Honestly, I feel like NRS should just get rid of the chapter based story format (having a chapter tied to a character.) That way they'll have a less predictable story and maintain some elements of surprise as to who is gonna beat who. Or maybe, include some bad guys among the chapters
12:35 as u said, its implied that Liu somehow put his lightning powers into the amulet for Raiden. But an interesting detail is that in invasions Liu is labeled as both a fire and lightning elemental character, suggesting that in some way he still has access to lightning in this timeline. Ik invasions' status as canon is debatable at best but atleast it shows that the concept is still there in some capacity.
Cant believe i was naive enough to think mk1 would be a game set in the past of the new era with the great kung lao as earth's champion and we get to see older characters in the lore. Its such a great idea... OF COURSE nrs wouldn't do it
Considering the amount of backlash some fans give M1K for not having characters like Sonya, Kano, and Jax in the playable roster despite them being in almost every game for the past 20+ years straight, I don’t think the rest of the fans overall would be pretty happy if 90% of the rest of the roster wasn’t there either
Yeah lets set mk in the past and fill the game with non fan favorites and possibly unrecognizable characters so you whiners can complain about that and cry saying “wHo aSkEd 4 tHiS, wHeReS biKiNi Li mEi”. Cameos being a perfect of example of you all b*tching when they try something new but if they dont try to innovate they get comments like yours. The game could’ve had a perfect release and you babies would still complain about a grain of sand being missing from the ground in a cutscene.
It's especially annoying how MKX introduced ancestors to all characters in the form of portraits in Kung Jin's chapter. It felt like they were setting up prequel material.
@@shadow-squid4872 The thing is that a lot of them could still be, The entire Edenian and Outworld force (Kitana, Sindel, Tania, Rain, King Jerrod, Shao Kahn, Gorro, Gorro's father, Sheeva, Kintaro, Reptile). There could also grand names like the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei, Great Kung Lao, Old Shirai Ryu master, Shujinko origins, Quan-Chi, Shinnok, Raiden, Fujin... I'm sure it would work out
I'm kind of glad they didn't make Liu Kang a villain for MK1. He's been the #1 hero of the franchise for years, it wouldn't have been right if he was a bad guy for 3 different games straight.
I think we will get there eventually. He’s taken back the Titan power which drove Kronika off her head so that might be where it goes as the timeline gets more and more out of control
Seems like they're at the very least content with the state of the story now. Thanks to the Kronika thing, NRS effectively have a free ticket to do whatever AU story they want & just say it's part of the multiverse.
@@electricfeverx976 Imo the worst thing they ever done for Mortal Kombat aside the soft reboot crap MK11 came. But whatever, long as people get their cheap gory spectacle fighter franchise a entry they see as "good enough" to waste money on.
13:37 Shang Tsung DEFINITELY has his soul stealing powers Snake. It's in the deadly Alliance chapter in the story mode after they save Raiden from Shao Khan. Quan Chi and Shang Tsung steal their souls in the following cutscene after defeating them. Shang does have the ability to soul steal but doesn't use them as much.
13:38 Shang Tsung sucks Shao Kahn's soul in Chapter 13 21:53 he has no hat in the render in the final version I'm really impressed with how many things you got right. But also, FAKE FAN!!!!!! XD
Wait, isn't it a miskonception that Shang Tsung doesn't know how to steal souls, but he does steal the alternate General Shao's soul at the end of Chapter 13, or was that another spell he used just to kill him? If it was a soul stealing move, then that would be a contradiction correct?
7:41 about the horrible mispronunciations of certain names in the games, like Takeda and Shirai Ryu, my best take is that those are the canonical pronunciations... by people who don't know Japanese within the universe. Basically that is how Johnny, Sonya, Jax, Kano, etc. say it, and by extension that is how the announcer say it and that is even how THEY say it when speaking English to other characters. (which sounds weird but I can tell you from experience that it can happen, if you're bilingual and switch your brain to a different language you might indeed mispronounce words) Of course we also see Japanese characters use the wrong pronunciation when talking among themselves but there is no reason why they should be speaking English in those scenes in the first place, so I think that is canonically just a real time translation and they are supposed to really be speaking Japanese... Besides, we did see them change from "Takeeda" to a more accurate "Takehda" (even though the accents are still off) showing that they can admit the mistake and make a correction.
