Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Kritique

[@Beecanoe]

2:30:22 "I pray that Netherrealm and WB never pull this shit again" They did, in fact, pull that shit again

[@alekslic3385]

This coment has simmilar energy to Top Gear's "Still, could be worse."

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@alekslic3385lmao. “It did, in fact, get much worse yeeees” insert shitty Jeremy Clarkson impression

[@Orthane]

And somehow it's even worse. Megan Fox ruins an otherwise cool character.

[@omarslayz]

It’s also the fact they ABSOLUTELY had to give Megan Fox the character of NITARA which compared to Ronda Rousey’s awful performance of Sonya won’t be as bad talked about in a couple of years (already is being praised as better than Megan Fox’s Nitara) since Sonya is a legacy character and comes back every game/every 2 games whereas Nitara wasn’t seen since Armageddon (17 years ago) and is from the so called “shitty” era of MK (i love the 3D era) meaning Megan Fox’s terrible performance will ruin Nitara forever and we’ll probably see her in 2 more decades after Mk1 is over as she’s not a legacy character and NRS are the kind of company to blame the fans for embarrassing them online for a decision of hiring a mid actress they willingly thought was good at the job of voice acting after seeing the backlash of Ronda Rousey 4 years prior and still not getting the hint that nobody wants non voice actors to voice fan favorite characters from their own series

[@gabrieldiaz6933]

"Raiden is attacked by she kinda bad tho" I can't breathe

[@vcsa681]

iS tHaT fRoSt

[@lessel3465]

Is that jax?

[@sindelscat9336]

Lol

[@fanwee5048]

Time stamp?

[@TKMM99]

@@fanwee5048 2:55:50

[@KyleBernard0]

One huge one that you missed, is that Geras can turn into sand...and control time... He is "defeated" by getting trapped in chains and dropped into the sea....but....he can turn into SAND AND CONTROL TIME...

[@thecriticalghost4626]

also teleport

[@dontpreorder2783]

I mean the sand point is irrelevant when sinking into a blood sea (which he could’ve escaped by turning into sand) but why he didn’t rip his arm/head off and throw it somewhere so that he could reconstruct himself on the ship or just…stop time before the chains hit him I will never know

[@dontpreorder2783]

I just released I invalidated my own comment by pointing out that he could’ve just turned into sand and escaped before falling, even my own relatively pointless conjecture is nullified by the fact that he can turn into SAND AND CONTROL TIME!

[@Qu33nPug]

@@dontpreorder2783 his in water… plus he can’t control time only his own. When he dies most of the time plus sand and water don’t mix will together.

[@dontpreorder2783]

@@intheclear3492 *cough cough* madara *cough*

[@SonicHaXD]

I appreciate the KK in a Wheelchair cameos in this XD

[@The4thSnake]

kk

[@Nhan6241]

in the wheelchair

[@Art_Lean]

Started off hating tarkatan but now he really doesn’t care

[@FloAfree]

I caught that too. That was epic. KK in a wheelchair KK in a wheel chair🤣🤣🤣 epic song

[@chrisosborn3641]

@@FloAfree damn those moobs are really huge.

[@daseal1479]

How in the f**k did they miss the chance to add Zombie Liu Kang as an alt for the Halloween pack? Honestly, it just baffles my mind.

[@yagamifire7861]

Zombie Liu Kang is 3d era so it barely exists to NRS

[@ssj4jason737]

@@yagamifire7861 it's still Liu Kang so they should've included it as a skin

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

@@ssj4jason737 NRS hates the 3D era.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

I mean That's realistic, NRS don't care about the 3D era

[@JonboyKoi]

Well... let's see. They stopped supporting a game in its prime that still needed fixes...they never talk to their community and don't test shit out before they add it to the game... missed opportunities is the NRS way

[@matrixman2088]

The funniest part about the Sonya part is that Ronda Rousey's performance sounds like it deserves an Oscar compared to Megan Fox's

[@Inebriated_Goat]

Eh idk they are both terrible

[@copiumhsrgi]

Ngl, I think Megan is just fine, just the first take cause she costs a lot. Ronda is just genually bad.

[@Ninetails2000]

I'll semi-quote SonicHaXD on this: Ronda is alright. She does an alright job. But it's an alright job surrounded by an entire cast of seasoned voices.

[@windwind3170]

1:47:23 Scorpion hits the sickest dab and Shaolin virgins just stand there.

[@PsyrenXY]

Shaolin virgins lmaoo

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@PsyrenXY , all of the Shaolin Monks are the Ultimate Incel Virgins of the Mortal Kombat Universe.

[@henrygambles3652]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr I mean Kung Lao is rebellious so maybe he gets some if you know what I mean!

[@thomasraines1396]

@@henrygambles3652 he probably had to hire a prostitute because no one can tolerate his shit under normal circumstances.

[@shawnd121]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr virgin doesn't equal incel

[@Superluigi881]

Raiden vs Dark Raiden would have been such a great story conflict. I will never forgive NRS for squandering that.

[@alexkirk5879]

@@cactusmalone he’s not in control of the I p Warner brothers is. He just bows before his corporate masters and does what they tell him.

[@vcsa681]

They just shat on almost everything they could have done right,such as different default skins for some characters who have awful ones who dont resemble they past selves at all,Noob killing Hanzo instead of bug thot,A different voice and less edgy shit for Noob,blood colors, Anyway,as grandmaster blueberry ice said: _Such wasted potential_

[@nabilahmed579]

@@vcsa681 what’s even more fucked was that dark raiden was also one of the people who was justified in killing Scorpion. Literally, hanzo literally decided to not listen to raiden when killing bi-han, chooses to serve Quan chi despite having free will, mkx took it overboard with him releasing Shinnok from his amulet bcoz he wanted revenge and left all the revenants to stay revenants considering all of them were good guys, raiden nearly fucking died. He was pretty much justified after mkx happened to kill hanzo. If they couldn’t get noob to kill hanzo then get raiden to do it. It still keeps the character development while hanzo learned that his path of revenge really fucked him over. But no let’s give it to d’vorah… and aftermath made it completely worse

[@Umbraarro9426]

Ikr

[@290coolkid]

@@cactusmalone this is bad sentiment. i dont like mk11 as much as the average fanboy either but blaming Boon and putting some inexperienced dickhead in charge is not the solution to any of this. It’ll always be Ed’s game and he knows how to make sure mortal kombat keeps its identity through thick and thin. giving Halo to 343 industries after bungie quit absolutely shitted away the series identity despite microsoft trying extremely hard to ensure the team was literally designed around maintaining its quality. Boon and NRS are relatively one of the most communicative devs in the industry when it comes to AAA games.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Kronika summoning The Joker is... yeah. Kinda fits with this thing.

[@sweatyballs9804]

Hell yeah Kamille profile picture, based.

[@yagamifire7861]

Kamille? Isn't that a girls name?

[@Goofyahhcatguy-k7j]

Don't worry, she just summoned the writers to help her

[@justinlilith4326]

I genuinely didn't know that detail about Milenna's eyes Deception until now. Amazing how there's still stuff about the older games I've never known about but I feel like I've seen just about everything in 11. Did I say amazing, I meant depressing.

[@vcsa681]

Mileena was one of the characters that I've most played in deception and I've never noticed that,such tiny yet cool detail

[@PhillipOnTakos]

MK 11 is the worst kind of sequel. It takes everything set up in the previous entries and either ignores them, downplays them, removes them or retcons them. Nothing about this game feels like an actual story in universe. It's like a fanfiction brought to life, but even a fanfiction wouldn't be held back by the terrible character chapters so it might turn out slightly better.

[@Synical02]

You know the funny thing fans like you possibly suggest things like making mileena a main character would ruin the story . The worst things people can say about mk11 is story was bad And the gameplay is boring which is objective otherwise it's very well made it's just easy to hate on the outlier. I don't see people critical assessment of mk9 with player one have a literal frame advantage which is a core gameplay function .

[@PhillipOnTakos]

@@Synical02 I have no idea what your rant is about. I don't care who the main character of the games story so long as you make a good story that follows up on the plotline. Not some time travel nonsensical mess with no set up and makes its own story irrelevant by the end.

[@Synical02]

@@PhillipOnTakos well that's kinda my point that the story was driven by fan service as well to the points like mileena was gonna be priority and mk9 has the same inconsistent time travel Bs. Raiden is an elder God capable of seeing potential futures or knowing of the past(showing he known scorpion,and kung Jin) yet his blind faith makes him hypocrite. He valued keeping the monks alive to keep a better future yet knowing what subzero would become because he seen that future he let his faith in the elder gods take over resulting in a worse fate. And the entire reason of me mentioning game mechanics is to show the fansbase hypocrisy in judging aspects of 11 yet ignoring those if 9. 9 had a way better story with way more logical moments and motifs But 9 had moments of questionable that goes uncontested and overlook another example ( cyber subzero was retrieved and his memory was returned to normal why not cryax he was forced? Another why does goro suddenly take sides? When he fought liu Kang he stated he had no particular side in the fight he's forced yet shown no resistance or try to go to earth realm with cyber sub and he has the opportunity to run away from shaokhan while guarding the cops I mean he's more powerful than kano and kintaro.

[@vcsa681]

When something is the equivalent of Rise of Sky-Wanker in your trilogy,you clearly did something wrong (although at least mk11 hasn't "somehow quan chi returned" ffs)

[@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959]

Believe me mate, I think I amde a better Kingdom Hearts plot than Nomura. And dispite it's what commonly is a fanfiction (introducing two OC's, make them protagonists, introducing more video game franchises such as big like Capcom or Nintendo, or indie ones, and etc) it haves a better world with more life, characters that feels like rral people instead of machined programed to follow the plot curse, a more cohesive narrative and a well made moral conflicts. Everyone here has a more grey moral code, the scale can variate of course, but it's not "Light good, Darkness evil".

