A little bit of a correction, the Titan versions of the characters from Liu Kang's chapter are implied to be the versions from their ladder endings, not strictly the endings of MK11's dedicated story mode.
@@vanndymaywho1910 I mean, theoretically, from a certain point of view. We are dealing with the Multiverse now, so it stands to reason there is a timeline where Joker found himself in the MK Universe and took control over the hourglass after somehow managing to kill Kronika. I can tell you one thing for certain; he definitely wouldn't be fighting for Liu Kang or Shang Tsung.
@@sputnikmann6541 dont undersestimate joker, now with thw gourglass he would create the most BATSHIT insane universe with thenmost violence possible and he will make sure jhonny cage and any other cage relatives are dead
1. The reveal that ALL the MK11 ending are canon is awesome 2. I love how so many people agree that Reptile should be the final fighter that helps Liu Kang. Our boy went from secret boss fight, to a jobber to a main character in his own right and its GREAT! 3. I love the reunion between Liu and Kitana. These characters have been denied a happily ever after so many times its not even funny anymore. 4. Can we just talk about how good this game is? Sure the multiverse storyline has been done to death by this point, but they did it well and they took the time to give a soft reboot so many characters, while also acknowledging the history of the franchise. Its just such a breath of fresh air. Baraka, Reptile, Mileena and Geras were the biggest winners here in my opinion.
1. Multiverses sucks. Making all the endings of the worse MK story canon is not a good thing. 2. Reptile doesn't make any sense here. Raiden would've been the perfect choice: - Raiden was the only one to fight the Deadly Alliance in the original timine, the rest died to the tarkatan horde. He was the one to kill them in the end. - At the start of MK9 Raiden fought on top of the pyramid and was the one to introduce timetravel/manipulation into the MK franchise. - Raiden was the one to make this Liu Kang a god in the first place, allowing this timeline to even exist. - Raiden in this timeline was Earthrealm's champion. 3. This shouldn't even be "his Kitana", but even if it was, in the previous timeline they had no time or opportunity to develop a relationship. They had one scene together where Kitana was still on the badguy side, and Liu Kang mocked her by toying with her. There's no reason for them to be on kissing terms. 4. This game did a bad job with the multiverse. The whole thing feels like bad fanfiction, and there's nothing new in the story - almost every thing is a reference to older MK games / plots in one way or another, and a bad immitation at that. Some references even show up several times because the writers are creatively bankrupt. And every reused plot was done worst than it was originally. It actually spits on the history of the franchise and the charaters by the way they've bastardised old storylines and lore, and swapped characters around or made them caricatures.
Og MK: we're gonna make reptile a lizard wearing a green ninja disguise Mkx: we're gonna make reptile a human with lizard features Mk1: we're gonna make reptile a lizard that can turn into a human
I think the biggest problem with this story is how quickly act 3 gets resolved. Titan Shang reveals himself and then in one chapter we defeat his entire army and in the very next we stop him from enacting his backup plan and send him back to his timeline. We needed at least one, maybe two more chapters between 12-14 to let the story flow better. It would have also helped with the sudden gut punch of the multiverse as well if they saved that drop till 14 and we got multiple chapters of just assuming it was the two after Shang revealed himself.
The good: All of the first two acts. No joke. Everything in the first two acts is really strong. Baraka and Reptile being good is awesome, Mileena and Tanya being good is awesome, Johnny rules, the flipped Liu Kang/Raiden dynamic is great, Ermac’s creation rules, and Sindel is back to being good too. Choosing to keep the events of MK11 canonical was risky but they pulled it off. It makes sense for Shang Tsung to be the villain, because he will ALWAYS be the bad guy. The bad: The chapter system (as usual), Sub-Zero turning evil (done poorly, Sub-Zero isn’t evil unless Bi-Han becomes Noob), everything about Nitara (Megan Fox is a complete waste), jump straight to multiverse instead of staying grounded with just two timelines (kinda overwhelms the third act), the Armageddon ending being very rushed (leave that for an MK2 reboot), no Sonya or Kano (if you’re gonna rename the series MK1, you should at least have the original 7 characters all be playable)
The thing about Sonya and Kano is not a negative point, they did not fit at all with this story and they had a lot of focus in the 3 previous games, it doesn't hurt them to rest this game.
Nitara’s character is in need of a voice refresh bc Megan was giving NO conviction in her voice 😂 She gave the energy of reading a script rather than actually speaking as a character.
I honestly feel the story falls apart as soon as it focuses on different timelines and getting random characters from there for the final showdown. Give me more of the low power mortal kombat from the beginning, I really loved that part.
The story falls apart from the Lin Kuei chapter. Bi Han being a 1-dimentional villain. The pyromancer brother who can melt steel swords getting defeated by a tiny ice dagger, and scared of getting burnt. Beyond that it just devolves into multiverse shite, and the main villain making the same mistake as the previous one: revealing themselves and their plan to the heroes, which arms them with the knowledge to defeat the villain.
i think what sets MK1 apart from MK11's story is that it feels very indulgent in its ridiculousness in the third act. as much as i don't like how hard it fell apart, it's at least just goofy with it whereas with MK11 i felt like the bad shit was actively egregious and annoying lol
@@t-natehundred2438 Very late to the party, but it's more like M1K is willing to accept how ridiculous and stupid its story is; whereas MK11 held itself back from being _too_ ridiculous in an effort to not look stupid. M1K knows that it's stupid, that the story makes no sense if you think too hard about it and that it kinda undermines the climactic ending of the previous game. But it accepts that and leans into it by introducing those ridiculous fusions in a massive Armageddon parody because it's funny and fun. MK11 also knows that it's stupid, that the story makes no sense if you think too hard about it and undermines the story of the previous games. But it is unwilling to lean into that because it wants to take itself super seriously.
