MK1 - Ermac is No Longer a Bad Guy

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2 ай бұрын

Ermac has always been a servant of Mortal Kombat's most vicious villains; however, in this timeline, Ermac seems to be an ally to the forces of light and appears to get along with Liu Kang, Geras, and other Earthrealmers.
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@danielduran2408 2 ай бұрын

I like how he is passive and actively states that he’s not a threat and will try to earn trust.

@SnapDagger2307 Ай бұрын

And stayed in conjunction with Baraka's statement about The Living Forest(MK1)

@TheArk519 2 ай бұрын

He’s surprisingly responsible for his actions.

@GoldRichness 2 ай бұрын

I honestly like this new Ermac. A better version of what he was in the previous timeline. I see potential with him.

@gabrieltejada1697 2 ай бұрын

Technically good guy Ermac is not new but rather a returning concept to which better serves the character instead of just being someone else to defeat in the story. Him being a hero is what made him into what he is today.

@GoldRichness 2 ай бұрын

@@gabrieltejada1697 true I guess

@Silverknight00 2 ай бұрын

I’m Happy The Actor Who was Also The Announcer Reprised Ermac

@Heat_Playz1 2 ай бұрын

yea, he is a lot of fun and i am happy to see a change in him. When I started to play him i thought he would be evil because of all the souls he has, but really, he is against the sorcerers.

@jmgonzales7701 Ай бұрын

@@Heat_Playz1unlike hi han they made him evil again.

@cardiganjackstriggerhappy43 2 ай бұрын

Ermac asking Baraka for a spot in his colony tops everything

@Dev2n Ай бұрын

It really does, baraka being a good guy and making friends with reptile and ermac is something I never knew I needed

@cardiganjackstriggerhappy43 Ай бұрын

@@Dev2n it hits deep cause it's real & something you don't see any more. Only a video game can make you feel human again

@shame2189 Ай бұрын

@@Dev2nbaraka has always been more human than his appearance would imply, that's why I have a soft spot for him.

@zahkrosis666 2 ай бұрын

I like Ermac as the evil soul master lich. But this one, is, actually rather good too. Something about this spectral human ant colony being humble and seeing sense is rather good.

@gabrieltejada1697 2 ай бұрын

It’s not the first time though, he became a good guy in the original timeline during the 3D era.

@skydance3388 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct my friend

@dgamerking8277 Ай бұрын

Facts, and ever since I found that out, I’ve been vying for a good guy Ermac. This is a W in my books.

@Bmaster1001 Ай бұрын

And he while was an antagonist in MKX, it was more because he was allied with Kotal Kahn, the lesser of the evil factions in that game. (Sure, Kotal was a dickhead for the whole “We shall appease Shinnok” thing, but I can see him doing that out of desperation.)

@mikeystret9263 Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say he’s a good guy. He’s just neutral.

@gabrieltejada1697 Ай бұрын

@@mikeystret9263 he’s literally showing concern for other characters and opposing the villains, that’s not being neutral.

@cypherix119 2 ай бұрын

I love how my favorite character(s) are no longer some brainless evil minion and it seems there are good and evil souls fighting inside ermac for control

@wesleyvalk9129 2 ай бұрын

I loved characters because they are evil, all these good bores are the problem.

@tristenbailey8442 Ай бұрын

@wesleyvalk9129 if cypherix wants your opinion, they'll ask for it

@wesleyvalk9129 Ай бұрын

@@tristenbailey8442 I didn't want his opinion as well.

@gabrieltejada1697 Ай бұрын

@@wesleyvalk9129 then you aren’t an OG fan since becoming a good guy is what made Ermac into a fleshed out character in the first place regarding the original midway timeline.

@Mori_712 4 күн бұрын

@@wesleyvalk9129Theyre fleshed out well written characters is what they are gang

@KhaySem 2 ай бұрын

He’s definitely True Neutral as of right now

@cardiganjackstriggerhappy43 2 ай бұрын

1:13 Havik should've listened, Ermac was spitting real game

@TatumanAurora Ай бұрын

He does it on 4:31 as well

@CelticVictory Ай бұрын

In fairness, Havik made a good point too.

