I got to be honest, after Johnny got broken into by an ex yakuza member with a sword, opening his front door and seeing a God and 2 ninjas in the door opening "what in the actual FU-" is probably how anyone would react to that
@@lakshaykochhar6799 no I seriously hated the story. Any story that has multiverse bs =lazy writing. The characters' writing is so bland, they are either white or black, extremely good or bad people, and nothing in between. Many things make absolutely no sense like when General Shoa gets beaten by everyone although he's supposed to be a general who went on hundreds of battles. It is honestly a trash story and the worst in a while.
What’s funny is that Barraka lost his wife, kids and became a monster and still remained a good guy. Shang Tsung became a bad guy just because he was a loser lmao.
Liu Kang literally admits later on that he made sure Shang Tsung and Quan Chi had "meaningless existences" in his new era. Lui Kang still had petty beef with them after literal eons and I kind of respect that honestly
Being honest,it was a dissapointment for me,I mean,can you imagine a Kronika in the hands of Shang Tsung causing chaos and destruction? It would be better than the MK11 version.
It was the dumbest plot twist i ever seen. Like, for what reason would Shang Tsung have to pretend to be Kronika? For all the Kronika disguise was good for he could have shown up as a pink elephant, Jacqui or even just himself and achieved the same result. The twist was exclusively to fool the audience not the people in the narrative. And also, you waste a new Kronika design on nothing.
They ruined Scorpion & Sub-Zero including Noob Saibot Reptile Smoke Sonya Blade Liu Kang Tanya & Others so Mortal Kombat 1 2023 must be deleted including this and Mortal Kombat 11 followed by Remastered
My favorite part of MK1R story mode is when that old man sitting at the bar minding his own business while Raiden and Bi-Han Sub-Zero are fighting, and when Raiden's arms got frozen by Bi-Han at the bar counter, the old man just picks off a piece of ice from him, he was like "hmm ninjas, must be Monday, oh an ice cube, cheers dude"
probably knows full well who Madam Bo and the Lin Kuei really are and knows no real shit's going down. That, or he really is just an old dude who's fresh outta fucks for the day / life.
NRS will bring back the real Kronika for the next MK game in the future. "Nobody wanted her"? A few people did like her and they wanted her to be playable.
25:57 They're going off of the MK11 expansion story. In that one you can win as Liu Kang, *or* as Shang Tsung. The time line splitting simply means it's acknowledging both of those endings. However, as later in the story will reveal, it's acknowledging the endings that ALL of the characters could win the single player mode and become a titan and the keeper of time.
@@manuelacuna4188Okay yeah, technically there is an ending that just ends up with her giving up on her life, so she never does become a titan. So there's a timeline out there that just doesn't have a time-keeper for its hourglass and *just keeps going* Interesting idea would be to make a spinoff for *that* timeline and continue on after the events of that game. There is another answer to this, though. And it's the power of stepping back on their decisions. She could have simply made it so that he didn't become a revenant, *but still* met her mom under different circumstances, and was born. Regardless, all of this equates to nonsense anyway. After all, by the time they defeat Kronika, they exist in a place that is outside of times reach. The timeline is rewound all the way to the past. Technically what all of them did *should* have had them *all* never be born, and this includes Liu and Shang Tsung. So if they didn't just turn to dust and disappear, why does she? It's called inconsistent writing. But regardless, they knew their target audience was here for the KOMBAT anyway, and not the story.
the best part is the fights are all random, meaning if you play through the final chapter again you can get different combo characters, upwards of like 30 different possibilities.
If I was Ed Boon, I'd ask for a refund to Megan Fox, or at least payment for a replacement. Heck, you'll see in a year people making AI Megan Fox voice act better.
For clarification on story Quan Chi and Ermac; you are correct, they are using placeholder movesets. Quan Chi is a stripped down version of MK11 Shang Tsung, and Ermac is a stripped down version of MK11 Noob Saibot. My guess is that they were both planned to be base roster, but they couldn't be finished in time, thus we have them as DLC. Edit: I am also assuming that the Khameleon kameo is in the same boat, although she seems to be the most "finished" of the three.
Hopefully in the next game they will focus entirely in the things the arcade endings gave us. There's more than enough content and no need to go back to multiverse stuff. Can say I'm guilty of liking the mess that was the last chapter, it was hilarious.
12:00 it is true baraka supposed to be a edinian, the first opening of the game. There's a theory the one edinian who blaming Shang Tsung on his fake medicine from the opening was baraka before he also being infected by tarkat's virus.
the first half of the story had me completely hooked. all the character work felt compelling and the intrigue really made for an interesting story. but then prime shang tsung revealed himself and everything just fell apart. i feel like a much better choice would have been to keep this games story in only liu kangs timeline, and have the good guys win and the bad guys escape to fight another day. then have a post credit scene that reveals "kronika" as prime shang so the next game (or story mode expansion) could be entirely focused on the crazy timeline collision shit without ruining the integrity of the story they started this one with
Exactly, feels like they blew their load way too early with this one for the sake of beginning and ending a major arc in one game at the cost of it making any sense or maintaining any quality
@@LWNightmareSheriffbUt bUt bUt mArVel maDe iT looK sO aWeSome The common flaw with this multiverse crap it was cool with ONE movie not 10 yrs later and everyone doing billions of timelines
@@ricardolopez720 yeah it's good to get some cool cameos or "what if" stories but it was totally out of control. I actually just switched off once that happened. I had actually been hoping for a real MK1 type new story.
@@MogtheMad0422that’s the current state of this series. Mainly because they’re more distracted about the fatalities and gore and not look into the substance. There’s cool stuff from the 3D era that has continued to be as entertaining. Sure they’re not as pretty looking but their stories and aesthetic is beautiful.
The Armageddon style ending was just so rushed and anticlimactic. Up until that point, it was genuinely so so good. That being said, probably still the best MK story wise and character development.
