Wow I am overwhelmed by the immense support everyone has shown on this video. Thank you to everyone who clicked and checked it out, If you want to see future Mortal Kombat videos then feel free to subscribe if you’d like. P.S. I don’t hate sub zeros outfit in this game, I think it looks cool, I think what I don’t like about it is how for me at least it doesn’t feel like it fits the character like his usual outfit would. It did grow on me as I played throughout the game, and I like it more now than I did when I made that section of the video, I had no idea it would be that heated of a discussion lol
Don’t know if you have been told yet it’s the dragon medallion that aged sub zero up it enhances his cryomancy which caused him to physically age that’s why in X he looks more mature as well he gets the medallion when he takes over the clan also yes I have also watched this entire video 4 times and listened to that entire long rant in the deadly alliance krypt
I miss the days when franchises could follow a story for 7 whole games, without having to resort to multiverses, time travel, and constant retellings of the same events.
People underestimate the importance of Konquest mode in the worldbuilding of the MK universe. To this day it is the only time we visited the Chaos and Order realms, they were designed exclusively for this mode (there is no arena in any other mode set in the realm, in fact it's actually a shame that the Konquest mode arenas aren't unlockable in the main mode) and became an integral part of the canon, making minor appearances in subsequent games all the way to MK12. The same is true to a minor extent for other things like the Kamidogu or the appearance of Edenia.
Now they made every realm some middle eastern or African village with some Buddha shit like the new living forest. Holy shit the "modernizing" these devs force
It would be amazing if they remade a open world konquest mode like the but of course they could add so much more to the areas add different mechanisms like swimming, climbing or fighting style like SM. They just could add so much more with all the gaming tech compared to when deception was made.
Still can't believe he got to come back in some form in MK 1. He always seemed to be pretty despised by most people anytime he's brought up, glad to see I'm not the only one who liked our loveable idiot protag
I loved Shujinko's combos as he had the longest one in game and it started with a forward sidestep. You dodge a attack and then unleash twenty moves swapping between mantis, monk and then a sword. Was awesome
Ermac: Casually beats the shit out of 5 Main Mortal Kombat characters at the same time. Them: why did you kill us you're supposed to be evil right? Ermac: You're not my objective Ermac: leaves what a legend.
He’s not evil in this timeline at some point after mk3 he’s a good guy thanks to Kenshi and then when Shang Tsung dies Liu Kang becomes part of Ermac which is why they’re together in Deceptions ending. Then Armageddon Ermac is seen fighting alongside the good guys. Blame NRS for making him a generic villain until this new game where he’s just Jerrod now
@@josephstalin2606Liu isn't a part of him in his ending, they're only working together to free the warriors that died when Shang Tsung's Palace was raided.
Deceptions Konquest mode still to this day is the best Mortal Kombat free roam. It shows all the realms and you can meet multiple characters some that aren't playable. I wish they would redo the Konquest mode and update it it was so good.
@@sky-oq5mrI don’t think a whole lot of people know what MK Shaolin monks even is but i 100% agree! I was talking to a friend about it the other day and he’s like “what’s Shaolin monks” but he’s a massive MK fan 😅
@@Euro.Patriot The one I had had Baraka. The one my friend has is the one with Mileena. I think there are 3. My point is, Mileena & Baraka were the main antagonist & protagonist in this one.
I probably sunk years of my life into this game as a kid lmao konquest mode was lit and still makes me feel a very comforting nostalgia remembering running around Outworld and the Netherrealm meeting all my favorite characters. Good times 💕 Edit: I love the mission in Outworld city where Shao Kahn sends you to tell Reiko to stop sneaking into his room and wearing his helmet
I love Sub-Zero's outfit in this game! Also my favorite was Puzzle and Chess Kombat, the former proving popular enough that it was included in the DS game Ultimate Mortal Kombat and I love how MK1 brought back many of the characters introduced in Deception particularly Ashara who gets her own chapter in the story mode.
it is my favorite sub-zero design by far too.. kinda crazy how they made his best and WORST design for him in the same game. his bald ponytail alt skin is ridiculous
The game was an absolute gem back in the day. Easily Sub Zeros best outfit from all the games too. I wish NRS would consider going back to 3d fighting with the newer graphical capabilities of the modern era.
Def. It's like anything you try is set to fail against them, unless you fight them in the volcano(?) or tower stages. Anti-air? Nope. Uppercut? Try again. Sidestep? Fvk ur health bar. Teleport? Blocked. Hotel? Trivago.
I actually remember being 9 years old, and being stuck on the Jade Edenia fight for about a week. It was the hardest thing I remember doing in a video game.