@ALbi.3gp Ай бұрын

Smoke:"shirai ryu, never back down never what?" Ermac:"never give up"

@IluminousOne-9.7.2 Ай бұрын

Never let down 😂

@P.A._Lily 2 ай бұрын

So Ermac in this New Era is in a similar spot as they were in Deception- without a master and seeking a new purpose to their existence. In Deception, they found new friends in Kenshi and Liu Kang and helped them rescue their friends from Onaga's control. What will their new purpose be in this new time line, I wonder? Given that Jerrod no longer has command over the Collective and with the magics keeping them held together waning, they'll probably want to do some good in the world before they eventually fall apart.

@bluesnake1713 2 ай бұрын

The magic that binded Ermac could be sever. Though previously, it was Liu Kang's spirit that freed him when Shao Kahn wasn't around. Not sure of Ermac of the rebooted time. Must've not been as bound as thought he was. As for the current Ermac, if they could sever the control from Quan-Chi permanently, then there would be a repeat of Deception's Ermac.

@P.A._Lily 2 ай бұрын

@@firebolt6123 Ermac's a collective of souls who refers to themselves as "We" and "Us". Any one of those souls could be male, female, or whatever gender they are. So what's the issue here?

@professionalcommenter7375 Ай бұрын

@@P.A._LilyAll the game’s have demoted him with he/him. He’s never used they/them. He’s like venom. Multiple people but still referred to as a he. Idk what fire bolt said but he ain’t wrong if he’s pointing u calling him a they them. :/

@WeaponXSigma Ай бұрын

@@professionalcommenter7375 Remember either the Merged Zamasu or Venom "our pronouns are they/them" meme? If not then look it up and laugh.

@P.A._Lily Ай бұрын

@@professionalcommenter7375 I'll ask you this then: what does any official material on Ermac refer to them as? I will refer to them as such.

@Armor_of_Torrent Ай бұрын

I love when they redeem unnecessarily evil individuals

@chriscousin7378 Ай бұрын

Ermac would in theory be the single strongest ‘humanoid’ combatant in the MK universe imo. If you think about it logically, let’s for arguments sake say he has 100,000 souls in ‘The Collection’, they each will come with their own individual strengths and weaknesses. Those with certain weaknesses will be covered by other souls which are strong in that area, there is no way that 100,000 souls all have the same weakness. Plus the fact that absorbed souls retain any powers when they join The Collection as seen with Sindel’s scream. So over the years Ermac’s ‘magic’ will grow and their knowledge and skills will also increase. Ermac could easily be Outworlds champion with centuries of combat knowledge and styles, being able to adjust they’re style on the fly to counteract whoever they are facing.

@Tony2-Dirty Ай бұрын

True. The only thing stopping him from completely destroying the entire roster is the fact that every soul wants their own thing and he has to fight to keep them all in line.

@cyanaura5044 Ай бұрын

It was a fresh air seeing Reptile, Baraka, and Ermac is no longer a Jobber in this new timeline, too bad my boi Rain is still a Jobber

@phantom_xrd Ай бұрын

Give him time Hopefully they'll do something with him

@adad87821 Ай бұрын

@@phantom_xrdright?in some interactions it seems like he regrets his actions

@Battmatt22 Ай бұрын

Ermac was never truly evil he was created to serve unfortunately those he serves are evil. Ermac was also made from good souls and probably learned from Jerrod’s influence to be better.

@josewtfbruh 2 ай бұрын

Bros favorite word is "We"

@Slippery_Shoes 2 ай бұрын

Bet his favorite console is the Wii... I take my leave now...