@@GeronimoPlazmArVel fAnDom WouLd lIkE tO hAve A wOrD wItH yOu Honestly everything has become so absurd because of the multiverse crap that is everywhere. Marvel Rick and Morty and now it's just lame
9:59 I love Liu kang is just not surprised but still extremely disappointed like "Oh, Shang Tsung? Oh what a surprise, of course out of all the people Shang Tsung" 😒
To further cement that the whole story is that the Titan Shang Tsung should have been Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa and voiced by him. Would have been a great twist and also brought him back in for a cameo. He also plays like his former self too so having your MK1 character going up against him with his Ermac lifts, ninja slides, and fireballs would have been quite OP and feel like a proper boss. Would have also been good to see Robin Shou, and the cast of the 1995 MK film make a cameo in helping the good side. Bring in known variations of Goro from the original 2D era version where he literally has no neck, a small pumpkin head and giant timber arms, with the 1995 MK version with his long torso, all with unique fighting styles would have been masterful.
Without going into the details of the gameplay, i feel that the multiverse stuff kinda ruined the story and if it stoped at saving edenia it'd have been one of the best mortal kombat stories if not the best
I actually enjoyed most of the game, I didn't even mind the alternate timelines. Seeing a bunch of mashed up characters during the Armageddon was also really fascinating. However I felt like the end was extremely rushed, with the final battle being such a disappointment. Kronika was a better final boss than Shang & Quan, like a quick 1 round fight, and that's it?
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They should make Mortal Kombat 5 Mortal Kombat 6 Mortal Kombat 7 Mortal Kombat 8 Mortal Kombat 9 & Mortal Kombat 10 titled with Numbers by Midway in The Original Timeline just like Mortal Kombat 1 Mortal Kombat 2 Mortal Kombat 3 & Mortal Kombat 4
I remember going "WTF even _is_ this??" when I got to Ch.15, but by the end my face was hurting because I was smiling ear to ear for so long. Like you, I would've preferred the Kampaign be more of that. It's absolutely glorious nonsense.
They missed a chance to show us how previous generations of fighters put a fight against other world. Would of been nice to see when earth realm started their 9 losing streak before lu kang came in and saved them. Maybe even further back to the first ever tournament. Maybe even further back before the first tournament and what lead to that even happening.
Somebody give this man a job at nether realm studios because the way I would drop a crop ton of money just to know how the tournaments even began in the first place
Hell they didn't even have to do that lol. Like I'd love if they went further back in time and fleshed out the first ever Mk tournament, but they could just go with the Great Kung Lao era. They teased The Great Kung Lao last game and then they just reference him and make us go back to regular Kung Lao and Liu Kang lite, because that sure as hell isn't Raiden (although, I will say he's pretty wholesome in this lol). I enjoyed Shang, Sindel and Mileena are more interesting but The Great Kung Lao should have definitely been the new chosen one. Maybe he is the Liu Kang type character with Shujinko being the Kung Lao. But they could twist it and have Kung Lao be more like Luke and Shujinko similar to Anakin (maybe he falls and joins Onaga/Shang Tsung/Havik/The One Being or whoever the new big bad is. Idk lol, just something cooler than the same as we normally get but with a twist
@@christianstewart41 u being sarcastic ? Lmao, the games kinda explain why they started but they just gloss over hundreds of years of history. Whose idea was it and where did they get the inspiration for a tournament? Who was the ruler of underworld and what made him actually agree with the rules. Did the elder gods themselves come down and force everyone to participate? Has it always been just between earthrealm and otherworld? Did the other realms get conquered because they lost in previous tournaments? Was there ever a time humans actually won 10 times in a row?
Reptile being so fricking beautiful and badass in this game is probably Netherrealm’s way of making up for him not being MK11. God, Meghan Fox’s voice acting though…..
@23:15 Shinnok's amulet but yea its pretty crazy how Shao is able to use it without it hurting him like when Mileena used it in MKX it shows how powerful Shao is.
Well this shoa is thousands years old and well experienced. The milleena in MK X was literally created during the mk2 segment of mk9. So she was literally a lil older than 3/4ths of the kombat kids by the time she had Possesion of the amulet by MKX.
I feel like his take on what comes next made me realize we might get a second chance to "kreate" a character like in Armageddon. Total Chaos would make for a good title.
I don't understand why they made Liu Kang intentionally fuck with the villians' lives to give them "meaningless existences", it literally changes nothing as they go right back to doing the evils again. You know what would've been better? Making their lives better and giving them a purpose beyond their selfish desires, that would've been a better plan than causing them to suffer a fate not of their own choosing.
@@EggEnjoyerthe problem was his logic was a bit flawed, but it makes sense for his character given his background of being raised as a humble monk. I think it would've been better if the story focused on him acknowledging that he made mistakes.
@@EggEnjoyer He could have at least given the genocidal tyrants muscular dystrophy or something so they don't have the potential to kill millions... again. In fact, nearly every single character that was good or evil in the prior timeline is still on the same side, so... nice experiment I guess?
@@elricmeme I agree. Why make a new timeline if everyone is gonna turn out the exact same? It’d of been cool if he made Shang Tsung his disciple. And maybe he sometimes struggled to do the right thing at times, but in the end he genuinely was good now.
@@EggEnjoyer I could totally see Liu trying to redeem Tsung by making him be born into the Shaolin temple. Why not put him in the place that taught you your values? Instead Liu decided to make Shao an army general, and make Tsung be a resentful villager (but also like 100 years younger for whatever reason)
No way. Multiverse shenanigans ruins the franchise. Nothing will hold significance anymore. Who cares about 1 liu Kang when there are infinite liu kangs
Mk1 was doing good until the multiverse came back into the plot . I loved the intimacy the game had . How it felt like it was Liu kang hanging in his fishbowl he created for his fish to flourish . We could have gotten the multiverse stuff in like 2-3 games but they weren’t confident enough and basically lied wha the plot would be
Liu Kang took Shang’s power but didn’t plan their (Quanchi) fates, LLk let them choose what to do. But Shang will forever be this horrible person that enjoys the suffering of others. Shang Tsung could’ve had a better life if he didn’t choose too scam people and living the terrible life he lived until damachi came.