I love that nightwolf's ending is the same level of badassery as Kung Lao in the deadly alliance. Dude is plagued with visions, and then goes to the netherrealm, casually performa a ritual to bring onaga to him, where he admits the sins of his people and gives them up, those sins apparently being strong enough to permanently bind THE DRAGON KING to the netherrealm, and then he just dips
Honestly, i'm surprised why people would shit on the roster. It features plenty of old characters who's last appeareance was as back as mk3 like Smoke, Jade and Nightwolf, the coolest New Deadly Alliance characters (except for Nitara) and classic ones - Liu Kang, Raiden. Roster especially shines with Unchained (PSP port) - it features gamecube exclusive Goro and Shao Khan as well as Jax, Frost and Blaze. In fact, Unchained is the definitive version of Deception! Btw, i recommend trying out Ultimate Mortal Kombat Deception mod, not only PSP and Gamecube characters are included, but we can also play as Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Sonya and Sareena and it features new arenas
I think people mostly hate it for Kobra, Kira, Darrius, and Dairu. They could've been replaced by so many other characters and not changed the story at all. Kobra and Kira aren't even in the story. Darrius could've been Havik causing riots in Seido. And Dairu could've been Nitara, Movado, Hsu Hao, Rain, Khameleon, Kabal, or many others hired by Damashi to break Shujinko out of prison.
@@MEKK01 fun fact: Dairou was planned for Deadly Alliance as an evil samurai who serves Shang Tsung. I think they dropped the idea since DA already had a samurai character (Kenshi) and kept it for the next game. Imo, the idea behind Dairou is interesting but the execution is pretty bad. Can say the same about Darrius. As for Kobra and Kira - they just suck. Although Kobra movesets was pretty good with his fast hits and Infinites, definitely S-tier character gameplaywise
@@MEKK01 It feels a bit unfair. It's hardly as if any of the characters were that developed in MK1! Raiden's a thunder god he likes fighting, Sonya is a soldier who likes fighting, Sub-Zero is a cold ninja who likes fighting, Liu Kang is a protagonist who likes fighting. They only really developed as the games and tie-ins developed them. If Armageddon hadn't hit the big reset button and just thrown everyone into the pot with basically no storyline, there could have been a lot of room to develop all the characters as things moved on. MKD (and MK 11) had the problem comics have, where the fans get bored with the same thing, but they're also resistant to change and want things to stay the way they were when they started following the franchise, so you get erratic development where nobody can ever die or leave the franchise, with the occasional cosmic reboot-but-not-really.
@@paulgibbon5991 The characters had stories in mk1 beyond just wanting to fight. Sonya was a member of the special forces. They were hunting Kano and the Black Dragon and followed them to Shang Tsung's island where they were ambushed. Sub-Zero was there because he was payed to assassinate Shang Tsung, and used the tournament to get close to him. I agree the new characters could've been developed further, but Deception could've done that. Deadly Alliance had 7 new characters. and only 2 carried over to Deception, while Deception made 8 more. if they only kept the characters with decent stories like Ashrah, Hotaru and Havik, and gave the henchmen slots to Deadly Alliance newbies, they could've fleshed them out more.
Deception is easily my favorite mortal kombat game. I had so much fun with Konquest mode despite the rough graphics. I love the cinematic story modes of current games but I wish they’d make an open world mk spinoff game.
I got Deception off an extended neighbor, thinking it was a Soul Calibur game. The mangled Onaga still used to creep me out to the point I would shield my eyes.
I love the NRS era games but Armageddon & Deception are still my favorite mk games. Deception has introduced so many great things. I'm surprised this is the only time we had Hara-Kiris - a very unique finishing move. The Konquest mode is my favorite mode in the series.
Still got my copy of Deception I got at a Christmas 2004. Anyway I love the new mks they’re better than the ps2 games that’s just it. The only ones that come close are 2 & 3, trilogy isn’t bad either.
Never played deadly alliance but this game was a huge part of my childhood the konquest mode blew me away being able to explore all of the different realms while also learning how to play various different characters
This was my first and favorite MK game, I played it when I was 9-10 years old, I played it so much I finished every character, unlocked every crypt, character, ending etc, I may had completed 99% of the game, I don't remember doing it 100%
Put a lot of hours into this game back then, definitely my favorite of the 3D era titles. I actually shared your sentiments on Sub Zero's outfit in this game initially, but eventually grew to love it. Especially since he looks like Shredder from TMNT. It looks even better in MK11 imo. Looking forward to your Armageddon video and keep up the great work man!
@@danidrinx7842I love and hate it for this exact reason. It looks badass as fuck, but it feels like too much for what's supposed to be a ninja. But then I remember this is MK and Scorpion's been running around in bright yellow his whole career and the samurai ninja doesn't seem as strange a choice of attire anymore
I remember owning the PS2 version, then when I got an Xbox, selling the PS2 version and getting the OG Xbox one. Konquest for some reason looked noticeably better on Xbox, character models are wider, textures are slightly higher res and lightning is slightly better as well. I later (much later) went back and compared all 3 version through emulation, and all of them in 4K (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube) and the Xbox version of Konquest in particular looks slightly different to the Gamecube and PS2 which basically look the same. I also owned Unchained on PSP, very impressive for the portable, but the camera had major problems on Konquest. Still, incredibly impressive to have the whole experience and with added fighters, all in the palm of your hand, in 2006!
i gotta say, getting Scorpions Spear in Edenia is the hardest fucking thing i've encountered whilst playing the game. If you ever find him, beware of his broken ass moves.
Look call me crazy, hell call me MAD…but Armageddon should’ve been the ending..and shao shouldn’t have won. I saw the opening cutscene..Onaga killed that asshole.
