Support for MK1 Supposedly Cancelled

[Subby Z]

I dont know if its smart for them to make yet another mk fighting game, 3rd in a row after accumlating so much bad will.

Mk11 was the return of mk, graphics were an insane leap compared to mkx and 9, people were so hungry for mk and the pre release trailers/presentation looked incredible, this alone made it sell like hottest of cackes.

Unfotunetly, apart from having decent amount of content and no crazy microtransactions, the game is mechanically infuriating and gameplay combo system dry as the saharan desert. The pieced up chracters with custome moves attributed to this as well and was very unsatisfying to interact with. Game was supposedly to be supported for a loooong time but was abandond.

Then they decide to follow up that abandond cluster fuck, that left people mad and displeased, with mk 1. And we all know the issues it has and how things ultimately played out.

No need to repeat the issues, its been said countless times but in the end it, ike mk11, got abandond, somehow even sooner LOL.

With these 2 games creating so much fan backlash, to mkae a 3rd in a row mk fighring game would be a pretty ballsy thing to do.

Like who the fuck will buy that after these 2 games? Who would trust them?

It would have to be the most perfect fighting game ever created for people to buy that shit and overcome the negative reputation they accumulated.

Best course of action, if it has to be an mk game, would be a completly different genre of game, not a fighting game. Possibly shaolin monks 2 deveopled by another studio in association with nrs.

This way they would be able to, first off all, release themselves from the schakles that the dumbass dominic cinciretard put on the franchise in terms of story which has been written into a corner 10 times over. They would be able to continue from the end of mksm 1 and essentially continue after its retelling of mk1-3 and as far as game play goes they would be out of the spotlight of fighting games and alongside another studio create a successor of mksm with all the modern technological tools.

Deciding to creater another mk fighting game at this point, directly after mk11 and mk1 would be a 99% chance of suicide of the studio and the franchise.

I think they need to do fire and ice.

I agree with partnering with a different studio as well because I don’t trust NRS. I just don’t. They’d have the big twist at the end be that Shinnok wasn’t the big bad, but it was Cetrion all along guiding him because GIRL POWER!

So yeah no I don’t trust NRS.

Have it retell MK4 but Scorpion and Sub-Zero bring Shinnok down. You could make boss fights with Quan Chi, Sektor and Cyrax, Noob Saibot, Smoke, and so on and so forth.

I really think that’s the way to go.

 

[Vulgar]

But mk11 and MK1 are party games

As is MKX.

 

[Vulgar]

I think they need to do fire and ice.

I agree with partnering with a different studio as well because I don’t trust NRS. I just don’t. They’d have the big twist at the end be that Shinnok wasn’t the big bad, but it was Cetrion all along guiding him because GIRL POWER!

This guy doesn't take showers.

Also, they did re-visit MK4. It's called MKX.

 

[Subby Z]

This guy doesn't take showers.

Also, they did re-visit MK4. It's called MKX.

Nah we just know the industry now. You can deny it but it’s there and that’s why there’s such backlash to it now. That’s EXACTLY something NRS would do.

Also MKX came out in 2015. We’re about to be in 2025. If NRS haven’t started on their next game then it could be 2027/2028 before we get the adventure game I theorized on. Which is the same amount of time it only took them 12 years to reboot from MK9 to MK1 so that’s a longer time period. Sooo a retelling of MK4 wouldn’t be out of question.

 

[Vulgar]

Nah we just know the industry now. You can deny it but it’s there and that’s why there’s such backlash to it now. That’s EXACTLY something NRS would do.

Also MKX came out in 2015. We’re about to be in 2025. If NRS haven’t started on their next game then it could be 2027/2028 before we get the adventure game I theorized on. Which is the same amount of time it only took them 12 years to reboot from MK9 to MK1 so that’s a longer time period. Sooo a retelling of MK4 wouldn’t be out of question.

MK1 outsold it's competitors at launch. I l'd hardly call it a failure.

Also please bathe. For all of us.

 

[Subby Z]

MK1 outsold it's competitors at launch. I l'd hardly call it a failure.

Also please bathe. For all of us.

Only thing that smells are your shitty opinions tbh.

It outsold because of the name Mortal Kombat and coming off the success of MK11.

We know chaos reigns DIDN’T sell. So please learn to read. For all of us.

 

[Vulgar]

Only thing that smells are your shitty opinions tbh.

It outsold because of the name Mortal Kombat and coming off the success of MK11.

