYeah what

[@MetalGoatSolid]

I never want to hear the word "timeline" ever again. Great video buddy.

[@thatoneguy1232]

The amount of times they say it frustrates me 😂

[@visionarybrushstroker7694]

It’s so ass!

[@nouration9685]

the only context I want to hear it in in the next game is them saying "the timeline conflict is finally over and there will never be any attempt at a timeline war ever again"

[@DoctorMantisTob0ggan]

Between that & "KHAOS!!"

[@DanPankrat]

Same

[@andrewrogers3067]

Marvel writing and the multiverse stuff has been a disastrous influence in modern media.

[@METAL-ADDICT]

💯

[@Billioncompany786]

The thing is MCU golden age and more success was till the Endgame when they weren't focusing on Multiverse stuff and only focusing on the Main Universe story. To even get to the Endgame and Timeline stuff they took like 28 Movies worth of buildup. I don't think NRS is behind MK Timeline and Multi-verse plot, because WB saw the sucess MCU was having and wanted to copy the same trend with it's own IP. They tried that first with DCEU trying to make a Justice League with no built up. and then when it failed they had to reboot it again. But they never took the hint and keep on going, like we already had Multi-verse thing going on with Injustice games, now WB thought let's do the same with MK. And the thing is it works with Injustice because it's just an elseworld Superhero story. But MK is suppose to be a Martial Arts and Tournaments, not about Superhero and stuff.

[@haissem8]

Marvel ruined cinema and video games. Generic crap! People are finally realizing it.

[@purplevincent4454]

@@haissem8I hate marvel. Ruined not only mk but dc as well and dragon ball.

[@connorharnage6697]

@@purplevincent4454How on earth did it ruin Dragon Ball?!

[@MrRev-bo4um]

Sub-Zero in the original timeline: a tragic character that constantly had every friend turned against him via brainwash. (For Bi-Han, was a warrior that was loyal to the clan but also had a heart such as freeing Sareena and STOPPING Shinnok) Sub-Zero in reboot: just a side character and shafted aside to make room for Johnny Cage and freinds (for Bi-Han, turned into a complete joke) Sub-Zero in second reboot: a unapologetic egotistical self centered joke that was nothing like the original

[@djeio]

Yup

[@shawklan27]

He became an edgelord manchild in the new timeline

[@RickueEvans-oi1iz]

Agreed

[@tyruku18]

What most people who don't actually research and only relies on MK9, MK11, and MK1 on Bi-Han. I hope your comment shows the drastic change of Bi-Han's character. He deserves a whole lot better right now as a character.

[@brewmaster2912]

The thing that was interesting about Midway Kuai Liang was that he was the assassin who managed to turn his life around without going through some horrible fate like dying or being cyberized. So having that version of the character try redeem other assassins like Bi Han, Cyrax, and even Frost would make so much sense for him. Unfortunately, NRS doesn’t care about doing interesting things with their characters

[@rahatahmed5381]

MK1 main story: TIMELINES! MK1 chaos reigns: CHAOS! TIMELINES!

[@himanshugamre3918]

MK11 : NEW ERA

[@bullzeye6987]

😂

[@htxflow]

Everything is timelines nowadays

[@rctecopyright]

Oh my God! In that timeline I'm a Giants fan 😲. Wooooow! In that timeline I wear Flannel! 😮

[@heartlessangel2910]

@@rctecopyrightthere’s a timeline I peed my pants

[@Right_Bumper]

0:40 Will never not hate that they just made Sektor and Cyrax female Iron Man, kinda ruins the whole point of cyborgs

[@SimonJaySayz]

When did that happen?? They're supposed to be cyborgs without human emotions or humanity! Even the animated movie confirms that and the games. But naaw, just gender swap and everything is ok...goddamn it.. MK has totally lost it's ways long time ago...

[@Right_Bumper]

@@SimonJaySayz They're in power suits which isn't instantly an Iron Man thing but the fact they have shots of the face from inside the helmet was just further proof that's what they are

[@sinisterking6009]

Blame the woketards 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@oliverthedum2129]

I would understand making them human like what they did in mk9 if they actually turned into cyborgs through the story. And if they aren’t going to do that at least give them a personality to justify them being human.

[@andreimataca8163]

How can they make it more clear that they are girls if u don't see their faces?

[@marveler8994]

Really hate how the horror tone of the series kinda died down after the 3d era. I'm not even trying to be super nostalgic or anything either because those games had massive issues, but I really liked how dark it was because it fit the story, but rn it just feels like the adventures of liu kang and friends

[@MrRev-bo4um]

I also missed the era, like some of dark ambients that play in the background. Nowadays it's just multiverse with pile of garbages.

[@frederickdawson2253]

The literal good guys said 'na this gritty... kills the MC in the first cutscene... then says this mf to valuable then proceeds to raise this mf from the dead as a zombie"... GOAT sht

[@GriffinTracker]

go ahead, be nostalgic, that's more than ok...don't let these bums condition you into thinking your memories are sensationalized, just because they weren't there to understand your perspective and have the ability to contrast with what is now..ignorance is bliss

[@yagamifire7861]

NRS MK, aside from the gore, is literally less serious and more childish with worse writing than MK: Defenders of the Realms, a literal Saturday morning cartoon.

[@jeniskindof]

Oh my God thank you! I remember the dark ambient of the old games and love them with a passion the new games (outside of nine) failed at it

[@mrbubalophil1731]

MK wasted the opportunity to have started the story from the Great Kung Lao and create something new, but they continued with a timeline story that no longer makes sense

[@amit_patel654]

A Kung Lao origin story would’ve been hella badass!

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

10000%. I was waiting on an introduction of the great Kung Lao because we still have so many more questions about that instead of the 20th iteration of the regular Kung Lao.

[@bdo333]

I thought that was the route we were going in the ending of MK11 Just like how I thought Dark Raiden was going to be the big bad of MKX NRS really do be fumbling

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

@@bdo333 like they straight up have Liu meeting the great Kung Lao for the set up and they really said nah for this instead.

[@C0DYM4N99]

@@bdo333You mean MK11? Because it was hinted in that direction for MKX's ending cutscene. It's insane of how many nixed storylines there are online of where they initially pitched with Mortal Kombat 11 than what we got. One involved Dark Raiden, Revenant Liu Kang and Empress Kitana working together as like an unholy trinity. Another one just simply was like MK11's actual Story Mode, but listed Kronika as Kronikos: Lord of Time. God, why didn't they go with that title rather than introducing this messy Titan bologna?

[@nexonsensei]

Where tf are the elder gods 😂😂😂

[@2whanne]

Lol i forgot about them

[@Melanatedhatervibez]

Out having galactic tea. Fuck what we talking about 😂

[@ajscrewu]

They’re jobbers now and so are “titans” the new timeline messed up the power scaling so badly that god level characters are street level jobbers you can take out like a regular person

[@2whanne]

@ajscrewu man bro I dont understand how the writers thought this story was okay lol. I'm lost on what they can do

[@Tmomo11]

They went for a galactic gumbo break

[@JW-vl5or]

They could've used MK11 to take us back to the first tournament that Goro originally won. Could've used all the MK races with new ancestoral characters. MK1 is GARBAGE

[@ParaplegicKeanuReeves]

That is exactly what I've been expecting then to do, but they never will

[@NinjaXFiles]

Or make an epic konquest/shaolin monks type game where you have to beat the titans we saw in MK11 endings (the magma squid, the cosmic woman with the crown, the goofy ahh fish, etc). Once again massive wasted potential.

