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@machine1685

3y↑37

@@DimitrisGenn I would think if Jacqui is able to make them (seemingly) by herself, then why cant the government?

If I had to write Jacqui, I would make her a R&D person. Cassie is already the soldier character of the new generation. Jacqui has no identity there. Instead, introduce her as having made new and improved arms for her father due to the old ones causing chronic pains (steal from FMA and say that his METAL ARMS burns his skin in the hot sun. Cold metal on human skin for prolong periods of time isnt going to do any favors either). Then she constantly has gadgets and gizmos that help the group out of binds. You can even include pre-match dialogue where Jacqui talks about making the new weapons Cassie and Sonya use.

~~-Prematch vs Sonya-~~
[Sonya mounted turret drops from the sky]
Jacqui: I see you and Buddy are getting along
Sonya: For the last time, its name isnt Buddy.
Jacqui: I made him. I name him.

~~-Prematch vs Cassie-~~
[Cassie walks up texting whoever]
Jacqui: I know you didn't have me install a camera in Sam just to keep talking pics with that fossil?
Cassie: [snaps selfie] This fossil cost me over a thousand bucks!
Jacqui: Do you want to see the bill for the parts to build that drone?!
--

It's not perfect, but it's something.

Later, when Cassie takes charge of the SF, Jacqui can be the head of R&D. At least then she isn't just female Jax. This gives her character direction and not just Cassie's friend and female Jax.

@Lady_HaHa.

3y↑28

I would have liked if fatalities depended on who it was being performed on. For example, if baraka is being killed, then his blades should be snapped and stabbed back into him. you could still have the original fatalities, but one that changed for each person would be cool. here are my ideas for each character. This would even be a way to bring back hara-kiris in some fatalities.
When performing a fatality on;
Scorpion- Wraps his own spear around his head and suffocates him
Sub Zero- Sub Zero drops to his knees and accepts his death, even providing the player with an ice sword. Reflecting his honor.
Johnny cage- a mime box begins enclosing on Johnny, eventually crushing him.
Sonya Blade-The player engages in a scuffle. Where Sonya gets killed.
Kollector-Kollector tries to bribe the player with items from his bag, ultimately in a futile attempt.
Cetrion- Cetrion doesnt die but instead is shamed by the Elder Gods to the point where she gives up her own soul.
Erron Black- Erron chucks the player a second revolver, offering a shootout where he is killed.
Sindel- She pulls out a blade, stabbing herself in the gut. As an homage to her TRUE backstory.
Raiden- Raiden attempts to use the amulet in a last ditch attempt. But he instead absorbs himself into it.
Shao Kahn- Kahn shows no fear, poker face right up until his head is crushed by his own hammer.

@vaggos2003

41w↑2

Cool idea. Here are ideas of mine for the rest of the roster.
Liu Kang-A "GAME OVER" "[insert opponent's name] WINS" screen appears. Then we cut back to Liu Kang either in front of an arcade which he kucks before angrily leaving or in front of a TV where him and the player were playing followed by him angrily throwing his controller and leaving.
Cassie-She takes her phone and is about to send her final message to the world, but the player grabs her from behind, beats her up and kills her off screen with cartoon sound effects and a final "crash" sound effect and takes Cassie's phone and starts posting all over her social media accounts.
Jax-He does a military salute and falls on his back with the pose intact on an American flag as the American National Anthem is playing.
Jacquie-She falls on her back dead. As she hits the ground, her phone falls from her and there start coming calls and/or messages from Jax and/or Takeda. They progressively become more and more frequent and the messages go from curious to frustrated to worried to downright schizofrenic.
Noob-His cryomancer and wraith parts start getting seperated and battle each other during seperation resulting in them merging and becoming a gooey abomination that ultimately crumbles, dissolves and melts. Think of the Venom vs Riot sequence in Venom 2018 or Noob's Armageddon ending.
Sheeva-The player rips apart her two lower arms, then her 2 higher arms and smashes her head with them.
Kotal-He calls for the power of the sun, but the sun ray that reaches ends up being much more powerful than he could handle and disintegrates his skin and flesh.
D' Vorah-This one shatters and crumbles in pieces, resulting in all the bugs inside her to be unleashed and leave.
Kano-He gets tackled to the ground and the player ginishes him with the same way Kano was killed in the 2021 movie.
Kabal-He tries to make a run for it but he crashes on a communications pole Looney-Tunes-style and goes splat as his parts get scattered.
Fujin-He performs his suicide move from Mythologies with the player running off-screen to avoid it or he starts spinning due to him being dizzy from the beatdown and he starts spinning harder and harder and creating a progressively bigger and faster tornado that tears him apart and once the tornado dissolves all that's left of Fujin is a skeleton.
Skarlet-Her clothes start melting and blood starts popping out of her body as she can no longer holder hold it. She explodes and blood gets scattered as her remains melt. Or you can have it be a backup spell placed inside her by Shao Kahn in case she fails and might get captured that causes her to melt.
Mileena-Her defeat makes her go nuts. She launches herself against her opponent like a wild animal and her opponent smashes her head while she is mid-air.
Shang Tsung-He a) gets smacked around by the player and with every hit he takes the form of another combatant, just like in the Shaolin Monks intro, with the final hit splitting apart with body with every part belonging to a different combatant or b) he starts going quickly and uncontrollably from form to form as souls escape from inside him until he explodes. Think of his MK1 defeat animation.
Kitana-The player runs through Kitana with her fan and slices her in half. Then the player sits triumphantly on Kitana's throne.
Kung Lao-He falls dead, then a "GAME OVER" screen appears and then we are shown a scoring board with Kung Lao at #2 and the player at #1, while we gear an off-screen "Oh, come on!" from Kung Lao.
Frost-She gets into a temper tantrum as she angrily jumps like an angry child until the ground underneath her collapses or she overheats herself due to her anger resulting in her exploding.
Jade-She is in her dizzy animation as the player is wondering what to do. At that moment, Kitana and Mileena are passing right next to them and talking about something. The player then steals Mileena's sais and stabs Jade in the face with them much to Mileena's confusion and Kitana's shock. Yes, this is a Shaolin Monks reference.
Rain-A small rain cloud apears right above his head and starts throwing rain at him, much to his annoyance. Then the cloud strikes him with thunder and turns him to dust, leaving only his eyeballs intact.
Nightwolf-He attempts his self destruct, but the player kills him before he can finish.
Joker-As he gets pushed back, he gets ready to return for round 2, but he gets pushed by the player and falls on some electric powerplant cables and as he gets up, he trips in his own blood and accidentally activates a switch as he falls, causing him to get electrocuted to death. Before he dies, he says "That's not funny.". This is basically a recreation of his alternate death in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker with a little addition at the end of Joker's actual death in that movie.
Spawn-A portal underneath him opens and several demons drag him to Hell.
Terminator-He says "I'll be back." and dramatically turns around and walks away. After a few steps, he malfunctions, stops and falls motionless to the ground.
Robocop-He gets beaten up by the player, preferrably with any kind of projectiles, and then gets thrown towards a car that has lots lots of dynamite in it, not too different from what happened to him as Miles Merphey. The main difference is that he actually dies now.
Rambo-He falls on his knees, then on his side, then a "THE END" title screen appears, as a book closes titled "The life of John Rambo".
Geras-He failed his purpose and thus Kronika appeats and turns him to sand which gets scattered by the wind.
Kronika-She gets beaten so hard that she switches from design to design and from artstyle to artstyle non-stop as a way to show her getting erased across all realities, maybe even have one of those alternate versions of her be a man and another to be Jade's mothet as references to the original ideas behind her character, until she explodes in an explosion of sand. Think of the Wally West vs Archie Sonic Death Battle.

All comments from YouTube:

@gabrieldiaz6933

3y↑568

"Raiden is attacked by she kinda bad tho"
I can't breathe

@vcsa681

2y↑89

iS tHaT fRoSt

@lessel3465

2y↑32

Is that jax?

@sindelscat9336

2y↑8

Lol

@fanwee5048

2y↑14

Time stamp?

@TKMM99

2y↑30

@@fanwee5048 2:55:50

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@SonicHaXD

3y↑1.8K

I appreciate the KK in a Wheelchair cameos in this XD

@The4thSnake

3y↑357

@Nhan6241

3y↑161

in the wheelchair

@Art_Lean

3y↑152

Started off hating tarkatan but now he really doesn’t care

@floafree

3y↑71

I caught that too. That was epic. KK in a wheelchair KK in a wheel chair🤣🤣🤣 epic song

@chrisosborn3641

3y↑69

@@floafree damn those moobs are really huge.

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@matrixman2088

25w↑158

The funniest part about the Sonya part is that Ronda Rousey's performance sounds like it deserves an Oscar compared to Megan Fox's

@Inebriated_Goat

11w↑4

Eh idk they are both terrible

@silverpremade

11w

Ngl, I think Megan is just fine, just the first take cause she costs a lot. Ronda is just genually bad.

@Ninetails2000

10w↑9

I'll semi-quote SonicHaXD on this: Ronda is alright. She does an alright job. But it's an alright job surrounded by an entire cast of seasoned voices.

@daseal1479

3y↑1.5K

How in the f**k did they miss the chance to add Zombie Liu Kang as an alt for the Halloween pack? Honestly, it just baffles my mind.

@yagamifire7861

2y↑179

Zombie Liu Kang is 3d era so it barely exists to NRS

@ssj4jason737

2y↑48

@@yagamifire7861 it's still Liu Kang so they should've included it as a skin

@tentrilliconlp7748

2y↑120

@@ssj4jason737 NRS hates the 3D era.

@thecriticalghost4626

2y↑47

I mean That's realistic, NRS don't care about the 3D era

@JonboyKoi

2y↑73

Well... let's see. They stopped supporting a game in its prime that still needed fixes...they never talk to their community and don't test shit out before they add it to the game... missed opportunities is the NRS way

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@windwind3170

3y↑478

1:47:23 Scorpion hits the sickest dab and Shaolin virgins just stand there.

