Is MK1 trash? lets talk about it.

[sshinobii]

Lets just talk...

[bokke_commando]

It's not trash. I don't like how long the combos can go for though. If you mess up you may as well just put your controller down for 25 seconds if you don't have 3 bars.

[SodaCoda]

i cant even open the game payed 70$

[Leveler]

I like it, but I am not sure it is an upgrade to MK11.

[PeaceThroughPower]

The roster sucks, but we all know they will sell us the real roster through DLC. The story mode after 50% completion is complete and utter ♥♥♥♥! Menu lag is horrible and there doesn't seem to be anything interesting to do in terms of single player content. At least they got online mode right for the most part, would be nice if my controller stopped disconnecting mid-match.

[InvaderDib]

Originally posted by Seaworthiness:

I like it, but I am not sure it is an upgrade to MK11.

I would call it a sidegrade. It has both pros and cons over MK11. I'm enjoying it though. Though I admit I am not someone who plays online. I just enjoy the story and getting the "arcade" endings. I'm not really feeling Invasion though. Personally, I would have preferred a return to a Konquest style game mode. The worlds they created are beautiful and I would have loved to be able to freely run around in them.

[Erevios]

mk 11 ftw

[Toxic Dreamz]

-Missing half the features of MK11

-30 FPS capped animations

-4 Hour Story Mode (Shortest MK EVER)

-Poor performance for a lot of systems with Mid range hardware

-No Krypt

-Tedious and Boring Invasions (Super armor, Annoying and boring minigames, Empty maps)

-NRS doubling down on making sure they keep gradually reducing the attractiveness of -female characters

-No Real online Lobbies

-No Practice while waiting for a match

-Throws are too strong (Having to guess back throw or forward throw with a specific button -press is dumb af in a game like this)

-Kameo system doesn't have any flair or flavor, No voice lines, No interactions with other -characters or other Kameos, essentially just mute emotionless mannequins/sidekicks

-No point or incentive to do towers at all

Worst MK we've ever gotten and I've played every single one Since MK vs. DC.

[Mewsha]

I don't think it's trash, but I do think it's very underdeveloped.

The bare bones of the game is amazing (combat and character design) but everything else is severely lacking. We lost so much from MK11 and MKX.

- Intros are almost nonexistent. They actually are nonexistent in towers. Otherwise it's one line each, which very boring and I know we skip these after playing the game for over a year, but I miss them and it's an important thing for casuals who make up the majority of the playerbase.

- No training mode while searching for a match or while in king of the hill. This seems like a major oversight

- No crossplay. It's 2023, not 2018. Crossplay is standard now. SF6 has it. There's no reason for this game shouldn't. People get to play with their console friends, and queue times are decreased. It's a win for everyone.

- Cannot pin moves on screen.

- Character tutorials are gone.

- A lot of the character data they provide us with seems to be missing or incorrect as well.

- The Krypt is gone.

Netcode is also actively pushing people away from playing the game currently. Most people are finishing the story, then leaving.

That's not even mentioning optimization issues. Reasonable people have a tolerance with new releases and MK1 has far surpassed that. The black screen bug is unacceptable, and I know most people aren't at a level where the player 1 advantage bug will make a difference, but the tournament scene is big for this game. They took a huge hit to their reputation and the faith people have in this game by letting something like that slip through the cracks. It's just emblematic of how half-baked everything feels.

Maybe this is just me, but I also feel like invasion is such a step down from what we had in MK11 and MKX. It's a cool concept, but the implementation is awful. Nobody is going to play it once they stop using it to gain XP for their favorite characters.

Story is subjective, and truthfully I haven't finished it yet but I'm more than halfway through and I'm not impressed. Fighting game stories don't have to be like Naughty Dog or Rockstar level of quality for me, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't still a let down all things considered. I loved the concept of Tarkat being a disease and many of the character resets are interesting like Mileena and Kitana being true sisters, Reptile no longer being loyal to Shang Tsung, and so on.

So much potential, but it's missing that bite in my opinion. There's almost no humor in MK1 besides maybe some corny things Johnny says, and even that feels outdated or missing comedic timing at most parts of the game. The timeline reset created a lot of vanilla good guy characters that they can't seem to write differently.

