The MK Meta - Episode 3: Mortal Kombat Armageddon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- It is the end of all things. Mortal Kombat Armageddon is the final game in the old timeline for MK, and holds nothing back in terms of crazy gameplay.
Find out how the game worked competitively in out latest instalment of the MK Meta!
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Fun fact, I was the one that discovered the style change glitch that allowed for infinite combos. And there's proof of it on the mkonline forums (I was known as scorpio back in those days)
While I love check and we were good friends, he often gets a lot of credit for doing things he didn't necessarily come up with due to the fact he was the only one who was able to capture hq video back then lol.
You guys should put up a poll for which game the next MK meta should be centered on
Wys Ketchup? Good vid bro! :)
Good video.
I would like NRS release Deception (my favorite) and Armageddon for modern consoles.
Most of today's MK fans look 3D era with bad eyes but those games were also fun to play.
Anyway,
Thanks for your review and
Have a nice Day!
25:20 This comment aged like milk...
Especially after seeing your video talking about Cyrax in Deadly Alliance.
Combos in Armageddon be like:
You can do 120% Combo, but you need to be player 2 on the Subway stage playing on a windows monitor and it has to be a Thursday and you can only use Mokap and the sun has to be shining and you must've previously performed a blood sacrifice to the elder gods and then you have to use your controller upside down
And it only works on Shang Tsung after he performs a grab and misses, and he has to be exactly at 0.89 meters from your character
Easy
😄😁😆😅🤣
I mean, if you're trying to replicate a Check4900 combo, then pretty much
@@Guillermon9 sounds like post armageddon lore
You have to agree Armageddon has the best intro of all MKs
Definitely
Me personally do prefer more dramatic intro of MK Deception...
📠
Deception and shaolin monks are close but I agree
I agree.
I would love NRS release the 3D MK games for modern consoles
Funcking Scorpion having everything since 2006.
fat mood
Lui Vela Good.
06 or 94?
Correction: Since 2002.
He was godlike since Deadly Alliance.
@@daddysaso yeah he was so good
The best in DA
Good in Deception and this.
I really adore MK Armageddon - amazing arenas and soundtracks, costumes, air combos, konquet mode, motor kombats, Kreate-A-Fighter mode, intro, huge amount of characters
It was the greatest
Majority of the costumes are recycled
The huge roster meant a neutered move list
Yep I remember being the greatest mk game ever for me when I was a kid.
I loved it. Mastered all the characters and was playing on the highest difficulty back in the day. Underrated 3d fighter imo
It's fascinating to see how the ps2 era of MK was played in a competitive setting. Nice to see these vids again.
Hugo respect
That head that Erron throws is hsu hao. I knew that head looked real f**king familiar
I like to think its bison instead
@Security Unknown he did. It's just there for shock lol
@@dragonkamran plot holes how?
@Security Unknown timelines maybe?
DragonKamran24 actually the timeline kronika caused so basically they both killed him. Poor Hsu Hoa
When the video got to "The Weird Stuff", I was expecting you to talk about how Motaro got his legs amputated to make him more like Minotaur and not Motaro
It was due to animation issues
@@laurentiusmcmxcv yeah I was just trying to make a joke, is all. D:
@@BigSqueaker I kinda liked minotaur Motaro, still a beast of a character
Me too!!
Like how they rewrote the lore because of hardware limitations.
Happy to see this series is still around
When I have the days spare, always rest assured I'm cooking up something.
@@PNDKM And the work is always appreciated.
At this point i'm practically wondering if changing the quality in the youtube player will change whether a kombo works retroactively.
Who else would like some Armageddon skins made into mk11? Watching this vid made me realize how much I loved these designs
too late mk is already woked.
Interesting. I have the exact opposite opinion. I hated all the designs from that era, especially Cage. Yuck.
@@DiamondDust132 Johnny's design is so much better in the NRS era
@@LeXo1993R are you seriously calling a game based on nothing but murder, violence and shock value woke?
What does that word even mean to you people
@@just_buka XD
The meta series is the absolute best thing this channel offers. Hats off, amazing stuff. Deserves more views.
