Mortal Kombat 1 General Discussion Media Thread

I just saw the SF6 Rashid gameplay reveal and the animations and combos looked great, all his hits were impactful and graceful, stunning work.
Then i watched the Johnny Cage gameplay reveal on the kombat Kast and was like WTF is this?
sorry but it just looks bad.
theres no weight or start up/anticipation to the moves so a lot of his moves look like the character is putting very little effort/energy into the move yet it bounces the opponent off the ground and miles in the air. it just looks off (same problem as injustice)
and The air combos looked so robotic like how a child would bash toys together to make them fight.

his movements were better in MK9 and that was 12 years ago. so hows it much worse now after all the improvements in technology and 12 years more development experience. it should be far better not far worse
its actually mind boggling.
Im beginning to think NRS need a new development team at least for the gameplay and animations. they need people on board that have that keen eye for details and can add that extra polish to things like what Capcom have.
because Street Fighters gameplay and animations are improving in a big noticeable way
and NRS gameplay and animations are going downhill fast.
characters dont even flip when they jump anymore and instead do this weird awkward floaty jump with their legs just dangling in the air like a saggy set of balls it looks fkin stupid.
 
How i feel about Kameos...
Imagine being in a Marital Arts Tourney but instead of it being 1v1 i can tag my coach or my teammate in to help me. If it has no place in a martial arts tourney it probably doesn't belong in a Mortal Kombat game. They should have launched 2v2 completely broken af for the crazy players wbo love freedom creativity and expression and kept the main gameplay 1v1. This kameo system is nothing more than a gimmick to lazily plug JCVD and other guests and a way to say "Look we got everybody in the game." , basically patting themselves on the back while doing as minimal work as possible for maximum profit and bragging rights. They should have went all in instead of halfway in.

Might be the dumbest shit I've read on this site in forever.
Woo-hoo!
12 of the 24 fucking main roster spots from SGF revealed and all of them being from the first 3 MK games.
I'm really hoping that Asharh, Li Mei, Nitara, Reiko and Havik are all coming in and that the supposed "leak" wasn't bunch of bullshit.
Yay? Fucking Rain and Smoke. A goddamn ninja fap-fest for this game. 😞
Like, I do want to be optimistic about this game, but NRS is making it really hard for me.

Also, Frost looking like how she should have looked like in MK11, but no. Now relegated to fucking kameo status.

If this shit ends up being another MK11 / Trilogy type roster and the 3D era gets fucked over again, I'm done for good with this fucking franchise, and if that makes me less of a fan for not wanting the same shit regurgitated game after game, then so be it.
I really don't fucking care anymore what anyone else thinks of me.

They're coming. Rain's Bio today mentioned "General Shao" before they edited to remove his name.
 
The Smoke and Rain trailer is just okay. They've been already playable in the NRS games. Frost is a Kameo? I'm glad she is the first 3D era character to be a Kameo in the trailer after Kenshi was revealed as playable and she's a human ninja again. I think maybe she probably will get her classic Deadly Alliance skin. Cyrax and Sektor are Kameos? Hmm, nice.

We get more MK1-3 Kameos than one 3D era Kameo? Some leaks mentioned Reptile, Kitana, Mileena and Motaro? Ed Boon has said in an interview that he said this about Kameos "We're gonna be bringing back some really obscure characters that you haven't been in a long time that might be impossible to do as a main fighter." He said "obscure" characters? What happened to Kameos being "obscure" characters like Kira, Dairou, Shujinko, Meat and others? The MK1-3 Kameo characters are not obscure. What a liar he is. What a disappointment. I expected a lot more obscure characters and I thought they wanted so much to add it that they could have added some other unpopular MK characters, not just MK1-3 Klassic costumes. I'm not a big fan of the Trilogy Kameos being apart of base roster. Klassic Kameo costumes having all Klassic Fatalitlies is mostly boring we've already seen over and over again in the past games. Nothing new.

I'm still waiting for the 3D era characters - Li Mei, Nitara, Reiko, Havik, Ashrah and Tanya.
 
Like, I'm legit questioning if Havik, Reiko, Nitara, Ashrah and Li Mei will even show up at this point and the only thing that I'm holding onto is that if they do an Outworld or ChaosRealm video next that maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe we'll see Reiko Havik or Nitara.
I want my other girls to return like Li Mei, hopefully she'll be in. I still hate what MKX did to some of my favorites. Cyrax was part of freakin Triborg... Sareena and Li Mei were just background characters...
 