@guokelong18 2 ай бұрын

Great !!! Ermac is RED and support socialism. 🥷❤☭🚩

@bigbionk 2 ай бұрын

Bro thinks he’s venom

@mrboomsnook3671 2 ай бұрын

That’s their pronouns

@5impleFR 2 ай бұрын

@@mrboomsnook3671 but hey, they took it "literally"

@AngryAnimeFan2 2 ай бұрын

Ermac like many are in a way a victim of the Sorcerers. He is not a man that follows the Evil characters, but he also wants to be neutral. Since he chases a purpose of his being

@serioussilliness2064 Ай бұрын

cute pfp

@sorayakirishima5502 2 ай бұрын

It will be fit if Union of Light Ermac skin is equipped with this dialogues, also he will be fit becoming an Living Forest's guardian.

@gabrielnedev8898 Ай бұрын

"Tarkatans are already dead", I'm sorry, Baraka, you can't drop a bomb like that and leave without explaining.

@Kriskrieg Ай бұрын

Think, he doesn't mean it literally. Baraka boy is depressed af in the new timeline he sees no hope and seeks only to save others from his fate.

@shame2189 Ай бұрын

I reckon it means he thinks the Tarkat disease as bad as or even worse than death itself

@gabrielnedev8898 Ай бұрын

@@Kriskrieg True. It's a good thing that Outworld now has a queen who farms W's like Kung Lao and Raiden farm cabbages to ease their suffering till a cure is created.

@julianwaits1815 Ай бұрын

I like how this ermac is almost as the deception ermac

@dragonmagic9872 5 күн бұрын

I can not explain how much I love and adore Ermac in this game.

@whiterosebloodmoon4522 Ай бұрын

In a nutshell Ermac with good guys Good guys:Gives us sindal and jerred back Ermac: you act like I know how to do that Ermac with the bad guys Ermac: death or death you choose Bad guys: wait let me tell you something let me tell you something nononono wait wait wait

@Ok47the3 2 ай бұрын

Ermac the goat

@phantom_xrd Ай бұрын

THE GOAT

@dima_briefel Ай бұрын

He is menacing, not evil. I like that kind of changes

@azadisoleil6319 2 ай бұрын

I love these new era characters!

@wesleyvalk9129 2 ай бұрын

YOu just love intro's where the characters talk about friendship and love, so boring.

@geneericname7138 Ай бұрын

Same here. It might seem childish but I like how many people are overtly good guys instead of just morally grey.

@fatalwaffle1715 2 ай бұрын

Cool Video!

@themetroman7359 Ай бұрын

Nice to see ermac being a good guy like how he originally was when he was introduced

@DerekBackofen Ай бұрын

I love how he’s more neutral not just being evil great character development definitely badass

@yogiefebriady3073 Ай бұрын

Exactly! You know how expensive those movie posters are!!

@sebarsht12 Ай бұрын

If there is at least one thing i enjoy as we've progressed after the reboot (MK 2011), the fleshing out of "forgotten" characters. With this MK1 is makes me happy with Reptile, Ermac, Mileena especially, but when i first saw Li Mei and Ashrah as more than cameos or absent, now that amazing to see

@ryebananabread7843 Ай бұрын

Tanya: You’re eligible for protection bc of your royal soul. Ermac: oh it’s fine we can take care of ourselves *both attempt to murder each other* I’ve always found pre fight dialogue weird. They just have a normal conversation before they kill each other

@Tony2-Dirty Ай бұрын

I mean that depends on us. I like to think that the ones with normal convos just knock each other out

@gabrieltejada1697 Ай бұрын

That’s entirely based on gameplay regarding the player’s choice.

@F0re5tMan Ай бұрын

Fun fact: Ermac's voice actor is Jamieson Price, best know from Naruto as the voice of Hashirama Senju (in Part I) and Tobirama Senju (in Part II).

@comicalcosmonaut959 Ай бұрын

Ermac’s existence was defined by his servitude. It’s cool to see him choose his own path in this timeline

@nicholasnguyen5181 Ай бұрын

Nice!

