I want to clarify a couple things 1: if any of the information becomes outdated, is outdated, is fixed, gets fixed, or is incorrect, (please let me know and I will correct myself). this does not invalidate the fact that the game came out like it did, and nothing will undo the damage it does and will continue to do. 2: if you would like argue in the comments all I ask is that you actually think about what you are going to say and make it have some weight other than "you are nitpicking and biased I win bye-bye" 3: when I speak about this community I'm referring to people who mindlessly berate, not those who disagree in a polite manner while bringing valid arguments 4: I may seem like a 3d era fanboy, true. but just because I prefer one set of things over another doesn't mean I think the new stuff is worse, it only seems that way because it does keep getting worse. 5: if you disagree with me and think I'm stupid, fair enough you are allowed to have your opinions and I'm allowed to have mine. But know that supporting these business practice's and continuing to reinforce bad community, will only lead to worse futures of the present. regardless I hope you enjoyed, stay safe, stay healthy, stay you. and I did description stuff
For me i actually really like this mk, it really fixed What 11 Made (a slow clunky fighting Game which i didnt like) the kameos are amazing allowing to extend combos, make set ups put pressure and freezing the enemy althoug i would like for the kameos to become playable im still glad some characters made it into the Game (TAKEDA IS BACK LES GO) graphics are really good, i usually dont play fighting games for the campaign ( i dont know if there is actually someone that plays fighting games for the campaign i guess there is but i think the gameplay is the real reason for me to buy the games) the characters are all so unique with different unique and flashy moves (i did not expect kenshi to be a puppet charavter but i like those characters and i also didnt expect shao to have two different fighting styles) for me this mk is actually good and very worth it but maby when its and offer since you know its incomplete and the online is broken but overall im enjoying it so far and the gameplay is amazing i think it's a little slept on but thats just My opinion
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack you could just say that the rope is magical or I dunno. It’s MK, it’s supposed to be not taken seriously but Netherrealm is trying hard to make it more serious
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack Theres one nitpick i have with MK1 is just that it didnt push itself hard enough with all the character changes, like sure Liu Kang being fire god is cool, Mileena being an actual sister to Kitana is awesome, but for some characters like Kung Lao whos still Kung Lao from the previous timeline was massive dissapointment. It makes more sense if Fujin was Raiden's buddy because of their history, but nope its Kung Lao. In fact, its a huge missed oppurtunity to have the Great Kung Lao be playable for once but nope. Thats enough of my ranting but, its seriously a wasted potential.
you obviously don’t understand physics if you think some fire is going to instantly melt a steel chain into liquid 😭 either way to me, bitching about the spear being a rope or being a chain is such a nit picky and stupid thing to be upset about. it’s like you’re choosing to be offended over something negligible. even though i think the game is fine i’m not defending it, it has its issues, but the spear thing is so pointless imo
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack tbh the way mk is going kinda reminds me of sonic it started as genuine passion but nowadays its just a cash grab cuz of the way sonic is a gaming icon
To be honest, as much as I don't hate Mortal Kombat in general (there are aspects from the mythos and characters I really like), I am convinced that a video game franchise/series like MK was simply never designed to live beyond the 90s. I was chatting with a youtuber named Mark Yoon about it, and I think he too said it best, in his words; "Its always been the game we weren't allowed to play as kids. The taboo game. But, that got tired and played. I get tired of seeing the fatalities after a few times. Big yawn." and he's got a point, with how numb and desensitized most of us are with violence in fiction, it eventually stops hitting the same as it once did. My bad, gaming topics in general are fascinating to me, could talk about em for hours.
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack the main problem is that nrs only adds a small selection of new characters and just refuses to bring back anyone from DA to Armageddon. And when they do there worse versions of those characters or a completely different character entirely like kenshi in mkx. It’s like they put way more effort in to the guest characters than anything else.
Deadass? Bro, all because it’s missing Jax? The only playable character in MK2 that’s not in MK1 (2023) The other characters who aren’t playable in MK2 but are in the game are Jade, Noob Saibot, and Kintaro. Unbelievable. People will complain about anything.
Also, I’m getting sick of the guests characters in MK. Like why are there two villains based off Superman in Mortal Kombat! Like these characters will one shot a majority of the cast with just one hit. I love Homelander and Omni Man as characters in their respective universes. They do not belong in MK. I could give an excuse for Peacemaker, since he knows how to fight and uses guns. Sidenote: Smokey Beef, I love that John Cena joke.
I was thinking of getting the game but $110+ for every dlc charcter and the main story is outrageous, I’ll just probably wait until it’s on sale and then buy it.
i recently bought it without really knowing about all of these issues (i should've looked into it before buying, i know, but i just thought that i could trust it since... it's mk after all) i'll tell you right now, you probably should just stick to the standard version (if you haven't bought the game already). it's not that expensive on key sites and stuff, and premium is a waste of money. sure you get extra character but you probably won't even stick around enough to get to play them, considering how few features the game even has. do yourself a favor and either get standard edition or go for tekken 8.
@@alex-h3x1b yeah I already got mk 1 for about $42 and spent $8 for Omni man who was the only dlc character I wanted but overall it’s a pretty good deal without the $40+ kombat pack so I’m glad I didn’t get it. 👌
I'm proud of you, dawg. You said and showed exactly what so many people who were fans have said. The only thing better to chef's kiss it is to take the game, shit on it, and mail that to NRS. MK is less than 50 bucks at Walmart, BTW. 26:58 I'm proud of you, youngin.
I actually really like Mk1 I think the gameplay is great if only the servers allowed me to actually play the game and maybe get my mind off how much money I wasted on the game
I dont even blame you for not liking MK anymore The game sucks and community is even worse, in fact this fucking game got me so used to the false idea that all game franchises are doomed to fall off a cliff and fail with every release It wasnt until I played Lad Gaiden that i was reminded that "Holy shit, there really is great gaming franchises that get better with every release and have an extremely healthy community behind it!" So yeah that experience reaffirmed Yakuza being my favorite game series of all time and dropping most of my interest in MK. I couldn't be happier that Yakuza is thriving tho, really loved your past content on it and hope you make more!
Yakuza content isn't going anywhere. Honestly I kinda shot myself in the foot streaming lj which has halted any and all progress of all Yakuza list related videos
I've got another series like the one you mentioned, super smash bros. It's made by a person who cares for the franchise (unlike that Boon guy) and they are consecutively good, even the ones that aren't as liked as much are still really good.
