They're BROTHERS NOW?! - Mortal Kombat 1: Story Mode (Part 8)

[@Nolan65775]

Sub-Zero just pretty much said, "Shut the fuck up, TOM. You're adopted."

[@ssgss03]

He sure did didn’t he 😂😂😂

[@Yellow_Flannel]

Facts. Bi-Han is a douche 😂

[@synnamon_toast_crunch]

💀💀

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Why do I feel like that's not the first time he's said that to Tomas?

[@trlavtf5828]

Max trying to listen intently while his buddies laugh and yell 😂

[@sohtak7208]

Probably the most annoying thing. Like my god shut up and LISTEN

[@TylerWilliamsGB]

The reason why I prefer Max on his own

[@MetroidDread313]

Same

[@ShadowDancer_]

Yeah. Imagine going to the movies with them 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@ShadowDancer_]

​@@TylerWilliamsGBfacts

[@nonechuks6683]

Sub-Zero and Scorpion referred to themselves as brothers as far back as Chapter 2. You guys most likely missed it when talking to each other or something. Smoke's real name is a deeper cut, I guess, but lore has long established it as Tomas Vrbada.

[@Kamzino01]

Always been Tomas in lore obviously they wouldn't know and the amount of talking and reacting they'll probably do it again

[@justinbrown1884]

Nah subzero calls tomas by his name if you listen.

[@prismaticowl]

I've noticed that for as big a fans of things as the guys claim to be, they often know basically nothing about those franchises.

[@joeallen3388]

​@kamranhussain6427 and they didn't even get the name right they were calling him Thomas. Sub zero literally calls him tomas.

[@-foxwint-3140]

Wasn't his name mentioned in his mk9 final?

[@ComicCrossing]

Wait it took them this long to realize Scorpion was Kuai Liang? They mention it in one of the first cutscenes.

[@shirosaki15]

Right lol

[@AdamEspersona]

The next chapter will finally make it sink in. One could say… it might leave an indelible “scar” lol

[@JoelBurger]

We've known about it pretty much since Sub and Scorpion were first shown off. Don't know how you can somehow completely miss it.

[@yourstruly5180]

Because there old geysers who from capcom

[@ultimamage3]

People were still thinking that somehow it meant Hanzo and Kuai were brothers and somehow Bi-Han didn't exist, not that Liu decided Hanzo was better off living with his family in peace and not becoming a revenant.

[@D-OveRMinD]

I love how they keep asking questions about stuff that's been explained multiple times in the story, but they never hear because they keep talking and yelling over every single line of dialog.

[@keelanbarron928]

Love or annoyed.

[@EdwardTHead1776]

​@@adamdasilva1332yup

[@PonchitoPoncho2050]

@@adamdasilva1332then why are you here?

[@CruisinWithJacoby]

It’s funny seeing max get mad saying “shut up!” Bc Kenny and steeb wouldn’t stop talking during the cut scenes. Literally kuai liang as scorpion has been known before the game came out and earlier in the story mode lol I feel max’s pain tho

[@mathybrain8]

Tomas "Smoke" "Enenra" Vrbada is originally from Prague. In the second and presumably first timelines, he was kidnapped by an unspecified cult and sacrificed to their god. Tomas immediately became an enenra and slaughtered his captors before regaining human form with no memory of what happened. In the third timeline, he's a normal human who taught himself practical magic to keep up with his new family.

[@gabrielabrera9966]

A couple of his intro dialogues bring up the Enenra demons. Hopefully they bring that back to Smoke’s character in some way. Back then, it was a one-off story detail that amounted to nothing.

[@hippieskye8794]

Smoke is Czechian?

[@nothingwrong2293]

​@@hippieskye8794yep

[@kouprosklou]

​@@hippieskye8794 yes

[@brucenatelee]

Damn, I confused Prague and Portugal? I do the same with Danish and Dutch, PR and CR, Guam and Guinea, Swiitzerland and Sweden, etc.

