At least they are honst with their cover, you get half of 11

Nah I can't be asked. You sell a Game for 70$ and you still add microtransactions,not to mention that you have to BUY THE FATALITIES,which Is one of the main parts of the franchise. Absolutely disgusting

Fun Fact: It's called MK1 because they took 10 steps back from MK11.

Ever since MK9 my only interaction with this franchise has been watching the main story on YT. Zero regrets

The hate increases even more knowing that Shang Tsung and Ermac should have been part of the base roster from the beginning. What a shame...

Mortal Kombat 1: We're putting microtransactions into our game. Tekken 8: Hey! Can I copy your homework?

I remember hearing that Angry Joe stopped being a Mortal Kombat fan because of this game's microtransactions. Even hardcore, lifelong fans are leaving because of extremely aggressive monetization.

The fact that you have to pay nearly 15% of the game to get a skin or an animation is crazy. I hate that companies have normalized this shit.

That tanya skin was absolutely abysmal wtf 💀💀💀

I believe that quan chi and ermac were suppose to be in the base roster but ended up not happening probably due to rush production

MkX was the peak, from character interactions to gameplay. Seeing Ferra just makes me miss those new characters even more, goat game

Mortal Kombat got so bad, I actually went back to boot up my old PS2 to play Deadly Alliance.

Mortal Kombat 11 looks more then a Mortal Kombat game then Mortal Kombat 1, what a disgrace to call it MK1. They should have called it Injustice Kombat - Superhero Invasion.

Until you memtioned it, I never realized how much I miessed MK11 Krypt...

As a MK fan since the beginning, this was the best video I've seen so far explaining the situation with Mortal Kombat One, because I've seen several videos of people cursing the game just for pleasure and views, but few actually explained why they hate the game in the first place. Congratulations on your diction, for speaking slowly and explaining everything about the game.

By far the quickest i've ever lost interest in a MK game. Mortal Kombat is a top 5 gaming franchise for me. I had every port on my Sega genesis and the first two games my father bought when we got our OG Playstation was MK trilogy and MK 4. I've never been a big multiplayer guy. Over the last decade even less as I just don't have the time to "get good" and play match after match. I've always been a big single player guy and towers person who loved playing friends and family when they came over. I always felt if I played the game a lot early I would be able to unlock everything and be able to come back and play whenever I liked with all skins and extras. That last statement should tell you exactly why MK1 has become a problem. There is no end just the grind. WB has locked so much behind loot and tedious amounts of grind I haven't even officially unlocked half the rosters'second fatality inputs. WB wanted us to play match after match after match after match that they cut off the ability to have the second fatality inputs automatically unlock once you performed them like other games before. It's not fun. I have not touched MK1 since the day Quan Chi came out. I have no interest in Peacemaker, Ermac or takeda. To fully enjoy them I have to go back into invasions and grind each of them up when before I just downloaded them and their moves were there. Grind and greed destroyed this game. Games used to be a release from work. Now Studios and publishers like WB want you to treat these games like work except you don't get paid for it and they want you to keep paying them.

Bro put the whole mk community on his back & perfectly said everything we’ve all been thinking BRUTALITY

W outfit. Love the drip.

They’re actually so lazy when it came to making this one 11 being a more appealing game despite being the previous franchise game is crazy

Dude said the lead designer of MK1 has a foot fetish! 😆💯

NRS should honestly start carrying over customization and gear pieces from previous games and just add new ones on top of them. It's clear that they either don't have time to make new ones or are running out of ideas with each instalment

Monetization is probably the biggest issue with modern gaming aside from games being unfinished. I like MK1, but even I admit it is a pretty flawed game with a boring invasions mode, horrible monetization, Megan Fox's lazy acting, horrible online, and the game shutting its servers so you can't play as any of the previous DLC characters when another one comes out. Invasions is probably the one that makes me yawn the most. The rewards are great, but the road to get them is sleep inducing. SF6 also has horrible monetization, but at least that one doesn't have immense issues.

I hope this channel never stops to bless us with videos

Ed Boon: We need more microtransactions! Harada: Are you challenging me?

A beauty of an outfit 😁😁

Netherrealm Studios: *being greedy for money* EA Games: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!

Best modern MK recipe: Visuals: closer to MKX Gameplay: Mix between mk9 and mk11 More modular customisation allowing players to actually change the gear of fighters like change chestplace, change pants and etc separately (you get the idea). No cameo bs (or make them optional) And delete that monetization bs (my opinion)

The reptile costume coming in real handy with the green screen effect I see. Just wanted to say how much I loved that effect of the ninja changing with the moves.