@BlackGoId Ай бұрын

I like habits skin. Gives me savage grenadier vibes from gears 3

@Ron_Keffer Ай бұрын

Son of Anarchy? Is Havik starting his own Sons of Anarchy charter?

@mikaela5938 Ай бұрын

Ermac was Kenshi's mentor in deadly alliance through deception, they prescribed telekinesis together and stuff

@shawnwaters8039 2 ай бұрын

"Army of Souls"? what's that a Evil Dead Reference?

@tedfrommars7839 2 ай бұрын

I hope we see this ermac in the story aftermath

@tundrauzumaki Ай бұрын

He was never a bad guy to begin with 🤦🏾‍♂️, what’s with y’all spreading these false narratives about dude

@fissilewhistle Ай бұрын

MK9-X Ermac was an asshole.

@koopaklipz Ай бұрын

He was always like this glad he’s not evil

@lanphil6663 Ай бұрын

we are many. we are many more. we are many more times infinity plus infinity no takebacks

@bru9383 Ай бұрын

2nd best ninja's in the house! And WE APPROVE! (1st is and always will be the perfect scaleboi Syzoth

@CelticVictory Ай бұрын

Geras: Stay on the right side of history. Ermac: How are we to know what that is? Ermac understands it.

@flashn00b Ай бұрын

2:46 you can see the confusion in Ermac's facial expressions

@NoobSaibotFans Ай бұрын

Ermac is a wonderful character

@abymael17 Ай бұрын

Ermac, the first on Raiden's fan club

@gabrielvega1374 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone have a weird glitch where even of you buy the kombat pack it will lock you out of the dlc characters and the premium store?

@LordHades7077 Ай бұрын

Yeah that happened to me last night

@gabrielvega1374 Ай бұрын

@@LordHades7077 Do you know why that is?

@geneericname7138 Ай бұрын

I can't speak for other consoles but once you buy the combat pack on PlayStation the individual DLCs change price to 'free'. If you're on PlayStation and still can't access the characters try downloading them individually through the PS Store. You may also need to access the NRS servers with the DLC on your console to unlock the characters so you might have to check whether you have access to that.

@Mariocat99 Ай бұрын

Ermac becoming an anti-villain to seek redemption

@serioussilliness2064 Ай бұрын

1:10 By God I feel this. All of what is said in just 2 lines.

@serioussilliness2064 Ай бұрын

Also the one with staying on the right side of history, much less so but still a lot

@maximbahirev1592 Ай бұрын

DA Skorpion voice has beed modified

@CIG40ROLLIN Ай бұрын

WE LOVE ERMAC

@Heat_Playz1 2 ай бұрын

did quan chi really try to blackmail ermac?

@almightytowerdiveking4636 Ай бұрын

Ermac was a good guy in the original timeline. In the second he wasn't evil either. He just has a way better story now. I wanna see what they do with him and Kenshi.

@HouseOfAlastrian Ай бұрын

In this timeline, the souls that make up Ermac are those who once inhabited the Living Forest. No soul who ended up there is evil since evil souls end up in the Netherrealm. So why would Ermac be evil once free of Quan Chi?

@WatermelonCatMemeCat Ай бұрын

Army of soul's damn its sound good

@MultiSuperrene Ай бұрын

Is ermac even a person ? Or just a colony of souls ? And which souls?

@rd1426 Ай бұрын

It kinda looks like Ermac will have the more personal rivalry with Quan Chi that Scorpion/Hanzo has always had. Kinda weird to think of, but if it leads to Ermac chasing Quan Chi through the Netherrealm and repeatedly torturing him I'm all for it.

@Misosalty683 Ай бұрын

3:34 aint no way😂

@TheSixteen60 2 ай бұрын

Wasn't Ermac a good guy in the original timeline?

@JulioLerma-xl5xs 2 ай бұрын

Mk x he joined forces with kotal Kahn and betrayed mileena

@arataki_ittoofficial4375 2 ай бұрын

@@JulioLerma-xl5xshe wasn't exactly good he just worked for whoever was kahn. He still was relatively antagonistic. And he was apart of the raid of earthrealm in MK9. The very very first timeline was where he was good.