"But hey, it's better than the nothing that was in Deadly Alliance." Dare I say it's better than the nothing that's in MK1's Invasions. Crazy how this nearly 20 year old game's campaign controls better than that. I'm glad to see you find your bro, too. another steele W, so glad I found your channel through the MK 1992 video
I love MK1 but invasion is terrible I grinded pretty much everything, it's rinse and repeat fights that are annoying with barely any good rewards, the hanzo scorpion was cool but that's it, leveling up characters and kqmeos takes so long, it blows cause that's how you get finishers, nrs knows we want a konquest idk why they can't listen for once
@@advocateofkaos3246well it takes alot of resources to make a fighting game now, animations, graphic quality, balancing, and then to add a whole free roam element with all that comes with that would take a very long time and a lot to of money, realistically people just wouldn’t want to wait that long, I love each era of mortal kombat, the 3d era more focused on story and world building rather than an in-depth fighting system, that’s wat allowed them pump out a bunch of extra modes that aren’t at all hard to make quickly besides conquest mode.
@@GingerSnaps13 Don’t be a fool, Street fighter 6 pulled it off and mk1 had a large enough budget they could have pulled it off if they really wanted to. The real reason mortal kombat went the invasion route isnt the reasons you are throwing but a far more simple reason: microtransanctions.. It is harder to monetize a conquest mode which is a complete self contained product whereas from early on they gleefully announced invasions would be getting regular seasons, special events and rotations. Why do you think that is? Because they genuinely think invasions are so good and amazing people would keep wanting to play it? With time limits and external pressure? Of course not. It will be the same thing as rotating towers of mk11, something for you to grind to unlock that super special time limited halloween fatality (to give an upcoming example) or that amazing skin for your fav character, but hurry whilst stock lasts! And its fine if you dont have the time or will to grind out a boring mode after already having done so for 40 hours, you can just pay in the shop ;) But hurry! Buy now before its rotated and you miss your chance! I swear gamers not wising up to this bs is why its so prevalent.
@@GingerSnaps13oh come on man. I agree with you about everything else, but let's be honest about the money that's bullshit. NRS is not by one of the richest companies in the world BUT they are backed by one. Don't tell me Warner Brothers couldn't give NRS the money to make it happen. They just got the same problem every other corporation on this planet has, their effing greedy and they're effing tight with money. It's not that they don't have the money. It's that they don't want to give NRS the money because the head of Warner Brothers is a greedy piece of shit. That's the truth. In some ways the franchise was in better hands at midway.
I loved Konquest mode so much. It’s literally how I was able to learn so much about all the realms realms. And the fact that we get to immerse ourselves in these realms was amazing.
If you felt like it was a treat to play Baraka in this game, let me tell you, man - he is a godless killing machine in MK1. His pressure game is on another planet. He's so fun to play because he feels so absurdly capable and complete.
Deception is one of the best MK games, and I say that in a way that's both sad and not very sad. The gameplay is wonderful, it has lots of fun game modes, and isn't bogged down by being always online, driving you to fatalities at every moment, erasing the events of the story, introducing multiverse plot points, re-writing fan favorite characters, putting all of its focus into cosmetics over gameplay, bringing back the entirety of the first two game's rosters while ignoring more obscure characters, having entirely unmemorable music, giving the characters less interesting and unique designs, and recasting every character in each new entry unless their name is Raiden
The music in particular! The 3D era was already starting to suffer from this (Armageddon's music is super bland), but the music in the last 4 games is literally just..."there". With all WB's budget and everything, but they have no memorable music or much in the way of memorable sound effects or atmosphere in general.
I have the warmest, fondest memories of this game. It came out when I was in 4th grade. I already loved MK, but the konquest mode was what first got me genuinely invested in the story. I didnt even know Baraka was part of a race of nomadic mutants til I played this. Fantastic game, truly no other fighting game this packed with content, even to this day.
I gotta say, I played the hell out of this game as a kid. But like... the entire game is called Deception. The intro movie is pretty explicit about how Shujinko was decieved and then something bad happened. And then what's that? The dude telling you to grab all the dragon balls for him is actually a baddie? I was gobsmacked, utterly baffled. I think I was a slow child. (I beat the game for the first (and second and third) times as Mileena- I could beat it with her with my eyes closed. Shes my bby. Li Mei was a close second. I just like playing as the pretty ladies~
The fact that we haven't gotten another MK game with a Konquest mode, especially considering that almost the entire community agrees that Konquest mode is the best way they've told a story yet. MK1 having the 3D era characters come back but no Konquest mode was a massive letdown for me to say the least. I'm glad we got mentions of the various realms aside from Earthrealm and Outworld. And we got more lore and backstory in MK1's Kampaign than we every really got in previous Kampaigns
This was my second MK game (my first being the home controller port of MK1). I loved this game so much but my friends little brother accidentally cracked it.
This is that relaxing type of content I love after a long day of work. I truly appreciate what you do and am proud to be a follower before you blow up! Love the nostalgia
Wow I am overwhelmed by the immense support everyone has shown on this video. Thank you to everyone who clicked and checked it out, If you want to see future Mortal Kombat videos then feel free to subscribe if you’d like.
P.S. I don’t hate sub zeros outfit in this game, I think it looks cool, I think what I don’t like about it is how for me at least it doesn’t feel like it fits the character like his usual outfit would. It did grow on me as I played throughout the game, and I like it more now than I did when I made that section of the video, I had no idea it would be that heated of a discussion lol
It doesn't match his traditional look and it shouldn't, this is his ancestor's armor so it fits the experienced grandmaster Sub-Zero.
