State of Mortal Kombat 1, by Ed Boon

I thought this post by Ed was very different and candid... not cryptic like his usual posts. This felt very genuine and it really grabbed my attention to what the lifespan of Mortal Kombat 1 looks like.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838566106119749948

 

Care to transcript into the post, as I have no access to twitter? (Brazil here).

 

Care to transcript into the post, as I have no access to twitter? (Brazil here).

Got you:

Love the fact that there is excitement for our next game. And I don’t want to be a stickler for words…

But we haven’t been working on our next game for 3 years already. The actual quote was that we KNEW what our next game was going to be 3 years ago.

NetherRealm is still fully committed to supporting Mortal Kombat 1 for a long time to come.

comicbook.com/gaming/news/mo…

The link at the end is to an article that misquoted him, causing people to think they're already on their next game currently.

 

Not a Brazilian but i'm in the same boat with Felipe. A transcript would be appreciated.

 

Got you:

The link at the end is to an article that misquoted him, causing people to think they're already on their next game currently.

You da real MVP bro.

This tweet genuinely seems like NRS is not done with MK1 after Khaos Reigns. How long will their support last is still a matter of debate though - we have heard them profess MK11 would be supported for a long time and (for a combination of factors including the pandemic) it was not. Maybe MK1 will be, after all, their longest supported MK yet - which would be awesome, as the gameplay is probably my favorite, EVER.

 

You da real MVP bro.

This tweet genuinely seems like NRS is not done with MK1 after Khaos Reigns. How long will their support last is still a matter of debate though - we have heard them profess MK11 would be supported for a long time and (for a combination of factors including the pandemic) it was not. Maybe MK1 will be, after all, their longest supported MK yet - which would be awesome, as the gameplay is probably my favorite, EVER.

Can't wait for Year 4 when we finally get rooms

 

Care to transcript into the post, as I have no access to twitter? (Brazil here).

Not a Brazilian but i'm in the same boat with Felipe. A transcript would be appreciated.

Just an FYI that I'm making a mental note of this. My apologies to those without access. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Can't wait for Year 4 when we finally get rooms

Oh sweet god that was a good laugh I just had.

 

(So hope is still not dead, nice.)

Patchnote lines I want to see in year 2 or even 3/4. (better late than never)

-online ranked/vs gameflow change
you are now able to queue up for online ranked/vs games while in practice mode
(Play the game, don't die watching a boring ass screen. You're welcome.)

-newly added replay takeover feature, learning to defend crazy setups, was never more fun!
(do you even have an option besides 50/50 blocking?)

-you messed up your brutal? We heard you. (The thrill to still lose and die, is also nice! )
mercies are now turned back on. You're welcome.

(am I the only one who thought the MK11 practice mode navigation (right stick) was great and innovative? Sad it's not in MK1 ... do I need it? No. Was it nice? For sure.)

 

I thought this post by Ed was very different and candid... not cryptic like his usual posts. This felt very genuine and it really grabbed my attention to what the lifespan of Mortal Kombat 1 looks like.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838566106119749948

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This game is stuck in the previous era, continued support for a game that can't update it's core features will go old pretty fast
No ability to search matches while in training mode will be a huge adversarie of this game going forward
As well as having more ergonomic practice features.
I was really hoping they would at least overhaul this with the expansion, but it seems to be really just more story + more characters while everything that needs to be fixed stay the same.

 

This game is stuck in the previous era, continued support for a game that can't update it's core features will go old pretty fast
No ability to search matches while in training mode will be a huge adversarie of this game going forward
As well as having more ergonomic practice features.
I was really hoping they would at least overhaul this with the expansion, but it seems to be really just more story + more characters while everything that needs to be fixed stay the same.

The game released with no ability to screen bad connections in ranked (unless they were above 160 ping I think)

I can’t believe i played through those early seasons. I grinded to god lol

I believe they have the ability to implement these features like training mode match making if we make enough noise. Replay Take over is getting a lot of buzz in sf vi I think that kind of praise is something NRS will take notice of. But I’m new to the nrs scene. I just saw what they did for MKx and rollback

 

The game released with no ability to screen bad connections in ranked (unless they were above 160 ping I think)

I can’t believe i played through those early seasons. I grinded to god lol

I believe they have the ability to implement these features like training mode match making if we make enough noise. Replay Take over is getting a lot of buzz in sf vi I think that kind of praise is something NRS will take notice of. But I’m new to the nrs scene. I just saw what they did for MKx and rollback

I'm old to the NRS scene and let me tell you.
Old NRS from MKX era, would not let this slide, if the feature wasn't in the game at launch, it would be on the expansion for sure.
The current NRS, sees SF6 launching with game changing features months ahead of it's release, and doesn't even consider it, after a full year, still releases an expansion with no core changes at all.
To give you an idea, Namco released Tekken 8 with replay takeover, and SF6 after a year on their second DLC they made an overhaul in their training mode. Namco is doing another overhaul in their core system 10 months in.
Basically NRS has been doing mostly nothing and they have a lot of room to cover, either they can't or they won't.