[@terryrocks2j]

They keep doing that. We get Dark Raiden for MK 11 (MK X ending). Never mind, gone after 15 mins. We get to see Liu Kang train Kung Lao and change the events pre-MK 1. NVM again we are in an alternate timeline of the original MK 1.

[@iditrirajan]

I actually kinda find it funny that story was actually good until Shang Tsung reveal. It's almost like they ran out of idea on what to do so they used timeline bullshit

[@TheMockingjay74]

Problem is people would've complained none of the Iconic characters would've been in it

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6314]

It hurts to see how they're purposely stripping the franchise of everything that made it unique in an attempt to make more money. The stories are trying super hard to be like generic superhero movies because those are mainstream and make a lot of money, there are premium shops with skins and like 80 different currencies because Fortnite makes money. Simply put, this is NOT Mortal Kombat anymore. The charm and the iconic dark vibe that the games used to have is now COMPLETELY gone, and all you're left with is a generic online focused game with awful gacha mechanics and a soulless story mode that tries too hard to appeal to the most basic audience imaginable. It literally feels more like Roblox than it does MK.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Tbh, some of it is just the problem of standard seasonal rot. Ever since Armageddon, it would be basically impossible to continue the story without it imploding on itself, thus forcing a reboot. Then Ed Boon opened a Pandora's Box with the timeline aspects, which doesn't help matters

[@connorharnage6697]

@@kichiroumitsurugi4363Not really. Midway had a plan for where to go after Armageddon. NRS is the one who chose to scrap it

[@YouTubeDweller8008]

Didn't age well, considering they didn't make any money with rumored sales reports. This nonsense they've pulled is the literal opposite of capitalism. Nobody asked for any of this, so how could it be for money?

[@mikescatt3747]

I hate to admit this but I totally agree with you. This isn’t mortal Kombat anymore. It’s a game I don’t even recognize.

[@manrightchea]

They're just trying to figure out what male characters that can turn into a female in the next game. How much more woke shit can they force. This is not Mortal Kombat at all.

[@nightgoat99]

MK died when they decided to make activists out of these monsters. Mortal Kombat was about supernatural Kung Fu and Fatalities, and that was IT.

[@AngelEsteban-ks6wr]

Mk died the moment sindel killed the entire roster at mk9

[@Brollyssweetface]

With Raiden's powers, they could have fixed that in 10, but they screwed it up with a time skip and the need to have descendants be the focus.

[@Impalingthorn]

That moment really was where the franchise jumped the shark. We forgave it at the time, but looking back it was an omen for just how bad the writing was going to get.

[@RickueEvans-oi1iz]

Agreed Celine it started with Mortal Kombat versus DC and how they did they storyline

[@bullzeye6987]

Ugh revenants (we never got zombie Liu Kang )

[@Tacitus.Winkle]

yeah you dont get rid of like 14 fan favorite charecters* and give them no screen time and expect ppl to enjoy iy

[@Frenchy_47]

What they did to Sub Zero and Scorpion in this timeline is the most horrendous thing... then they ruined the rest too.

[@barlefistmanifold4250]

They didn't ruin anything about Sub Zero and Scorpion or anyone else ya bot

[@Frenchy_47]

@@barlefistmanifold4250 you calling someone else a bot when you can see that all you do is respond arguing 😂 you little bitch boy

[@Daniel218lb]

@@barlefistmanifold4250 Both of them, are a weaker version from the original, they are not brothers, It's like if Ken and Ryu became brothers in a new timeline, or Gouken with Akuma. Just no...

[@ProjectH1980]

There is no Scorpion period. Scorpion is Hanzo not Kuai Liang. Sub-Zero's mantle was passed down to Kuai Liang the moment Bi Han died at Hanzo's hands, then Bi Han became Noob Saibot. That's the established lore and you just don't mess around with that.

[@Soviet_frog51]

⁠​⁠@@barlefistmanifold4250 Then why is hanzo a ten year old, and why is kuai Liang scorpion. Why is scorpion and sub-zero brothers. What’s with the character assassination of both sub-zero and his clan.

[@deezee2965]

MK (2011) : Was a welcomed reboot MK X : Follows up on the previous story with a 20 years time jump MK 11: Gets rid of the plotpoints of the previous entry on it's first chapter and Reboot it's lore within itself MK 1: Interesting Reboot... that mess things up by introducing Multiverse Sheenanigans... At this point I just wish NRS gets rid of everything and follows up on Armaggedon with it's first Timeline.

[@MediaManPower]

Armaggedon was the first mistake, imo. You never go Ragnarok on an IP unless you're absofuckinglutely sure you never touch the IP ever again.

[@brewmaster2912]

MKX actually could’ve been a great follow up to Armageddon. 4thSnake mentioned it a lot but there are a lot of similarities between the invasion in MK9 and the battle of Armageddon that could set up MKX. A major event where multiple characters die, Shinnok and Johnny Cage surviving to become major figures in the future, Mileena having ambitions as a ruler, etc

[@Billioncompany786]

@@MediaManPower Actually that was Midway's Final MK game so... they were pretty sure about it.

[@MediaManPower]

@@Billioncompany786 Yeah, they were so certain that they were done, they started working on MK vs DC a few months later.

[@Billioncompany786]

@@MediaManPower I didn't know that MK vs DC is suppose to be a mainline MK game? Do you know the meaning of Collaboration?

[@liz6377]

I disagree about Kuai Liang. The old Kuai Liang was willing to carry Frost’s body back to their Temple after her betrayal to bury her with respect as a cryomancer. This Kuai Liang had to be told to show mercy to Cyrax after she had confessed to being deceived.

[@the_shortski6053]

The swap for the sake of shipping also didn't help. Like the reason why he doesn't tell Cyrax what happened is because of her unwavering loyalty to Bi Han, but then Kuai and Cyrax apparently dated at one point, so it makes Kuai's decision kinda stupid. And why have Scorpion and Cyrax be a thing? Because they're both yellow?

[@Perdix64]

@@the_shortski6053honestly, same goes for Sektor. I saw a meme where they literally used the wojack and chad argument. Sektor and Bi-Han are just shown then they butt heads. Meanwhile I’d argue Sareena is better since she actively tried to help Bi-Han in BOTH timelines. An example I can think of is when she went to Kuai Liang for help for Noob.