[@MattSayYay]

They actually did disable Terminator's facial expressions for fatalities. He does not show fear when he performs his own motorcycle fatality on himself. Yep, you're right, they only show care to fighters when they purely relate to guest fighters.

[@ottooctavius9552]

Doing fatalities on terminator does make his face change.

[@trianzx]

The critique really is this long... I only wish the devs had the same amount of passion as you do. Great job as always, Snake.

[@annihilator5494]

Honestly no one needs a 4 hour explanation as to why mk11 kinda sucks. This is too much but nice to see such a passionate person giving his time to such a useless cause.

[@iraford5788]

This reminds me of a 4 hour critique video of the black widow movie I just watched.

[@notfloweyyt7618]

Yknow it shows with the ridiculous amount of mk1-mk2 crap they keep doing that netherrealm lacks passion. For there OWN creations

[@dirhammohamad3890]

do you really think a gamelike MK11 isnt made by passion? dang....

[@HoodieOuttaTokyo]

@@annihilator5494 no it's not too much. It's a full, detailed thought out and heavily thorough explanation about the serious as a whole. Not just MK11 itself, you dense idiot.

[@MysteriousTomJenkins]

It honestly still baffles me why they reboot the series again when they had two stories ready to be used for sequels. They could have first used the whole Dark Raiden bringing back the Mortal Kombat tournaments for MK11, actually giving the Dark Raiden concept some love while actually having a story that would justify villains being playful since Outworld would be the defenders this time (and you could capitalize on making Bo-Rai-Cho seem cool in MKX..) and then MK12 could have used the dropped Onaga storyline from the comics where the now fractured alliances must face a revived Onaga who is even stronger now that he has Goro as a host instead of Reptile so the situation is even more dire. Hell, for MK13, you could have the beginnings of Armageddon and introduce a revamped Taven and Daegon and it can end with Kronika finally being revealed trying to stop Armageddon as this will destroy all of creation which she doesn't want. With this set up, it would give her an actual goal and allow her to be morally grey because she isn't doing this out of the goodness of her heart, she wants to rule all of creation but she is protecting reality, and it can also give her an actual reason to hate Raiden, he is the cause of this because his actions as Dark Raiden weakened the realms and allowed Onaga to wreak havoc on what was left, leaving very little to prevent it than last time, you could even explain away the time powers by Kronika giving Raiden the knowledge beforehand which is why new Raiden doesn't use time powers after MK9 to fix a plot hole. Then, after 5 games from Netherrealm, where Armageddon occured once more, could you reboot it. 5 whole games to flesh out this new timeline, really give some changes while keeping enough the same to show that despite their best efforts, Armageddon is seemingly inevitable for a bit of a darker story and Kronika could actually have motives and not be a plot device. Instead we get a reboot, one sequel to explore this new universe...and another reboot to erase it and start again. I get that MK and DC are owned by Warnerbrothers and I understand that MK's endings in MK vs DC had most of their characters become DC characters but...did they have to emulate the constant stupid reboots as well? How long until the next reboot? Assuming MK is still around long enough for more than one game, how long until the new writers get cold feet and restart it again lest they actually do something risky? Even ignoring the pointless retcons for characters, we have no reason to get invested in the story because much like comic books, which this story almost feels like a comic book plot (seriously, that final battle really gives me animated Justice League vibes..), constantly gets rebooted and retconned so whatever you fall in love with no longer matters. Even the people who like Twindel, you have no reason to be invested in her character because its gone now, and even if it returns, which would be kind of stupid since I am sure it got backlash, they will just alter her whenever they want or reboot the series again so whatever she does will not matter. All this work for the storymode and all it amounts to is throwing all their work in the fucking garbage. And what makes this even sadder...this is the same ending Sonic 06 had. Sonic and friends defeat a god like being who controls time, and reset everything so the events of the game you just fucking played didn't happen, meaning all that character development and interactions never happened...this writer is on par with SONIC 06, one of the most loathed and mocked games of all time. I really don't know what they could even do in MK12 because no matter what avenue they pick...I don't see how they won't just retread shit. Either they will retread the older games again, or they will retread the newer games which would make the reboot pointless because you're just following the plots you wiped away. Unless MK12 will take place far in the past with The Great Kung-Lao as the main character with a more fresh batch of Earthrealm characters since Sonya, Jax, Johnny, etc won't be born yet, it will just be the same shit again, only more poorly written. Maybe with my ideas this would still be the same, even if we got to MK14 before another reboot I still don't see what you could do but at the very least you did more story telling before throwing it away. Either they retread existing games, AGAIN, or they try their hand at an entirely new setting by setting it in the past of MK which I have no faith in, either option likely won't work for them so they shot themselves in the foot with rebooting things again.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

To answer your question it’s because Ed Boon wants to Scorpion to always remain alive, and if he’s killed off in the story then he has to reboot the series each time because he’s against his most favorite character dying in the franchise, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of the many many reasons on why John Tobias quit working for Midway Studios/WB Studios altogether.

[@jakec1808]

I think that NRS does have the capacity to make decent story points and certain decisions, which even a game like MK11 has, as mentioned in this video. A bigger question is that if the hooks of WB Games's micromanaging or the weight of the fans will have some sort of influence in MK going forward. Netherrealm has the ability to do better things and improve themselves, but it needs a push to truly move forward. A way to truly say that we want something new and different such as a prequel (which seems where the next game is going) but not something that's poor like the 2021 movie. Ironically, the movie made me appreciate the NRS trilogy more.

[@grammaticalrouge29]

Things aren't allowed to have closure now a days; I mean, how could you keep milking a cow if you already made beef out of her?

[@devinp.2934]

This. All of this, is why MK11 (The Ultimate Edition/Preorder) is probably my most regrettable game purchase to date. They had so much to work with, and they threw it all away. Did I have fun playing MK11? Sure, for a time. Did MK11 have its moments? Sure it did, but this game pales in comparison to every other MK game in my opinion. It's sad because they truly have so much material to work with, yet they continue to screw up. Hopefully they can get the next game right, all I know is I won't be buying it.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@grammaticalrouge29 *gta 5 intensifies*

[@jsnmdn2738]

Imagine if the writers just read the wiki about their own game series to know what would make sense in the story.

[@babyturtle2533]

I’m just so shook that there isn’t a single “Test your….” In this game but they gave us 2 upgraded classic stages😌 Really shows how they prioritised visuals over everything😂

[@mattjindrak]

Test Your Shook

[@Red_1911]

We have “test your patience”

[@lm_slayer1]

@@Red_1911 "Test your sanity" AKA story mode lmao

[@CinemaStudios2000]

@@lm_slayer1 Naw, isn't that Kombat League?

[@frozezone2947]

Hands of some fucking cash

[@kingrileyp.i.4749]

A 37 year old father of 3 who has been waiting for this to drop like I waited for MK2 on Genesis back in 5th grade. My wife doesn’t understand this behavior. 😂

[@brandonmuse5532]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@darkskull1982]

You know what I find hilarious about Kronika? Throughout the entire game, we're never really told what her "New Era" actually is. Sure, she talks about it a lot, but she never goes into full detail over what it would be like should she actually succeed in her plan. All we know is that Raiden won't exist in it, and that's it. Okay, what about Shinnok? What about the Elder Gods? What about the One Being? What about the other Titans? Are they on board with this New Era? How is it going to work? Will Mortal Kombat Tournaments still be a thing? Is everyone going to have their lives improved in it? And besides Raiden, who gets to exist in this New Era and who doesn't? Honestly, why didn't they simply just make Onaga the main villain (or Dark Raiden, like they should've from the VERY BEGINNING) instead of creating a new one who's literally too dumb to live?

[@captainobvious7165]

Because they’re in the woke phase, even in MKX they were, here it’s been amplified to the max. Don’t bother remembering anything you’ve witnessed in this game, it will be retconned in the next game when game companies stop sucking off Sjw’s, but there will be another phase, and trust when I say that mortal Kombat will follow it.

[@MrSlendyMannn]

@@captainobvious7165 Honestly, couldn’t have said it better myself. It isn’t just MK that has this issue either. Such a shame that companies are catering towards the SJW whiners instead of the actual hardcore and loyal fans of their games.

[@PapasGatito]

@@captainobvious7165 could you please elaborate as why?

[@stefanradebach2889]

Honestly why DIDN'T they do it? Either of these two would have been a much more substantial replacement compared to Kronika, The Titans or whatever the hell NetherRealm Studio pulls out from their ass when it comes to the story. Furthermore the utter garbage of an ending not only wastes the ENTIRE new timeline and all the potential it had but it also throws out characters like Onaga, Taven and Daegon out of the window and barely if EVER utilized in the second timeline because of how they are 3D characters and as such gets jack shit.

[@DM4N367]

@@captainobvious7165 From a billion dollar franchise like this, I can sadly see that happening to every MK game in the future. Just like how Disney is ruining Marvel and Star Wars with their woke sjw bs...

[@Jrockk999]

You finally mentioned Scorpion being a spectre rather than a revenant. And the fact that he is called a revenant despite all his physical differences and even nature being different. Thank you.

[@TheDigitalApple]

He actually mentioned it in a video a few months ago

[@Umbraarro9426]

@@TheDigitalApple Yeah

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

I vividly remember how pissed I was when Kabal and Stryker's story got no resolution, and how disappointed I was in Robocop mostly because I wanted Stryker to finally have some conclusion after being one of the best characters in MK9.

[@codyman5540]

I really wish Stryker was the one introduced not Robocop since I would've thought the "10,10" call-in by the cop became hunted as a renewed Characterization over his importance with the Special Forces Ops. But alas, here we are.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@codyman5540 Stryker would have been retconned into a person who hates black people

[@codyman5540]

@@nabilahmed579 Huh?