Kronika shouldve been fleshed out in her own trilogy, shes a whole tier above elder gods and the cutscenes fodderized her and discredited her actual power, Kang said at some point she lost her sanity due to mettling with the flow of time and in 11 when she is visibly using her power, if her goal of "balance" wasnt achieved she rage quit the server and rebooted it, her sanity, (As Kano showed in SB) got her to the point she even revealed herself to all enemies when she pretty much had it on lock until she became unhinged. She wanted balance, was essentially neutral, but couldn't cope with external forces getting further than she intended. Seeing as she was unable to achieve her vision, she got sloppy over time in her madness and a lot of people dont see she's pretty broken. I have sympathy towards her character, but they rushed her concept. She was essentially timeless so everything she went through she had to cope with mostly alone. Its sad man, Geras was the impartial creation she sought the world to be. Suffering and enduring at the same time. Her backstory would be lit. And missed opportunity to make her playable, but yeah she survived multiple MK11 endings so this "trend" of "timelines and multiversity" oversaturated proper character development to accept ass pulls and new era retcons. I was happy to see her, and even happier for the swerve, Shang was the threat she always knew, and Kang was the hope she had to hinder, when they collided, even she had to move her hand. Thats the enormity of her impact. No one unaware stood a ghost of a chance. Hell, an Unrestricted Trio of Geras, Shinnok, and Cetrion, wouldve been enough, people give too much credit to the og villains, but she put all of that in place. She real life got bored or lost sight of her original goal that made her take risks and make mistakes against beings she literally had a hand in creating.
Most people do not like Time Travel in Fandoms. My most likely guess it's because it retcons The lore & story of whatever Fandom your playing or watching.
Exactly that, but it can be done well if you plan. It could’ve worked well in Mortal Kombat’s case had it been intended. Hot take here, but I don’t hate mk11 like most people, and I thought the story was okay, but Kronika sucked, and the story lowkey did, too. If they took away Kronika but built her up for the newest game, it would’ve worked. Also, if they didn’t have any retcons, people would’ve liked it more.
I can understand that many people believe in Time Travel & Wonder how it works. But time travel doesn't always have to be present in Movies & Video Games all the time! But yes, Time Travel can be done well if correctly planned. But regardless! Time Traveling does retcon the Lore and Story for the most part. It's a bit Tad silly that this is the case in recent Video Games and Movies.
@@BronyLord-wo1ym Mortal Kombat definitely didn’t need time travel but for some reason they keep using it. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t like the endings in 11 although I wanted Shang Tsung to win.
From a long time MK enjoyer, this felt like Midway MK Armageddon all over again but more unhinged. I respect them taking the blueprint and go ballistic with it like rent was due.
@@antonioguanimez3464so what if they got upset for like 2 seconds about the title⁉️ Have you never had moment of being slightly disappointed in a different opinion then yours. It was never that serious💀
I would have preferred the storyline to focus on Shang Tsung's new era vs Liu Kang's new era instead of going full multiverse and forcing an "Armageddon" ending just for the sake of it
@@blakenapier3125 While I would’ve preferred they finished what they had started in MKX, I also don’t hate what they did. What we got isn’t bad, they just desperately need to lay off the multiverse shenanigans moving forward in future games to make this worth while.
@@quiet4034 I mean, it does make sense but it has very little impact on the story since the few OG characters we see are essentially dropped upon seeing them save for Kitana who gets one whole scene where she immediately dies with no fanfare. Again, should’ve just saved the time travel shenanigans until the story DLC.
I’m happy that they confirmed that Kronika is done with. Ed Boon is seriously one of the creatives that always has listened to his audience just like Sakurai
I think they did everything right. We got the most wanted 3D ear charecters, we got Baraka and Reptile chapters, we got both timelines as caonon and we got some actually good storytelling until the main clusterfuck starts.
I liked the story until they brought in the alternate timeline’s, time travel and multiverse nonsense. I wish they just would have kept it simple this time around.
For a franchise, Mortal Kombat seems to be wrong name for the game series. I mean whoever dies in Mortal Kombat always come back from dead time reset or no reset. There's no character in Mortal Kombat who stays dead and remains dead and does not come back for the sequel. Its more like Recycling Immortal Kombat.
I do miss my boy Hanzo as Scorpion in this game. Kuai Liang as scorpion felt like Kuai Liang as scorpion. Otherwise 9/10 game. Story is sick. I get Multiverse nonsense is getting stale but in a vacuum it works for MK1. Especially those fusion characters at the end. Chef’s kiss.
"That's not Ashrah, it's a different person with the same name". That can be applied to most characters in this game, especially Li Mei, Tanya, Nitara, Havik, fakeScorpion, Bi Han, Raiden, Shao, etc etc.
I honestly don't understand how aome oeople can't comprehend this story Despite it being head scratching, the story is still very weirdly easy to follow
I was with the story until the part where they were trying to destroy the portals in the snow and I was like wtf is happening Also I had no idea the story of aftermath existed so I was super confused when Shang Tsung revealed himself.
@froggo5690 mk1 wasn't something new it used the same mk trilogy roaster with only a few 3d era characters and onaga hasn't been used as a threat or main boss in 20 years
@@froggo5690 mk11 was supposed to book end the netherrealm era and do a different twist and reboot the story completely with fresh eyes having the great kung lao as the focus with cheh kang or what ever ancestor character they invent for the character not raiden being rebooted in liu kangs place as a Chinese guy and modern kung lao and utilize the ancestors of these established characters and familiar faces of the 3d era games
My favourite part was when Sindel said “MK12_148_157,11” it was hype considering where her character was last timeline
Also shows they still call it Mortal Kombat 12.
@@cjnf11 People needs to delete this & 11 today or tomorrow since there Fake Fans
Definitely an improvement!
"Get over here!" - Scorpion
"We are many, you are one!" - Ermac
"MK12_148_157,11" - Sindel
@@Aywar77 "BLAARRGG!" -Mileena 11:22
I got to be honest, after Johnny got broken into by an ex yakuza member with a sword, opening his front door and seeing a God and 2 ninjas in the door opening "what in the actual FU-" is probably how anyone would react to that
“You really thought it was a gag didn’t you?”
‘Two ninja, and a FIRE GOD showed up at my door!’
@@glowhoo9226 correction: "the God of fire"
The writing of the story and characters is so bad, especially the characters.
@@molomomo3743So is your trolling and being contrarian.