[@clarencegutsy7309]

The biggest problem is they're actively making the story for that weird segment of the MK fanbase who think of terrible fanfiction with all these goofy plotlines and romances everywhere. I don't care who Reptile is banging, I want him to remain that cool mysterious ninja that lurks at the bottom of the Pit. I don't need Noob Saibot to turn good because he's supposed to be when you take the pure evil part of someone's soul and discard the rest. The whole timeline thing is put in place purely to kill off characters but you never care because they'll just pull them from one of the thousands of other timelines when needed. Sektor and Cyrax being genderbent is beyond stupid and they aren't even really robots/cyborgs anymore. NRS' writers forgot why over 30 years people loved these characters and why they were appealing to begin with. They were goofy but they were fun and badass. When a new MK game makes even their star ninja Scorpion look lame there's a huge issue here.

[@mysteryinkii6160]

As someone who's in that weird segment, you are right because I'm sorry, but the levels of meat riding from Sektor, and the weird characterization, just got me thinking the writers forgot about a thing called consistency.

[@GuyunZhongli-ow4ti]

Im in that weird segment but I must say this type of casual stuff belongs more on crpgs/dnd than a fighting game. Its like watching 90day fiance but trashieeerrr.

[@Deadman_Elit3]

I hate thinking about how NRS handled Scorpion and Raiden in mk1

[@unr34L-]

The kamidogu being infinity stones pissed me off so bad as a fellow Deception enthusiast, they have such cool designs & the Nexus is one of my favorite liminal spaces of all time. That stage still gives me goosebump’s & a powerful feeling of dread, alongside that creepy theme, nothing comes close to the vibe of the Nexus. Also that stage trap/fatality still shakes me to the core, especially as someone horrified of the concept of “the eternal abyss”, absolutely chilling.

[@barlefistmanifold4250]

They're not, what's wrong with you?

[@Hussman493]

Deception was so atmospheric and cool

[@unr34L-]

@@barlefistmanifold4250 They are lol.. “Chaos” stones…

[@valletas]

​@@unr34L-chaos emeralds buy less interesting

[@InfernoScorpion14]

I think besides the Marvel-ization of the series, Khaos Reigns biggest weaknest is that it mistakes "Chaos" as "generic evil without a purpose" The most Khaotic thing for Havik to have done was surrender when God Kang told him to, only to later reveal it was part of his plan to make them drop their guard for something bigger later but... they would have needed more chapters for something like that, which let's be real, it desperately needed. Think back to how Havik had a completely chill and normal speaking voiced in Deception. Yeah, because you wouldn't expect that. MK1 Havik (and Titan Havik) are just one-note losers. I mean ffs, Havik in Deception actually allied with the good guys because Onaga's victory would have meant the end of all reality. Only to later betray them by reviving Shao Kahn because peace is boring. That shows plotting, craft to his art, not just "I'm evil lol"

[@silversoulken]

I hate how I asked for Havik to come back for 20 years and he’s a huge fucking joke the instant he comes back. He’s nothing what made him interesting and threatening

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

​@@silversoulkenthat's just how NRS treats 3d characters. Shaft them over and over, favoring the characters of the first 3 games

[@ajscrewu]

Havik talks like an antifa commie now too. That’s his style of “anarchy” now

[@loserinasuit7880]

​@@bruuuuuuuuhhhh They dont even favor those guys. Look what they did to Bi Han.

[@77icky]

Cant believe havik didn't go super after stabing himself with chaos emeralds

[@marcusa2252]

Seriously give MK back to John Tobias and some competent developers

[@Hussman493]

Remember when MK had a lot of creepy horror tones, especially in the PS2 era? Now it just feels like Hollywood slop.

[@Kooljupiter]

the Writing is absolutely written for children which is quite weird.. considering the games are a hard M

[@MortalKombateditz]

Everything is being targeted for children these days, even when it should NOT be...

[@gustavogoesgomes1863]

so much so that fatalities became like COMPLETELY out of place... IN MORTAL KOMBAT it's completely bizarre to see these characters acting like they're starring on a marvel movie, just being friends and going on adventures, and suddenly they do finishers with ungodly amounts of cru3lty and viol3nce. on mk9 and X you still got some of that horror feeling, on mk11 it started to feel weird but on 1 it's like wtf man

[@gustavogoesgomes1863]

I mean, MORTAL KOMBAT itself became... normal kombat? with sindel in shao kahn's place? imagine how amazing it would be for example if after raiden won the normal kombat, shang tsung's coup takes place, is successful, but shao leverages his military influence to betray him and go from general shao to... shao kahn! and using the recent humiliation to raise edenia to invade other realms, triggering liu to expand the mortal kombat rules to the other realms, with the caveat that he can't define the rules of kombat, that's up to the host. and considering that edenia would become a warring state, shao kahn would determine a death penalty for the losers, and encourage his champions to be as gratuitously vicious as possible to intimidate the invaded realms. and considering that earth recently won, they wouldn't be able to fight in the tournament and thus directly intervene, prompting liu kang to create a secret order to act in the shadows and keep the balance between the realms. and here it is, in five minutes I fixed the tone and created a better story than NRS did with years lol

[@VivaciousVirgO]

Just take a look at all the weirdos on the staff at NRS. Says it all!

[@udopadrik9971]

Writing is not only for children, it's also filled with very weird thematic messaging, as if the game is a love letter to dictatorships, the only character that could perhaps be considered arguing for democratic values and freedom is Havik and he is reduced to violent evil maniac. Otherwise we are supposed to care for how some thousand year old princesses chosen by gods rule with benevolence and "actually care for their subjects"? Why are we getting dictatorship propaganda in this game?

[@Wreck1990]

Ed Boon's INSANE hate for Sub Zero corrupted MK to ruin.

[@connorharnage6697]

Nah. His hate for MK ruined MK

[@valletas]

What you mean? Sub zero on mk9-11 was a great character and mk9 had TWO subzeros who played differently in the same game Even if you dont like currenty subzero claiming ed boom hates him when subzero has been costantly treated well in the games is insanity

[@connorharnage6697]

@@valletas Treated well? We gonna forget both Sub Zeroes spend a majority of their screentime under mind control? Granted so did most of the cast. But like I said, Ed hates MK so that checks out

[@Winchester7734]

the problem with jumping straight to multiverse shit is it makes anything that isnt a multiverse level threat just comes off as so insignificant. once you go multiverse threat, you cant go anywhere but multiverse threats >Kano and the black dragon are trying to steal an ancient artefact! "Who gives a shit! some evil titan is trying to destroy every timeline and universe ever!" >shao khan is trying to take over all of outworld! "Who gives a shit! some evil titan is trying to destroy every timeline and universe ever!"

[@bot4hire202]

It’s like there’s a continent sized asteroid headed for earth but first we gotta take care of this little Aussie boy that shoots lasers 😡

[@manudem]

@@bot4hire202 They had to remove Kano (original mk character btw) because he would be too much a threat in this era

[@Jamester445]

I've been saying since the first trailer that MK1 looked creatively bankrupt. Another reboot. Veterans being downgraded to Assists. And above all else, not a single genuine new character in this 'new era'. Everyday since, I have been proven more right.

[@edwardniqqa-hanz9099]

They never make new characters in anything. Just gender and race swaps because "die-ver-city".

