Something clever I'd like to see years from now is this new era eventually circling all the way back to the original, and somehow permanently ridding us of the Hourglass and other timelines as well. Perhaps picking up from where Armageddon left off and going forward from there. Working in characters from the rebooted eras as it goes forward.
I would love for that to be Raiden's timeline. Where he takes it back to Armageddon but also has the NRS Kharacters involved in the aftermath. With Taven as the new guardian of Edenia and the old villains either dead, in hiding or sealed away.
I still can't accept the changes to Scorpion & Sub-Zero. I was very happy with Bi-Han & Kuai Liang being descended from Cryomancers. Them being brothers with completely opposite powers in the new era, just doesn't sit well with me.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq mk1 has issues but I do like the game and the story overall except the ending chapters. The changes were cool and can help tell different stories gotta give it time before writing it off completely.
They’ve made us fall in love with the storyline and characters just to ruin them and this is coming from someone who’s first video game was the very first mortal kombat and it was a bday gift back in 92
Not to defend out of personal taste, but that setting is getting a bit worn out, so it does explain why they would go that far. Still, don't assume that's a ringing endorsement for the multiverse style for me.
@@Moonlight88-x How? When it was revealed by raiden himself that Kronika was behind everything including Liu kangs constant death, Raiden constant corruption & questionable decisions and also the “He must win” phrase as well??
Bingo. I don’t know what the hell they were thinking with that climax. Like bruh. They’re just setting themselves up to be in a doom loop of multi-versal threats/timeline BS. They should have taken a grounded approach like the original MK1 from 1992 and world build from scratch instead of the garbage we got.
The only way i would ever forgive NRS at this point is if they did the whole DC multiverse thing where the company listened to the fans and bring back the old continuity or at least the characters. Yes I did hate how much they 💩 on the legacy characters in MKX but i would much rather see how that story plays out. MK11 just said “hey let’s not tell an original story but rather a marvel equivalent version of Mortal Kombat” Kitana and Liu Kang as emperors of nether realm would be so much fun to see invading earth. All the disdain and grudge would be so cool to see. How did Mileena end up in the netherealm hierarchy? Servant to her sister or faithful companion. At that point Mortal Kombat had one timeline and one universe so all of this stuff actually mattered. Nowadays any plot lines could be easily erased by the “oh crap reset timeline cuz you know multiverses are cool now” excuse. They really need to stop with MK1. I just now they’re also going to make story mode DLC which would be another equivalent to the aftermath DLC where some storyline plays out before getting erased again to “setup” the next game. Here’s hoping Injustice doesn’t suffer the same multiverse erasing treatment. Its controversial but at least the story actually matters since it won’t get erased
The whole scorpion thing alone is so bad on so many levels and it’s great disservice to both Hanzo Hasashi and Kuai Liang. And it also makes ZERO SENSE if you think even just a little bit about it.
In the past 2 MK timelines, there was a build in tension and stakes. 1st timeline went from Shang to Shao to Shao + Sindel to Shinnok to Onaga to literal Armageddon. 2nd timeline went the same except almost all the heroes died and became evil zombies, which makes the threat of Shinnok much higher because there are less heroes overall, and then leading to the time-manipulating Kronika as the biggest challenge (even though the story was done poorly). MK1 feels like you’re watching season 1, but then it skipped to the season 3 finale in the last chapter. It’s kinda similar to the Battle Of The Realms movie where it went from the tournament with Shao and then immediately going into the ONE BEING a.k.a the strongest thing in MK.
It’s because NRS writers are trash. They’re lazy and one dimensional. MK1’s story was sooooo bland and then jt went to totalshit when 1000x different variants from different timelines all gathered to fight to the death without a build up. Liu Kang and Shang somehow just managed to convince a bunch of other Titans to come fight in a royal rumble at the pyramid. Such garbage writing.
@@TurboFriezaill admit it was fun watching characters and new locations but its literally nothing. LITERALLY NOTHING if they get swept away again by another reset / timeline. MKX was a controversial story but at least it was a self contained story. It feels like ever since MKX NRS has been too scared to tell a story because they are scared of pissing off the fans. Like MK11 Kitana is Khan and Mileena is no where. They get scared of the Mileena fans so after the timeline reset they make her Khan and Kitana nothing. After the timeline reset in MK1 who knows what’ll happen but honestly who cares since none of those moments even mattered. Everything was reset again…
@@TurboFrieza psst its the marvel influence but you know people kinda get butt hurt when you speak badly about marvel. Even the jokes have turned into Disney marvel territory. The story line as well. They need to go back the vibes of MK9 or MKX.
@@simosan22thats not the problem. DC has a multiverse and they’ve shown death still holds value. What NRS needs is to stop holding these damn multiverse storylines. They need to move on and create a fleshed out world. Once they have a set continuity then people will get attached to characters hope they don’t die. I mean DC has been the one with whole multiverse for the longest and they’ve created different worlds with beloved version of characters but it takes time. I do think MK1 would be good if they had just set the game in the same way MK9 did. Just retell the first or so Klassic games with different characters and motives. Once they started mentioned multiverses I knew the story was not worth paying attention to. They ended up erasing everything like I thought
Granted, the whole thing of time travel in Mortal Kombat is and has just been done to death, just let that die, but I did actually like the whole different universes thing that "COULD'VE" been a good replacement and actually have been a decent storyline, but it's like they just said "Fuck it, we're just gonna clean up all and everything or rather take all the multiversal MK stuff and cram it all into a too loud, too long battle royal up a pyramid to stop the big bad(s) question mark?". Kinda like how in one series of Gundam, they tried to take all the timelines and universal threads from each separate Gundam universe and franchise in that universe and just squish them into one universal timeline so that everything would be canon that they called the "Correct Century". It.. didn't work out.
Ed Boon: Lets reboot and take the most Character Developed Character and make them Scorpion. Script Writer: Ok. What about everyone else? Ed Boon: i dont care
13:52 I agree. I didn’t think I’d witness two reboots within 10+ yrs. I think they need to ditch the “heros always win” storytelling and let us play us villains in story mode to help flesh out the story and characters. The “jobbers” wouldn’t be jobbers anymore because we’ll actually get to play out their missions and storylines
I mean look at Mileena and Kitana. They’ve essentially switched roles. Mileena is now the front and center character while Kitana is the jobber for Mileena. Like… NRS cant really balance out characters and they just killed the continuity at the end of the game so we’ll once again be introduced to Kitana and Mileena again like we dont know who they are. Bottom line there will always be jobbers in a NRS story
I really don't like the Chapter system they insist on going with. The story mode could be so much better if the story came first, instead of forcing a quota of fights per character-who will be a good guy 95% of the time.
I genuinely wish that some of the Outworld characters would win. Like Ashra or Li Mei, or Reptile - Make one of Them the main character, bring a different perspective on things, rather than always "earth's defenders".
The only things that really made the new era happen were the ceiling you spoke of and and the 25 year timeskip before MKX. There aren't many directions you can go after putting every character into their 50's. Besides that, Kuai Liang and Harumi ending up together is a problem that comes from the writing losing all of its subtlety. Of course, they had to take that her from a vague backstory character to put her in front of our faces. Exactly like Jerrod being inside Ermac, Cris breaking up with Johnny to show us his fall from glory etc.
While I am looking forward to where this new era with Mortal Kombat 1 onwards will go, I also think this Hourglass and alternate timelines stuff needs to go. I enjoyed MK1's story and "most" of the new ideas with the characters, but the series' lore and consistency are all over the dang place. MK1's story goes pretty smoothly but then goes off the rails by the last 3 or so chapters. The aforementioned McGuffins takes away the impact and any uniqueness from Liu Kang's efforts. Like, why make such a big deal about it when there are other realities/timelines with infinite possibilities? They're just not needed and the idea of Realms did that far better. In fact, the Hourglass(es) and timelines nonsense ruins that too. At least one thing I liked that MK1 started is that once a Titan is killed, such as Kronika, it is permanent. As well as if Hourglass Keepers also perish, their entire timeline goes with them. Sounds like good potential in future media to slowly get rid of all said McMuffins and the poorly executed Titans idea. 🙄
Smoke has been my favourite character since mk9 (as you can tell) and I’m somewhat disappointed to see him not really develop as a character in the story, as much as I love his bond with kuai liang I want him to grow as a person, not as a ‘one fight in chapter one-littlest lin kuei’ ninja. This could be said for kitana aswell.
Maybe in the next game Smoke and Kitana will be playable characters in story mode? Many complained about not being able to play as Mileena in story mode and we got that over Kitana being playable again. At least the final chapter allows us to potentionally pick Smoke He's my favourite too(and my main), but considering they gave Syzoth/reptile and Baraka more story involvement, Azrah had character developmemt and Mileena was playable it's not that we have a lack luster story mode
God I want Noob and Kitana to have major roles. I miss how they potentially erased Noob completely. Jade too… not to mention how once again they erased the timeline at the end of MK1 which means who knows what continuity it’ll be. Raiden will be Sindel’s husband. Sonya will be the failed actor and Goro will be the emperor of outworld lmao who knows what they come up with
I like the new era for the most part! I'm not the biggest fan of the lore/design changes to Tanya and Rain, mainly because they've both had more impactful iterations in the past. They are not 100% horrible, but hopefully they have a course-correction like Sindel's. Rain being an apologetic high mage isn't as exciting as being a vengeful elitist half son of Argus, and Tanya didn't need to be Jade with a Twist, even down to the similar weapon.
In new Mortal Kombat timeline one thing to note of Reptile's race, Saurians, their transformation from Lizard to Human seems to resemblance a form of therianthropy(Werebeast transformation) that makes it's quite possible that Saurians are humans with a werelizard affliction.
I think it’s hard because you could go crazy with it but then people might not like it if it was too extreme …..say 1. The Ninja clans make peace so the 3 main ninjas are Frost. Satoshi as the new Scorpion with Smoke being basically what we got 2. Smoke is corrupted by Damashi….she turns him through the death of his parents and telling him about his grim fate in prior timelines 3. The great kung Lao remains undefeated and survives into the modern replacing regular KL 4. Havik and Quan chi are the DA 5. Shang is a brah and arrogant aspiring champion for Earthrealm paired with TGK to humble him
As an elder statesmen of of MK and its lore 😂, I say the change was great! Made me get hyped over characters I didn't love, giving other characters a much needed reboot and the series as a whole now has all in the dark and not walking down the same road again and again, somewhat. There is familiarity but it's a fresh take and leaves me in suspense not knowing where it could lead too. I think it only gets better from here.
I was down for committing to the "New Era" but unfortunately Netherrealm couldn't and muddied up everything by reintroducing the multiple timelines again. Now I feel these characters aren't as important as when I first started the story because there will always be another timeline variant waiting to take ones place. Here's hoping they deal with this multiverse stuff and bring it back to 1 single universe so the stakes can be more dire.
