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I'm not sure if this is controversial but I think the 3D era trilogy has probably some of the best music in this series.

They took full advantage of this new Era down to the smallest details. Seeing Raiden's body trickle with electricity in real time, the cybernetic augments on Cyrax blink and flash, and most importantly.....HATLESS Kung Lao??? It blew my young impressionable mind.

Deception, Shaolin Monks & Armageddon were much more entertaining BUT I like this one too. Deadly Alliance saved the franchise. It was a success in sales plus it has introduced Kenshi, Nitara, Mavado, Konquest mode and The Krypt. I love it

The OG MK Fans hated on style branching combos but I fucking loved it. It felt so cathartic.

The best story of the main line games. The dread of the death of Liu Kang and perceived death of Goro, making Quan and Shang the main villains feel like Total threats, making Sub-Zero Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei. They did so much right

When Tobias left, MK almost lost it. Goes to show you how great he was to the team. Thankfully it pulled through. Now its 2023 and its back to 1! Excited to see how this new story line plays out now.

I remember as a kid the Kombo system was very tricky to master, especially the longer ones that characters like Raiden would have, but man was it incredible to see the creators utilize all known forms of Martial Arts for the games

Absolutely adore this game. I know it’s common criticisms are pointed toward fatalities and single player content but its combos, soundtrack, and concept alone make this my favorite.

This was my first Mk🥲

7:48 Cooking with Scorpion has got to be my favorite thing ever. I wish there was more campy silly bonus stuff like that.

3D era gives me so much nostalgia man. Growing up playing these games made me fall in love with the MK especially Monks.

I wish they remade the game. The 3 martial arts styles was very creative. Its my fav MK of all time.

Deadly Alliance was great but Konquest mode in Deception was CRAZY

Another great video in the series, thank you! This game was super fun. I remember really enjoying the different fighting styles. I totally forgot that they toned down the fatalities.

II deadly alliance was a great game....liu Kang being killed was traumatic...

Honestly I wish instead of the variations they would have just updated the fighting style where you got to pick between the three during the match that would have been really awesome if they reworked at instead of the kameo assist

MK deadly alliance, I really liked the arenas, the krypt, cooking with scorpion video, making of the game documentary, music video, and so much more. Game play and story line was interesting. It was a huge improvement over MK4. Thanks to deadly alliance I think it saved the Mortal Kombat franchise in a way

This was the very first mk game I played, crazy I was a toddler playing this back then 💀

The darkest story so far in MK franchise. Because of Liu Kang's death, no main protagonist in this game. Every good guys lost and killed by Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. Even Raiden lost against them. The only game where bad guys truly win! This game truly define what MK is at that point - Liu Kang was always their savior, but when he die, all hope is lost. (I don't count MKA coz this game has main hero which is Taven, and he supposedly the one who beat Blaze but goddamn NRS just retcon it...poor Taven)

Deception was my favorite but I really liked some aspects of deadly alliance way more. I liked the 3D era the best but that might be because Soul Calibur is my favorite fighting game series so I'm used to the 3D movement instead of just left and right.

Can we stop acting like the 3d Era games were bad? Deadly Alliance and Deception had the best story in the series.

Being someone who has played all the mortal kombats as a kid, I love seeing them show love to all the older mortal kombats that came before it . Mortal kombat 1 is gonna be the new best mortal kombat game !

This was really great. I'm gonna go back and watch the rest. You perfectly articulated what this game felt like when it came out. I hope you include Shaolin Monks in your series.

It was this game that introduced me to the band Adema! I still love that song to this day. Actually found the ep it was on and bought it hahaha. I had so much fun with this game. Great in depth video and look back down memory lane.

3D era was my favorite I was blessed to play Deception, DA and Armageddon 🔥

Am I the only one shocked that Raiden is 7 FEET TALL!? 😳😳😳

Would had been nice to had Deadly Alliance Liu Kang as a playable character someday.

The forgotten era of Mortal Kombat. It’s a damn shame. These games were PACKED with content, and are among the best games in the franchise.