Woo-hoo!
12 of the 24 fucking main roster spots from SGF revealed and all of them being from the first 3 MK games.
I'm really hoping that Asharh, Li Mei, Nitara, Reiko and Havik are all coming in and that the supposed "leak" wasn't bunch of bullshit.
Yay? Fucking Rain and Smoke. A goddamn ninja fap-fest for this game. 😞
Like, I do want to be optimistic about this game, but NRS is making it really hard for me.

Also, Frost looking like how she should have looked like in MK11, but no. Now relegated to fucking kameo status.

If this shit ends up being another MK11 / Trilogy type roster and the 3D era gets fucked over again, I'm done for good with this fucking franchise, and if that makes me less of a fan for not wanting the same shit regurgitated game after game, then so be it.
I really don't fucking care anymore what anyone else thinks of me.
Commander I really feel you man. Its these fucking kasauls they keep catering too, you know they will cry if all the ninjas dont make the roster. The trailer was cheeks. They have been shitting on the cyborgs since MKX, one of them should of definitely been playable instead of one of the ninjas. I wasn't thrilled to see either smoke or rain. Like yawn, they waited 25 years too late to finally include him on the main fucking roster. Ed is clueless, and I keep saying alot of MK problems falls on his shoulders. He doesn't know how to feed the hot hand!! Sareena, Nitara, Li Mei, Havik, Reiko, Jataaka etcc, is whats hot. We haven't even seen any MKX-11 representatives yet. Does that mean they get neglected once again so we relive the MK2-3 story that has been done a million of times just told in a different way? That why I said WB/NRS is under alot of pressure and I just have that feeling they arent gonna deliver, the expectations are waaayyy too high and they have big shoes I don't think they can fill. Thats what you get for wanting quick sucess instead of taking the time out to build the lore probably. Ed had too many chances and I think its too late to fix things. The damage is done and I dont think the franchise will ever go back to what it use to be unless another company buys MK rights.
 
In other news MK Onslaught is still alive...

Funnily enough, I like this. Nicely animated, VA is good, and finally this plot point gets mentioned after 10+ years.... in a mobile game...

Why the hell didn't they do this in the main game.... I dunno. For some reason Dominic/Shawn thought random cringe romance with Skrotal Kuck was more interesting?...

Also if leaks are true, Tanya is in while Jade sits out. It's been like 20 years since that plot point is addressed... NRS have 0 clue what they're doing.

Man... I can't wait for the Reptile reveal. Cue some random nerd who got a Reptyl skin disease... My expectations are that low. :ROFLMAO:
 
Woo-hoo!
12 of the 24 fucking main roster spots from SGF revealed and all of them being from the first 3 MK games.
I'm really hoping that Asharh, Li Mei, Nitara, Reiko and Havik are all coming in and that the supposed "leak" wasn't bunch of bullshit.
Yay? Fucking Rain and Smoke. A goddamn ninja fap-fest for this game. 😞
Like, I do want to be optimistic about this game, but NRS is making it really hard for me.

Also, Frost looking like how she should have looked like in MK11, but no. Now relegated to fucking kameo status.

If this shit ends up being another MK11 / Trilogy type roster and the 3D era gets fucked over again, I'm done for good with this fucking franchise, and if that makes me less of a fan for not wanting the same shit regurgitated game after game, then so be it.
I really don't fucking care anymore what anyone else thinks of me.
I seriously wouldn't call this a ninja fap fest game.... none of them look like ninjas. Smoke looks like some edgelord who's about to call your manager. Rain is a wizard now. They are wearing bathroom robes/pyjamas. Just because they wear masks and sometimes a hoodie, doesn't make them into ninjas. Smoke is wearing a really shitty gas mask that makes no sense. They've been moving away from the ninjas look ever since MKX.

Also I saw someone on Reddit say that Smoke now looks more like a Slav... these people live in alternate reality.

I'm 100% sure the leaks are true and 3D Era characters are coming. The bios prove this. What NRS is doing here is just playing it safe... They gotta hype it up as much as possible with casuals. Nobody knows who Ashrash or Sareena is... plenty of people know who's Scorpion, Sektor or Cyrax...
 