We know chaos reigns DIDN’T sell. So please learn to read. For all of us.

Do we? Because a leaker said so?

The only people that have access to that data is WB and NRS. Everything else is speculation.

And when you shower, don't forget deodorant. It's not enough to wash. You have to use deodorizer.

 

[Eddy Wang]

I'm a die hard Kano fan. He's awesome.

But even in the old games, First MK Kano and UMK3 Kano play nothing alike.

People have this weird revisionist history idea that characters were the same from game to game, but MK as a franchise constantly tried to do different things, character designs included.

If we stuck with vanilla Scorpion, he'd never have his iconic swords, his hellfire special, and other moves that we all assume he should just have.

New moves are bound to happen at any fighting game, Tekken, SF, Samurai, even KOF games all got new moves with each new interaction, it didn't needed them to restart the entire character, also you took this too literal, imagine sticking to MK1 until now, no game did that, results of buffs revision changes and so on, new moves to balance and such, it's just a bad idea to redo everything from scratch

 

[Vulgar]

New moves are bound to happen at any fighting game, Tekken, SF, Samurai, even KOF games all got new moves with each new interaction, it didn't needed them to restart the entire character, also you took this too literal, imagine sticking to MK1 until now, no game did that, results of buffs revision changes and so on, new moves to balance and such, it's just a bad idea to redo everything from scratch

But it isn't, not really.

Just about every MK game has been significantly different from the one before it with very few exceptions.

 

[Subby Z]

I mean we all know this game is shit without a leaker. The plummeting views for like every Mk creator out there. The negative word of mouth all over the internet. The horrible launch. The horrible microtransactions. The horrible story.

No wonder you smell shit. You’ve been inhaling NRS product for too long!

Time to come back to reality.

 

[TarkatanPeriodontik]

I enjoy the game play, but yeah the perception and performance of the game is subpar. The most diplomatic and professionalized fgc streamer Max even said so. On the latest Three KO podcast they discussed MK

and GuileWinQuote said he never saw MK1 at his locals which lines up with my experience.
Any potential enthusiasm was euthanized by expensive 10$ fatalities, match-making issues, Luddite level online options, etc. just too many issues to name tbh which is a shame because the actual fighting is fun

 

[LEGEND]

MK1 was never at any local around me. I think if the launch wasn't abysmal it probably could have been picked up and have a decent local scene here. But as-is I gotta drive about 2 hours to attend a stacked 12 player monthly. No new players in sight.

 

[just_2swift]

MK1 was never at any local around me. I think if the launch wasn't abysmal it probably could have been picked up and have a decent local scene here. But as-is I gotta drive about 2 hours to attend a stacked 12 player monthly. No new players in sight.

MKX at my local averages around 50 players. MK1 had like 8 last weekend

 

[LEGEND]

MKX at my local averages around 50 players.

thats actually incredible.

 

[PrinceGoro]

I think they need to do fire and ice.

I agree with partnering with a different studio as well because I don’t trust NRS. I just don’t. They’d have the big twist at the end be that Shinnok wasn’t the big bad, but it was Cetrion all along guiding him because GIRL POWER!

So yeah no I don’t trust NRS.

Have it retell MK4 but Scorpion and Sub-Zero bring Shinnok down. You could make boss fights with Quan Chi, Sektor and Cyrax, Noob Saibot, Smoke, and so on and so forth.

I really think that’s the way to go.

Hahah i read that in janet cage voice , ghuurrrl power lmao, what a travesty.

Yeah a sub and scorp coop action adventure would be a very potent concept, and then have a bunch of unlockables of other chracters/bosses that you can use.

In original mksm you can do that with mods/cheat engine/codebreaker. Playing as the boss chars like kintaro ermac and shao kahn is pretty sick.

Yeah the end of mksm pretty much leads into it as qun chi is shown with the amulate, but as its a spin off they can take it in a different direction and not neccessarily only stick to mk4 events, possibly including characters like onaga and so on.

 

[PrinceGoro]

This guy doesn't take showers.

Also, they did re-visit MK4. It's called MKX.

If they were to make mksm 2, and decided to re visit mk4 events, it would be perfectly normal as mksm is a spin off, mksm 1 already retold mk1-3 in its own way, so it would not be in any way connected to main titles stories.

Which would actually be a very good things as both the story overall of these new mk games and the retelling of mk4 in mkx is total trash thanks to your master dominic, whose cock you gobble 24/7. And during your breaks you clean the rims of nrs studios employees, which explains why you think everyone needs a shower lol.