MK1 is legit a good game, I mean there are issues which can be fixed and changed, but overall it's legit a breathe of fresh air, actually fleshing out charcters like Baraka and Reptile and making them actual fan favorites of the series, the fact that Mileena doesn't turn into a villain and is a good guy is also a good twist and They have Good Sindel FINALLY (Tho Nitara sucks as she is a jobber and Megan Fox is a terrible voice actor)
I kinda love the fact that MK1 ending not only let you choose who you get to fight in the last chapter, but makes an refernece to the original mortal kombat, where "anyone" can beat final boss Shang Tsang to be the winner (since Lui Kang makes a joke about being called the "chosen one")
That KK in a wheelchair caught me offguard. 😂 I'd thought I'd go the whole video without seeing it because of the gore. Had to be a nightmare editing around that. 🔥👍🏽
Yeah, same with Onaga. He's become feral, no real intelligence. But they were 2 of the strongest fighters and Shai is still General and Onaga is chained up. I think there's a disconnect between what the lore says and what the developers did, since of course you can't nerf one of the favorite and most used characters so hard that he can't fight anymore. It's the same with player characters that can lift up bridges but struggle with a chest. It's called ludonarrative dissonance. Some things the player just has to accept since the game wouldn't be fun without it.
Things that still confuse me: - Why did Titan Tsung even interfere in this timeline; he could kind of fought Liu Kang at any time [with Dark Raide, Evil Sinder, Evil Fujin (where is he btw), Evil Geras] but he decided to turn Shang Tsung, Quan-Chi and Shao evil - Why did Titan Tsung order Shang Tsung and Quan-Chi to revive Great Army, he didn't knew about other timelines so did he needed - as a Titan - an army of rock soldiers to conquer Liu Kang's world - Good guys in Chapter 13 kind of figured it out that if they beat evil version of themselves they'll close the portals - somehow Evil Shao was in control of all portals - I kind of thought that Liu Kang returning back to Keeper of Timeline will take his role as a Protector of Earthrealm permanently but I guess he's fine? - To show Titan Tsung's army they could've easily use all those missing characters from MK11 istead of Evil Kenshi, Evil Smoke etc. (or maybe mix it) - I really don't know which Titan Kitana Liu Kang brought back - is she like from his arcade MK11 ending / ending where Liu beats Kronika 2-0 and create a new world with her like wth how is she "his Kitana" and he is "her Liu Kang" - Titan Tsung somehow finds Liu Kang with hourglass - Whole Armageddon thing got me hyped up but when I just think about previous things I've listed ... Idk how to feel about this game like Ch1-13 are great but later - Armageddon world is supposed to break because of Titan Tsung death but we still see Titan Havik cutscene? And to be honest the only thing that could fix ending is expansion but not with Titan Havik (stop with multibullshitverse) but where Good Guys beat Deadly Alliance - Raiden said that he can't believe Johnny is going to make a movie about them beating Shang Tsung (and later Liu Kang said that Tsung, Quan-Chi and Shao are imprisoned) so they could show us this version of the story and maybe they could have give us chapters with Smoke and Kitana something that was missing in this game But tbh MK1 story is probably in my top3 MK stories so far (MK movie from 1995 and Snow Blind)
I can try to answer these - My guess is Shang is just petty and figure since Liu Kang is already pretty weak, he’d be an easy target. This also probably isn’t the first time he’s done this. - I think he says he needed the souls in the crown rather than the crown itself, as for why he needed the souls idk. - I’m pretty sure Shao was the only one in charge of the portals and the rest were just backup. - In his ending which are considered canon, he explains that while he was able to relinquish his role as Keeper of Time again, it came at the cost of his immortality so he passed that role to Geras. - Yes, yes it could have although tbf, you see the kameos in the crowd so I guess that helps. - It’s MK11 Kitana, Liu Kang brings up seeing her crowned as Kahn in the arena. It’s just the version of Kitana that won the fight against Kronika. - Yes, yes he does. Maybe it doesn’t move around too much or because Shang is a Titan, he can sense it? Idk this part of the story sucks. - Yeah they really could’ve saved the timeline shenanigans for later and just allowed current Shang to be the villain while keeping the real identity of “Kronika” a secret but oh well, here’s hoping the Story DLC is better. - My guess is Titan Havik took control before it fell apart? Or maybe Liu Kang was overreacting idk. While I will say the multiverse needs to take a break after MK1, I don’t think it doesn’t have any place in the story moving forward. As for Johnny dictating the story, I think it would’ve been funny to have them snap away and reveal the entire ending was a pitch by Johnny to make the ending sound more badass than what it was.
Yeah, Shang Tsung did all of this out of pettiness. He could've enjoyed to be a Titan in his own timeline, but I guess having Liu Kang existing somewhere is rubbing him the wrong way lmao
- maybe he was bored so he is love to playing instead of straight up do bad thing - this i dunno maybe like i said in first point, he like to play around -plot -this we don't know either liu kang will return as earthrealm protector or not we should wait for next game or expansion, but the word liu said in the ending "the realm are in a safe hand" Implies he wont return to his job as protector -agreed -its Kirana from her tower ending -again plot, but i like to belive since shang having hourglass too so he could have some kind of "radar" I dunno -again agreed, the story is great up untuk they reveal multiverse stuff - titan habik could just have re build it
the third part wasnt bad, it was just fun af, and the last cutscene? man maybe the chaosrealm is coming in shine for the first time in a rlly long time and thats exciting
The developers could have just given us edgy reskins of the current roster, but really went the extra mile with a randomized pool of crazy OCs as final opponents.
I’m super happy that Reptile finally gets the Justice he deserves and gets to have more characterization, not only that, but he also gets to be the hero of his own story too. Thanks Ed Boon! 🦎
The first and second act of the game are absolutely beautiful. I really enjoyed the local adventure of heores, and Jonny was actually like able. Through their adventure they found new friends and strengthened their bonds with each other. The third is controversial though I liked parts of it, and I hated parts of it
I like alot of Things of this Story, making Ermac’s MK9 Ending Canon, Mileena being Good and Tragic, making MK1 a Deadly Alliance Prequel, Liu Kang having the Best Character Evolution in a Long Time rather than to kill him isto the Undead, Alan Lee Sean T. Krishnan plays as Great Shang Tsung and Quan Chi with good Imitations to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Ronald Banks, Giving Characters a Time to Shine while setting up a Fun Plan, having a Controversial Finale that’s Dumb and Fun, and the Ending might set up a Expansion Story Mode in the Future with Havik being the Main Villain, Sure I have Some Issues, mainly for how they Retcon Tanya’s Character which is my least Favorite Character in the Roster and I Wish the Roster was Larger but it’s a Solid Story Mode that’s a 8 out of 10, it’s way better that MK11 and Aftermath but not MK9 and MKX, Story Mode.