What you said is 100% how I feel too. Nothing matters anymore because POOF! new timeline! I was so hyped to find out what Lui Kang's fate was meant to be at the end of MK11. Only one game later and his power and status was complete relegated to just another thing that every other character has in their own version of their timeline. And for people to say that they did away with jobbers in this game...they must not really follow what was done to Smoke and Shao...
I think they should try some other game formats, maybe like an rpg set in MK universe or something Idk theres so much potential outside of the classic fighting games
@@sleepymoose453 You play as a Khan of Outworld conqueroring every province and region. Making alliances and enemies along the way. Along with a Nemesis who is constantly at odds with you along your journey to become the ruler of all Outworld. Maybe you could even decide if you would want to be a peaceful ruler like Kotal or a tyrant like Shao.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq I can see that from the story but some of his intro dialogues and the supposed story leaks gives me hope.
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This whole multiverse thing just shows a lack of originality and creativity. They just took the most overused resource in the world and just add a lot of crap. Also they ruined a lot of beloved old characters. Kitana, Johnny and Scorpion just to start 😢
@@2bdaqueen268 well johnny now lost all his powers 🙄 and Kitana went from a leading female character to just a secondary character, they did her dirty. Even Ashrah and Li Mei had more relevance in the story and Kitana didnt even had her own chapter. 😒 And also for me Mileena and Tanya were better as villains. Tarkatans were a deadly warrior race and now 🙄 well you get the idea. Just my oppinion though 🤷
@ Johnny not having powers isn’t a first, besides he doesn’t need them to be cool, the characters are still learning their powers anyway, he still has the chance to get it in the future, kitana has been a major character and had her own chapter in MK9, MK11 and MK Onslaught, being a secondary character and giving focus to the other women kombatants for once isn’t going to ruin her.
It's probably not a coincidence that both of WB's biggest AAA releases devolve into multiverse madness. This is business strategy at play more than anything remotely creative. A huge multiverse equates to a ton of dlc and micro-transactions covered in the the current zeitgeist flavor of last month. The game feels like it was conceptualized around the time Dr. Strange 2 and The Flash were out or on the way. Multiverse was the hottest new trope but I don't think in 2023/2024 that it hits the same. Just feels boring now.
So a few things. One, I don't know why they even decided to go in the direction they went in for MK11. MKX was massively popular and well loved and had a cool setup for the Dark Raiden villain and Lui Kang and Kitana. They didn't have to jump the shark by introducing time gods and that level of power into the mix. They didn't have to set up MK11 to lead to a natural reboot. Why reboot a second time in just a few games? I can never really understand that choice. MK11 was polarizing to fans due to gameplay changes and character stuff, but when they developing that game and likely developing Aftermath right after finishing MK11, they had no idea the game would be received how it was, so none of that factored into the creative choice to do another timeline reboot. But anyway, even if it seemed like this was not the best route to take, i have no problems giving another new era it's chance and I was very opened minded to anything they wanted to do. But after playing the game, which I do really enjoy playing, I had mixed feelings on a lot of it. Idk, it felt really rushed. I was hoping this new reboot would allow for a less astronomical, time god level of stakes to focus more on this fighting tournament between realms. But it went from 0 to a billion in no time. And now we are at even larger levels of power than Kronika. Now we are in the multidimensional God King territory, levels so powerful that nothing even matters because it's so beyond the pale. And now we are in the realm where the story sort of leads to another reboot because what are Earthrealm threats when you have whole multiverses colliding now? But then again that was the point, the dlc live service aspects are central to WB Games revenue stream so the story finds a way to justify it. It's the same reason Suicide Squad is structured the way it is, a multiverse being introduced equates to unlimited dlc. As for the characters, idk, it felt like piss or get off the toilet. Why go through the trouble of re-imagining the whole universe and all the characters if they just end up being the same? Johnny Cage is still the same Johnny Cage, Kenshi is a blind swordsman with magical powers. I was interested in seeing human Raiden, but he has 0 personality. Things are different but still the same in an unsatisfying way. Also the game feels like an apology at times, like Sindel's whole story is basically a plea for forgiveness for changing her so much in MK11. It wants to be everything to all fans while also being a vehicle for dlc but it does not have that much bandwidth, not sure if that makes any sense. Story wise, I have no idea where they go from here. The game is still a huge financial hit and I am sure that it generates lots of money through dlc. Anyone who even catches this video in their TH-cam algorithm, cares far, far more than the vast majority of players. So they will feel justified in any direction they go in. Last thing and this is a super nitpick, but the game has gotten a little fantastical, or bright I should say. MK1 is a gorgeous game, absolutely beautiful, and yeah the series always has fantasy elements in it. But it was darker, more dark martial arts tournament and less beautiful vistas. Again that's really not a major complaint though
Hasn’t that guy been saying that MK is “ruined forever” ever since mk9 came out? He takes MK way more seriously then he should lol, and a pretty dramatic assumption considering it’s survived way worse
I was strongly convinced that NRS was going to give us the MK12 Great Kung Lao saga and delve into an unexplored prequel, but I guess they decided “hey let’s make this MK1 instead and tweak the characters origins” instead. I do like some of the characters new origins, like Mileena being Kitana’s biological sister rather than a construct (so I definitely see where Liu Kang was coming from). Same thing with the Hanzo situation.
Imagine having to follow a different ancestor of kung lao with a new fighting, imagine goro being the final boss just like the goro lives tease 30 years ago. That'd be dope
I feel when it comes to Mortal Kombat 1 the story i find it enjoyable in most parts. And others not so much. I really like that Ashrah, Mileena, Baraka, Reptile and Li Mei are getting some shine which is good. Even tho i wasn't the biggest fan of Raiden. I find human Raiden interesting. I like to see where they go with his story. I like that we got to see Kenshi before he losses his eyes. The Tarkat disease is story i like to see further explain in the story. Seeing Sindel back on the good side is good as well. The issue i have with this timeline is that it needs to switch things up instead of story majority good guy chapters.. Beside Sub-Zero and Shang Tsung. Other characters, especially villains like General Shao, Reiko, Havik, Rain, Nitara, and Quan Chi, need a chapter because if they don't get one, what's the point of having these characters. I also felt Smoke should've gotten a chapter since the last time he had one was in Mortal Kombat 2011. I don't mind changes like if you're going to have Kuai Liang be Scorpion, that's fine. If you're going to give him a love interest, that's fine as well. Just don't give him another man wife. How about creating a new female character. So, this version of Scorpion can be different than the original and give them a story. I understand Hanzo has been through much. I would rather his character died peaceful with his wife Harumi as the two created the Shirai Ryu and the two played a role in helping the Great Kung Lao and many other characters like Fujin, Nightwolf, Sub-Zero (Bi Han and Kuai Liang great grandfather) maintain peace in Earthrealm in this timeline during the past. Or I would accept Hanzo as an Elder God in this timeline if they still exist. The problem with Mortal Kombat is the muti verse stuff. It was fine in Mortal Kombat 11. But it should've gone back to it, roots defending realms, etc.
I just wish they kept going with the 2nd timeline after mkx. Making 11 a grounded story of the revenants and Outworld fighting earthrealm. That could’ve been the next deadly alliance 🤔
I am so Glad For the new era to watch a different Take of some Characters Like baraka , Reptile and ashrah , and finally WE got to See subzero AS bihan 🥶
My big problem with MK1 is that they didn't give the new timeline an opportunity to stand out on its own. Halfway through the game it just fell back into the same timeline shenanigans MK11 was focused on and made the new timeline feel insignificant. Not fond of Good Mileena either but that's a subjective deal.
Can we please focus on how much efforts were put into the story building during MKX days...I don't hate mkx story at all. Even the comic gave us more depth to many characters. The whole issue is that NSR can't stick to one plot line. Unlike other MK fans....I play MK for Lore...for story....for character story and development. And NRS is just shitting on it. Right now....I would love to keep watching the 20 minutes of mk onslaught cut scenes over and over than to play mk1. MK onslaught got a far better storyline and plot twists than mk1....the recent Shinnok chapter is one great example.
I know it's at the fault of the character chapter system, but the storymode and flaws in characterizations for me started to crack way before the multiverse plot came in full effect. As much as they did improve on many underutilized characters. I still feel that characters like Reptile, Baraka, Ashrah, Ermac, and more are severely underdeveloped. In those 3 chapters, they're given cheap sympathy background stories and a dreadfully long exposition dump by each character. If it's not rushed through, it's a long drawn out cutscene or people standing around talking. It's so bad. It's weird how, in 3 chapters dedicated to other characters, Johnny and Kenshi are given more development and care towards. Dont even get me started on how the rushed plot humiliates Sub Zero, butchers a nonexisting Havok, waste Rain, Conned the Kahn, and so much more. All because they wanted to rush into the moronic multiverse plot to push for a reason to make costumes for microtransactions. It was going so fucking well too. The first few chapters were genuinely amazing storytelling.
I'm telling you NRS fucked up when they went away from MK X and they should have built up characters like Kotal Kahn. They also should have kept the focus on Cassie Cage, Tekkeda, Jackie Briggs and Kung Jin. There was way more stories that could've been told. What they did to Kotal Kahn was unforgivable. It would've been great if he had a longer run as the emperor of Outworld. And I say Lou Kane is a great villain. I could've seen Tekkeda step into the role as the primary hero.
Facts!!!!!!! Bro I been saying this 💩 for years we should have got mkx2.0 they just should off added on mkx mk11 was 🗑️ mk1 isn’t even a mk game it’s a cheap party game and cameo’s made the game cheap last mk game or any NR game I’ll spend money on can’t support games made by a group of mentally ill that can’t take criticism because they wanna implicate their ideologies and a video game and cheapens it they deserve all the negative feedback
I think NRS jumped the shark with MKX. MKX, the time jump what, 20+ years into the future I mean, should have been MK11. And MKX should have been, story telling wise, the 3D era. It was a very simple formula really. MKX would have been an updated MK4 through MK6, introducing the Kombat Kids as young characters, maybe 6-12(ish). Then MK11 could have had that time jump of the Kombat kids being the focus of the story leading to Armageddon…. Then, if you’re adamant about the reboot, keeping it all in one continuity introduce Kronica….. Then the MK1 soft reboot could be what was the MK11 Kronica story….. Ot was simple formula that they botched…..