That ending rant perfectly encapsulates my gripes with MK1 (and The current mindset with modern MK.) I loved this franchise, MK9 to me was and still is the best example of how modern fighting games *should* be. But over the years, like a frog boiling in water, they slowly stripped key features away only to sell them back to us, and honestly the routine is getting old. If a game expects 70$ for the initial asking price, then there is absolutely no excuse why the end product feels so undercooked. DLCs aside, at the very least the base game should be jam packed with "kontent". Invasions mode is a joke, story mode is a glorified movie with little stakes due to this "New Era/Multiverse" bullshit. For a game rated M, it feels very watered down compared to the games that came before. Just sucks seeing a series you once enjoyed make bad decision after bad decisions. Seems to be a trend nowadays. (Also THANK YOU for showing the problem with "Always Online" garbage in MK1 and 11. If NRS truley cared about its fans, they wouldn't do anti consumer shit like DRM. And its depressing that nobody else calls them out for it. But I guess thats just "Modern Gaming" )
Honestly i cant say much about the old games knowing how i first learned about it during mortal kombat x but i honestly an wondering how did we go from so much content to basically just invasions but doesn't stop me from playing some mortal kombat and having fun
I think that’s because Netherrealm studios learned the wrong lessons from the feedback they’ve received for MK 11’s single player content. Instead of tweaking aspect of their last two games for the better, they castrate them because they picked a rather weird interpretation of “less is more”
I blame NRS, WarnerBros Games, and especially David Zaslav for wanting more live service games. Those guys are to blame for all this (especially Asslav)
I gotta agree with the Flaming head part because if the human flesh of scorpion can burn and still be alive then why not the rope? To people: SCORPION!!!!!!!! IS!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!! A FUCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find MK9 & MKX better than both MK11 & MK1 for two huge things. 1. Internet isn’t required to play a lot of the game 2. There are no real microtransactions in the game (easy fatalities are one thing, but there’s no currently to buy or a dumb premium shop)
.... i am speechless tbh...... but if u ask me... your right. thats it. your right.... thanks smokey. for doin what most ppl wont: actually exspose the modren mk and its community. thank you.
I don’t know… I bought it. I couldn’t have the time to play it because of school and the work. I played a little. Practiced with Sub-Zero and Scorpion. I like the combo game. However it feels a bit bare bones. I love the air combos, reminds me of UMVC3. I don’t know if it’s just me, but something didn’t feel right. This game feels unfinished. It needed more time cooking in the kitchen, then again I realized; NRS is owned by WB. Which in my opinion; WB is at its worst during this time. Taking shortcuts to make a quick profit. Micro transactions, I hate that crap. I remember when all I need to do is play MK9 Arcade and unlock the costumes and MKX all I have to do is certain conditions to unlock em. Like the Test Your Might Mode. You beat that, you get Revenant Sub-Zero. The DLC costumes are cheap now in MK9 and MKX. Like I hate corporate Greed. No one isn’t going anywhere. NRS and WB, want to make a lot of money? Take a good look at games like MK9 and MKX and MK11 see what worked in those games and put the things that worked in the new game and leave the things that didn’t work out of the new game. Innovate if you will, but if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it. If something is broken, fix it! I hope they fix this in the long run. SFV when it released, it was bare bones as well… but they came back. They actually fixed the problems and added new things. Who is managing these decisions? Mr. Krabs? Please make good business decisions that will have a beneficial effect in the long run and make sure the game lives longer. Edit; However… I don’t feel like they will fix those problems. I hope they do, but I’m uncertain. Also this Mortal Kombat! REALISM! REALLY?! That’s just plain dumb in a franchise where you have elemental ninjas, sexy looking women that live to be thousands of years old and literal GODS! The heck you mean realism? Edit 2: This is my final edit I promise. But I think you found the solution to the Modern MK problem. The fanbase and developers only cares about the gore and fatalities and violence. They are so focused on the spectacle; that they forget about everything else. I mean when I heard of this game releasing, my first thoughts are: What will the gameplay be like, What direction will this reboot take in the lore, how will I unlock things, what are the DLC, what do I need to pay for; the violence and fatalities come last for me. At this point, I’m desensitized to it. It’s a damn shame of what this franchise has become because my first fighting game that’s not Smash Bros, is Mortal Kombat. I played MK9 that was my first. Love at first sight. I fell in love with the environment, the edginess, the lore, the characters and their arcs and dynamics, the combos and creativity of them and unlockables. The fatalities and violence are awesome yes, but I got used to seeing it. Is the franchise dead? Hard to say… I feel like the NRS developers are not being restricted on what they want to add to this game cause of WB… I think they’ve gotten too complacent. They’ve gotten lazy. I don’t know man. The best move WB and NRS should have make, is work on Injustice 3 and release that game… then have Mortal Kombat cooking in the kitchen for awhile longer. I’m patient I ain’t going anywhere. I just want the games to be better like any fan. Also I miss the battle damaged aspects for the game. Like Sub-Zero’s mask being broken, it makes you feel like you went through hell and back just to win a match against your opponent. I also miss the sexiness of the women. They look good, but compare them to how they looked in past games. Have you seen Kitana in MK9?! She’s got abs! This game is Rated M for Mature. What’s wrong with showing skin and some partial nudity. I know that you think in MK9 the skimpiness of the the outfits and sexiness was overblown and exaggerated, and you don’t like that; but that’s one of the things that was apart of MK. It’s like a vital piece that makes the soul of MK. I don’t care about the “Political Correctness” or “You are saying that cause you are sexist or misogynistic or whatever”. And of course the dumb realism argument. If that’s really the case, Women in UFC fights wear a sports bra and shorts. Like this game is $70, glad I got it for $40. Still though, this game could’ve been better. The only thing this franchise right now has going for is the Violence and Gore. I also miss Shao Kahn as a main competent, intelligent, badass tough villain. They could’ve let us play with all of the characters in the story mode like in SFV but more expanded upon. I want to take this new version of Shao Kahn seriously, but HE LOSES EVERY SINGLE TIME! Even Shang Tsung got a Chapter like what in the world!? Have Heroes and Villains in stories win some battles. Not every battle has to be won by the heroes. There is something called losing the battles, but winning the war. I miss where there are consequences in the stories of these games. Sure there are, but Liu Kang or Geras could reset the timeline at any time if things didn’t go as planned. There should be a separate mode with no Kameos and a mode like Two Vs. Two. This franchise is like your first girlfriend that you found who unfortunately changed for the worse and you don’t want to leave her because of how she used to be back then. Nostalgia lens I guess. That’s all I have to say. I mean do you think the best thing for this franchise will be being bought by a different Video Game company, specifically on the Japanese side. SFV and Tekken 7 were hella fun. SF6 won fighting game of the year and the Hype for Tekken 8 is real. MK becoming a shadow of its former self is an understatement. I miss the Krypt. MK is like my favorite child of fighting games that does worse than SF or Tekken or MVC. It used to do so good, but becomes a disappointment. I want MK to be awesome again!
Right, and as they all say: sex sells, and that applies to MK characters like Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Tanya, Sindel, maybe Li Mei, maybe Sonya, I mean the former 5 are practically otherworldly because dress code is of no concern to them unlike us Earthrealmers.
i have around 70 hours in the game. the gameplay? i love basically everything, kameos add variety and shit like that(except for throws, i will always hate throws in fighting games) the thing is, game felt like it was taking a nice and steady path for the development but around the end of it they had to rush a lot some things just feel unfinished(like the crossplay you mentioned) and the microtransactions well, its the same thing as most modern online games Game vs Company
Well, that was a tought time for Mortal Kombat, they're charging for everything for in-game currency and a lot of greed and bad decisions among the developers. Well, IT'S TIME FOR LAD INFINITE WEALTH BABY AND... They're charging for New Game+. We're not safe anywhere
MK1 gameplay? Peak much better than MK11 Everything else? Uhhhh... yeah about that Also the story mode with the timeline nonsense is so BAD. And the shills don't help at all.