[@nabilahmed579]

@@codyman5540 I’m just giving an example of how they might ruin Stryker

[@osirisjojo6876]

@@nabilahmed579 yep. Drahmin and moloch's past selves never showed up to either help kornica or Raiden but they would be ruined too.

[@Ximeao_Melanida]

Man, I laughed so hard when Kronika summoned the Joker to protect her, LMAO! I bet he was her actual advisor and the true mastermind behind her plan! What a madman! This time he out-fucked-up even DC's reboots!

[@jetstreamsam1]

This is my headcanon now, thank you. Joker is the true hidden antagonist of the entire Mortal Kombat Netherrealm Trilogy (and, to think of that, both Injustices as well)

[@Tamimkamal]

Yoo its@@jetstreamsam1

[@JustSendMeLocation]

@@jetstreamsam1 no, joker is from Batman.

[@TrueUnderDawgGaming]

This Snyder-Cut has me excited! *Grabs popcorn*

[@trippyjpg7166]

Mk11 Boone cut

[@spider-manunknown9193]

Jokes aside the Snyder cut is actually really good.

[@yonatanyonatano1192]

@@trippyjpg7166 I think Tobias cut is actually more accurate

[@ACobalt]

@@spider-manunknown9193 agreed

[@Dickinabox]

@@spider-manunknown9193 lmao you probably think Hassanabi makes content

[@qujmilton]

Another inconsistency you did not mention In chapter 1 Cassie is being promoted to Commander but the thing is that the rank of Commander does not exist in the army that is a Navy rank the equivalent rank in the army would have been Lieutenant Colonel Also considering that Cassie was a sergeant in MKX that is a pretty big leap in the hierarchy in just two years apparently nepotism is indeed a thing in the special forces LoL.

[@Endru85x]

IMO, creators of new MK focused too much on special forces stuff and they did not care about proper research, it was just to make Cassie look cool. People playing MK for a long time expected more of ninja and monk stuff, but nah, it,s a fighting game....so they give you a fuckton of tanks, rifles, military mumbo jumbo etc.

[@brendanpelkey120]

Also she was a sargent apparantly. As you mentioned commander is a navy rank, but you also. Don't just jump from e-5 to o-5

[@TheAlmightyAss]

I mean, it's an interdimensional task force. We could just say they use the rank of Commander?

[@brendanpelkey120]

@@TheAlmightyAss i guess but, it does kind of bother. As it feels like people having no idea. How military ranks work and just naming stuff based on things they heard from tv and movies.

[@Joesire]

Honestly i think the whole children thing was stupid. Just give us new charaters like they did in mkd.

[@vahlok1426]

Serious missed opportunity; make the Krypt actually have an ending, where Shang Tsung congratulates the wanderer on his in depth searching of the island and asks his name. The wanderer removes his mask and reveals that his name is Shujinko, being an alternate timeline version who has been searching for new techniques so he can take on Kronika. And then you unlock him as a playable fighter with a highly customizable moveset. But no, that wouldn't happen "becuz balanceeeee, durrrererrrr!!"

[@lapplandkun9273]

And NRS hates 3D era characters

[@mcarcher8661]

MK11 has absolutely no balance at all. Seriously one of the most broken games ever made.

[@mediamanjamessmith251]

I hate how good this idea is, as it’s not real. Seriously bothers me how fan’s create better ideas/content (given their investment) as opposed to the ‘professional’ writers

[@dabuff1319]

This is a fucking genius idea. Especially since Shujinko being younger makes sense in the new timeline..and it could hint at a certain dragon we all know and love.

[@echo9932]

Shujinko would become MK11s version of Shallot? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP

[@VigilantKnight005]

The character's wasted potential to bother me most is that of Erron Black. He's a cocky badass. He could've been the Dante of "Mortal Kombat". I'm fine with him being Kotal's loyal enforcer, but his arcade ending in MKX disappointed me. In this game's campaign, he's lost in the crowd. Making him a former Black Dragon pissed me off because it doesn't add to his character. They give him absolutely nothing to do. They could've done without him talking like a full-blown Texan. They could have done more with him, but they forgot him. Erron Black is a great character, but they made him shallow.

[@Deadflower20xx]

That's the problem making a fighting game that tries to have a good story and narrative, every fan wants their favorite character to have time to shine but in practice that's a challenging thing to do without making the campaign feel really bloated and seemingly endless...Too many cooks in the kitchen. That's why most fighters just have a fighter have their own story, told in a low budget slideshow...and that's all you get. Everyone has their own story but there's barely any investment or arcs. I think any fighting game that tries to do a story like MK will require to give some characters more attention than others, and once you get the necessary fan favorites their time, there's not too much room for new villains and characters that aren't central to the plot. Look at Tekken 7's campaign and you see the same thing happen, over 50% of the cast doesn't even show up.

[@VigilantKnight005]

@@Deadflower20xx You're right: having so many characters you want to know about is like having too many cooks in the kitchen. The series has so many characters that it's hard to keep track. So, I guess that new characters aren't the only ones coming off as forced in. It doesn't change that it's depressing when a returning character doesn't get a moment to shine.

[@NotDalesDeadBug]

His ending in mkx was absolutely amazing I loved it but then again I despised the Kombat kids

[@Wrecked_it_ralf]

He lost his charisma in this game

[@nabilahmed579]

I think he could’ve been a bounty hunter for dark raiden

[@darkfu456]

Okay so two things. One: Happy birthday. Two: Fujin wasn't technically wrong about Bi Han running away in Mythology. Bi Han had to run away from him to survive the tornado Fujin had created.

[@omarslayz]

yet fujin exploded. yeah i’m sure bi han won that fight regardless plus why would he just stand there just to get killed by a tornado, the whole conversation was so stupid

[@mdrstudios7067]

@@omarslayz Only because Kuai Lang is the only Sub Zero that matters.

[@frozezone2947]

@@omarslayz I was like no fuijin you lost, and then you decided to kill yourself

[@mdrstudios7067]

But he was still wrong about beating Bi-Han.

[@darkfu456]

@@mdrstudios7067 Fujin didn't say he beat Bi-Han. He said Bi-Han ran away, which he did.

[@slxxpyhollow]

I miss when Mortal Kombat was a mixture of kung-fu movies, mythology, and horror rather than another superhero multiverse.

[@Kungfunoodles12345]

It gets worse

[@pixi7633]

The thing that bothers me the most about them saying that Sindel's death was 1,000 years ago instead of 10,000 is that Kitana would be a grown ass woman at that point. She would've spent roughly 9000 years of her life with Sindel around and only 1000 without her which makes one of the few good scenes in Aftermath, her being overjoyed to finally meet her mother after having no parental figure in her life but her abusive tyrannical stepfather, make absolutely no sense. But I guess its too much to ask that they remember how old one of the main characters is or how Edenian aging works...

[@nabilahmed579]

If that’s true, then sindel basically has no excuse for why kitana’s raised to be good. So kitana would basically be an evil bitch basically

[@pixi7633]

@@nabilahmed579 Exactly. Its not even just an inconsistency, it would ruin Kitana's entire backstory. It's not a small detail that can be dismissed. Kitana is a little over 10,000 years old and that's pretty much the standard Edenian age of maturity as far as we've been shown; it's always been established that Sindel died when she was very very young. If she only died 1,000 years ago, either Kitana and the other Edenians are now only around 1,000 years old, or Kitana was fully grown when she died and had her mother around for the majority of her life, which would change everything about the character.

[@CrisisComics]

You know what else screws with the timeline? The idea that Kotal Kahn was supposedly her bodyguard when Sindel was alive. Why, you may ask? Because in the MKX comics, after the Oshtek realm was conquered by Shao Kahn, Kotal immediately went to Earthrealm and became the Mayan god of war, helping them fend off the Conquistadors. The Spanish first arrived in Mexico in 1519, so Kotal's rule would've started around that year. Meaning that Shao Kahn's conquest of Kotal's realm and his entry into the Emperor's service would've happened nearly *five hundred years ago* , long AFTER Sindel's death.

[@richardlionerheart1945]

1000 years ago? That's way too short it's no longer ancient mythical history lost to time we were building castles and taxing peasants we were just about to have the first crusade while all of that was going on think about it human civilization and edenia existed at the same time longer than it didn't and yet we were never asked for help to stop any invasion

[@MattSayYay]

The fact that the story mode part comes in over an hour into the video in shows just how big this is

[@jtcob8486]

And it's almost 3 hours if you include Aftermath.

[@omarslayz]

@@jtcob8486 i’m so excited to watch this, i literally just woke up and was watching his mkx critique last night

[@shawklan27]

Fucking nice!

[@gurrenlaging9727]

I love how the snake feels more grown up with this review with more knowledge

[@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959]

So. The problem with D'vorah it's not just that she kills fan favorito characters. The problem is her lack of charm as character, her forced introduction in the franchise, and how she kills memorable characters to always get away with her mischieves. Did I understand it right?

[@lapplandkun9273]

Put it simply: Yes. She kills characters with forced tension just to bring depth, instead there isn’t any. She lives longer because somehow the main cast and heroes don’t kill her early on, which is why she gets away with committing actions later

[@John-Stark]

Yeah, Jade should have 86'ed her ass immediately...

[@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959]

@@John-Stark what means "86'ed"?

[@John-Stark]

@@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959 Kill her bitch ass

[@KingLee8977]

Idk she's just not a interesting character to me. I mean.. she's a Bug humanoid looking thing and her voice ugly. Really she's not too much better than kollector and I strongly feel that if she wasn't so important to the story she would've been a one and done character

[@danny6704]

Shout to everyone who grind all 50 heads for every character

[@nyx8823]

I did that glitch :) But yeah... Respect to those who did It the right way

[@RemyMa88]

I 100% did the glitch back before it was patched (if it ever was). That’s just a ridiculous amount of grinding and those fatalities are boring as hell after like two times.