@@lakshaykochhar6799 no I seriously hated the story. Any story that has multiverse bs =lazy writing. The characters' writing is so bland, they are either white or black, extremely good or bad people, and nothing in between. Many things make absolutely no sense like when General Shoa gets beaten by everyone although he's supposed to be a general who went on hundreds of battles. It is honestly a trash story and the worst in a while.
What’s funny is that Barraka lost his wife, kids and became a monster and still remained a good guy. Shang Tsung became a bad guy just because he was a loser lmao.
💀😭😭
Don't you all want to have Main Usual Characters only
Liu Kang literally admits later on that he made sure Shang Tsung and Quan Chi had "meaningless existences" in his new era. Lui Kang still had petty beef with them after literal eons and I kind of respect that honestly
Liu Kang Kung Lao Shang Tsung Shujinko
Sonya Blade Michcole Lei Wulong
Heihachi Mishima Woaneg Jienrei Nina Winstead
@@Subpar1O1after all that Shang has done to liu and his friends I can't blame him lmao
Honestly, Kronika being alternate Shang Tsung gave me the biggest sigh of relief I've had with this franchise.
Being honest,it was a dissapointment for me,I mean,can you imagine a Kronika in the hands of Shang Tsung causing chaos and destruction?
It would be better than the MK11 version.
Really? This shit was worse thsn mk11 story mode
@@guidopasquetto911 Bro what
It was the dumbest plot twist i ever seen. Like, for what reason would Shang Tsung have to pretend to be Kronika? For all the Kronika disguise was good for he could have shown up as a pink elephant, Jacqui or even just himself and achieved the same result.
The twist was exclusively to fool the audience not the people in the narrative.
And also, you waste a new Kronika design on nothing.
@@LUNITUNZBackupit was also to potentially fool liu kang
Being able to choose your fighter near the end was honestly really cool and I hope they do it again for future games
Me too and I hope they bring back the option to pull out weapons like in Deception and Armageddon.
that should be a separate game mode for sure. not the story.
Yeah but they didn’t change the animations, each character no matter who you pick: all animations stay the same
Unpost this & 11
Way to limited for every game
I love how Baraka was redeemed conceptually in this game.
him and Reptile but poor Bi han and Sindel tho more so Bi han it fells wrong
They ruined Scorpion & Sub-Zero including Noob Saibot Reptile Smoke Sonya Blade Liu Kang Tanya & Others so Mortal Kombat 1 2023 must be deleted including this and Mortal Kombat 11 followed by Remastered
@@blakenapier3125can I ask why?
@@azurestar-ch1 Because it's a insult
@@blakenapier3125 in what way?
My favorite part of MK1R story mode is when that old man sitting at the bar minding his own business while Raiden and Bi-Han Sub-Zero are fighting, and when Raiden's arms got frozen by Bi-Han at the bar counter, the old man just picks off a piece of ice from him, he was like "hmm ninjas, must be Monday, oh an ice cube, cheers dude"
probably knows full well who Madam Bo and the Lin Kuei really are and knows no real shit's going down. That, or he really is just an old dude who's fresh outta fucks for the day / life.
Honestly glad that Kronika was original Shang Tsung in disguise, nobody wanted that bald headed demon back
NRS will bring back the real Kronika for the next MK game in the future. "Nobody wanted her"? A few people did like her and they wanted her to be playable.
10 can be enough
@TheODLawson23 yeah but Ed Boon and Anita Sarkisian can't have everything. The rest of us hate that bullshit boss.
Ed Boon should work with Americans only like he did back than
@@blakenapier3125that feels a little xenophobic but okay
25:57
They're going off of the MK11 expansion story. In that one you can win as Liu Kang, *or* as Shang Tsung. The time line splitting simply means it's acknowledging both of those endings.
However, as later in the story will reveal, it's acknowledging the endings that ALL of the characters could win the single player mode and become a titan and the keeper of time.
*Laughs in Jackie Briggs*
@@manuelacuna4188Okay yeah, technically there is an ending that just ends up with her giving up on her life, so she never does become a titan. So there's a timeline out there that just doesn't have a time-keeper for its hourglass and *just keeps going*
Interesting idea would be to make a spinoff for *that* timeline and continue on after the events of that game.
There is another answer to this, though. And it's the power of stepping back on their decisions. She could have simply made it so that he didn't become a revenant, *but still* met her mom under different circumstances, and was born.
Regardless, all of this equates to nonsense anyway. After all, by the time they defeat Kronika, they exist in a place that is outside of times reach. The timeline is rewound all the way to the past. Technically what all of them did *should* have had them *all* never be born, and this includes Liu and Shang Tsung. So if they didn't just turn to dust and disappear, why does she?
It's called inconsistent writing.
But regardless, they knew their target audience was here for the KOMBAT anyway, and not the story.
@@rednova2212 Bro, I just came in to give a meme away and you gave me an interesting description. Thank you!
@@manuelacuna4188 Oh, I mean, I got it. I got a good laugh from it too.
But yeah, uh... You're welcome? And thanks too?
XD
@@rednova2212 Lol
the best part is the fights are all random, meaning if you play through the final chapter again you can get different combo characters, upwards of like 30 different possibilities.
Actually from what I sawin a compilation its 50 different characters
I love that. Except the amount of those that are just gender swaps like it can’t be that difficult to smash two characters together.
can't wait to play the final part with Homelander
Nitara Voice acting is not it...
If I was Ed Boon, I'd ask for a refund to Megan Fox, or at least payment for a replacement. Heck, you'll see in a year people making AI Megan Fox voice act better.
Yea looks like Megan fox struggled to make a voice that matches Nitara struggles and personality
They told her to cook so she started frying ice
@@rynemcgriffin1752 They need to remove her Name along with Female Wrestler & Others today
look forward to M2K when they Onaga, voiced by LeBron James
For clarification on story Quan Chi and Ermac; you are correct, they are using placeholder movesets.
Quan Chi is a stripped down version of MK11 Shang Tsung, and Ermac is a stripped down version of MK11 Noob Saibot.
My guess is that they were both planned to be base roster, but they couldn't be finished in time, thus we have them as DLC.