6:10 Now that you mention it In the Old Time Lines The Lin Kueis associated Yellow with Cowardice or at least was something very negative This is why the Shinrai Ryu use that color (to mock the Lin Kueis) But then is Cyrax Yellow or a Very-Yellow-ish Light-Orange? 9:38 If Old Time Line's Cyrax is Yellow then why does he use a Color with a Negative Meaning? Cyrax-->Yellow=Coward? Cyrax? In MK9 he didn't seem like a Coward? Maybe he already had doubts for the Cyber Initiative and this is why he got the Yellow Suit? In MK9 this could have happened (Off-Screen) before the Game/Tournament If it's Orange then what could it mean? For me Cyrax is a Yellow-ish Orange and it means he didn't k*ll anyone (yet) which could be seen as a negative (akin to cowardice from the perspective of an Assassin's Clan) but not at the Level of Yellow (maybe it was a color that started as negative but then Cyrax made it take a more positive light Kinda like in Warhammer 40K The Ultramarines' Red Helmet was originally a mark of shame, but when someone with the Helmet did an act of heroism then it became a badge of great-honor) Or maybe it's the Personal Color of the section of the Lin Kuei from which Sektor came from
A whole year of MK1 and there a still a heap load of problems with it. Ya got stuff like balance, lack of content, lack of customization and more. A whole year and besides some DLC characters nothing has changed. I also still have problems with the story and its crazy how the more story and character stuff they show the more obvious they were watching a lot of MCU stuff as thats what MK is now. I also really hate that the great kung lao is just basically a nobody now as he made no real impact. So that connection with Kung Lao is gone. Would've been cool if the story focused on that.
A bit late to commenting but ngl I got a good laugh about the Kung Lao assumption after finally seeing how the plot went. I feel as the days go by MK1 is probably going to be seen as a disappointed mostly because of WB and to an extent NRS for how unfinished the game was. I do think it’ll be a game that’s fun to talk about as the next installments come out.
Okay, but like, while all this was interesting and pretty funny. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT CRESCENT MOON ABOUT?! NO WHERE TO BE SEEN IN THE STORY, AT ALL. Like, I forgot all about it until you mentioned it. 🤣
13:37 Side note tangent whinging rant: I want "All Morphs" boss mode Shang Tsung back, dagnabbit!! I know it's impossible due to programming limitations (back in the day, Shang basically had to load all the characters to get them ready for him to morph into, that way they were available as soon as you put in the commands to morph into that character.) Nowadays, with 3D polyganal graphics, extra costumes, etc., morphing the same way as before in arcade era Kombat is basically impossible. So I propose a compromise like boss Shang from MK9, have a predetermined set of Morphs and let Shang freely pick between them. I think 4 characters too change into is plenty and each "loadout"of characters should have a theme: i.e. All male/female ninjas, God Characters(Fujin Shinnock Raiden), or maybe even something like Zoner characters, big bruiser characters(Goro, Shao Khan, Geras), magic characters (Quan Chi, Shang himself, maybe Skarlet) or elemental characters (Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Tremor, Fujin/Raiden, Rain). It'd be like the variation system only on a smaller scale. Or perhaps a new character that can steal moves from their opponent, Shang's offspring. Instead of a full on soul steal and draining the entire body of life in order to gain their abilities forever, her (yes Shang had a girl! Congrats!) Soul steal simply takes one ability from the opponent and allows her to use it either for just the round or the entire match. Variations on this for enhanced moves and such could be that: If the move is only stolen for the round make it so the opponent is locked out of the move whilst the steal is active. I feel like this would make sense as she isn't just copying the move, she's downright stealing it from the other player. And the lockout should carry over b between rounds. With all those advantages, it should be just a simple "land a hit to the opponent" to get rid of it. But I digress big time. Fact of the matter is Shang will forever be an impotent, "I can only change into the guy front of me", buster. Hopefully, he can get SOMETHING as a nod to his morphing past. Something that at least acknowledges one of the most unique fighting game characters/mechanics of all time.
KITANA being Ad as main character and doesn't have a CHAPTER. Mileena/Kitana can't share spotline in the same game. That sad. MK9 : Kitana/Jade. MKX : Mileena. MK11 : Kitana/Jade. MK1 : Mileena.
