Mortal Kombat 1 Was A Disjointed Mess

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• TB

  @TBP · 2 days ago (edited) · pinned

  So was I too harsh, or not harsh enough?<br><br>Fun fact, I had a hard time coming up with the title for this video, because I didn&apos;t want to name it &quot;The Spectacular Awfulness Of The Mortal Kombat 1 Story Mode&quot; in reference to what I called the Mortal Kombat 11 video. Mostly because I didn&apos;t think the story was as spectacularly awful as the one from 11. <br><br>After reading these comments, I might be in the minority in that opinion.

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• LU

  @Lucasio1209 · 2 days ago

  We couldn’t go ONE GAME in a rebooted timeline without multiversal bullshit and timeline hopping.

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• KU

  @kuddlethegamer · 2 days ago

  The big problem with Mortal Kombat as a series is that every single game since Armageddon has written the series into a corner so the writers keep asspulling to keep their money machine going without actually ass pulling anything substantial enough to actually put the series on a track that can sustain a few games in a row.<br><br>MK9 had the Sindel scene killing half the cast, MK10 had Shinnok dying leaving half the revenants incurable, and MK11 had the worst ass pull of all time with the hour glass and timelines bullshit. Time and time again the series digs its hole deeper and deeper because they are terrified of having to let any consequences from the story actually sit for more than half a game. It&apos;s really sad.

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• MR

  @MrNocturnalEmission · 1 day ago

  MK needs to stop copying the comic book super hero blueprint, because they&apos;re also copying all their mistakes.

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• MQ

  @mqfii8992 · 3 days ago

  A good solution to this was making the story take place during the Great Kung Lao era and have character archetypes.<br><br>Like have a Tarkatan woman that plays like Mileena or a travelling bard that plays like Johnny Cage.<br><br>This way you&apos;d make something new with the story without alienating the people who main these characters for decades now.

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• SH

  @ShatteredPedestal7 · 1 day ago

  Once again, no matter how many times they reboot this series, they ALWAYS go to Armageddon.

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• PO

  @positiveproductions6699 · 3 days ago

  It would be nice if they just stuck with the timeline of MK9 and going forward instead of having to reboot the series every three games I think that really hurts the series in the long run

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• PA

  @pajamapantsjack · 3 days ago

  MK1 is so frustrating, so many characters are written the best they’ve ever been in the whole series , ie baraka and reptile, but then there’s so many other writing issues that kinda drag that down.

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• TH

  @TheTruestZero · 3 days ago

  The thing that put me off from this story was the whole multiverse thing in the second half of the story.<br>Why the had to make EVERY character who had beaten Kronika in their arcade story to be canonical to justify the whole Invasions mode is bad freaking design.<br>The only time it felt fresh was in the movie MK: Snow Blind because it spun everything with a great twist that Kano... KANO, THE JOBBER OF THE SERIES, is now in control of everything because he has beaten Kronika and made the world in this Mad Max to satisfy his need for thrills and we had Kenshi in the spotlight.

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• SP

  @SpammytheHedgehog · 3 days ago

  Imagine a universe where the og Mortal Kombat never reset, and it crossed paths with the 2023 Mortal Kombat universe. 😮

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• VE

  @Vernon-x4d · 1 day ago

  The series peaked with MK9.....which dropped over 15 years ago. It&apos;s over for that franchise, sadly.

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• GJ

  @gjtrue · 3 days ago (edited)

  Same way I felt with MK1. Supposedly a &quot;new era&quot; doing its own thing but it&apos;s all made MOOT when they foolishly triple down on the Hourglass(es) and multiverse BS I and other fans already didn&apos;t care for in MK11. Really was no need to reboot everything <b>again</b> with MK11&apos;s ending. Hell, as a long time MK fan and lore nerd, I&apos;d say it wasn&apos;t even needed with MK9 honestly.

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