I've seen the start of the franchise. Weird how Mortal Kombat could have died so many deaths at so many points in time, yet this is absolutely the worst crisis it's been in and it's entirely because of greed. Could you imagine them pulling shit like this back in the 90s or 2000s?

This video hit so hard as a moral combat fan. You echoed pretty much all the sentiments. I loved this game but I hate the direction the franchise is going. It's just unfortunate that I have to see with the rest of the fans from a distance my favorite game franchise.

The editing 🔥🔥

I fully agree with your assessment on the cameo fighters. I never personally liked tag team fighting for the exact reasons you mentioned, and it was fine having it as a side mode in the game. But the cameos in MK1 only make the game feel like a half baked version of Blazblue Cross Tag or Marvel vs Capcom, forcing you to not only learn and master the moves of your main/s, but also the moves of a second character you can't even play as. It really should have just been a side mode, or even a mode that has the option of being turned off. EDIT: Imagine if in MK1's sequel (if it gets one), story mode played similar to MK11's krypt? A 3d environment you must explore and traverse through with the battles against other characters in each chapter basically being a boss fight? That would be amazing!

mortal kombat 11 was kind of sick then they just shit on us with mortal kombat 1. what a disappointment

You got "the cherry on top of the cake" metaphor very well. But we don't say "to put the nail on the head" to mean anything similar. We do say, "to HIT the nail on the head". That means: to be be very accurate with our descriptions. You hit the nail on the head with this video!

Enhanced button in MK11 led to situations where you have to guess if opponent will enhance his special move on block or not. That was dumb.

Your monologue at the end was perfect. Good video, very truthful. Not alot of people like to talk about the Ed Boon part.

They saw the incredible success of MK11 and tried to do the same but with way less effort.

Love this guy hahaha OG KZfaq vibes

The fact that MK1 copied accessories from MK11 and still had less accessories than MK11 is laughable, like how do you reuse assets and still end up with less assets? Truly baffling

My take on some points: I prefer the more vibrant look to MK for this one, I was getting a bit tired of the darker tone I don't like how you can customize characters at all, not in Injustice, not in MK11, and especially not in MK1. But since there is a drive to have customization in the game, they at least have to make it a good system Meter burn is much better the way it is now, it makes for a more decisive gameplay, where your choices and their risks matter more. Combos are much nicer too, I like a lot how much "free space" you have to play compared to MK11. And speaking of gameplay I think having kameos is fine, though they need a bit of work right now. I wouldnt mind if MK2 had kameos and wouldnt mind if it didn't. Also, krushing blows can go die alone and never return MK1 single player content is sad, but I'll be brief: story is much better than MKX and 11, but it took a shit on itself on the last third, invasions suck, lack of krypt is bad and normal towers is just not for me... and here I wished there was more things to talk about lol MTX are nuts lmao and its even worse when you look at the skins themselves... There are barely any skins in the game and aint no way I'm paying for pallets, cause I hate their existance Overall Yeah fun game, but it sucks

1:30 Personally, I feel that a darker more sinister look fits more with what I expect from Mortal Kombat TBH. Bright and colorful isn't what I picture when I think Mortal Kombat in the slightest. Off to a good start!

The only person who truly deserves to buy the rights back of Mortal Kombat, is it’s one and ONLY……true creator: *John Tobias* He is the only person who actually cares about MK, he leaving Midway was the day the franchise began its slow death, he still has passion for this franchise unlike Crazy Ed, and he actually respects the fans. It has always been his creation which Ed & his team helped bring to life, and this franchise has to make some major retcons in order to remove a large chunk of its recent history if it has any real chance to properly move forward, which I say only MK1-4 + Mythologies should be seen as canon from that point onward. Give the rights back to its creator, cause MK is John’s baby and ultimately he is the last person who can even remotely save this dying franchise.

I hate how cameos are a main part of the game

MK's biggest problem is that they rely way too much on guest characters to keep their games relevant

I disagree that bad choices will make the next game bankrupt. You see the same cycle again and again, gamer gets upset at a game, complain about it and say they're done with the franchise, Pubs/Devs announce a new release, same gamer gets hype and seems to forget the previous sentiments, rinse and repeat. I used to love playing fighting games, but ever since I saw where the industry is taking the genre and implementing egregious monetisation, I've stopped buying modern fighting games. If there was a game that I did want, I'll just wait a few years until the "Complete" edition is released. I remember back in the day when I defended SF4 and the many iterations, I was debating this with my friends about it and they were saying that those editions could've just been updates, and to be honest, I don't remember what dumbass excuses I was making to defend it.