Edit: I am also assuming that the Khameleon kameo is in the same boat, although she seems to be the most "finished" of the three.
why not free dlc wtf
I want these unposted
You’re probably right, but how did they run out of time? It’s been 4 goddamn years since mk11
@@holleringsmith3837cuz they intended on making Injustice 3 but had to quickly change plans and cover everything in mk skins
@@xavierlesane8793 They aren't doing good
Hopefully in the next game they will focus entirely in the things the arcade endings gave us. There's more than enough content and no need to go back to multiverse stuff.
Can say I'm guilty of liking the mess that was the last chapter, it was hilarious.
Well, it seems Titan Havik will play a big role in the next game so theres definitely going to be multiverse stuff.
@@jakalderyou mean next story dlc
@@OctopusH2O Ah I am not too familiar with the game so I get things wrong
@@jakalder D.L.C & Guest Characters must be ban
@@jakalder no problem, in the last Mk they added a story dlc after 2-3 years I believe and that will most likely be the case for this Mortal Kombat
12:00 it is true baraka supposed to be a edinian, the first opening of the game. There's a theory the one edinian who blaming Shang Tsung on his fake medicine from the opening was baraka before he also being infected by tarkat's virus.
They have different stories, the dude at the beginning says he was a farmer with a daughter, Baraka was a merchant with "children" so I don't think so
"kenshi has a sword, and his eyes by the way 👀😧"
the first half of the story had me completely hooked. all the character work felt compelling and the intrigue really made for an interesting story. but then prime shang tsung revealed himself and everything just fell apart. i feel like a much better choice would have been to keep this games story in only liu kangs timeline, and have the good guys win and the bad guys escape to fight another day. then have a post credit scene that reveals "kronika" as prime shang so the next game (or story mode expansion) could be entirely focused on the crazy timeline collision shit without ruining the integrity of the story they started this one with
Exactly, feels like they blew their load way too early with this one for the sake of beginning and ending a major arc in one game at the cost of it making any sense or maintaining any quality
Agreed. The multiple timelines intersecting was just too ridiculous.
@@LWNightmareSheriffbUt bUt bUt mArVel maDe iT looK sO aWeSome
The common flaw with this multiverse crap it was cool with ONE movie not 10 yrs later and everyone doing billions of timelines
@@ricardolopez720 yeah it's good to get some cool cameos or "what if" stories but it was totally out of control. I actually just switched off once that happened. I had actually been hoping for a real MK1 type new story.
@@LWNightmareSheriffI mean it was pretty entertaining though and that’s kinda what matters for me.
The later part of the story is kind of all over the place, so I learned that in MK games to just turn my brain off and enjoy the show
Trash
So you're saying...if you're stupid it's enjoyable? Wow....what a great game?
You had no right to buy this or 11
@@MogtheMad0422It's the person's fault, not the game's fault. You're even more imbeciIe than him.
@@MogtheMad0422that’s the current state of this series. Mainly because they’re more distracted about the fatalities and gore and not look into the substance. There’s cool stuff from the 3D era that has continued to be as entertaining. Sure they’re not as pretty looking but their stories and aesthetic is beautiful.
The Armageddon style ending was just so rushed and anticlimactic. Up until that point, it was genuinely so so good. That being said, probably still the best MK story wise and character development.
The time line garbage is so annoying. They're basically saying anything can happen at any time and nothing has any real stakes. It's horrible writing.
I hate the ridiculous timeline stuff, it went crazy once all the other titan heroes returned.
@@GeronimoPlazmArVel fAnDom WouLd lIkE tO hAve A wOrD wItH yOu
Honestly everything has become so absurd because of the multiverse crap that is everywhere. Marvel Rick and Morty and now it's just lame
The story was going just fine until titan Shang Tsung appeared and the story turned into a anticlimatic and rushed fan-service garbage
@@ChristianHill-ep2ho I was actually agreeing with you all the way. You just had to throw in “woke”. Do you even know what it actually means dude?
Me: *Sees Nitara* Oh, she’s bad (Complementary)
Also me: *Hears Nitara* Oh, she’s bad (Derogatory)
"He's white now!" is a line i didn't think would make me laugh hard 😂
9:59 I love Liu kang is just not surprised but still extremely disappointed like "Oh, Shang Tsung? Oh what a surprise, of course out of all the people Shang Tsung" 😒
To further cement that the whole story is that the Titan Shang Tsung should have been Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa and voiced by him. Would have been a great twist and also brought him back in for a cameo. He also plays like his former self too so having your MK1 character going up against him with his Ermac lifts, ninja slides, and fireballs would have been quite OP and feel like a proper boss.
Would have also been good to see Robin Shou, and the cast of the 1995 MK film make a cameo in helping the good side. Bring in known variations of Goro from the original 2D era version where he literally has no neck, a small pumpkin head and giant timber arms, with the 1995 MK version with his long torso, all with unique fighting styles would have been masterful.
Without going into the details of the gameplay, i feel that the multiverse stuff kinda ruined the story and if it stoped at saving edenia it'd have been one of the best mortal kombat stories if not the best
So smoke’s real name is Tomas and he puffs steam he’s Thomas the fucking tank engine 😭😭😭
I actually enjoyed most of the game, I didn't even mind the alternate timelines. Seeing a bunch of mashed up characters during the Armageddon was also really fascinating. However I felt like the end was extremely rushed, with the final battle being such a disappointment. Kronika was a better final boss than Shang & Quan, like a quick 1 round fight, and that's it?
It really depresses me what could have been and what they have done to my game.
Serious question, why does everything need a multiverse?
Fr kinda getting tired of the multiverse stuff recently
Franchise after franchise! CEO are creatively bankrupt! Original stories? What's that? Sounds like a idea to be smothered!
I think you can expand even more the universe with the multiverse thing.
That's just kinda what happens with 30+ year old franchises.
The fact that there's no endurance mode against an infinite number of fusion characters is a massive dropped ball.
The story isn’t bad, but there’s a few head scratching parts.
wasn't it always a head scratching?