[@buddhakai1458]

You're the first person to make me think about it and you're right. There are NO new MK characters in this game. 😂

[@Jamester445]

@@buddhakai1458 I'm sure if you ask NRS why they gender swapped Sektor and Cyrax they'll go on about a lack of female characters. This is true, but my response is to remind them that Harumi was literally right there. Also Mayonaise is an option for a new robot.

[@jonal5126]

​@@Jamester445 they could have made new characters that are on the same line of triborgs but that were women? Make them green and orange idk

[@yagamifire7861]

@@Jamester445 The people that do stuff like this won't make new female characters because it is about cheaply appropriating the prestige & love afforded past characters to parastitize it with their own 'creation'...which is just a lazy and uninteresting genderswap. Their characters cannot stand on their own so they latch onto something that already existed and leech off of it. That is why they do not listen to people repeatedly telling them to make new characters. They don't actually care about new...they care about appropriating the old.

[@drebenji7009]

What I hate the most is that we won’t have a sub zero moving forward

[@BenBenBenBenBenBenBenBenBenB3n]

Since there are mentions of Hanzo, he might become the new sub zero instead of Kuai Liang... maybe

[@mezmerized4lifejay654]

It’s Marvel Kombat now! No Elder Gods, No Tournament, No Shinnok, No Onaga, Gender Swap, Marvel Multiverse Story etc. It’s so depressing what it’s become

[@maxsommers6843]

In a nutshell. Same with the 2021 movie, they were blatantly trying to make R-rated Avengers. And the aesthetic is all but gone now; it just looks like some generic (yet overdesigned) RPG fantasy game.

[@TherealBigblue22]

Honestly dude forget about the gender swap literally sektor and cyrax are human now inside of armor it’s kinda of a dope take on the characters, total perspective flip on the characters noob is completely fine. I feel nothing forced about it but the story mode ain’t that great but non of the story modes have ever been great, I see nothing separating the story from any other game in the franchise, nothing about any Mk makes sense or is consistent

[@OniDasAlagoas]

Gender swap is no way a issue.

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

​@@TherealBigblue22being humans in suits just gives more emphasis on this franchise turning into a marvel rip off and no, the gender swap isn't end of the world but changes to characters for literally 0 reason gets try hard and is just pandering end of the day. It serves no purpose aside from having pick me type energy. This franchise is having an identity crisis.

[@skurinski]

​@@TherealBigblue22nah the gender swap is shite

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

It seems, to me, that they took a simple concept and overly complicated it to the point that the fanbase is have gotten tired of the nonsense changes. Street Fighter and Tekken has done a much better job in releasing new games and holding to origins of the games.

[@Ahch_not_op_of_Judah]

I agree

[@troytheboy1985]

tekken story is not good and needs a reboot itself and its also a fighting game with no D and kof thrown on top of it

[@eternalwarrior5318]

Just can’t get over the whole timeline rewriting. And why are Sektor and Cyrax changed when their original forms are still there as Kameos?

[@AstroZombie69]

I hate how they made Scorpion and Sub-Zero brothers only for them to hate eachother and be in seperate clans anyway. Should've kept Hanzo as Scorp and Bi-Han and Kuai Liang as cryomancers since we've never had them interact with eachother when Bi-Han was Sub-Zero, and Kuai was Tundra.

[@Spikemuth061]

100% agreed only true chads understand the real Mortal Kombat's franchise at it origin!! 🗿

[@HolyknightVader999]

Now you know how Halo fans felt when their shooter series were taken over by people who hated Halo and people who wanted to turn it into Call of Duty.

[@yamasail]

I'm unfortunate enough to have been a fan a both getting to go through this yet again.

[@barbos1507]

I had a realization that mk is just not cool anymore. Mk was the love letter to action movies from 80ths, when things like ninjas were considered cool by kids.

[@JLW2490]

It happens to the best of franchises.

[@greatBLT]

Kids don't think ninjas are cool anymore?? What's cool to them now?

[@DionteWashington-ms2lg]

Naww ninjas are still cool just not when they’re made by color hairs and Furies.

[@stealthbastard8837]

NRS lost it completely.

[@MediaManPower]

NRS has a completely different point of view, compared to us. I remember how Ed was hyping up the ending of the mk1 story mode as this completely insane thing which we're going to love, and I couldn't hate it more. I hate multiverses, and due to that, I now hate what MK has become.

[@Frenchy_47]

Remember when we all thought Liu Kang went back in time to the first Kung Loa and we were all excited to get a story set in the distant past... then this happened

[@user-og8kk2ds5i]

Yeah. Multiverse sucks. It makes everything tasteless.

[@yagamifire7861]

Ed has never had a clue when it came to story elements. People dickride him like he's hyper responsible for MK but lets think about what he REALLY was responsible for: coding. What was the worst part of the OG MK trilogy? The gameplay. How things WORKED. Who was responsible for that? Ed. Hell I'm 99% convinced that projectiles don't clash in MK not out of a purposeful design choice but because Ed didn't know how to code it.

[@C0DYM4N99]

@@yagamifire7861That's why Ed Boon and John Tobias were a great dynamic who worked off each other's strengths. Tobias is the Godfather of Mortal Kombat's lore while Ed Boon is responsible for its gameplay style that made it for what it was worth. To me, I'd only return as a MK fan if Tobias and Jon Vogel took back the reins of its creative direction since they were responsible for the rich lore elements in prior installment that's critically-acclaimed by the fanbase.

[@ssjgotenks2009]

way do you hate mutlvursr oh i know way vos you never made ant thinf if your own if you did you udnerstand way mtulvusle is like i do

[@Look2LaLuna]

You can tell MK doesnt feel like MK anymore when the game has to continuously release "nostalgia" skin's to dry draw in attention from long time gamers.

[@yagamifire7861]

Nostalgia skins that look like crap. I don't care what anyone says...of SF6, Tekken 8, Strive, Fatal Fury and MK1, MK1 looks the worst and it comes down to the games terrible visual style. Fidelity doesn't matter when the style is garbage.

[@METAL-ADDICT]

NRS dropped the ball. FUN FACT: MK1 was originally supposed to be Injustice 3.

[@dc7981]

It is Injustice 3lol

[@Daniel218lb]

@@dc7981 Is indeed Injustice 3.

[@bondfire7620]

Yea apparently rain is just a skin for what Aquaman is supposed to be for injustice 3

[@IvanDubsK7]

Do you have a source on this?

[@Macaulyn_97]

I need a source for that...

[@crane5842]

Not to mention, Liu Kang's reluctance to kill Titan Havik because it could kill everyone in his realm doesn't really add up when he was cool with killing Titan Shang. And what about invasions? There's a Titan every season, aren't we also stopping them and killing them too? Lol

[@Jason-ip6wq]

Mk1 was supposed to be injustice 3. All superhero’s as guest characters in the 1st pack pretty much confirms it

[@DivineMike379]

been hearing that for months and still feel that way.