The mobile mortal kombat game: just a greedy money grab, if your trying to get something from the store, everything is mostly worth actual money, no ingame money, gotta buy it with actual money. The game will give garbage rewards even if you complete a very difficult tower. And doing battles is like kenshi's blindfold from mk11, it takes souls away every few battles, and getting multiple souls is a challenge to obtain, unless you do offers. Earning characters (yes, you have to purchase characters) is also somewhat of a challenge, and you can possibly not even get a good character, because there are bronze, silver, gold, and diamond characters. Getting an actually good kard pack is worth 150-400 souls depending on the pack you try to buy, and no matter what type of tower it is, it will only give you, about 3-6 souls every time you complete a tower. The only time you can actually get a good amount of souls is during holidays, or you can spend hundreds of dollars for a couple thousand. And modiers only work for the opponents (when i say opponents i mean you have a team of 3 and they have a team of 3, there is no 1v1) and these modifiers can be so stupid. And like every other mobile game, it contains ads. IN CONCLUSION, mobile mortal kombat isn't worth the download. Really liked this video, tho, it really helped me decide on if i should buy the game or not, I heard that you werent making any other mortal kombat videos, so i did the mobile mortal kombat for you.
Obviously this gotta be my most anticipated video. Not only cause it's MK, but y'know you said u wanted a break from FGs and this might give u that break 😊
This video originally wasn't gonna come out but since people never stopped asking and I kept seeing 💀 about it. It gave me energy for one last fg video
If I remember correctly, the reason why Mortal Kombat 1 need to be online all the time is because they use Denuvo DRM just to avoid piracy That's just it, they do it to avoid piracy
And yet pirates/hackers can just bypass all the DRM anyways. Completely defeating the purpose of its inclusion. When the people who buy the game legit are punished over those who steal & pirate it, I think then it's safe to say their "protection system" is utter bullshit.
17:41 I had to pay 99.99$ to buy this game and it wasn’t the premium addition they basically charged me 20$ extra just to buy this game what rip off and there is no change to it they basically charged me 20$ for no fuckin reason yeah bro you definitely should not talk about mortal kombat anymore 💀
This time I really think you had some good arguments. I agree with the bugs that haven't been fixed and the microtransactions and the high prices. I didn't get my game but I think I'd enjoy playing it anyway
IF I buy M1K, it will be through pre owned. Any dlc will not be bought unless is 60% or more off 21:29 people tend to forget ED Boon’s quote, “No one wants to pay for reality.”
Injustice 2 was the first one to introduce this stupid hindrance, and instead of listening to the fans to fix it... NRS just did the exact same thing for MK11 and MK1. Yet ironically, on PC players don't have this issue, only Xbox and Playstation. Laziness or Greed? Theres no in-between.
This has made me fully realize what Modern MK has come to be, Run by nothing but a greedy corporation who only capitalizes on what was done in the past, at a much higher price. They have become the first 3 letters of the company that used to run it. MID.
As a long time MK fan (at least I used to be) I agree with this video and criticism of the modern era games 100%. Great work man! 👍Also that sequelitis Zelda rant/reference was perfect
"Wouldn’t Scorpions rope get set on fire?" As an autistic person with adhd who loves fighting game and go back to MK deception, the rope dart is better because a few "realistic reason" 1. The Metal Dart would liquefied by the extreme heat of scorpion hellfire/pyropower 2. Metal get easily corroded over time 3. As someone who has a dog and he break lose quite easily with a rope, but metal ropes get EASILY TANGLED when its corroded, dirty or both. And its quite hard to untangle it. 4. Rope Dart is and always will be the realistic choice of how it is a real martial art. Relatable rant aside. MK1 has the same problem that every single modern game that is live service based, is the norm now and it will be here now and forever when some new gacha/live service game with a bunch of questionable microtransaction and pricing. MK fandom (The negative side that takes up the entire fandom) takes things as a joke and dont take them seriously, until the game is unbalance, they dont like facing characters that they dont like to the point of saying "Broken, patch this now", only do the most basic combo known to man and when a big name youtuber be like "There is a problem with the game" MK fans be like: YES KING, PREACH Which is quite ironic if they dont take it seriously, but their thoughts on the metal rope being better is already serious as is. Which is more autistic than me.
I have come to understand that mk both game and franchise haven't evolved beyond itself since arguably mk 9 or x and it sucks but it did make me want to play other fighting games and really appreciate what love in a fighter really looks like
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack i moved to guilty gear and tekken, never went back to mk since 9, i did bought mk 10 and 11 a week ago using steam keys. But honestly both Guilty Gear and Tekken give me what i wanted fun and complexity, both are completely different, tekken made me build my own hitbox and been enjoying it ever since. Even went back to old fighting game like mvc, xmen vs street fighter, etc. The mk community feels like drunk uncle, enjoying his beer but get angry when someone tells them to manage their drinking
I love your TH-cam channel listening to you rambling and honestly I don’t care about your opinion or my opinion I’m just entertained to see your comments cry about your opinion
Idk if you were updated but for ranked there is currently a decline option that lets your sort out crap connections. Also de sync glitch has been fixed, and I believe cross play drops Feb 13. Kinda late, but it’s coming either way.
I think best to do Is find a way to have a proper reboot and if I may I want to share ideas Taking from modern and old How about a reboot back to the tournament with Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn? Go back and bring back the OGs and take the 3 games and make a new and different story while keeping older elements as well and updating the story How about instead of Geras being the guy we have now We take him to the OG place and make a him a time traveler as well? Then we use some OG stories of the characters too as well and make the characters feel more human if needed and edit some lore to improve it? Should I make this thing I speak about Or should I fix some things up?