I obviously have no proof but i PROMISE you i threw the idea of Scorpion being Kuai Liang out there to a friend after watching the reveal trailer. I genuinely assumed more people would've thought that as well
You are incorrect about names. Words have proper pronunciation, Names specifically can be pronounced different ways. Example: Kamala Harris, people pronounce her first name differently, you can’t just say no it’s supposed to be this, it’s however she says it is. It’s her unique name. The word chair is pronounced one way, the name Kamala is pronounced how she says it is.
The4thsnake: Off topic but I dare you to play or watch the story mode khaos Regins and you’ll see why it’s the worst piece of garbage ever created and it’s worse than aftermath. This story gave me Ebola. The only good shit about it is hero rain and Johnny cages references.
Can’t believe it’s been a Year since this Great Game appeared in our Hands and how Right and Wrong you were in the Past Snak, then again we all made the same mistakes.
Trust me it is diabolically atrocious. And I’ve seen horrible media like vampire knight, mirai nikki, the last of us part 2, brothers conflict, rent a girlfriend and so on
I think his point is that they *didn't* make the name. Takeda is a real name in real life. The words "Shirai" and "Ryu" are also just real Japanese words. Using an example, his stance seems to be: if a French game had an American character named "Johnny", spelled that way, and they always pronounced it as "Joe-Huh-Nay" it would not be wrong to pronounce it as Johnny, because it is a real name from a different culture. If an English organization in that same hypothetical game was named "Bridge" and every time they said it, they pronounced it "Brid-Guh", it would not be wrong to say Bridge, because it is a real word from that different language.
Want modern skins for the kameos, the 90s shit don’t age well and looks out of place. It doesn’t make sense to have some modern kameos and the rest be classic
Netherrealm's not following to end credit scenes in next game become a tradition in this point.Poor Kung Lao sidelined again.And I must say Raiden's have barely a personality in this game.He is vanilla boyscout.I rather prefer Kung Lao's character development as chosen one.
“Mortal 1 Kombat has been officially released for one year” damn… where has the time gone?
Geras ate it all
Kronika ate it all
I ate it all
All the bbc memes
Idk, been playing too much street fighter 6
Honestly, I feel like NRS should just get rid of the chapter based story format (having a chapter tied to a character.) That way they'll have a less predictable story and maintain some elements of surprise as to who is gonna beat who. Or maybe, include some bad guys among the chapters
So much happened in a year that it barely feels like that amount of time passed
12:35 as u said, its implied that Liu somehow put his lightning powers into the amulet for Raiden. But an interesting detail is that in invasions Liu is labeled as both a fire and lightning elemental character, suggesting that in some way he still has access to lightning in this timeline. Ik invasions' status as canon is debatable at best but atleast it shows that the concept is still there in some capacity.
a portion of his power could still be in the amulet
Cant believe i was naive enough to think mk1 would be a game set in the past of the new era with the great kung lao as earth's champion and we get to see older characters in the lore. Its such a great idea... OF COURSE nrs wouldn't do it
You can't satisfy everyone I guess
Considering the amount of backlash some fans give M1K for not having characters like Sonya, Kano, and Jax in the playable roster despite them being in almost every game for the past 20+ years straight, I don’t think the rest of the fans overall would be pretty happy if 90% of the rest of the roster wasn’t there either
Yeah lets set mk in the past and fill the game with non fan favorites and possibly unrecognizable characters so you whiners can complain about that and cry saying “wHo aSkEd 4 tHiS, wHeReS biKiNi Li mEi”. Cameos being a perfect of example of you all b*tching when they try something new but if they dont try to innovate they get comments like yours. The game could’ve had a perfect release and you babies would still complain about a grain of sand being missing from the ground in a cutscene.
It's especially annoying how MKX introduced ancestors to all characters in the form of portraits in Kung Jin's chapter. It felt like they were setting up prequel material.