@PsyrenXY

2y↑42

Shaolin virgins lmaoo

@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr

2y↑25

@@PsyrenXY , all of the Shaolin Monks are the Ultimate Incel Virgins of the Mortal Kombat Universe.

@henrygambles3652

2y↑7

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr I mean Kung Lao is rebellious so maybe he gets some if you know what I mean!

@thomasraines1396

@@henrygambles3652 he probably had to hire a prostitute because no one can tolerate his shit under normal circumstances.

@shawnd121

2y↑7

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr virgin doesn't equal incel

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@kingrileyp.i.4749

3y↑301

A 37 year old father of 3 who has been waiting for this to drop like I waited for MK2 on Genesis back in 5th grade. My wife doesn’t understand this behavior. 😂

@KyleBernard0

2y↑924

One huge one that you missed, is that Geras can turn into sand...and control time...

He is "defeated" by getting trapped in chains and dropped into the sea....but....he can turn into SAND AND CONTROL TIME...

@thecriticalghost4626

2y↑90

also teleport

@dontpreorder2783

2y↑121

I mean the sand point is irrelevant when sinking into a blood sea (which he could’ve escaped by turning into sand) but why he didn’t rip his arm/head off and throw it somewhere so that he could reconstruct himself on the ship or just…stop time before the chains hit him I will never know

@dontpreorder2783

2y↑98

I just released I invalidated my own comment by pointing out that he could’ve just turned into sand and escaped before falling, even my own relatively pointless conjecture is nullified by the fact that he can turn into SAND AND CONTROL TIME!

@Qu33nPug

2y↑17

@@dontpreorder2783 his in water… plus he can’t control time only his own. When he dies most of the time plus sand and water don’t mix will together.

@dontpreorder2783

2y↑15

@@intheclear3492 cough cough madara cough

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@MattSayYay

2y↑218

They actually did disable Terminator's facial expressions for fatalities. He does not show fear when he performs his own motorcycle fatality on himself. Yep, you're right, they only show care to fighters when they purely relate to guest fighters.

@ottooctavius9552

22w↑10

Doing fatalities on terminator does make his face change.

@Superluigi881

3y↑554

Raiden vs Dark Raiden would have been such a great story conflict. I will never forgive NRS for squandering that.

@alexkirk5879

3y↑33

@@cactusmalone he’s not in control of the I p Warner brothers is. He just bows before his corporate masters and does what they tell him.

@vcsa681

3y↑29

They just shat on almost everything they could have done right,such as different default skins for some characters who have awful ones who dont resemble they past selves at all,Noob killing Hanzo instead of bug thot,A different voice and less edgy shit for Noob,blood colors,
Anyway,as grandmaster blueberry ice said: Such wasted potential

@nabilahmed579

3y↑36

@@vcsa681 what’s even more fucked was that dark raiden was also one of the people who was justified in killing Scorpion.

Literally, hanzo literally decided to not listen to raiden when killing bi-han, chooses to serve Quan chi despite having free will, mkx took it overboard with him releasing Shinnok from his amulet bcoz he wanted revenge and left all the revenants to stay revenants considering all of them were good guys, raiden nearly fucking died. He was pretty much justified after mkx happened to kill hanzo.

If they couldn’t get noob to kill hanzo then get raiden to do it. It still keeps the character development while hanzo learned that his path of revenge really fucked him over.

But no let’s give it to d’vorah… and aftermath made it completely worse

@shadowarro9426

3y↑2

Ikr

@290coolkid

2y↑7

@@cactusmalone this is bad sentiment. i dont like mk11 as much as the average fanboy either but blaming Boon and putting some inexperienced dickhead in charge is not the solution to any of this. It’ll always be Ed’s game and he knows how to make sure mortal kombat keeps its identity through thick and thin. giving Halo to 343 industries after bungie quit absolutely shitted away the series identity despite microsoft trying extremely hard to ensure the team was literally designed around maintaining its quality. Boon and NRS are relatively one of the most communicative devs in the industry when it comes to AAA games.

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@justinlilith4326

3y↑565

I genuinely didn't know that detail about Milenna's eyes Deception until now.

Amazing how there's still stuff about the older games I've never known about but I feel like I've seen just about everything in 11.

Did I say amazing, I meant depressing.

@vcsa681

3y↑16

Mileena was one of the characters that I've most played in deception and I've never noticed that,such tiny yet cool detail

@jsnmdn2738

3y↑190

Imagine if the writers just read the wiki about their own game series to know what would make sense in the story.

@JomasterTheSecond

2y↑194

Kronika summoning The Joker is... yeah. Kinda fits with this thing.

@sweatyballs9804

1y↑14

Hell yeah Kamille profile picture, based.

@yagamifire7861

Kamille? Isn't that a girls name?

@Jrockk999

3y↑268

You finally mentioned Scorpion being a spectre rather than a revenant. And the fact that he is called a revenant despite all his physical differences and even nature being different. Thank you.

@TheDigitalApple

3y↑32

He actually mentioned it in a video a few months ago

@shadowarro9426

3y↑9

@@TheDigitalApple Yeah

@TrueUnderDawgGaming

3y↑1.7K

This Snyder-Cut has me excited! Grabs popcorn

@trippyjpg7166

3y↑55

Mk11 Boone cut

@spider-manunknown9193

3y↑44

Jokes aside the Snyder cut is actually really good.

@yonatanyonatano1192

3y↑49

@@trippyjpg7166 I think Tobias cut is actually more accurate

@kobold7964

3y↑11

@@spider-manunknown9193 agreed

@Dickinabox

3y↑7

@@spider-manunknown9193 lmao you probably think Hassanabi makes content

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@vahlok1426

3y↑592

Serious missed opportunity; make the Krypt actually have an ending, where Shang Tsung congratulates the wanderer on his in depth searching of the island and asks his name. The wanderer removes his mask and reveals that his name is Shujinko, being an alternate timeline version who has been searching for new techniques so he can take on Kronika.

And then you unlock him as a playable fighter with a highly customizable moveset. But no, that wouldn't happen "becuz balanceeeee, durrrererrrr!!"

@lapplandkun9273

2y↑104

And NRS hates 3D era characters

@mcarcher8661

47w↑44

MK11 has absolutely no balance at all. Seriously one of the most broken games ever made.

@mediamanjamessmith251

47w↑52

I hate how good this idea is, as it’s not real. Seriously bothers me how fan’s create better ideas/content (given their investment) as opposed to the ‘professional’ writers

@dabuff1319

46w↑40

This is a fucking genius idea. Especially since Shujinko being younger makes sense in the new timeline..and it could hint at a certain dragon we all know and love.

@echo9932

43w↑11

Shujinko would become MK11s version of Shallot?

SIGN ME THE FUCK UP

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@Ximeao_Melanida

1y↑135

Man, I laughed so hard when Kronika summoned the Joker to protect her, LMAO! I bet he was her actual advisor and the true mastermind behind her plan! What a madman! This time he out-fucked-up even DC's reboots!

@jetstreamsam1

24w↑4

This is my headcanon now, thank you. Joker is the true hidden antagonist of the entire Mortal Kombat Netherrealm Trilogy (and, to think of that, both Injustices as well)

@Tamimkamal

22w

Yoo its@@jetstreamsam1

@JustSendMeLocation

20w

@@jetstreamsam1 no, joker is from Batman.

@trianzx

3y↑1.8K

The critique really is this long... I only wish the devs had the same amount of passion as you do. Great job as always, Snake.

@annihilator5494

3y↑68

Honestly no one needs a 4 hour explanation as to why mk11 kinda sucks. This is too much but nice to see such a passionate person giving his time to such a useless cause.

@iraford5788

3y↑37

This reminds me of a 4 hour critique video of the black widow movie I just watched.

@notfloweyyt7618

3y↑34

Yknow it shows with the ridiculous amount of mk1-mk2 crap they keep doing that netherrealm lacks passion.
For there OWN creations

@dirhammohamad3890

3y↑3

do you really think a gamelike MK11 isnt made by passion? dang....

@HoodieOuttaTokyo

3y↑18

@@annihilator5494 no it's not too much. It's a full, detailed thought out and heavily thorough explanation about the serious as a whole. Not just MK11 itself, you dense idiot.

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@MysteriousTomJenkins

3y↑400

It honestly still baffles me why they reboot the series again when they had two stories ready to be used for sequels. They could have first used the whole Dark Raiden bringing back the Mortal Kombat tournaments for MK11, actually giving the Dark Raiden concept some love while actually having a story that would justify villains being playful since Outworld would be the defenders this time (and you could capitalize on making Bo-Rai-Cho seem cool in MKX..) and then MK12 could have used the dropped Onaga storyline from the comics where the now fractured alliances must face a revived Onaga who is even stronger now that he has Goro as a host instead of Reptile so the situation is even more dire. Hell, for MK13, you could have the beginnings of Armageddon and introduce a revamped Taven and Daegon and it can end with Kronika finally being revealed trying to stop Armageddon as this will destroy all of creation which she doesn't want. With this set up, it would give her an actual goal and allow her to be morally grey because she isn't doing this out of the goodness of her heart, she wants to rule all of creation but she is protecting reality, and it can also give her an actual reason to hate Raiden, he is the cause of this because his actions as Dark Raiden weakened the realms and allowed Onaga to wreak havoc on what was left, leaving very little to prevent it than last time, you could even explain away the time powers by Kronika giving Raiden the knowledge beforehand which is why new Raiden doesn't use time powers after MK9 to fix a plot hole. Then, after 5 games from Netherrealm, where Armageddon occured once more, could you reboot it. 5 whole games to flesh out this new timeline, really give some changes while keeping enough the same to show that despite their best efforts, Armageddon is seemingly inevitable for a bit of a darker story and Kronika could actually have motives and not be a plot device. Instead we get a reboot, one sequel to explore this new universe...and another reboot to erase it and start again.