Actually while we're here I have ideas for guest characters How about Lu Bu:Dynasty Warriors Sweet Tooth:Twisted Metal Arbiter or Master Cheif:Halo Nightmare or Zazalemel:Soulcalibur The many Killer Insinct characters I have choices to say the least I'm usually around games and I think they can fit in either for fighting games Or it feels like it can fit in or horror characters (Like Needles Kane AKA Sweet Tooth)
you forgot that when you spam basic attack buttons during your fatal blow it increases your damage andif you spam basic attack buttons during an opponent's fatal blow then it reduces their damages💀💀
I have a physical copy on Switch. Since you posted this they updated this TOS to literally say your license to play is 100% revokable. I got this game on fucking PHYSICAL and USED to fully own it and yet I don't now, which straight up should not be legal. Might as well just mail back my copy packaged with a severed hand to flip them off. #stopkillinggames
I honesty agree with this man, the whole Community is failing to understand and take into acount what this man just said. Also to be honest agree on the scorpian subjet too along with the whole having us pay way to much for these packs for the damn game. I do want to thank you for this video
I've been meaning to write a comment since the premiere of the video, but I've been sick as hell. And I kinda lost my train of thought since then, but I guess just to sum up my feelings. Smokey, you da GOAT. See when most people complain about MK, it's usually not valid at least with Twitter. But I can tell you put a lot of hardwork into this. And it's truly mindboggling with monetization aspect. I thought SF6 and the Outfit 3 debacle was bad, but honestly, the Voice Pack being more money than the characters is actually insane and I feel like you are the only person who has brought it up. And I am so glad SF6 won the FG award at the Game Awards, I was so worried that this unfinished Game was going to win lmao Lastly, it's so gross that people harassed you over an opinion. Especially the first one, which honestly isn't even something to be harassed for. At the end of the day, it's just a dumb game with goobers shooting fireballs and cringe at each other. Basically, I'm glad you are moving on from that horrible community and can't wait for more peak content ❤
I just recently got back into MK because of the press of the new game and I can say this is actually a really good analysis on its faults. This wasn’t just a criticism on the all the micro transactions but even some of the gameplay. I will say that I focus mainly on the NRS timelines (MK9-ungoing) so my knowledge on the previous games are a bit wonky. But this was a really cool assessment! And I actually like MK 1💀
20:30 to be fair out of all the things you could of said about mk11 you decided to dedicat an entire video to complain about a kunai on a rope and a voice line
man i just got mkx cuz it was on sale and i started to look into the community and uh.. with that rant at the end i'd say mkx might be my first and last mortal kombat game. might try the older titles at some point however
I remember playing mk9 with my aunt, brother, and cousin. Something about the game just sparked an interest for me onwards. But after playing mk1 for 3 seasons, it made the game lose its charm for me. Stupid microtransactions, time consuming bullshit, and just stupid balancing overall. I started to shift over to tekken cause it feels more of a better option. Unless nrs redeems its self with mk1, i will come back. But for now, mk1 is just a disapointment for the mk franchise 😢😢😢
I enjoy mk1 but I do think it is greedy as fuck and doesn’t respect us as players. I’m a trophy hunter, I like completing games, I couldn’t complete mk1 because the developers left out an entire game mode for months! I can definitely understand why an og fan like yourself would feel mad from the lack of content and everything else about mk1, I hope someday you can come back to the franchise and love it like you used to
I legit got bored when I realized how much of a waste of time invasions is I haven't touched this since Omni-mans release. Also NRS just hates Mk9 and MkX because the lack of multiplayer content in this supposedly next gen game is awful. Also Also locking characters and invasions behind internet access is embarrassing and ass. I will say and I will die on this hill NRS MK peaked at MKX (personal bias aside) even the Injustice series was better handled than this. I feel I'm watching my favorite series get bound and gagged while roasting on a spit by the company it's made and published by, Dude I don't blame you at all for not liking this series anymore.
IMO, mk1 is a good game because the story is good but when you get to the end part of the story is bad but overall the character development is good. The kameo hate is stupid, just don’t understand it. But I didn’t play it on release tho.
(You’re about to hear me yap again) I can say I for sure agree with everything in this video, and I really shouldn’t have let the shop prices slide as much as I did when previously praised the game on some of your community posts, it’s genuinely disgusting how WB made the stuff no one but big fans would buy the more expensive stuff, and the stuff everyone would buy the cheaper stuff, cause they know the big fans will buy everything no matter what, they couldn’t get away with that if they charged too much for a character or Kameo (I’d hope at least) but, to play devil’s advocate (even though it doesn’t effect your point at all) it was easier for them to put it on switch than it would be last gen, for many reasons, but mainly due to the Kameo system, because Switch is able to support having 4 models acting at once, while ps4 and Xbox one can’t, so they’d have to completely rework the game for those consoles (I have no idea how that works or why they can’t support 4 models but that’s what I remember hearing), and a similar thing happened during mkx, they even advertised last gen versions but cancelled them last minute, thing is MK1 is unreal engine 4, which switch is actually compatible with, unlike unreal engine 3 which is what MK11 runs on, so they have absolutely no excuse for having it perform worse than 11 does on switch
I haven't bought the game I played a very small amount at a local tourney but not enough to form an opinion. It probably is really good but I find the other issues to eclipse the game.
HEAVVYY on the community only caring about the gore, its always annoying to see that be the first thing anyone cares about like you’re not curious on how the game is actually gonna be to play bro??
Good on you for finally giving up on this shitty series, I still only will play mk1 when guest characters get added, other than that it’s the worst fighting game of the generation, Johnny Cage was cool though, they should just give him to Tekken. Speaking of Tekken, Tekken 8 is phenomenal
I want to clarify a couple things
1: if any of the information becomes outdated, is outdated, is fixed, gets fixed, or is incorrect, (please let me know and I will correct myself). this does not invalidate the fact that the game came out like it did, and nothing will undo the damage it does and will continue to do.
2: if you would like argue in the comments all I ask is that you actually think about what you are going to say and make it have some weight other than "you are nitpicking and biased I win bye-bye"
3: when I speak about this community I'm referring to people who mindlessly berate, not those who disagree in a polite manner while bringing valid arguments
4: I may seem like a 3d era fanboy, true. but just because I prefer one set of things over another doesn't mean I think the new stuff is worse, it only seems that way because it does keep getting worse.
5: if you disagree with me and think I'm stupid, fair enough you are allowed to have your opinions and I'm allowed to have mine. But know that supporting these business practice's and continuing to reinforce bad community, will only lead to worse futures of the present.
regardless I hope you enjoyed, stay safe, stay healthy, stay you. and I did description stuff
I have always needed to say this but I haven’t, you need to start pinning your messages
@@afterbox. I thought I did for this one but it must not confirmed it
Obviously I saw this comment but I mainly like mortal kombat for the gameplay and the story.
For me i actually really like this mk, it really fixed What 11 Made (a slow clunky fighting Game which i didnt like) the kameos are amazing allowing to extend combos, make set ups put pressure and freezing the enemy althoug i would like for the kameos to become playable im still glad some characters made it into the Game (TAKEDA IS BACK LES GO) graphics are really good, i usually dont play fighting games for the campaign ( i dont know if there is actually someone that plays fighting games for the campaign i guess there is but i think the gameplay is the real reason for me to buy the games) the characters are all so unique with different unique and flashy moves (i did not expect kenshi to be a puppet charavter but i like those characters and i also didnt expect shao to have two different fighting styles) for me this mk is actually good and very worth it but maby when its and offer since you know its incomplete and the online is broken but overall im enjoying it so far and the gameplay is amazing i think it's a little slept on but thats just My opinion
The one with you and the other person asking you about the game I love it it was funny and I love funny things
“Wouldn’t Scorpions rope get set on fire?” Wouldn’t a chain get liquified into molten metal if Scorpion heats it up? Do MK fans understand physics?
Not even the physics. Just consistency in the argument
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack you could just say that the rope is magical or I dunno. It’s MK, it’s supposed to be not taken seriously but Netherrealm is trying hard to make it more serious
@@Korvinian4601 that's exactly what I said in some comments but apparently that is invalid in this case
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack Theres one nitpick i have with MK1 is just that it didnt push itself hard enough with all the character changes, like sure Liu Kang being fire god is cool, Mileena being an actual sister to Kitana is awesome, but for some characters like Kung Lao whos still Kung Lao from the previous timeline was massive dissapointment.
