What The Hell Happened In Previous Mortal Kombat Games? Before You Play Mortal Kombat 1 Khaos Reigns

With last year’s Mortal Kombat 1, the franchise rebooted itself yet again, and is set to continue telling the story of its new universe with its upcoming expansion, Khaos Reigns.
As we know all too well about Mortal Kombat by now, however, even in spite of the multiple reboots, the series never quite loses its connective narrative tissue across timelines. As such, here, we're going to take a deep dive into the franchise and recount its entire story, from beginning to end, in as much detail as possible.
Keep in mind that this is an updated version of a multi-part story recap we did for the entire Mortal Kombat series prior to the release of Mortal Kombat 1, which we have updated to include that game’s story events, and briefly touch on what the upcoming Khaos Reigns expansion is set to bring to the table. We have also added high quality footage for some of the older games in the series which were not present in our original upload.
This makes this video a major update and a must watch for players who are interested to know all the events that happened before Khaos Reigns. With all that out of the way, then, let’s get started.

[@terry.1428]

Thanks for upoading im boutta smoke a blunt and put this on before I go to sleep. What a great time to be an MK fan! Hyped for KR !

[@nakiadavis9638]

What's ur game tag name so we can smoke n fight

[@AdamGon713]

You guys are the best I watched the last series thanks for the updated version!

[@robchuk4136]

I feel like NRS juggling two franchises finally spilled over. Mortal Kombat has gone full comic book with the multiverse shenanigans, and MK1 is basically just Injustice now. (Even right down to the Gear System, Character Select clashes, and superhero-centric DLC).

[@rolandjohnson7205]

Cry more

[@robchuk4136]

@@rolandjohnson7205 Good thing the game is doing so well 👍😏

[@rolandjohnson7205]

@@robchuk4136 doesn’t matter, you’re still crying regardless if it’s doing well or not LOL

[@TheCaptainhowdy11]

Multiverse has been in MK since MK9......

[@will_da_man_]

​@TheCaptainhowdy11 you do realise that the multiverse concept wasn't inveted for comic books right? I sort of get what you mean, but Mortal Kombat was using multiverse shenanigans way back in MK9 and then really focused on it in MK11, years before the multiverse got so mainstream as it is today.

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love mortal kombat story it’s really amazing

[@TheFamousChang]

The original timeline from mk1 to armeggedon was better than the crap of the last decade with MK

[@archangel2015]

I think Mortal Kombat jumped the shark with Mortal Kombat one, plus not a big fan of the aggressive micro transactions they introduced in Mortal Kombat one.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

MK11 is where it all went downhill
No coherence in storytelling.
Now everyone's a god or becoming one now. How do you even realistically challenge Liu Kang without PIS?? Liu Kang himself shouldn't have even been able to beat Kronika in the first place honestly. One of the inconsistent things that started all this.
Everything was better when it was simple

[@pancakenips3689]

"These 6 realms were eartharealm" wtf are you saying??

[@frankr1375]

That’s a bot talking I think

[@Raddkann]

Another refresh on the story eh? I'm down to go over it again.

[@reggiefurlow1]

If Raiden is a god pretty much why does he lose so much

[@jasonsmith530]

SF5 arcade edition was a needed improvement over vanilla
I hope MK1 KR will have a similar direction

[@UnknownName5050]

This is a masterclass in UA-cam school. A 1 hour 37 minute video before a 5 minute dlc update. Not judging. Info is good and it’s good business

[@topotree]

Why you have uploaded this when mk1 is launched previous year!?!? Should have done this after mk1 launch, just saying.

[@daveh1822]

Because of the DLC thats about to come out?

[@steveo0127]

I am hyped for noob 😅in mk 1

[@furqantarique3484]

I don't like Liu kang getting killed and the love story with Kitana. I mean in Mortal kombat 2011 he is more focused on princess rather defending earthrealm and then turning him evil this ruins it. And it's not ok because Liu kang should have stayed loyal to Raiden plus he is shaolin monk member of white lotus soceity. Not only in video games but even in movies as well. How can Liu Kang is the chosen one when turned into wraith undead otherwise it should have been highly based on Bruce Lee persona that's it. They ruined Liu Kang so much first with non sense romantic relationship with Kitana and him getting killed,it's not justifiable at all. Liu kang should have known to be better than that. Liu Kang marrying some one who is 10,000 years old is absolutely ridiculous. How people are ok with this one? I don't find it satisfying with Liu kang, story they ruined it. Ed boon gone nuts with this ruining the main character of Mortal kombat as if there is nothing wrong with it.

[@LJsigmaKING_ToxMASC_JOKERstyle]

ah the good old school Mortal Kombat... back when it was so epic and awesome. a shame now NRS & Sweet Baby turned it into Woke-tal Kombat. :) I didnt play the last 2 games anyway because of woke B S. MKX was the last i played, and MK9 was the last good one which felt like true MK

[@VascovanZeller]

MK being woke has got to be the funniest shit

[@ensabahnur7657]

AGREED!💯📠

[@jasonsmith530]

Sweet babalilty Inc

[@HI-DEF100]

I would say it went woke in MKX and there wasn’t too much woke in MK11 however it reared its ugly head again in MK1. All these silly changes to appease weirdos like SonicFox. 😂😂😂😂

[@TheCaptainhowdy11]

Shut up. You bots are so annoying.

[@michelewang6983]

i like.very good 💋👌

[@bemeek]

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