I feel like the old mortal kombat games were darker,grittier and more grounded in a dark realism (well as much as you could possibly get from fighters with magical powers )but that all changed when it was acquired by WB which amped the cheesiness and lightened the story.
Well my theory on that is that Mk vs DC and injustice sort of forced the team to lighten their tone and then whenever they have to shift back to Mortal Kombat they can't quite reach their original tone.
The classic games were masterpieces from MK to MK4 / Gold, then to me they went downhill for a while, I hated the 2000s games, but the WB era is amazing too the story is very good and it respects a lot of the classics ( except in MK 11 aftermath)
Agreed they leaned into the cage family to counter the dark tones of war with light hearted banter. I felt they becamecto afraid to kill off their “hero’s” and make way for new ones like they did in x but never fully embrassed the idea.
I just want to say, as someone that has worked in 2d game development myself, I love how the original trilogy used parallax scrolling in the backgrounds. I know it's not exactly a crazy thing because most 2d games used it by the later stages of the SNES area. But as a kid, I didn't even notice it, not knowing such a thing even exists. I just knew the levels all looked so cool. So looking back on them as a 34 year old that has a background in art and gamedev really opens up my eyes to just how cool those classic levels really were, and why they are still so memorable.
Tree3: so who did you eat today Tree1: a guy with a blue mask that controls ice Tree2: why don’t we eat the guys hanging from our branches Tree1:Because their too far away and we’re trees we can’t move Tree3: so how did you eat the guy with the blue mask Tree1: a yellow guy with fire fed him to me Tree2: yeah I saw him Tree1: Shhh..! Stay in your position there’s people coming **Tree1 2 and 3 stay in position** Announcer: FIGHT! Tree3: hey isn’t that the same guy you ate Tree1: yeah idk who is that green guy Tree3: how is he alive? Smoke: all of us come back Tree2: who are you Smoke:......... Guy hanging in the branches: Hey can you get me down I’ve been here for 9 years Smoke: shut up you’re supposed to be dead Sub-Zero: do you hear that Reptile (speaking in lizard): no I didn’t hear anything Sub-Zero: Smoke?... Smoke: just ignore me I’ll meet you in goro’s lair Guy hanging in the branches: please help me..... Smoke: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!!!! Hope you guys liked it
I love how Mortal Kombat 1 to 3 had the most iconic stages and the producers of this game knew it, so much that they modernized some of those stages in the upcoming titles with new technology and programming engines, and this makes watching their evolution so nostalgic and fulfilling. Goro's Lair, Deadpool, Courtyard, The Pits, they're the most reutilized and memorable scenarios from the whole franchise.
When you quite look at how the stages, they go darker and more ominous as the sequel comes by, especially how the background music makes it dark as well. Since that this is Mortal Kombat, a violent and dark fighting game, they do come quite well with it.
That Living Forest always freaked me out from the first MK games and it still does. As it gets mapped out onto 3D it starts to lose the horror, dark vibe it had. Living Forest, Subway and the Tower are the best looking stages to me.
19:17 Skarlet:let me go Kitana:let me go too Skarlet:plz let me g-......wait your not Tanya Kitana:I'm not Tanya ,I'm kitana Skarlet: oy Kahn where's Tanya who's this edania blue Barbie freak Mr.shao:... Hope u like it ^-^
+dedkmk he removed textures for characters or used reptiles invisibility and cropped the top off. you can see a victory token at the top left during one of the MK3
If the retrocade stage from Mortal Kombat 11 came back to "Mortal Kombat 1", this time it should have the stages that wasn't announced in the projectors, from the first time Mortal Kombat to Mortal Kombat 3
Exactly they just want the street fighter and the have you sit in a corner getting your ass comboed 24/7 having you study a character for 10 months straight to even have a chance at beating anyone back in the 3d era you had easy combos that were easy to remember and you didn't have to study a character for 10 months to git gud and in the new games almost every combo requires specific timing whereas in the older games there wasn't much specific timing I think deadly alliance was most annoying in the 3D era in terms of timing but for the most part you could spam the same button until the character hit the player
Goros lair, the dead pool, and the living forest always gave me an Erie feeling as a kid I always thought of them as places that have no end, no entrance no exit n that made my anxiety go fucking crazy
The Palace Gates... The only arena from Mortal Kombat 1 never ever seen again in any future installments. Not even Mortal Kombat Trilogy or Mortal Kombat (2011). Arenas I like best in every game... -Mortal Kombat 1: The Pit -Mortal Kombat II: either The Tower or The Pit II -Mortal Kombat 3: either The Subway or The Rooftop -Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3: The Waterfront/River Kombat -Mortal Kombat Trilogy: It's really a tough call since all the ones I've listed so far appear in this 1, but I suppose I could say The Pit or Star Bridge (both from the Nintendo 64 version) if I have to pick any. -Mortal Kombat 4: The Prison -Mortal Kombat Gold: I don't know (only game I've never owned, let alone played). -Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance: either The Nethership or Shang Tsung's Palace -Mortal Kombat Deception: either The Chamber of Artifacts or Yin-Yang Island -Mortal Kombat Armageddon: The Outworld Spire -Mortal Kombat (2011): Again, it's a really tough call, but probably The Pit (day or night, it matters little) -Mortal Kombat X: either Destroyed City (past or present) or The Kove Even though this game wasn't out yet when this video was made... -Mortal Kombat 11: probably Black Dragon Fight Club -Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath: Retrocade
At mk 3 at 02:12 you can see the bench at the poster saying Boon/Tobias but in mk 2011 sub-zero says the same thing when he trows the ice ball saying tobias. Easter Egg confirmed?