MKX's story mode is easily the worst one, the Kombat Kids, Shinnok getting it extremely dirty, its just so bad and has a horrible ending. The only really good parts were the Subzero and Scorpion "tea party" and Scorpion killing Quan Chi, but the rest... geez
1:05:48 MK11 only had 25 playable characters but by the end it had 37 so there will probably be more characters added as DLC. Same thing with MKX which had 25 characters but by the end has 33
I also thought the story took a nosedive as soon as MK11 Shang Tsung revealed that there are multiple timelines. Timelines and multiverses just kill any stakes in stories, turning them into utter schlock.
Look just to clear this up for those of you who are confused. Mk1 is saying that every arcade ending from mk11 is canon. That means there’s a timeline where kuai liang sub zero won and became keeper of time. A timeline where kung Lao beat kronika and became keeper of time, that’s where he came from. Even a timeline where kano won and rewrote reality, as evidenced by mk legends snow blind.
Yet there are Keepers of Time based on MK1's roster, that weren't present in MK11, but no Keepers of Time based on MK11 roster of characters that don't appear in MK1. Also, based on the canon MK11 sotry, there's literally no way for some of the MK11 roster to become Keepers of Time in the first place, like those who died earlier in the story or had no way of getting to Kronika's Netherealm fortress. I'd say that the only ending that were canonically possible are the Liu Kang and Shang Tsung ones..... HOWEVER.... Technically, due to the established rules of timetravel in MK11, Aftermath shouldn't even have been possible, therefore neither should Shang Tsung's ending. So the only possible outcome would've been Liu Kang's.
@@EndoScorpion dude it’s a multiverse for a reason, Shang tsung said his battle with liu kang sent shock waves throughout time fracturing it and creating new timelines . This shockwaves most certainly caused slight differences at different points in the timeline, maybe it caused reptile to become human looking in some timelines and defeat kronika, or maybe it caused nitara to suddenly want to join the fight against kronika and defeat her, becoming keeper of time. As for mk11 characters not returning, they clearly had a budget and didn’t want to spend money on models that wouldn’t even be playable. Or maybe they were there, and we couldn’t see them, such as noob saibot or skarlet. The kombat kids were there, and they weren’t playable, but cassie and jaqui were playable in mk11.
@@victordelatorre8102 Fire god Liu Kang was only able to get close to and defeat Kronika because his new Godliness made him immune to the time reversal (the same reason why Raiden didn't get frozen in the Fire Gardens when the rest did). So the only way other characters could've got close to and defeated Kronika is if they were Gods.... meaning Raiden gave them his godliness. Also, by saying that all the MK11 endings are canon, and that all the playable roster became Keepers of Time, it implies it's only those characters. Not non-playable characters that weren't even in the game (like Reptile and Nitara). The devs made a ton of outfits for characters for the story mode that don't seem to be useable/playable outside of storymode. That's a lot of work for models that aren't playable. A lot aren't even playable in the storymode as they are worn by non-playable characters (since not all the playable roster is playable in storymode, and characters wear different outfit in different chapters even when the player isn't playing as them. We know we're getting Takeda, and I'm willing to bet NRS will release the other Kombat Kids in future Kombat packs, so those skins will probs be used at somepoint. But even if they're not.... NRS went to the trouble of making them, for a
@@EndoScorpion time was literally broken man. Reptile from the past could have pulled up and defeated kronika. It’s not like kano should’ve been able to defeat her but he did as evidenced by mortal kombat legenda snow blind.
@@SonicHaXDI bet it was! Also I do wish Richard Epcar reprised Dark Raiden. My heart hurt when Travis’ voice came out (good performance but would prefer Richard).
The Titan Havik reveal at the end would have had more impact if Havik wasn't already a playable character in this game. Still, great game. Loved that the traditionally jobber characters like Baraka, Reptile, and Mileena got a chance to shine in this timeline. I also love that the fights in the last chapter are all randomized. I got a Shao/Johnny Cage hybrid that wore Johnny's fur coat skin and Shao's mask. I don't remember his name, mostly because I was too busy laughing. I also got a female Johnny Cage called Janet Cage and a Sub-Zero/Nitara hybrid called Blood Chilled (if I'm remembering correctly).
I personally took it more as in a reminder to the veterans that ...oh yeah Havik being a guy from Chaosrealm who wants nothing but absolute chaos would totally not take the peace of the realms as fine. If the next MK game focuses on exploring other realms like Chaosrealm that would be really neat. Last act was still of a mixed mess, but at least to me it didnt felt like a complete utter garbage fire like previous MK stories. There were both good and bad parts to it.
Well explain the last chapter ending: Basically no matter what character you get to choose, *enemies you fight will be appeared RANDOMLY* (they either fused 2 characters, genderbenderized ninja or bring back other OG MK characters like Cyber Smoke) so the last chapter is definitely worthy for replayability (all you do is pick a character to help Liu Kang. However, some other characters you've picked like Sindel & Liu Kang are pretty much from alternative timeline) Fun thing: if you picked Kitana, once the cutscene with the kombat kids happened, Kitana would thank the Titan Kitana as "Thank you sis" ----------------- And about the hourglass: why didn't you fight Shang Tsung and his crew instead of using powers to stopped the hourglass? If the hourglass got broken, there would be a big time crisis between all the MK universe that basically causing a black hole -------------- For the 24th character... *We got trolled by NRS*, technically this is for DLC option
Liu Kang: We can't let the hourglass be destroyed Snowblind Sub-Zero: ... Let's be honest, this story would be finished in 15 minutes if Liu had invited the Snowblind trio! They would wreck yet another Titan!🤣🤣
Hey Sonic, out of curiosity which of the fusion characters is your favorite? Personally I think SHAO ZERO is the best one and hope we get that skin. Shao with that skin with Kameo Subzero will be the closest we get to Shao Zero being playable
Now we just need a KK in a Wheelchair vs. Kollector's Wheel variation vs. Scorpion's Chain variation to see which OP variation is the strongest, and perhaps maybe let's throw in Sindel with her "MK12_148_154,11" variation to even the playing field.