As soon as the first trailer came out, my first thought was "why do all the characters look so similar?" Like all the male Asian characters look like one dude wearing different outfits, and the same with the women, with different hairstyles. And the whole other character tag teaming with you I didn't care for. I only have a PS4 and was damn sure I wasn't getting a completely brand new system just to play this game. I'm glad I didn't. This was the only reason I may have gotten a PS5 but that in itself is a slap in the face for MK fans. There are many who can't afford to buy a new system to play their favorite franchise. When they refused to release it on PS4 left a bad taste in my mouth. Asides from that the price and all the added money grabs they put in.....they can take a feckin hike. I'm sick of having to pay a small fortune in order to get the most out of a game. Once I pay for a game, that's ALL I want or should have to pay for. Every corporation is focused only on profit when before even tho that was obviously important, thry at least USED to care about the actual product and how fun it was for the consumer. Now they could care less and only give a shit about maximizing profit and could care less about if people enjoy it. MK got away with it because it's a huge well loved franchise. Now it's lost some of that, the next game won't sell as good just like this one hasn't. We just have to face the fact that 99% of everything today is about profit and nothing else. The era of game developers caring about their communities or fans is done. They could give two shits about who they're making the game for....the only time the do care is if they're making it from themselves, inserting themselves or their politics into it to feed their own narcissism. Shame.

MK1 is the first main entry that I have completely skipped.

Same thing with tekken 8 i miss the time where you just buy the stuff as a whole no dlc no microtransactions

Excellent video, I just recently found your channel and love your Hitman content I've learned a lot, really hope you keep branching out, this is great.

If Boon stated he wants to move on from MK, it's understandable. But killing it by giving their worst is a sad way to go, and almost treason for the long-time fans. If only NRS would give MK a great epic story mode that honors the journey, bringing up the best modes from every MK and improving them, giving big rewards for a decent effort, offering the best experience ever, and going out in a blaze of glory. Fans would be sad but grateful, enjoying the game to its last breath and keeping it as a dear memory, instead of hating something they've loved for at least half their lives.

As an editor its very refreshing to see a skilled youtuber like yourself. Cant wait for the next video.

I never stuck with it just because of the Kameo bullshit. Should've gave us a "klassic" mode.

Mk1/SF6/T8 all started with praise but as time has gone on the praise has lessened quite a lot, All three now having Mobile game style elements and battle passes etc, it is really a downer. Mk1 though Kameos could have been good I feel if the core was better Like for example if the game was more like MkX and then Had kameos on top of that but as a side game mode or something

4:21 not motaro's hoof being shown aswell 😭😭😭

This video was very comprehensive and well made! I loved the editing style and your costume, subbed

You summed it all up perfectly. Well done! 👏

I actually uninstalled MK1 yesterday after feeling like beating the story mode and doing some of those invasion challenges was enough. Shame, the game has potential, and I enjoyed coming back to the series for the first time since Deadly Alliance, but it just wasn't enough to keep me interested long term.

My major major major issue with this game is that Kameos are DLC. The fact that Kameos are SO important to amplifying gameplay and characters means if you dont buy them you are literally missing out on combo and gameplay options. So to optimize your non DLC character, you need to have all the DLC Kameos. Look at how Cham changed sooo much for the game, and she is locked behind a paywall.

Is that one of my favorite youtubers talking about one of my favorite game series? Lets go

Nice suits brother. What Mastery level do I need to unlock to get them?

Netherrealm shouldn't have rushed this game out the door, and instead concentrated their efforts on Injustice 3.

I can't explain it but your body language and gestures are super entertaining to watch, also hecka informative video. Subbed!

Love the edits. I wish you the best.

100% everything you said. Last NRS preorder for me. I'm still hopeful they will fix it over the next year, but I'm not holding my breath.

Love the video, love the production, love the commentary. It’s all on point too man. As a huge MK fan, MK1 in retrospect after a lot of hours with it, is lackluster in so many ways simply due to WB greed and lack of fan service! 💯 🙌🏼

This whole video is better than the game itself. Very cool editing, nice cosplay and amazing accent. I really like the detailed explanation and mild humour sprinkled in✌

You absolutely nailed this video man. Well done!

In terms of gameplay, I have to say I do prefer mk1 for the most part. Kameos are cooler to me than mk11's half assed "variations". But I definitely agree it falls short of mk11 in every other aspect (except graphics, they both look great)

I actually prefer using meter burn at the same time as the move input, I find it easier

that was a crazy intro, good job bro!