Now u no
@@thebadwolf3088i wish you include plus unchained too. Even tho most new kharacters are same deadly alliance but ending they include it.
so funny bc i came to the comment section literally the moment i heard you say that i didn’t expect it to be mentioned in the pinned comment 😂
Don’t know if you have been told yet it’s the dragon medallion that aged sub zero up it enhances his cryomancy which caused him to physically age that’s why in X he looks more mature as well he gets the medallion when he takes over the clan also yes I have also watched this entire video 4 times and listened to that entire long rant in the deadly alliance krypt
I miss the days when franchises could follow a story for 7 whole games, without having to resort to multiverses, time travel, and constant retellings of the same events.
Yeah I kind of wish we could stay in one timeline for more than 1 game bro
I AGREE
While i did like mk1
I would much prefer it to be one story with no time travel and all that crap
this is because they all suffer from memory problems alzheiers and dementia is real my son!
Good for you?
Same
I know it was such a small side activity, but to this day, Chess Kombat has always been my favorite mini game.
Same. It is conceptually just really good and it played so well.
They need to bring that thing back it was the best side game they ever made
Same when as a kid it was so the best game mode
Motor kombat was mine and my older brothers go too every day after school
Chess kombat was the tiiiiits.
People underestimate the importance of Konquest mode in the worldbuilding of the MK universe. To this day it is the only time we visited the Chaos and Order realms, they were designed exclusively for this mode (there is no arena in any other mode set in the realm, in fact it's actually a shame that the Konquest mode arenas aren't unlockable in the main mode) and became an integral part of the canon, making minor appearances in subsequent games all the way to MK12.
The same is true to a minor extent for other things like the Kamidogu or the appearance of Edenia.
Now they made every realm some middle eastern or African village with some Buddha shit like the new living forest. Holy shit the "modernizing" these devs force
This is why Tekkens king. Same antagonist since 1. Just alternating family members and giant demon bosses each game
It would be amazing if they remade a open world konquest mode like the but of course they could add so much more to the areas add different mechanisms like swimming, climbing or fighting style like SM. They just could add so much more with all the gaming tech compared to when deception was made.
@@HanzoHatt that would just bloat it
@@MGrey-qb5xzwhat are you talking about
Shujinko will always have a special place in my heart ❤
Still can't believe he got to come back in some form in MK 1. He always seemed to be pretty despised by most people anytime he's brought up, glad to see I'm not the only one who liked our loveable idiot protag
Literally my favorite MK Character
Taven is still better. Funnily enough, they actually canonically met each other.
The people who don't like him have never played deception, their opinion is irrelevant lol
I loved Shujinko's combos as he had the longest one in game and it started with a forward sidestep. You dodge a attack and then unleash twenty moves swapping between mantis, monk and then a sword. Was awesome
Ermac: Casually beats the shit out of 5 Main Mortal Kombat characters at the same time.
Them: why did you kill us you're supposed to be evil right?
Ermac: You're not my objective
Ermac: leaves
what a legend.
He’s not evil in this timeline at some point after mk3 he’s a good guy thanks to Kenshi and then when Shang Tsung dies Liu Kang becomes part of Ermac which is why they’re together in Deceptions ending. Then Armageddon Ermac is seen fighting alongside the good guys. Blame NRS for making him a generic villain until this new game where he’s just Jerrod now
@@josephstalin2606Liu isn't a part of him in his ending, they're only working together to free the warriors that died when Shang Tsung's Palace was raided.
Despite it's many flaws, this is my favorite Mortal Kombat game to date.
Same 😆
Same
It has like 3 flaws and I can't even name them.
Was my first and is still my all time favorite
so many fun extra modes too
What!? Sub-Zero's Deception costume is considered one of the best in the series
this man talks out of his ass
It's considered THE best sub zero costume
@@Daph580Not with that bald head.
Facts🗣
It's hideous The Shredder rip off, i hate it with all of my heart :)
Deceptions Konquest mode still to this day is the best Mortal Kombat free roam. It shows all the realms and you can meet multiple characters some that aren't playable. I wish they would redo the Konquest mode and update it it was so good.
Shoalin monks was the peak
@@sky-oq5mrI don’t think a whole lot of people know what MK Shaolin monks even is but i 100% agree! I was talking to a friend about it the other day and he’s like “what’s Shaolin monks” but he’s a massive MK fan 😅
@@sky-oq5mr Shaolin Monks was good yeah but I'm talking about a konquest mode from the base game. Nothing has topped Deception.
@@dazedAndConfuzedd if he didn't know what Shaolin Monks was then he isn't a massive MK fan at all. Not even huge.
@@MrBlack252gatekeeping what makes a fan is crazy, shaolin monks is pretty goated but really it's a spin off. It's not really a fighting game
Mileena & Baraka were the face of Deception. For once it was not Scorpion & Lui Kang.
Onaga was literally the boxart.
@@Euro.Patriot The one I had had Baraka. The one my friend has is the one with Mileena. I think there are 3. My point is, Mileena & Baraka were the main antagonist & protagonist in this one.