Since ermac is a good guy now I imagine that jax would have to get his arms ripped off by noob saibot if he theoretically gets killed by quan chi and revived as a revenant
I played the end as Mileena and I got so excited at the triple Mileena scene because I assumed that was unique to the character. I was a tiny bit disappointed to know that the test your might section is always the same, but I know it would be super difficult to redesign that entire section for each character. Still, it was really cool seeing my Mileena come out as the best one
I think the implication they are trying to make with the extra end credits was that, that havik is from the original timeline, before the first ever reboot.
Actually Sonic I’m not even gonna lie to you but the Cetrion theory is actually not a bad theory at all, it would make sense for it to be her. I didn’t even consider that type of idea when the game came out. Props to you man!
@@SonicHaXD Still, I can see that working out in a way in potentially making her a better character than what she was in MK11 like how they improved Geras
Idk how you’re not more excited for fusions, yes FUSIONS NOT SKINS, of various characters in most likely the next game. Think about it, you would be able to create so many various combinations of characters and their abilities. Maybe even combinations of x-rays/fatalities. They were teasing it throughout the entire last act and basically confirmed it with Haviks speech in the end credit scene. The next game is going to be the most ambitious one yet due to this fusion feature.
Scorpion with the chain was his Crowning Moment of Awesome. I hope Netherrealm keeps Kuai Scorpion around as the coolest character ever. Maybe we get to see Hanzo become a cryomancer and take up the role of Sub Zero The Second in this timeline? Time will tell.
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When Sindel said "MK12_148_154,11", I've felt that
It would be kind of poetic to pick good Shao Khan for the final chapter, making a full cycle with mk9's reboot " He must win! "
That's kinda cool XD
hi sonic
I always gotta go Kenshi for that Mileena revenge.
the second i saw, SELECT YOU'RE FINAL FIGHTER,
my brain just auto clicked on johnny cage XD
and @SonicHaXD every charcter has the same fights but in a random order, and they all have difrent text, so you can alweas blind the Mileena
A little bit of a correction, the Titan versions of the characters from Liu Kang's chapter are implied to be the versions from their ladder endings, not strictly the endings of MK11's dedicated story mode.
So Titan Joker canon?
@@vanndymaywho1910 I mean, theoretically, from a certain point of view. We are dealing with the Multiverse now, so it stands to reason there is a timeline where Joker found himself in the MK Universe and took control over the hourglass after somehow managing to kill Kronika.
I can tell you one thing for certain; he definitely wouldn't be fighting for Liu Kang or Shang Tsung.
@@sputnikmann6541 dont undersestimate joker, now with thw gourglass he would create the most BATSHIT insane universe with thenmost violence possible and he will make sure jhonny cage and any other cage relatives are dead
@@goldonawheelchair6582 basically Emperor Joker
@@andrewstickadius4333 exactly
Reptile getting the respect he finally deserves, the good boi he is
Good boy~
@@iluxa-4000*gets a flash back from MK9 Jade* 😂
@@iluxa-4000☹️
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He's such a goober I love it, very few thoughts going on in his lil lizo brain
Finally a game where Syzoth gets the most praise. Especially when the game almost never calls him "Reptile".
Apparently Johnny comes up with the nickname while making a movie about him.
And also got beat up the most because his blood is green
1. The reveal that ALL the MK11 ending are canon is awesome
2. I love how so many people agree that Reptile should be the final fighter that helps Liu Kang. Our boy went from secret boss fight, to a jobber to a main character in his own right and its GREAT!
3. I love the reunion between Liu and Kitana. These characters have been denied a happily ever after so many times its not even funny anymore.
4. Can we just talk about how good this game is? Sure the multiverse storyline has been done to death by this point, but they did it well and they took the time to give a soft reboot so many characters, while also acknowledging the history of the franchise. Its just such a breath of fresh air.
Baraka, Reptile, Mileena and Geras were the biggest winners here in my opinion.
Omg...JAQUIE!
Liu kang is a little bit of a dumbass we should have seen titan subzero and titan scorpion instead of fan lady but still a great game
1. Multiverses sucks. Making all the endings of the worse MK story canon is not a good thing.
2. Reptile doesn't make any sense here. Raiden would've been the perfect choice:
- Raiden was the only one to fight the Deadly Alliance in the original timine, the rest died to the tarkatan horde. He was the one to kill them in the end.
- At the start of MK9 Raiden fought on top of the pyramid and was the one to introduce timetravel/manipulation into the MK franchise.
- Raiden was the one to make this Liu Kang a god in the first place, allowing this timeline to even exist.
- Raiden in this timeline was Earthrealm's champion.
3. This shouldn't even be "his Kitana", but even if it was, in the previous timeline they had no time or opportunity to develop a relationship. They had one scene together where Kitana was still on the badguy side, and Liu Kang mocked her by toying with her. There's no reason for them to be on kissing terms.
4. This game did a bad job with the multiverse. The whole thing feels like bad fanfiction, and there's nothing new in the story - almost every thing is a reference to older MK games / plots in one way or another, and a bad immitation at that. Some references even show up several times because the writers are creatively bankrupt. And every reused plot was done worst than it was originally. It actually spits on the history of the franchise and the charaters by the way they've bastardised old storylines and lore, and swapped characters around or made them caricatures.
@@EndoScorpion...
@@EndoScorpion That definitely SHOULD be his Kitana since these are the versions of them from MK9 and MK11 like...How is this confusing?
No matter the MK timeline, Sonic always knows how to make it extra entertaining. 🦎
With a fucking fan art of reptile
It’s a talent few possess
And a damn poker side show
Og MK: we're gonna make reptile a lizard wearing a green ninja disguise
Mkx: we're gonna make reptile a human with lizard features
Mk1: we're gonna make reptile a lizard that can turn into a human
@razorshark6790
wasnt OG reptile wearing a disguise and was a fully a lizard person?
@@chongwillson972 Mb bro
I think the biggest problem with this story is how quickly act 3 gets resolved. Titan Shang reveals himself and then in one chapter we defeat his entire army and in the very next we stop him from enacting his backup plan and send him back to his timeline. We needed at least one, maybe two more chapters between 12-14 to let the story flow better.
It would have also helped with the sudden gut punch of the multiverse as well if they saved that drop till 14 and we got multiple chapters of just assuming it was the two after Shang revealed himself.