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Posted a year ago. Spoiler warning. The havik bullet point has me scratching my head. I would feel bad about posting this but NRS lost the initiative. So fuck em
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Before I read this post for the first time today, this is what I had in mind for the what-if story mode:

What if Shang Tsung is the good guy and Liu Kang is the bad guy like in MK9's Shang Tsung ending.

If it's General Shao instead of Shao Kahn then is it Tsung Kahn or Emperor Shang (Tsung is the 1st name and Shang is the last name) or is it Emperor Jerrod.

Since Outworld "looks like Edenia" then is it possible that instead of Outworld conquering realms in reality it's Edenia conquering realms and Empress Sindel is the one conquering the realms to make every merged realm look like Edenia!

What if Liu Kang has a sorcerer as an advisor named Quan Chi. Quan Chi would look after "the amulet" and the hourglass as well.

Just to name a few what-ifs.


Oh, since it's General Shao then it's probably Reiko Kahn!
 
They're coming. Rain's Bio today mentioned "General Shao" before they edited to remove his name.
Wouldn’t be surprised at this point if the next reveal is more Klassic shit like General Shao, Sindel, Baraka and Reptile and us 3D era character fans are kept waiting even longer. 🤷‍♂️

I seriously wouldn't call this a ninja fap fest game.... none of them look like ninjas. Smoke looks like some edgelord who's about to call your manager. Rain is a wizard now. They are wearing bathroom robes/pyjamas. Just because they wear masks and sometimes a hoodie, doesn't make them into ninjas. Smoke is wearing a really shitty gas mask that makes no sense. They've been moving away from the ninjas look ever since MKX.
Dude, c'mon. Don't be THAT person.
You know exactly what I mean by "ninja" when it comes to these klassic MK male characters with face coverings:
The same usual fucking suspects of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Reptile, Smoke, Rain, Ermac and Noob Saibot who originally appeared "ninja" garbed in MK1, MKII and MK3 / UMK3 / Trilogy.
It's exactly a fap fest of THOSE characters.
The only one of those 7 that I mentioned that will be missing from this game, according to supposed leaks, is Noob Saibot and that's because Bi-Han is Sub-Zero now.
 
Wouldn’t be surprised at this point if the next reveal is more Klassic shit like General Shao, Sindel, Baraka and Reptile and us 3D era character fans are kept waiting even longer. 🤷‍♂️


Dude, c'mon. Don't be THAT person.
You know exactly what I mean by "ninja" when it comes to these klassic MK male characters with face coverings:
The same usual fucking suspects of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Reptile, Smoke, Rain, Ermac and Noob Saibot who originally appeared "ninja" garbed in MK1, MKII and MK3 / UMK3 / Trilogy.
It's exactly a fap fest of THOSE characters.
The only one of those 7 that I mentioned that will be missing from this game, according to supposed leaks, is Noob Saibot and that's because Bi-Han is Sub-Zero now.

Meh. I think you're overreacting a bit. Seen those bios that now got edited? Pretty much confirms 3D Era characters from that leak. I would say you got your wish, pretty cool roster of 3D Era... but then I look at Smoke and Rain.... or Sub and Scorpion... none of them are the same characters anyway.

Funny story from yesterday.... one competitive MK9 player I know was very hyped for MK1, even tried to sway me into liking it.... After looking what they've done to Smoke, and the slow gameplay.... she did a complete 180 and now absolutely despises it. So yeah.... be careful what you wish for! :ROFLMAO:
 
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Meh. I think you're overreacting a bit. Seen those bios that now got edited? Pretty much confirms 3D Era characters from that leak. I would say you got your wish, pretty cool roster of 3D Era... but then I look at Smoke and Rain.... or Sub and Scorpion... none of them are the same characters anyway.

Funny story from yesterday.... one competitive MK9 player I know was very hyped for MK1, even tried to sway me into liking it.... After looking what they've done to Smoke, and the slow gameplay.... she did a complete 180 and now absolutely despises it. So yeah.... be careful what you wish for! :ROFLMAO:
Nah, it's not over-reacting when all that we have as 100% confirmation is Kenshi from a month ago and now Frost as a kameo.
That's it as far as concrete evidence goes.
As I've said before "I don't take wishlists and 'leaks' as confirmation of any kind.
I need 100% undeniable proof that they are in via either gameplay trailers or on a Kombat Kast with them going "________________is on the main roster."
Until we have 100% confirmation I'm not taking any "leaks" as gospel and rather treating it with a more "wait and see" approach, and I think that's a good / sane perspective to have.
IF those truly are the 3D era characters we're going to get as playable then great, but so far all we have to go off of for 100% undeniable confirmation is 11 playable klassic characters and Kenshi.
Then there's 10 klassic kameos.......and the version of human Frost that we SHOULD have gotten for MK11.