[@WhiteShadow5735]

I did it the right way, felt like I got scammed.

[@CapoWhoLaughs]

Man that glitch was even a pain. Doing that with cpu assist sometimes backfired because they'd be so into their combo that they whiff the fatality

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

@@nyx8823 What glitch?

[@ChrisYoungGunn]

The detail of this critique is demigod level...

[@nabilahmed579]

Elder god*

[@thatguybehindtheglass]

*GOD-LIKE!*

[@dankboi_]

BY THE ELDER GODS

[@Zack414]

Kind of find myself trying to rewrite the story elements. Like, what if Kronika wasn't Cetrion and Shinnok's mother, but their sister? Lower her status in MK lore. Let's say that yes, she has control of time, but the Elder Gods were smart enough to know no one diety should control time, so all the Elder Gods took some of her power and share it amongst themselves. But since no singular being has all the power, the ability to see the future is greatly dimished. The Elder Gods can see possible futures. That's why they rarely interfere, because they're always seeing both good and bad visions all the time. They can't trust in vision they're not completely sure about. They even see some futures where Kronika betrays them. They also see ones where Kronika doesn't. But she's supposed to be the neutral one of the siblings so they believe she won't do anything. The thing is though, they took power from her. Made her lesser. With the passing of time, more negative emotions rise to the surface on top of the fact that, well, the other Elder Gods are seemingly more and more okay with evil losing, even at the cost of her brother. But while she isn't all she could be, she still is the progenator of these time powers. In her current state though, she almost compares herself to Raiden and that's when she gets an idea. She sends Raiden a vision where Shao Khan is the winner in Armageddon. Raiden's never gotten a vision before and there's no other ones. So he takes it as a warning from his future self. The thing is though, the vision isn't true. Taven had reached the top first. It was a false vision planted by Kronika to shake things up. Leading to a lot more pain and suffering, possibly to force the Elder God's hand and have them intervene. Throw them off their game. But the realms found a way to adjust in this new timeline and once her brother got defeated again, That's when she stepped in. Possibly a twist in the story where she makes Geras and it turns out Geras was actually the true neutral character and eventually ends up being Kronika's undoing. I don't know, that's not even fixing half the problems in the Netherrealm timeline, but I think there's a lot in the Netherrealm timeline that could use a rewrite.

[@LazyDudeIV]

I know this comment is at least 2 months old, but in OG lore, if I can recall correctly, the Elder Gods don't usually intervene for fear of waking The One Being.

[@Pepe-pq3om]

New head canon. For real, I can't stop thinking about how shity this new trilogy has become, so you just saved me out of that, thanks 👍

[@sopekaunutoa8210]

I honestly engage in rewriting the story too, but I just can't bring myself to add Kronika into the story. More so than how bland her character is, she just breaks the story on so many levels. So many rectons to go through, it even kills the Midway timeline.

[@MysteriousTomJenkins]

Wow, you just gave Kronika a better motivation, made Geras actually important and worthwhile, fixed the plot hole of Raiden having time powers but never using them and made MK:A's original ending still canon. I don't know what goes on in a professional setting when it comes to writing but the fact that your idea has a lot of fixes to not only MK9's ending but also MK11's is impressive. Its sad that all Kronika needs is some tweaking to be really interesting, instead she's just this suddenly revealed ultimate character who's stronger than everyone, even the One Being somehow...except not really because just Liu-Kang fused with Raiden is enough to defeat her when she's massively stronger than the One Being. With that in mind, it retroactively makes the One Being and the Elder Gods seem like chumps if a mortal and a 'demi god' are stronger than a being stronger than all of the,

[@zocanrinie]

I like the way this fixes mk9's ending of Armagedon, would have been a cool plot twist

[@EldenRingBuildsArchive]

2:28:39 Little nitpick of mine, why does Sonya know she wasn’t the one burning Kabal’s face? Meta-wise, Kano just wants Kabal on his side and said those lies, but Sonya says “don’t believe everything you hear” or something along those lines, as if she’s aware it wasn’t her, but Kintaro. But she’s past Sonya, at a point where MK9’s Earthrealm invasion wasn’t started already, it’s impossible for her to know that future event, so yeah, Sonya has some 4th wall plot reading powers.

[@jbktpl1245]

Oh right, that didn't happen yet.

[@johnking9943]

Would've been better if they went the Scarlet Witch and Thanos route: Kabal: You took everything from me! Sonya: I don't even know you! Kabal: (spins blades) You will.

[@henrygambles3652]

My best guest is that Kabal is undercover and actually working for the Police but even then that’s stretching and there’s no evidence to suggest that at all!

[@NebLleb]

So before you tear apart the worst story in the franchise, you go after the stupid business practices and MTX throughout. I love you, mate!

[@thetruestar6348]

Yup and that mobile currency and grind shit made me never touch this game

[@rascoehunter3608]

I hate being locked out of content arbitrarily.

[@KingOfDarknessAndEvil]

@@thetruestar6348 Premium currency in a fucking 60 dollar game (not counting the 2 20 dollar dlc packs)

[@Mimi._.Haruno_]

My least favorite was MKX

[@rascoehunter3608]

@@Mimi._.Haruno_ The skins in MKX looked so ugly.

[@HeirofDacia]

Thank God someone actually has sensible opinions regarding the costumes! What you said about different characters dressing differently depending on their style/personality/ workplace is exactly what should have been done here!

[@nicovelardita8619]

"Campy overacting beats out flat unenthused reading of the lines every fucking time" Bro, there is a limit to how based you can be.

[@loganboyd6609]

But he is right about that flat bad acting is less enjoyable than camping overacting considering one you can have a few laughs at the other you can't stand

[@leithaziz2716]

@@loganboyd6609 I prefer campy acting simply because it tends have more "soul" in comparison. Why do you think I like Yakuza and Guilty Gear so much? It lacks subtlety, but it has the heart.

[@loganboyd6609]

@@leithaziz2716 agreed

[@Superluigi881]

Feel the power of my MAAAAAAJIIIIIK!

[@gamesandluigifan7152]

One is so bad that it's good while the other one's just bad

[@TrisStrudel]

Aftermath feels like it doesn’t actually impact the story significantly. All it amounts to is Lu Kang going to fix the timeline, being stopped and basically given the crown, then resuming what he would have done already.

[@The4thSnake]

That he doesn't wear the crown after the final reset is quite telling.

[@SR.PlayAlot64]

You could say that it was all a waste of time, am I right?

[@zoeythickness7478]

Maybe they will go with Shang Tsungs ending, highly unlikely though

[@tmk_zdk]

@@zoeythickness7478 it would be too cool and oryginal for these @$$holes

[@alexandrapagan3222]

@The4thSnake That led to my question: Why is the crown important? It was never stated why the crown is needed to restart the history of Mortal Kombat. All Shang Tsung said is without the crown Liu Kang can't restart history. Well WHY!? Why is the crown needed?

[@Armordude91122Cute]

As a future writer, this video is really educational as it tells me what to not to do when writing stories. Great video.

[@Hardzinho_yay]

No matter what you do people will find ways to criticize as much as this story is criticized. Even tolkien, shakespear, or real life history has critiques plot holes, misconceptions and actions without logic.

[@janibekfuturetop5p4p6]

@@Hardzinho_yay You've gotta be taking the piss. This guy has other Critiques on his channel, and they're not as long. If you really think you can make a 4 hour valid critique of anything you've just listed then go ahead. This was a poorly made story mode.

[@yagamifire7861]

...did he really just say REAL LIFE has plotholes? Lmfao crater-brain comment

[@deantrail6789]

​@yagamifire7861 Lots of people say and do shit without thinking. But, I wouldn't call that a plothole.

[@bigmanliam]

Hes got a point tho. No matter what you write, someone is destined not to like it. Obviously that number changes alot but its true. You cant please everyone

[@machine1685]

Jacqui, Cassie, and Sonya eing the only Special Forces members to have such high tech weaponry doesnt make much sense to me. Why do they have cutting edge stuff like that, but everyone just gets assault rifles? If Jacqui built the stuff herself, why havent the military given her a weapons contract and funding to make weapons for them? She literally has deployable cover that reflects bullets. That would nearly gurantee victory in almost any combat scenario.

[@boyoboyo2272]

That has me thinking, pretty much every MK character has some sort of mystical or superhuman ability or strength. What is Jacqui’s special power?

[@DimitrisGenn]

Maybe it's too expensive or something? idk

[@machine1685]

@@DimitrisGenn I would think if Jacqui is able to make them (seemingly) by herself, then why cant the government? If I had to write Jacqui, I would make her a R&D person. Cassie is already the soldier character of the new generation. Jacqui has no identity there. Instead, introduce her as having made new and improved arms for her father due to the old ones causing chronic pains (steal from FMA and say that his METAL ARMS burns his skin in the hot sun. Cold metal on human skin for prolong periods of time isnt going to do any favors either). Then she constantly has gadgets and gizmos that help the group out of binds. You can even include pre-match dialogue where Jacqui talks about making the new weapons Cassie and Sonya use. --Prematch vs Sonya-- [Sonya mounted turret drops from the sky] Jacqui: I see you and Buddy are getting along Sonya: For the last time, its name isnt Buddy. Jacqui: I made him. I name him. --Prematch vs Cassie-- [Cassie walks up texting whoever] Jacqui: I know you didn't have me install a camera in Sam just to keep talking pics with that fossil? Cassie: [snaps selfie] This fossil cost me over a thousand bucks! Jacqui: Do you want to see the bill for the parts to build that drone?! -- It's not perfect, but it's something. Later, when Cassie takes charge of the SF, Jacqui can be the head of R&D. At least then she isn't just female Jax. This gives her character direction and not just Cassie's friend and female Jax.