I noticed in mkx they just rehashed 5 or 6 stages calling them infected that's a cheap way of not creating more awesome stages like the Cover, the Pit Bottom and Acid pool.. Hope theybdont do this mistake in MK11
Mortal Kombat I ambient is Shang Tsung Island that’s why all the stages are places exclusively located on the island, MKII ambient is Outworld; Mortal Kombat 3/Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ambient is Earthrealm during Shao Kahn's invasion hence most of the stages are every day places like banks, streets, waterfronts, skyscrapers roofs, etc
I totally agree. MK 2 was what got me into the series and is still my favorite of the classic (sorry, KLASSIC) era haha. And I love how MK 9 was able to bring the nostalgia we have for the old games into the current gen.
I feel like the old mortal kombat games were darker,grittier and more grounded in a dark realism (well as much as you could possibly get from fighters with magical powers )but that all changed when it was acquired by WB which amped the cheesiness and lightened the story.
Well my theory on that is that Mk vs DC and injustice sort of forced the team to lighten their tone and then whenever they have to shift back to Mortal Kombat they can't quite reach their original tone.
The classic games were masterpieces from MK to MK4 / Gold, then to me they went downhill for a while, I hated the 2000s games, but the WB era is amazing too the story is very good and it respects a lot of the classics ( except in MK 11 aftermath)
💯
Shit became goofy after 3.
Agreed they leaned into the cage family to counter the dark tones of war with light hearted banter. I felt they becamecto afraid to kill off their “hero’s” and make way for new ones like they did in x but never fully embrassed the idea.
Ying Yang Island was an impressive map in Deception...need a new version of that arena today
I just want to say, as someone that has worked in 2d game development myself, I love how the original trilogy used parallax scrolling in the backgrounds. I know it's not exactly a crazy thing because most 2d games used it by the later stages of the SNES area. But as a kid, I didn't even notice it, not knowing such a thing even exists. I just knew the levels all looked so cool. So looking back on them as a 34 year old that has a background in art and gamedev really opens up my eyes to just how cool those classic levels really were, and why they are still so memorable.
That's so cute to read. :)
The Pit 2 and the Living Forest was always my favorites !
Me to
MrFree2BeMe1 YAAAAS
Tree3: so who did you eat today
Tree1: a guy with a blue mask that controls ice
Tree2: why don’t we eat the guys hanging from our branches
Tree1:Because their too far away and we’re trees we can’t move
Tree3: so how did you eat the guy with the blue mask
Tree1: a yellow guy with fire fed him to me
Tree2: yeah I saw him
Tree1: Shhh..! Stay in your position there’s people coming
**Tree1 2 and 3 stay in position**
Announcer: FIGHT!
Tree3: hey isn’t that the same guy you ate
Tree1: yeah idk who is that green guy
Tree3: how is he alive?
Smoke: all of us come back
Tree2: who are you
Smoke:.........
Guy hanging in the branches: Hey can you get me down I’ve been here for 9 years
Smoke: shut up you’re supposed to be dead
Sub-Zero: do you hear that
Reptile (speaking in lizard): no I didn’t hear anything
Sub-Zero: Smoke?...
Smoke: just ignore me I’ll meet you in goro’s lair
Guy hanging in the branches: please help me.....
Smoke: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!!!!
