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Support for MK1 Supposedly Cancelled

Do you think this is the end of MK1?


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Kiss the Missile

Red Messiah
There is an alternate universe were KR wasn't a dud and we would have a season 3.

Zas has a lot of blame I'm sure, but NRS didn't exactly make it a tempting package with all the weird character/story choices.

Weird ass choices for guest characters, radically changing beloved characters and making them so much worse, a story that is ultimately pointless.
And then charge an arm and a leg for it.
From I've seen most people loved the guest characters. Only one I've seen mixed reception on was Conan, but T100, Ghostface, OmniMan and Homelander were slam dunks. People were iffy on Peacemaker, but once people actually saw him in action they turned around.
 

Marinjuana

Up rock incoming, ETA 5 minutes
I don't have Khaos Reigns but I think Ghostface, Conan and T-1000 are great choices. Ghostface is a classic horror character at this point to go with the others they've had, Conan is fucking dope LBSH and more excuses have Arnold is always good, and I really came around on T-1000 when we actually got to see him. That is just such a cool movie. Certainly, I think this crop is a better and more hype fit than the Superheroes of KP1 but (with the caveat that I have not played KR), NRS guests always come out well.

They seem to find a way to make the unique in some way. They are usually easy to pick up which makes sense for a guest but also with unique aspects that give more depth and make them fun. Hellboy probably the only guest they've done that I really didn't enjoy but I think that was largely because I couldn't get over how his big arm kept switching sides
 
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Rathalos

Play Monster Hunter!
From I've seen most people loved the guest characters. Only one I've seen mixed reception on was Conan, but T100, Ghostface, OmniMan and Homelander were slam dunks. People were iffy on Peacemaker, but once people actually saw him in action they turned around.
The first round made a lot of sense because of all the amazon/hbo tv shows, those were good choices.
I meant more specifically for KR guests, Conan and T1000.

Thankfully both turned out really fun,, and you can tell a lot of love went into them. But from a marketing perspective, weird fucking choices.

Its just wild to me that the last DLC character for MK1 is a guest character from a 30 year old movie.
 

Eji1700

Kombatant
There is an alternate universe were KR wasn't a dud and we would have a season 3.

Zas has a lot of blame I'm sure, but NRS didn't exactly make it a tempting package with all the weird character/story choices.

Weird ass choices for guest characters, radically changing beloved characters and making them so much worse, a story that is ultimately pointless.
And then charge an arm and a leg for it.
It's pretty shocking to me just how much of a major fuckup KR is.

MK is probably the ONLY fighting game that could get away with a full priced story expansion. MK9-11, even if parts are absolutely garbage tier writing, are about on par or above your average hollywood blockbuster (i dunno, transformers). It's all about the spectacle and the nonsense and it works well enough. They've been chasing cliches since 9 (which chased their own past cliches, but at least put some spin on it), but it was working well enough.

1 was already pretty garbage for story. A huge portion of it is just boring as hell, and they wrote themselves into a corner with the Liu verse and also ignored every interesting possible plot point it could have generated. It ends in such a wacky fashion though that I felt "fuck it, running up a pyramid, AGAIN, referencing one of your worst games AGAIN, with a goro quad wielding shao hammers is just dumb enough that it feels like you're steering into it, fine".

Maybe this would be the jump back to wackier MK. If you can't write half decent cliches then write off the wall nonsense, and hey havik is a super underused character (....especially in the liu verse...) so it should be cool to see what he wants.

And then KR is just...fuck i dunno. I normally criticize films or shows as being an "ad libs" script where they just pick an IP and then shove it into some template they already have.

Protagonist has their family/friends/dog captured/harmed/killed but thanks to their friends/powers/both they can.....

And frankly that feels like a step above KR, which is this strange amalgamation of just......garbage? Like there's a checklist somewhere they had to hit and otherwise they shoved it in chat GPT and called it a day. The fact that MK can't sell single player content is a BAD fucking sign, because it's clearly what keeps this mess afloat. For all the bitching on these forums zillions of casuals rush to pick up every new MK and tend to enjoy it "enough".

The few casuals I'm aware of who even touch MK i heard gossiping about how garbage KR felt. These are people who enjoy CoD plots so it's not like their some sort of narrative snob like me. I just can't understand how they can just drop the ball so consistently, and yet have interesting plots right there in front of them waiting to be looked into.
 
@YagamiFire too much negativity, need to be deleted, free speech does not exist in this rainbow-pony-world (lefties hate truth, that's why they defended the toxic jab, I remember all of you ...)

pathetic ... you all can't handle wrath ... MK needs to transgender swap Shao Kahn asap, way too toxic and masculine ... (The fact he was once a "human" and they turn him into a creature, tells also a lot ...)

Gone the time of: "Feel the wrath of Shao Kahn" now its "That's not my pronounce, it's they/them, get punished" #HAHAHA ...
What in God's name does this mean?
 