It makes more sense if Fujin was Raiden's buddy because of their history, but nope its Kung Lao. In fact, its a huge missed oppurtunity to have the Great Kung Lao be playable for once but nope. Thats enough of my ranting but, its seriously a wasted potential.
you obviously don’t understand physics if you think some fire is going to instantly melt a steel chain into liquid 😭 either way to me, bitching about the spear being a rope or being a chain is such a nit picky and stupid thing to be upset about. it’s like you’re choosing to be offended over something negligible. even though i think the game is fine i’m not defending it, it has its issues, but the spear thing is so pointless imo
i like the fact that you actually give solid arguments to it instead of just haha microtransactions bad so nice video dawg
I figure if I'm gonna be mad might as well have a an explanation
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack tbh the way mk is going kinda reminds me of sonic it started as genuine passion but nowadays its just a cash grab cuz of the way sonic is a gaming icon
To be honest, as much as I don't hate Mortal Kombat in general (there are aspects from the mythos and characters I really like), I am convinced that a video game franchise/series like MK was simply never designed to live beyond the 90s. I was chatting with a youtuber named Mark Yoon about it, and I think he too said it best, in his words; "Its always been the game we weren't allowed to play as kids. The taboo game. But, that got tired and played. I get tired of seeing the fatalities after a few times. Big yawn." and he's got a point, with how numb and desensitized most of us are with violence in fiction, it eventually stops hitting the same as it once did.
My bad, gaming topics in general are fascinating to me, could talk about em for hours.
I never thought about it like that but when you say it out loud it makes a lot of sense
Mk fans throwing a tamper tantrum because the game didn’t have the whole mk2 roster
The amount of actual change in rosters between games is so little it's crazy
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack the main problem is that nrs only adds a small selection of new characters and just refuses to bring back anyone from DA to Armageddon. And when they do there worse versions of those characters or a completely different character entirely like kenshi in mkx. It’s like they put way more effort in to the guest characters than anything else.
@@Zank102of course they care about the guests. That's where they get their Money from.
You think most people play MK for the MK characters nowadays?
Deadass? Bro, all because it’s missing Jax? The only playable character in MK2 that’s not in MK1 (2023)
The other characters who aren’t playable in MK2 but are in the game are Jade, Noob Saibot, and Kintaro. Unbelievable. People will complain about anything.
Also, I’m getting sick of the guests characters in MK. Like why are there two villains based off Superman in Mortal Kombat! Like these characters will one shot a majority of the cast with just one hit. I love Homelander and Omni Man as characters in their respective universes. They do not belong in MK. I could give an excuse for Peacemaker, since he knows how to fight and uses guns. Sidenote: Smokey Beef, I love that John Cena joke.
I hate how my favorite series the 3D era is being mistreated and the overused arcade era is being well treated
I was thinking of getting the game but $110+ for every dlc charcter and the main story is outrageous, I’ll just probably wait until it’s on sale and then buy it.
i recently bought it without really knowing about all of these issues (i should've looked into it before buying, i know, but i just thought that i could trust it since... it's mk after all)
i'll tell you right now, you probably should just stick to the standard version (if you haven't bought the game already). it's not that expensive on key sites and stuff, and premium is a waste of money. sure you get extra character but you probably won't even stick around enough to get to play them, considering how few features the game even has. do yourself a favor and either get standard edition or go for tekken 8.
@@alex-h3x1b yeah I already got mk 1 for about $42 and spent $8 for Omni man who was the only dlc character I wanted but overall it’s a pretty good deal without the $40+ kombat pack so I’m glad I didn’t get it. 👌
@@Spider_Venom01 fair enough, i do like omni-man as well lol
@@Spider_Venom01is it worth it? Im planning on getting premium because it's 70$ on Walmart
Bro it is the best Mortal Kombat game ever
I'm proud of you, dawg. You said and showed exactly what so many people who were fans have said. The only thing better to chef's kiss it is to take the game, shit on it, and mail that to NRS. MK is less than 50 bucks at Walmart, BTW. 26:58
I'm proud of you, youngin.
I actually really like Mk1 I think the gameplay is great if only the servers allowed me to actually play the game and maybe get my mind off how much money I wasted on the game
I dont even blame you for not liking MK anymore
The game sucks and community is even worse, in fact this fucking game got me so used to the false idea that all game franchises are doomed to fall off a cliff and fail with every release
It wasnt until I played Lad Gaiden that i was reminded that "Holy shit, there really is great gaming franchises that get better with every release and have an extremely healthy community behind it!" So yeah that experience reaffirmed Yakuza being my favorite game series of all time and dropping most of my interest in MK. I couldn't be happier that Yakuza is thriving tho, really loved your past content on it and hope you make more!
Yakuza content isn't going anywhere. Honestly I kinda shot myself in the foot streaming lj which has halted any and all progress of all Yakuza list related videos
Also movies are falling also I will miss the old times
I've got another series like the one you mentioned, super smash bros. It's made by a person who cares for the franchise (unlike that Boon guy) and they are consecutively good, even the ones that aren't as liked as much are still really good.
That ending rant perfectly encapsulates my gripes with MK1 (and The current mindset with modern MK.)
I loved this franchise, MK9 to me was and still is the best example of how modern fighting games *should* be. But over the years, like a frog boiling in water, they slowly stripped key features away only to sell them back to us, and honestly the routine is getting old.
If a game expects 70$ for the initial asking price, then there is absolutely no excuse why the end product feels so undercooked. DLCs aside, at the very least the base game should be jam packed with "kontent".
Invasions mode is a joke, story mode is a glorified movie with little stakes due to this "New Era/Multiverse" bullshit. For a game rated M, it feels very watered down compared to the games that came before. Just sucks seeing a series you once enjoyed make bad decision after bad decisions. Seems to be a trend nowadays.
(Also THANK YOU for showing the problem with "Always Online" garbage in MK1 and 11. If NRS truley cared about its fans, they wouldn't do anti consumer shit like DRM. And its depressing that nobody else calls them out for it. But I guess thats just "Modern Gaming" )
And I understand that, look at doom for example they're releasing a new game in 2025 and everyone is hyped because the gameplay looks amazing
Honestly i cant say much about the old games knowing how i first learned about it during mortal kombat x but i honestly an wondering how did we go from so much content to basically just invasions but doesn't stop me from playing some mortal kombat and having fun
I hope you continue to keep having fun with the game
I think that’s because Netherrealm studios learned the wrong lessons from the feedback they’ve received for MK 11’s single player content. Instead of tweaking aspect of their last two games for the better, they castrate them because they picked a rather weird interpretation of “less is more”
7:13 I'm actually scared by that sound
17:55 that’s all modern mortal kombat is about these days 💀
I blame NRS, WarnerBros Games, and especially David Zaslav for wanting more live service games. Those guys are to blame for all this (especially Asslav)
This aged well. Your videos on MK were so funny and i understand you not doing vids on it anymore.
Awesome video, aged like fine wine, the player count to Mortal Kombat 1 is dying and reallly the guest characters keep giving this game any revelance
21:41 - 24:28 : 'Tis but a scratch.
I gotta agree with the Flaming head part because if the human flesh of scorpion can burn and still be alive then why not the rope? To people: SCORPION!!!!!!!! IS!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!! A FUCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find MK9 & MKX better than both MK11 & MK1 for two huge things.
1. Internet isn’t required to play a lot of the game
2. There are no real microtransactions in the game (easy fatalities are one thing, but there’s no currently to buy or a dumb premium shop)
.... i am speechless tbh...... but if u ask me...
your right. thats it. your right....
thanks smokey. for doin what most ppl wont: actually exspose the modren mk and its community.
thank you.