Preach!!!! Should have gave up mkx2.0 just add to it more everything the problem is this era they cry say combos to hard but don’t practice at all 🤦♂️ mkx was the last Real mk game they need to stop changing the game and keep it legacy
Definitely an identity crisis. They have no idea what to do with the characters. They just want to tell a story but not commit cuz they’re scared to piss off the fans. NRS is also piggy backing off the Marvel trend of multiverses
I thought they should’ve just stopped at MK 11 as far as the Multiverse thing goes. They did a good job with the story and the gameplay. I felt like Mortal Kombat one was a huge step down and almost every way. Character design. Stages. The overall story. Etc..
in my opinion this game is pretty good but the last two chapters were weak.. liu kang had to have a greater chapter and the last one is not necessary at all 🤷♀️
Watching the situation, I think that the series creator, Ed Boon, have less rights to the franchise every new game. MK is now a product of WB, not Ed Boon’s. They use Ed as scapegoat, like “yes, all this crap was approved by HIM” The first reboot was a revival of the franchise, because everyone knew MK because of first three games. Yeah, MK didn’t die thanks to Deadly Alliance success, but the games after first trilogy are less known. Yeah, MK 2011 was like MK 3 we played when we were kids. MKX continued the story set in MK 2011, and all this story was different from the original one, but had some important details. Actually, MKX finally made Shinnok really cool final boss. What the problem was creating MK 11 with revenants Lui Kang and Kitana as sub bosses and Raiden as final boss? That would be a wonderful idea: main protagonists of the series as MK 11’s main villains! Won’t be that kinda ironic, but also so awesome? And now, I have only one question: is THAT story Ed Boon wanted to tell? Because it’s seems like he’s a mindless puppet of WB; a mascot like Mickey Mouse from Disney. That’s no Ed Boon in Mortal Kombat series anymore.
I love the new timeline, I hope they drop the whole time travel thing after this game tho. Any case, I’ll only be okay with Kuai being Scorpion for now on, if Hanzo actually becomes Noob Saibot. I think it’ll be interesting
What I fear for Hanzo hasashi's character that he might end up like a frost like character and I really hope that they're not going to that direction for him.
Honestly, the biggest issue for identity with the series is constant referrals to different timelines. TLDR: The real identity crisis is that it now feels like no plot points or character identities will ever stick for more than one or two games and the story will not consistently move forward. MK9 was done amazing in my opinion with a perfect balance of nostalgia and novelty, especially considering Armageddon and changes and company. New timeline done for the first time made sense and done perfectly well. MK11 referencing other timelines and bringing for ourselves was a mixed bag just do it a plot holes and using that at the expense of more plot points from MKX. So kind of annoying but not terrible solely due to timeline references. MK 1 *exasperated sigh* had every single thing possible pointing to setting up to a new error, which was perfectly fine when we were looking at going back in time and looking at a completely different time. A little annoying again to reset the timeline for a 2nd time again, but seem like it would have a big payoff. Then they took the payoff from us by showing us the modern day characters, and then did a captain falcon punch to the gut by unnecessarily referencing the multiple timelines YET AGAIN. The series identity is now focused on memories from the past or memories from alternate timelines, which I feel doesn’t work because that was not what the first nine entries in the series were about, it forces retcon, which is always a risky thing to begin with, but now we are doubling down on it, and on top of that, it prevents the story from going forward. Across all nine entries, the story was always moving forward instead of sidestepping or backtracking. Even in the first three original games where it was essentially the same villain or organization, the story and plot still moved forward.: The real identity crisis is that it now feels like no plot points or character identities will ever stick for more than one or two games and the story will not consistently move forward, which is a damn shame given how much they have to work with even 30 years into the series.
I am like 75% with it, 25% could have not been changed, or like 25% of 4 people could have been better improving themselves (Havik, Nitara, adding Sareena 😅)
A new game most likely is coming out soon, we will see them soon(in Azrah's ending she confirms she freed Sareena from Quang Chi, so maybe she will become playable and fight Bi-Han? As for Nitara and Havik, these two will most likely stay as antagonists since Havik is wanted in outworld while Nitara is taking people from outworld and earthrealm to have a breeding ground of humans in Vaternus
I think my biggest issue with MK1story is they decided to go full multiverse. I understand the game was being written when multiverses were all the rage and new, but by the time it came out I was tired of them and didn’t want them in MK. I was fine with just 1 other universe (Shang Tsungs where he defeated Kronika) bc it was built up in 11 and made sense. I didn’t like how there was a universe for every character as a titan. It felt like too much too fast. This should have been a small scale reboot dealing with Outworld politics and Shang manipulating things, and maybe the DLC reveals the other alternate Shang. Oh and Invasions should have been a more open, real time 3D beat-em-up in these maps. They don’t have to be huge maps, and character didn’t even need to be that deep. Just an expanded version of MK11 krypt. Maybe some npcs that give quests like kill a certain enemy or fetch quests. The board game thing sucks. It can still be a stand in for the krypt and a loot grind, just more fun. If it had that stuff plus the new gameplay it’d be one of the better MKs ever.
I think the identity crisis comes down to a lack of commitment to change. Armageddon aborted the progress of the original timeline and seemed to promise a fresh slate for the next game. Instead of proceeding from the aftermath of Armageddon, they rebooted the timeline and promised to take the story we knew and mix things up. MKX kinda did this by following up MK 1-3 with MK4 as expected, but then threw a curveball with the New Generation twist... which would have been fine if they kept up the momentum of the timeline changes and new story direction. Instead, they rebooted _again_ to start with MK1 _again._ At this point it feels like there's no use trying to follow the story because we can't trust them to stick with a storyline longer than one or two games before they wipe out history and start over again. There are no stakes, the characters keep shifting personalities game to game, and it's hard to feel invested. I suspect there must be some ethos within the creative team where there is a strong push to try new things -- which can be healthy -- but the problem is they're looking to completely reinvent the storyline (and the gameplay) at every single installment rather than letting things evolve in surprising directions organically. There is no consistency when every new game generates a completely new vision that disrupts everything that came before.
Mortal Kombat 1 is garbage. I should have known better than to think that NRS could actually reboot MK without bad writing. The whole timeline/time travel/multi-verse is just lazy writing. They should have actually rebooted the series without falling back to the timeline BS.
Fighting games as a genre is competitive by nature. The fundamental flaw of MK as a fighting game is its focus more on story rather than the actual fighting. And the added problem is that, its competitors in the market, like Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear are all dead serious in fine-tuning their game mechanics while MK is busy trying to make a 6 hr story mode. Solution A: Fine tune the combo system, give mechanics more depth, no more guest chars, no more childish shock factor and for the love of God, no more sluggish animations. Solution B: or... Continue your current path but just stop trying to be a fighting game. Heck, for what its worth, MK should rebrand itself as a single player action/adventure game and find more success (thats what it tries to do anyways right?)
I see your point and do agree that improving some gameplay elements is important but I don't think them focusing on story hurts it because that is one of the things that turns casuals into fans of the franchise and we have other examples of fighting games holding the story in high importance like Guilty Gear, Soul Caliber, King Of Fighters, and Tekken. The competitive aspects of fighting games is important but the story is equally as important because the character designs, abilities, stages, and personalities are tied to the story and dynamics of the characters especially with additional elements like intros, outros, and special interactions through modes or gameplay.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq I agree with you on that and I wish that wasn't the case. I just wish that were less guest characters in each kombat pack. like 4 mk characters and 2 guests
I really like your perspective on this and I will say my Empress Sindel has greatly benefited from this new era. Kitana and Tanya have not, however just to name a few. I think they are a little misguided in the sense that they feel they need to outdo the plot of the previous game which is why Titans and the multiverses were introduced. I also feel like it needed to have a slightly more darker/sinister tone. I think Mileena should've come to power differently. We know she is at odds with Outworld's people who feel Kitana should rule. I also think she should've developed a fatherly affection for General Shao inheriting his prejudices of Earthrealmers and he supports her and Tanya also helps her. With her Tarkat affliction (being caused by Shang Tsung in secret) she rallies the Tarkatans to her side who have been mistreated under Sindel and other Outworlders and a civil war ensues breaking Sindel and Kitana's hearts. With Mileena and Shao committing treason Sindel has no choice but to name Kitana heir apparent. Mileena looks into the distance contemplating her choice and we see her despair cutting to a shot of Kitana doing the same, both sisters saddened and reminiscing about their close bond as sisters. But Kitana realizes her duty to Outworld, her empress, and the throne and Mileena realizes that she must reclaim her birthright. But it turns out the plot of pitting the sisters against each other was orchestrated by the Deadly Alliance (Shang in particular) who would use this chaos to weaken Outworld allowing them to finish the opposing sides off and assume control providing them with power and souls. Long story short they are defeated and the story is finished. I would add more details but in essence no timelines, no multiverses, no titans, just an old-fashioned conspiracy and interesting character conflicts and development.
Lui Kang messes with the timeline. Scorpion is now Sub-Zero's Brother. Rain isn't a demi god. Chaos guy is different a rebel. Lui Kang messed with this timeline a bit too much.
Hot take, I kind of wanted them to continue with the Kombat Kids. Could have even done the New Era with them, but changing them up because of everything Liu Kang did.
Fans love to sh!t on MKX but at least it progressed the timeline. I love the new iterations of certain characters such as Kenshi & Cage's relationship, Baraka & Reptile having relevancy to the main plot or Liu Kang & Raiden literally being better versions of themselves😂. But NRS is really dropping the ball with consistency of character arcs due to a lack of trust & nostalgia heavy fandom . Takeda for example is someone I looked at in the same light as a Nightwing, Gohan or a Mile Morales. His story only with his father & Red Dragon (who are equivalent to the court of owls) had potential. I just hope they don't turn him into a time warping superhero because this Multiverse wave has to END.
@@xavierhouston4650 That's probably because a lot of the MKX hate has died down since MK11. It's remembered a bit more fondly nowadays, but when it was the newest one, it was shunned the same way as 11 and 1. Mostly, people hated the Kombat Kids (Cassie beating Shinnok was viewed about as negatively as Kitana beating Shao Kahn in 11 was) and were angry about Mileena (and to a lesser extent, Baraka) being killed off. It was also the point where people really started souring on the Special Forces faction and plotline.
@@xmotionztm7540 honestly, kotal needs to be brought back without the stupid relationship with jade. He was at his prime where he was more focused on his rule as Kahn and his experiences and how he at least had a reputation of becoming the opposite of shao was but still retaining the badassery. We don’t need a relationship with the guy just to make him good. Make him his mkx comic self and he’s solid going forward
I like to think of mk1 as a new way for mortal kombat that we shouldn’t know the history or lore behind it but just learning it as we play it but we obviously know about it so we get upset that things didn’t go as it once was.