Great video as always! Parry canceling had me thinking "Damn, they really got Wavedashing in a MK game huh"
This game may have been a broken mess of a fighting game but it was fuuuuun
This Meta series has been amazing so far, and this might have been my favorite entry just because i knew so little about the mechanics of MK:A. I never took the 3d games too seriously when i was younger, and the universal fatalities alone made it feel more forgettable. Seeing this vid has given me a better appreciation for the unique and broken game that it is, lol.
I love Armageddon. I still play it all the time on my Wii U
Man, miss the good ol' days of just browsing MK content online as a kid. Finding MKSecrets was a mind-blower
Armageddon will forever be the best game
The nostalgia
@@waterproof4403 I'll probably always stick the arcade titles, but I respect that brother ✌
@@tthheettrraasshhppiitt I feel you ✌🤘
I remember that Pakistan had a huge tournament for this game years ago which had the biggest turnout for a competitive fighter at the time. Always thought that was neat.
Sareena being top 3 is all I needed to hear.
love the character and am glad she was good in one of her only playable appearances.
Might play this game later just to reminisce.
Sareena was straight busted, it's actually kind of impressive how broken she was
I'm 28 mins into the video, and all I've gotten from it so far is that they did a terrible job balancing their game lol
It certainly was a very different time
It was an extremely casual game
Despite that, the game seems so in depth. It reminds me of Guilty Gear titles
@@huleyn135 broken competitively
the costumes changed the hitbox... bruh..
Honestly it’d be real cool to see Taven/Daegon in MK11 as DLC I’m sure Liu and Taven would have some interesting intros
It's kinda sad that this didn't happened. As bland as Taven and Daegon were (design-wise), they still have potential and I hope they will get some sort of revisit down the line.
Good memories playing Armageddon online on PS2. I mained Kano.
Love me some old school vids like these
Yeah remember seeing that promo poster at a gamestop as a kid, it was like a dream of mine coming true.
Scorpion, Best Character in the game because he had everything
2019: Yup, business as usual
seriously one of the best MK videos i’ve watched
The exact same feeling in my. Blood.. I was actually heading to game crazy for a random visit and I saw that poster and it was the most surreal sight in my little kid life… I talked my dad to getting it since he was a huge mk2 fan and when he saw reptile on the poster he we went back and pre ordered it
I LOVE THIS SERIES.... Thank U so much for releasing this episode, I've anticipate it the most since I know NOTHING about kompetitive 3d MK ERA
mk armageddon is so wild that the video had a completely different combo showcase when i watched on 144p
This was a great video. It's good to see the 3D era get some love and I learned a lot of new things. Things like the Sub Zero impale, the Player 2 advantage and the resolution differences were very fascinating. I want to play Armageddon and test it all now.
Thank you so much for this. I never would have predicted that an MK Meta vid on Armageddon would happen. Hoping for MKDA and MKD next!
Love how much Jarek is in the footage, good memes
really great video breaking down MKA, I was really blown away by the roster size in this game as a kid. crazy to think that I barely used any of these mechanics while playing this game back then lol. my favorite 3D MK game is MK Deception, I really enjoyed playing through the Konquest mode in that game multiple times.
26:18 This is too much man 😂😂😂 we need this mofo as a playable character in MK11. His old taunt needs to be his intro, victory pose, an ingame taunt, a fatality, a brutality and some kind of parry special move. It’s way too fucking good 🤣👌🔥
Great video as always 👍
My boy Smoke was a dedicated grappler in Armageddon? That’s awesome
He was definitely a grappler bu he still had fun Combos and stuff. I love playing him in mka
Yeah Smoke fits my favorite style.
Man this video brought me back. It made me want to plug my PS2 back in and play this game. Good work as always.
Thank you for all your hard work in making this video. I was able to understand what mka had to offer because of this video. Keep making great stuff
as much as it is usually annoying, i think falling cliffs is iconic at this point. i will never forget some of my frustrations in that arena.
Armageddon was the smash brawl of MK: wacky and not competitive friendly, but man is it hella fun.
So much effort goes into making these videos and for this I want to say thank you.