[@Sonicman4155]

At this point, we're never gonna get a new injustice game. 😞

[@theartcrusader759]

​@@Sonicman4155 I don't NRS to fuck up injustice too

[@barrysmith4610]

MK1 should have followed the adventures of the Great Kung Lao. Im sure he would have been a better protagonist than the new Raiden. Who was barely even in Khaos Reigns and maaannn Titan Havik was a letdown

[@billmcdermott9647]

But then they would either have to radically alter the characters to fit the time period ….. or create new characters to replace them….atleast the mortal ones

[@roninkahn4033]

​@billmcdermott9647 not necessarily it's a new timeline so you could make old characters return with new monikers. Older characters in the lore could be more apparent like onaga, we could see the start of the lin kuei, shao kahns early years and his corruption from the one being.

[@billmcdermott9647]

@@roninkahn4033 I suppose it would be like this 1. Scorpion and sub zero are the ancestors of the originals 2. The Great Kung Lao replaces the regular one Night wolf if he turned up would be the NW of that era 4. Kano. I’m thinking pirate….maybe he uses a magical gem for the beam 5. Johnny. I’m thinking explorer…. Maybe he steals the sword from a tomb and the clan sends Kenshi to retrieve it 6. Maybe Li meis role as an outworlder general

[@RedhoodBeyond]

That's what I thought it would be after MK11 Aftermath. But no we sadly did not get that

[@opshredderytp]

"I have done it." -Cabbage-throwing peasant with monotonous voice and lightning manipulation.

[@GhostFrequency2]

On top of a lot of what you said, Ed Boon has this obsession with change for the sake of change. There's no consistency of the characters, and then their movesets also get total unnecessary revamps. Part of the reason people love characters is what their moveset contains. Kung Lao losing his spin and Rain getting a total new style made my faves feel like strangers.

[@SmilePecoSmile]

It's strange to me that they chose to reboot the story and then make it infinitely more convoluted than it ever was in the past by introducing alternate timelines.

[@themancalledben2731]

I'm not the "Not MY MK" guy but with this game they are changing so many of the core things that I thought were cool MK's story and characters that it doesn't feel like this series is for me or the older fans anymore. Even in gameplay it's so different that it really only feels like MK in title alone, it's over for this fan😢 then they have the audacity to SELL us nostalgia after stripping it from the base game and that lets me know the franchise is going to be a cash grab going forward.

[@shinanimedubs1269]

fr, there's a certain cool factor those older MK games have that just ain't present anymore, it don't look that cool. and then WB has them fill the last 3 games and the Injustice games with all them damn microtransactions. I really wanna like MK!!

[@silversoulken]

I knew they were going this direction the instant they kept shilling characters that have nothing to do with MK.

[@Impalingthorn]

MK9: Classic return to what the series was actually about, everyone loved it aside from Sindel's power scaling and Shao Kahn being turned from an intelligent mastermind to a dummy. MK10: Great fun combat, but something was definitely off in terms of its tone, art style and story. You can feel inklings of Injustice making its way into MK. MK11: Absolutely unadulterated garbage wearing Mortal Kombat like a skinsuit. The characters are wrong, the way they were designed was wrong, the way they behaved was wrong, the world was wrong, the story was jumping the shark and, of course, they let sociopolitical events effect all of these things. MK"1": A continuation of the unadulterated garbage wearing Mortal Kombat like a skinsuit, except this time it was a COMPLETE transformation. Not a single character was left untainted and what's scarier is that because of the Kameo system we can see a glimpse into what COULD have been on full display. What's that? Sektor and Cyrax look great and you want to actually play them? Sure thing, he's female genderbends of them that look and sound nothing like the originals and was obviously done for political reasons but you're not allowed to SAY that because modern MK fans can't understand that just because there is a story justification for it doesn't mean it's a good one while ignoring the fact that a lore justification for genderbending Sektor and Cyrax in the first place is stupid as is. And the scariest thing? The fact that I was complaining about this 6 years ago and some people are only JUST NOW realizing that Mortal Kombat is no longer "Mortal Kombat". People are so slow to criticize things these days because they are scared of being an outlier. PS: To any potential replies, know that you CANNOT gaslight me into loving this game. I am a fan from the 90's. I lived in the era that defined the franchise with the rivalry between Scorpion and Subzero. That rivalry is iconic, and Scorpion was my FAVORITE character not just in MK but out of most games in general. And they LITERALLY made my favorite character into his rival in MK1. I can think of no greater kick in the balls than that.

[@spartan2188]

Agreed. I think MK9 and MK10 were both great. MK11 was good, but this is where the series starts going downhill. MK1 is the worst of them. I'm not getting another MK game until I see some huge improvements. The way things are going, who knows when or if that will happen.

[@connorharnage6697]

I didn't love 9. I hated that it went backwards on the innovation of the 3D Era and the random changes made no sense

[@Hyullian]

Turning Sektor into a woman was objectively the worst decision they made, cause they did just that: Objectify her into a "Bi-Han thot"

[@Macaulyn_97]

There is something funny and tragic about a franchise that was allegedly "defined by it's violent visuals" having so much more violence, and feeling so much less like itself. It's almost as if Mortal Kombat had a lot of things going for it and all Netherrealm can think of is MCUing the franchise and adding just more and more gore.

[@Joel-cc8kx]

Well my favourite part of khaos reigns is when havik started shouting "it's khaos time!" and started khaosing over everything

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

Anybody paying 50 bucks for 3 new characters is INSANE

[@shadow-squid4872]

There are 3 more characters dropping soon. It’s not just Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

@@shadow-squid4872 my bad 6 but it's still wild and they'll most likely let you buy just the characters at some point without coughing up 50 for a goofy half assed story.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

3 characters and 3 more that might come later if you give us all your money in advance

[@papasmurf555]

Welcome to late stage capitalism!!!!

[@nathanbrewer408]

Street fighter does it so much better, each character adds to the world tour part of the game, not to mention the guest so far are way better then anything mortal kombats ever done

[@atomistic3101]

The Multiverse is the worst thing to happen to fiction.

[@JeremyGBranch]

100% It sucks ass. Right next to time travel as the most copout of all writing tropes.

[@MrWill7980]

Eh, if done right, a multiverse can be interesting and actually good. The problem is lazy writing.

[@JeremyGBranch]

@@MrWill7980 EEAAO is a good example of Multiverse done right.

[@MrWill7980]

@JeremyGBranch what's EEAAO? I might have to check it out. I love a good multiverse/alternate timeline story. There's been a few good Elseworlds and What If stories there was a TV series in the 90s called Sliders that was all about multiversal travel that had some well done episodes. I think it might be on SyFy

[@haissem8]

Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II are really the only two legitimate MK games. Back when they were based on -- you know -- a 'tournament'. Hence the name MORTAL KOMBAT.