[@virusbustermack]

As entertaining Steve can be, that dude just doesn’t know when to stop talking. Those shut ups from Max were hella justified

[@maus8737]

Love their interactions for something like the MK “rate the fatal” series they did, but for something like this that’s cinematic, I guess, it just doesn’t work as well.

[@Laoruperteen18]

honestly? this story aint all that great, i can understand the frustration from some people, but im here for the banter, if i wanted to watch the story for the story, id watch a 3 hour supercut, because thats all the story is outside of the fighting.

[@maus8737]

@@Laoruperteen18 that’s totally fair too. If I had a real problem with it, I could watch a video without any commentary or just buy the game 💀. Update: bought the game; do recommend.

[@massgunner4152]

​@@Laoruperteen18i mostly watch to see how people react to the game, it does get kinda frustrating when they start going on tangents and blindside stuff but i guess that's the price to pay for watching goobers.

[@VanillaSchleep]

whats the timestamp?

[@snakething87]

“I can use this to make robots…” That gave me a good laugh.

[@jherrenor]

12:31 Anyone else notice Scorpion doing the actual scorpion kick?

[@tsukinosaya]

And Shang Tsung doing the actual kung fu snake stance! The details in the fighting are insane.

[@djs.i.n3378]

Damn steeb does not stop talking max sounded like an upset dad 😂😂

[@mr_shen8835]

He's annoying AF

[@CRT_Me]

Max laying down the law with those "shutup"s lol

[@raiseasato]

Max really should've just played this alone. I get playing with your friends but it really felt like he was the only one actually trying to enjoy the story.

[@UrbanArmada]

Seriously, the other guys won't shut the fuck up.

[@Ty__Rants]

Max should probably play the next campaign by himself. These dudes can not stop talking for one cutscene

[@myriadmediamusings]

Baffled they missed out on the specifics on Bi Han and Kuai Liang this time around. And as for Hanzo, well the ladder endings and invasion mode ending do provide some interesting possibilities.

[@RA8IDP3NGUIN1]

Why are you baffled? They are constantly yelling over each other during the dialog and cutscenes.

[@myriadmediamusings]

@@RA8IDP3NGUIN1 Indeed. Perhaps I expected too much from them.

[@13thKingMu]

Only Max who give a damm about watching the story properly while other 3 literally just those ppl who watching movie while talking at the same time and wouldn't shut up

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Everyone that isn't max is too busy talking to actually listen to the damn story then spend half the fights speculating about what the actual story is. 🤦‍♂️

[@aringorski4786]

I know I shouldn't take shots against Max's friends, but I really do hate their "talk first, thoughts later," attitude towards commentary. That's why I'm not subscribed to the Yo Video Games channel. It's like everything that comes out of their mouths is a half-baked hot take.

[@SuperPerry1000]

It is just like trying to watch the cutscenes with a bunch of screaming chimpanzees in the background.

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

@@aringorski4786 I am glad I managed complete the story before this in it's full came out. I'd like to see what max's take on this is when he's had chance to listen/watch it fully.

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

@@SuperPerry1000 you'd be best of watching it elsewhere then coming back tbh.

[@skymera]

My god it's frustrating hearing them get the story wrong fifteen seconds after it's explained because they're too busy shouting over it.

[@Guile_The_Exile]

Yuuup. Not only that but didn't it feetll like their own mic was WAY louder than the game volume?

[@shafeal-subaie7731]

Not to mention they hate on things they do not even understand or pay attention to

[@PyroKnight95]

I know they're having fun playing and everything but I wish they'd listen to the story a little more so they don't miss as much stuff

[@yadiggems]

Seeing max get up and walk away after nitara speaks 😂😂

[@IronMan9771]

If you have to say "it's okay! It's fine!" after every line of Nitara's dialogue, it is not okay or fine

[@JayBautista-q1k]

Man I hated this series only because those two wouldn't shut up when dialogue was going through, I am glad Max told them to shut up lol

[@orngbutrcream3767]

The moment they left Kenny and Steve alone it immediately devolved into them not shutting up

[@FurryStockings]

"that was not bad!" steve... shut the hell up lol

[@shakursteadman8169]

Im sure when he knocks johnny down he says “ was that necessary BROTHER”🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@High-LordHarza]

And Liu LITERALLY calls him Kuai Liang in that same scene...