 

[ImpostorOak]

"Nuh uh, yall are just haters. "

 

[Lt. Boxy Angelman]

The question remains though: will WB/NRS/whoever is responsible for MK1's bad initial launch and consequently (supposedly) poor sales number from Khaos Reigns ACTUALLY get their shit together for their next MK?

Or will they just launch an even more rushed product not 3 years from now on, in hopes to quickly capitalize on the franchise's name to save their underperformed sales from MK1, delivering an even more polarizing product, potentially getting a disastrous result?

THATS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW

I don't know who else to expect any answers from except for the people who have been the public faces of the game for the past five years. That doesn't mean I harbor any ill will or Mileena-based insanity towards them; it means that, as a longtime member of the competitive community, I don't know who else to expect any sort of communication from, and the level to which NRS and WB have gone out of their way to drag things down was already beyond my ability to perceive before they killed Assassin Ghostface earlier today.

Bro. Poor deadshot, that was so fucked.

Oh I haven't thought about how sad that was in years.

When they nerfed Deathstroke in Injustice 1, at least they only took one thing: the recovery on his instant air Gunshots that made him completely insane. After, he was still a VERY solid character with great buttons, mixups and zoning...in a game with some of the most broken mechanics ever made, where at least eight characters could do what he did just as well, and three of THE most Pay-To-Win characters ever made in fighting game history (Batgirl, Zod, MMH, and four if you count pre-patch Scorpion). I will forever believe that Batgirl was more busted that Kabal in MK9 by a country mile, for one reason: she isn't a beginner character, but if you at least know what to do, she was one of the easiest characters to pick up in the whole game as far as moveset and flowchart.

When they nerfed Deadshot, who might have been the best zoning character NRS has ever made in his original state, they made sure they left no room for survival, no reason other than pure masochism not to take your efforts elsewhere, and then proceeded to let Doctor Fate and Atom rock and roll all night and party every day. The earth beneath his feet was scorched, never to grow grass for us to touch again.

Jesus H. Christ, I miss Injustice, but I am not looking forward to seeing this all happen again if it ever comes back.

 

[PrinceGoro]

THATS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW

I don't know who else to expect any answers from except for the people who have been the public faces of the game for the past five years. That doesn't mean I harbor any ill will or Mileena-based insanity towards them; it means that, as a longtime member of the competitive community, I don't know who else to expect any sort of communication from, and the level to which NRS and WB have gone out of their way to drag things down was already beyond my ability to perceive before they killed Assassin Ghostface earlier today.

The ghostface change tells you all you need to know. Instead of fixing a bug they took away easily the most fun aspect of the character. Total clowns.

As i said earlier, if nrs and wb make a mk fighting game next, right now immidietly after mk11 and mk1, they will commit suicide of the franchise.

 

[Kiss the Missile]

Best case scenario let a 3rd party studio make an MK adventure game, let NRS work on their next FG

 

[CrimsonShadow]

Wrong as always.

MKXL had 2 years of support sold 11 million

Mk11 had 4 years of support sold 15 million

Do the math View attachment 22180
Its not difficult to comprehend.

MK11 didn’t have four years of support. The longest any of these games have been supported is just over a year and a half. After that, people played as-is.

 

[Vulgar]

If they were to make mksm 2, and decided to re visit mk4 events, it would be perfectly normal as mksm is a spin off, mksm 1 already retold mk1-3 in its own way, so it would not be in any way connected to main titles stories.

Which would actually be a very good things as both the story overall of these new mk games and the retelling of mk4 in mkx is total trash thanks to your master dominic, whose cock you gobble 24/7. And during your breaks you clean the rims of nrs studios employees, which explains why you think everyone needs a shower lol.

That last bit is a bunch of really ass mad nonsense.

I'd rather they go in a new direction than re-visit stuff we've already seen.

 

[Vulgar]

MKX at my local averages around 50 players. MK1 had like 8 last weekend

Awesome! Do you have any links to the stream/bracket? We gotta promote local scenes around here

 

[exflyingbooty]

To address your main point, I think it's good that characters are different from game to game. Leave the legacy for Injustice.

NO!!

I play Kitana and I want to toss fans and do combo conversions with fan toss like what she always did instead of this new garbage direction nrs is taking her on with mk11 forward

Characters need to play a certain way

 

[xiskza]

How would you guys rank MK9, MKX, MK11 and MK1?