I get that MK and DC are owned by Warnerbrothers and I understand that MK's endings in MK vs DC had most of their characters become DC characters but...did they have to emulate the constant stupid reboots as well? How long until the next reboot? Assuming MK is still around long enough for more than one game, how long until the new writers get cold feet and restart it again lest they actually do something risky? Even ignoring the pointless retcons for characters, we have no reason to get invested in the story because much like comic books, which this story almost feels like a comic book plot (seriously, that final battle really gives me animated Justice League vibes..), constantly gets rebooted and retconned so whatever you fall in love with no longer matters. Even the people who like Twindel, you have no reason to be invested in her character because its gone now, and even if it returns, which would be kind of stupid since I am sure it got backlash, they will just alter her whenever they want or reboot the series again so whatever she does will not matter. All this work for the storymode and all it amounts to is throwing all their work in the fucking garbage. And what makes this even sadder...this is the same ending Sonic 06 had. Sonic and friends defeat a god like being who controls time, and reset everything so the events of the game you just fucking played didn't happen, meaning all that character development and interactions never happened...this writer is on par with SONIC 06, one of the most loathed and mocked games of all time.

I really don't know what they could even do in MK12 because no matter what avenue they pick...I don't see how they won't just retread shit. Either they will retread the older games again, or they will retread the newer games which would make the reboot pointless because you're just following the plots you wiped away. Unless MK12 will take place far in the past with The Great Kung-Lao as the main character with a more fresh batch of Earthrealm characters since Sonya, Jax, Johnny, etc won't be born yet, it will just be the same shit again, only more poorly written. Maybe with my ideas this would still be the same, even if we got to MK14 before another reboot I still don't see what you could do but at the very least you did more story telling before throwing it away. Either they retread existing games, AGAIN, or they try their hand at an entirely new setting by setting it in the past of MK which I have no faith in, either option likely won't work for them so they shot themselves in the foot with rebooting things again.

@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr

3y↑42

To answer your question it’s because Ed Boon wants to Scorpion to always remain alive, and if he’s killed off in the story then he has to reboot the series each time because he’s against his most favorite character dying in the franchise, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of the many many reasons on why John Tobias quit working for Midway Studios/WB Studios altogether.

@jakec1808

3y↑21

I think that NRS does have the capacity to make decent story points and certain decisions, which even a game like MK11 has, as mentioned in this video. A bigger question is that if the hooks of WB Games's micromanaging or the weight of the fans will have some sort of influence in MK going forward. Netherrealm has the ability to do better things and improve themselves, but it needs a push to truly move forward. A way to truly say that we want something new and different such as a prequel (which seems where the next game is going) but not something that's poor like the 2021 movie. Ironically, the movie made me appreciate the NRS trilogy more.

@grammaticalrouge29

3y↑16

Things aren't allowed to have closure now a days; I mean, how could you keep milking a cow if you already made beef out of her?

@devinp.2934

3y↑13

This. All of this, is why MK11 (The Ultimate Edition/Preorder) is probably my most regrettable game purchase to date. They had so much to work with, and they threw it all away. Did I have fun playing MK11? Sure, for a time. Did MK11 have its moments? Sure it did, but this game pales in comparison to every other MK game in my opinion. It's sad because they truly have so much material to work with, yet they continue to screw up. Hopefully they can get the next game right, all I know is I won't be buying it.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑7

@@grammaticalrouge29 gta 5 intensifies

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@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959

2y↑358

So. The problem with D'vorah it's not just that she kills fan favorito characters. The problem is her lack of charm as character, her forced introduction in the franchise, and how she kills memorable characters to always get away with her mischieves. Did I understand it right?

@lapplandkun9273

2y↑109

Put it simply: Yes. She kills characters with forced tension just to bring depth, instead there isn’t any. She lives longer because somehow the main cast and heroes don’t kill her early on, which is why she gets away with committing actions later

@John-Stark

Yeah, Jade should have 86'ed her ass immediately...

@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959

1y↑5

@@John-Stark what means "86'ed"?

@John-Stark

@@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959 Kill her bitch ass

@KingLee8977

48w↑31

Idk she's just not a interesting character to me. I mean.. she's a Bug humanoid looking thing and her voice ugly. Really she's not too much better than kollector and I strongly feel that if she wasn't so important to the story she would've been a one and done character

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@darkskull1982

3y↑459

You know what I find hilarious about Kronika? Throughout the entire game, we're never really told what her "New Era" actually is. Sure, she talks about it a lot, but she never goes into full detail over what it would be like should she actually succeed in her plan. All we know is that Raiden won't exist in it, and that's it. Okay, what about Shinnok? What about the Elder Gods? What about the One Being? What about the other Titans? Are they on board with this New Era? How is it going to work? Will Mortal Kombat Tournaments still be a thing? Is everyone going to have their lives improved in it? And besides Raiden, who gets to exist in this New Era and who doesn't?

Honestly, why didn't they simply just make Onaga the main villain (or Dark Raiden, like they should've from the VERY BEGINNING) instead of creating a new one who's literally too dumb to live?

@captainobvious7165

2y↑54

Because they’re in the woke phase, even in MKX they were, here it’s been amplified to the max. Don’t bother remembering anything you’ve witnessed in this game, it will be retconned in the next game when game companies stop sucking off Sjw’s, but there will be another phase, and trust when I say that mortal Kombat will follow it.

@MrSlendyMannn

2y↑27

@@captainobvious7165 Honestly, couldn’t have said it better myself. It isn’t just MK that has this issue either. Such a shame that companies are catering towards the SJW whiners instead of the actual hardcore and loyal fans of their games.

@kenjispas783

1y↑4

@@captainobvious7165 could you please elaborate as why?

@stefanradebach2889

1y↑10

Honestly why DIDN'T they do it? Either of these two would have been a much more substantial replacement compared to Kronika, The Titans or whatever the hell NetherRealm Studio pulls out from their ass when it comes to the story. Furthermore the utter garbage of an ending not only wastes the ENTIRE new timeline and all the potential it had but it also throws out characters like Onaga, Taven and Daegon out of the window and barely if EVER utilized in the second timeline because of how they are 3D characters and as such gets jack shit.

@dman3431

1y↑5

@@captainobvious7165 From a billion dollar franchise like this, I can sadly see that happening to every MK game in the future. Just like how Disney is ruining Marvel and Star Wars with their woke sjw bs...

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@darkfu456

3y↑320

Okay so two things. One: Happy birthday. Two: Fujin wasn't technically wrong about Bi Han running away in Mythology. Bi Han had to run away from him to survive the tornado Fujin had created.

@omarxperez

3y↑66

yet fujin exploded. yeah i’m sure bi han won that fight regardless plus why would he just stand there just to get killed by a tornado, the whole conversation was so stupid

@mdrstudios7067

3y↑13

@@omarxperez Only because Kuai Lang is the only Sub Zero that matters.

@frozezone2947

3y↑31

@@omarxperez I was like no fuijin you lost, and then you decided to kill yourself

@mdrstudios7067

3y↑8

But he was still wrong about beating Bi-Han.

@darkfu456

3y↑17

@@mdrstudios7067 Fujin didn't say he beat Bi-Han. He said Bi-Han ran away, which he did.

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@babyturtle2533

3y↑455

I’m just so shook that there isn’t a single “Test your….” In this game but they gave us 2 upgraded classic stages😌 Really shows how they prioritised visuals over everything😂

@mattjindrak

3y↑16

Test Your Shook

@Red_1911

3y↑72

We have “test your patience”

@lm_slayer1

3y↑46

@@Red_1911 "Test your sanity"
AKA story mode lmao

@CinemaStudios2000

3y↑3

@@lm_slayer1 Naw, isn't that Kombat League?

@frozezone2947

3y↑2

Hands of some fucking cash

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@PrettyWeissGriffith

1y↑20

Frost looks like a cyborg Ellen DeGeneres.

@jaketaz2848

1y↑23

"There's so much wrong with this game I don't know where to start"
yes, based on the length of the video I can see that

@MattSayYay

3y↑241

The fact that the story mode part comes in over an hour into the video in shows just how big this is

@jtcob8486

3y↑21

And it's almost 3 hours if you include Aftermath.

@omarxperez

3y↑3

@@jtcob8486 i’m so excited to watch this, i literally just woke up and was watching his mkx critique last night

@shawklan27

3y↑2

Fucking nice!

@gurrenlaging9727

3y↑2

I love how the snake feels more grown up with this review with more knowledge

@PhillipOnTakos

3y↑264

MK 11 is the worst kind of sequel. It takes everything set up in the previous entries and either ignores them, downplays them, removes them or retcons them. Nothing about this game feels like an actual story in universe. It's like a fanfiction brought to life, but even a fanfiction wouldn't be held back by the terrible character chapters so it might turn out slightly better.

@narcoticlilac6588

3y↑5

You know the funny thing fans like you possibly suggest things like making mileena a main character would ruin the story .
The worst things people can say about mk11 is story was bad
And the gameplay is boring which is objective otherwise it's very well made it's just easy to hate on the outlier.
I don't see people critical assessment of mk9 with player one have a literal frame advantage which is a core gameplay function .

@PhillipOnTakos

3y↑38

@@narcoticlilac6588 I have no idea what your rant is about. I don't care who the main character of the games story so long as you make a good story that follows up on the plotline. Not some time travel nonsensical mess with no set up and makes its own story irrelevant by the end.

@narcoticlilac6588

3y↑2

@@PhillipOnTakos well that's kinda my point that the story was driven by fan service as well to the points like mileena was gonna be priority and mk9 has the same inconsistent time travel Bs.
Raiden is an elder God capable of seeing potential futures or knowing of the past(showing he known scorpion,and kung Jin) yet his blind faith makes him hypocrite. He valued keeping the monks alive to keep a better future yet knowing what subzero would become because he seen that future he let his faith in the elder gods take over resulting in a worse fate. And the entire reason of me mentioning game mechanics is to show the fansbase hypocrisy in judging aspects of 11 yet ignoring those if 9.
9 had a way better story with way more logical moments and motifs
But 9 had moments of questionable that goes uncontested and overlook another example ( cyber subzero was retrieved and his memory was returned to normal why not cryax he was forced? Another why does goro suddenly take sides? When he fought liu Kang he stated he had no particular side in the fight he's forced yet shown no resistance or try to go to earth realm with cyber sub and he has the opportunity to run away from shaokhan while guarding the cops I mean he's more powerful than kano and kintaro.