Literally, Midway and Ed Boon's Team did the "Jumping the Shark" with this game, killing the protagonist, total revamp of the gameplay and focusing the lore wise aspect of the franchise, that later will expand it. At the end this game pay off two games being Deception and Armaggedon. Kinda lame that NRS doing again and for the third time a reboot, that is lazy and uncreative because they don't how to move foward without making choice and then regret it, for making that choice. Hope one day they can move foward after the Armaggedon events. Excellent video.

This was my favorite mk period. The 3d arena gameplay and style branches along with the graphics. Unmatched

That opening scene with liu Kang and kung lao means so much to me . Such a cool moment in mk history

Your first video showed up randomly in my feed. Being that i was 9 when mk1 first dropped and am now 40.. Im roughly 2 hours into nostalgia like no other. Your videos are really cool. Glad they showed up an plan on finishing the series! Got you with a ❤!!

Amazing video dude been excited for every single one of thee cant wait for the next one keep it up

This one shocked me and surprisingly made me angry that they killed Liu Kang. The game was good and Reptile's ending stuck with me til Deception. I was also hoping Liu Kang possessing Kano's body would come to fruition but they let that one go. A fan can dream. 😁

Great video! Seriously entertaining.

Thank you for the videos! You’re teaching me about the lore! I can’t wait for the next one

I really like this video. You break down a lot

Your videos are incredible. Can’t wait for Deception!

The Deadly Alliance were near unstoppable. Beat Raiden, Shao Kahn, Liu Kang. They would’ve more than likely beat Shinnok too.

Can’t wait for the video on MK Deception!! Still my favorite 3D era game

I loved the RPG within the game (I think it was Deception actually). You played as a brand new character but you encountered every MK character along the way, spanning every realm and revealing a lot of lore. There was also a chess side game that was kind of cool (again, I don't remember which game it was in... it could have been DA, Deception or Armageddon).

Cooking with scorpion should return featuring Sub Zero making the dessert

Drahmin is such an underrated character it’s so sad that we will most likely never see him again as a playable character even though he deserves another chance and they could give him a nice redesign and I honestly think he would play and look great with todays graphics and fighting engines but for some reason Ed Boon dislikes Drahmin a lot which makes no sense in my opinion there are so many other characters that are worse and less likable than Drahmin

I never noticed the Roman numeral for 5 was what that blade weapon on the cover art was

Amazing video!

the krypt use to scare me as a child 😂😂

Great video!

Great Memories! Remake It + Deception + Shaolin Monks+ Armageddon!

I just wish we'd get the 3D era in like a remaster pack, or the whole franchise in one big remaster package. The 3D era wasn't bad, it did get very rough at the end with Armageddon and then that awful,awful MK vs DC thing but the start and middle were good, Dead Alliance was pretty great, Deception was even better and Shaolin Monks still makes me wish to this day that we got that canceled sequel Ice and Fire where we'd play as Scorpion and Sub together. This whole period unjustly gets shit on too much, just because it wasn't the same formula that the first 4 games had. Yet this new 3D period gave us so much cool stuff, a lot more single player fun stuff like the Krypt,Konquest Mode and also a bunch of wacky and weird modes that added to the package.

Appreciate the short explanation on different martial arts the characters use. The more you know ;)

This is crazy you come out with this video and Ed Boon confirming the Deadly Alliance is coming back in MK 1 in his interview with Danny Pena.

Deadly alliance had my favorite character designs 🤘

Koffins FU & RO were the worst yet always hysterical.

2:33 All these years later and I’m just now realizing this 😂 Can’t wait for your vid on Decpetion!

I got this game for Christmas when it came out that year, I remember it like it was yesterday, sweet innocent bloody memories on deadly alliance

Dude, your MK videos are spot on! This generation of MK games (DA, Deception, and especially Armageddon) and the ridiculous DC crossover obliterated my love for MK! Fortunately, MK9 reignited it with a big bang and it just went up from there.

It wasn't really open to the public as a local released to the arcades but in the video History of MK, they picked random cities and left a few cabinets to test out

Love your videos

I love that you can always find some British guy covering your favorite topics. Thank you british people.

That was great Liu Kang intro…well before he died 🙃

DA one of my favorites

My fav MK was 3. MK 4 was my second favorite one. It was fast n brutal. The side step n speed of the game was very satisfying.