[@dylpickle0927]

They don't fucking listen, they thought this chapter took place at the wu shi academy 😭😭

[@shakursteadman8169]

@@dylpickle0927 i know bro hella annoying 😂

[@Eldersh1eld]

@@shakursteadman8169you guys do know they’re 4 people that can give input all at once it’s not surprising they miss stuff

[@dylpickle0927]

@@Eldersh1eld did you know 4 people are also capable of being quiet so they can pay attention to cutscenes?

[@ralphadrianbautista5849]

That "shut up!" Was gold

[@Saxdude26]

"Yeah, I'll just take the elevator." Yeah, the laughter suits. I couldn't keep a straight face either. xD

[@TheBlademan-]

When Max said it’s a good thing she already cashed the check I fell out my seat lmaooo

[@thedarkknight2221]

Bi-Han is practically like Majin Vegeta. He craves for a great fight, forsakes everyone close to him for power, and is a total prick.

[@Orchestruction]

Bi-Han being a full on asshole is one of those things you cant change in any timeline.

[@blyatbaleman6907]

Max's friends are the type of guys who would ask teacher about how 1+1=2? After they learned math.

[@prismaticowl]

Yeah, man. Sub-Zero the Younger (aka MK3 Sub) is Kuai Liang and Kuai Liang is Scorpion in this one. Hanzo's... elsewhere. Bi-Han, aka Noob, has always been the deep-voiced older brother who makes terrible choices. Liu Kang was trying to kill two birds with one stone here and he kinda failed at both. Also yes, they were named in like, the first chapter. And if y'all weren't loudly yelling over all the dialog you would've known that.

[@acuyra]

One thing I super love about the story - it has the ninjas doing ninja shit.

[@staticintheatmosphere]

I love that they made Shang Tsung in the beginning an expert snake oil salesman an giving his pitch to sub zero shows how he became quite crafted at the art

[@nybethobdilord6912]

Max leaving after the horrible voice acting is the perfect representation of how everyone feels about it. Lmao Also even though Shang has two stances. The young shang seems to be hardly useful at the moment. All he has is the straight fireballs and an overhead while old shang gets an amazing string and ground fireballs for big combos.

[@High-LordHarza]

I'd rather listen to the horrible voice acting instead of the doods talking utter fucking nonsense and not paying attention. WU SHI??!?!?!? AND SURPRISED THEY'RE BOTHERS?!?!?

[@Sonicfan101Swagmaster]

In all fairness, Megan fox voice acting is horrible. It more horrible than the og voice actors for Charlie's angels game on GC

[@marioargaez2285]

Young Shang has strings that initiate combos while old Shan has ending strings. You gotta mix between old and young Shang Tsung if you want to use it at his 100% It's pretty hard and combos are not that damaging. Maybe I gotta discover more combos with different Kameos

[@S-treme]

​@@Sonicfan101Swagmasterhey remember Rhoda being horrible voice actor? I don't after hear Megan fox

[@nybethobdilord6912]

@@marioargaez2285 this is just wrong. Shang does fantastic damage in comparison to other characters. It's just that you have to ignore young shang if you want damage. You can get 38% meterless without kameo assists and easy 40% with kameos without spending meter. Simply do old shangs long string into ground fireball and loop roundhouse kicks into fireball for big damage. Young shang's strings aren't that good and lead to less damage than what old shang can do. Air combos are sadly pointless for shang so young shang's air launching string is only good for switching to old shang to do the roundhouse ground fireball loop.

[@majorxadamska]

You guys have never payed attention have you? Tomas not Thomas and that has been known for a very long time. As for Kuai Liang being Scorpion this time and thus Sub Zero’s brother that has also been known for a very long time.

[@shawnheatherly]

It's pretty funny how Shang Tsung is being a masterful schemer the second he's got powers, but he's still getting knocked down by basically everyone who actually gets to fight him.