@vcsa681

2y↑7

When something is the equivalent of Rise of Sky-Wanker in your trilogy,you clearly did something wrong (although at least mk11 hasn't "somehow quan chi returned" ffs)

@gabrielchasecanceladosinap3959

Believe me mate, I think I amde a better Kingdom Hearts plot than Nomura. And dispite it's what commonly is a fanfiction (introducing two OC's, make them protagonists, introducing more video game franchises such as big like Capcom or Nintendo, or indie ones, and etc) it haves a better world with more life, characters that feels like rral people instead of machined programed to follow the plot curse, a more cohesive narrative and a well made moral conflicts. Everyone here has a more grey moral code, the scale can variate of course, but it's not "Light good, Darkness evil".

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@soldaten-norbert8520

24w↑25

Oh boy. If you hate Rhonda Rousey as Sonya I can't wait what you think about Megan Fox as Nitara

@khaosking2937

35w↑13

"Death God Liu Kang" is an epic name

@qujmilton

3y↑496

Another inconsistency you did not mention
In chapter 1 Cassie is being promoted to Commander but the thing is that the rank of Commander does not exist in the army that is a Navy rank the equivalent rank in the army would have been Lieutenant Colonel
Also considering that Cassie was a sergeant in MKX that is a pretty big leap in the hierarchy in just two years apparently nepotism is indeed a thing in the special forces LoL.

@Endru85x

3y↑90

IMO, creators of new MK focused too much on special forces stuff and they did not care about proper research, it was just to make Cassie look cool. People playing MK for a long time expected more of ninja and monk stuff, but nah, it,s a fighting game....so they give you a fuckton of tanks, rifles, military mumbo jumbo etc.

@brendanpelkey120

2y↑9

Also she was a sargent apparantly. As you mentioned commander is a navy rank, but you also. Don't just jump from e-5 to o-5

@TheAlmightyAss

2y↑4

I mean, it's an interdimensional task force. We could just say they use the rank of Commander?

@brendanpelkey120

2y↑14

@@TheAlmightyAss i guess but, it does kind of bother. As it feels like people having no idea. How military ranks work and just naming stuff based on things they heard from tv and movies.

@Joesire

2y↑7

Honestly i think the whole children thing was stupid. Just give us new charaters like they did in mkd.

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@nicovelardita8619

3y↑298

"Campy overacting beats out flat unenthused reading of the lines every fucking time"

Bro, there is a limit to how based you can be.

@loganboyd6609

3y↑44

But he is right about that flat bad acting is less enjoyable than camping overacting considering one you can have a few laughs at the other you can't stand

@leithaziz2716

3y↑62

@@loganboyd6609 I prefer campy acting simply because it tends have more "soul" in comparison. Why do you think I like Yakuza and Guilty Gear so much? It lacks subtlety, but it has the heart.

@loganboyd6609

3y↑15

@@leithaziz2716 agreed

@Superluigi881

3y↑32

Feel the power of my MAAAAAAJIIIIIK!

@gamesandluigifan7152

3y↑15

One is so bad that it's good while the other one's just bad

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@Zack414

3y↑186

Kind of find myself trying to rewrite the story elements. Like, what if Kronika wasn't Cetrion and Shinnok's mother, but their sister? Lower her status in MK lore. Let's say that yes, she has control of time, but the Elder Gods were smart enough to know no one diety should control time, so all the Elder Gods took some of her power and share it amongst themselves. But since no singular being has all the power, the ability to see the future is greatly dimished. The Elder Gods can see possible futures. That's why they rarely interfere, because they're always seeing both good and bad visions all the time. They can't trust in vision they're not completely sure about.

They even see some futures where Kronika betrays them. They also see ones where Kronika doesn't. But she's supposed to be the neutral one of the siblings so they believe she won't do anything. The thing is though, they took power from her. Made her lesser. With the passing of time, more negative emotions rise to the surface on top of the fact that, well, the other Elder Gods are seemingly more and more okay with evil losing, even at the cost of her brother. But while she isn't all she could be, she still is the progenator of these time powers. In her current state though, she almost compares herself to Raiden and that's when she gets an idea. She sends Raiden a vision where Shao Khan is the winner in Armageddon. Raiden's never gotten a vision before and there's no other ones. So he takes it as a warning from his future self.

The thing is though, the vision isn't true. Taven had reached the top first. It was a false vision planted by Kronika to shake things up. Leading to a lot more pain and suffering, possibly to force the Elder God's hand and have them intervene. Throw them off their game. But the realms found a way to adjust in this new timeline and once her brother got defeated again, That's when she stepped in. Possibly a twist in the story where she makes Geras and it turns out Geras was actually the true neutral character and eventually ends up being Kronika's undoing.

I don't know, that's not even fixing half the problems in the Netherrealm timeline, but I think there's a lot in the Netherrealm timeline that could use a rewrite.

@LazyDudeIV

2y↑23

I know this comment is at least 2 months old, but in OG lore, if I can recall correctly, the Elder Gods don't usually intervene for fear of waking The One Being.

@Pepe-pq3om

2y↑11

New head canon. For real, I can't stop thinking about how shity this new trilogy has become, so you just saved me out of that, thanks 👍

@sopekaunutoa8210

2y↑5

I honestly engage in rewriting the story too, but I just can't bring myself to add Kronika into the story. More so than how bland her character is, she just breaks the story on so many levels. So many rectons to go through, it even kills the Midway timeline.

@MysteriousTomJenkins

2y↑10

Wow, you just gave Kronika a better motivation, made Geras actually important and worthwhile, fixed the plot hole of Raiden having time powers but never using them and made MK:A's original ending still canon. I don't know what goes on in a professional setting when it comes to writing but the fact that your idea has a lot of fixes to not only MK9's ending but also MK11's is impressive. Its sad that all Kronika needs is some tweaking to be really interesting, instead she's just this suddenly revealed ultimate character who's stronger than everyone, even the One Being somehow...except not really because just Liu-Kang fused with Raiden is enough to defeat her when she's massively stronger than the One Being. With that in mind, it retroactively makes the One Being and the Elder Gods seem like chumps if a mortal and a 'demi god' are stronger than a being stronger than all of the,

@zocanrinie

20w

I like the way this fixes mk9's ending of Armagedon, would have been a cool plot twist

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@Armordude91122Cute

3y↑289

As a future writer, this video is really educational as it tells me what to not to do when writing stories. Great video.

@Familia_nepal_e_ahskanja

2y↑18

No matter what you do people will find ways to criticize as much as this story is criticized. Even tolkien, shakespear, or real life history has critiques plot holes, misconceptions and actions without logic.

@janibekfuturetop5p4p6

2y↑42

@@Familia_nepal_e_ahskanja You've gotta be taking the piss. This guy has other Critiques on his channel, and they're not as long. If you really think you can make a 4 hour valid critique of anything you've just listed then go ahead. This was a poorly made story mode.

@yagamifire7861

1y↑22

...did he really just say REAL LIFE has plotholes?

Lmfao crater-brain comment

@deantrail6789

44w

@yagamifire7861 Lots of people say and do shit without thinking. But, I wouldn't call that a plothole.

@bigmanliam

38w↑7

Hes got a point tho. No matter what you write, someone is destined not to like it. Obviously that number changes alot but its true. You cant please everyone

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@pixi7633

3y↑186

The thing that bothers me the most about them saying that Sindel's death was 1,000 years ago instead of 10,000 is that Kitana would be a grown ass woman at that point. She would've spent roughly 9000 years of her life with Sindel around and only 1000 without her which makes one of the few good scenes in Aftermath, her being overjoyed to finally meet her mother after having no parental figure in her life but her abusive tyrannical stepfather, make absolutely no sense. But I guess its too much to ask that they remember how old one of the main characters is or how Edenian aging works...

@nabilahmed579

3y↑30

If that’s true, then sindel basically has no excuse for why kitana’s raised to be good. So kitana would basically be an evil bitch basically

@pixi7633

3y↑34

@@nabilahmed579 Exactly. Its not even just an inconsistency, it would ruin Kitana's entire backstory. It's not a small detail that can be dismissed. Kitana is a little over 10,000 years old and that's pretty much the standard Edenian age of maturity as far as we've been shown; it's always been established that Sindel died when she was very very young. If she only died 1,000 years ago, either Kitana and the other Edenians are now only around 1,000 years old, or Kitana was fully grown when she died and had her mother around for the majority of her life, which would change everything about the character.

@CrisisComics

2y↑11

You know what else screws with the timeline? The idea that Kotal Kahn was supposedly her bodyguard when Sindel was alive. Why, you may ask?

Because in the MKX comics, after the Oshtek realm was conquered by Shao Kahn, Kotal immediately went to Earthrealm and became the Mayan god of war, helping them fend off the Conquistadors. The Spanish first arrived in Mexico in 1519, so Kotal's rule would've started around that year. Meaning that Shao Kahn's conquest of Kotal's realm and his entry into the Emperor's service would've happened nearly five hundred years ago , long AFTER Sindel's death.

@benbell5407

3y↑534

So before you tear apart the worst story in the franchise, you go after the stupid business practices and MTX throughout.

I love you, mate!

@thetruestar6348

3y↑62

Yup and that mobile currency and grind shit made me never touch this game

@rascoehunter3608

3y↑37

I hate being locked out of content arbitrarily.