Okay so, I'm gonna be 100% real throughout. Change, while not a bad thing, is a very risky move, and MK1 definitely proved it. I still love MK1's story, in fact it's still my favorite story mode after revisiting the previous games. There are great changes in this timeline, characters who were villains (Mileena, Baraka, Reptile etc.) actually be good guys (Btw, while I agree that it came out of nowhere, I still really like the Reptile and Ashrah pairing), being a Tarkatan via a disease, and others changes that I won't say because I don't want to make this comment too long. There are changes that I am okay with, like Raiden pretty much being this timeline's Liu Kang, and Kuai Liang being Scorpion, but I still prefer Liu Kang being Earthrealm's champion and I especially prefer Hanzo as Scorpion (and Kuai Liang as Sub-Zero) as Hanzo Hasashi Scorpion is still my all-time favorite character in gaming. I'm still trying to get used to Kuai Liang being Scorpion and not Hanzo. Don't get me wrong, Kuai Liang Scorpion is pretty cool, but for someone like me, who's favorite character in gaming is Hanzo Scorpion, I still get pretty upset from time to time, even when I equip the Hanzo skin from Invasions season 1, it still doesn't feel the same, especially when intro dialogs still refer to him as Kuai Liang even with that skin on. While I still play MK1, because I still genuinely think it's fun (though that may be because I'm a solo gamer and I don't play online, at least in fighting games), I still go back to previous games, mainly MK 2011 and MK11 just to play as characters I really like more, especially Scorpion in MK 2011.
Was hoping Fire God Lui Kangs' new world would be like Mortal Kombat Conquest, the TV Series, a group of new characters going around and exploring the New World, while having to help Lui face and convert versions of his past fighters. I wouldnt mind the multiverse angle or older versions of characters coming into the new world. It shouldnt of been the focus is the biggest problem
I imagine Titan Onaga will be the ultimate villian next or coming up. Wonder where they’ll go after that. Maybe Liu Kang will die and it’ll reset the timeline again but with all new characters this time
@@Nonlifting_breezy the way I understand is there seems to be two types 1. Strange otherworldly beings 2. Then the ones who took kronikas place This does raise the question did Kronika kill a Titan and take their place that’s why she’s much more normal looking compared to the others
No more timeline resets plz we already got it in mk9, mk11 and mk1. Just keep the current timeline. It’d be pointless to redeem characters like Reptile and baraka if ur gonna reset it again.
Why don’t they stop trying to make this stuff into a movie we should be invested in and go back to the basics: A fighting game about a tournament with fatalities and a dude with a ponytail and four arms. More often than not, simple is good enough. Look at a game like Virtua Fighter: A simple fighting game that focused on mechanics and gameplay rather than storylines and DLC. The same can be said about Dead or Alive. These are simple fighting games that center around the gameplay instead of appeasing casual fans with Warner Brothers DLC characters and cheap combo systems.
I mean they could make Hanzo fall in love with scorpions daughter and he just doesn’t approve of it and they run off together or something and then something happens to them and then he comes back as a specter or something along those lines
It was for something different especially with Bi Han Kuai Liang Hanzo, we seen that story too many times where Bi Han kills Hanzo (Quan Chi magic) Hanzo kills Bi Han, Bi Han turn into Noob the Kuai Liang rebuilds the Lin Kuei, now we have a evil Sub Zero a good Scorpion a young Hanzo who family and clan wasn't murdered plus we got Smoke now Im curious in how Cyrax Sector are handled something different besides the cyber initiative I love that Kitana and Mileena are now real sisters hopefully Jade is done well Reptile is cool again now lets see how they hanlde the love interest
I was expecting the Titan Liu Kang vs Titan Shagn Shung to happen but should have been a slowburn, like a teaser for the next game that involves ONLY these 2. No other timelines in the mix. Liu Kangs world as shown in the story, arcade endings and intro dialogues, has lots of stuff that were teased and mentioned but when you throw multiverse in the mix it's hard to make it grow and develop.
I honestly don't give a rat's ass what Mortal Kombat does anymore! Woker Brothers just literally killed the franchise with MK1, while it was on life support since the reboot! That was the first game that literally had Mortal Kombat lose its identity; MK11was kind of a return to form, Potomac field experiment is what literally broke the camel's back! What's even worse is that the Scillers here are no better! If there's one thing that the DLC plot should do it's to literally destroy everything, restart time like Kronika did! Mortal Kombat is just a literal dead franchise without saving...
Calling this game Mortal Kombat 1 when Sonya and Kano aren't even on the main roster ... That was the indicator that the game was in questionable hands
As a whole, while some changes I do enjoy, I mostly at this point after some time, really hate it. NRS has the same problem as many modern writers, they don't know how to elevate one character without it being at the expense of another. A problem made worse by their rush back to all the multiverse stuff rather than a whole game trying to establish this new timeline.
They continue to play in the faces of there fans. The ending of MK11 has nothing to do with MK1 as we thought MK1 would be about the Great Kung Lao🤦♀️ like why do they keep doing this crap to the fans. Never thought MK1 would be abt the Deadly Alliance which totally threw everyone off, cause we all thought it would be about Onaga’s Return 🤦♀️ but I guest we played ourselves with that story 😂
My biggest problem is I just question if I should get invested in any of these changes. It feels like rather than solve a problem with good writing they are starting to default to a reboot as the solution
the thing is, to Hanzo exists in new time line as Scorpion, Kuai Liang has to die, he cannot became the new Sub-Zero because he has fire powers now, its not just tha mantle, and for Noob Saibot exists we will loose Sub-Zero or the cryomancer of the moment because noob is not a cryomancer, and Hanzo will need a new moveset that will never satisfy the fans because he is not scorpion... and NRS put them in the situation for no reason.... And Rain new design and role is a total piece of shit, MK11 Rain is so much better in any and all aspects possible
I kinda wish they made new concepts/ story kinda like MKX. Cause if mk9 is supposed to be Mk1-3, MKX was a weird mk4. I personally see mk11 somewhat like Armageddon kinda. And the new MK1 feels like a mix between mostly deadly alliance and a smidge of deception and Armageddon ending. Hopefully the next one can be a new story that can focus on one small scale story cause i loved the outworld civil war plot up until the titanic Shang stuff
You know it would be way better if they made the whole roster Playable, so also the Cameo Fighter would be Fully Playable. and then have a Tag Team mechanic in the game. just sayin'.....
Yeah, I thought we was getting the very being of Mortal Kombat. All the first descendants and ancestral characters like Great Kung Lao, The O.G. Grandmaster in his prime. Maybe Raiden before a god, etc. Stuff like that. But naw, NRS and WB had to go and F everything up, trying bleed every dollar out of us, with an uncomplete game, not even half the game MK11 was.
I dont get the whole “ppl are actually warming up to idea of Kuai liang is good as scorpion” cause literally all I’ve heard is constant strong universal Hate. It ruins him and benches hanzo and has no merits in change and is worst part of mk1 otherwise strong narrative.
I agreed mostly with your last video on characters who have gotten a glow up in the new timeline. The problem is that it’s a new timeline. I thought Reptile could have used a face turn for a long while. Unfortunately the Reptile we got in MK1 wasn’t the same as the last timeline, let alone the OG. Therefore his time with the good guys just didn’t hit the same as it would if he were still the original sad, lonely, Shao Kahn obsessed loser we’ve known since 1992.
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I legit think that onaga being the main villain would have worked. This multiverse crap has ruined the game.
Take a shot every time the word timeline is said in Mk1’s story and you’ll probably be passed out before chapter 7 😂 it’s so ass
@@MrRaxicorniopholus i couldn't take it seriously it was wayy too predictvle loz
That ship has sailed. They're more interested in Lord Havik....when he should've been the main villain of MK1 and Onaga the DLC villain
Mk2 sequel will jsut be onaga
I agree. The game needed a super villian. The Tsang / Quan combo was as just not enough.
RIP first timeline of MK. You will be missed.
Midway forever!
Something clever I'd like to see years from now is this new era eventually circling all the way back to the original, and somehow permanently ridding us of the Hourglass and other timelines as well. Perhaps picking up from where Armageddon left off and going forward from there. Working in characters from the rebooted eras as it goes forward.
@@gjtrue This has been my fantasy for years now. Sadly it will never happen.
I would love for that to be Raiden's timeline. Where he takes it back to Armageddon but also has the NRS Kharacters involved in the aftermath. With Taven as the new guardian of Edenia and the old villains either dead, in hiding or sealed away.
@@thunderstudent Man, that'd be awesome!
I still can't accept the changes to Scorpion & Sub-Zero. I was very happy with Bi-Han & Kuai Liang being descended from Cryomancers. Them being brothers with completely opposite powers in the new era, just doesn't sit well with me.
And then our boy Hanzo gets reduced to some child after a hell of an arc in character development.
It's even worse when the game had Kui-Liang marry Hanzo's wife, which was really screwed up.
It doesn't sit well because the Sub Zero you knew has been Sub Zero since Mk2. Like any changes, you'll adjust over time.
Not really we seen they're story too many times with those 3
@@Tribrid-zv3nq mk1 has issues but I do like the game and the story overall except the ending chapters. The changes were cool and can help tell different stories gotta give it time before writing it off completely.
They’ve made us fall in love with the storyline and characters just to ruin them and this is coming from someone who’s first video game was the very first mortal kombat and it was a bday gift back in 92
I just don’t understand how Mortal Kombat went from a tournament to stop Outworld conquering Earthrealm to a game about multiverses
Not to defend out of personal taste, but that setting is getting a bit worn out, so it does explain why they would go that far. Still, don't assume that's a ringing endorsement for the multiverse style for me.
Yeah this franchise fell off horribly
It's all original timeline Raiden's fault
@@Moonlight88-x How? When it was revealed by raiden himself that Kronika was behind everything including Liu kangs constant death, Raiden constant corruption & questionable decisions and also the “He must win” phrase as well??
Starting to hate multiverse shows/ movies
The multiverse crap turned me off for being invested into the storytelling in the new timeline.
Bingo.
I don’t know what the hell they were thinking with that climax. Like bruh. They’re just setting themselves up to be in a doom loop of multi-versal threats/timeline BS.
They should have taken a grounded approach like the original MK1 from 1992 and world build from scratch instead of the garbage we got.
When you are at multiverse timeline god battles, nothing really matters.
The only way i would ever forgive NRS at this point is if they did the whole DC multiverse thing where the company listened to the fans and bring back the old continuity or at least the characters. Yes I did hate how much they 💩 on the legacy characters in MKX but i would much rather see how that story plays out. MK11 just said “hey let’s not tell an original story but rather a marvel equivalent version of Mortal Kombat” Kitana and Liu Kang as emperors of nether realm would be so much fun to see invading earth. All the disdain and grudge would be so cool to see. How did Mileena end up in the netherealm hierarchy? Servant to her sister or faithful companion.
At that point Mortal Kombat had one timeline and one universe so all of this stuff actually mattered. Nowadays any plot lines could be easily erased by the “oh crap reset timeline cuz you know multiverses are cool now” excuse. They really need to stop with MK1. I just now they’re also going to make story mode DLC which would be another equivalent to the aftermath DLC where some storyline plays out before getting erased again to “setup” the next game. Here’s hoping Injustice doesn’t suffer the same multiverse erasing treatment. Its controversial but at least the story actually matters since it won’t get erased
It's turning into dc comics. Where there's so many changes and retcons you can't even tell what story is true anymore.