[@machine1685]

@@boyoboyo2272 Her and Sonya are relatively "human". They dont have any special ability. But that's why they need some major character work in order to work. Liu Kang shoots fire. That's about the extent of his skills. But he has a distinguishable personality even amongst the Shaolin. Especially when he didnt kill.

[@boyoboyo2272]

@@machine1685 Sonya and Jax actually did have some powers. It may have been retconned and reretconned, but Sonya’s rings were actually some of her “chi” powers, as well as Jax’s projectile from MK 2 and his ground pound, plus Sonya had the square wave punch where she flies into the air then flies forward. The only character, really, that didn’t have powers was Stryker; and Mokap but he doesn’t really count lol. Even Erron Black is technically mystical and superhuman with his age and his aim and skill. I guess the idea is probably that Jacqui has similar powers to Jax and she uses her Special Forces gadgets to enhance them

[@dams6829]

I see this year Christmas came early.

[@kzakulenga5138]

The Kronika dissection represents a very solid frame of why Onaga, Daegon or a new villain wouldve been a better choice for MK 11. The Conversation between Cetrion and Liu Kang about him having Onaga's fire could help be a plot twist that could have been a better plot key to his possible restoration by Onaga and added movie reference. They've never crossed paths before it wouldve been incredible to see Liu and Onaga on the same screen

[@kzakulenga5138]

@Charles Hastings that shouldve been the main story I'm an MK fan and I'm 28 years old. I've been playing MK for 24 years I'm tired of whupping on Shao khans and shang tsungs assess all the time. Onaga vs Liu Liu would've been as interesting as epic 2 dragons fighting each other when they couldve used both dragons symbolic for Liu and Onaga or Taven and Daegon. I was hoping Kronika would live up to her hype How sad I was....

[@legionbeast]

A legendary review that shall be passed along for generations.

[@VisualdelightPro]

Except KZbin is very biased against British KZbin's.

[@nabilahmed579]

But fanboys be like “sToP bEiNg SuCh A hAteR” like with the dhar Mann reaction video that pewdiepie made

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@nabilahmed579 some people can’t separate criticism from hate. And 4thSnake himself has given NRS many chances to improve and change for the better but they didn’t. He has every right to throw vitriol at them

[@aarotron2189]

Id normally be terrified of that ammount of adds, but considering the time and brain matter you spent on this damned game... you deserve it all.

[@jaketaz2848]

"There's so much wrong with this game I don't know where to start" yes, based on the length of the video I can see that

[@EnigmaticVayne]

The Midway timeline had what I thought were a lot of retcons. And it did but far less than the Netherrealm timeline. I really thought the reboot for MK9 would give them a blank canvas for a clearer story. They've done so many retcons, even George Lucas would wince

[@tyvamakes5226]

At least he could use the prequels as a benchmark of consistent story writing.

[@EnigmaticVayne]

@@tyvamakes5226 George should have used the originals as his benchmark. He's the only person who changed his 20 year old movies to fit his new ones

[@tyvamakes5226]

@@EnigmaticVayne Just remember that each movie itself was its own story. Meaning that logic does flow within a movie of its own. You see, to be a star wars movie, you have to be different and untried before. That's why the Empire Strikes Back was so beloved and why the Attack of the Clones was so controversial. Yet, when you look at the first two movies of the "sequels", they're just rehash of A New Hope and ESB. The only difference is that these are imitators, not innovators.

[@-PVL93-]

And the crazy part is they'll likely be starting completely over and fresh AGAIN with MK12. I pray to God NRS do not involve time travel or alternate timelines in the next game's story

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

Hey least Lucas was passionate when he was in charge. Boon and gang in this trilogy weren't as much. Its definatly got problems I agree...But I still think they're half decent and even were a positive to the series as a whole. The Disney Star Wars just destroy everything while riding the corpse

[@silas1194]

Why Netherrealm hasn't hired this man as a writer is beyond me

[@calemr]

At LEAST as an editor. He clearly knows the prior story better than the writers do.

[@Ramsey276one]

BUTTHURT XD I am not believing that they can sit after THIS

[@vcsa681]

Bro they dumped Mick Gordon,nothing surprises me anymore

[@okagron]

Eh, it's very easy to say how something should be fixed, but when you go about it yourself you notice how hard it is to actually do it. So many moving parts, ranging from character motivations, plot points and setups with payoffs, so it's way harder than it looks. NRS should have hired an actual writer though.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@okagron Fully agree ESPECIALLY THE LAST PART XD

[@lucasgarcia835]

Can you imagine if dark Raiden was the boss of this game. Yeah it would be something to save money and another Superman Vs Superman in injustice 1. But he would've still been better than Kronika showing just how far he has gone by killing Shinnok and Kotal Khan, both being potential threats or something like that. I feel like that would have been interesting

[@arealbigchungus]

My biggest complaint about mk11 is how variation moves that are iconic to a character (raiden's teleport and shang tsung's ground eruption) take 2 slots, yet other moves (electric fly and soul steal for example) are standard

[@MyDigitalCult]

all hail Big Chungus brother🙏🏻

[@arealbigchungus]

@@MyDigitalCult hail big chungus

[@lolwhat19]

Watching this on the premiere was a blessing.

[@thejose970]

I really dislike how nobody looked like their mk9 versions during the Time merge as you point out, even more so for characters which have skins more similar to their mk9 designs. They couldve used the MK9 designs during their first scene and switch to the new ones in the next scenes to show them off

[@KennyMcCormic0]

That would not be WOKE shit like jax ending

[@Valentine-jo7ls]

I have always said that about the female outfits! It depends on the character. Skarlet, Sindel, and Mileena make sense. Sheeva, Kitana, and Jade are somewhere in the middle. And it doesn’t make much sense for Sonya, Cassie, or Jacqui. In my opinion, it shows more effort and dedication for each character’s costumes to show their own character and personality and not all female or all male characters have the same look. Also, I think part of why they did this in MK11 was so more people would buy the Femme Fatale skin pack and Sindel as DLC.

[@nabilahmed579]

I mean we were fine with everyone showing their tits in mk9 so why is it that we r complaining about it now. I think all of the Edenians would wear skimpy attire considering how outworld is literally hot as fuck and they would probs be boiling.

[@ichangedidk9097]

@@nabilahmed579 As long as it makes sense with the kharacter in question, then yeah. Go off on giving them skimpy attire

[@Valentine-jo7ls]

@@nabilahmed579 Yeah, and that’s why it makes sense for Edenians to wear less clothes and not Special Forces. I think Kitana’s MKX outfit was a good choice because it was feminine and revealing without looking too over the top. And tbh I personally think that Kitana had the best outfit of the female characters in MK9 as well.

[@vcsa681]

@@Valentine-jo7ls I also agree,Mkx kitana for me is the perfect point,and I like her mk9 default as well

[@almi7256]

Exactly. Women can show their bodies as much as they want, but can it be their choice? Can it be because she WANTS to dress that way and reasonably WOULD? Rather than forcing every girl to dress with nothing but horny men in mind...

[@SkyblueStarmoon]

Yes! Seeing the timeline and time travel stupidity get covered has taken a large weight off of my back. Thank you for confirming I wasn’t the only one finding it dumb and headache inducing. ( P.S: Happy Birthday by the way. You deserve to enjoy it. )

[@The4thSnake]

Thank you.

[@rascoehunter3608]

With how bad the NRS writing is they should have never done a story with time travel.

[@SkyblueStarmoon]

@@rascoehunter3608 If it would’ve prevented the annoyance that is Kronika reversing the destruction of the bone temple ruining the character sacrifice and seemingly forgetting the fact she could’ve used Sonya as an ally I’d agree tenfold.

[@Angel-kc7ck]

@@rascoehunter3608 Shit writers always work with complex themes so they can fool people into thinking they know what they're doing, and most of them fall for it.

[@batboythecool]

i hate time travel being introduced tbh

[@MattBlackstone]

I think MK fans old and new can agree on 3 major things... 1. The Mortal Kombat 2021 movie was disappointing. 2. That Scorpion scene in MK11 where he convinces his past self to help the good guys is awesome. 3. Mortal Kombat 1995 is still the best video game movie of all time.

[@jacobadam6804]

I know a ton of people who legitimately think that the 2021 movie was good. God, people are fucking brain dead these days.

[@VideosGalacticos]

Just facts

[@bigmanliam]

Is Mk 1995 really that good? I kinda wanna watch it now. Where is it streaming on

[@bananaking664]

@@bigmanliamdef not lol just people holding on to nothing

[@bigmanliam]

@@bananaking664 just watched it and it was fire you tripping

[@saskueuzumaki]

One thing I have always loved about videos like this is having someone express your exact thoughts so eloquently. MK is my favorite game franchise but the last decade has been a trainwreck especially for its narrative.

[@schemar17]

Hi Sasuke

[@Ishizio]

*Negelects to mention the immediate Japanese translation option*

[@NotDalesDeadBug]

Lol the itachi pic makes it that much better

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

37:00 Speaking of the developers not paying attention to specific character models, they screwed up Robocop's. Canonically, he doesn't have a human (bone) skull. OCP took the skin off of his corpse and stretched it over a metal skull. That's specifically why you can't kill Robo by shooting him in the mouth, and it's why his skin is cold to the touch.

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

@@cactusmalone I believe you're right, but I think it's just NR either being too lazy to remodel, or just didn't do their research.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Well I just learned something new. I always found it odd how his head looks larger after being shot now I know it’s because he’s wearing a skin mask, that is both interesting and adds a new level of horror. Just imagine if his face burned off Thanks

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

@@burntgrahamcracker2866 Happy to help! He'd probably look like a Terminator lol.