[@zolidus253]

Please do solo runs of story modes for games in the future. The boys are good for fightin and party games, not when there is actual story and cutscenes. Listening to them yell and laugh over everythin was quite annoyin

[@myriadmediamusings]

When we get to the inevitable MK1 expansion with additional story mode, I'd prefer if Max just did it himself. He plus the doods are great to see for trailer and gameplay reveals, but not for story modes.

[@Dead51012]

Agreed. I love the doods, but it is maddening to watch them goof off and talk over cutscenes(max seemed to be the only one to give af) and then spend the fights speculating what the story and cutscenes are about. Like how about pay attention to cutscenes and then during fights talk about what actually just happened, rather than act like its the games fault that your clueless on whats happening. It took this long for then to notice they're brothers? Ed Boon literally said it to geoff keighly at the gameplay reveal. Said word for word "sub-zero and scorpion are brothers now"🤦‍♂️ again I love these guys, especially steeb, I watch his streams all the time but he was a problem this video

[@GothamInGray]

Unfortunately, I agree. It seems like they pay less attention with each new story mode they go through.

[@levantreven9659]

It feels like the problem with Megan Fox's performance is that it is isolated or something, like it was recorded remotely and they didn't mix it the same as the rest of the voices. I bet it would sound fine with some slight editing.

[@likeachamp3741]

Bi-Han: "I like your funny words, magic man"

[@depressedbreakfast2614]

Honestly I’m liking Kuai Liang as Scorpion more than Hanzo Hasashi simply because at makes the Subzero/scorpion rivalry far more personal and compelling narratively.

[@TrucyFT16]

I can still see hanzo being a good scorpion and still love sub zero and scorpion rivalry But i agree that kuai Liang being scorpion is a nice new take of there rivalry :3c and given smokes tower ending, i hope to see a new take of hanzo hasashi in this new era

[@PhantomMiria22]

@@TrucyFT16 the invasion boss scorpion is a hanzo, not from this timeline tho

[@NewbieObi]

@@PhantomMiria22 trucy is not talking about the invasion boss but instead Spoilers: The smoke tower ending shows that Hanzo is an orphaned child in this timeline and is adopted and trained by smoke and scorpion for their new clan

[@Samaelx.]

Sure kid 😂. Pretty sure that most of you who say this were the same " people " who said that Hanzo is and will always be the best Scorpion 🤦🏾. Twofaced

[@michiganjack1337]

"Subzero/scorpion rivalry far more personal and compelling narratively." I mean Bi-Han murdered Hanzo's wife, children and his entire clan. I'd say that makes it rather personal and compelling. And I'm not shitting on Kuai Liang being Scorpion, I actually quite like this new twist, but to say it wasn't personal before is clearly missing the original history of these characters.

[@21stRemix]

I bet Ermac saw the new MK movie and he was like "We were supposed to rip off Jax's arms, not you. We will rip yours instead."

[@derickbahadur502]

“You are not so fearsome” Quote made me so happy. That’s what Kuai liang said in mk9 against ermac

[@Yellow_Flannel]

All of the vampires come from California-realm.

[@trident042]

Very excited to see these doods react to the upcoming nonsense that is the end of this story mode. It only goes more bonkers from here!

[@KryptikM3]

It wasn't confirmed in his profile prior to release, but it confirms that Smoke retains his Tomas Vrbada identity from the previous timeline, meaning he's still Czech

[@cthulhubecausewhynot1182]

One of his intros mentions that he was born in Prague

[@rchoung34]

I know that Scorpion and Sub-Zero are of more importance than Smoke, but it was pretty funny seeing Smoke get told to just idly wait and get side-lined from the parts of the story.

[@PolecatsRock]

Max was right to leave the room after that terrible delivery

[@theangriestpigeon4403]

Me, "oh my go- will they just-" Max, "SHUT UP!" (Authority) Silence Me, "...Remind me to gift sub you later"

[@VanillaSchleep]

timestamp?