@@since2133there was also a sub zero one
Mine was Raiden. But i had the metal box edition 😁
@@HomvncvlvsI got the subzero one too it's my favorite costume for him
This was my intro to mortal kombat and it was always special to me as a kid, they really did put their blood sweat tears and squirt into this game
Facts
SQUIRT ⁉️
*Dying to Noob Smoke on repeat.
"If you a Noob, you gonna get the Smoke"
-MK Deception (Probably)
I felt ancient when you said this was the first MK game of your lifetime. I was 8 years old when the first MK came out.
I miss when MK had actual content. Deception and Armageddon were amazing.
I probably sunk years of my life into this game as a kid lmao konquest mode was lit and still makes me feel a very comforting nostalgia remembering running around Outworld and the Netherrealm meeting all my favorite characters. Good times 💕
Edit: I love the mission in Outworld city where Shao Kahn sends you to tell Reiko to stop sneaking into his room and wearing his helmet
This
Reiko's a weirdo.
Probably snuck into Kitana's room to wear her panties too.
Did you ever miss one of the early quests and just keep trying to get back to the beginning to komplete it but the only way back was to start over.
@@thesbleeder2162Old Reiko was interesting, the new one is just a generic bad guy.
If MK1 Shao Kahn was Batman ( which he's not) Reiko would be Robin.
This games intro was definitely the most memorable for me. It is why i always respected Raiden.
He’s doing this for us 😢
Facts. Intro was fire
He gained not only my respect, but Kollector's as well when he beheaded Shinnok. Then his mommy got mad.
I love Sub-Zero's outfit in this game!
Also my favorite was Puzzle and Chess Kombat, the former proving popular enough that it was included in the DS game Ultimate Mortal Kombat and I love how MK1 brought back many of the characters introduced in Deception particularly Ashara who gets her own chapter in the story mode.
it is my favorite sub-zero design by far too.. kinda crazy how they made his best and WORST design for him in the same game. his bald ponytail alt skin is ridiculous
Your comment is the proof that even the shitiest design will have it's fans
Anyone else loving how he's progressively getting better at these games. Gonna he a pro by the the time he gets to MK1
in mk13, he will probably can beat sonicfox no diff.
Mortal kombat Mario kart was the best.
😂 dude sucks at these games
Bro i bet if a red glowing orb gave you super powers and sent you on a mission from god you would do it too.
Probably
Absolutely, honestly wouldnt even be upset in shujinkos shoes. Just wouldve been like, well fair play. You got me 😂
@@AtenSol12 shujinko basically took what Cthulhu gave him and used it to punch Cthulhu. He's a warlock who killed his own patron 😭
@pzaypraxis95 pretty based.
"Hey noodle nose! TAKE THIS!"
unless his name was LIEEEE
What i hated about shujinko is the fact you need to go on a scavenger hunt to complete his moveset
The game was an absolute gem back in the day. Easily Sub Zeros best outfit from all the games too. I wish NRS would consider going back to 3d fighting with the newer graphical capabilities of the modern era.
Same im bored of it being a 2d fighter now
I mostly play tekken and soul cal cause I prefer 3d fighting. Mk 1 is the exception but I'd still rather play deception
Nah the 2d is great. I remember ppl hating beyond belief the 3d fight style. 95% of projectiles were useless
I wish for the same change not to mention the look of deception is still amazing
His outfit is very good but he looks like a family member of Shredder!!
This may just be me, but you can’t say the words, noob and smoke were giving me a pounding without me laughing my ass off
Def. It's like anything you try is set to fail against them, unless you fight them in the volcano(?) or tower stages.
Anti-air? Nope. Uppercut? Try again. Sidestep? Fvk ur health bar. Teleport? Blocked. Hotel? Trivago.
The sub zero ending even this day gives me goosebumps since I saw it 2006 its just pure power and accept for death .
"this is technically the first Mortal Kombat game to release in my life time"
Jesus Christ
I actually remember being 9 years old, and being stuck on the Jade Edenia fight for about a week. It was the hardest thing I remember doing in a video game.
You’re that 1% of who I’ve heard don’t like the deception outfit for sub zero
Ain't no way its only 1% of the fan base that doesn't like that thing cause its one of his worse one
“First mortal kombat in my lifetime.” OOF 😅 WAY TO AGE THE REST OF US LOL
Fuck how old are you like 50? Lmao
Damn I remember seeing an arcade cabinet for MK3 when I was like 7. I feel old.
Imagine saying that Armageddon was supposed to be the ending when clearly it wasn't
It was the ending of Midway
The ending of mw and the ending of the good mk games.
@@Lenron-B06 Yep
It was the end of that timeline
@@steele1 Yes and no
Kira will go down in Mortal Kombat history for having the biggest Home Grown Melons for her first style.
If you like baraka...you gonna love mk1 lmao. Dude is a menace online
This game terrified me when I was young, especially the Krypt....