@raldoman-kfpexecutivekroni2854

3y↑43

@@thetruestar6348 Premium currency in a fucking 60 dollar game (not counting the 2 20 dollar dlc packs)

@ZamirtheSage

2y↑3

My least favorite was MKX

@rascoehunter3608

@@ZamirtheSage The skins in MKX looked so ugly.

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@HeirofDacia

1y↑83

Thank God someone actually has sensible opinions regarding the costumes! What you said about different characters dressing differently depending on their style/personality/ workplace is exactly what should have been done here!

@KvK_Kdaz

25w↑14

2:30:22
Nitara's entire existence in Mk1 just not only went against Snake's wish, but actively defended his reasoning for it.

@realfromtherealreality4148

3y↑240

I vividly remember how pissed I was when Kabal and Stryker's story got no resolution, and how disappointed I was in Robocop mostly because I wanted Stryker to finally have some conclusion after being one of the best characters in MK9.

@codyman5540

3y↑42

I really wish Stryker was the one introduced not Robocop since I would've thought the "10,10" call-in by the cop became hunted as a renewed Characterization over his importance with the Special Forces Ops.

But alas, here we are.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑29

@@codyman5540 Stryker would have been retconned into a person who hates black people

@codyman5540

3y↑5

@@nabilahmed579 Huh?

@nabilahmed579

3y↑26

@@codyman5540 I’m just giving an example of how they might ruin Stryker

@osirisjojo6876

3y↑16

@@nabilahmed579 yep. Drahmin and moloch's past selves never showed up to either help kornica or Raiden but they would be ruined too.

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@ChrisYoungGunn

3y↑172

The detail of this critique is demigod level...

@nabilahmed579

3y↑27

Elder god*

@thatguybehindtheglass

3y↑17

GOD-LIKE!

@dankboi_

2y↑16

BY THE ELDER GODS

@kzakulenga5138

2y↑102

The Kronika dissection represents a very solid frame of why Onaga, Daegon or a new villain wouldve been a better choice for MK 11.
The Conversation between Cetrion and Liu Kang about him having Onaga's fire could help be a plot twist that could have been a better plot key to his possible restoration by Onaga and added movie reference. They've never crossed paths before it wouldve been incredible to see Liu and Onaga on the same screen

@charleshastings7260

2y↑19

And the dumbest thing is Onaga apparently did happen in the comics lmao. They could've made Liu Kang the new vessel of Onaga due to Reptile's absence, but naw let's do some shitty time travel. I swear the only game that's done time travel competently was the Legacy of Kain series.

@kzakulenga5138

2y↑11

@@charleshastings7260 that shouldve been the main story I'm an MK fan and I'm 28 years old. I've been playing MK for 24 years
I'm tired of whupping on Shao khans and shang tsungs assess all the time. Onaga vs Liu Liu would've been as interesting as epic
2 dragons fighting each other when they couldve used both dragons symbolic for Liu and Onaga or Taven and Daegon. I was hoping Kronika would live up to her hype
How sad I was....

@DTownNash

3y↑202

Here's a point you missed: the lack of the revenant versions of Stryker and Smoke.

More particularly Smoke. He's the only member of the Lin Kuei missing. He's supposed to be the best friend of Sub-Zero who he hasn't shared an onscreen moment with since MK9...which came out 10 yrs ago ! Keep in mind, they died at the same time by Sindel's hand. Sub-Zero however, managed to get restored BUT Smoke wasn't as lucky. This would've set up a conflict between them. And Sub-Zero says to Cyrax that he & Scorpion are proof that anything is possible as far as getting restored which is silly cause the latter cannot relate to being a cyborg which means he's referring to their time as Quan Chi's puppets, something they both share with Smoke who isn't mentioned. Sub-Zero's purpose should've been trying to restore his friend.

But instead he destroys the cyber kin kuei for the 1000th time.

@jmaster4941

3y↑49

Having Kabal here and no mention of Stryker when he was also a revenant in the last two games is also very jarring. Like, did he suddenly forget about his officer friend or something? Back in MK9, Kabal was worried about Stryker when he couldn't find him after he had escaped the Netherworld but now he hasn't mentioned him at all. While Stryker isn't as important to the overall lore as the Lin Kuei, it's really annoying to see a character get dropped seemingly out of existence.

Then again, I'm glad he's not in this game. Given that he's a police officer, they likely would've butchered his character given how politically charged some of the writing is.

@lapplandkun9273

2y↑16

@@jmaster4941 NRS hates stryker like they do the 3D era.

@jmaster4941

2y↑30

@@lapplandkun9273 As I said, I'm perfectly okay with this. Given the bad reputation IRL cops have (at least in the US) right now, I wouldn't want them to try and bring him back because I'm worried they'd use him for political strawman arguments to make cops look worse than they already are when he's a rare, shining example of what the good ones should be.

@chasejonas2430

47w↑4

@@jmaster4941 in one of the intro’s Robocop asks about him, and Styker is talked about fondly by the character Robocop is about to fight, so idk, maybe they wouldn’t have.

@pogggaming4470

43w↑1

Stryker is returning for mk 1 tho, so there’s that

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@danny6704

3y↑331

Shout to everyone who grind all 50 heads for every character

@nyx8823

3y↑64

I did that glitch

:)

But yeah... Respect to those who did It the right way

@RemyMa88

3y↑40

I 100% did the glitch back before it was patched (if it ever was). That’s just a ridiculous amount of grinding and those fatalities are boring as hell after like two times.

@WhiteShadow5735

3y↑17

I did it the right way, felt like I got scammed.

@CapoWhoLaughs

3y↑7

Man that glitch was even a pain. Doing that with cpu assist sometimes backfired because they'd be so into their combo that they whiff the fatality

@tentrilliconlp7748

3y↑2

@@nyx8823 What glitch?

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@jessicalenore8258

3y↑146

2:28:39
Little nitpick of mine, why does Sonya know she wasn’t the one burning Kabal’s face? Meta-wise, Kano just wants Kabal on his side and said those lies, but Sonya says “don’t believe everything you hear” or something along those lines, as if she’s aware it wasn’t her, but Kintaro. But she’s past Sonya, at a point where MK9’s Earthrealm invasion wasn’t started already, it’s impossible for her to know that future event, so yeah, Sonya has some 4th wall plot reading powers.

@jbktpl1245

3y↑27

Oh right, that didn't happen yet.

@johnking9943

3y↑35

Would've been better if they went the Scarlet Witch and Thanos route:

Kabal: You took everything from me!

Sonya: I don't even know you!

Kabal: (spins blades) You will.

@henrygambles3652

2y↑2

My best guest is that Kabal is undercover and actually working for the Police but even then that’s stretching and there’s no evidence to suggest that at all!

@nujevad28

31w↑14

Speaking from the future, Rhonda Rousey's performance isn't the worst.

@electro-pirate994

31w↑10

Nitara mk1?

@rimabros98

31w↑6

@@electro-pirate994yep

@MattBlackstone

2y↑127

I think MK fans old and new can agree on 3 major things...

1. The Mortal Kombat 2021 movie was disappointing.
2. That Scorpion scene in MK11 where he convinces his past self to help the good guys is awesome.
3. Mortal Kombat 1995 is still the best video game movie of all time.

@jacobadam6804

48w

I know a ton of people who legitimately think that the 2021 movie was good. God, people are fucking brain dead these days.

@VideosGalacticos

44w↑5

Just facts

@bigmanliam

38w↑3

Is Mk 1995 really that good? I kinda wanna watch it now. Where is it streaming on

@bananaking664

37w↑1

@@bigmanliamdef not lol just people holding on to nothing

@bigmanliam

37w↑7

@@bananaking664 just watched it and it was fire you tripping

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@VigilantKnight005

3y↑285

The character's wasted potential to bother me most is that of Erron Black. He's a cocky badass. He could've been the Dante of "Mortal Kombat". I'm fine with him being Kotal's loyal enforcer, but his arcade ending in MKX disappointed me. In this game's campaign, he's lost in the crowd. Making him a former Black Dragon pissed me off because it doesn't add to his character. They give him absolutely nothing to do. They could've done without him talking like a full-blown Texan. They could have done more with him, but they forgot him. Erron Black is a great character, but they made him shallow.

@Deadflower20xx

3y↑32

That's the problem making a fighting game that tries to have a good story and narrative, every fan wants their favorite character to have time to shine but in practice that's a challenging thing to do without making the campaign feel really bloated and seemingly endless...Too many cooks in the kitchen.

That's why most fighters just have a fighter have their own story, told in a low budget slideshow...and that's all you get. Everyone has their own story but there's barely any investment or arcs. I think any fighting game that tries to do a story like MK will require to give some characters more attention than others, and once you get the necessary fan favorites their time, there's not too much room for new villains and characters that aren't central to the plot. Look at Tekken 7's campaign and you see the same thing happen, over 50% of the cast doesn't even show up.

@VigilantKnight005

3y↑18

@@Deadflower20xx You're right: having so many characters you want to know about is like having too many cooks in the kitchen. The series has so many characters that it's hard to keep track. So, I guess that new characters aren't the only ones coming off as forced in. It doesn't change that it's depressing when a returning character doesn't get a moment to shine.

@NotDalesDeadBug

3y↑10

His ending in mkx was absolutely amazing I loved it but then again I despised the Kombat kids

@Wrecked_it_ralf

3y↑6

He lost his charisma in this game

@nabilahmed579

3y↑3

I think he could’ve been a bounty hunter for dark raiden

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@dams6829

3y↑93

I see this year Christmas came early.

@yami2957

2y↑44

I think the 'Chosen One' thing is actually meant to represent the fact that Liu Kang was chosen by Raiden as his Champion. In many intros (for example Shang Tsung's), they refer to him as 'Raiden's Chosen One'. But I agree, I dislike games that outright state that it is their destiny to defeat the bad guy, because there is no sense of accomplishment, at least for me. They were always meant to win, so what's the point?