[@ferreira0808]

Andrew Morgado: "I am Syzoth, and I will help you to avenge my family..." Steve Blum: "I AM BARAKA! AND I FIGHT FOR MY PEOPLE! " Andrew Bowen: "Hey man, I'm Johnny, and I'm really badass!" Megan Fox: "I am Nitara.", is it over yet?

[@Kamzino01]

They literally said kuai liang within chapter 1 do you not listen lmao

[@K-e-nn-y]

No they talk the whole time in the cutscenes🫣

[@gemini8612]

These dudes talk too much for me. I wish max played this by himself. But maybe I’m the minority here. They talk so much that they miss out on the story

[@pryncetazze]

Yeah I was annoyed within the first few minutes of the video 😂

[@Cund]

​@@pryncetazzeso was max lol

[@gabrielabrera9966]

You think this is bad, you should watch TrueUnderdawg’s playthrough. He misses a lot more simple yet crucial plot points because of his excessive commentary.

[@pryncetazze]

@@gabrielabrera9966i got curious, and curiosity killed the cat.

[@iamaPHANTOM]

Said in the very first announcement trailer…

[@deathcon6261]

To be fair two men fighting together on the same side with a close relationship are also often called brothers.

[@isplat927]

@@deathcon6261then Liu Kang calls for Liu Kang and Kuai Liang.

[@iamaPHANTOM]

@@deathcon6261 yep but since then in the offical MK1 site it’s written that Scorpion is Sub Zero’s brother and is a member of the Lin Kuei

[@SlamBaron]

9:24 I like how Bi-Han says what Kuai Liang would say when he was Cyber Sub-Zero in MK 9. Wonder if its foreshadowing the cyber initiative?

[@jacobmcmillan6787]

Raiden literally calls him Kuai Liang in the first cutscene

[@willGObye]

When MK 2 hits, I really hope Max watches the story by himself. These other guys are really starting to irritate me!

[@andrewarmstrong1676]

They never know when to shut up and keep trying to one-up each other with unfunny jokes! Extremely irritating.

[@joaquinsandoval5370]

they really haven't been paying attention

[@znet6025]

Please just do a solo play through for story gameplay … I really enjoy it much more when you focus and give your insight toward the game rather than all your friends talking over the dialogue.

[@Amirifiz]

It's too late, they're already done with it.

[@manupm9161]

​@@Amirifiz but a future story expansion like MK11 aftermath may come in a future...

[@pkmemes01]

You could’ve caught on in johnny cages chapter but you don’t pay attention at all clearly

[@yanvid]

Hell yeah, part 8 let's goooo 🔥🗿

[@kevinxaislis]

Everyone talks in sassy deep voice but nitara just casually talking

[@yetijunior]

I think all this talking over the story would’ve been solved had they dimmed the lights lmao

[@darcodraconius9140]

But they were treating themselves as brothers in trailers and previous parts. We also knew that Smoke/Tomas was adopted. In fact, Smoke full name was revealed multiple times before, in other games: Tomas Vrbada.

[@josecardona2509]

I finished the story yesterday and it felt like a fever dream lol

[@lukelmaooooo]

the edibles kicked in right when ermac turned good and i lost my shit for a good 10 minutes

[@SirGrimly]

"He's kind of a dick in this." Bi Han's always been a dick XD

[@itsyaboijordan415]

6:05 This reminds of that one interaction where Jax said Scorpion toasted you and Noob said Ermac ripped off your arms. That's karma for you.

[@obi-onekenerdi]

If a Hanzo exists in this timeline I truly hope he’s found peace. I want my boy to be happy.

[@MrEsarty]

for those still not understanding, the scorpion in this timeline is the younger subzero from the previous one while the original sub zero is still alive hence the 'brother' talk. less 'from the same clan' and more 'literal brothers'. as for the scorpion of the previous timeline? gonna have to check a couple related arcade mode endings for that answer

[@aqn01]

Kuai Liang is said when you start following Quan Chi. Also even in first chapter by Liu Kang when Kung Lao and Raiden pass the test.