It's pretty awful
@@guidopasquetto911Pretty much most of the MK stories
Chapters 1-13 they were cooking, but the last few were… aight 🤣
@@MetalGearPrimus I dunno the original seven by Midway were actually decent, storywise
btw, Scorpion's voiced by Daisuke Tsuji, the same guy who voiced Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima.
Tgtkai: "Liu, why didn't you delete Kronika?"
Liu Kang: "I DID!!!"
As a person who’s played a good amount of Mortal Kombat, this one is my favorite by far.
Why it sucks
@@banksboy6806 Invasion mode, The Roster, Story mode, Character Design, need I say more?
@@genericwhitedude I don’t like it
@@banksboy6806 Yeah, for YOU. Not for everyone ever.
@@genericwhitedude wow I didn’t even know that
Hey everybody! This is the month I'm doing it, I'm making the push to attempt to do this full time so do me a solid and subscribe to help support the channel for more awesome videos like this! Next up: ARMAGEDDON. Btw. And because so many people like to comment on the video without watching it, the " ____ was a mistake" is the name of the series, the mistake was letting me make the video. I'm bad at click bait whatever lol
Also. 300,000 views later I'm finally remembering to link the uncut stream this was taken from, if you'd like to see the whole playthrough unedited:
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This game is ass!
They should make Mortal Kombat 5 Mortal Kombat 6 Mortal Kombat 7 Mortal Kombat 8 Mortal Kombat 9 &
Mortal Kombat 10 titled with Numbers by Midway in The Original Timeline just like Mortal Kombat 1
Mortal Kombat 2 Mortal Kombat 3 & Mortal Kombat 4
@@blakenapier3125 to what perpus? Just asking
@@rayhoyer4829 Because that's what they need to do right now since those Games are 50%
@@blakenapier3125 I still don't follow you?
This is basically a R rated marvel movie lets be honest here
That’s What My Brother Said
In chapter 1, if you lose the first fight as kung lao, there's text basically saying he was so humbled that the journey wouldn't begin
I remember going "WTF even _is_ this??" when I got to Ch.15, but by the end my face was hurting because I was smiling ear to ear for so long.
Like you, I would've preferred the Kampaign be more of that. It's absolutely glorious nonsense.
They missed a chance to show us how previous generations of fighters put a fight against other world. Would of been nice to see when earth realm started their 9 losing streak before lu kang came in and saved them. Maybe even further back to the first ever tournament. Maybe even further back before the first tournament and what lead to that even happening.
Somebody give this man a job at nether realm studios because the way I would drop a crop ton of money just to know how the tournaments even began in the first place
Kenshi Kobra Kyo Kusanagi Terry Bogard
Hell they didn't even have to do that lol. Like I'd love if they went further back in time and fleshed out the first ever Mk tournament, but they could just go with the Great Kung Lao era. They teased The Great Kung Lao last game and then they just reference him and make us go back to regular Kung Lao and Liu Kang lite, because that sure as hell isn't Raiden (although, I will say he's pretty wholesome in this lol). I enjoyed Shang, Sindel and Mileena are more interesting but The Great Kung Lao should have definitely been the new chosen one. Maybe he is the Liu Kang type character with Shujinko being the Kung Lao. But they could twist it and have Kung Lao be more like Luke and Shujinko similar to Anakin (maybe he falls and joins Onaga/Shang Tsung/Havik/The One Being or whoever the new big bad is. Idk lol, just something cooler than the same as we normally get but with a twist
This Garbage Trash Aftermath 11 X/Xl 2011/Vita & Versus DC Universe doesn't have Quality
@@christianstewart41 u being sarcastic ? Lmao, the games kinda explain why they started but they just gloss over hundreds of years of history. Whose idea was it and where did they get the inspiration for a tournament? Who was the ruler of underworld and what made him actually agree with the rules. Did the elder gods themselves come down and force everyone to participate? Has it always been just between earthrealm and otherworld? Did the other realms get conquered because they lost in previous tournaments? Was there ever a time humans actually won 10 times in a row?
Shao Zero = MK 9 when you beat the ladder with Cyber Sub-Zero. I have to continue the Armageddon with each character to see who i fight against.
Never played this game but watching that ending felt like a fever dream 😂
Reptile being so fricking beautiful and badass in this game is probably Netherrealm’s way of making up for him not being MK11.
God, Meghan Fox’s voice acting though…..
30:18 Baraka Cage sounds like he’s already banned from tournaments
tbh mk1’s story is basically that one meme template: “you had me on the first half ngl”
@23:15 Shinnok's amulet but yea its pretty crazy how Shao is able to use it without it hurting him like when Mileena used it in MKX it shows how powerful Shao is.
More like they just forgot about that element, Shao got absolutely clapped
This doesn't have Quality like The Others today don't have Quality
@@blakenapier3125stop whining
@@blakenapier3125 you are. this game is really good
Well this shoa is thousands years old and well experienced. The milleena in MK X was literally created during the mk2 segment of mk9. So she was literally a lil older than 3/4ths of the kombat kids by the time she had Possesion of the amulet by MKX.
I feel like his take on what comes next made me realize we might get a second chance to "kreate" a character like in Armageddon. Total Chaos would make for a good title.
I don't understand why they made Liu Kang intentionally fuck with the villians' lives to give them "meaningless existences", it literally changes nothing as they go right back to doing the evils again. You know what would've been better? Making their lives better and giving them a purpose beyond their selfish desires, that would've been a better plan than causing them to suffer a fate not of their own choosing.
The point was that they had the opportunity to live good humble lives.
It was a mercy. Liu Kang outright says he had hoped to reform them
@@EggEnjoyerthe problem was his logic was a bit flawed, but it makes sense for his character given his background of being raised as a humble monk. I think it would've been better if the story focused on him acknowledging that he made mistakes.
@@EggEnjoyer He could have at least given the genocidal tyrants muscular dystrophy or something so they don't have the potential to kill millions... again. In fact, nearly every single character that was good or evil in the prior timeline is still on the same side, so... nice experiment I guess?
@@elricmeme I agree. Why make a new timeline if everyone is gonna turn out the exact same?
It’d of been cool if he made Shang Tsung his disciple. And maybe he sometimes struggled to do the right thing at times, but in the end he genuinely was good now.