[@brandonkennedy4160]

Another confusing aspect of Chronika’s plan: She says that Raiden and Liu Kang’s combined power is a threat to her plan. However, Raiden said that in every previous timeline, he and Liu Kang fought, and Liu Kang died. So…how did their combined power ever stop Chronika, if there’s only ever one of them left alive? When Raiden fuses with Liu Kang instead of killing him, Chronika is even surprised, like nothing like this has happened before.

[@agenttex5973]

I mean something can be a threat to you without it ever Happening, like a tornado is a threat to my life but I myself have never actually lived through one

[@jinmali]

@@agenttex5973 but if In ever timeline they fight and one dies then there combined power isn’t really a threat cuz it doesn’t exist

[@agenttex5973]

@@jinmali Yes but the idea of them teaming up is still a threat to her, Sure it hasnt happened yet but it can still happen and thus be a threat

[@jinmali]

@@agenttex5973 a child has the capability of killing me but does that mean that that child is actually a threat if it never actually works? I just feel like a threat needs to actually be viable and they just have shitty writing but you do have a point so I guess it doesn’t mattwr

[@birkgoblin567]

@@jinmali i know I'm late but kronika literally can see the future with hourglass so, she could have seen the future with hourglass and one of those future liu kang and raiden combined and beat her, thus she tried to make liu kang fight raiden and get liu kang killed so THAT future will never happened. Just like infinity war dr strange do.

[@boyoboyo2272]

Cassie’s “klassic” costume was a remodified version of Sonya’s MK3 costume in the game. Obviously it comes to poor planning, but it’s silly that Sonya’s version isn’t titled klassic but Cassie’s is

[@silversaltlord8508]

One thing that doesn’t make sense about the story: If Geras was sent to wipe Cassie from existence by killing Past Johnny or Sonya, wouldn’t that just bring back Shinnok automatically? That means there wouldn’t be need for a New Era. I mean, sure the story has its issues, which is why I went back and fixed as many plot holes as I could find in my fanfiction stories last year.

[@nabilahmed579]

Yh basically and if that was the case, it would’ve been the end of the universe

[@silversaltlord8508]

@@nabilahmed579 That is why I changed it like I did with some other plot holes.

[@cherry9787]

This is why time travel stories tend to suck. If one character dies or is damaged drastically, there are SO many changes to the time line you would have to consider.

[@silversaltlord8508]

@@cherry9787 For my MK11 AU, Geras was sent to capture Cassie and bring her to Kronika alive to face punishment, but not kill her.

[@khaosking2937]

"Death God Liu Kang" is an epic name

[@Valentine-jo7ls]

It doesn’t make much sense that Kitana is called Kahn when multiple of her skins have the word “Khanum” and they even made an official figure modeled after a skin called “Battle Khanum”.

[@nabilahmed579]

The entire Kahn thing was only limited to only Kotal and Shao. Even with KK’s introduction, they didn’t do some bs with it until the stupid story mode came along I would much prefer if they kept it a royal surname for these two instead of having to make a whole title for the opposite gender. Plus there is more story potential there

[@Valentine-jo7ls]

@@nabilahmed579 Yes, I agree! They should just stay consistent with what lore/canon they have already presented instead of confusing people.

[@beavers1978]

This has to be the best critique that Snake has ever done. Well done!

[@stitchedbyiron]

The biggest missed opportunity with the story is that they should've brought back EVERY character that has been killed off (in the comics & previous game) and have characters that didn't disappear and everyone thinks it's normal as air. Or use the time magic to merge the old timeline (midway characters) with the new timeline. This is literally the "endgame" of mortal Kombat so why not go all out?

[@HeadlockedGaming]

So glad you touched on it about 20:05 on how this game will eventually be lost to time without a server. That saddens me, we now have a MK that without trickery a vast amount of the game is lost forever after servers die.

[@jbktpl1245]

That reason, along with how much of a annoying grind the game can be, is why I say "Screw Always Online Games, for the most part."

[@erhiueQWEF]

Is that really such a big deal as it sounds? By the time MK11 servers shut down, we could 3-4 games further into the franchise, where the majority of the player base will be moved to. I understand there's a "little guy" that will be negatively effected because there'll always be *someone* that pisses and moans they still play MK11 even when MK14 or MK15 already exists. These companies need to make money to keep making these games, they're not making money if a majority contingent of the fanbase is playing an old game. And for another thing...the game isn't really that good enough to be preserved forever. Some things should be lost to time.

[@jbktpl1245]

@@erhiueQWEF These companies have survived and thrived long before "online only" became a thing and it just feels like an unnecessary level of control. Yes, somethings maybe be better off lost to time, but why on earth would they put resources into making essentially a "Kill switch" for their product when it's already a known fact that people will still buy the new thing even without them pushing to upgrade to the new thing. Not to mention, games like these 09/10 are built to try and nickel and dime you hard into getting stuff that the company could lock you out of whenever they feel like it. It feels rather unnecessary to me and I think there's something wrong when a 20 year old psone game still has a better shelf life than some games that came out not even 5 years ago.

[@kidnamedfingor]

@@erhiueQWEF yeah but by that logic, what if umk3 was lost to time

[@Jose_Doe]

@@erhiueQWEF because I like to use the thing I paid for lol

[@baroquechevalier8516]

MK might be in a sorry state, but at the same time we get quality content like this

[@BlazingAbyss]

I really can't stand when everything in a series is suddenly retconned to having all been in service to some newly introduce character and/or plotline that was at no point alluded to prior. It's especially annoying because I really wanted to see what direction they'd take with this new version of Dark Raiden. The previous game seemed to be setting things up for an interesting face-off between multiple factions of questionable morality. You had the well-intentioned extremist Dark Raiden, Kotal and Outworld who were now on very shaky terms with Earthrealm and the Revenants who (before being turned into generic villains in MK11) seemed to just be trying to make the best out of the crappy hand that they had been dealt. And that's not even getting in to the whole unseen plotline where Onaga was apparently manipulating Goro. Why not force the other factions into an uneasy alliance against Onaga who's seeking to use Goro as a means of facilitating his own resurrection? How about instead of turning them all into a bunch of jobers (or in Dark Raiden's case, abruptly deleting him) actually give them a chance to shine by coming together to face the real biggest threat in the series? And don't give use this crap about Kronika being a bigger threat than The One Being, that's like trying to argue that the Greek deity Chronos would be a bigger threat than Azathoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.

[@TheAuthorStudios]

11:49 Thank you for bringing up how character distribution on the select screen is important. Seriously, people don't think enough about how that can be meaningful for the game both story AND gameplay-wise.

[@kyshowman6847]

Surprisingly, Blazblue has the best character select screen with it taking place in a “wheel” of fate.

[@JReds-bw9kg]

I also really liked how he distributed the characters even in the mishaped diamond

[@Blinko7]

Can't lie it really doesn't matter where characters are on the select screen looooool

[@TheAuthorStudios]

@@Blinko7 Moite it's like 1: AM you got schoold tomorrow go to sleep.

[@brandonkennedy4160]

This whole thing was just great, from start to finish. From the gameplay, to the story, to the grindy nature of unlocking things, I hated so much about this game. It was great to hear it so thoroughly torn apart. I didn’t know they could have had Mick Gordon, but chose not to. So frustrating! Knowing the Dimitri Vegas skin was basically made as a joke, actually makes me like it a lot more.

[@rahyansuryaramadhan7082]

Damn that bit about Fire God Liu Kang vs Death God Liu Kang is such a cool idea that i'm actually mad that it's not real

[@nabilahmed579]

Death god liu would have happened in Aftermath part 2, since raiden and fujin could try to make a weapon

[@rhysmag6723]

This has to be one of the most thorough and in depth reviews I have ever seen. Heck, one of the best reviews I’ve ever seen.

[@21eienni]

Dark Raiden was really a shame in this game. Many expected him to be the final boss of that game before Kronika was revealed. And it could have been interesting. I personally wished there would something like: Raiden becomes too extreme so the Earthrealm Defenders want to stop him, not kill him, though. And then Shang Tsung, following Ermac's MKX ending, would return and like the snake he is, he would convince the heroes to let him help them, even though they know he's an asshole and still keep an eye on him (kinda like in MK VS DCU?). Shang Tsung would also convince the Revenants to help. So in the end, Revenant Liu Kang and Shang Tsung would be like this timeline's Deadly Alliance and they would fight Raiden and defeat him. Then, they would fight each other because they don't trust each other and because of what they would want to do to Raiden (Shang Tsung would want to steal his soul while Revenant Liu Kang wants to simply kill him?). You would chose between the two who you play as for this fight. And then...I forgot what was my idea for the end. Maybe Cassie VS the winner? I did think about it before MK11's first trailer after all. It's not really good but it would have been interesting to see Liu Kang and Shang Tsung fight together on the same team.

[@tuvieja3762]

I think that the idea of onaga taking the place of Kronika would make a lot more sense Edit: the aesthetic would be a lot different, the hourglass wouldn't be as generic or machine like but rather an ancient lovecraftian architecture, as the game would follow that aesthetic and the concept of black magic and souls behind it, onaga would use his clay soldiers instead of the army of demons we have seen in mk11, and most importantly only 4 characters would be on Onaga side, the rest of the rooster.. would have to put aside their rivalry and diferences to fight a bigger threat.

[@comiccinema8177]

Something that really bothered me about Aftermath was how Shang Tsung had this label as a trickster and a liar, but if we look at what he did in the reboot timeline (mainly Mk9 because that’s his only other appearance in this timeline), he spent most of his time being pretty straight faced and direct with everyone. He never really lied nor did he betray or trick people. So why the hell does he have that label? Lines like “A lie, Shang Tsung. Something you know quite well.” are extra confusing because, Liu Kang has never known Shang Tsung to be a liar or manipulator. He wasn’t some Grima Wormtongue style schemer he was just a side boss to Shao Kahn who carried out his orders and proposed new tournaments. It’s an odd retcon IMHO.

