Mortal Kombat 1 General Discussion Media Thread

lariat said:
I've said this before but I think that NRS rushed the game out to meet a deadline. Again I doubt that had anything to do with 16 bit going ''nerf dat clone!'' or some other factor. As a Q,A lead he didn't even do his job correctly since he's supposed to catch bugs, glitches and Infinites. As of now Sindel still has a unblockable mix up that has yet to be patched. Sindel was basically banned from ECT because of it. Now Paulo is most likely having to go back and fix things that the QA failed to catch. It's hard to sell DLC to people (except to the people who bought the 110 bundle) when your core game is broken.
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Well, I am not bringing MK1 here. I only mentioned MK11 part. That was the game, where 16bit was patting himself on the shoulders.

As for MK1. It was simply rushed. Not just broken combos, but also missing features and game modes, that can be found in the code. I doubt anyone had time for anything. They just quickly threw stuff together.
 
Xenon said:
Ed Boon is salivating. Finally.... a full blown Shit as a Service, Capeshit game!!!!!
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It is pure damage control.

"Guys, we will be working on games for longer time! More content! Trust us!"

They saw people leaving and being done with MK1. The sheer number of people complaining about MK1 lack of content and balance, has been escalating like crazy.
 
Bradley Abbott Turner said:
The cringe kast turned off the comments today lol. I'm just gonna take a victory lap bc I called this bullshit from the day they announced this cash grab. I just want to add a little insult to Injury bc it is well earned. 😂 Only marks with half a brain paid into this game. And the lowest of the low tier excuse for humans are staying with it. That's just facts. 3 million sold? well at least I know how many fucking brain dead idiots still exist in this plane of existence. Have a nice day. 🌈😂🤙
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I gotta take the L on this one. They are being aggressive with this shit. They just added 3 new costumes to the shop. All of them $10.
Like deadass remember when we used to just get free skins when DLC characters dropped? Fuck dude.
 
BBBLP said:
I gotta take the L on this one. They are being aggressive with this shit. They just added 3 new costumes to the shop. All of them $10.
Like deadass remember when we used to just get free skins when DLC characters dropped? Fuck dude.
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I think I have almost leveled up enough characters to 20 to almost have the Krystals for Deception Li Mei (gonna double-check), but yeah, the fact that there's no other way to earn that currency in-game othewise is horse-shit.
With MK11 you could at least rack up Time Krytsals in different ways.
In this game once you level up the 23 main roster characters to level 31 then the 4,600 Krystals are the max that you can earn.

If it wasn't for grinding there's no way I'm really paying $10 per skin. Haven't spent a single cent outside of the price of the base game.
Was gonna level all characters up to 31 anyways, but the monetization is beyond ridiculous in this game.

Kameo Tremor will be my only separate DLC purchase so far.


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Also, it seems like the Seasonal Fatality 1K Dragon Krystals / $12 equivalent will include a Thanksgiving Fatality and Winter Fatality.
That backlash got to them quick. :ROFLMAO:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722705646653784290


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Also, apparently now your profile level is no longer capped at 100, so perhaps they'll let you finally earn Dragon Krystal another way.
Still shitty at the moment, though.
 
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Something extremely funny about that award...

It's not just fighting games category. It says "best multiplayer game". That's right, according to them, MK1 is such a gem it beats not only "anime immature and disrespectful" SF6, but games like CoD.

Another hilarious moment....

MK1 players on Steam right now:

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You'd think this is AMAZING right. 5k gamers, meaning 5 millions and trillions and MK1 best game ever made....

Meanwhile.... Let me tell you a tale about a very niche RTS, which is a remaster of a game that was released 20 years ago, which is only available on one platform...

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That's right, almost DOUBLE the amount. Guess what? This game has lobbies.

 
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Boon knows that no one takes any of these pointless awards seriously and I doubt WB does ether. Well it can't be anymore pointless than that time Boon presented the award for the best racing game at the VGAs which turned out to be a bait and switch PR stunt for MK11.
 
Personally, I don't give a shit for guests, but what a fucking L that the Omni-Man voice-over is $10 and the DLC character itself goes for $8.
David Zaslav / WB is really running this IP to the ground. Lmfao
Kameos will likely be $4 and those are necessary for the Meta of the game.
Their bullshit limited Dragon Krystals to try to force people to buy shit is honestly a huge turn off, and at this point I’m just being stubborn and going through all of the motions to level up the characters to get the 3D era skins for Li Mei and Sub-Zero mainly out of the fucking spite and principal that I refuse to pay for that shit. Got 1 of the skins so far and now on to the next.

Kameo Tremor will be the first thing that I pay for outside of the initial price of the game.
Had it not been because they make up the meta of the game I wouldn't buy the kameos, either, but at this point I may skip the main roster DLC characters entirely and it'll probably just be the 5 kameo characters (Tremor, Ferra, Janet / Johnny, Mavado and Khameleon) and whatever kameo characters they come out with after this.
 
You say "Zaslav running this IP to the ground".... yet people buy it, and some of them are even proud of this fact. When people buy this crap, it sends a direct message to Zaslav and Boon that everything's great, they should continue doing this.
 
Macro Transaction Kombat : Corporate Edition. There's no going back now. Prepare for the rollercoaster decent. Or maybe not...maybe there's enough Wales to keep pumping out more of these types of games,.🤷‍♂️
 
I know people have felt like MK has been declining for years, but it has never been this abrupt and sharp. MK11 had some funky monetization with the "daily store" and their time crystals, but no matter what happened we were always able to earn the crystals in game. It was a really shitty way to penalize players who didn't sit in front of their game all day long, but at least they were able to capitalize on it. But now? Everyone is fucked. Whether you played every day since day 1 or just bought the game today, big dick premium edition. Check out this rotating store bitch, every single thing worthwhile is $10, with currency that you cannot earn in game after you exhaust grinding every character to rank 20.