Also, the only thing that the edited bios tell me is the possibility of Shao and Sindel being playable.....2 more klassic characters.

We've seen "leaks" before like with MK11 where "leaks" got other things right and people were swearing up and down that Mileena was base roster and Shinnok was "unlockable" and none of that shit happened for the base roster. So, my skepticism is there for a good reason.
 
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Weeell.... in your case you'll need to wait for Tyler and Crew to host another Kringe Kast. Considering NRS doesn't share more info... for some reason... even when the game is out in 2 months.
 
Weeell.... in your case you'll need to wait for Tyler and Crew to host another Kringe Kast. Considering NRS doesn't share more info... for some reason... even when the game is out in 2 months.
At this fucking rate, I'll probably have to wait until September 14th when people are playing it to see all of the main roster characters and get 100% confirmation. :ROFLMAO:

Goodness gracious, their marketing has been fucking horrible for this game.

May 18th - cgi trailer - Johnny in the FAQ
June 8th - SGF gameplay trailer - 1 new playable character revealed
July 6th - 2 more playable characters + 3 kameos revealed
August ??? - possibly 2 more playable characters + 3 more kameos via gameplay trailer & the Kombat Kast for a "deep dive" of 2 already revealed characters.
September - release time
 
At this fucking rate, I'll probably have to wait until September 14th when people are playing it to see all of the main roster characters and get 100% confirmation. :ROFLMAO:

Goodness gracious, their marketing has been fucking horrible for this game.

May 18th - cgi trailer - Johnny in the FAQ
June 8th - SGF gameplay trailer - 1 new playable character revealed
July 6th - 2 more playable characters revealed
August ??? - possibly 2 more playable characters via gameplay trailer + Kast for 2 already known characters.
September - release time
I'm pretty sure WokeBros financial situation has a lot to do with this... And I seriously think this game is a reskin of Injustice 3 that got cancelled mid development. Remember MK11 and their marketing? Some dude playing drums for 30 minutes, Ronda Rousey, Twatter teases...

Now we have Ed Boon storming in, who says "We spent 4 years building MK1, it'll show!!! You'll get info overload!!!". Aaaaand..... we had 2 Kringe Kasts, one of which was just chit chat.... 2 "gameplay" trailers, one of which was "unfinished" or whatever.... to be honest the Lin Kuei trailer was once again filled with shitty rendered cutscenes..... and then what?.... 2 months for release, technically less than that because the game goes Gold and then it's fuck all time.

Steam page is STILL using CGI trailer images in the gallery with absolute barebones description! :ROFLMAO:
 
That Johnny Cage combo looks nice but very cheap with that extra "Hype" meter. Because of that, I might try him out once I play the game.

I hope Kameos include Cetrion and Kronika if they will not be playable.
 
I am missing the punchline of the joke here.

Is it about the guy flexing his skills? Then nobody here mentioned anything about their skills.

Or is it about games being made to hand hold you now? Cause if that's the case, then that's simple a truth. That's how industry operates now. Arcade games were made insanely hard just to make sure you spend as much money as possible, trying to beat it.

Now games are being made with "participation trophies" in mind. Logic being that more people will play the game, the easier it is. Which is now causing both younger and older people to feel a burn out in games.

Or is it about visuals? Then once again the guy is right. BattleBit looks like Roblox meets Battlefield, but right now it is beating every military shooter on the market, due the fact that instead of visuals, devs focused on gameplay. Visuals means nothing.

But again. Not sure what the punchline is.
 
Well glitching a game out did require skill but that's not the same as beating a tournament player lol. OG MK and MK2 didn't have a combo system. That's what made doing all those combos ''hard'' People just glitched the game to land those moves. Boon said this numerous times before.that the game wasn't designed to play that way but people figured out how to perform juggles anyway. We didn't see a true combo system until MK3/UMK3.
 
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