The whole scorpion thing alone is so bad on so many levels and it’s great disservice to both Hanzo Hasashi and Kuai Liang. And it also makes ZERO SENSE if you think even just a little bit about it.
Imagine a story about Rain, Taven, and Daegon. And one about Order vd Chaos Realm.
In the past 2 MK timelines, there was a build in tension and stakes. 1st timeline went from Shang to Shao to Shao + Sindel to Shinnok to Onaga to literal Armageddon. 2nd timeline went the same except almost all the heroes died and became evil zombies, which makes the threat of Shinnok much higher because there are less heroes overall, and then leading to the time-manipulating Kronika as the biggest challenge (even though the story was done poorly).
MK1 feels like you’re watching season 1, but then it skipped to the season 3 finale in the last chapter. It’s kinda similar to the Battle Of The Realms movie where it went from the tournament with Shao and then immediately going into the ONE BEING a.k.a the strongest thing in MK.
It’s because NRS writers are trash. They’re lazy and one dimensional.
MK1’s story was sooooo bland and then jt went to totalshit when 1000x different variants from different timelines all gathered to fight to the death without a build up. Liu Kang and Shang somehow just managed to convince a bunch of other Titans to come fight in a royal rumble at the pyramid. Such garbage writing.
@@TurboFriezaill admit it was fun watching characters and new locations but its literally nothing. LITERALLY NOTHING if they get swept away again by another reset / timeline. MKX was a controversial story but at least it was a self contained story. It feels like ever since MKX NRS has been too scared to tell a story because they are scared of pissing off the fans. Like MK11 Kitana is Khan and Mileena is no where. They get scared of the Mileena fans so after the timeline reset they make her Khan and Kitana nothing. After the timeline reset in MK1 who knows what’ll happen but honestly who cares since none of those moments even mattered. Everything was reset again…
@@eclipses3131 the new locations were so meh. Not very MK-like. Way too vibrant for MK in my opinion.
@@TurboFrieza psst its the marvel influence but you know people kinda get butt hurt when you speak badly about marvel. Even the jokes have turned into Disney marvel territory. The story line as well. They need to go back the vibes of MK9 or MKX.
@@eclipses3131 they need to go back to MK II when Kahn was an actual menace and outworld was a dark gloomy purple sky type of realm. 😩
The multiverse aspect really made MK1 feel less impactful, and it honestly makes the next game weaker since it raises the stakes so much.
Yeah, when every timeline is possible, the death of a single one holds no value
@@simosan22thats not the problem. DC has a multiverse and they’ve shown death still holds value. What NRS needs is to stop holding these damn multiverse storylines. They need to move on and create a fleshed out world. Once they have a set continuity then people will get attached to characters hope they don’t die. I mean DC has been the one with whole multiverse for the longest and they’ve created different worlds with beloved version of characters but it takes time. I do think MK1 would be good if they had just set the game in the same way MK9 did. Just retell the first or so Klassic games with different characters and motives. Once they started mentioned multiverses I knew the story was not worth paying attention to. They ended up erasing everything like I thought
Granted, the whole thing of time travel in Mortal Kombat is and has just been done to death, just let that die, but I did actually like the whole different universes thing that "COULD'VE" been a good replacement and actually have been a decent storyline, but it's like they just said "Fuck it, we're just gonna clean up all and everything or rather take all the multiversal MK stuff and cram it all into a too loud, too long battle royal up a pyramid to stop the big bad(s) question mark?".
Kinda like how in one series of Gundam, they tried to take all the timelines and universal threads from each separate Gundam universe and franchise in that universe and just squish them into one universal timeline so that everything would be canon that they called the "Correct Century". It.. didn't work out.
Ed Boon: Lets reboot and take the most Character Developed Character and make them Scorpion.
Script Writer: Ok. What about everyone else?
Ed Boon: i dont care
They kinda dropped the ball on too many things.
Never should’ve gone the multiverse route.
Yep
i never liked multiverse plots
I don’t really like the new Scorpion kinda wish he was still hanzo 😐 (Just My opinion)
Yeah they should’ve kept Kuai Liang as Sub Zero or Tundra
13:52 I agree. I didn’t think I’d witness two reboots within 10+ yrs. I think they need to ditch the “heros always win” storytelling and let us play us villains in story mode to help flesh out the story and characters. The “jobbers” wouldn’t be jobbers anymore because we’ll actually get to play out their missions and storylines
Shut up and go play suicide squad
I mean look at Mileena and Kitana. They’ve essentially switched roles. Mileena is now the front and center character while Kitana is the jobber for Mileena. Like… NRS cant really balance out characters and they just killed the continuity at the end of the game so we’ll once again be introduced to Kitana and Mileena again like we dont know who they are. Bottom line there will always be jobbers in a NRS story
I really don't like the Chapter system they insist on going with. The story mode could be so much better if the story came first, instead of forcing a quota of fights per character-who will be a good guy 95% of the time.
I genuinely wish that some of the Outworld characters would win. Like Ashra or Li Mei, or Reptile - Make one of Them the main character, bring a different perspective on things, rather than always "earth's defenders".
The only things that really made the new era happen were the ceiling you spoke of and and the 25 year timeskip before MKX. There aren't many directions you can go after putting every character into their 50's.
Besides that, Kuai Liang and Harumi ending up together is a problem that comes from the writing losing all of its subtlety.
Of course, they had to take that her from a vague backstory character to put her in front of our faces. Exactly like Jerrod being inside Ermac, Cris breaking up with Johnny to show us his fall from glory etc.
I actually like the Scorpion change. It makes more sense from a narrative perspective.
They should retcon everything after deception and just continue the midway timeline, with John Tobias at the helm
While I am looking forward to where this new era with Mortal Kombat 1 onwards will go, I also think this Hourglass and alternate timelines stuff needs to go. I enjoyed MK1's story and "most" of the new ideas with the characters, but the series' lore and consistency are all over the dang place. MK1's story goes pretty smoothly but then goes off the rails by the last 3 or so chapters. The aforementioned McGuffins takes away the impact and any uniqueness from Liu Kang's efforts. Like, why make such a big deal about it when there are other realities/timelines with infinite possibilities?
They're just not needed and the idea of Realms did that far better. In fact, the Hourglass(es) and timelines nonsense ruins that too. At least one thing I liked that MK1 started is that once a Titan is killed, such as Kronika, it is permanent. As well as if Hourglass Keepers also perish, their entire timeline goes with them.
Sounds like good potential in future media to slowly get rid of all said McMuffins and the poorly executed Titans idea. 🙄
Smoke has been my favourite character since mk9 (as you can tell) and I’m somewhat disappointed to see him not really develop as a character in the story, as much as I love his bond with kuai liang I want him to grow as a person, not as a ‘one fight in chapter one-littlest lin kuei’ ninja. This could be said for kitana aswell.
Maybe in the next game Smoke and Kitana will be playable characters in story mode? Many complained about not being able to play as Mileena in story mode and we got that over Kitana being playable again. At least the final chapter allows us to potentionally pick Smoke
He's my favourite too(and my main), but considering they gave Syzoth/reptile and Baraka more story involvement, Azrah had character developmemt and Mileena was playable it's not that we have a lack luster story mode
I got a weird feeling that Mileena is going to break up with Tanya for Smoke
@@andreaslefteri3661 honestly seeing what they did for Baraka and reptile made me feel less bummed out about smokes involvement
@@calebellis7173 Nrs probably wouldn’t do that for the woke agenda without killing either Mileena or Tanya
God I want Noob and Kitana to have major roles. I miss how they potentially erased Noob completely. Jade too… not to mention how once again they erased the timeline at the end of MK1 which means who knows what continuity it’ll be. Raiden will be Sindel’s husband. Sonya will be the failed actor and Goro will be the emperor of outworld lmao who knows what they come up with
Imagine if the game was centred around the great Kung Lao's era
I like the new era for the most part! I'm not the biggest fan of the lore/design changes to Tanya and Rain, mainly because they've both had more impactful iterations in the past. They are not 100% horrible, but hopefully they have a course-correction like Sindel's. Rain being an apologetic high mage isn't as exciting as being a vengeful elitist half son of Argus, and Tanya didn't need to be Jade with a Twist, even down to the similar weapon.
In new Mortal Kombat timeline one thing to note of Reptile's race, Saurians, their transformation from Lizard to Human seems to resemblance a form of therianthropy(Werebeast transformation) that makes it's quite possible that Saurians are humans with a werelizard affliction.
Random changes or change for the sake of change are not good changes
Truer words have never been spoken.
I think it’s hard because you could go crazy with it but then people might not like it if it was too extreme …..say
1. The Ninja clans make peace so the 3 main ninjas are Frost. Satoshi as the new Scorpion with Smoke being basically what we got
2. Smoke is corrupted by Damashi….she turns him through the death of his parents and telling him about his grim fate in prior timelines
3. The great kung Lao remains undefeated and survives into the modern replacing regular KL
4. Havik and Quan chi are the DA
5. Shang is a brah and arrogant aspiring champion for Earthrealm paired with TGK to humble him
What does that make Transformers and TMNT? Rise of the TMNT is different from 2003. Transformers Animated is different from Transformers Prime.
@@UnrealNeoBat 2003 TMNT is the best version of them, nd rise isna shit show, TF TAS & Prime are both good
@XZAVIER-DAA-GOD Just don't condemn folks who say otherwise, and they won't condemn you.
As an elder statesmen of of MK and its lore 😂, I say the change was great! Made me get hyped over characters I didn't love, giving other characters a much needed reboot and the series as a whole now has all in the dark and not walking down the same road again and again, somewhat. There is familiarity but it's a fresh take and leaves me in suspense not knowing where it could lead too. I think it only gets better from here.
I was down for committing to the "New Era" but unfortunately Netherrealm couldn't and muddied up everything by reintroducing the multiple timelines again. Now I feel these characters aren't as important as when I first started the story because there will always be another timeline variant waiting to take ones place. Here's hoping they deal with this multiverse stuff and bring it back to 1 single universe so the stakes can be more dire.
What you said is 100% how I feel too. Nothing matters anymore because POOF! new timeline! I was so hyped to find out what Lui Kang's fate was meant to be at the end of MK11. Only one game later and his power and status was complete relegated to just another thing that every other character has in their own version of their timeline. And for people to say that they did away with jobbers in this game...they must not really follow what was done to Smoke and Shao...
I think they should try some other game formats, maybe like an rpg set in MK universe or something
Idk theres so much potential outside of the classic fighting games
I always imagined a game like Shadow of War/Mordor, but set in Outworld.
@@theslickdevil8560 yeah would go crazy
No this is terrible if you want something go to a different game don’t ruin good things they new better storylines
@@sleepymoose453 You play as a Khan of Outworld conqueroring every province and region. Making alliances and enemies along the way. Along with a Nemesis who is constantly at odds with you along your journey to become the ruler of all Outworld.