Had so much fun playing this, Deadly Alliance and Deception back in the day
Couldn't see an MK2 Meta in your video list. Is there one coming? The MK1 video blew my mind as I consider myself a veteran of the franchise having started on MK1 arcade uprights but there was loads of mechanics I had simply had no idea of in that video that really made me want to revisit that game. Had some idea of the MK3 stuff but never was at a "pro" level on that and haven't been able to to invest that sort of time into fighters since. But MK1 and 2 took up a lot of my childhood. I was a top 10 player in my local arcade group.. But looking at your MK1 meta video I'd have to say our group of players must not have been on par with other groups as I'd never seen most of those extended juggles. Presumably we also only had the 3rd revision as we had access to reptile but no prompts. Thoroughly enjoying this video series !
Such an amazing nostalgia trip!!! Thanks for the video it was incredible to watch!
The air combo reminds me of X Men: Next Dimension. Gosh, I love that game. Such a cool concept. It's a bit of a primitive version of Tekken and Mortal Kombat combined.
Armageddon has a lot of good stuff in it. Kreate-a-Kombatant needs to return.
Damn the 3D era was really broken asf
Ah yes. The era before balance patches.
@3Odat's Lair unblockable grabs, unblockable combos, infinite combos, instant kills, extremely easily unblockable juggling combos, etc. This game is awesome. It's also very broken
Keith Williams2 in my opinion it’s alright but it’s not amazing could have been better if midway gave the mk team more time
MKDA is arguably more balanced.
It was broken sometimes but for the most part the brokenness balanced itself out sometimes
Thanks for the Smoke gameplay. This was my favorite design for him and now I can actually play him well
That opening cutscene is super nostalgic for me lol, I remember I got this game at the peak of my MK fanboyism
Not enough analysis about Motor Kombat. 0/10
Mileena was broken cuz she had boosts on command
End analysis
@@PNDKM lmao fax
Bo Rai Cho slaps on the outworld refinery track. Just puke right after all the boosts, used to make my brother so mad.
I love how we even got a glimpse at the weird stuff, too. That resolution thing is wild.
Biggest thing that blew my mind when I found out. When I realised playing 4:3 felt so much better too. Old games have the weirdest rules.
Still waiting for the Deception video half a decade later lolololo
This guy brings me so much nostalgia
16:46 I knew you could carry it for that long 😂😭😂
Man I still miss this game very much. So much nostalgia as a kid
22:55 Um, 2-3 for scorpion wasn't safe. The axe kick could be parried during mid combo. There was a ton of combos that could be parried right in the middle of doing them.
23:18 ashrah had the same grab glitch sareena had. Was a bit more difficult to do though
Also, quan chi, who had a special that disabled opponents weapons (similar to his weapon steal from mk4) caused special infinite combos vs him only due to the weapon style missing and it would cause loops
Sorry if the scorpion info was wrong. Went by what I was told on that one.
Cheers for the other tidbits. Had no idea!
I love these videos, thank you so much for the time and effort you take to put in them! I know mortal kombat is your niche, and I hope you get thru all the MK games metas first, but after I’d love to see similar videos to this for other FGC games
Glad you enjoyed it!
Havik could also infinite you after his grab if he proceeded to use a specific kick because his grab would launch you and the kick while you were mid-air after connecting would leave him plus enough to repeat the grab as you were getting up.
These videos are absolutely fascinating! I’m terrible at fighting games but love watching the esports of it and videos like these that give so much insight into the games. Thank you so much for all your hard work!
Wow! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone would do such an in depth video for MK:A. Incredible stuff. Thank you!
Any chance in doing one for Deception? While I did play quite a bit of MK:A on its release, it was Deception that brought me back to the series full force as DA did not grab my attention. Yes, I understood MKD game was broken, as this was discovered quite early in its retail life, but the sheer ambition of the game and the prospect of online play via XBL/Gamespy was hard to ignore back in the day.
My most played MK game. Thousands of hours, and I never found any of the super cheap stuff. That parry cancelling is insane.
Thank you K&M I finally got the answer about how Check was able to do those CRAZY COMBOs these day. I was so annoyed because I couldn't figure out how could he do those infinite combos which seemed completely impossible, I tried to execute them many times but failed. Now I know he had to adjust the resolution, the angle, the player,... etc in order to do those combos. If we play "normally" without adjusting anything those combo cannot be done at all
These days I cn cmrtably execute hlf of checks combos, yea these days
@@pattcarl5949 I can only do some of them, mostly 50% or above but never 100% or 200%
Armageddon was my jam! I bought it on Wii of all things and had a blast. I fell in love with the more competitive 9, and got hooked deep into the fighting game scene with X.