@pongopea

30w↑14

the fact the genuinely thought it'd be a good idea to give such an incompetent writing team the task of writing a really complex time travel/warp story with super beings described as beyond time is so baffling, they could barely keep the story of 20+ year old characters straight

@awwmahbreadsticks1094

11w

Injustice really fucked up Mortal Kombat I feel

@TrisStrudel

3y↑298

Aftermath feels like it doesn’t actually impact the story significantly. All it amounts to is Lu Kang going to fix the timeline, being stopped and basically given the crown, then resuming what he would have done already.

@The4thSnake

3y↑183

That he doesn't wear the crown after the final reset is quite telling.

@sirplayalot6477

2y↑21

You could say that it was all a waste of time, am I right?

@zoeythickness7478

1y↑8

Maybe they will go with Shang Tsungs ending, highly unlikely though

@tmk_zdk

@@zoeythickness7478 it would be too cool and oryginal for these @$$holes

@alexandrapagan3222

1y↑5

@The4thSnake That led to my question: Why is the crown important? It was never stated why the crown is needed to restart the history of Mortal Kombat. All Shang Tsung said is without the crown Liu Kang can't restart history. Well WHY!? Why is the crown needed?

@lolwhat19

3y↑166

Watching this on the premiere was a blessing.

@Confuciouz

23w↑8

Cassie: “So your futures looking bright? 😀🔫

@greenfroppy212

2y↑70

One thing about the skimpy clothing is that they didn’t even make Mileena skimpy. Mileena being a sex symbol is a huge part of her character yet they took it out

@tumulovermelho93

1y↑29

True. The PC police apparently doesn't get that Mileena overdoing on sex appeal is clearly a way to overcompensate for her face.
Even the TV show Conquest, which is pretty bad, did a somewhat clever episode about that.

@legendarymarston9174

1y↑15

@@tumulovermelho93 Could be used as a distraction as well!

@tumulovermelho93

1y↑17

@@legendarymarston9174 Yep, and that is important as most of the girls are the female versions of the ninjas, or ''kunoichi.'' Kunoichi used their sex appeal to be better assassins.

@pqcowboychanel

24w↑1

And on the subject, this games main character (liu kang) has been in almost every game.. shirtless.

@aarotron2189

3y↑222

Id normally be terrified of that ammount of adds, but considering the time and brain matter you spent on this damned game... you deserve it all.

@legionbeast

3y↑253

A legendary review that shall be passed along for generations.

@VisualdelightPro

Except YouTube is very biased against British YouTube's.

@nabilahmed579

2y↑6

But fanboys be like “sToP bEiNg SuCh A hAteR” like with the dhar Mann reaction video that pewdiepie made

@lapplandkun9273

2y↑7

@@nabilahmed579 some people can’t separate criticism from hate. And 4thSnake himself has given NRS many chances to improve and change for the better but they didn’t. He has every right to throw vitriol at them

@thejose970

3y↑50

I really dislike how nobody looked like their mk9 versions during the Time merge as you point out, even more so for characters which have skins more similar to their mk9 designs. They couldve used the MK9 designs during their first scene and switch to the new ones in the next scenes to show them off

@KennyMcCormic0

2y↑10

That would not be WOKE shit like jax ending

@brandonkennedy4160

2y↑50

Another confusing aspect of Chronika’s plan: She says that Raiden and Liu Kang’s combined power is a threat to her plan. However, Raiden said that in every previous timeline, he and Liu Kang fought, and Liu Kang died. So…how did their combined power ever stop Chronika, if there’s only ever one of them left alive? When Raiden fuses with Liu Kang instead of killing him, Chronika is even surprised, like nothing like this has happened before.

@agenttex5973

1y↑7

I mean something can be a threat to you without it ever Happening, like a tornado is a threat to my life but I myself have never actually lived through one

@jinmali

1y↑2

@@agenttex5973 but if In ever timeline they fight and one dies then there combined power isn’t really a threat cuz it doesn’t exist

@agenttex5973

1y↑2

@@jinmali Yes but the idea of them teaming up is still a threat to her, Sure it hasnt happened yet but it can still happen and thus be a threat

@jinmali

1y↑5

@@agenttex5973 a child has the capability of killing me but does that mean that that child is actually a threat if it never actually works? I just feel like a threat needs to actually be viable and they just have shitty writing but you do have a point so I guess it doesn’t mattwr

@birkgoblin567

30w

@@jinmali i know I'm late but kronika literally can see the future with hourglass so, she could have seen the future with hourglass and one of those future liu kang and raiden combined and beat her, thus she tried to make liu kang fight raiden and get liu kang killed so THAT future will never happened.
Just like infinity war dr strange do.

@SkyblueStarmoon

3y↑237

Yes! Seeing the timeline and time travel stupidity get covered has taken a large weight off of my back. Thank you for confirming I wasn’t the only one finding it dumb and headache inducing.
( P.S: Happy Birthday by the way. You deserve to enjoy it. )

@The4thSnake

3y↑82

Thank you.

@rascoehunter3608

3y↑32

With how bad the NRS writing is they should have never done a story with time travel.

@SkyblueStarmoon

3y↑15

@@rascoehunter3608 If it would’ve prevented the annoyance that is Kronika reversing the destruction of the bone temple ruining the character sacrifice and seemingly forgetting the fact she could’ve used Sonya as an ally I’d agree tenfold.

@Angel-kc7ck

3y↑24

@@rascoehunter3608 Shit writers always work with complex themes so they can fool people into thinking they know what they're doing, and most of them fall for it.

@batboythecool

3y↑9

i hate time travel being introduced tbh

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@machine1685

3y↑214

Jacqui, Cassie, and Sonya eing the only Special Forces members to have such high tech weaponry doesnt make much sense to me. Why do they have cutting edge stuff like that, but everyone just gets assault rifles? If Jacqui built the stuff herself, why havent the military given her a weapons contract and funding to make weapons for them? She literally has deployable cover that reflects bullets. That would nearly gurantee victory in almost any combat scenario.

@boyoboyo2272

3y↑23

That has me thinking, pretty much every MK character has some sort of mystical or superhuman ability or strength. What is Jacqui’s special power?

@DimitrisGenn

3y↑3

Maybe it's too expensive or something? idk

@machine1685

3y↑37

@machine1685

3y↑10

@@boyoboyo2272 Her and Sonya are relatively "human". They dont have any special ability. But that's why they need some major character work in order to work. Liu Kang shoots fire. That's about the extent of his skills. But he has a distinguishable personality even amongst the Shaolin. Especially when he didnt kill.

@boyoboyo2272

3y↑14

@@machine1685 Sonya and Jax actually did have some powers. It may have been retconned and reretconned, but Sonya’s rings were actually some of her “chi” powers, as well as Jax’s projectile from MK 2 and his ground pound, plus Sonya had the square wave punch where she flies into the air then flies forward. The only character, really, that didn’t have powers was Stryker; and Mokap but he doesn’t really count lol. Even Erron Black is technically mystical and superhuman with his age and his aim and skill. I guess the idea is probably that Jacqui has similar powers to Jax and she uses her Special Forces gadgets to enhance them

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@Pinkanator

1y↑33

So I'm sure I've asked this before, but, does anyone have ANY idea why Geras had blue blood in the reveal build, then just randomly lost it for no reason despite his design still implying he's powered by blue-glow juice? Like, Did they actively WANT to make his character more boring or did they think it'd confuse people for the sake of D'vorah? I genuinely don't understand what fuckin rational you could have to remove that.

@Pinkanator

1y↑4

Also why is a weird goddess of nature stuck with red blood? Surely she should have something interesting like minty green the same as her glow, or something more nature based like tree-sap for blood? Y'know make it clear she's NOT NORMAL?

@rahyansuryaramadhan7082

3y↑17

Damn that bit about Fire God Liu Kang vs Death God Liu Kang is such a cool idea that i'm actually mad that it's not real

@nabilahmed579

3y↑1

Death god liu would have happened in Aftermath part 2, since raiden and fujin could try to make a weapon

@SasukeUzumakiHD

3y↑83

One thing I have always loved about videos like this is having someone express your exact thoughts so eloquently. MK is my favorite game franchise but the last decade has been a trainwreck especially for its narrative.

@schemar17

3y↑7

Hi Sasuke

@Ishizio

3y↑5

Negelects to mention the immediate Japanese translation option

@NotDalesDeadBug

3y↑4

Lol the itachi pic makes it that much better

@Valentine-jo7ls

3y↑59

It doesn’t make much sense that Kitana is called Kahn when multiple of her skins have the word “Khanum” and they even made an official figure modeled after a skin called “Battle Khanum”.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑7

The entire Kahn thing was only limited to only Kotal and Shao. Even with KK’s introduction, they didn’t do some bs with it until the stupid story mode came along

I would much prefer if they kept it a royal surname for these two instead of having to make a whole title for the opposite gender.

Plus there is more story potential there

@Valentine-jo7ls

3y↑5

@@nabilahmed579 Yes, I agree! They should just stay consistent with what lore/canon they have already presented instead of confusing people.

@stitchedbyiron

2y↑30

The biggest missed opportunity with the story is that they should've brought back EVERY character that has been killed off (in the comics & previous game) and have characters that didn't disappear and everyone thinks it's normal as air. Or use the time magic to merge the old timeline (midway characters) with the new timeline. This is literally the "endgame" of mortal Kombat so why not go all out?

@comiccinema8177

2y↑38

Something that really bothered me about Aftermath was how Shang Tsung had this label as a trickster and a liar, but if we look at what he did in the reboot timeline (mainly Mk9 because that’s his only other appearance in this timeline), he spent most of his time being pretty straight faced and direct with everyone. He never really lied nor did he betray or trick people.

So why the hell does he have that label? Lines like “A lie, Shang Tsung. Something you know quite well.” are extra confusing because, Liu Kang has never known Shang Tsung to be a liar or manipulator. He wasn’t some Grima Wormtongue style schemer he was just a side boss to Shao Kahn who carried out his orders and proposed new tournaments. It’s an odd retcon IMHO.