[@Melanatedhatervibez]

🎉😂 El facto

[@SoThisExists]

My first MK game was playing Deception as a kid (probably too young but whatever) and seeing the Kamidogu reduced to an absolutely nothingburger knockoff of infinity stones felt like my childhood was just being spat on lol

[@barlefistmanifold4250]

They weren't reduced to that at all and you're a fool for saying they were

[@Flipmo360]

@@barlefistmanifold4250really They did fuck all and Havoc was beaten really easily after using Them

[@SoThisExists]

@@barlefistmanifold4250 Literally had no use in the story - their original purpose in Deception was to be merged into the user, turning them into the One Being. In this DLC though, Havik just wears them in his chest like jewelry so he can open a portal to another timeline, something he and all other Titan Invaders do. They don't even make him stronger.

[@ThrashMetalWolf666]

MK since 9 is about time travel and multiverses and I just don't care about it. MK12 changing the backstories and powers of various characters left a sour taste in my mouth and reminded me of how tired I am of multiverses in MK. It just comes across as bad fanfiction telling me that Kuai Liang is Scorpion without explaining why he has fire powers or why Khao Sahn is just a dumb brute again with no soul stealing powers like in the original timeline, or why Johnny Cage doesn't have his shadow powers, or why Cryax and Sektor are female and wear ironman suits instead of actually being cyborgs. I just want the original timeline back set after Armageddon, but I don't trust NRSs writers to make a good continuation of it.

[@GhostFrequency2]

I disagree that Kung Lao is boring he had way more personality than most of the cast. He was just underused and essentially unimportant, why they didn't just let him be the chosen one over an apparently normal man named Raiden is the joke

[@AvrgeGamr]

Scotia I feel the same way as you. The reason I got into Mortal Kombat was for its story even dating back to the arcade endings of the original trilogy. Now it’s just gone the way of Marvel now it’s all about timelines and multiverses. Not to mention we’re seeing more and more guest characters show up don’t get me wrong it was nice seeing the likes of predator and spawn because to me they fit in the MK Universe. Now T-1000 Conan the barbarian ghostface, peacemaker. It’s getting out of hand now.

[@scottroxford5715]

Something I've come to realize is that MK needs to grow up, they're so obsessed with hyper realistic gore and brutality and just surface level slop in terms of narrative and writing. I think it says something that one of most impactful moments in all of MK was when Liu Kang died in Deadly Alliance and he didn't die in any dramatic or over the top way, he just had his neck snapped and the way they wrote the characters and the story made it feel so believable that shit just got real and that's not even mentioning the story and world building of the other 3D titles. MK lost its edge in not the ways one might think.

[@TheMarioMan247]

Honestly, i think they do that cause it's easier. Most devs just up the graphics to look more new/impressive. NRS also ups the gore to compensate the lack of new horror themes, new Asian mythology, meaningful lore and fanservice (some devs think ditching fanservice in general is a sign of maturity). NRS MK now is only 1/4 of the overall package. It legit has become what the media said it was in the 90s, mindless violence.

[@chrange9714]

Yeah no, "growing up" isn't getting rid of one of the most defining things of MK that being its over the top gore. You wanna talk about a franchise losing its way, getting rid of that is how you do it. If you wanna label it as "surface level slop" than that's on you, go play Tekken or Street Fighter. No other fighting game does gore like MK and it should never shy away from that rather it should excel in both that and writing going forward.

[@scottroxford5715]

@@chrange9714 I'm not saying it has to completely get rid of that, I'm saying tone it down to a level where it's fun again like how it was for every game until MK11, cause the 3-D era games still had the gore and also good stories, in fact that was the selling point for those games back then, the gore was secondary. Plus saying "go play X instead" kind of proves me right, Tekken and Street Fighter are far more well received than MK because they're focused on being games rather than subpar movies that drag on for too long.

[@chrange9714]

@@scottroxford5715 It has always been fun, speak for yourself. The more over the top it's gotten the more fun it is and it being toned down back then was due to the hardware limitations. Gore has never been secondary, it's natural progressed over the games and better consoles just back then both story and gore came first. Both were selling points back then, and no saying "go play X" doesn't prove you right whatsoever. One neither series are "far more well received" than MK and two I said go play those in the context of you have such a problem with what MK is known for. Over the top gore, MK is focused on being a game not a subpar movie it just could do better in the writing department with some aspects. Thankfully Ed Boon in an interview said if anything the gore will only increase in future games so don't gotta worry about that.

[@scottroxford5715]

@@chrange9714 Shill

[@amit_patel654]

I grew up with MK3 for the SNES. I miss the simplicity and originality of the MK story. Creativity is dead.

[@DivineMike379]

recently bought UMK3 for me SNES and man it feels good. CPU still cheats even on stupid ez mode!

[@jeffrey-3535]

We just need deception remastered

[@MikePhillips-x6m]

Bring out a petition I will sign it. Deception was awesome.

[@RedhoodBeyond]

Yesss

[@Ricki_47]

It's soulless and corporate

[@404cp]

take a shot every time someone in the story mode says the word timelines or chaos. you'll be dead in 15 minutes

[@bariousmanfold]

Very very false

[@PiccoloNamexio]

TIMELINES, CHAOS, TITAN, TIMELINES, CHAOS, TITAN, please stop NRS...

[@bariousmanfold]

How about you stop please

[@RH_Collective]

​@bariousmanfold translation: "how about you just consume product, then get excited for next product"

[@bariousmanfold]

@@RH_Collective That's far from the translation of what I said, the translation of what you just said would be: "I'm a toxic member of this community and if anyone so much as says a word in NRS's favor they are shills and to be made fun of." There being titans, chaos, and timelines ain't the issue with this game.

[@bjrnhalfhand2258]

​@@bariousmanfold stop being toxic bro.

[@bariousmanfold]

@@bjrnhalfhand2258 Nobody's being toxic here except you and your fellow toxic brethren

[@Nappr]

Mortal kombat has lost its way big time

[@connorharnage6697]

It lost it back in 2011

[@thebibliophilering8881]

Sektor failed the Bi-Handel test. Also, Sektor and Cyrax are cyborg sounding names for cyborgs. Showing them as humans diminishes that especially if you make them women. I'm sorry but Sektor and Cyrax aren't girls names in the way that Kitana and Mileena are. There's an unnecessary clunkiness to their character concept now.

[@XXXXXXXXXXX77766]

Well to me cyrax could be both but sektor sounds like a dudes name

[@SIBStudioss]

MK 9 and the Midway era were the best years for MK

[@nadaproblem3023]

Cyber Sub Zero!

[@DanPankrat]

MKX was a peak.

[@zerk555]

@@DanPankratEh. Great gameplay, but awful story and the new characters were trash.

[@connorharnage6697]

@@zerk555Nah. Until base MK1, it was the best story NRS made. Kinda sad honestly

[@zerk555]

@@connorharnage6697 Nope I strongly disagree. Everything wrong with modern MK writing started in MKX. Then MK11 really pushed it and made it unbelievably horrible.

[@Vintage-28]

Wait…when did Cyrax and Sektor become women? There’s timelines now? What the hell happened to MK?

[@MegaVabeach]

They went from a fighting tournament with hype music to slow music and now they turned MK to dc and avengers hero’s.