@@shadow-squid4872 The thing is that a lot of them could still be, The entire Edenian and Outworld force (Kitana, Sindel, Tania, Rain, King Jerrod, Shao Kahn, Gorro, Gorro's father, Sheeva, Kintaro, Reptile). There could also grand names like the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei, Great Kung Lao, Old Shirai Ryu master, Shujinko origins, Quan-Chi, Shinnok, Raiden, Fujin... I'm sure it would work out
I'm kind of glad they didn't make Liu Kang a villain for MK1. He's been the #1 hero of the franchise for years, it wouldn't have been right if he was a bad guy for 3 different games straight.
I think we will get there eventually. He’s taken back the Titan power which drove Kronika off her head so that might be where it goes as the timeline gets more and more out of control
We won't get there eventually due to a simple reason: Netherrealm Studios have fallen in love with the character.
@@negative-lift true but that doesn’t mean you have to kill him…he coukd be purged of it
Titan Lui Kang invading our Lui Kang's timeline in the story would've been a pretty crazy twist though.
I’m going to bet Netherrealm will once again reboot MK for a third time now, after the next few games.
Can we just like have a mkx type story line 😭
Nah watch them do it with the expansion lol.
I wouldn't care at this point.
They can't make a good game if their life depended on it.
Seems like they're at the very least content with the state of the story now. Thanks to the Kronika thing, NRS effectively have a free ticket to do whatever AU story they want & just say it's part of the multiverse.
@@electricfeverx976
Imo the worst thing they ever done for Mortal Kombat aside the soft reboot crap MK11 came.
But whatever, long as people get their cheap gory spectacle fighter franchise a entry they see as "good enough" to waste money on.
That Mortal Kombat Deception 20th year anniversary video gonna cook next month 🙏
you know how people say "woah only 1 year!!", for me its the opposite, felt like the game has been out for longer
About Shang Tsung and soul stealing, I believe he does that to the alternate Shao Kahn but I could be misremembering
Yep, it was Dark Shao from Titan Shang Tsungs timeline
You put more effort into your predictions than the writers did on the story.
1 year!!!??? Seriously!!!??? (DAMN, TIME FLIES!!!)
13:37
Shang Tsung DEFINITELY has his soul stealing powers Snake. It's in the deadly Alliance chapter in the story mode after they save Raiden from Shao Khan. Quan Chi and Shang Tsung steal their souls in the following cutscene after defeating them. Shang does have the ability to soul steal but doesn't use them as much.
Lmao, watching this after Khaos Reigns, and you were spot on with Noob. Absolutely one note, except for maybe the Sektor romance and that’s IT.
28:33 I think Netherrealm tends to be predictable, though you have a tone of merit with a lot of predictions.
13:34 Shang Tsung actually can take other souls in m1k. He with quan chi took evil Shao and reiko souls in his chapter
13:38 Shang Tsung sucks Shao Kahn's soul in Chapter 13
21:53 he has no hat in the render in the final version
I'm really impressed with how many things you got right. But also, FAKE FAN!!!!!! XD
we need more hot reptile comms (no bias)
It's a combination of the story being simple and predictable and you being good at predicting it
One thing no one predicted is that Reptile and Ashrah are smashing 😂
Literally a few days after Reptile learns that his family is dead
Happy 1st Anniversary to M1K!! 🎉🎉🎉
Shang steals Shao's soul in his chapter btw
I'm glad that they turned most of the villains into good guys. I always wanted a chapter based around baraka and I finally got it!
11:45 Scorpion,Kitana and the Kameos:are You sure about That?
Wait, isn't it a miskonception that Shang Tsung doesn't know how to steal souls, but he does steal the alternate General Shao's soul at the end of Chapter 13, or was that another spell he used just to kill him?
If it was a soul stealing move, then that would be a contradiction correct?
Shang Tsung stole Shou Kahns soul in his chapter in M1K.
7:41 about the horrible mispronunciations of certain names in the games, like Takeda and Shirai Ryu, my best take is that those are the canonical pronunciations... by people who don't know Japanese within the universe. Basically that is how Johnny, Sonya, Jax, Kano, etc. say it, and by extension that is how the announcer say it and that is even how THEY say it when speaking English to other characters. (which sounds weird but I can tell you from experience that it can happen, if you're bilingual and switch your brain to a different language you might indeed mispronounce words)
Of course we also see Japanese characters use the wrong pronunciation when talking among themselves but there is no reason why they should be speaking English in those scenes in the first place, so I think that is canonically just a real time translation and they are supposed to really be speaking Japanese...