Also I know most of you didn't buy the game, but remember in MK11 how when a dlc character came out, they had 4 completely different outfits, about 5 skins for each of them, multiple gear options, multiple intros and outros?

Omni man has nothing. He has his default costume, 4 recolors of it. And some different capes.
I imagine all the dlc characters will probably be the same.
 
Bradley Abbott Turner said:
Macro Transaction Kombat : Corporate Edition. There's no going back now. Prepare for the rollercoaster decent. Or maybe not...maybe there's enough Wales to keep pumping out more of these types of games,.🤷‍♂️
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Don't kid yourself, it's not just whales. You have streamers who's like "omggg dis skin hype I gladly pay $10 and will pay more!". Same with Capeshit-man. Same with voicepacks.

Truth is, if you bought the game, WBNRS don't give a shit about your complaints or threats. They already have your money. They already have enough people sucking them off for "3 trillions sales". And cherry on top... those MTX? Yeah, addicts are more than willing to shell extra $$$ and be proud of it.

That alone is much more important to WBNRS than online complaints. Even that award holds much more weight. Their next game will have a Cutscene mode and a simple buggy 1v1 online mode only, which will be enough for 6 billionz sales and more awards. When that trailer drops, all complainers will be the first in line to pre-order. Happened with X, 11 and now 1. Always ends the same...
 
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There is only two main console mortal Kombat games I have never played ..or owned

Mortal Kombat Special Forces
Mortal Kombat 12

After what they did at the end of MK11 leaving it unfinished patting themselves on the back for supporting it longer that any other game what a fucking lie btw..and calling us entitled...yea you have to put a gun to my head for me to buy their new shit game you would have to kill me to get me to fucking play it. I piss on NRS and WB. Sorry if you guys fell for it again. Shoulda seen this one coming.


I tried to warn all of you. I got blocked by all the discords. And some of you attacked me for spitting facts. Maybe next game you guys will see thru the smoke and mirrors and lies and empty promises and macro transactionss and sit the next one out. Maybe then the franchise will get sold to another studio who actually cares about the player base.

You owe it to yourself to wait at least for the complete edition to drop. Is it really worth all the frustration being an unpaid beta tester? All the changes you have to play thru all the bullshit waiting for new content. Think about that next time. I was really hoping NRS would prove me wrong..now I'm just waiting for that 10 dollar Robot Smoke skin to drop. The outrage is gonna be off the chain. It's gonna burn. For sure.

Also...who wants to play a game that encourages rage quitting. That doesn't sound appealing or fun to me at all. Can we also use the terms alternate outfits again. The term skins and cosmetics makes my skin crawl. The term premium should never be in a Mortal Kombat game. Stop accepting this junk. Have some discipline and standards.


SF6 to me was a love letter to fans of the franchise. Hate it or whatever but create a fighter is dope too. Battle hub with classic arcades -,🔥 this is the damn standard. Tekken 8 is dong some interesting stuff too. Don't settle for Kombat league and invasion mode. Yuck.
 
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BBBLP said:
I know people have felt like MK has been declining for years, but it has never been this abrupt and sharp. MK11 had some funky monetization with the "daily store" and their time crystals, but no matter what happened we were always able to earn the crystals in game. It was a really shitty way to penalize players who didn't sit in front of their game all day long, but at least they were able to capitalize on it. But now? Everyone is fucked. Whether you played every day since day 1 or just bought the game today, big dick premium edition. Check out this rotating store bitch, every single thing worthwhile is $10, with currency that you cannot earn in game after you exhaust grinding every character to rank 20.
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This, exactly!
With MK11 you could at least grind out Time Krystals, but with Dragon Krytsals it's a max of 4,600 by ranking every character to 31 and that's it.
Meanwhile the gold currency might as well not be there because it's utterly fucking useless.
Also I know most of you didn't buy the game, but remember in MK11 how when a dlc character came out, they had 4 completely different outfits, about 5 skins for each of them, multiple gear options, multiple intros and outros?

Omni man has nothing. He has his default costume, 4 recolors of it. And some different capes.
I imagine all the dlc characters will probably be the same.
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Also a great point, and I could see Quan Chi, Ermac and Takeda also getting the shit end of this stick.
I don 't have Omni-Man, but I imagine that for all of his Brutalities to work and for the 2nd Fatality to be listed in the pause menu that they are all locked behind pointless grinding, too.

Xenon said:
You say "Zaslav running this IP to the ground".... yet people buy it, and some of them are even proud of this fact. When people buy this crap, it sends a direct message to Zaslav and Boon that everything's great, they should continue doing this.
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It's people BUYING the Krystals that tells them it's ok to do that shit, not buying the standard game.
The ok for monetization comes when people say "ok, I'll buy these Krystals with real money, instead of grinding for them."
While MK11 had the option to do both and you could earn Krystals, sadly more often than not people would open their wallets to buy this fake currency for this crap.
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1724789630250488043

I am getting a feeling, that we are seeing Midway 2.0 happening. WB is in serious deep shit right now. They are scrapping movies left and right, not just cause, but they are seriously trying to save as much money as possible.

Some people could say, it is just pure greed. But with all the financial losses they have suffered recently, these guys need every cent they can get. Barbie success has been countered by numerous other shitty and VERY expensive releases.

Overall WB looks like it doesn't have any idea what to do with its IPs.

And damn are they doing an amazing job at ruining MK brand too.
 
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