Hope you guys liked it
Gold
I love how Mortal Kombat 1 to 3 had the most iconic stages and the producers of this game knew it, so much that they modernized some of those stages in the upcoming titles with new technology and programming engines, and this makes watching their evolution so nostalgic and fulfilling. Goro's Lair, Deadpool, Courtyard, The Pits, they're the most reutilized and memorable scenarios from the whole franchise.
Exactly!! Seeing all those stages improving is just epic.
Love the transition through the years. J love this series and I am glad it's still going as strong as it always did
Man the music on MK3's stages especially is so great!
+TheTurtleVillage Here is my new video : th-cam.com/video/HS_61HyoAa4/w-d-xo.html
When you quite look at how the stages, they go darker and more ominous as the sequel comes by, especially how the background music makes it dark as well.
Since that this is Mortal Kombat, a violent and dark fighting game, they do come quite well with it.
What an amazing video! Excellent job !!!
thanks bro
Nice work. One of the most memorable locations in the game history.
That Living Forest always freaked me out from the first MK games and it still does. As it gets mapped out onto 3D it starts to lose the horror, dark vibe it had.
Living Forest, Subway and the Tower are the best looking stages to me.
The forest and the church was the creepiest stages
Beau travail! et bel effort de montage ;)
+Heavenly Griffon Merci bien !
so Iconic! Loved these background growing up. I'll always remember them.
Muchas gracias VGE..Por dejarme usar tu video..quedo genial..con mi tema..soy la furia del no deseado..muchas muchas gracias de verdad..VGE..
Gracias de verdad..gracias
que chimba de video !!! con la música original de cada arena
Mortal Kombat 2 arenas - are the best arenas of all time.
6 years n still my fav video
I really want the mk 4 and deception arenas back
19:17
Skarlet:let me go
Kitana:let me go too
Skarlet:plz let me g-......wait your not Tanya
Kitana:I'm not Tanya ,I'm kitana
Skarlet: oy Kahn where's Tanya who's this edania blue Barbie freak
Mr.shao:...
Hope u like it ^-^
My favorite stages
Dead pool
Living forest
The Pit ll
The Portal
The Bridge
Evil tower
Subway
Soul chamber
The Graveyard
1:15 2:12 2:24 3:07 5:47 14:43 17:31 18:53 20:41 21:09 21:15 The soundtracks are amazing
1:15
2:12
2:24
3:07
5:47
14:43
17:31
18:53
20:41
i really enjoy this!
DEADLY ALLIANCE & DECEPTION 🤤
I feel like deception had to many indoor stages I like mk deception more but deadly alliance stages looked more sick
The church and the forest with the creepy trees are the best mk stages of all time
PERFECT...
Need Mortal Kombat 11!
The music in the church creeps me out
Jave Silva totally !
OMG i love watching the peoples in the backround.
omg on the PIT II the charahters who fighting are Ermac and Skarlet
Tsvetlena Vasileva no its blaze and hornbuckle
Tsvetlena Vasileva oi
There is no excuse for kombat tomb not being Included in mk9
А портал ? А арена со скульптурами персонажей. Надеюсь они в МК 12 будут
Soy ultra fanatico de mortal kombat..y tus videos son geniales..porfa..ya..VGE.. chau
Now we have the Krypt in MK11 that we can revisit all the mk 1 areas now we need every stage from mk 3 for dlc
What a great video! Can you tell me how did you remove the characters and lifebars ? I always wanted to make a video like this.
It was so hard to remove or hide characters and lifebars. I can't reveal my secrets here :)
+VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION haha i see. i know how to remove those in mk3/umk3/mkt/mk4/mkg, but that's it. nerveless, i really enjoyed this clip!!
+dedkmk he removed textures for characters or used reptiles invisibility and cropped the top off. you can see a victory token at the top left during one of the MK3
Noooo :)
I was expecting you to display those arenas from 'Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe'.
my favourite mk9 shao kahn throne room goro lair
mk3 the pıt 3
mk trilogy the portal and kahns arena
*Joseph
Really this stage had disturbing soundtrack 13:27
The new krypt update for MK11 should be either set in outworld or in the mk3 stages city
Nope it's Shang's island and it's fuckin great
MK3 takes place in Earthrealm.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy is just such a complete classic
I Like your videos so much VGE
thanks bro !
Thanks
VGE 😄😄😄😄😀😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊☺☺☺☺☺☺😉😉😉😉😉
Did anyone else realize it said chang Tsung's courtyard during deception arenas??
Does anyone know why Cyrax was stuck in the sand?
cause no one give him a god damn orders so he mafunctioned and stacked in the desert.