I love that nightwolf's ending is the same level of badassery as Kung Lao in the deadly alliance. Dude is plagued with visions, and then goes to the netherrealm, casually performa a ritual to bring onaga to him, where he admits the sins of his people and gives them up, those sins apparently being strong enough to permanently bind THE DRAGON KING to the netherrealm, and then he just dips
This was my favorite mortal kombat game. I have the most memories with it and most fun
I gotta hand it to Li Mei, I think she has the most interesting ending in Arcade Mode. Imagine linking up with the final boss
She for the streeeeeeeeees!😂
Honestly, i'm surprised why people would shit on the roster. It features plenty of old characters who's last appeareance was as back as mk3 like Smoke, Jade and Nightwolf, the coolest New Deadly Alliance characters (except for Nitara) and classic ones - Liu Kang, Raiden. Roster especially shines with Unchained (PSP port) - it features gamecube exclusive Goro and Shao Khan as well as Jax, Frost and Blaze. In fact, Unchained is the definitive version of Deception!
Btw, i recommend trying out Ultimate Mortal Kombat Deception mod, not only PSP and Gamecube characters are included, but we can also play as Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Sonya and Sareena and it features new arenas
I think people mostly hate it for Kobra, Kira, Darrius, and Dairu. They could've been replaced by so many other characters and not changed the story at all. Kobra and Kira aren't even in the story. Darrius could've been Havik causing riots in Seido. And Dairu could've been Nitara, Movado, Hsu Hao, Rain, Khameleon, Kabal, or many others hired by Damashi to break Shujinko out of prison.
@@MEKK01 fun fact: Dairou was planned for Deadly Alliance as an evil samurai who serves Shang Tsung. I think they dropped the idea since DA already had a samurai character (Kenshi) and kept it for the next game. Imo, the idea behind Dairou is interesting but the execution is pretty bad. Can say the same about Darrius.
As for Kobra and Kira - they just suck. Although Kobra movesets was pretty good with his fast hits and Infinites, definitely S-tier character gameplaywise
@@MEKK01 It feels a bit unfair. It's hardly as if any of the characters were that developed in MK1! Raiden's a thunder god he likes fighting, Sonya is a soldier who likes fighting, Sub-Zero is a cold ninja who likes fighting, Liu Kang is a protagonist who likes fighting. They only really developed as the games and tie-ins developed them. If Armageddon hadn't hit the big reset button and just thrown everyone into the pot with basically no storyline, there could have been a lot of room to develop all the characters as things moved on.
MKD (and MK 11) had the problem comics have, where the fans get bored with the same thing, but they're also resistant to change and want things to stay the way they were when they started following the franchise, so you get erratic development where nobody can ever die or leave the franchise, with the occasional cosmic reboot-but-not-really.
They also brought back Kabal from MK3, to Deception.
@@paulgibbon5991 The characters had stories in mk1 beyond just wanting to fight.
Sonya was a member of the special forces. They were hunting Kano and the Black Dragon and followed them to Shang Tsung's island where they were ambushed.
Sub-Zero was there because he was payed to assassinate Shang Tsung, and used the tournament to get close to him.
I agree the new characters could've been developed further, but Deception could've done that. Deadly Alliance had 7 new characters. and only 2 carried over to Deception, while Deception made 8 more.
if they only kept the characters with decent stories like Ashrah, Hotaru and Havik, and gave the henchmen slots to Deadly Alliance newbies, they could've fleshed them out more.
14:12 the fact that you said that with no preamble whatsoever 💀
" I always had something fit baraka..... sexually". Then quickly transitions to the next scene lmao 😅priceless
Getting real sick and tired of the Shujinko slander this community has been perpetuating since the PS2 era
Deception is easily my favorite mortal kombat game. I had so much fun with Konquest mode despite the rough graphics. I love the cinematic story modes of current games but I wish they’d make an open world mk spinoff game.
Fun fact. The krypt in this game has a render of Mileena that was featured in playboy.
👀 was it the alternate costume
"Maybe im biased, cuz I love the color red". That makes two of us my man lol
Storyline Conquest mode and features still hold up to the day honestly it's way better than Mortal Kombat 1
Shujinko is back in MK1 and that's awesome, hope they bring hotaro in a future dlc
Kira = We have blood rayne at home
Man MK1 could’ve easily had a Konquest mode. Could’ve been a mix of single player and the krypt
Damn, you got issues with noob-smoke😂😂
I got Deception off an extended neighbor, thinking it was a Soul Calibur game.
The mangled Onaga still used to creep me out to the point I would shield my eyes.
Mangled Onaga
@@sky-oq5mr lol.
Guess I though it was way worse than it is when I was a kid.
Looking back, it's relatively tame.
MKD still holds up. Way better than the steaming pile of dragon poop that NRS has turned this game into.
Dragon poop is fitting, cause NRS turned MK into Dragon Ball Z basically. A fuckin soap opera.
True
I love the NRS era games but Armageddon & Deception are still my favorite mk games. Deception has introduced so many great things. I'm surprised this is the only time we had Hara-Kiris - a very unique finishing move. The Konquest mode is my favorite mode in the series.
Still got my copy of Deception I got at a Christmas 2004. Anyway I love the new mks they’re better than the ps2 games that’s just it.
The only ones that come close are 2 & 3, trilogy isn’t bad either.
"Noob smoke got me again" throughout the whole video was killing me
Never played deadly alliance but this game was a huge part of my childhood the konquest mode blew me away being able to explore all of the different realms while also learning how to play various different characters
I just now realized this but is cobra meant to be a reference to Johnny from the karate kid?
From what i read, Kobra was more of a Ken Masters rip -off. But your point has some logic, even if Johnny was not really training the japanese karate.