@redshepherd32

24w

I'm guessing the label comes from his actions off screen. If we see the events of the story and we feel convinced that shang isn't knocking under the table. Then he's a better schemer than given credit. Well that's how I see it.

@silas1194

3y↑446

Why Netherrealm hasn't hired this man as a writer is beyond me

@calemr

3y↑104

At LEAST as an editor. He clearly knows the prior story better than the writers do.

@Ramsey276one

3y↑21

BUTTHURT

XD

I am not believing that they can sit after THIS

@vcsa681

3y↑86

Bro they dumped Mick Gordon,nothing surprises me anymore

@okagron

2y↑58

Eh, it's very easy to say how something should be fixed, but when you go about it yourself you notice how hard it is to actually do it. So many moving parts, ranging from character motivations, plot points and setups with payoffs, so it's way harder than it looks.

NRS should have hired an actual writer though.

@Ramsey276one

2y↑8

@@okagron Fully agree
ESPECIALLY THE LAST PART

XD

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@arealbigchungus

3y↑80

My biggest complaint about mk11 is how variation moves that are iconic to a character (raiden's teleport and shang tsung's ground eruption) take 2 slots, yet other moves (electric fly and soul steal for example) are standard

@MyDigitalCult

2y↑3

all hail Big Chungus brother🙏🏻

@arealbigchungus

2y↑2

@@MyDigitalCult hail big chungus

@GuyontheInternet525

1y↑17

That Ash and Joker joke you made was definitely the best joke you ever made

@BlazingAbyss

3y↑66

I really can't stand when everything in a series is suddenly retconned to having all been in service to some newly introduce character and/or plotline that was at no point alluded to prior. It's especially annoying because I really wanted to see what direction they'd take with this new version of Dark Raiden. The previous game seemed to be setting things up for an interesting face-off between multiple factions of questionable morality. You had the well-intentioned extremist Dark Raiden, Kotal and Outworld who were now on very shaky terms with Earthrealm and the Revenants who (before being turned into generic villains in MK11) seemed to just be trying to make the best out of the crappy hand that they had been dealt. And that's not even getting in to the whole unseen plotline where Onaga was apparently manipulating Goro. Why not force the other factions into an uneasy alliance against Onaga who's seeking to use Goro as a means of facilitating his own resurrection? How about instead of turning them all into a bunch of jobers (or in Dark Raiden's case, abruptly deleting him) actually give them a chance to shine by coming together to face the real biggest threat in the series? And don't give use this crap about Kronika being a bigger threat than The One Being, that's like trying to argue that the Greek deity Chronos would be a bigger threat than Azathoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.

@EnigmaticVayne

3y↑240

The Midway timeline had what I thought were a lot of retcons. And it did but far less than the Netherrealm timeline.

I really thought the reboot for MK9 would give them a blank canvas for a clearer story.

They've done so many retcons, even George Lucas would wince

@tyvamakes5226

2y↑5

At least he could use the prequels as a benchmark of consistent story writing.

@EnigmaticVayne

2y↑5

@@tyvamakes5226 George should have used the originals as his benchmark. He's the only person who changed his 20 year old movies to fit his new ones

@tyvamakes5226

2y↑3

@@EnigmaticVayne Just remember that each movie itself was its own story. Meaning that logic does flow within a movie of its own.

You see, to be a star wars movie, you have to be different and untried before. That's why the Empire Strikes Back was so beloved and why the Attack of the Clones was so controversial.

Yet, when you look at the first two movies of the "sequels", they're just rehash of A New Hope and ESB. The only difference is that these are imitators, not innovators.

@-PVL93-

2y↑2

And the crazy part is they'll likely be starting completely over and fresh AGAIN with MK12.
I pray to God NRS do not involve time travel or alternate timelines in the next game's story

@darkzeroprojects4245

2y↑1

Hey least Lucas was passionate when he was in charge.
Boon and gang in this trilogy weren't as much.
Its definatly got problems I agree...But I still think they're half decent and even were a positive to the series as a whole.
The Disney Star Wars just destroy everything while riding the corpse

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@TREPIIID

3y↑117

I only recently played MK11 and thought the story was a mess and I only had to wait a week for an in-depth critique like this to be released. Shout out to your fans that waited around two years for it though, lol. Lucky for me, I didn't have to wait.

@zyxluz4645

3y↑5

What typo?

@TREPIIID

3y↑2

@@zyxluz4645 Lol, don't know what happened there. Delete your comment and pretend you never saw that typo... Pretty please.

@TREPIIID

3y↑1

@@zyxluz4645 The typo that incorrectly made it look like I wasn't calling a week ago "recent". Something along those lines anyway.

@zyxluz4645

3y↑2

@@TREPIIID facepalm

@TREPIIID

3y↑3

@@zyxluz4645 MK11's stupidity rubbed off on me and made me make that typo. I don't make mistakes!

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@romandobrov8460

48w↑22

The problem with MK 11 story is that every fan story seems much more appealing.

@romandobrov8460

12w↑1

@@MrMonsterKen there is no need to take it personal, my friend. There are plenty of bad stories people enjoy and I am no exception. Mkx did an interesting thing by introducing the civil war in the Outworld, which at least moved the story forward. But mk11 story is a wasted potential all over the place. Dark Raiden was removed too early in the story and didn't have any impact. Cassie and Sonya conflict is just dumb. Kronika pretty much lacks motivation and looks rather stupid than powerful given her powers. Mk11 re-introduced the same characters from earlier timelines and again ended with a universe reboot rendering events meaningless. There's no cohesive story, there is only lazy writing.

@lucasgarcia835

3y↑38

Can you imagine if dark Raiden was the boss of this game. Yeah it would be something to save money and another Superman Vs Superman in injustice 1. But he would've still been better than Kronika showing just how far he has gone by killing Shinnok and Kotal Khan, both being potential threats or something like that. I feel like that would have been interesting

@silversaltlord8508

3y↑85

One thing that doesn’t make sense about the story: If Geras was sent to wipe Cassie from existence by killing Past Johnny or Sonya, wouldn’t that just bring back Shinnok automatically? That means there wouldn’t be need for a New Era. I mean, sure the story has its issues, which is why I went back and fixed as many plot holes as I could find in my fanfiction stories last year.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑8

Yh basically and if that was the case, it would’ve been the end of the universe

@silversaltlord8508

3y↑8

@@nabilahmed579 That is why I changed it like I did with some other plot holes.

@cherry9787

3y↑17

This is why time travel stories tend to suck. If one character dies or is damaged drastically, there are SO many changes to the time line you would have to consider.

@silversaltlord8508

3y↑6

@@cherry9787 For my MK11 AU, Geras was sent to capture Cassie and bring her to Kronika alive to face punishment, but not kill her.

@HeadlockedGaming

3y↑77

So glad you touched on it about 20:05 on how this game will eventually be lost to time without a server. That saddens me, we now have a MK that without trickery a vast amount of the game is lost forever after servers die.

@jbktpl1245

3y↑26

That reason, along with how much of a annoying grind the game can be, is why I say "Screw Always Online Games, for the most part."

@erhiueQWEF

Is that really such a big deal as it sounds? By the time MK11 servers shut down, we could 3-4 games further into the franchise, where the majority of the player base will be moved to. I understand there's a "little guy" that will be negatively effected because there'll always be someone that pisses and moans they still play MK11 even when MK14 or MK15 already exists. These companies need to make money to keep making these games, they're not making money if a majority contingent of the fanbase is playing an old game. And for another thing...the game isn't really that good enough to be preserved forever. Some things should be lost to time.

@jbktpl1245

3y↑16

@@erhiueQWEF These companies have survived and thrived long before "online only" became a thing and it just feels like an unnecessary level of control. Yes, somethings maybe be better off lost to time, but why on earth would they put resources into making essentially a "Kill switch" for their product when it's already a known fact that people will still buy the new thing even without them pushing to upgrade to the new thing.

Not to mention, games like these 09/10 are built to try and nickel and dime you hard into getting stuff that the company could lock you out of whenever they feel like it.

It feels rather unnecessary to me and I think there's something wrong when a 20 year old psone game still has a better shelf life than some games that came out not even 5 years ago.

@kidnamedfingor

3y↑5

@@erhiueQWEF yeah but by that logic, what if umk3 was lost to time

@Jose_Doe

2y↑2

@@erhiueQWEF because I like to use the thing I paid for lol

@Emzyska

3y↑32

"I'd have Shang Tsung team up with other versions of Shang Tsung and make the true Deadly Alliance"
pretty sure that's what Xenahort was trying to do.

@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr

Xehonart’s death was actually badass in Re:Mind though unlike Kronika’s death is laughable in both Aftermath and the main storyline.

@RebornWhisper

3y↑84

Ok, hear me out on the “Sindel Killed Jerrod” change. As someone who really enjoys the original Sindel character arc, her killing Jerrod can actually fit. Like if Edenia lost to Outworld in their tournaments, so Shao Khan invades Edenia. King Jerrod lead an army against the invaders trying to make a final stand, but too many Edenians are dying, so Sindel does what she thinks is the only chance Edenians have of survival, Killing Jerrod. Shao Khan took the credit and even used it as leverage against Sindel, which is why she married him, as to stop the truth from coming out so one day she might still be able to lead the Edenians back to greatness. It also adds to her guilt, as she’s the reason they now live as slaves/soldiers/etc. Her attempts to keep her people alive lead to a fate debatably even worse. Another reason she commits her suicide.

Side Note, I think the MK9 “reveal” of her Suicide being turned into a martyr by Quan Chi is a lie, it takes away Shao Khans option to resurrect her in Earthrealm and invade. I also believe that Shinnok was also supposed to reveal he too had visions like Raiden but the idea got dropped. Which sucks because I’d have loved to see that play out instead of the massive time skip mid game.

But back to original topic. Sindel killing Jerrod also fuels Tanya’s MKX motivations, especially if we go through your idea from Tanya’s Wasted Potential, as Sindel didn’t just fail and abandon the Edenians, she betrayed them.