Titan Havik being the reason there's so many goofy chaotic combos like Sonya Kano is pretty funny when you think about it.
The good:
All of the first two acts. No joke. Everything in the first two acts is really strong. Baraka and Reptile being good is awesome, Mileena and Tanya being good is awesome, Johnny rules, the flipped Liu Kang/Raiden dynamic is great, Ermac’s creation rules, and Sindel is back to being good too. Choosing to keep the events of MK11 canonical was risky but they pulled it off. It makes sense for Shang Tsung to be the villain, because he will ALWAYS be the bad guy.
The bad:
The chapter system (as usual), Sub-Zero turning evil (done poorly, Sub-Zero isn’t evil unless Bi-Han becomes Noob), everything about Nitara (Megan Fox is a complete waste), jump straight to multiverse instead of staying grounded with just two timelines (kinda overwhelms the third act), the Armageddon ending being very rushed (leave that for an MK2 reboot), no Sonya or Kano (if you’re gonna rename the series MK1, you should at least have the original 7 characters all be playable)
The thing about Sonya and Kano is not a negative point, they did not fit at all with this story and they had a lot of focus in the 3 previous games, it doesn't hurt them to rest this game.
Nitara’s character is in need of a voice refresh bc Megan was giving NO conviction in her voice 😂
She gave the energy of reading a script rather than actually speaking as a character.
The best thumbnail doesn't exi-
18:17 this moment moved me to tears, I had to pause for a few minutes to clean my self up. Such a powerful line.
Sindel literally just doxxed reiko by leaking his f**king adress LMAO
Is this it? Have we finally seen their army’s full strength?
Did they unleash ̶A̶r̶m̶a̶g̶e̶d̶d̶o̶n̶ ̶ Hell?
Idk maybe we should consult with the elder gods
Hahahaha
I honestly feel the story falls apart as soon as it focuses on different timelines and getting random characters from there for the final showdown.
Give me more of the low power mortal kombat from the beginning, I really loved that part.
The story falls apart from the Lin Kuei chapter. Bi Han being a 1-dimentional villain. The pyromancer brother who can melt steel swords getting defeated by a tiny ice dagger, and scared of getting burnt. Beyond that it just devolves into multiverse shite, and the main villain making the same mistake as the previous one: revealing themselves and their plan to the heroes, which arms them with the knowledge to defeat the villain.
@@EndoScorpion
He did get defeated by a tiny ice dagger. Also, Hanzo Scorpion died from lava in Shaolin Monks.
@@dylansharp8471 Yeah... now you're just stalking me. Go away.
thumbnail is top tier
i think what sets MK1 apart from MK11's story is that it feels very indulgent in its ridiculousness in the third act. as much as i don't like how hard it fell apart, it's at least just goofy with it whereas with MK11 i felt like the bad shit was actively egregious and annoying lol
Ditto XD
so it's just random sh*t in MK1, but MK11 it's rotten and random sh*t?
@@t-natehundred2438 Very late to the party, but it's more like M1K is willing to accept how ridiculous and stupid its story is; whereas MK11 held itself back from being _too_ ridiculous in an effort to not look stupid.
M1K knows that it's stupid, that the story makes no sense if you think too hard about it and that it kinda undermines the climactic ending of the previous game. But it accepts that and leans into it by introducing those ridiculous fusions in a massive Armageddon parody because it's funny and fun.
MK11 also knows that it's stupid, that the story makes no sense if you think too hard about it and undermines the story of the previous games. But it is unwilling to lean into that because it wants to take itself super seriously.
Hearing Raiden being voiced by Travis Willingham was something I didn't expect, but want more of.
Hell yeah
Wait, that's Travis Willingham?!
He voiced him in MK onslaught since he was the replacement for Richard Epcar since MK11 was his last game as voicing Raiden.
@@sinistralhydra
Yep. Our good old Chetney voiced Raiden.
I miss Richard Epcar but he’s definitely doing a great job too
MK1 is legit a good game, I mean there are issues which can be fixed and changed, but overall it's legit a breathe of fresh air, actually fleshing out charcters like Baraka and Reptile and making them actual fan favorites of the series, the fact that Mileena doesn't turn into a villain and is a good guy is also a good twist and They have Good Sindel FINALLY (Tho Nitara sucks as she is a jobber and Megan Fox is a terrible voice actor)
I completely agree with this comment
Its not a good game you shill
It's just dumb fun
And for me, I'm in love with these versions of the characters, I want to see their stories. It just feels nice.
@@schemar17Must be a Midway fanboy who will hate on anything NRS
I kinda love the fact that MK1 ending not only let you choose who you get to fight in the last chapter, but makes an refernece to the original mortal kombat, where "anyone" can beat final boss Shang Tsang to be the winner (since Lui Kang makes a joke about being called the "chosen one")
That KK in a wheelchair caught me offguard. 😂
I'd thought I'd go the whole video without seeing it because of the gore. Had to be a nightmare editing around that. 🔥👍🏽
I figured he'd choose reptile for the last chapter.
16:17 I think that it's commendable that Shao can even fight, cause in his bio it basically says that Lu Kang nerfed him into oblivion.
Yeah, same with Onaga. He's become feral, no real intelligence. But they were 2 of the strongest fighters and Shai is still General and Onaga is chained up. I think there's a disconnect between what the lore says and what the developers did, since of course you can't nerf one of the favorite and most used characters so hard that he can't fight anymore.
It's the same with player characters that can lift up bridges but struggle with a chest. It's called ludonarrative dissonance. Some things the player just has to accept since the game wouldn't be fun without it.
Things that still confuse me:
- Why did Titan Tsung even interfere in this timeline; he could kind of fought Liu Kang at any time [with Dark Raide, Evil Sinder, Evil Fujin (where is he btw), Evil Geras] but he decided to turn Shang Tsung, Quan-Chi and Shao evil
- Why did Titan Tsung order Shang Tsung and Quan-Chi to revive Great Army, he didn't knew about other timelines so did he needed - as a Titan - an army of rock soldiers to conquer Liu Kang's world
- Good guys in Chapter 13 kind of figured it out that if they beat evil version of themselves they'll close the portals - somehow Evil Shao was in control of all portals
- I kind of thought that Liu Kang returning back to Keeper of Timeline will take his role as a Protector of Earthrealm permanently but I guess he's fine?