Maybe you could even decide if you would want to be a peaceful ruler like Kotal or a tyrant like Shao.
@@Ikeeptsitreal There are literally zero dowsides to exploring other formats. The main line games are still there
Benefited- baraka, reptile, li mei sindel and ashrah
Detriment l- kitana, havik, reiko and rain
Verdict is out on sub zero😅
@@Tribrid-zv3nq I can see that from the story but some of his intro dialogues and the supposed story leaks gives me hope.
This whole multiverse thing just shows a lack of originality and creativity. They just took the most overused resource in the world and just add a lot of crap. Also they ruined a lot of beloved old characters. Kitana, Johnny and Scorpion just to start 😢
How are Kitana and Johnny ruined?
@@2bdaqueen268 well johnny now lost all his powers 🙄 and Kitana went from a leading female character to just a secondary character, they did her dirty. Even Ashrah and Li Mei had more relevance in the story and Kitana didnt even had her own chapter. 😒 And also for me Mileena and Tanya were better as villains. Tarkatans were a deadly warrior race and now 🙄 well you get the idea. Just my oppinion though 🤷
@ Johnny not having powers isn’t a first, besides he doesn’t need them to be cool, the characters are still learning their powers anyway, he still has the chance to get it in the future, kitana has been a major character and had her own chapter in MK9, MK11 and MK Onslaught, being a secondary character and giving focus to the other women kombatants for once isn’t going to ruin her.
I totally agree!
MK 11 could have a better story with evil Raiden and Lui Kang + Kitana as rulers of Hell.
It's probably not a coincidence that both of WB's biggest AAA releases devolve into multiverse madness. This is business strategy at play more than anything remotely creative. A huge multiverse equates to a ton of dlc and micro-transactions covered in the the current zeitgeist flavor of last month. The game feels like it was conceptualized around the time Dr. Strange 2 and The Flash were out or on the way. Multiverse was the hottest new trope but I don't think in 2023/2024 that it hits the same. Just feels boring now.
Every true fan misses the original timeline, its dark & bizarre otherworldly aesthetic, it's the furries & cosplayers that like this new multiverse bs
So a few things. One, I don't know why they even decided to go in the direction they went in for MK11. MKX was massively popular and well loved and had a cool setup for the Dark Raiden villain and Lui Kang and Kitana. They didn't have to jump the shark by introducing time gods and that level of power into the mix. They didn't have to set up MK11 to lead to a natural reboot. Why reboot a second time in just a few games? I can never really understand that choice. MK11 was polarizing to fans due to gameplay changes and character stuff, but when they developing that game and likely developing Aftermath right after finishing MK11, they had no idea the game would be received how it was, so none of that factored into the creative choice to do another timeline reboot.
But anyway, even if it seemed like this was not the best route to take, i have no problems giving another new era it's chance and I was very opened minded to anything they wanted to do. But after playing the game, which I do really enjoy playing, I had mixed feelings on a lot of it. Idk, it felt really rushed. I was hoping this new reboot would allow for a less astronomical, time god level of stakes to focus more on this fighting tournament between realms. But it went from 0 to a billion in no time. And now we are at even larger levels of power than Kronika. Now we are in the multidimensional God King territory, levels so powerful that nothing even matters because it's so beyond the pale. And now we are in the realm where the story sort of leads to another reboot because what are Earthrealm threats when you have whole multiverses colliding now? But then again that was the point, the dlc live service aspects are central to WB Games revenue stream so the story finds a way to justify it. It's the same reason Suicide Squad is structured the way it is, a multiverse being introduced equates to unlimited dlc.
As for the characters, idk, it felt like piss or get off the toilet. Why go through the trouble of re-imagining the whole universe and all the characters if they just end up being the same? Johnny Cage is still the same Johnny Cage, Kenshi is a blind swordsman with magical powers. I was interested in seeing human Raiden, but he has 0 personality. Things are different but still the same in an unsatisfying way. Also the game feels like an apology at times, like Sindel's whole story is basically a plea for forgiveness for changing her so much in MK11. It wants to be everything to all fans while also being a vehicle for dlc but it does not have that much bandwidth, not sure if that makes any sense. Story wise, I have no idea where they go from here. The game is still a huge financial hit and I am sure that it generates lots of money through dlc. Anyone who even catches this video in their TH-cam algorithm, cares far, far more than the vast majority of players. So they will feel justified in any direction they go in.
Last thing and this is a super nitpick, but the game has gotten a little fantastical, or bright I should say. MK1 is a gorgeous game, absolutely beautiful, and yeah the series always has fantasy elements in it. But it was darker, more dark martial arts tournament and less beautiful vistas. Again that's really not a major complaint though
In the words of 4th Snake
" The Series is FOQ'D"
When the dlc comes out, I can guarantee he will be saying that after looking at some of the leaks
Hasn’t that guy been saying that MK is “ruined forever” ever since mk9 came out? He takes MK way more seriously then he should lol, and a pretty dramatic assumption considering it’s survived way worse
I was strongly convinced that NRS was going to give us the MK12 Great Kung Lao saga and delve into an unexplored prequel, but I guess they decided “hey let’s make this MK1 instead and tweak the characters origins” instead.
I do like some of the characters new origins, like Mileena being Kitana’s biological sister rather than a construct (so I definitely see where Liu Kang was coming from). Same thing with the Hanzo situation.
Imagine having to follow a different ancestor of kung lao with a new fighting, imagine goro being the final boss just like the goro lives tease 30 years ago. That'd be dope
Making Sub Zero Scorpion will forever be dumb I don’t care if it is just a name Hanzo is Scorpion!!
Don't like the new scorpion. Bring back Hanzo.
I feel when it comes to Mortal Kombat 1 the story i find it enjoyable in most parts. And others not so much. I really like that Ashrah, Mileena, Baraka, Reptile and Li Mei are getting some shine which is good. Even tho i wasn't the biggest fan of Raiden. I find human Raiden interesting. I like to see where they go with his story. I like that we got to see Kenshi before he losses his eyes. The Tarkat disease is story i like to see further explain in the story. Seeing Sindel back on the good side is good as well.
The issue i have with this timeline is that it needs to switch things up instead of story majority good guy chapters.. Beside Sub-Zero and Shang Tsung. Other characters, especially villains like General Shao, Reiko, Havik, Rain, Nitara, and Quan Chi, need a chapter because if they don't get one, what's the point of having these characters. I also felt Smoke should've gotten a chapter since the last time he had one was in Mortal Kombat 2011.
I don't mind changes like if you're going to have Kuai Liang be Scorpion, that's fine. If you're going to give him a love interest, that's fine as well. Just don't give him another man wife. How about creating a new female character. So, this version of Scorpion can be different than the original and give them a story. I understand Hanzo has been through much. I would rather his character died peaceful with his wife Harumi as the two created the Shirai Ryu and the two played a role in helping the Great Kung Lao and many other characters like Fujin, Nightwolf, Sub-Zero (Bi Han and Kuai Liang great grandfather) maintain peace in Earthrealm in this timeline during the past. Or I would accept Hanzo as an Elder God in this timeline if they still exist.
The problem with Mortal Kombat is the muti verse stuff. It was fine in Mortal Kombat 11. But it should've gone back to it, roots defending realms, etc.
They run out of ideas. Play it safe. Take new approaches. Go back to basics. Been there, done that for MK. Like all other franchises with it.
I just wish they kept going with the 2nd timeline after mkx. Making 11 a grounded story of the revenants and Outworld fighting earthrealm. That could’ve been the next deadly alliance 🤔
I am so Glad For the new era to watch a different Take of some Characters Like baraka , Reptile and ashrah , and finally WE got to See subzero AS bihan 🥶
I'm just so disappointed they went with the multi-verse route 😢 💔
My big problem with MK1 is that they didn't give the new timeline an opportunity to stand out on its own. Halfway through the game it just fell back into the same timeline shenanigans MK11 was focused on and made the new timeline feel insignificant. Not fond of Good Mileena either but that's a subjective deal.
DEI at Warner brothers and netherrealm ruined it. Fans could write a better script
MK1 has some good moments, great moments, and some real head-scratcher moments.
I really enjoyed the Legacy Character videos this channel made.
La sigh. really missing how Shao Kahn won everything in Armageddon now. MK1 was such a let down.
Can we please focus on how much efforts were put into the story building during MKX days...I don't hate mkx story at all. Even the comic gave us more depth to many characters.
The whole issue is that NSR can't stick to one plot line. Unlike other MK fans....I play MK for Lore...for story....for character story and development. And NRS is just shitting on it.
Right now....I would love to keep watching the 20 minutes of mk onslaught cut scenes over and over than to play mk1.
MK onslaught got a far better storyline and plot twists than mk1....the recent Shinnok chapter is one great example.
Tanya, Smoke, Rain and Scorpion are the worst changes, I hate the new versions of them
I know it's at the fault of the character chapter system, but the storymode and flaws in characterizations for me started to crack way before the multiverse plot came in full effect.
As much as they did improve on many underutilized characters. I still feel that characters like Reptile, Baraka, Ashrah, Ermac, and more are severely underdeveloped. In those 3 chapters, they're given cheap sympathy background stories and a dreadfully long exposition dump by each character.
If it's not rushed through, it's a long drawn out cutscene or people standing around talking. It's so bad. It's weird how, in 3 chapters dedicated to other characters, Johnny and Kenshi are given more development and care towards.
Dont even get me started on how the rushed plot humiliates Sub Zero, butchers a nonexisting Havok, waste Rain, Conned the Kahn, and so much more.
All because they wanted to rush into the moronic multiverse plot to push for a reason to make costumes for microtransactions. It was going so fucking well too. The first few chapters were genuinely amazing storytelling.
I'm telling you NRS fucked up when they went away from MK X and they should have built up characters like Kotal Kahn. They also should have kept the focus on Cassie Cage, Tekkeda, Jackie Briggs and Kung Jin. There was way more stories that could've been told. What they did to Kotal Kahn was unforgivable. It would've been great if he had a longer run as the emperor of Outworld. And I say Lou Kane is a great villain. I could've seen Tekkeda step into the role as the primary hero.
Facts!!!!!!! Bro I been saying this 💩 for years we should have got mkx2.0 they just should off added on mkx mk11 was 🗑️ mk1 isn’t even a mk game it’s a cheap party game and cameo’s made the game cheap last mk game or any NR game I’ll spend money on can’t support games made by a group of mentally ill that can’t take criticism because they wanna implicate their ideologies and a video game and cheapens it they deserve all the negative feedback
I think NRS jumped the shark with MKX. MKX, the time jump what, 20+ years into the future I mean, should have been MK11. And MKX should have been, story telling wise, the 3D era.