Everyone feels the same besides Johnny. It's really difficult to distinguish them personality wise because they flattened all the characters. I miss Kitana and Sindel's playful arrogance and Mileena's teasing. Similarly Kung Lao was pretty funny in MKX, and he lost a bit of that in MK11 (truthfully almost everyone did), and that's also a shame considering he gets a bigger role in this game.

[Alt+F4 ｇａｍｅｒ]

it's trash but trash can still be fun

[Laylow]

Originally posted by bokke_commando:

It's not trash. I don't like how long the combos can go for though. If you mess up you may as well just put your controller down for 25 seconds if you don't have 3 bars.

Sounds like a skill issue tbh

[ajxx]

the true essence that made Mortal Kombat what it was died after mk9

[Misery_Head]

how many coke ♥♥♥♥♥♥ do publishers need nowadays?

[☣️Red]

it's not trash. It's good, better than 11 imo BUT the movement is trash. Too slow. I also hated the idea of kameos, but I have gotten used to it. Adds a cool twist to your combos.

[Nezzy]

Originally posted by Six:

I really really hate invasions. I did complete all of it, even the challenge tower... But holy hell dude, I really hate how the AI just have hyper armor and reverse to the FAR back of the map only to spam moves that prevent you from reaching them. It's annoying af. Some of them have hyper armor and they're not even attacking or anything. They're just standing there.

Dont forget the cage boss where he just gains stacks any time you hit him with the superarmour aswell.... then the ai will just spam force kicks and pin you down if you dont have any way of escaping

[Nezzy]

Originally posted by Baby Ghoul:

I don't think it's trash, but I do think it's very underdeveloped.

The bare bones of the game is amazing (combat and character design) but everything else is severely lacking. We lost so much from MK11 and MKX.

- Intros are almost nonexistent. They actually are nonexistent in towers. Otherwise it's one line each, which very boring and I know we skip these after playing the game for over a year, but I miss them and it's an important thing for casuals who make up the majority of the playerbase.

- No training mode while searching for a match or while in king of the hill. This seems like a major oversight

- No crossplay. It's 2023, not 2018. Crossplay is standard now. SF6 has it. There's no reason for this game shouldn't. People get to play with their console friends, and queue times are decreased. It's a win for everyone.

- Cannot pin moves on screen.

- Character tutorials are gone.

- A lot of the character data they provide us with seems to be missing or incorrect as well.

- The Krypt is gone.

Netcode is also actively pushing people away from playing the game currently. Most people are finishing the story, then leaving.

That's not even mentioning optimization issues. Reasonable people have a tolerance with new releases and MK1 has far surpassed that. The black screen bug is unacceptable, and I know most people aren't at a level where the player 1 advantage bug will make a difference, but the tournament scene is big for this game. They took a huge hit to their reputation and the faith people have in this game by letting something like that slip through the cracks. It's just emblematic of how half-baked everything feels.

Maybe this is just me, but I also feel like invasion is such a step down from what we had in MK11 and MKX. It's a cool concept, but the implementation is awful. Nobody is going to play it once they stop using it to gain XP for their favorite characters.

Story is subjective, and truthfully I haven't finished it yet but I'm more than halfway through and I'm not impressed. Fighting game stories don't have to be like Naughty Dog or Rockstar level of quality for me, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't still a let down all things considered. I loved the concept of Tarkat being a disease and many of the character resets are interesting like Mileena and Kitana being true sisters, Reptile no longer being loyal to Shang Tsung, and so on.

So much potential, but it's missing that bite in my opinion. There's almost no humor in MK1 besides maybe some corny things Johnny says, and even that feels outdated or missing comedic timing at most parts of the game. The timeline reset created a lot of vanilla good guy characters that they can't seem to write differently.

Everyone feels the same besides Johnny. It's really difficult to distinguish them personality wise because they flattened all the characters. I miss Kitana and Sindel's playful arrogance and Mileena's teasing. Similarly Kung Lao was pretty funny in MKX, and he lost a bit of that in MK11 (truthfully almost everyone did), and that's also a shame considering he gets a bigger role in this game.

also character turorials are still somewhat there, its just kombo strings at the bottom of the tutorial page, called lessons, or something