That shit was always halirious to me 😂
@@leodavis9361 😂
I think he was trying to go to his old base, but was blinded. So he got stuck in the sand.
You might have to Google I.
The church and armory are my faves.
Agree
me: the church, armory and graveyard
Great video must of took forever to make. I noticed two mistakes when you spelled Quan Chi you wrote shi and with Shang Tsung you wrote Chang.
+Mr.Anderson Great, I'm not very good in Chinese ;) But I'm learning !
+VGE that doesnt make any sense its a name if you wrote it wrong its your dumbness not your bad chinese
The subway in mk Armageddon is my favorite
If the retrocade stage from Mortal Kombat 11 came back to "Mortal Kombat 1", this time it should have the stages that wasn't announced in the projectors, from the first time Mortal Kombat to Mortal Kombat 3
Thanks for the music
holy SHIT this is awesome!!!!
it sucks how they don't do 3d areas no more like u have all that space to movie around
Exactly they just want the street fighter and the have you sit in a corner getting your ass comboed 24/7 having you study a character for 10 months straight to even have a chance at beating anyone back in the 3d era you had easy combos that were easy to remember and you didn't have to study a character for 10 months to git gud and in the new games almost every combo requires specific timing whereas in the older games there wasn't much specific timing I think deadly alliance was most annoying in the 3D era in terms of timing but for the most part you could spam the same button until the character hit the player
Like take mk11 Sonya for example in one of her combos I literally had to look up a tutorial on how to execute it that's how crunched the timing is
And not to mention the 3d games were more fun imo
En mortal kombat 3 de súper nintendo no viene el escenario del cementerio
For some real reason the living forest soundtrack in MK 4 and Gold is my favorite, besides the soul chamber and the church
Now do the MK11 maps please
I didn't see the Pyramid of Argus...
They also missed the Star Bridge
And they mispelled quan chis fortress
MK Trilogy and MK 9 Komplete are the best of all times
So almost all of them
I love trilogy (n64 because I don't have it on ps1) but despise mk9
+Ashby Edsall you can say that again! but I consider MK9 as a great game because of it is actually a remake of MK Trilogy
carlos garcia that's cool but mk9 I'm not for ps3 but for Xbox the controllers aren't made for it because the stick gets stuck and he keeps moving
Deadly Alliance and Deception by far.
Nice video but mk dc universe is missing, is not cannon but its the official 8th game of the saga
Not taking the pit into consideration in my opinion the mkx maps are pretty lame
Gio Vini dead woods and the pit are the only good stages
What about the cove
I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS VERY MUCH VGE
My favorite ,s are mk9 goro,s lair and the deadpool
Muchas muchas gracias..
Hi, may I ask you how you were able to inspect these stages witouth any HUD or characters in them?
You select two characters like Reptile, who can become invisible. And you go through the stage in invisible mode. A secret ;)
@@VGE thank you, ill try that, i wanted to make some animated desktop backgrounds with wallpaper engine with some of this stages :)
@@max6325974 No problem, you need two joysticks, you take Reptile twice, you make him invisible and you cross the stage ;)
and for the HUD, the black bands hide it in addition to a slight zoom
You misspelt 'Quan Chi' as 'Quan Shi' and 'Shang Tsung' as 'Chang Tsung'.
can make the mortal kombat deadly alliance deception armageddon 9 and x those for gmod
Also Ragdoll Fight Armacepance
I remember a 3D Era Graveyard transition, can someone help me with is? Hidden stage? Not graveyard?
I think the graveyard wasn´t in the 3d era my friend, are you talking about goro´s lair transition when you hit your opponent to the upper floor?
You Forget Kratos' Stage The Chamber of The Flame in Mortal Kombat (2011)
The deadpool
Goros lair, the dead pool, and the living forest always gave me an Erie feeling as a kid I always thought of them as places that have no end, no entrance no exit n that made my anxiety go fucking crazy
Mk 2 The tower and The evil tower only made 2 appearances. Weird
The Palace Gates...
The only arena from Mortal Kombat 1 never ever seen again in any future installments.
Not even Mortal Kombat Trilogy or Mortal Kombat (2011).
Arenas I like best in every game...
-Mortal Kombat 1: The Pit
-Mortal Kombat II: either The Tower or The Pit II
-Mortal Kombat 3: either The Subway or The Rooftop
-Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3: The Waterfront/River Kombat
-Mortal Kombat Trilogy: It's really a tough call since all the ones I've listed so far appear in this 1, but I suppose I could say The Pit or Star Bridge (both from the Nintendo 64 version) if I have to pick any.