[@jinji_xo]

12:28 Quan chi's green magic smoke disappears in a single frame

[@papamilfz1565]

I too, was also given a Lamborghini by both of those handsome gentleman later in the video

[@jrpludacrous]

New timeline and Bi-Han still has that Dr Claw gravely voice

[@WanArk86]

Took me to this video to notice that Scorpion's name was Kuai Liang.

[@henryduel]

This story mode series is the only thing keeping me alive and i keep waiting for each part to come out. I love your content Max, i wish i had the time to watch it live. But i find it more enjoyable to watch the KZbin series of videos.

[@VanceWeebin]

You guys drop these videos right after I get off work every day, perfect video for the walk home ❤️

[@grimluv2102]

Steve really tried to make Megan fox’s “performance” on this seem like it wasn’t that bad but the point he attempted to make was “oh maybe the vampire race doesn’t talk like the rest” Gee Steve if you have an entire game where people talk with their own defined character and then you have one character that’s blander that a bread sandwich they stick out like a sore thumb

[@Mcl_Blue]

"Is he Bi-Han, the younger brother?" No, he is Bi-Han, the *older* brother.

[@Sperium3000]

Steve really is a contrarian

[@vgexpert20001]

There's a lot of confusion with you guys with relations - Bi-Han was the original Sub-Zero who became Noob Saibot in the original reality Kuai Liang was the 2nd Sub-Zero and is now Scorpion in this new reality

[@MrGlasses94]

11:50 Sub Zero: Here me out brother robot ninjas

[@SmokeyOwOs]

Smoke is a good boy, hes from Prague

[@kableebleeomop4399]

I fucking love the smoke redesign, with the gas mask. He was my main in mk9

[@nflbob9814]

Bi-Han is the older brother and the first subzero. He’s the one who became noob saibot then the younger brother Kuai Liang(scorpion in mk1) took the mantle of subzero throughout the rest the series

[@maskofnine5507]

19:39 *Outro starts* Dammit now I have to wait for the next part again!

[@RivellaLight]

Smoke's name was known since MK 9. Tomas Vrbada.

[@5part4]

2:11 max gwts angry like sub zero 🤣 shut up! Ans they both stay quiet lol !!

[@bakedpsychopathtv5645]

That combo at 14:34 was NASTY.

[@briochepanda]

"Bi Han what do we do?" "We must lead the future... FREEZE THE CHILDREN."

[@vote4peter]

Sub-zero needs to swallow an ice cube or something

[@dungeonmaster16]

do note: during this time when they talk about megan fox voice they dont know that for stuff like nitara grunts, screams and such is voiced by someone else. this tells ppl that if they had to hire a 2nd person to do other voices for the character instead of the main one they hired then something is for sure wrong here. again hire, they didnt tell megan to grunt and they use a sound mixer to change pitch of it.

[@teej_youtube]

Dude these games always have such artistic graphics imagine when they start using unreal 5 it is going to be amazing

[@lordofnut3272]

It’s kinda crazy that your huge into mk and know literally nothing that’s going on.

[@TurtleTarp]

The doods talk too damn much that's why

[@joke1able]

I could accept Megan's performance if the lore of Nitara's race in game was that they've lived so long they lack any form of emotion.

[@glacialj6640]

I miss the metal sound when Kano headbutts. I know the metal piece is arround his eyes and not the forehead, but It's nice, i always expect it: "bam, bam KLING!"

[@noahknight4039]

You know with a ninja mask or some wrapping in the form of a ninja mask, Ermac would look pretty good. At least he’s not really skinny and frail looking like in X.

[@TheCreepypro]

glad we finally get to see these 3 do something in the story other than get beat up

[@aqn01]

14:37 spicy 50% combo

[@seanchan4478]

Can't wait to see max play chapter 15

[@Kamzino01]

You guys talk so much instead of listening

[@pixelgoat7317]

Quan Chi never got to sock Bi-Han across the jaw and step on his Doritos! (CRUNCH!) "AUUUUUGH-!"

[@chrisn3819]

Smokes name has always been Tomas