25:04; you wild for that line lol
hearing shujinko's voice brought back so many memories they did a great job with the narration
This was my first and favorite MK game, I played it when I was 9-10 years old, I played it so much I finished every character, unlocked every crypt, character, ending etc, I may had completed 99% of the game, I don't remember doing it 100%
Never heard anyone say subs design in this game isn’t great. WILD I STRONGLY disagree but respect the opinion
Geez dude! If you had a stiffy for Baraka back in Deception, I must assume you call him Daddy in MK1
I wonder how you feel about the new Baraka in MK1 lol
I love him
This is my first video of yours, I love MK Deception. Also, you're hilarious! LOL I can't wait to see what else you do!
Put a lot of hours into this game back then, definitely my favorite of the 3D era titles. I actually shared your sentiments on Sub Zero's outfit in this game initially, but eventually grew to love it. Especially since he looks like Shredder from TMNT. It looks even better in MK11 imo. Looking forward to your Armageddon video and keep up the great work man!
Thank you, and yeah sub zero did grow on me a bit by the end
Its the drippiest sub-zero has ever been, he looks like a fucking ice dragon samurai, its badass. @@steele1
@@danidrinx7842I love and hate it for this exact reason. It looks badass as fuck, but it feels like too much for what's supposed to be a ninja.
But then I remember this is MK and Scorpion's been running around in bright yellow his whole career and the samurai ninja doesn't seem as strange a choice of attire anymore
@@zeroattentiongaming820 He's not a regular ninja tho. He's the motherfucking grandmaster. His outfit being too much for a ninja makes sense for me.
The alternate costume with the white ponytail is his ugliest costume
I Miss the 3d era mortal Kombat man
I love MK1 but I want mk to return to 3d combat
Me too man me to
Same same.
Thanks for keeping these games alive
Netherrealm citizens speak backwards; there's plenty to learn from the lore if you pay attention or decipher what they're saying
I remember owning the PS2 version, then when I got an Xbox, selling the PS2 version and getting the OG Xbox one. Konquest for some reason looked noticeably better on Xbox, character models are wider, textures are slightly higher res and lightning is slightly better as well.
I later (much later) went back and compared all 3 version through emulation, and all of them in 4K (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube) and the Xbox version of Konquest in particular looks slightly different to the Gamecube and PS2 which basically look the same.
I also owned Unchained on PSP, very impressive for the portable, but the camera had major problems on Konquest. Still, incredibly impressive to have the whole experience and with added fighters, all in the palm of your hand, in 2006!
Would love to get a copy of these.
@@Lenron-B06 Had a copy of the PSP game in a drawer until last year, sold it because I hadn't had a PSP since 2011.
i gotta say, getting Scorpions Spear in Edenia is the hardest fucking thing i've encountered whilst playing the game. If you ever find him, beware of his broken ass moves.
Look call me crazy, hell call me MAD…but Armageddon should’ve been the ending..and shao shouldn’t have won. I saw the opening cutscene..Onaga killed that asshole.
They could've continued from there and planned to do so but yeah, I'd rather Armageddon be the ending than have the NRS games happen
To me it was everything after sucked. I want a remaster of those old games.
Nah, don't say stupid things.
@@connorharnage6697 Don't say stupid things, MK9 and MK1 are great.
@@Lenron-B06 Don't say stupid things, MK9 and MK1 are great.
"But hey, it's better than the nothing that was in Deadly Alliance." Dare I say it's better than the nothing that's in MK1's Invasions. Crazy how this nearly 20 year old game's campaign controls better than that. I'm glad to see you find your bro, too.
another steele W, so glad I found your channel through the MK 1992 video
Agreed
I love MK1 but invasion is terrible I grinded pretty much everything, it's rinse and repeat fights that are annoying with barely any good rewards, the hanzo scorpion was cool but that's it, leveling up characters and kqmeos takes so long, it blows cause that's how you get finishers, nrs knows we want a konquest idk why they can't listen for once
@@advocateofkaos3246well it takes alot of resources to make a fighting game now, animations, graphic quality, balancing, and then to add a whole free roam element with all that comes with that would take a very long time and a lot to of money, realistically people just wouldn’t want to wait that long, I love each era of mortal kombat, the 3d era more focused on story and world building rather than an in-depth fighting system, that’s wat allowed them pump out a bunch of extra modes that aren’t at all hard to make quickly besides conquest mode.
@@GingerSnaps13
Don’t be a fool, Street fighter 6 pulled it off and mk1 had a large enough budget they could have pulled it off if they really wanted to.
The real reason mortal kombat went the invasion route isnt the reasons you are throwing but a far more simple reason: microtransanctions.. It is harder to monetize a conquest mode which is a complete self contained product whereas from early on they gleefully announced invasions would be getting regular seasons, special events and rotations. Why do you think that is? Because they genuinely think invasions are so good and amazing people would keep wanting to play it? With time limits and external pressure? Of course not. It will be the same thing as rotating towers of mk11, something for you to grind to unlock that super special time limited halloween fatality (to give an upcoming example) or that amazing skin for your fav character, but hurry whilst stock lasts! And its fine if you dont have the time or will to grind out a boring mode after already having done so for 40 hours, you can just pay in the shop ;)
But hurry! Buy now before its rotated and you miss your chance!