@@EggEnjoyer I could totally see Liu trying to redeem Tsung by making him be born into the Shaolin temple. Why not put him in the place that taught you your values? Instead Liu decided to make Shao an army general, and make Tsung be a resentful villager (but also like 100 years younger for whatever reason)
After seeing other fighting game stories, this one is still the best by miles.
No way. Multiverse shenanigans ruins the franchise. Nothing will hold significance anymore. Who cares about 1 liu Kang when there are infinite liu kangs
@@em3sis compare it to the nothingness of Sf or Mishima family drama.
@@visualjunkhill121 it's actually worse, because MK could have had something and now they basically have SF nothingness
@@em3sis Sure, beacuse of 2 bad chapters it has nothing...
@@em3sisexcept this Liu Kang is clearly the best Liu Kang...
Female Ermac really should have been called Hermac.
5:14 Johnny’s last name has always been Carlton actually ever since the first game it’s listed in the comic book bio
It's something I've definitely known but did not remember in the moment at all, still funny tho
MK5 MK6 MK7 MK8 MK9 & MK10 titled with Numbers by Midway like MK1 MK2 MK3 & MK4
Well looking at the title of this video this aged like a fine wine given on what's happening on the game right now
MK1 was TRULY A MISTAKE lmfao
Mk1 was doing good until the multiverse came back into the plot . I loved the intimacy the game had . How it felt like it was Liu kang hanging in his fishbowl he created for his fish to flourish . We could have gotten the multiverse stuff in like 2-3 games but they weren’t confident enough and basically lied wha the plot would be
Fun fact - Smoke is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, the voice of PS4/PS5 Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Liu Kang took Shang’s power but didn’t plan their (Quanchi) fates, LLk let them choose what to do. But Shang will forever be this horrible person that enjoys the suffering of others. Shang Tsung could’ve had a better life if he didn’t choose too scam people and living the terrible life he lived until damachi came.
Shang Tsung was always too lazy for hard work and too shifty for honest work
Should have made a DMV for him to work at.
Kronika shouldve been fleshed out in her own trilogy, shes a whole tier above elder gods and the cutscenes fodderized her and discredited her actual power, Kang said at some point she lost her sanity due to mettling with the flow of time and in 11 when she is visibly using her power, if her goal of "balance" wasnt achieved she rage quit the server and rebooted it, her sanity, (As Kano showed in SB) got her to the point she even revealed herself to all enemies when she pretty much had it on lock until she became unhinged. She wanted balance, was essentially neutral, but couldn't cope with external forces getting further than she intended. Seeing as she was unable to achieve her vision, she got sloppy over time in her madness and a lot of people dont see she's pretty broken. I have sympathy towards her character, but they rushed her concept. She was essentially timeless so everything she went through she had to cope with mostly alone. Its sad man, Geras was the impartial creation she sought the world to be. Suffering and enduring at the same time. Her backstory would be lit. And missed opportunity to make her playable, but yeah she survived multiple MK11 endings so this "trend" of "timelines and multiversity" oversaturated proper character development to accept ass pulls and new era retcons. I was happy to see her, and even happier for the swerve, Shang was the threat she always knew, and Kang was the hope she had to hinder, when they collided, even she had to move her hand. Thats the enormity of her impact. No one unaware stood a ghost of a chance. Hell, an Unrestricted Trio of Geras, Shinnok, and Cetrion, wouldve been enough, people give too much credit to the og villains, but she put all of that in place. She real life got bored or lost sight of her original goal that made her take risks and make mistakes against beings she literally had a hand in creating.
Women☕️
@@mr.awesome6011 Definitely her time of the month 🤣
Women moment
Reptile “to catch me they must be able to see me”
Proceeds to stay visible the entire time and gets spotted🥴
Most people do not like Time Travel in Fandoms. My most likely guess it's because it retcons The lore & story of whatever Fandom your playing or watching.
Exactly that, but it can be done well if you plan. It could’ve worked well in Mortal Kombat’s case had it been intended.
Hot take here, but I don’t hate mk11 like most people, and I thought the story was okay, but Kronika sucked, and the story lowkey did, too. If they took away Kronika but built her up for the newest game, it would’ve worked. Also, if they didn’t have any retcons, people would’ve liked it more.
I can understand that many people believe in Time Travel & Wonder how it works. But time travel doesn't always have to be present in Movies & Video Games all the time! But yes, Time Travel can be done well if correctly planned. But regardless! Time Traveling does retcon the Lore and Story for the most part. It's a bit Tad silly that this is the case in recent Video Games and Movies.
@@BronyLord-wo1ym Mortal Kombat definitely didn’t need time travel but for some reason they keep using it. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t like the endings in 11 although I wanted Shang Tsung to win.
@@ningmushiiSame
@@ningmushiiI find it interesting the both Shang tsung and Liu kang's ending were both canon
From a long time MK enjoyer, this felt like Midway MK Armageddon all over again but more unhinged. I respect them taking the blueprint and go ballistic with it like rent was due.
I Did hear somewhere that Boon wants to add everyone to MK1 in some regard Fighter or Cameo
bro never played the game and casually drops a 300 combo
Quan chi lowkey looking like a band member of system of a down
Ok, at first I was about to just get mad at this video, but instead this guy just got me laughing like crazy, please continue giving us good videos
Oh no someone potentially has a different opinion than you!? Well it's a good thing he doesn't actually criticize the game he payed money for.
Yeah he just has his whole series formatted on ironic titles.
@@antonioguanimez3464so what if they got upset for like 2 seconds about the title⁉️ Have you never had moment of being slightly disappointed in a different opinion then yours. It was never that serious💀
@@THE1RWURLD12 no actually. At all. Because it's an OPINION. it will be subjective no matter what
"Good thing he's already a freak or else this would be a problem"😂
Love that this makes both endings of MK11 Aftermath canon, bravo NetherRealm.
Yeah, and even better it fixes that mistake by the end of the story
It made every arcade ending canon, it's where Liu recruited the other Titans.
MK1: Sub Zero gets increasingly pissed
bi-han is really 90% pissed of and angry in the story
They should go back to not having their Real Names revealed
I agree
Timeline/ multiverse stuff is so stale at thos point. This story is 7/10 but still alot of missed potential
I guess it’s time for something different other than the whole Timeline/multiverse stuff that we often see nowadays, don’t you agree?