-Mortal Kombat 4: The Prison
-Mortal Kombat Gold: I don't know (only game I've never owned, let alone played).
-Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance: either The Nethership or Shang Tsung's Palace
-Mortal Kombat Deception: either The Chamber of Artifacts or Yin-Yang Island
-Mortal Kombat Armageddon: The Outworld Spire
-Mortal Kombat (2011): Again, it's a really tough call, but probably The Pit (day or night, it matters little)
-Mortal Kombat X: either Destroyed City (past or present) or The Kove
Even though this game wasn't out yet when this video was made...
-Mortal Kombat 11: probably Black Dragon Fight Club
-Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath: Retrocade
Is it just me or the details and graphics go down in quality in MK 4/gold?
Mortal Kombat 4 is my favorite !!!! 8:13
MK4 Has the best soundtrack
At mk 3 at 02:12 you can see the bench at the poster saying Boon/Tobias but in mk 2011 sub-zero says the same thing when he trows the ice ball saying tobias. Easter Egg confirmed?
Noon Tobias is noon saibot backwards.
+Courtney Lunsford Boon"
+Courtney Lunsford Fuck!!!. I meant Boon Tobias.
mk da had some great levels
who saw jade bey0hind a tree
me,lol
Great Job m8
I am making those in super smash brothers ultimate
I noticed in mkx they just rehashed 5 or 6 stages calling them infected that's a cheap way of not creating more awesome stages like the Cover, the Pit Bottom and Acid pool.. Hope theybdont do this mistake in MK11
Bruh plenty of games in the seris has rehash levels not just MKX
jahain Inagaki not MK9. Even the day/night stages had differing tones to them. MKX just colored a couple blue stages red and called it a day smh
Не сделали, но классических арен мало - Внутренний двор, Логово Горо, Ядовитый бассейн и Хранилище душ
Mk deception had to much indoor stages
Wasteland Mk2 x Wasteland Mk9. Which Wins???
Mk9
i like mk armageddons wastelands
Mk2 I love the dragon statue and music
i want to all the 3d mortal kombat gmod maps no the mk9 & 10 (x)
i dont get the logic why they put Liu Kang and the Earthrealmers statue at the Warrior Shrine if Shang Tsung is just gonna try and conquer their realm
Why is there a bank.in the mortal kombat tournament?
For mortal loans
@@Karifi 🤣
@@Karifi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mortal Kombat I ambient is Shang Tsung Island that’s why all the stages are places exclusively located on the island, MKII ambient is Outworld; Mortal Kombat 3/Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ambient is Earthrealm during Shao Kahn's invasion hence most of the stages are every day places like banks, streets, waterfronts, skyscrapers roofs, etc
forgot mkgold ladder secret arena
It's spelt Shang Tsung, not Chang Tsung.
Mk9 the best mk game and mk 2 obviously
I totally agree. MK 2 was what got me into the series and is still my favorite of the classic (sorry, KLASSIC) era haha. And I love how MK 9 was able to bring the nostalgia we have for the old games into the current gen.
Jade desert
1:32 Was that Jade!?
Yes, in MK2 she appears in Living Forest; also Smoke does it
peekaboo xD
xD
mortal kombat trilogy stars bridge?
Vge is a legend
In Mortal Kombat X, in Quan Chi's fortress, who else noticed Shao Kahn's hammer on display on the right?
everyone.
You can even use it
Literally EVERYONE saw the wrath hammer
what a dumb comment. Everyone who play know that
Best video!
in the dead wood in mortal kombat x it sub zero dead body from the trailer
The Subway
that illuminati pyramid in the middle of New york tho....
How hard was it to just throw a 9 on the game Mortal Kombat 9??? Dammit Ed boon!
The title of that game is the only fail out of everything!! It always reminds me of the old first Mortal Kombat!
well, mortal kombat 8 was mortal kombat vs dc universe
Becuase MK9 is a reboot of MK1 up to Armaggedon. (Did I spell that right?)
i want mortal kombat 4 maps in gmod
those are the creepiest maps
@@force4973 map for living forest is gm_livingforestmk4
@@force4973 goros lair is gm_goroslairmk4 without onis with the 1997 mk4
@@force4973 i want mk vs dc universe maps for gmod in island is mkvsdc island is called gm_mkvsdcisland
Force well im gonna play it with ragdoll fight
Update with mk
11
Where MK: Tournament edition on GBA? MK vs DC?
Can someone tell me what is Scilla busorez?
Classic sub zero
Te falto el del foso en mkx
where is mortal kombat shaolin monks