@thewildwastelander 2 ай бұрын

in the 3D era he turned good

@KhaySem 2 ай бұрын

He’s always evil at first. In the OG timeline Kenshi freed him from servitude and he joined the good guys In the Netherrealm Timeline, Shao Kahn died and he made the decision to devote himself Kotal Kahn, becoming somewhat of an uneasy ally of Earthrealm

@WeaponXSigma Ай бұрын

He always starts off as a bad guy but ends up turning good later. In all three timelines, that ends up being the case.

@kaygeez1542 Ай бұрын

Absorption or death

@jaivonpyatt6905 Ай бұрын

Ironically Ermac does have a point, what Havoc has went through as a refugee within Outworld & the destruction & Anarchy he committed doesn't justify any of his actions at all.

@flowern6499 Ай бұрын

3:06 Hey! When did Ghost Rider join Mortal Kombat?

@Kenoblade Ай бұрын

He is just trying to live life

@murilohumbertocmcb Ай бұрын

BRUH is this the original Kratos's V.A.?!

@alexmurphy6574 Ай бұрын

I wish there was 3 line of dialogues instead of 2 like previous games, a lot of conversations feels unfinished.

@XIL_Roon Ай бұрын

the voice actor sounds like a mix of shao and the MK9/MKX announcer, weird.

@madscientistdrfigurini Ай бұрын

Ermac's voiced by the same guy who does the announcer.

@MultiSuperrene Ай бұрын

Ok now tell me why he is a dlc and not in main game

@roman4ick Ай бұрын

same is a quan chi : directors dont give time to finish main characters and say * release date is release! no delay,i dont care!*😢

@henry_a_c_l4816 Ай бұрын

"how can so many souls be so ignorant" like bro come on NRS took everything cool about havik's personality and just took it away

@mateocortanage Ай бұрын

He seems like a good guy with a history of dr*g problems

@TheNeonGamer912 Ай бұрын

Bro really hates havik._.

@songtaowang3603 2 ай бұрын

Ermac:"Do you miss your sister?" Aether (Genshin Impact):"Yeah. I still miss her." Ermac:"Your soul has a hidden fear about Sumeru's Archon Rukkha-" Aether:"Do not mention that name!" Aether:"Will that Sorcerer find you and turn you into his servant again?" Ermac:"He will, but we will be on guard." Aether:"I should ask Nahida about you. She might perhaps help you." Ermac:"Though kindful, we choose ourselves."

@jeffrinator2078 Ай бұрын

This brings up a lot of interesting ideas for mk characters interacting with more characters from other games

@jeanmatos5601 Ай бұрын

He should’ve got his own chapter instead they made him a jobber

@phantomthiefjoker939 Ай бұрын

Me: How should I free you of Quan Chi's evil spell? Ermac: Defeat me and you'll be handsomely rewarded.

@SD120TOMB Ай бұрын

Better Ermac.

@monstermilk6092 Ай бұрын

Ermac was never a bad guy??? The moment he got out from under Shang Tsung and/or Quan Chi's control (both of whom could very easily kill him for good), he immediately started helping the good guys.

@slowbro- Ай бұрын

Yet. 😂

@Oceancyberx Ай бұрын

Fist he was gay without no mask now he looks cool with mask 😂👌

@jonathanmaldonado2499 Ай бұрын

This is the first proper they/them character in a fighting game. Ermac means it literally.

@chrisplusvero1980 Ай бұрын

Bro's pronouns are "We" 😅

@mirelcostin7538 2 ай бұрын

The only sane person with they/them as a pronoun 😂

@WeaponXSigma Ай бұрын

Funny enough Ermac isn't the only one. All the Dragon Ball fused characters, the symbiotes from Marvel Comics, Seraph from Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2 and Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei 5 have entered the chat.

@mirelcostin7538 Ай бұрын

@@WeaponXSigma i forgot about DBZ characters