This is super cool! I hope you do more for the older ones
I subscribed just for the MK Meta series. I hope you sonehow expand on those vids and continue the series. Great work, appreciate the effort man.
Godlike kontent as always. It's really cool to know how prominent an online scene for it was, that's some hard work back in the day for sure!
Bro, I'd love to see one for Deception or Deadly Alliance. I know so little about the meta for them except for Dairou being really really good in Deception. Those games were my childhood
Exactly. Dairou is one of my favorite 3D era characters because I always love his special moves, fatalities, Hara Kiri and Kung Fu poses. The Tombstone Drop is amazing and crazy. He's OP in Deception and he was nerfed in Armageddon.
Dairou is pretty good because of side step cancel.
Great job Ryan, Surely this is one of the Best videos about MK in general. bring back a lot of memories for me at least. wish you and Jake best of luck.
1 of the best intros ever to a video game i bought the collectors edition 2 days earlier at gamestop
Mortal Kombat Trilogy is still the absolute greatest MK ever made.
Yes.
What an amazing video. Well done!
Im happy to say that this was my first MK game that I played. I went back to play the others but this one was my first and my favorite.
Man i really miss the wildness and fun of the 3D era. Now everything is tailored to balance.
Armageddon was great casually
And still is
These are great! Looking forward to the eventual MK2 vid.
I can't help but imagine so many of these characters with the modern polish, especially Khameleon
Amazing video
Love to see a Deception video
Aside from Falling Cliffs, I don't understand how Death Traps aren't good in competitive play. They seem like MK's equivalent to Ring Outs in other games
No Items
Fox Only
Final Destination
Because it's too easy to knock someone into a death trap compared to ring outs in other 3D fighters. Some stages like the cliff stage as the stage collapsing behind them so even a scrub could beat a pro player on those stages.
Awesome videos guys, I love this series! I loved Deception for the konquest mode alone.
Best game ever ❤
And cyrax was real good by the way. All you had to do was pull out the pulse blade and spam Circle button 😂
Just discovered your channel. Never thought that was even possible to do such a exhausting gameplay analisis of the classics games. For me before MK 2011, MK were only dumb-button-mashing fun. Can't wait your meta of: MK2, MKD, MKvDC, MK2011, MKX and MK11.
Dont let TH-cam stop you from making quality kontent like these. Something will kick into gear (hopefully soon) and YT will realize they messed up, badly.
I'm sure you have your hands full with MK1 but I would 100% watch a series where you go through each character worth going through in this game. Could probably go through in chunks like 3 to 5 at a time
You are one of my favorite channels on TH-cam
Didn't even knew there was a competitive scene of MKA back then.
I love these MK meta videos , really sick
Love the meta series!
Best series on TH-cam. Waiting for more!!!
That KAF BM is just reminding me of Dan's signature move back in the VGCW.
6:41 Oh yeah. Same here. That's how I found tabmok99's kombat pavilion page! Good times!
Ketchup: "If you notice I'm playing Sektor, that's because of some other reason than me being Ketchup." Riiight.
Great video man. I love these videos on the old games.
This game was so fun & the footsies in this game were top notch.
The memories ❤
This was probably the game I was ever best at. I used to play online on Ps2 all the time, I had 3 accounts in the top 20 rankings lol, I was even cocky enough to make an account named "First", I tried to get 1st, but I only ever got to 2nd. My KaK was so broken (as they all were), and I was a god with Shinnok. I miss those days sometimes.
Great game , great video. Good job folks.
Great video and definitely worth the wait! Great job! ♥
I woudnt mind watching you for 3 hours. Awsome video
It is good to see the community still play the 3D games.
Deception is my favorite.
I just hope NRS release the 3D MK games for modern consoles.
I grew up with mortal kombat .
This game has turned killing into an art form.
everytme i see mka i get all happy i love this game SOO MUCH this is my fav game of all time mainly because of nostalgia i wish i had an xbox to play it on
I've been waiting for a new episode! Love this content
Loved this game when i was young. Still do.
just now realizing that the throw jax had in this game is the one scorpion had in deadly alliance