Besides, we did see them change from "Takeeda" to a more accurate "Takehda" (even though the accents are still off) showing that they can admit the mistake and make a correction.
They drop so much new characters in some intro i expect them to appear in MK0 lol
No one predicted it to be this bad... :P
You were not wrong, you just uploaded those predition videos to the wrong timeline
Order of Darkness The4thSnake = The4thPiker?
41:23 spot on as always ❤
13:37 Incorrect! He soul sucks Shao Kahn during his chapter in the story mode before the end.
6:10 Now that you mention it
In the Old Time Lines
The Lin Kueis associated Yellow with Cowardice or at least was something very negative
This is why the Shinrai Ryu use that color (to mock the Lin Kueis)
But then is Cyrax Yellow or a Very-Yellow-ish Light-Orange?
9:38 If Old Time Line's Cyrax is Yellow then why does he use a Color with a Negative Meaning?
Cyrax-->Yellow=Coward? Cyrax?
In MK9 he didn't seem like a Coward?
Maybe he already had doubts for the Cyber Initiative and this is why he got the Yellow Suit? In MK9 this could have happened (Off-Screen) before the Game/Tournament
If it's Orange then what could it mean?
For me Cyrax is a Yellow-ish Orange and it means he didn't k*ll anyone (yet) which could be seen as a negative (akin to cowardice from the perspective of an Assassin's Clan) but not at the Level of Yellow
(maybe it was a color that started as negative but then Cyrax made it take a more positive light
Kinda like in Warhammer 40K
The Ultramarines' Red Helmet was originally a mark of shame, but when someone with the Helmet did an act of heroism then it became a badge of great-honor)
Or maybe it's the Personal Color of the section of the Lin Kuei from which Sektor came from
A whole year of MK1 and there a still a heap load of problems with it. Ya got stuff like balance, lack of content, lack of customization and more. A whole year and besides some DLC characters nothing has changed. I also still have problems with the story and its crazy how the more story and character stuff they show the more obvious they were watching a lot of MCU stuff as thats what MK is now. I also really hate that the great kung lao is just basically a nobody now as he made no real impact. So that connection with Kung Lao is gone. Would've been cool if the story focused on that.
And now they have done the impossible: they made a story more shitty than mk11 and mk11 Aftermath
Snake realize How smart and How many things he predict, Just going with smile
A bit late to commenting but ngl I got a good laugh about the Kung Lao assumption after finally seeing how the plot went. I feel as the days go by MK1 is probably going to be seen as a disappointed mostly because of WB and to an extent NRS for how unfinished the game was. I do think it’ll be a game that’s fun to talk about as the next installments come out.
It's so funny to see the parts where you were right for entirely the wrong reasons
41:21 He actually stopped
Im suprised with how bad its been it even survived a year at all.
I just went to ur account to see a video that was released a minute lmao
Didn't Shang and Quan steal Shao Kahn and Reiko's soul in his chapter?
It was the Shao and Reiko from Titan Shang Tsungs timeline
@shadow-squid4872 ik that's why I put shao khan not general shao
I do think the palette swaps are a bit weird when considering Reptile, Ermac and Rain aren’t LK members or had any previous associations
Okay, but like, while all this was interesting and pretty funny.
WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT CRESCENT MOON ABOUT?! NO WHERE TO BE SEEN IN THE STORY, AT ALL. Like, I forgot all about it until you mentioned it. 🤣
Next game, Hanzo is going to be Subzero. I feel like it’s just right that he does.