Bro, the color changes of your outfit in the video, super smooth. 👌

I agree dude and what is with that file size I have never had to remove injustice 2 from the harddrive but as soon as something needed to be deleted I got rid it was just too large

I lost interest when they first announced you had partner to call in.

The only thing that makes sense is Mortal Kombat 1 having a brighter color scheme. It was supposed to reboot the series, and the original MK game was relatively bright as well. Things got darker as the series went on.

every vid you put out is high quality huh, impressive!

Man I could play towers of time for so long and I can't even stand to play invasions.

Injustice 2 is the best customization NRS did. Injustice 2 a game from 2017 has more expression in customization than a game from 2023. So, sad.

Very well articulated video. My question to you is this: Would you be comfortable with future endeavors into MK stepping away from something competitively based, and a take a chance on the formula similar to Shaolin monks?

Micro-transactions in a fighting game feel more scummy from the inception. Additional characters are often always meta upon release so having them be paid for sucks. Fighting games tend to be sparse on unique content to begin with. It takes a creative arcade mode and a healthy meta to get you money’s worth out of the game. Taking rewards that used to earn-able in game through challenges and secrets, such as skins, and selling them in addition to the game reduces my engagement as I don’t have anything fun to work towards and also makes me think what tf you were working on this whole time. This stuff used to be in the base game. Now you won’t see an MK game where the retro skins are on by default. They ALWAYS make you pay for that shit. If you really wanna play it, wait for the massive discount it usually goes on.

Love this video! Also, you are one of the few I’ve seen cover the nasty foot fetish that has been injected into this game. Thank you for that!! Subscribed

The meter burn having to be used precisely is bc in mk11 you could press it after the move starts making it harder for players to read the move therefore making it harder

Great video! First time watching and this really effectively summarised the situation which I only had a passing understanding of.

People aren't kidding when they say the latest mk is the most hated

Oh my goodness the editing is heavily good, especially the transitions from one segment to another.

Bro got that drip he gonna get all da women

You hit the nail on the head, thorough analysis.

This probably the best and most creative editing I've seen in a video

Bro why are ur hitman 100 percent completion videos private I can’t watch them 😢😢 if you see this please make them public you help me a lot

Even diskounting the mikrotransaktions the game's also $70. I mean, if they wanted to make a lot of moolah a remake of Mortal Kombat Armageddon would be fun, with its boatload of kharakters.

Cant speak for every other issue but the meter burn thing has some pretty good explanations. 1) not every addition to a fighting game needs to have the purpose of making the game easier 2) it adds extra variety for those who want to have extra execution challenges. Even if its not that difficult, you can flub it so it is some challenge. 3) it gives players more risk/reward scenarios. Consder that maybe you arent good at execution, but you can take the risk and try to meter burn to secure the win or chose the safer route and have to win another neutral interaction to secure the win. Stuff like that is pretty cool once you accept that you can't be perfect at every skill in fighting games.

I like that you change color through out the video

MK1 worst Mortal Kombat ever made

I think you nailed all the issues, though I'm just an outsider looking in cause I'm on the fence if I ever want to buy MK1. Lack of customization and fewer intros/outros than mk11 is one that baffles me, I had hoped down the line they would add more intros/outros as free updates. Although I'd have to disagree on the EX system going back to how it was, in MK11 delayed EX moves were an annoyance to deal with when blocking. It's either you get hit for thinking you could punish an unsafe move, or miss your chance to punish cause you thought the delayed EX was going to be used.

This video is amazing, good job bro. I'm surprised you haven't mentioned this situation about 30 fps in fatals, menu, x-rays etc. That's crap design too

Why did you delete most of ur vids like the sniper assassin sa so guides

I feel like kameos shouldn't be compared to tag there both trying the 2 flights gimmick but they both do it in multiple different ways i think the closest thing to the kameo gimmick in mk is the tower consumables in mk11 that let you summon another fighter to help

I thought I was the only one that had an issue with mk1. Because if you look at its launch date, the promotion for it it looked legitimate. People were in a rush to tell the story of the game…. Now the game isn’t worth even playing anymore, no one is hype about it anymore. I do agree MK11 is way better, I hate the Kameo system and the lack of customization.

I kept seeing people complain about MK1 but couldn’t really understand why. This was the explanation I needed and I agree. I didnt have a strong opinion because i almost never do microtransactions and i liked the MK1 story a lot more than MK11 (even though it still felt short). Great video

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I prefer MK11. Hell, I prefer MK9 still. MK1 does not interest me at all... I have played it, but I have not purchased it, and probably wont... and I've been playing MK since literally DAY ONE in the arcades... way back in 1992. They just changed too much... and making that "kameo" bullshit a base mechanic was a STUPID move.