- To show Titan Tsung's army they could've easily use all those missing characters from MK11 istead of Evil Kenshi, Evil Smoke etc. (or maybe mix it)
- I really don't know which Titan Kitana Liu Kang brought back - is she like from his arcade MK11 ending / ending where Liu beats Kronika 2-0 and create a new world with her like wth how is she "his Kitana" and he is "her Liu Kang"
- Titan Tsung somehow finds Liu Kang with hourglass
- Whole Armageddon thing got me hyped up but when I just think about previous things I've listed ... Idk how to feel about this game like Ch1-13 are great but later
- Armageddon world is supposed to break because of Titan Tsung death but we still see Titan Havik cutscene?
And to be honest the only thing that could fix ending is expansion but not with Titan Havik (stop with multibullshitverse) but where Good Guys beat Deadly Alliance - Raiden said that he can't believe Johnny is going to make a movie about them beating Shang Tsung (and later Liu Kang said that Tsung, Quan-Chi and Shao are imprisoned) so they could show us this version of the story and maybe they could have give us chapters with Smoke and Kitana something that was missing in this game
But tbh MK1 story is probably in my top3 MK stories so far (MK movie from 1995 and Snow Blind)
I can try to answer these
- My guess is Shang is just petty and figure since Liu Kang is already pretty weak, he’d be an easy target. This also probably isn’t the first time he’s done this.
- I think he says he needed the souls in the crown rather than the crown itself, as for why he needed the souls idk.
- I’m pretty sure Shao was the only one in charge of the portals and the rest were just backup.
- In his ending which are considered canon, he explains that while he was able to relinquish his role as
Keeper of Time again, it came at the cost of his immortality so he passed that role to Geras.
- Yes, yes it could have although tbf, you see the kameos in the crowd so I guess that helps.
- It’s MK11 Kitana, Liu Kang brings up seeing her crowned as Kahn in the arena. It’s just the version of Kitana that won the fight against Kronika.
- Yes, yes he does. Maybe it doesn’t move around too much or because Shang is a Titan, he can sense it? Idk this part of the story sucks.
- Yeah they really could’ve saved the timeline shenanigans for later and just allowed current Shang to be the villain while keeping the real identity of “Kronika” a secret but oh well, here’s hoping the Story DLC is better.
- My guess is Titan Havik took control before it fell apart? Or maybe Liu Kang was overreacting idk.
While I will say the multiverse needs to take a break after MK1, I don’t think it doesn’t have any place in the story moving forward. As for Johnny dictating the story, I think it would’ve been funny to have them snap away and reveal the entire ending was a pitch by Johnny to make the ending sound more badass than what it was.
Yeah, Shang Tsung did all of this out of pettiness. He could've enjoyed to be a Titan in his own timeline, but I guess having Liu Kang existing somewhere is rubbing him the wrong way lmao
- maybe he was bored so he is love to playing instead of straight up do bad thing
- this i dunno maybe like i said in first point, he like to play around
-plot
-this we don't know either liu kang will return as earthrealm protector or not we should wait for next game or expansion, but the word liu said in the ending "the realm are in a safe hand" Implies he wont return to his job as protector
-agreed
-its Kirana from her tower ending
-again plot, but i like to belive since shang having hourglass too so he could have some kind of "radar" I dunno
-again agreed, the story is great up untuk they reveal multiverse stuff
- titan habik could just have re build it
@@sertianaputra3569 I’m rooting for Shang. Liu Kang is a trash time keeper.
"(stop with multibullshitverse)"
Was that part necessary?
6:27 First Kollector in his OP wheel variation, Now Scorpion in his chain cuffs stance.
Good thing NetherRealm nerf them both during story mode.
the third part wasnt bad, it was just fun af, and the last cutscene? man maybe the chaosrealm is coming in shine for the first time in a rlly long time and thats exciting
The developers could have just given us edgy reskins of the current roster, but really went the extra mile with a randomized pool of crazy OCs as final opponents.
When Sindel said, "MK12_148_154,11," I felt that.
I’m super happy that Reptile finally gets the Justice he deserves and gets to have more characterization, not only that, but he also gets to be the hero of his own story too. Thanks Ed Boon! 🦎
The first and second act of the game are absolutely beautiful. I really enjoyed the local adventure of heores, and Jonny was actually like able. Through their adventure they found new friends and strengthened their bonds with each other. The third is controversial though I liked parts of it, and I hated parts of it
Why is Reptile doing the goatse in the thumbnail? 💀
Bro the thumbnail 😂
Dude is probably The Reason MK1 Reptile is so.....
it's getting more weirder 😂
I worked hard on it XD
Reptile giving a 69 to another Reptile with a KK in a wheelchair cameo is the most SonicHaXD thing ever 😂😂.
I can see that you put your blood sweat and tears into it👍
I like alot of Things of this Story, making Ermac’s MK9 Ending Canon, Mileena being Good and Tragic, making MK1 a Deadly Alliance Prequel, Liu Kang having the Best Character Evolution in a Long Time rather than to kill him isto the Undead, Alan Lee Sean T. Krishnan plays as Great Shang Tsung and Quan Chi with good Imitations to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Ronald Banks, Giving Characters a Time to Shine while setting up a Fun Plan, having a Controversial Finale that’s Dumb and Fun, and the Ending might set up a Expansion Story Mode in the Future with Havik being the Main Villain, Sure I have Some Issues, mainly for how they Retcon Tanya’s Character which is my least Favorite Character in the Roster and I Wish the Roster was Larger but it’s a Solid Story Mode that’s a 8 out of 10, it’s way better that MK11 and Aftermath but not MK9 and MKX, Story Mode.
MKX's story mode is easily the worst one, the Kombat Kids, Shinnok getting it extremely dirty, its just so bad and has a horrible ending. The only really good parts were the Subzero and Scorpion "tea party" and Scorpion killing Quan Chi, but the rest... geez
@@mmrguerra2009I'll have to agree
Can you please do a MK1 sucks series for the story? I noticed so many hilarious facial expressions and decisions 😂
1:05:48 MK11 only had 25 playable characters but by the end it had 37 so there will probably be more characters added as DLC. Same thing with MKX which had 25 characters but by the end has 33
There are actually over 50 combinations of fighters for you to go up against in the Armageddon chapter.