I swear gamers not wising up to this bs is why its so prevalent.
@@GingerSnaps13oh come on man. I agree with you about everything else, but let's be honest about the money that's bullshit. NRS is not by one of the richest companies in the world BUT they are backed by one. Don't tell me Warner Brothers couldn't give NRS the money to make it happen. They just got the same problem every other corporation on this planet has, their effing greedy and they're effing tight with money. It's not that they don't have the money. It's that they don't want to give NRS the money because the head of Warner Brothers is a greedy piece of shit. That's the truth. In some ways the franchise was in better hands at midway.
I loved Konquest mode so much. It’s literally how I was able to learn so much about all the realms realms. And the fact that we get to immerse ourselves in these realms was amazing.
Idc why what anyone says that MK intro will always stay as the best intro in mk….well that and armageddon😂
deception is the best mk! i really like that people still make vids about it
7:04 they did WHAT!?
Jokes aside, Onaga was my favourite MK Boss of all time. That motherfucker was savagely strong, and intelligent too.
If you felt like it was a treat to play Baraka in this game, let me tell you, man - he is a godless killing machine in MK1. His pressure game is on another planet. He's so fun to play because he feels so absurdly capable and complete.
Just beat mk1 as barraka to give that mf the ending he deserves shit was so fire
Deception is one of the best MK games, and I say that in a way that's both sad and not very sad. The gameplay is wonderful, it has lots of fun game modes, and isn't bogged down by being always online, driving you to fatalities at every moment, erasing the events of the story, introducing multiverse plot points, re-writing fan favorite characters, putting all of its focus into cosmetics over gameplay, bringing back the entirety of the first two game's rosters while ignoring more obscure characters, having entirely unmemorable music, giving the characters less interesting and unique designs, and recasting every character in each new entry unless their name is Raiden
Nice opinion, you sound fun
What the fuck are you talking about?
The music in particular! The 3D era was already starting to suffer from this (Armageddon's music is super bland), but the music in the last 4 games is literally just..."there". With all WB's budget and everything, but they have no memorable music or much in the way of memorable sound effects or atmosphere in general.
This was my first mortal kombat and left a great impression. Beating onaga was huge highlight
I have the warmest, fondest memories of this game. It came out when I was in 4th grade. I already loved MK, but the konquest mode was what first got me genuinely invested in the story. I didnt even know Baraka was part of a race of nomadic mutants til I played this. Fantastic game, truly no other fighting game this packed with content, even to this day.
10:17 Shredder Zero is cool
"I like Bo Rai Cho, he's kind of a goofball."
mrGSTAR321 must be seething in the distance
He was a kick ass char.
and now, Shujinko is a Kameo fighter in Mortal Kombat 12
LETSS GO HE FINISHED THE VIDEO
Just found this guy through the algorithm already a fan love how u review the game 😂
I always had something for baraka.. sexual-
😭💀
Its nice to hear a youtuber who doesnt censor themselves
I gotta say, I played the hell out of this game as a kid. But like... the entire game is called Deception. The intro movie is pretty explicit about how Shujinko was decieved and then something bad happened. And then what's that? The dude telling you to grab all the dragon balls for him is actually a baddie? I was gobsmacked, utterly baffled. I think I was a slow child.
(I beat the game for the first (and second and third) times as Mileena- I could beat it with her with my eyes closed. Shes my bby. Li Mei was a close second. I just like playing as the pretty ladies~
I used to be able to wreck ass with li mei, by which i mean hit the computer on medium with very long combos, of course.
bruh you called my ass out in the middle night. Cause i just got back from work and heated some old lassangna just to watch this video lmaoooooo
I hope you enjoyed your lasagna
Wonder if you'll be covering MK:Armageddon's konquest mode.
Yeah I did lol
Hard disagree on Sub-Zero’s outfit, his deception outfit is the first thing that comes to mind as Grandmaster Sub-Zero
I think he was high while writting that part of the script ;)
I still remember the mission when you had to give some dude a heart attack to enter his hut 😂
thought the "champion" footage was way more bloody, like Onaga having his eye out
The fact that we haven't gotten another MK game with a Konquest mode, especially considering that almost the entire community agrees that Konquest mode is the best way they've told a story yet. MK1 having the 3D era characters come back but no Konquest mode was a massive letdown for me to say the least. I'm glad we got mentions of the various realms aside from Earthrealm and Outworld. And we got more lore and backstory in MK1's Kampaign than we every really got in previous Kampaigns
Kung lao, Reptile, Shang Tsung, Quan chi, Kitana, Kano even Cyrax imo are also mains missing.
Return of the king, lessss goooo
Deception was my favorite growing up
This was my second MK game (my first being the home controller port of MK1). I loved this game so much but my friends little brother accidentally cracked it.
Deception had so much Kontent. Back before nether realm sold us the bare minimum and then sell us a complete edition years later.
Bro called Shredder Sub-Zero lame 💀💀💀💀
Bro disrespected shedder sub zero, its the goat sub outfit
Deception was my first Mortal Kombat game I genuinely got into, and it's still one of my favorites to this day. I died to noob-smoke
This is that relaxing type of content I love after a long day of work. I truly appreciate what you do and am proud to be a follower before you blow up! Love the nostalgia