[@redshepherd32]

I'm guessing the label comes from his actions off screen. If we see the events of the story and we feel convinced that shang isn't knocking under the table. Then he's a better schemer than given credit. Well that's how I see it.

[@wheresprototype3507]

My favorite ending was Ranbo's since he showed the reality of this power, you need to make sure certain people live then you need to kill billions and not care, but Ranbo can't do it, it would break him, so he left, that's what I would do but keep the power so I can keep my life quiet

[@JordanKane97]

My favourite too man, love Rambo as a character in the game, first blood is a favourite movie of mine

[@reloadpsi]

I've never seen Rambo and had no idea what a nuanced take on war the series actually had. I'll have to check it out. Doesn't hurt that Stallone's performance in the role is excellent.

[@meldrickedwards1464]

I see. Good for you, and I hope you have a good day.

[@vcsa681]

My favourite ones where by far his,Johnny,Erron and kano

[@themaccave08]

MK11 just exhausted me after a while. It WAS fine except with the fact I had to deal with the games disconnecting while I was in the middle of something and a majority of the time wasn’t because my internet, it just did that, the inexcusable amount of BS I for some reason put myself through. I did the Gauntlet towers which were brutal and all you get is Fire God Liu Kang which is admittedly cool but you get his powers with fire AND Raiden's or Ray-den's (if your that person) thunder since that was Fire God Liu Kang’s shtick! Some of the few things I liked was making some of the custom loadouts based on the in game story or Klassic appearances like making a Hanzo Hasashi loadout in the games story and a Klassic loadout I got after purchasing the game's Ultimate Edition. I bought it while it was on sale so I didn’t waste that much money. But why the F*** didn’t they give MK2 Scorpion white or even yellow eyes? That was his part of his look, like what? I even made a Scorpion loadout titled *Rebirth* because of its skin I got titled Rebirth with more yellow and black and what I can assume is brownish gold that actually looks like A Scorpion design but with the default versions layout. The Klassic skins are the best things and the other things like fatalities I like or are ok (with the right context) are Scorpions Chain Reaction fatality, Johnny Cage's uppercut fatality, brutalities like the Toasty fatality that do as Klassic Scorpion, Dancing On the Ceiling brutality as Sub-Zero, Kabal's classic scream brutality and some others but I can’t remember the names. Also Shao Kahn has a price tag on his design.

[@greenfroppy212]

One thing about the skimpy clothing is that they didn’t even make Mileena skimpy. Mileena being a sex symbol is a huge part of her character yet they took it out

[@tumulovermelho93]

True. The PC police apparently doesn't get that Mileena overdoing on sex appeal is clearly a way to overcompensate for her face. Even the TV show Conquest, which is pretty bad, did a somewhat clever episode about that.

[@legendarymarston9174]

@@tumulovermelho93 Could be used as a distraction as well!

[@tumulovermelho93]

@@legendarymarston9174 Yep, and that is important as most of the girls are the female versions of the ninjas, or ''kunoichi.'' Kunoichi used their sex appeal to be better assassins.

[@pqcowboychanel]

And on the subject, this games main character (liu kang) has been in almost every game.. shirtless.

[@mr_mikegar321]

Thank you Snake for the critique long awaited I expected this come way later. "When's the MK11 Critique coming?" Is no more! 4 hours of bashing on the game's flaws. Also, happy Birthday Snake! Don't let age slow you down

[@Metalgearfox2000]

What i hated the most was the cyber subzero plot dropped so early in the neatherealm trilogy, smoke being the new Master of the Lin kuei would have made for a more interesting story for them. They have become such a jobber faction that Even the special forces could take them.

[@Endru85x]

When i saw Sub Zero no longer being a cyborg in MKX i was like "Eh? But why drop this cyborg theme so fast? Which comicbook i need to read to know whatś going on?" Games just begin and you already see NRS have no fuckin idea how to give direction to previously introduced ideas .

[@vcsa681]

Like,why not bring him back from the past instead of frost?I like frost alternate skins and some 3d era character other than kenshi being brought back but she is so insufferable in this game. Even as a npc,just reuse mkx triborg csz moveset like they did with Cyrax and sektor

[@pongopea]

the fact the genuinely thought it'd be a good idea to give such an incompetent writing team the task of writing a really complex time travel/warp story with super beings described as beyond time is so baffling, they could barely keep the story of 20+ year old characters straight

[@awwmahbreadsticks1094]

Injustice really fucked up Mortal Kombat I feel

[@arllyfat_cat9678]

If they did another MK game, I have no idea where NRS will go besides possibly contradicting the ending of Aftermath. Maybe a complete hard reboot of the story would be far better, but after NRS hires actual competent writers who actually know the material. Just make it a fresh slate. Edit: as a side note, the PS5/Xbox Series X version of MK11 is kind of wasted. Instead of the Krypt, intros, outros, fatalities and friendships running at 60fps along with normal gameplay, it still runs at 30fps. Glad they gave the upgrade for free but they should've put in more effort. Maybe 60fps for those elements, and 120fps normal gameplay.

[@studioweilandbustreal9859]

that would cost them money so i think they PANDER AASSSS much as they can to old fans , and also shit on the 3d era because it was worse than our favorite trilogy of dumb series staple and retcons riiiiiiight ?

[@dizzydarkrai9150]

I'm worried it's just going to be another mk1-3 retelling

[@arllyfat_cat9678]

@@dizzydarkrai9150 I mean, it could work if it implemented a few elements from Deception and maybe instead of ending at MK3 it could end with MK4. And with the Deception aspect, we could follow Shujinko as he's still looking for the Komidogu (I more than likely spelled it wrong) and he could have an affect on the main plot at certain points. And to make him playable again after over a decade. But to do a story like this it would require to be longer than 4-5 hours, including cutscenes, and to remove the character specific chapter system.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@arllyfat_cat9678 I think we r going straight into deception this time, heavy focus on the outworlders

[@vcsa681]

@@dizzydarkrai9150 For me is fine as long they dont do "haha quan chi is behind everything" bs again Also I dont think they will rely on the old timeline like mk9 did,so we can have less problems maybe

[@robertlauncher]

“If you can’t distinguish between facts and opinions, that’s YOUR problem.” I wish that was the standard for the internet.

[@romandobrov8460]

The problem with MK 11 story is that every fan story seems much more appealing.

[@romandobrov8460]

@@MrMonsterKen there is no need to take it personal, my friend. There are plenty of bad stories people enjoy and I am no exception. Mkx did an interesting thing by introducing the civil war in the Outworld, which at least moved the story forward. But mk11 story is a wasted potential all over the place. Dark Raiden was removed too early in the story and didn't have any impact. Cassie and Sonya conflict is just dumb. Kronika pretty much lacks motivation and looks rather stupid than powerful given her powers. Mk11 re-introduced the same characters from earlier timelines and again ended with a universe reboot rendering events meaningless. There's no cohesive story, there is only lazy writing.

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

Honestly, the part that pissed me off the most about the story was when Liu Kang agreed to sending Fujin, Nightwolf, and Shang Tsung back in order to grab the crown and create a new timeline. If he has the ability to send people back in time into the current timeline, he could have just sent the four of them back a few hours before Kronika got the crown and curb stomped her. If Liu Kang could 1v1 her, the four of them would destroy her. Then they wouldn't have even had to bother with the whole "new timeline" thing at all. The fact that Liu Kang went along with the whole new timeline thing when he so obviously didn't need to is the absolute dumbest part of the game for me. I will say though, I think him coming out of the void beyond time and space was actually pretty clever. I interpret like this. After Leu Kang sends the three of them back in time, he locks himself in the void. Then once Kronika it's brought back through the time reversal, the void locks itself until she dies. And because Liu Kang is locked in the void beyond time and space, that means that time doesn't affect him, so he can still exist even if they undo the thing that made him the fire god. Then once Kronika died again, the void is unsealed and he is freed. That's the one good thing I can say about the DLC though, the story is woeful. As a final point, Netherrealm really needs to hire you on as a script consultant for the next game. Clearly you know more about the games than they do.

[@dc7981]

Yo based TGX

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

I literally just spent 4 hours of my life watching this shit. And it was worth it. Great job, Snake!

[@LegendaryLockeZ]

I do not understand how is this considered to be the “best mortal kombat game” when in reality it is not

[@Brandelwyn]

It looks nice, lol

[@LegendaryLockeZ]

@@BrandelwynI mean yeah the graphics are kinda nice, but they doesn’t change the fact that this game is an embarrassment to NRS

[@Brandelwyn]

@@LegendaryLockeZ and I wholeheartedly agree, but many ppl only care about graphics these days

[@matt911112]

What would you say is the best mortal kombat game? I’d say either deception or Armageddon.

[@K12machinima]

@@matt911112I think Deception was the best in terms of story, music, and atmosphere. X had a stupid story, but some of the best fighting mechanics and controls in the series.

[@keegster1433]

Remember at the end of MK9 when Sonya said that casualties of war are inevitable? Kinda sux how she doesn't echo that same line and/or sentiment in mk11

[@Takejiro24]

Right??!! That was the FIRST thing that came to mind when brought up in this kritique! Sonya's military. She's KNOWS about sacrifice and that it's cruel yet necessary at times! Yet another gripe about the story's writing.

[@amaya8550]

4thSnake, you probably won't see this but your love for this franchise has made me a bigger fan! To the point I've started drawing fan art of this series. You do a great job and this video was worth the wait! Moments that made me happy in this review. 1) Mentioning Frost shouldn't have fallen and blood, bugs me everytime. 2) Mentioning the annoying disconnects, I have been kicked out of a bunch tower of times bc of a weak connection, I've been kicked out or a direct one too. (Server mention and losing stuff as well) 3) The reboot at the end! HATE IT!

[@The4thSnake]

Nice.