[@ssjgotenks2009]

dude not every game was about tourmanet mk5 was not about tourmotn nro was mk6 or mk7 so quit if all you do is torumanet it wodo get old fast

[@WestCoastSpace]

1:26 felt that, been plaiying since mk4. i miss the horror and gritty aspect of this game. Mk is moving towards marvel action/ fast and furious. swear the only one that hasnt changed at all is Johnny Cage lol

[@catudadu7926]

The only reason new scorp is him now is because I'm sure the suits wanted the poster character to be a "good guy." No other reason. Not the fact that scorpion starts as a tragic character tricked into being a bad guy and slowly redeems himself. All that development literally cannot happen now. He's just a generic good guy character now. Lame is the only way I can put it.

[@via_negativa6183]

Agree with almost everything you said and I'm old enough to have first heard about this, franxhise when I first laid my eyes on mk1 in the arcade. Only thing I disagree with is the cyberninjas, they completely undermined the tragedy of thier story by making them girl bosses in power ranger suits

[@ToshiSan121]

How does it feel to live long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames? - Chris Evans, probably

[@jamster79]

Looks Like they made Jacqui Briggs personality and made her into Tanya

[@MidwestPlumber96]

Imagine if they made a game as content rich and dark as Deception now... it's all I've ever wanted.

[@coreydarden8481]

What makes Mortal Kombat so Special : Mortal Kombat ( 1992 ) Mortal Kombat 2 ( 1993 ) Mortal Kombat 3 ( 1995 ) Mortal Kombat Trilogy - Arcade Martial Fighting Game - Without Terrible Story ( Multi Verse , Timelines , Time travel ) & DLC Packages ( Skins , Etc. )

[@ssjgotenks2009]

dlc peakc odnt make ti bad torll tons fans lvoe aftemaht and dlc si for mssing thign so sotp an time taverl si not bad mtuvls not bad

[@subzeroandscorpion6701]

@@ssjgotenks2009 No offense, but reading this hurt my brain.

[@Will-Fire_]

I feel like their blowing their entire load with this one game. We’ve already sped through Deadly alliance and Armageddon, Noob saibot’s origin, the cyber initiative kinda, ripping off what would have been Kang Dynasty. It’s a mess

[@EpicJasonX9000]

I also find it rather creepy that they gender-swapped Sektor and tried to make her a love interest for Bi Han. it's beyond putrid.

[@Feed_my_Frankenstein]

I really thought Scorpion was going to show compassion for Cyrax after she spared Harumi, similar to the way he let Kuai Liang live after he witnessed him sparing the life of his opponent in his MK 2 ending. Instead, he nearly kills her and whines through the entire story about how she should have been more trusting, even though HE was the one who left with no explanation, and also fell for Bi-Han's lies. I guess I overestimated his bitch-boy ego.

[@cnr9940]

Yes, though it should be noted that this Scorpion and the original Scorpion are two different people. This new Scorpion is now Kuai Liang, the original Scorpion who spared his life was Hanzo Hasashi.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

The Joker has worked as the main antagonist in countless Batman stories so I disagree that Havik couldn’t have worked either. Heck the dynamic of Noob and Havik was sort of reminiscent of the Dark Knight’s Joker and Two Face. The problem wasn’t Havik, it was how shoddily the story was presented, placing the narrative focus on a poorly handled trust issues plot between Scorpion and the Cyber Lin Kuei and treating Havik like an afterthought.

[@scotiaviii]

This is a fair point that I didn't think about myself for some reason (Joker being the main villain of several stories). I guess I was trying to figure out why Havik fell flat in this when you're right that the actual reason is because they just didn't do a good job with him. Shame really because we'll likely never get him as a main villain again after this because we'd likely just be retreading old ground, so he pretty much got wasted here.

[@xlixity]

Like Havik, the Joker is _not_ an agent of chaos; they only pretend to. Havik had a plan. Joker had a plan. The difference is Joker is a fleshed out character, while Havik is a one trick pony with a cheap gimmick.

[@Silverslate]

@@scotiaviii Well that's just it, never mind doing a good job or not, they didn't do a job at all. He was literally just a Shao Kahn who could tear his arms off. Like you said, he was a filler arc saturday morning cartoon villain who existed to get his cheeks clapped before the pizza pockets got cold, a window dressing excuse to turn Bi-Han into Noob so Hanzo Hasashi can replace him as Sub-Zero in the next game. Havik was the perfect sacrificial lamb to yadda yadda away any characters that couldn't exist in Liu Kang's world coming into being. It's such a shame too cuz Bi-Han's arcade ending was bringing in the infancy of the Cyber Initiative. I guess Cyber Sub-Zero just wasn't cool enough to bring back and having Noob be a universal immigrant or the product of Deadly Alliance shenanigans.

[@jedinumber1817]

Well it's Joker Batman games needs a Joker or at least show signs of him in games.

[@yagamifire7861]

"Sort of reminiscent of the Dark Knight's Joker and Two Face" My brother in Christ, that level of reach requires Mr. Fantastic powers.

[@rokkslide]

Last MK I played was MK9. Glad I haven’t played since then.

[@convicsik]

Trilogy, Deception and 9 were peak MK.

[@dariusreyes797]

I wish they would’ve followed the MKX ending without the timeline multiverse stuff

[@starshottai2519]

My issue isnt the chaos/titan thing. My issue is the redundancy of fighting the same characters over and over. With such a large mk roster let us fight different characters. They dont even have to be playable. Im just tired of fighting the same 5 people for hours straight

[@spagzs]

If scorpion fell Off the bridge, he could of just teleported

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

I remember first hearing about Mortal Kombat 9 in elementary school. At the time, Freddy Krueger had been released so one of my friends was talking about it. Its also how i was introduced to slashers. I also remember back in my freshman year of high school when my stepdad called me out of my room to show off the new MKX DLC trailer, saying "trust me, you'll love this." The moment I heard Jason, I gave him a thumbs up, but lost my shit when Predator uncloaked. That same year, Leatherface and Alien came out so I knew MKX was destined to be my favorite game. Only thing MK1 left me hyped for was Ghostface, but he's not worth full price alone in my eyes. If it was him, Michael Myers, and Pinhead, yeah that'd be worth it for me. Characters like Omni Man, Homelander, Peacemaker, and T-1000 are all characters I don't care for. I'm not mentioning Conan the Barbarian because that's a clear sign that they're out of touch with this new DLC

[@senatorarmstrong1233]

Swear to god in mk13 if they say "Timelines" again I'm instantly gonna start tweaking. I hate mk11 and mk1's stories. Mk1's story was starting off great, then they had to just make it about timelines again. I find it cool that Aftermath's ending are both canon. Just wish they saved Shang Tsung's timeline and made it into it's own game.

[@Armetzger]

Mortal Kombat 1's story feels like the writers want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to abuse the living crap out of the playerbase nostalgia to older titles with 3d era characters and forgotten storylines, while also wanting to act like they are making something brand new that doesn't need to follow the older titles because history was literally re written, while ALSO not rewriting history because now you can excuse anything you want about MK9 scorpion showing up, or Deception Sub Zero appearing, or Zombie Liu Kang kicking Johnny Cage in the balls by saying "they are from the multiverse".