It was a very simple formula really. MKX would have been an updated MK4 through MK6, introducing the Kombat Kids as young characters, maybe 6-12(ish). Then MK11 could have had that time jump of the Kombat kids being the focus of the story leading to Armageddon…. Then, if you’re adamant about the reboot, keeping it all in one continuity introduce Kronica…..
Then the MK1 soft reboot could be what was the MK11 Kronica story….. Ot was simple formula that they botched…..
Nobody will say the thing better than you.
MKX was the peak of the series.
Also, I have no problems with Cassie as main character.
Preach!!!! Should have gave up mkx2.0 just add to it more everything the problem is this era they cry say combos to hard but don’t practice at all 🤦♂️ mkx was the last Real mk game they need to stop changing the game and keep it legacy
Only thing I would change about mkx should have added noob siabot rain and pinhead and spawn would have been legendary
Definitely an identity crisis. They have no idea what to do with the characters. They just want to tell a story but not commit cuz they’re scared to piss off the fans. NRS is also piggy backing off the Marvel trend of multiverses
They should just ditch the character chapter stuff and make mini stories for each character
Boring
@@MrAjking808 then what do you propose?
I thought they should’ve just stopped at MK 11 as far as the Multiverse thing goes. They did a good job with the story and the gameplay. I felt like Mortal Kombat one was a huge step down and almost every way. Character design. Stages. The overall story. Etc..
in my opinion this game is pretty good but the last two chapters were weak.. liu kang had to have a greater chapter and the last one is not necessary at all 🤷♀️
This game was ass
Mk1 plot is the worst thing about the game. It's even worse than invasions mode
Watching the situation, I think that the series creator, Ed Boon, have less rights to the franchise every new game.
MK is now a product of WB, not Ed Boon’s. They use Ed as scapegoat, like “yes, all this crap was approved by HIM”
The first reboot was a revival of the franchise, because everyone knew MK because of first three games. Yeah, MK didn’t die thanks to Deadly Alliance success, but the games after first trilogy are less known.
Yeah, MK 2011 was like MK 3 we played when we were kids. MKX continued the story set in MK 2011, and all this story was different from the original one, but had some important details. Actually, MKX finally made Shinnok really cool final boss.
What the problem was creating MK 11 with revenants Lui Kang and Kitana as sub bosses and Raiden as final boss? That would be a wonderful idea: main protagonists of the series as MK 11’s main villains! Won’t be that kinda ironic, but also so awesome?
And now, I have only one question: is THAT story Ed Boon wanted to tell? Because it’s seems like he’s a mindless puppet of WB; a mascot like Mickey Mouse from Disney.
That’s no Ed Boon in Mortal Kombat series anymore.
I love the new timeline, I hope they drop the whole time travel thing after this game tho.
Any case, I’ll only be okay with Kuai being Scorpion for now on, if Hanzo actually becomes Noob Saibot. I think it’ll be interesting
@@Tribrid-zv3nq a new idea isn’t a bad idea. Besides everything is already switched around. It’s okay to allow new ideas as long as the writing works
@@theamazingmaymay123well how it paid off so far? The whole multiverse nonsense?
The problem is that out of the past 4 games 3 of them have been reboot/time travel plots. I just want the plot to proceed linearly.
What I fear for Hanzo hasashi's character that he might end up like a frost like character and I really hope that they're not going to that direction for him.
Honestly, the biggest issue for identity with the series is constant referrals to different timelines. TLDR: The real identity crisis is that it now feels like no plot points or character identities will ever stick for more than one or two games and the story will not consistently move forward.
MK9 was done amazing in my opinion with a perfect balance of nostalgia and novelty, especially considering Armageddon and changes and company. New timeline done for the first time made sense and done perfectly well.
MK11 referencing other timelines and bringing for ourselves was a mixed bag just do it a plot holes and using that at the expense of more plot points from MKX. So kind of annoying but not terrible solely due to timeline references.
MK 1 *exasperated sigh* had every single thing possible pointing to setting up to a new error, which was perfectly fine when we were looking at going back in time and looking at a completely different time. A little annoying again to reset the timeline for a 2nd time again, but seem like it would have a big payoff. Then they took the payoff from us by showing us the modern day characters, and then did a captain falcon punch to the gut by unnecessarily referencing the multiple timelines YET AGAIN. The series identity is now focused on memories from the past or memories from alternate timelines, which I feel doesn’t work because that was not what the first nine entries in the series were about, it forces retcon, which is always a risky thing to begin with, but now we are doubling down on it, and on top of that, it prevents the story from going forward. Across all nine entries, the story was always moving forward instead of sidestepping or backtracking. Even in the first three original games where it was essentially the same villain or organization, the story and plot still moved forward.:
The real identity crisis is that it now feels like no plot points or character identities will ever stick for more than one or two games and the story will not consistently move forward, which is a damn shame given how much they have to work with even 30 years into the series.
I am like 75% with it, 25% could have not been changed, or like 25% of 4 people could have been better improving themselves (Havik, Nitara, adding Sareena 😅)
Sareena not having time with Bi-Han sucked. I hope Titan Havik gives us the chaotic man we all know.
A new game most likely is coming out soon, we will see them soon(in Azrah's ending she confirms she freed Sareena from Quang Chi, so maybe she will become playable and fight Bi-Han? As for Nitara and Havik, these two will most likely stay as antagonists since Havik is wanted in outworld while Nitara is taking people from outworld and earthrealm to have a breeding ground of humans in Vaternus
@@andreaslefteri3661 It would be explored in the expansion most likely.
I think my biggest issue with MK1story is they decided to go full multiverse. I understand the game was being written when multiverses were all the rage and new, but by the time it came out I was tired of them and didn’t want them in MK.
I was fine with just 1 other universe (Shang Tsungs where he defeated Kronika) bc it was built up in 11 and made sense. I didn’t like how there was a universe for every character as a titan. It felt like too much too fast. This should have been a small scale reboot dealing with Outworld politics and Shang manipulating things, and maybe the DLC reveals the other alternate Shang.
Oh and Invasions should have been a more open, real time 3D beat-em-up in these maps. They don’t have to be huge maps, and character didn’t even need to be that deep. Just an expanded version of MK11 krypt. Maybe some npcs that give quests like kill a certain enemy or fetch quests. The board game thing sucks. It can still be a stand in for the krypt and a loot grind, just more fun.
If it had that stuff plus the new gameplay it’d be one of the better MKs ever.
I think the identity crisis comes down to a lack of commitment to change. Armageddon aborted the progress of the original timeline and seemed to promise a fresh slate for the next game. Instead of proceeding from the aftermath of Armageddon, they rebooted the timeline and promised to take the story we knew and mix things up. MKX kinda did this by following up MK 1-3 with MK4 as expected, but then threw a curveball with the New Generation twist... which would have been fine if they kept up the momentum of the timeline changes and new story direction. Instead, they rebooted _again_ to start with MK1 _again._ At this point it feels like there's no use trying to follow the story because we can't trust them to stick with a storyline longer than one or two games before they wipe out history and start over again. There are no stakes, the characters keep shifting personalities game to game, and it's hard to feel invested.
I suspect there must be some ethos within the creative team where there is a strong push to try new things -- which can be healthy -- but the problem is they're looking to completely reinvent the storyline (and the gameplay) at every single installment rather than letting things evolve in surprising directions organically. There is no consistency when every new game generates a completely new vision that disrupts everything that came before.
Mortal Kombat 1 is garbage.
I should have known better than to think that NRS could actually reboot MK without bad writing.
The whole timeline/time travel/multi-verse is just lazy writing. They should have actually rebooted the series without falling back to the timeline BS.
Fighting games as a genre is competitive by nature. The fundamental flaw of MK as a fighting game is its focus more on story rather than the actual fighting. And the added problem is that, its competitors in the market, like Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear are all dead serious in fine-tuning their game mechanics while MK is busy trying to make a 6 hr story mode.
Solution A: Fine tune the combo system, give mechanics more depth, no more guest chars, no more childish shock factor and for the love of God, no more sluggish animations.
Solution B: or... Continue your current path but just stop trying to be a fighting game. Heck, for what its worth, MK should rebrand itself as a single player action/adventure game and find more success (thats what it tries to do anyways right?)
I see your point and do agree that improving some gameplay elements is important but I don't think them focusing on story hurts it because that is one of the things that turns casuals into fans of the franchise and we have other examples of fighting games holding the story in high importance like Guilty Gear, Soul Caliber, King Of Fighters, and Tekken.
The competitive aspects of fighting games is important but the story is equally as important because the character designs, abilities, stages, and personalities are tied to the story and dynamics of the characters especially with additional elements like intros, outros, and special interactions through modes or gameplay.
@@kage1573 Agreed
I especially agree on the guest characters. NO MORE. I thought peacemaker and robo Cop were the dumbest choices to be in the games
@@Tribrid-zv3nq I agree with you on that and I wish that wasn't the case. I just wish that were less guest characters in each kombat pack. like 4 mk characters and 2 guests
I’m all happy with change and really wanna see something fresh and new twist but I feel like Blaze and Onaga could have been utilized more
I really like your perspective on this and I will say my Empress Sindel has greatly benefited from this new era. Kitana and Tanya have not, however just to name a few. I think they are a little misguided in the sense that they feel they need to outdo the plot of the previous game which is why Titans and the multiverses were introduced. I also feel like it needed to have a slightly more darker/sinister tone. I think Mileena should've come to power differently. We know she is at odds with Outworld's people who feel Kitana should rule. I also think she should've developed a fatherly affection for General Shao inheriting his prejudices of Earthrealmers and he supports her and Tanya also helps her. With her Tarkat affliction (being caused by Shang Tsung in secret) she rallies the Tarkatans to her side who have been mistreated under Sindel and other Outworlders and a civil war ensues breaking Sindel and Kitana's hearts. With Mileena and Shao committing treason Sindel has no choice but to name Kitana heir apparent. Mileena looks into the distance contemplating her choice and we see her despair cutting to a shot of Kitana doing the same, both sisters saddened and reminiscing about their close bond as sisters. But Kitana realizes her duty to Outworld, her empress, and the throne and Mileena realizes that she must reclaim her birthright. But it turns out the plot of pitting the sisters against each other was orchestrated by the Deadly Alliance (Shang in particular) who would use this chaos to weaken Outworld allowing them to finish the opposing sides off and assume control providing them with power and souls. Long story short they are defeated and the story is finished. I would add more details but in essence no timelines, no multiverses, no titans, just an old-fashioned conspiracy and interesting character conflicts and development.
Lui Kang messes with the timeline.
Scorpion is now Sub-Zero's Brother.
Rain isn't a demi god.
Chaos guy is different a rebel.
Lui Kang messed with this timeline a bit too much.
Dairou is now Havik, only way how he even got his chaosrealm powers was because of Quan chi
Hot take, I kind of wanted them to continue with the Kombat Kids. Could have even done the New Era with them, but changing them up because of everything Liu Kang did.