Vulgar

Kombatant
I never cared for Injustice, personally. If their next developed title is Injustice 3, I'll be taking a NetherRealm break until Mortal Kombat 13 (which is not a bad thing).
I mean I can't argue a preference. You like what you like. I can only say that I enjoyed Injustice more than MK9 and Injustice 2 far more than MKX.

Character designs in Injustice are just so varied and interesting. Not to mention every character has more lore, personality, and back story than any MK Character. There's just more to dig you teeth into.
 

Vulgar

Kombatant
Inj 2 is the worst modern fighting game of last gen. It is actual garbage and trash
Oh look, the Penis Joke Man with another ass take.

I am shocked, SHOCKED!

Bear in mind, you're the same guy that struggled to punish break away.

No wonder you never cared for it.

El-Oh-El.
 

Kiss the Missile

Red Messiah
Oh look, the Penis Joke Man with another ass take.

I am shocked, SHOCKED!

Bear in mind, you're the same guy that struggled to punish break away.

No wonder you never cared for it.

El-Oh-El.
Struggled to punish Breakaway? Bro I mained Kabal and Shang, who tf are you talking about
 

Vulgar

Kombatant
Struggled to punish Breakaway? Bro I mained Kabal and Shang, who tf are you talking about
When I say break away, I'm referring to Injustice 2's combo escape which you cried about constantly.

Wait a minute. You thought Hellboy only shot a gun a jumped. You completely ignored all his other tools.

Get the fuck out of here. You're not qualified to talk about the GOAT, Injustice 2.
 
Not a good sign

They updated the Shrine again, and now when you get everything it says "Kongrats, you have every possible item from the shrine!"

It used to say "come back for more items later"
You could get that message every season, including season 1. I do not think it means anything in the context of if the game will continue are the Bo-Patch.
 

Juxtapose

Master
I mean I can't argue a preference. You like what you like. I can only say that I enjoyed Injustice more than MK9 and Injustice 2 far more than MKX.

Character designs in Injustice are just so varied and interesting. Not to mention every character has more lore, personality, and back story than any MK Character. There's just more to dig you teeth into.
Cool. Personally I was never interested in a DC fighters unto itself. I did try the demo for the first Injustice back in the day, and it was alright, but nothing I wanted to spend cash on or invest time in.

Simply my preference and such. No issue if a sequel is NetherRealm's next game. Again, I'd simply take a fighting game break like I did every other time they released an Injustice.
 

Juxtapose

Master
You could get that message every season, including season 1. I do not think it means anything in the context of if the game will continue are the Bo-Patch.
The message was different, saying you've collected everything and to come back next season for more. It's now saying you've got everything. Period.
 
The message was different, saying you've collected everything and to come back next season for more. It's now saying you've got everything. Period.
I believe there may be some confusion here, as I do not think there is actually a difference. There are two versions of the "complete" message, one indicating that everything available had been won, and another specifying that everything available this season has been won. It is possible that either of us may be experiencing the Mandela effect. However, verifying this should not be too difficult. When MK1 first launched and the grind was particularly frantic, many players managed to complete their collections, and as it was early in the games life got everything possible to get, and then received the same message. This was during Season 1. It's possible that discussions about this can be found on these forums as some people threw a fit thinking the game was "complete" so early in its life.
 

Juxtapose

Master
I believe there may be some confusion here, as I do not think there is actually a difference. There are two versions of the "complete" message, one indicating that everything available had been won, and another specifying that everything available this season has been won. It is possible that either of us may be experiencing the Mandela effect. However, verifying this should not be too difficult. When MK1 first launched and the grind was particularly frantic, many players managed to complete their collections, and as it was early in the games life got everything possible to get, and then received the same message. This was during Season 1. It's possible that discussions about this can be found on these forums as some people threw a fit thinking the game was "complete" so early in its life.
Time will tell, of course. We'll see if in the next few seasons, more items come to the Shrine.
 

Marlow

Champion
I loved Injustice 2. So many fun characters, and I thought a pretty solid range of playstyles or archetypes. I also really like the trait system. Only thing is going back to it now is a bit of whiplash, the character movement can feel a bit stiff compared to MK11 and MK1.

But if they take what they've learned from MK11 and MK1 and apply it to Injustice 3, that could be a hell of a game.
 

Vulgar

Kombatant
How lmao, IJ2 roster was mad expansive even before DLC hits
I think he means, "power level," which is true-ish.

I don't think there's a Zod/Lex match up in I2, and even Injustice 2's best characters could arguably be seen as not as strong as say, Martian Manhunter.
 

Marlow

Champion
Injustice 1 seemed a lot more tier dependant, and the movement was just so sluggish. I think the playstyles and viability of Injustice 2 was much better. Ton of slept on characters in that game.
 

Trickywizard

Apprentice
I think he means, "power level," which is true-ish.

I don't think there's a Zod/Lex match up in I2, and even Injustice 2's best characters could arguably be seen as not as strong as say, Martian Manhunter.
Not just power levels but more playstyles, weird chars and shit, we lost that in Injustice 2
No Solaman Grundy
No Arez
No Doomsday
No Lobo
No Manhunter
No Sinestro type chars.