[@JohnVmc2]

Sektor has many of the moves Iron Man had in the Marvel vs Capcom games, it's quite pathetic.

[@AlexCabralrandomassault]

I’d like to point out one very important thing said near the end of this video: “[It all comes down to how NRS presents the next entry]” MK1 was never presented as a universe-hopping, timeline crossing, hodge-podge of garbage because the marketing team KNEW that no one wanted that going in. They wanted the preorders, but WB wanted Alt universes. So they hid that part until we either read the leaks or saw it ourselves. It’s not good enough to “see how they present the game next time.” All too often people get selective amnesia to the games industry wen blinded by marketing-driven hype. Do not preorder. Ever. Do not be fueled by FOMO. it is a manipulative construct. Wait for reviews. Use multiple sources and be sure that what they give you is what you want because otherwise it will continue like this forever.

[@Daniel218lb]

Is indeed very sad! I started to play Mortal Kombat in 1994, i grew up with those games. And actually is my favorite fighting game. But know, is not MK anymore, is just Marvel with MK names. Used to be so dark, with martial arts, another worlds, with an amazing lore. Now, i just don't feel that, actually i'm a pretty fan-boy of this franchise i know almost everything about the lore, story and etc. And MK1 feels, souless. I can go on forever, explain how this franchise is for me, and it's very sad how things are now! Great video mate, i'm with u!

[@osirisjojo6876]

Mk began going downhill since mk9

[@Daniel218lb]

@@osirisjojo6876 Indeed, since Cassie cage won against Corrupted Shinnok!

[@studi0651]

For those that don’t know, MK9 & MKX had 3 main recurring writers: John Vogel, Brian Chard, and Dominic Cianciolo. MK11 and MK1 had Dominic as the main writer. Chard and Vogel both were lead writers on the 3D games whereas Dominic came from producing mid budget live action movies from the 2000’s. I think that more than anything explains the state of MK’s current storyline, and why we won’t be getting anything interesting narrative wise from Mortal Kombat for a very long time.

[@leogolive]

MK1 & 2, Deception, Deadly Alliance, and MK9 are my favorites. When I first played MK back in the 90s it was so dark and brutal, kind of scary and creepy also. I loved that about the game, that feeling. It’s not like that anymore.

[@NicheTiterito]

Yup mk is not mk any more to be honest they need to take a break from mk they don’t know what their doing.

[@StueyBoo]

Brilliant video dude. Couldn't agree more with the MCU rip off stuff. I've been harping on about the unoriginal stories since 11. It's tedious now and it makes you not care about the characters anymore either. There's always another from another dimension or some shit to replace them if they do actually die. Zero stakes and lazy writing just cheapens it all.

[@badpope]

MK1 feels and looks like an Injustice game with a MK skin over it. Even with how large the characters are onscreen and how far they’re allowed to back away from each other.

[@Will-Fire_]

I’ve heard from many that the game actually started out as Injustice 3, and if it wasn’t for the pandemic it probably would have. That also explains how rushed and unfinished the game was launch

[@connorharnage6697]

NRS should stick to Injustice. It's not much better than MK but at least they care about it more than MK

[@wrathoftheflyingspaghettim850]

This video perfectly expresses exactly how I feel about mortal Kombat recently. Sometimes you see a critique and it's like completely different stuff that you didn't even have a problem with while ignoring the issues you did think it had but practically every word of this video is exactly how I feel about the current state of this series. Khaos reigns is the first thing in this entire franchise aside from stuff like special forces which I don't think even really counts that I have absolutely zero interest in bothering with. With aftermath I atleast cared enough to watch that story on KZbin cause it seemed like it was gonna be pretty good I think I just didn't wanna spend the money at the time so I didn't get it on release but I was still interested and still bought it at a later time too. This time I just don't care. I have the money to blow on it and I don't want to, I could easily watch the story on KZbin and I don't want to, I could easily use the characters for free in the demo towers they put in the game and I just don't care about who they added. Which is absolutely insane cause one of them is noob one of my favorite characters in this series and I somehow have very little interest. It's mostly his design honestly which they no doubt did on purpose to push you to pre order/spend dragon Krystal's on his classic skin. At this point I don't think I'll be getting the next mortal Kombat. I really can't stand this series anymore and I haven't even touched on all the scummy anti consumer business practices in play I've talked mostly about just the actual quality of what's there. Which is just sad to say cause this is supposed to be a ride or die series in my life. I've been playing these games since I was like 6 years old. Maybe even younger I've been playing it since ive been able to hold a controller. So it's just depressing to see where it is now. This is supposed to be one of those series that whenever one comes out or gets announced to be coming its supposed to feel like the happiest moment of your life and I just don't feel that anymore. It's like I'm mourning a loss over here this series just sucks now.

[@SetsunaBlueRose]

Absolutely detest this 'redeemed' or nicer Mileena. Her entire thing was meant to be a fusion of beauty and terror, she's meant to be bad and enjoys being monstrous. This woobification sucks ass. Baraka's too.

[@DC-Supreme]

Let’s be honest about it There hasn’t been a good mk story mode since mk9.. it’s just been disappointment since then. The only reason mk9 was good was because it was just a retelling of the story JOHN TOBIAS WROTE! Ed boon and that dom guy can write for shit and they have zero originality, I shocked they didn’t have a Batman clone in that story😂

[@vividleo]

Noob Saibot can beat everyone but not Tanya 😂who writes this!?

[@Ultriac301]

Liberal activists who identify as " writers ".😒

[@awaken8439]

The dei hires bro

[@FredThePhoenix]

Mortal Kombat 1 is the first game I skipped in the series. MK11 and Aftermath were so fun but NRS disappointed me so much with this story direction. It used to be like Diablo. Dark, gothic gritty. Now it’s like Marvel. MK is gone

[@Sonicman4155]

The mole of the lesson is don't copy Marvel!! Just look at the ladder half of the dceu.

[@Makoto03]

I miss the Konquest mode of Deception. Even the one in Armageddon. I'm tired of the cinematic cutscenes after every fight story mode we've gotten since MK 9.

[@Luqas808]

I agree 100% I even subscribed. The fact that you loved Deception sold me even more. It's sad really what has become of the writing in this series. The lore of MK was my favorite of any series and any genre. When Liu Kang took the control of the hour glass I was happy initially that they could restart and wipe the slate clean of all the mess that happened since the first reboot but holy sh*t they fucked it up even further what was the point because they keep doubling down on horrible decisions; like Sindel killing everyone in mk9 they referenced that again in Mileena's chapter. They doubled down on evil Sindel when Liu Kang revealed her prior role when he and Geras told Empress Sindel of his prior role when he restarted history. The MCU thing is the worst of all, Tobias should come back or was his vision and clearly they keep rebooting because they writing themselves into a corner and have to restart that is the clearest sign of bad writing. I've resigned myself to be interested in the gameplay only now, i was always more a lore guy but clearly they don't know what they're doing so I'll focus on mastering the gameplay aspect