I don’t know… I bought it. I couldn’t have the time to play it because of school and the work. I played a little. Practiced with Sub-Zero and Scorpion. I like the combo game. However it feels a bit bare bones. I love the air combos, reminds me of UMVC3. I don’t know if it’s just me, but something didn’t feel right. This game feels unfinished. It needed more time cooking in the kitchen, then again I realized; NRS is owned by WB. Which in my opinion; WB is at its worst during this time. Taking shortcuts to make a quick profit. Micro transactions, I hate that crap. I remember when all I need to do is play MK9 Arcade and unlock the costumes and MKX all I have to do is certain conditions to unlock em. Like the Test Your Might Mode. You beat that, you get Revenant Sub-Zero. The DLC costumes are cheap now in MK9 and MKX. Like I hate corporate Greed. No one isn’t going anywhere. NRS and WB, want to make a lot of money? Take a good look at games like MK9 and MKX and MK11 see what worked in those games and put the things that worked in the new game and leave the things that didn’t work out of the new game. Innovate if you will, but if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it. If something is broken, fix it!
I hope they fix this in the long run. SFV when it released, it was bare bones as well… but they came back. They actually fixed the problems and added new things.
Who is managing these decisions? Mr. Krabs? Please make good business decisions that will have a beneficial effect in the long run and make sure the game lives longer.
Edit; However… I don’t feel like they will fix those problems. I hope they do, but I’m uncertain. Also this Mortal Kombat! REALISM! REALLY?! That’s just plain dumb in a franchise where you have elemental ninjas, sexy looking women that live to be thousands of years old and literal GODS! The heck you mean realism?
Edit 2: This is my final edit I promise. But I think you found the solution to the Modern MK problem. The fanbase and developers only cares about the gore and fatalities and violence. They are so focused on the spectacle; that they forget about everything else. I mean when I heard of this game releasing, my first thoughts are: What will the gameplay be like, What direction will this reboot take in the lore, how will I unlock things, what are the DLC, what do I need to pay for; the violence and fatalities come last for me. At this point, I’m desensitized to it. It’s a damn shame of what this franchise has become because my first fighting game that’s not Smash Bros, is Mortal Kombat. I played MK9 that was my first. Love at first sight. I fell in love with the environment, the edginess, the lore, the characters and their arcs and dynamics, the combos and creativity of them and unlockables. The fatalities and violence are awesome yes, but I got used to seeing it. Is the franchise dead? Hard to say… I feel like the NRS developers are not being restricted on what they want to add to this game cause of WB… I think they’ve gotten too complacent. They’ve gotten lazy. I don’t know man.
The best move WB and NRS should have make, is work on Injustice 3 and release that game… then have Mortal Kombat cooking in the kitchen for awhile longer. I’m patient I ain’t going anywhere. I just want the games to be better like any fan. Also I miss the battle damaged aspects for the game. Like Sub-Zero’s mask being broken, it makes you feel like you went through hell and back just to win a match against your opponent. I also miss the sexiness of the women. They look good, but compare them to how they looked in past games. Have you seen Kitana in MK9?! She’s got abs! This game is Rated M for Mature. What’s wrong with showing skin and some partial nudity. I know that you think in MK9 the skimpiness of the the outfits and sexiness was overblown and exaggerated, and you don’t like that; but that’s one of the things that was apart of MK. It’s like a vital piece that makes the soul of MK. I don’t care about the “Political Correctness” or “You are saying that cause you are sexist or misogynistic or whatever”. And of course the dumb realism argument. If that’s really the case, Women in UFC fights wear a sports bra and shorts.
Like this game is $70, glad I got it for $40. Still though, this game could’ve been better.
The only thing this franchise right now has going for is the Violence and Gore.
I also miss Shao Kahn as a main competent, intelligent, badass tough villain.
They could’ve let us play with all of the characters in the story mode like in SFV but more expanded upon. I want to take this new version of Shao Kahn seriously, but HE LOSES EVERY SINGLE TIME! Even Shang Tsung got a Chapter like what in the world!?
Have Heroes and Villains in stories win some battles. Not every battle has to be won by the heroes. There is something called losing the battles, but winning the war. I miss where there are consequences in the stories of these games. Sure there are, but Liu Kang or Geras could reset the timeline at any time if things didn’t go as planned.
There should be a separate mode with no Kameos and a mode like Two Vs. Two.
This franchise is like your first girlfriend that you found who unfortunately changed for the worse and you don’t want to leave her because of how she used to be back then. Nostalgia lens I guess.
That’s all I have to say.
I mean do you think the best thing for this franchise will be being bought by a different Video Game company, specifically on the Japanese side. SFV and Tekken 7 were hella fun. SF6 won fighting game of the year and the Hype for Tekken 8 is real.
MK becoming a shadow of its former self is an understatement. I miss the Krypt.
MK is like my favorite child of fighting games that does worse than SF or Tekken or MVC. It used to do so good, but becomes a disappointment. I want MK to be awesome again!
Right, and as they all say: sex sells, and that applies to MK characters like Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Tanya, Sindel, maybe Li Mei, maybe Sonya, I mean the former 5 are practically otherworldly because dress code is of no concern to them unlike us Earthrealmers.
Thank you for saying everything I’ve been feeling about the series since mk11.
The DLC of mortal Kombat 1 is even worse than the actual game
25:59 bro roasted the entire community and mortal kombat it’s self I totally agree with your opinions
Well, looks like SF6 won the Fighting Game of the Year, I would say its title well deserved rather than MK1
Very glad to hear and see that
Also the math lesson was fun
i have around 70 hours in the game. the gameplay? i love basically everything, kameos add variety and shit like that(except for throws, i will always hate throws in fighting games)
the thing is, game felt like it was taking a nice and steady path for the development but around the end of it they had to rush a lot
some things just feel unfinished(like the crossplay you mentioned)
and the microtransactions
well, its the same thing as most modern online games
Game vs Company
Well, that was a tought time for Mortal Kombat, they're charging for everything for in-game currency and a lot of greed and bad decisions among the developers.
Well, IT'S TIME FOR LAD INFINITE WEALTH BABY AND... They're charging for New Game+.
We're not safe anywhere
God damnit 😡
man that community section on this video has aged wonderfully
16:13 I laughed so hard *10 DOLLARS*
MK1 gameplay? Peak much better than MK11
Everything else? Uhhhh... yeah about that
Also the story mode with the timeline nonsense is so BAD. And the shills don't help at all.
The mobile mortal kombat game: just a greedy money grab, if your trying to get something from the store, everything is mostly worth actual money, no ingame money, gotta buy it with actual money. The game will give garbage rewards even if you complete a very difficult tower. And doing battles is like kenshi's blindfold from mk11, it takes souls away every few battles, and getting multiple souls is a challenge to obtain, unless you do offers. Earning characters (yes, you have to purchase characters) is also somewhat of a challenge, and you can possibly not even get a good character, because there are bronze, silver, gold, and diamond characters. Getting an actually good kard pack is worth 150-400 souls depending on the pack you try to buy, and no matter what type of tower it is, it will only give you, about 3-6 souls every time you complete a tower. The only time you can actually get a good amount of souls is during holidays, or you can spend hundreds of dollars for a couple thousand. And modiers only work for the opponents (when i say opponents i mean you have a team of 3 and they have a team of 3, there is no 1v1) and these modifiers can be so stupid. And like every other mobile game, it contains ads. IN CONCLUSION, mobile mortal kombat isn't worth the download. Really liked this video, tho, it really helped me decide on if i should buy the game or not, I heard that you werent making any other mortal kombat videos, so i did the mobile mortal kombat for you.