[@henrygambles3652]

The Frost thing still bugs me is she dead? Is she alive?

[@AstridRuna]

3:29:30 thank you. I mean that more than I should. I love Raiden. It hurts me how every single one of his good, noble and cool aspects gets destroyed, made worse or just taken away from him. These writers didn't like him at all, so they made him a strawman for everything they hate. They made him self-absorbed, foolish, incompetent and self-sanctimonious on every occasion that would make him the bad guy that has to redeem himself for no real reason. Everything bad that an old, old man in clouds who caused his sons deaths could be to someone who doesn't know him, and giving everything else, the wisdom, the positive impact on history, the inner-peace with non of the guilt or blame, to Fujin. This is not give and take, that is only flanderisation.

[@anthonytrashboat]

I just wanna say thank you for the hard work you put in to these videos. We all appreciate everything you do. Truly.

[@Ziomaletto]

4 hours of MK11 bashing. This Friday party is getting crazy! EDIT: Holy crap, Snake likes Terminator Salvation! Lovely.

[@Ziomaletto]

Also, happy birthday, Snake! Hope you're doing fine in this iffy times and will keep on delivering us fiery content like this. Greetings from Poland!

[@NebLleb]

Easily the better of the post-2 Terminator movies (and also the only one to pick up directly where its predecessor left off).

[@vcsa681]

It has a good idea behind a overall nothing special movie,it could be worse but also could be better

[@Spoods17]

2:14:05 and when you get their amulet in the krypt, it describes them as being empowered by life and death

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

I've had this project for a long time to create a fighting game, where I put one representative from every franchise that I love, giving them unique move-sets and dialogues with the others. You bet I'll make some MK representatives and give them the same amount of respect you gave to these characters!

[@jjjwhovian]

Sounds very ambitious, what franchises were you thinking?

[@ichangedidk9097]

I was also thinking about making a MK inspired game or a MK fan game, so I can do my own takes on various kharacters from this franchise, or make my own characters and put them in scenarios similar but different from MK as to not make it a complete rip-off of MK

[@Ramsey276one]

Link when published? Updates or demo? XD I am an amateur FGC designer myself

[@jbktpl1245]

I'd be interested in hearing more about your game.

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

@@jjjwhovian Well at first this was supposed to be a fighting game about characters I created. But then I thought making a big cross-over would be way more fun so I went with it! For now I'm only designing the characters move-sets since I still have a lot to learn in coding, but basically here's the franchise I started to put together: Gal Gun PS Vita, MK, South Park, Akame Ga Kill, Phantom Bullet, Powerpuff girls, Happy Tree Friends, Puyo Puyo, King's game, Mysims, Judge, AOT, Black Survival, Code Vein, Sonic, Pico's school and Madness Combat, Huniepop and Library of Ruina. Of course in the project everyone will have a coherent art-style, a bit animesque, to make all characters fit. As for the move-sets, it's going pretty well, for example I designed a fighter that hit as hard as a stick unless you follow the in-game BGM's rythm. Or Kenny from South Park who has no special gauge but instead a "bad luck" gauge that fills overtime to produce more and more powerful attacks that can kill him in return if not managed properly. Some characters are based on a bit of a headcanon/AU while others are their normal selves, and here's everyone in the best possible scenario (A + means they are on the same franchise but as separate characters while an and means they fight together): Aoi Uno, Kobra Stryker Kabal and Kira as a four person fighter + Havik + Kano and the special forces black dragon members, Kenny McCormick, Tatsumi and Seryuu + Esdeath and her pillars, Shinkawa Kyouji with ability to turn into Death Gun + Sinon, Buttercup and Boomer, Nutty Lifty and Flaky + Flippy and Cuddles, Sig and Doppelganger Arle, Mafuyu Manabe + Nobuyaki and his classmates, The Agent and Buddy + The essence master and some townfolks, Hiroyuki and Hikari, Livai and Petra + Season 4 Eren Floch and Historia, Hyunwoo and Jackie + JP Bernice Alex Laura and Sissela + Thomas Nadja Our scientist Wickeline and Medji + The VF Squad, Oliver Collins Io and The Blood avatar, Sonic team + Scourge Tikal Chaos 0 and Gemerald, Pico's squad + The Goths, Hank Deimos Samford + Tricky, Kyu Momo and the protagonist, Angela and Roland + Finn. Obviously not everyone will make it, but that's everyone I consider!

[@WolfDB]

Honestly, I'd love to take a stab at writing the story for these games. Even if it means starting all over again, I would say it's worth it to clean off the slate of bullcrap the games did with X and 11 (honestly, I'm not as upset with what they did in MK9, but that might end up getting wiped out too if it means making a better story)

[@nicholasfallbrook9810]

Please do something with Ermac-Jerrod. I absolutely adored that ending in MK9 and the potential that it had in the future, and it was heartbreaking that they never did anything with it. Snake's idea of him taking in Mileena as his daughter was one I really liked, and if you decide to have the revenant stuff still happen in your story it'd make a wonderful contrast between the two timelines for Mileena to have been blessed with everything that Kitana lost, namely her father and her kingdom. Even taking that aside, Ermac-Jerrod could have a fun story about trying to rescue Sindel from the same mind control that he himself was once under.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@nicholasfallbrook9810 I honestly hope they do something with this idea in mk12. Sindel may be dead but there is a chance Shao may have revived jerrod under his control so he can get a very powerful weapon. No one, even his generals know who ermac actually is considering how the mask hides the true identity. So much story potential there and who knows? We might get a heavy hitter ninja for mk12

[@ichangedidk9097]

After all of this shit, I bet that ANYONE can write a better MK story than NRS can

[@nicholasfallbrook9810]

@@nabilahmed579 Who's to say that Shao Kahn will even be in 12? With how they've basically killed off everyone else and put either Liu Kang or Shang Tsung in charge of all reality, the next game's status is decidedly uncertain, I may even say bleak.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@nicholasfallbrook9810 the next thing u know they r going to pull some bullshit on how the villains come back. They’re gonna milk the series for all we know

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Booster Gold Johnny Cage is a stroke of genius! All you would have to do is make the skin and give Johnny Cassy's drone and half her move set...

[@micah459]

This honestly just made me think that one each chapter was written, they forgot about most of the previous chapters (or games for that matter) because these retcons in the same exact story is just mindboggling.

[@DTownNash]

Here's a point you missed: the lack of the revenant versions of Stryker and Smoke. More particularly Smoke. He's the only member of the Lin Kuei missing. He's supposed to be the best friend of Sub-Zero who he hasn't shared an onscreen moment with since MK9...which came out 10 yrs ago ! Keep in mind, they died at the same time by Sindel's hand. Sub-Zero however, managed to get restored BUT Smoke wasn't as lucky. This would've set up a conflict between them. And Sub-Zero says to Cyrax that he & Scorpion are proof that anything is possible as far as getting restored which is silly cause the latter cannot relate to being a cyborg which means he's referring to their time as Quan Chi's puppets, something they both share with Smoke who isn't mentioned. Sub-Zero's purpose should've been trying to restore his friend. But instead he destroys the cyber kin kuei for the 1000th time.

[@jmaster4941]

Having Kabal here and no mention of Stryker when he was also a revenant in the last two games is also very jarring. Like, did he suddenly forget about his officer friend or something? Back in MK9, Kabal was worried about Stryker when he couldn't find him after he had escaped the Netherworld but now he hasn't mentioned him at all. While Stryker isn't as important to the overall lore as the Lin Kuei, it's really annoying to see a character get dropped seemingly out of existence. Then again, I'm glad he's not in this game. Given that he's a police officer, they likely would've butchered his character given how politically charged some of the writing is.

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@jmaster4941 NRS hates stryker like they do the 3D era.

[@jmaster4941]

@@lapplandkun9273 As I said, I'm perfectly okay with this. Given the bad reputation IRL cops have (at least in the US) right now, I wouldn't want them to try and bring him back because I'm worried they'd use him for political strawman arguments to make cops look worse than they already are when he's a rare, shining example of what the good ones should be.

[@ChaseJonas75]

@@jmaster4941 in one of the intro’s Robocop asks about him, and Styker is talked about fondly by the character Robocop is about to fight, so idk, maybe they wouldn’t have.

[@pogggaming4470]

Stryker is returning for mk 1 tho, so there’s that

[@Pinkanator]

So I'm sure I've asked this before, but, does anyone have ANY idea why Geras had blue blood in the reveal build, then just randomly lost it for no reason despite his design still implying he's powered by blue-glow juice? Like, Did they actively WANT to make his character more boring or did they think it'd confuse people for the sake of D'vorah? I genuinely don't understand what fuckin rational you could have to remove that.

[@Pinkanator]

Also why is a weird goddess of nature stuck with red blood? Surely she should have something interesting like minty green the same as her glow, or something more nature based like tree-sap for blood? Y'know make it clear she's NOT NORMAL?

[@linkling2529]

When I played the aftermath story and saw the scene with jax and fujin I was shocked to see such good writing in a nrs story

[@nabilahmed579]

Fujin calls out how much of a bitch he is in in for siding with Kronika lol

[@sodalangstson9438]

Then next chapter happen oh god..... it only go downhill

[@nabilahmed579]

@@sodalangstson9438 I mean it already went downhill the moment liu made that dumbass plan lol

[@osirisjojo6876]

A pitty noob didn't get any good writing

[@nabilahmed579]

@@osirisjojo6876 no one got any good writing apart from the dlc trio, Baraka, present cage and liu

[@qpht7409]

2:52:17 "The lore will be safe in Dom's hands" Press X to Doubt

[@deltacosmic5358]

This games story is so confusingly bad that i have no idea how we got mk1's story out of it, like mk1 looks like it was written by god himself compared to this slop

[@alexthecrow5068]

NRS are milking the line "there are fates worse than death"