The good ending and the bad ending was unexpected which I love, I didnt understand where it was going until that plot twist I loved.
18:30
"oh sub-zero's jax now!!"
im dead
“Do a fusion dance pls” that got me😂
Every time he says “tournament arrch” I hear the voice of Chris mclain from total drama
I would have preferred the storyline to focus on Shang Tsung's new era vs Liu Kang's new era instead of going full multiverse and forcing an "Armageddon" ending just for the sake of it
Or better just let current Shang Tsung be the bad guy for the entire story then bring in Titan Shang come in for the Story DLC.
@@rynemcgriffin1752 We need to have Old Timeline back
@@blakenapier3125 While I would’ve preferred they finished what they had started in MKX, I also don’t hate what they did. What we got isn’t bad, they just desperately need to lay off the multiverse shenanigans moving forward in future games to make this worth while.
@@quiet4034 I mean, it does make sense but it has very little impact on the story since the few OG characters we see are essentially dropped upon seeing them save for Kitana who gets one whole scene where she immediately dies with no fanfare. Again, should’ve just saved the time travel shenanigans until the story DLC.
I also mean MK5 MK6 MK7 MK8 MK9 & MK10 titled with Numbers by Midway already
I’m happy that they confirmed that Kronika is done with. Ed Boon is seriously one of the creatives that always has listened to his audience just like Sakurai
this game was INSANELY good. the best one ive ever seen actually
Rekio looking like Road Warrior Animal
Jared being ermac happens in the mk9 character ending of either Sindel or ermac I don’t remember exactly
It was Ermac's ending.
Telling me don't play it won't work out at all nor Ignoring it
I think they did everything right. We got the most wanted 3D ear charecters, we got Baraka and Reptile chapters, we got both timelines as caonon and we got some actually good storytelling until the main clusterfuck starts.
I liked the story until they brought in the alternate timeline’s, time travel and multiverse nonsense.
I wish they just would have kept it simple this time around.
Way keeping it the same kills the game
This video is great, tells us the story and is hella entertaining and original at the same time
2:47 HOLD TF ON!!! Not only the second match in story mode and he pulling off full combo when I still can’t 😅🥹
I expected to go into this video thinking, HOW COULD HE HATE THIS GAME!?
For a franchise, Mortal Kombat seems to be wrong name for the game series. I mean whoever dies in Mortal Kombat always come back from dead time reset or no reset. There's no character in Mortal Kombat who stays dead and remains dead and does not come back for the sequel.
Its more like Recycling Immortal Kombat.
Ok, that “Do the roar” came out of nowhere, caught me off guard, and seriously made me choke on my drink. You got a new sub. 🤣
If you play chapter 15 with different characters different fights can appear
also different minor dialogue in cutscene.
This & 11 or Today's doesn't have Quality
@@blakenapier3125do you have no life? You keep coming back to this video on different days and commenting.
@@saxonflynn8885 You need to accept I'm not wrong and this Game & 11 needs to be removed from here
@@blakenapier3125when are you gonna stop whining and actually enjoy things for once
That was great reference as Scorpion got his old "good" Sub-Zero scar.
0:05 mf looking like he bouta rob a store
Im sad, Quan Chi and Shang Tsung doing a fusion dance at the end would have been hype af.
I do miss my boy Hanzo as Scorpion in this game. Kuai Liang as scorpion felt like Kuai Liang as scorpion. Otherwise 9/10 game. Story is sick. I get Multiverse nonsense is getting stale but in a vacuum it works for MK1. Especially those fusion characters at the end. Chef’s kiss.
I was fully expecting them to initiate Armageddon because nobody was aware of Blaze in the rebooted timeline
"That's not Ashrah, it's a different person with the same name".
That can be applied to most characters in this game, especially Li Mei, Tanya, Nitara, Havik, fakeScorpion, Bi Han, Raiden, Shao, etc etc.
For some reason, Ashrah is if not the only character that did not have her backstory changed, like at all
I think what makes m1k nitara so weird to me is that her wings' colors have too much of her regular skin, it almost feels like shes naked
Quan chi lost Melanin privilege
these mf writers got high and just said do EVERYTHING
I honestly don't understand how aome oeople can't comprehend this story
Despite it being head scratching, the story is still very weirdly easy to follow
That's what I'm saying. I don't see what so many are complaining about
I hate that they took away god Liu Kang's lightning powers!
"Johnny's last name is Carlton?!?!?!"
Johnny, who has had the last name Carlton since any story about him was ever revealed: "..."
I was with the story until the part where they were trying to destroy the portals in the snow and I was like wtf is happening
Also I had no idea the story of aftermath existed so I was super confused when Shang Tsung revealed himself.
10:28. LOL
11:27 LMAO
The shit talk for Johnny killed me. 😂
I genuinely enjoyed this video you have produced, started watching when you did the deception story and the fatality tier list.
Liu kang face on the title card is wonderful 😂
Im tired of this Rick & Morty shit. Let's get back to Midway style/era MK.
If I’m being honest I only liked the first part of it, after they escaped Shang Tsungs laboratory i didn’t really care anymore 💀💀
10/10 love the game beautiful story and amazing call backs to older MK historical games 🤌🏽
What weird is how "a Titan can't be revived once killed" but Titan Shang Tsung is totally fine. Meaning Kronika is fine too
Onaga should've been the villain not shang tsung
I agree. Wasted potential
so you'd rather your media do the same thing over and over again rather than try something new?
@froggo5690 mk1 wasn't something new it used the same mk trilogy roaster with only a few 3d era characters and onaga hasn't been used as a threat or main boss in 20 years
@@froggo5690 onaga was literally used one time
@@froggo5690 mk11 was supposed to book end the netherrealm era and do a different twist and reboot the story completely with fresh eyes having the great kung lao as the focus with cheh kang or what ever ancestor character they invent for the character not raiden being rebooted in liu kangs place as a Chinese guy and modern kung lao and utilize the ancestors of these established characters and familiar faces of the 3d era games