Obviously this gotta be my most anticipated video. Not only cause it's MK, but y'know you said u wanted a break from FGs and this might give u that break 😊
This video originally wasn't gonna come out but since people never stopped asking and I kept seeing 💀 about it. It gave me energy for one last fg video
If I remember correctly, the reason why Mortal Kombat 1 need to be online all the time is because they use Denuvo DRM just to avoid piracy
That's just it, they do it to avoid piracy
I've heard similar things with the hitman games. Both of which I can understand but should have been worked around
And yet pirates/hackers can just bypass all the DRM anyways. Completely defeating the purpose of its inclusion.
When the people who buy the game legit are punished over those who steal & pirate it, I think then it's safe to say their "protection system" is utter bullshit.
Bro voice changed when he said omni man acnocer voice was more expensive
17:41 I had to pay 99.99$ to buy this game and it wasn’t the premium addition they basically charged me 20$ extra just to buy this game what rip off and there is no change to it they basically charged me 20$ for no fuckin reason yeah bro you definitely should not talk about mortal kombat anymore 💀
20:54 EXACTLY
This time I really think you had some good arguments. I agree with the bugs that haven't been fixed and the microtransactions and the high prices. I didn't get my game but I think I'd enjoy playing it anyway
IF I buy M1K, it will be through pre owned. Any dlc will not be bought unless is 60% or more off
21:29 people tend to forget ED Boon’s quote, “No one wants to pay for reality.”
Nah, I stay here, mk or not I feel there’s hope in this channel
Glad to hear. Hope you enjoy the ride
great video, subscribed. not for more mk content which you said you wouldn't do but just in general ended up liking your way of expression.
most valid crashout
22:39 shanks??
as someone who love mk
damn you have guts
In MK9, all players 1,2,3 and 4 had access to every costume, and so did combos. MKX also had both player 1 and 2 access.
Injustice 2 was the first one to introduce this stupid hindrance, and instead of listening to the fans to fix it... NRS just did the exact same thing for MK11 and MK1.
Yet ironically, on PC players don't have this issue, only Xbox and Playstation. Laziness or Greed? Theres no in-between.
@@blok--head7472 agreed, still the worst offline experiences ever had.
the monetization is getting out of hands for some of these games
This has made me fully realize what Modern MK has come to be, Run by nothing but a greedy corporation who only capitalizes on what was done in the past, at a much higher price. They have become the first 3 letters of the company that used to run it. MID.
Another masterpiece dropped. Fuckin amazing job dude.
People stop hating on one of my favorite TH-camrs
As a long time MK fan (at least I used to be) I agree with this video and criticism of the modern era games 100%. Great work man! 👍Also that sequelitis Zelda rant/reference was perfect
Ay bruh at least scorpions got his rope back
A win is a win
mkx was the last truly good mk game and that was almost 10 years ago
This is part of why I’m moving to Tekken 8…
"Wouldn’t Scorpions rope get set on fire?"
As an autistic person with adhd who loves fighting game and go back to MK deception, the rope dart is better because a few "realistic reason"
1. The Metal Dart would liquefied by the extreme heat of scorpion hellfire/pyropower
2. Metal get easily corroded over time
3. As someone who has a dog and he break lose quite easily with a rope, but metal ropes get EASILY TANGLED when its corroded, dirty or both. And its quite hard to untangle it.
4. Rope Dart is and always will be the realistic choice of how it is a real martial art.
Relatable rant aside. MK1 has the same problem that every single modern game that is live service based, is the norm now and it will be here now and forever when some new gacha/live service game with a bunch of questionable microtransaction and pricing.
MK fandom (The negative side that takes up the entire fandom) takes things as a joke and dont take them seriously, until the game is unbalance, they dont like facing characters that they dont like to the point of saying "Broken, patch this now", only do the most basic combo known to man and when a big name youtuber be like "There is a problem with the game"
MK fans be like: YES KING, PREACH
Which is quite ironic if they dont take it seriously, but their thoughts on the metal rope being better is already serious as is.
Which is more autistic than me.
I have come to understand that mk both game and franchise haven't evolved beyond itself since arguably mk 9 or x and it sucks but it did make me want to play other fighting games and really appreciate what love in a fighter really looks like
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack i moved to guilty gear and tekken, never went back to mk since 9, i did bought mk 10 and 11 a week ago using steam keys.
But honestly both Guilty Gear and Tekken give me what i wanted fun and complexity, both are completely different, tekken made me build my own hitbox and been enjoying it ever since. Even went back to old fighting game like mvc, xmen vs street fighter, etc.
The mk community feels like drunk uncle, enjoying his beer but get angry when someone tells them to manage their drinking
I love your TH-cam channel listening to you rambling and honestly I don’t care about your opinion or my opinion I’m just entertained to see your comments cry about your opinion
@@IWTCHz it's the small things
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack it might be small things but it’s still entertaining
You gotta make a rant channel, Idk why but I just like your ranting lol
Idk if you were updated but for ranked there is currently a decline option that lets your sort out crap connections. Also de sync glitch has been fixed, and I believe cross play drops Feb 13. Kinda late, but it’s coming either way.
How long has mk 1 been out for?
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack since September
Better late then never I guess
I think best to do
Is find a way to have a proper reboot and if I may
I want to share ideas
Taking from modern and old
How about a reboot back to the tournament with Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn?
Go back and bring back the OGs and take the 3 games and make a new and different story while keeping older elements as well and updating the story
How about instead of Geras being the guy we have now
We take him to the OG place and make a him a time traveler as well? Then we use some OG stories of the characters too as well and make the characters feel more human if needed and edit some lore to improve it?
Should I make this thing I speak about
Or should I fix some things up?
Actually while we're here
I have ideas for guest characters
How about
Lu Bu:Dynasty Warriors
Sweet Tooth:Twisted Metal
Arbiter or Master Cheif:Halo
Nightmare or Zazalemel:Soulcalibur
The many Killer Insinct characters
I have choices to say the least
I'm usually around games and I think they can fit in either for fighting games
Or it feels like it can fit in or horror characters (Like Needles Kane AKA Sweet Tooth)
you forgot that when you spam basic attack buttons during your fatal blow it increases your damage andif you spam basic attack buttons during an opponent's fatal blow then it reduces their damages💀💀
That was in mk 11 as well honestly I don't have a problem with it personally but I can see why people would hate it
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack on the bright side, they brought back rope spear
@@RandomMimikyu true dat
I have a physical copy on Switch. Since you posted this they updated this TOS to literally say your license to play is 100% revokable. I got this game on fucking PHYSICAL and USED to fully own it and yet I don't now, which straight up should not be legal. Might as well just mail back my copy packaged with a severed hand to flip them off.
#stopkillinggames
That is actually wild
Please make more Mortal Kombat content in the future.