13:37 Side note tangent whinging rant: I want "All Morphs" boss mode Shang Tsung back, dagnabbit!! I know it's impossible due to programming limitations (back in the day, Shang basically had to load all the characters to get them ready for him to morph into, that way they were available as soon as you put in the commands to morph into that character.) Nowadays, with 3D polyganal graphics, extra costumes, etc., morphing the same way as before in arcade era Kombat is basically impossible. So I propose a compromise like boss Shang from MK9, have a predetermined set of Morphs and let Shang freely pick between them. I think 4 characters too change into is plenty and each "loadout"of characters should have a theme: i.e. All male/female ninjas, God Characters(Fujin Shinnock Raiden), or maybe even something like Zoner characters, big bruiser characters(Goro, Shao Khan, Geras), magic characters (Quan Chi, Shang himself, maybe Skarlet) or elemental characters (Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Tremor, Fujin/Raiden, Rain). It'd be like the variation system only on a smaller scale. Or perhaps a new character that can steal moves from their opponent, Shang's offspring. Instead of a full on soul steal and draining the entire body of life in order to gain their abilities forever, her (yes Shang had a girl! Congrats!) Soul steal simply takes one ability from the opponent and allows her to use it either for just the round or the entire match. Variations on this for enhanced moves and such could be that: If the move is only stolen for the round make it so the opponent is locked out of the move whilst the steal is active. I feel like this would make sense as she isn't just copying the move, she's downright stealing it from the other player. And the lockout should carry over b between rounds. With all those advantages, it should be just a simple "land a hit to the opponent" to get rid of it.
But I digress big time. Fact of the matter is Shang will forever be an impotent, "I can only change into the guy front of me", buster. Hopefully, he can get SOMETHING as a nod to his morphing past. Something that at least acknowledges one of the most unique fighting game characters/mechanics of all time.
KITANA being Ad as main character and doesn't have a CHAPTER. Mileena/Kitana can't share spotline in the same game. That sad. MK9 : Kitana/Jade. MKX : Mileena. MK11 : Kitana/Jade. MK1 : Mileena.
Hi snake do you know the music you used in your X-Men timeline video? I cant find it also i love your videos
Ermac has Shang’s soul suck fatal
I obviously have no proof but i PROMISE you i threw the idea of Scorpion being Kuai Liang out there to a friend after watching the reveal trailer. I genuinely assumed more people would've thought that as well
This is the first Mk game since deadly alliance i didn't buy
When is the mk1 critique
After all the DLC is finished
You are incorrect about names. Words have proper pronunciation, Names specifically can be pronounced different ways. Example: Kamala Harris, people pronounce her first name differently, you can’t just say no it’s supposed to be this, it’s however she says it is. It’s her unique name. The word chair is pronounced one way, the name Kamala is pronounced how she says it is.
I want a no kameo mode list in the single player so wtf mortal kombat is 1v1 game not a bs assist Marvel vs capcom assist game
The4thsnake: Off topic but I dare you to play or watch the story mode khaos Regins and you’ll see why it’s the worst piece of garbage ever created and it’s worse than aftermath. This story gave me Ebola.
The only good shit about it is hero rain and Johnny cages references.
Oh brother shut up man
Holy shit you watch Acheeto? BASED
Can’t believe it’s been a Year since this Great Game appeared in our Hands and how Right and Wrong you were in the Past Snak, then again we all made the same mistakes.
Great!??
Oh please....
@@darkzeroprojects4245he meant great disappointment
@@darkzeroprojects4245 he’s just trolling!
Can't wait for the mk1 dlc review to be fucking negative because this content is nothing but negative
Trust me it is diabolically atrocious. And I’ve seen horrible media like vampire knight, mirai nikki, the last of us part 2, brothers conflict, rent a girlfriend and so on
@@Torchy7321 I do not trust you because everyone hates mortal Kombat and it's all the same opinion
He was positive about mk1’s base story lol
Yeah, the people who name things do decide how they're said. It's not on you to decide that they're wrong about the names they made.
I think his point is that they *didn't* make the name. Takeda is a real name in real life. The words "Shirai" and "Ryu" are also just real Japanese words. Using an example, his stance seems to be: if a French game had an American character named "Johnny", spelled that way, and they always pronounced it as "Joe-Huh-Nay" it would not be wrong to pronounce it as Johnny, because it is a real name from a different culture. If an English organization in that same hypothetical game was named "Bridge" and every time they said it, they pronounced it "Brid-Guh", it would not be wrong to say Bridge, because it is a real word from that different language.
Let's go also first
Want modern skins for the kameos, the 90s shit don’t age well and looks out of place. It doesn’t make sense to have some modern kameos and the rest be classic
Netherrealm's not following to end credit scenes in next game become a tradition in this point.Poor Kung Lao sidelined again.And I must say Raiden's have barely a personality in this game.He is vanilla boyscout.I rather prefer Kung Lao's character development as chosen one.