Fans love to sh!t on MKX but at least it progressed the timeline. I love the new iterations of certain characters such as Kenshi & Cage's relationship, Baraka & Reptile having relevancy to the main plot or Liu Kang & Raiden literally being better versions of themselves😂. But NRS is really dropping the ball with consistency of character arcs due to a lack of trust & nostalgia heavy fandom . Takeda for example is someone I looked at in the same light as a Nightwing, Gohan or a Mile Morales. His story only with his father & Red Dragon (who are equivalent to the court of owls) had potential. I just hope they don't turn him into a time warping superhero because this Multiverse wave has to END.
I liked Mkx, it's just that the story presention was quite bad in my opinion. That's why I prefer mk11s story.
No offence btw.
Didn’t know MKX was hated much. MK11 is understandable, it was figuratively stage 1 cancer in my opinion. MK1 is just stage 4 cancer to me.😂
@@xavierhouston4650 That's probably because a lot of the MKX hate has died down since MK11. It's remembered a bit more fondly nowadays, but when it was the newest one, it was shunned the same way as 11 and 1.
Mostly, people hated the Kombat Kids (Cassie beating Shinnok was viewed about as negatively as Kitana beating Shao Kahn in 11 was) and were angry about Mileena (and to a lesser extent, Baraka) being killed off. It was also the point where people really started souring on the Special Forces faction and plotline.
@@xavierhouston4650 I still like Mk11 but I totally get my people preferred MKX. Again I am not being negative, it's just my opinion.
I'll take MK1 over MKX story any day. It had so much heart.
I want to see the Oshtek and Kotal back
i want his gf back miss jade
@@xmotionztm7540 Same. I don't mind the relationship at all BUT it really did come out of nowhere with no buildup or prior mention of any kind.
I want nightwold and Errom Black back as well
I want Hotaru and Drahmin back
@@xmotionztm7540 honestly, kotal needs to be brought back without the stupid relationship with jade.
He was at his prime where he was more focused on his rule as Kahn and his experiences and how he at least had a reputation of becoming the opposite of shao was but still retaining the badassery.
We don’t need a relationship with the guy just to make him good. Make him his mkx comic self and he’s solid going forward
I like to think of mk1 as a new way for mortal kombat that we shouldn’t know the history or lore behind it but just learning it as we play it but we obviously know about it so we get upset that things didn’t go as it once was.
I need classic costumes!!
MK1's Kameo system is what made me avoid purchasing. Too bad because I like what they did for the Edenians in the story
mkx mileena wasn't a jobber, and she was her own character in the mkx comic too, new mileena is her own character sure but she's not as interesting
Okay so, I'm gonna be 100% real throughout. Change, while not a bad thing, is a very risky move, and MK1 definitely proved it. I still love MK1's story, in fact it's still my favorite story mode after revisiting the previous games. There are great changes in this timeline, characters who were villains (Mileena, Baraka, Reptile etc.) actually be good guys (Btw, while I agree that it came out of nowhere, I still really like the Reptile and Ashrah pairing), being a Tarkatan via a disease, and others changes that I won't say because I don't want to make this comment too long. There are changes that I am okay with, like Raiden pretty much being this timeline's Liu Kang, and Kuai Liang being Scorpion, but I still prefer Liu Kang being Earthrealm's champion and I especially prefer Hanzo as Scorpion (and Kuai Liang as Sub-Zero) as Hanzo Hasashi Scorpion is still my all-time favorite character in gaming. I'm still trying to get used to Kuai Liang being Scorpion and not Hanzo. Don't get me wrong, Kuai Liang Scorpion is pretty cool, but for someone like me, who's favorite character in gaming is Hanzo Scorpion, I still get pretty upset from time to time, even when I equip the Hanzo skin from Invasions season 1, it still doesn't feel the same, especially when intro dialogs still refer to him as Kuai Liang even with that skin on. While I still play MK1, because I still genuinely think it's fun (though that may be because I'm a solo gamer and I don't play online, at least in fighting games), I still go back to previous games, mainly MK 2011 and MK11 just to play as characters I really like more, especially Scorpion in MK 2011.
Was hoping Fire God Lui Kangs' new world would be like Mortal Kombat Conquest, the TV Series, a group of new characters going around and exploring the New World, while having to help Lui face and convert versions of his past fighters. I wouldnt mind the multiverse angle or older versions of characters coming into the new world. It shouldnt of been the focus is the biggest problem
I think Kuai Liang being Scorpion ins this timeline/era was a teaser for the finale of the game where a lots of combined characters appeared
I imagine Titan Onaga will be the ultimate villian next or coming up. Wonder where they’ll go after that. Maybe Liu Kang will die and it’ll reset the timeline again but with all new characters this time
Maybe or evil Time keeper Liu kang
I remember after mkx people were asking for titans and all we got was mk characters just given time powers lol
@@Nonlifting_breezy the way I understand is there seems to be two types
1. Strange otherworldly beings
2. Then the ones who took kronikas place
This does raise the question did Kronika kill a Titan and take their place that’s why she’s much more normal looking compared to the others
No more timeline resets plz we already got it in mk9, mk11 and mk1. Just keep the current timeline. It’d be pointless to redeem characters like Reptile and baraka if ur gonna reset it again.
I just hope the L era gets destroyed in some way. MK1 got me rooting for villains.
Why don’t they stop trying to make this stuff into a movie we should be invested in and go back to the basics: A fighting game about a tournament with fatalities and a dude with a ponytail and four arms. More often than not, simple is good enough. Look at a game like Virtua Fighter: A simple fighting game that focused on mechanics and gameplay rather than storylines and DLC. The same can be said about Dead or Alive. These are simple fighting games that center around the gameplay instead of appeasing casual fans with Warner Brothers DLC characters and cheap combo systems.
I mean they could make Hanzo fall in love with scorpions daughter and he just doesn’t approve of it and they run off together or something and then something happens to them and then he comes back as a specter or something along those lines
It was for something different especially with Bi Han Kuai Liang Hanzo, we seen that story too many times where Bi Han kills Hanzo (Quan Chi magic) Hanzo kills Bi Han, Bi Han turn into Noob the Kuai Liang rebuilds the Lin Kuei, now we have a evil Sub Zero a good Scorpion a young Hanzo who family and clan wasn't murdered plus we got Smoke now Im curious in how Cyrax Sector are handled something different besides the cyber initiative I love that Kitana and Mileena are now real sisters hopefully Jade is done well Reptile is cool again now lets see how they hanlde the love interest
I was expecting the Titan Liu Kang vs Titan Shagn Shung to happen but should have been a slowburn, like a teaser for the next game that involves ONLY these 2. No other timelines in the mix.
Liu Kangs world as shown in the story, arcade endings and intro dialogues, has lots of stuff that were teased and mentioned but when you throw multiverse in the mix it's hard to make it grow and develop.
I honestly don't give a rat's ass what Mortal Kombat does anymore! Woker Brothers just literally killed the franchise with MK1, while it was on life support since the reboot! That was the first game that literally had Mortal Kombat lose its identity; MK11was kind of a return to form, Potomac field experiment is what literally broke the camel's back! What's even worse is that the Scillers here are no better!
If there's one thing that the DLC plot should do it's to literally destroy everything, restart time like Kronika did! Mortal Kombat is just a literal dead franchise without saving...
I meant Dominic's failed experiment. And Spoony Boony's on autopilot!
Y’all don’t even know what woke means lol
There's a difference between remakes and reboots
Calling this game Mortal Kombat 1 when Sonya and Kano aren't even on the main roster ... That was the indicator that the game was in questionable hands
Still _Netherrealm Studios_ hands though. The ones who made MK9 and MKX a reality.
It sure went into the realm of censorship.. haven't botherd with Mortal Kombat since MK9
I like the new realm that lord liu kang made over the other timelines
As a whole, while some changes I do enjoy, I mostly at this point after some time, really hate it. NRS has the same problem as many modern writers, they don't know how to elevate one character without it being at the expense of another. A problem made worse by their rush back to all the multiverse stuff rather than a whole game trying to establish this new timeline.
They continue to play in the faces of there fans. The ending of MK11 has nothing to do with MK1 as we thought MK1 would be about the Great Kung Lao🤦♀️ like why do they keep doing this crap to the fans. Never thought MK1 would be abt the Deadly Alliance which totally threw everyone off, cause we all thought it would be about Onaga’s Return 🤦♀️ but I guest we played ourselves with that story 😂
My biggest problem is I just question if I should get invested in any of these changes. It feels like rather than solve a problem with good writing they are starting to default to a reboot as the solution
My biggest gripe was them casting a crackhead from an underpass to be Tanyas character. Like MK is where megastars come in
I mean... you may as well just call it Injustice 3
I never had a problem with MK having two reboots, and franchises like Tomb Raider having two reboots is one of those instances.
the thing is, to Hanzo exists in new time line as Scorpion, Kuai Liang has to die, he cannot became the new Sub-Zero because he has fire powers now, its not just tha mantle, and for Noob Saibot exists we will loose Sub-Zero or the cryomancer of the moment because noob is not a cryomancer, and Hanzo will need a new moveset that will never satisfy the fans because he is not scorpion... and NRS put them in the situation for no reason.... And Rain new design and role is a total piece of shit, MK11 Rain is so much better in any and all aspects possible
It’s clear NRS had now clue what to do with this game
I kinda wish they made new concepts/ story kinda like MKX. Cause if mk9 is supposed to be Mk1-3, MKX was a weird mk4. I personally see mk11 somewhat like Armageddon kinda. And the new MK1 feels like a mix between mostly deadly alliance and a smidge of deception and Armageddon ending. Hopefully the next one can be a new story that can focus on one small scale story cause i loved the outworld civil war plot up until the titanic Shang stuff
You know it would be way better if they made the whole roster Playable, so also the Cameo Fighter would be Fully Playable. and then have a Tag Team mechanic in the game. just sayin'.....
Yeah, I thought we was getting the very being of Mortal Kombat. All the first descendants and ancestral characters like Great Kung Lao, The O.G. Grandmaster in his prime. Maybe Raiden before a god, etc. Stuff like that. But naw, NRS and WB had to go and F everything up, trying bleed every dollar out of us, with an uncomplete game, not even half the game MK11 was.
I dont get the whole “ppl are actually warming up to idea of Kuai liang is good as scorpion”
cause literally all I’ve heard is constant strong universal Hate. It ruins him and benches hanzo and has no merits in change and is worst part of mk1 otherwise strong narrative.
I agreed mostly with your last video on characters who have gotten a glow up in the new timeline.
The problem is that it’s a new timeline.
I thought Reptile could have used a face turn for a long while. Unfortunately the Reptile we got in MK1 wasn’t the same as the last timeline, let alone the OG.
Therefore his time with the good guys just didn’t hit the same as it would if he were still the original sad, lonely, Shao Kahn obsessed loser we’ve known since 1992.