This is by far your most UNHINGED thumbnail 😂😂😂
I also thought the story took a nosedive as soon as MK11 Shang Tsung revealed that there are multiple timelines. Timelines and multiverses just kill any stakes in stories, turning them into utter schlock.
"Timelines and multiverses just kill any stakes in stories, turning them into utter schlock"
False
Look just to clear this up for those of you who are confused. Mk1 is saying that every arcade ending from mk11 is canon. That means there’s a timeline where kuai liang sub zero won and became keeper of time. A timeline where kung Lao beat kronika and became keeper of time, that’s where he came from. Even a timeline where kano won and rewrote reality, as evidenced by mk legends snow blind.
Yet there are Keepers of Time based on MK1's roster, that weren't present in MK11, but no Keepers of Time based on MK11 roster of characters that don't appear in MK1.
Also, based on the canon MK11 sotry, there's literally no way for some of the MK11 roster to become Keepers of Time in the first place, like those who died earlier in the story or had no way of getting to Kronika's Netherealm fortress.
I'd say that the only ending that were canonically possible are the Liu Kang and Shang Tsung ones..... HOWEVER.... Technically, due to the established rules of timetravel in MK11, Aftermath shouldn't even have been possible, therefore neither should Shang Tsung's ending. So the only possible outcome would've been Liu Kang's.
@@EndoScorpion dude it’s a multiverse for a reason, Shang tsung said his battle with liu kang sent shock waves throughout time fracturing it and creating new timelines . This shockwaves most certainly caused slight differences at different points in the timeline, maybe it caused reptile to become human looking in some timelines and defeat kronika, or maybe it caused nitara to suddenly want to join the fight against kronika and defeat her, becoming keeper of time. As for mk11 characters not returning, they clearly had a budget and didn’t want to spend money on models that wouldn’t even be playable. Or maybe they were there, and we couldn’t see them, such as noob saibot or skarlet. The kombat kids were there, and they weren’t playable, but cassie and jaqui were playable in mk11.
@@victordelatorre8102 Fire god Liu Kang was only able to get close to and defeat Kronika because his new Godliness made him immune to the time reversal (the same reason why Raiden didn't get frozen in the Fire Gardens when the rest did). So the only way other characters could've got close to and defeated Kronika is if they were Gods.... meaning Raiden gave them his godliness. Also, by saying that all the MK11 endings are canon, and that all the playable roster became Keepers of Time, it implies it's only those characters. Not non-playable characters that weren't even in the game (like Reptile and Nitara).
The devs made a ton of outfits for characters for the story mode that don't seem to be useable/playable outside of storymode. That's a lot of work for models that aren't playable. A lot aren't even playable in the storymode as they are worn by non-playable characters (since not all the playable roster is playable in storymode, and characters wear different outfit in different chapters even when the player isn't playing as them.
We know we're getting Takeda, and I'm willing to bet NRS will release the other Kombat Kids in future Kombat packs, so those skins will probs be used at somepoint. But even if they're not.... NRS went to the trouble of making them, for a
@@EndoScorpion time was literally broken man. Reptile from the past could have pulled up and defeated kronika. It’s not like kano should’ve been able to defeat her but he did as evidenced by mortal kombat legenda snow blind.
@@victordelatorre8102 And thus why multiverse shit is just that.... shit.
Sonic I hope you’re proud of that thumbnail
It was fun using Blender to make it XD
@@SonicHaXDI bet it was! Also I do wish Richard Epcar reprised Dark Raiden. My heart hurt when Travis’ voice came out (good performance but would prefer Richard).
The Titan Havik reveal at the end would have had more impact if Havik wasn't already a playable character in this game. Still, great game. Loved that the traditionally jobber characters like Baraka, Reptile, and Mileena got a chance to shine in this timeline. I also love that the fights in the last chapter are all randomized. I got a Shao/Johnny Cage hybrid that wore Johnny's fur coat skin and Shao's mask. I don't remember his name, mostly because I was too busy laughing. I also got a female Johnny Cage called Janet Cage and a Sub-Zero/Nitara hybrid called Blood Chilled (if I'm remembering correctly).
I personally took it more as in a reminder to the veterans that ...oh yeah Havik being a guy from Chaosrealm who wants nothing but absolute chaos would totally not take the peace of the realms as fine. If the next MK game focuses on exploring other realms like Chaosrealm that would be really neat.
Last act was still of a mixed mess, but at least to me it didnt felt like a complete utter garbage fire like previous MK stories. There were both good and bad parts to it.
It's my personal head canon that the Reptile in the final chapter is the one from the challenge 300 video.
The thumbnail alone has me dead. Not the reptile bussy pop ☠️☠️☠️🤣
45:38 We All Knew you will Pick Up your Favorite Champion.
I should really be expecting these kinds of thumbnails by now, but they still manage to catch me off guard
I Love the part when sindel said "MK12_148_154,11" and MK12_148_154,11-ed all over those guys
Having a good version of even Shang Tsung and Quan Chi is hilarious to me, they even had them fight the evil versions and lose.
Wait... If Ermac and Reptile are back, does that mean Ferra/ Torr are playing poker by themselves?
Nah, Noob and Erron are playing with them
Or Fujin and Nightwolf.
D'vorah, Kotal, and Jade are also there
Cetrion and Skarlet are probably there as well
The black dragon are hanging out there too
That thumbnail thou ._.
I love how everyone is so much more attractive, but Shang Tsung seems a lot more zesty for some reason.
Reptile has always and will always be my main. Regardless of his ‘tier status’ or which era.
Scaly boy is peak.
Why is no one talking about the thumbnail
I think the Havik at the end is from the original midway timeline, as in intro dialogues we learn that Mk1's Havik is actually Dairou!!
Well explain the last chapter ending:
Basically no matter what character you get to choose, *enemies you fight will be appeared RANDOMLY* (they either fused 2 characters, genderbenderized ninja or bring back other OG MK characters like Cyber Smoke)
so the last chapter is definitely worthy for replayability (all you do is pick a character to help Liu Kang. However, some other characters you've picked like Sindel & Liu Kang are pretty much from alternative timeline)
Fun thing: if you picked Kitana, once the cutscene with the kombat kids happened, Kitana would thank the Titan Kitana as "Thank you sis"
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And about the hourglass: why didn't you fight Shang Tsung and his crew instead of using powers to stopped the hourglass?