They also brought back scorpions rope, doesn’t fix all the issues in the game but that’s cool
It’s rated M for mature but you don’t have to actually be mature to play it.
mk9 was the last actually great mk game. it started falling off after they stopped letting characters use every move that they had
I honesty agree with this man, the whole Community is failing to understand and take into acount what this man just said. Also to be honest agree on the scorpian subjet too along with the whole having us pay way to much for these packs for the damn game. I do want to thank you for this video
I've been meaning to write a comment since the premiere of the video, but I've been sick as hell. And I kinda lost my train of thought since then, but I guess just to sum up my feelings.
Smokey, you da GOAT. See when most people complain about MK, it's usually not valid at least with Twitter. But I can tell you put a lot of hardwork into this. And it's truly mindboggling with monetization aspect. I thought SF6 and the Outfit 3 debacle was bad, but honestly, the Voice Pack being more money than the characters is actually insane and I feel like you are the only person who has brought it up. And I am so glad SF6 won the FG award at the Game Awards, I was so worried that this unfinished Game was going to win lmao
Lastly, it's so gross that people harassed you over an opinion. Especially the first one, which honestly isn't even something to be harassed for. At the end of the day, it's just a dumb game with goobers shooting fireballs and cringe at each other. Basically, I'm glad you are moving on from that horrible community and can't wait for more peak content ❤
I like your words
how much bounty on your head?
100 billion dollars
I just recently got back into MK because of the press of the new game and I can say this is actually a really good analysis on its faults.
This wasn’t just a criticism on the all the micro transactions but even some of the gameplay.
I will say that I focus mainly on the NRS timelines (MK9-ungoing) so my knowledge on the previous games are a bit wonky. But this was a really cool assessment! And I actually like MK 1💀
20:30 to be fair out of all the things you could of said about mk11 you decided to dedicat an entire video to complain about a kunai on a rope and a voice line
Fair enough
A lot of great points made.
Maybe we were wrong about mk11😭😭😭
The only I might be able to give mk1 over 11 is gameplay but I'll never know
I blame WB
I bought teh deluxe editon,i genuinely feel like shit neow😭😭😭😭😭
Lemme ask the real question
What do you think about mk1 scorpions spear
It's kew
If your game is worse than a capcom game, you know you fucked up
man i just got mkx cuz it was on sale and i started to look into the community and uh.. with that rant at the end i'd say mkx might be my first and last mortal kombat game. might try the older titles at some point however
I remember playing mk9 with my aunt, brother, and cousin. Something about the game just sparked an interest for me onwards. But after playing mk1 for 3 seasons, it made the game lose its charm for me. Stupid microtransactions, time consuming bullshit, and just stupid balancing overall. I started to shift over to tekken cause it feels more of a better option. Unless nrs redeems its self with mk1, i will come back. But for now, mk1 is just a disapointment for the mk franchise 😢😢😢
I enjoy mk1 but I do think it is greedy as fuck and doesn’t respect us as players.
I’m a trophy hunter, I like completing games, I couldn’t complete mk1 because the developers left out an entire game mode for months!
I can definitely understand why an og fan like yourself would feel mad from the lack of content and everything else about mk1, I hope someday you can come back to the franchise and love it like you used to
Mortal Kombat is dead after this trash kombat 1, congratulations Ed Boon, Netherrealm and Warner, you killed a great franchise
mate what a video im subbing
I legit got bored when I realized how much of a waste of time invasions is I haven't touched this since Omni-mans release.
Also NRS just hates Mk9 and MkX because the lack of multiplayer content in this supposedly next gen game is awful.
Also Also locking characters and invasions behind internet access is embarrassing and ass.
I will say and I will die on this hill NRS MK peaked at MKX (personal bias aside) even the Injustice series was better handled than this.
I feel I'm watching my favorite series get bound and gagged while roasting on a spit by the company it's made and published by, Dude I don't blame you at all for not liking this series anymore.
Literally that scene in South Park where Stan watches Indiana Jones getting violated.
Except replace Crystal Skull with "New Era".
IMO, mk1 is a good game because the story is good but when you get to the end part of the story is bad but overall the character development is good. The kameo hate is stupid, just don’t understand it. But I didn’t play it on release tho.
Also grabs are annoying tho. The kameos are good tho, add something new and good, forcing you to use them to your advantage.
Also yes the micro transactions are stupid and the fact, there no way to show your skill on a character get reward with a good reward is stupid.
Also where are the stage fatalities at least mk11 had 3 mk1 does not have even 1 so you have to pay for seasonal fatalities
Mk1 has the moat cash grab system ever why do i not have a pit fatality deadpool fatality where are they
(You’re about to hear me yap again) I can say I for sure agree with everything in this video, and I really shouldn’t have let the shop prices slide as much as I did when previously praised the game on some of your community posts, it’s genuinely disgusting how WB made the stuff no one but big fans would buy the more expensive stuff, and the stuff everyone would buy the cheaper stuff, cause they know the big fans will buy everything no matter what, they couldn’t get away with that if they charged too much for a character or Kameo (I’d hope at least)
but, to play devil’s advocate (even though it doesn’t effect your point at all) it was easier for them to put it on switch than it would be last gen, for many reasons, but mainly due to the Kameo system, because Switch is able to support having 4 models acting at once, while ps4 and Xbox one can’t, so they’d have to completely rework the game for those consoles (I have no idea how that works or why they can’t support 4 models but that’s what I remember hearing), and a similar thing happened during mkx, they even advertised last gen versions but cancelled them last minute, thing is MK1 is unreal engine 4, which switch is actually compatible with, unlike unreal engine 3 which is what MK11 runs on, so they have absolutely no excuse for having it perform worse than 11 does on switch
28:10 I respect your opinion
This comment section is gonna be good. By some metric, it’s gonna be good.
Eyup
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack I remember being in a VC with you when you were ranting about this stuff, it was hilarious and a little scary.
@@FullyB8ked consider this the more condensed proper version
Did you have fun with the gameplay and was it good?
I haven't bought the game I played a very small amount at a local tourney but not enough to form an opinion. It probably is really good but I find the other issues to eclipse the game.
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack oh alright
You’re wrong about something, MK11 didn’t allow p2 to use costumes OR variations.
Did some digging and you're right mk 11 didn't allow it either. Another tally to the list
I think therell be another MK. I think MK2. Im pretty sure theyre gonns fuck it up way worse
HEAVVYY on the community only caring about the gore, its always annoying to see that be the first thing anyone cares about like you’re not curious on how the game is actually gonna be to play bro??
19:50 FR
bros mad at the mk community just because they only love the fatalities
Yesn't🗿
yes 💀@@Smokin-that-beef-pack
7:06 lmao
Finally, someone says the truth.
Good on you for finally giving up on this shitty series, I still only will play mk1 when guest characters get added, other than that it’s the worst fighting game of the generation, Johnny Cage was cool though, they should just give him to Tekken. Speaking of Tekken, Tekken 8 is phenomenal
I've already had sf6 and I definitely want to pick up 8 when I can
This game was so bad my friend who is a life long fan of mk quit the franchise entierly
Finished the video, im subbing for your other content after I finish Infinite Wealth
........God damn.........
This guy has a problem with everything
If the problems weren't everywhere I wouldn't have as many
just like how he lets people enjoy things, let him hate them