I liked the 3D Era of MK idk why most people didn't like it. MKDA is definitely in my top 5

This is like one of the first video games i have memory of playing 🔥😭

I've never heard anyone praise the gameboy games. Lol great video! There was info I didn't know about.

22:03 I can't believe it. Even if you excuse the technicality of Sub Zero being two different characters in MK1 and MK2, this means that there is not a single character who appears in every single game!

This was a fun game. I’ll revisit this at some point

After that janky Mortal Kombat 4, Subzero: Mythologies and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces Deadly Allancie was boss!

That Liu Kang intro was amazing

Scorpions hapkido was fire in this game

i own'd MKA when it came out ( I was 7 i think) the intro scared me for some reason seeing liu kangs neck snapped disturbed me (dont know why) so i never played it unless a guest wanted to play it. I remember I got Deception and couldn't stop playing it.

Glad MK1 will focus on the 3D era.

Favourite Mortal Kombat game.

Thanks!

Deception next please.

good videos

A shame most of the characters that debuted here are seemingly disliked by the fanbase. Though in recent years it seems many want to see more of them finally return playable in some fashion. Kai, Mavado, Sareena, Reiko, Havik and so on. Even more obscure kombatants like No Face and Jataaka. I feel Deadly Alliance is what Mortal Kombat 4 SHOULD have been back in 1997. Sure, MK4 was the first 3D game in the Mortal Kombat series and was fun but in terms of gameplay it was really just MK3 given a three-dimensional skin. This game really deserves more love for getting the then overexposed franchise out of its funk. 😇 I really think Deadly Alliance nailed its presentation. Like you mentioned, the likes of Shao Kahn (as far as we're aware...) and the main hero Liu Kang being killed from the start really let you know the stakes are higher more than ever and this "deadly alliance" is not to be underestimated. And there is also this looming atmosphere of sinister dread, doom, mystery, hopelessness, and seriousness throughout the game's plot, character designs, stages, endings, and even the music. As well as the constant foreshadowing about this "Dragon King" possibly being an even greater threat in the near future despite the current crisis with the Deadly Alliance to the realms. Sure there's some levity via the silly unlockable goodies and Johnny Cage's comical bits like his story info in Konquest Mode and his ending but all the characters are dead serious and no nonsense. 🥴

Loving these episodes sm! Writing this on Aug 2023, I’d love to see how MK1 could re invent Nitara and Mavado, hopefully they join the roster!

i loved ps2 graphics so much at a time. So much great ninja action combat games from that era

I got both the GBA games just for collecting and was surprised how fun they are to play.

Not really into fighting games but I played this one a lot

lets gooooo!

Deadly alliance was THE BEST MORTAL KOMBAT

I couldn't figure out how to complete the simpilest of Combos.

Mk da was one of my favorites ... Grew up on mk3 and then mk da Amazing.. game

If we could get one more 3d MK tht shit would be so lit

The Tobais era MK games had the best art direction and style. The PS2 era was also excellent.

I don’t know why but I love that essentially Shang Tsung gets beat to a pulp by Lui Kang and Quan-Chi just watches until the last moment

@DonCritic please make a follow up to MKDeception and wow loved how you put your heart and soul into this 👏🏻👏🏻

Back when they actually took risks with their games.

I loved radians clothes in this game

Cooking with Scorpion broke my young mind and to this day is my favorite thing from mortal kombat ever its on KZfaq if you haven't seen but you must see it lmao

POV your brothers just come home from EB games (GameStop name at the time) and start playing this on Xbox and a 7 year old you is bewildered about the blood and fatalities

I played this shit on all those consoles idc its goated to me

I love mortal Kombat

One thing that disappointed me about this game was the final boss of the ladder matches. I wish it was a 2v1 against both of the deadly alliance like both enemies on the screen that would have been 100x harder and more chaotic.

I wish they could make anothe 3D Mortal Kombat, i still play Deadly Alliance on my PS2 because of the 3D aspect

Despite coming out a month before I was born. This is the mk game I grew up with

I got to subzero and lost my mind and broke my mad kat blue controller 😂