If the hourglass got broken, there would be a big time crisis between all the MK universe that basically causing a black hole
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For the 24th character... *We got trolled by NRS*, technically this is for DLC option
Can't wait to see your mk1 breakdown video
40:16
Why yes, there are several. Including the timeline where Kabal wins, since he willingly gave the power back to Kronika.
Liu Kang: We can't let the hourglass be destroyed
Snowblind Sub-Zero: ...
Let's be honest, this story would be finished in 15 minutes if Liu had invited the Snowblind trio! They would wreck yet another Titan!🤣🤣
Ashrah be like
"Swiggity Swooty, Im coming for Reptile's scaly booty!"
Lucky her.😢
Be honest it’s Because of SonicXD that they made Reptile the Coldblooded character Hot
@THEINFINITIVERSESAGA
how else will he get heat then~?
@@chongwillson972 knew gah I think u missed the point
The fact that it actually wasn't kronika and instead Shang was a huge relief
🤣 That thumbnail!! Man, I love this channel
I instantly clicked when I saw the thumbnaill 😩
The thumbnail tho😂
Hey Sonic, out of curiosity which of the fusion characters is your favorite?
Personally I think SHAO ZERO is the best one and hope we get that skin. Shao with that skin with Kameo Subzero will be the closest we get to Shao Zero being playable
I gotta see all of them before I can decide, Johnny Baraka is pretty dang funny XD
@@SonicHaXD Oh Johnny Savage is so cool! I like to headcanon that as if Baraka took Johnny’s offer for being in his film; Tommy ScissorFists (MK9)
Klockadile is peak.
@@cqbjones4861 Klockodile is awesome, S tier fusion for design and his catchphrase; “Your Life Endsssssss here”
@@LincolnMills-fx4jdwait when’s Johnny savage?
You remember Kollector's Wheel variation and how op it was? Now it's time for Scorpion's Chain variation.
Now we just need a KK in a Wheelchair vs. Kollector's Wheel variation vs. Scorpion's Chain variation to see which OP variation is the strongest, and perhaps maybe let's throw in Sindel with her "MK12_148_154,11" variation to even the playing field.
Reptile do be giving Sonic his R34 Reptile material 😏
I'm not shocked that this is what you do when you get your hands on a new Reptile model. 😂
Liu Kang: "Please permit me to end this"
Syzoth: **Yeaa but I wanna vore them**
LMAO!!!
That thumbnail. For our good boi reptile.
Told y'all, Scorpion in handcuffs OP.
29:40 this is the moment that the story went from "amazing" to "WTF, did they headbutt their keyboard to write this?"
Ikr
Well, we had KK in a wheelchair,now we got chained Scorpion. Truly feels like being nerfed buffs.
Since ermac is a good guy now I imagine that jax would have to get his arms ripped off by noob saibot if he theoretically gets killed by quan chi and revived as a revenant
I think the Havik we see is the original one, considering he has milky white eyes and actually sounds crazy instead of angry (not so) pretty boy
Cant wait for the “Liu Kang Sucks” video. He’s so underpowered in this story. Does Jack shit. Then in every fight with npc he just in background
That thumbnail was just tooo much😂
Alright, I'll admit it. That thumbnail actually got me.
Okay but where is the timeline where Stryker ends up beating Kronika?
The iconic pose in this thumbnail fills me with such nostalgia
I played the end as Mileena and I got so excited at the triple Mileena scene because I assumed that was unique to the character. I was a tiny bit disappointed to know that the test your might section is always the same, but I know it would be super difficult to redesign that entire section for each character. Still, it was really cool seeing my Mileena come out as the best one
Me: Sees the Thumbnail
Me: *What in the actual Fu-*
I think the implication they are trying to make with the extra end credits was that, that havik is from the original timeline, before the first ever reboot.
Actually Sonic I’m not even gonna lie to you but the Cetrion theory is actually not a bad theory at all, it would make sense for it to be her. I didn’t even consider that type of idea when the game came out. Props to you man!
It's cause they mention "someone from the past timeline survived" so I really tried to think of who it could be from that XD
@@SonicHaXD Still, I can see that working out in a way in potentially making her a better character than what she was in MK11 like how they improved Geras
This was fun! Can't wait for his review of this game!
So we just gonna ignore that thumbnail?
Sonic bro the thumbnail is ducking crazy 💀💀💀😭
27:59 can't we all appreciate how Liu kang lost to sindel because he fell on his back 😊
We were all saved by a sexy lizard man! 💚 ....Also, that shot of evil Reptile walking out of Shang's portal...oh my!
nahhh the thumbnail caught me off guard 💀
Syzoth...Put your cloaca away, Syzoth. I'm not fatal blowing you right now, Syzoth.
26:41 when you missed your latest "Beastars" Manga. XD
Idk how you’re not more excited for fusions, yes FUSIONS NOT SKINS, of various characters in most likely the next game.
Think about it, you would be able to create so many various combinations of characters and their abilities. Maybe even combinations of x-rays/fatalities. They were teasing it throughout the entire last act and basically confirmed it with Haviks speech in the end credit scene. The next game is going to be the most ambitious one yet due to this fusion feature.
What do you mean I'm not excited? Did you not see me screaming and shouting at each of the fusions in the video XD
Scorpion with the chain was his Crowning Moment of Awesome. I hope Netherrealm keeps Kuai Scorpion around as the coolest character ever. Maybe we get to see Hanzo become a cryomancer and take up the role of Sub Zero The Second in this timeline? Time will tell.
KK in a wheelchair vs Kollector’s OP wheel variation vs Chain Scorpion
Free for all
Who wins?
KK in a wheelchair
Finally, I found someone who posted a normal working crack
Shao Khan is the new Kotal Hunk of Junk
I truly felt it when Sindel said Mk12_148,141,11
My exact reaction playing the story. I felt so letdown by the final act but the first 2 acts are easily the best thing NRS has done with story mode
You think Dmitri Vegas’ voice acting Sub-Zero was horrible? Then remember Megan Fox’s voice acting on Nitara.
I guess by defeating Shang Tsung Reptile avenged his family. Awesome