Either way, I hate to say it, but I feel the original Sindel is gone forever 😔. Rest In Peace you amazing character subversion, we will miss you.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑13

He acc did say something about that working and some people were fine with that if that was the case.

Problem is it takes away both of jerrod’s and Shao’s credibility in the og timeline (Shao had cunningness and jerrod was acc powerful, he even got the lin kuei shook).

But this could happen after the defeat of jerrod. And then ur idea could come in.

@jeggsonvohees2201

3y↑53

37:00 Speaking of the developers not paying attention to specific character models, they screwed up Robocop's. Canonically, he doesn't have a human (bone) skull. OCP took the skin off of his corpse and stretched it over a metal skull. That's specifically why you can't kill Robo by shooting him in the mouth, and it's why his skin is cold to the touch.

@jeggsonvohees2201

3y↑12

@@cactusmalone I believe you're right, but I think it's just NR either being too lazy to remodel, or just didn't do their research.

@burntgrahamcracker2866

3y↑5

Well I just learned something new. I always found it odd how his head looks larger after being shot now I know it’s because he’s wearing a skin mask, that is both interesting and adds a new level of horror. Just imagine if his face burned off

Thanks

@jeggsonvohees2201

3y↑2

@@burntgrahamcracker2866 Happy to help! He'd probably look like a Terminator lol.

@boyoboyo2272

3y↑158

Cassie’s “klassic” costume was a remodified version of Sonya’s MK3 costume in the game. Obviously it comes to poor planning, but it’s silly that Sonya’s version isn’t titled klassic but Cassie’s is

@TheJayspyder

3y↑51

This is the game that pretty much killed my love for the series, a series I've been obsessed with since I was really young. All I can say is that if MK12 is anything like MK11, I definitely won't be getting it.

@maxwellhere8694

30w

Now that it's out, I hope you like it :( It's sad seeing our favorite games die

@TheJayspyder

30w↑2

@@maxwellhere8694 Appreciate the thought but nah. MK1 is the first MK game since 2011 that I didn't preorder. And I'm glad I didn't. I plan to just wait until the end of the game's content cycle and get the complete edition on sale like I did with Injustice 2.

@milkmonstrosity

1y↑352

I strongly disagree with this video, the game is much worse than you think.

@Hitherto90

22w↑38

I vehemently disagree with you. It's actually worse than that.

@gamingsquared4206

21w↑21

@Hitherto90, I ultimately disagree with you. It's actually way worse than that.

@yungbozz8820

20w↑4

⁠if you want to play mk x then go for it and stop being unnecessarily bent on trashing the game for its very own unique features. U guys better give it a rest.

@yungbozz8820

20w

⁠if you want to play mk x then go for it and stop being unnecessarily bent on trashing the game for its very own unique features. U guys better give it a rest.

@JustSendMeLocation

20w↑14

@@yungbozz8820stop crying, MK11 was mid at best

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@Valentine-jo7ls

3y↑86

I have always said that about the female outfits! It depends on the character. Skarlet, Sindel, and Mileena make sense. Sheeva, Kitana, and Jade are somewhere in the middle. And it doesn’t make much sense for Sonya, Cassie, or Jacqui. In my opinion, it shows more effort and dedication for each character’s costumes to show their own character and personality and not all female or all male characters have the same look. Also, I think part of why they did this in MK11 was so more people would buy the Femme Fatale skin pack and Sindel as DLC.

@nabilahmed579

3y↑16

I mean we were fine with everyone showing their tits in mk9 so why is it that we r complaining about it now. I think all of the Edenians would wear skimpy attire considering how outworld is literally hot as fuck and they would probs be boiling.

@ichangedidk9097

3y↑15

@@nabilahmed579 As long as it makes sense with the kharacter in question, then yeah. Go off on giving them skimpy attire

@Valentine-jo7ls

3y↑25

@@nabilahmed579 Yeah, and that’s why it makes sense for Edenians to wear less clothes and not Special Forces. I think Kitana’s MKX outfit was a good choice because it was feminine and revealing without looking too over the top. And tbh I personally think that Kitana had the best outfit of the female characters in MK9 as well.

@vcsa681

3y↑7

@@Valentine-jo7ls I also agree,Mkx kitana for me is the perfect point,and I like her mk9 default as well

@almi7256

2y↑3

Exactly. Women can show their bodies as much as they want, but can it be their choice? Can it be because she WANTS to dress that way and reasonably WOULD? Rather than forcing every girl to dress with nothing but horny men in mind...

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@beavers1978

3y↑133

This has to be the best critique that Snake has ever done. Well done!

@AidanKerr

22w↑6

I can finally watch this now it's not age-restricted, let's go!

@elijahwbriggs6628

1y↑25

Erron was by far my favorite in MKX and the Erron he turned into in MK11 absolutely broke my heart because of how much easier it is to make him funny cowboy man, very disappointing

@slendus8363

3y↑117

im honored to be here as it premieres tbh

@baroquechevalier8516

3y↑42

MK might be in a sorry state, but at the same time we get quality content like this

@Beecanoe

5w↑7

2:30:22 "I pray that Netherrealm and WB never pull this shit again"

They did, in fact, pull that shit again

@ExplainSkywalker

39w↑13

I do not understand how is this considered to be the “best mortal kombat game” when in reality it is not

@Brandelwyn

37w↑1

It looks nice, lol

@ExplainSkywalker

33w↑1

@@BrandelwynI mean yeah the graphics are kinda nice, but they doesn’t change the fact that this game is an embarrassment to NRS

@Brandelwyn

33w↑4

@@ExplainSkywalker and I wholeheartedly agree, but many ppl only care about graphics these days

@matt911112

10w

What would you say is the best mortal kombat game? I’d say either deception or Armageddon.

@wheresprototype3507

3y↑73

My favorite ending was Ranbo's since he showed the reality of this power, you need to make sure certain people live then you need to kill billions and not care, but Ranbo can't do it, it would break him, so he left, that's what I would do but keep the power so I can keep my life quiet

@JordanKane97

3y↑13

My favourite too man, love Rambo as a character in the game, first blood is a favourite movie of mine

@reloadpsi

3y↑12

I've never seen Rambo and had no idea what a nuanced take on war the series actually had. I'll have to check it out. Doesn't hurt that Stallone's performance in the role is excellent.

@meldrickedwards1464

3y↑1

I see.

Good for you, and I hope you have a good day.

@vcsa681

My favourite ones where by far his,Johnny,Erron and kano

@alexthecrow5068

3y↑25

NRS are milking the line "there are fates worse than death"

@slxxpyhollow

12w↑5

I miss when Mortal Kombat was a mixture of kung-fu movies, mythology, and horror rather than another superhero multiverse.

@deltacosmic5358

30w↑15

This games story is so confusingly bad that i have no idea how we got mk1's story out of it, like mk1 looks like it was written by god himself compared to this slop

@mr_mikegar321

3y↑127

Thank you Snake for the critique long awaited I expected this come way later. "When's the MK11 Critique coming?" Is no more! 4 hours of bashing on the game's flaws.
Also, happy Birthday Snake! Don't let age slow you down

@ivinnysixx

3y↑44

4hrs. 4hrs. This is really a man that loves his franchise.

@melancholyentertainment

3y↑20

For sure. I hardly agree with everything Snake says, and a lot of those things have gotten on my nerves. But anyone who sees these videos and claims he "hates MK" or anything like that, clearly has no idea what they're talking about lmao. You don't make a four hour critique on disappointments you had with an entry in a franchise you hate. He's passionate, I'll give him that.

@arkhamsmastermind370

2y↑8

His dedication for the series really shows when you take all his other critiques, wasted plotentials, and Mortal Kombat: Khronicles into account btw

@TheMrManjana

1y↑35

I think one way to fix Kronikas motivations a bit is to make her more of a watcher who can't change time by herself, so she needs to manipulate others to get her will. Would make a bit more sense with Shinnok. Seeing him die in every timeline with no power to interfere.
Just say the crown lets her manipulate events directly so she wouldn't feel so incompetent before it

@ChamChamRealSmooth

3y↑26

You know what says a lot about MK11/Aftermath's time travel story being horrible? What Midway had in mind for Deception's plot initially, which they ultimately scrapped. Apparently it was supposed to be a time travel story too, thank god they didn't go for that. If they did, something as bad as this would be the result.

@tumulovermelho93

1y↑7

Deception's Konquest might be a repurposed aspect of that, but they chose to make it a journey through the realms and Shujinko's past to present instead of a journey through time.
I don't think the Midway devs would've screwed up this bad. NRS has a lot of new blood that tainted the developer team.

@robertlauncher

3y↑15

“If you can’t distinguish between facts and opinions, that’s YOUR problem.”

I wish that was the standard for the internet.

@21eienni

3y↑62

Dark Raiden was really a shame in this game. Many expected him to be the final boss of that game before Kronika was revealed. And it could have been interesting.
I personally wished there would something like: Raiden becomes too extreme so the Earthrealm Defenders want to stop him, not kill him, though. And then Shang Tsung, following Ermac's MKX ending, would return and like the snake he is, he would convince the heroes to let him help them, even though they know he's an asshole and still keep an eye on him (kinda like in MK VS DCU?). Shang Tsung would also convince the Revenants to help.
So in the end, Revenant Liu Kang and Shang Tsung would be like this timeline's Deadly Alliance and they would fight Raiden and defeat him. Then, they would fight each other because they don't trust each other and because of what they would want to do to Raiden (Shang Tsung would want to steal his soul while Revenant Liu Kang wants to simply kill him?). You would chose between the two who you play as for this fight.
And then...I forgot what was my idea for the end. Maybe Cassie VS the winner? I did think about it before MK11's first trailer after all.
It's not really good but it would have been interesting to see Liu Kang and Shang Tsung fight together on the same team.

@tuvieja3762

3y↑6

I think that the idea of onaga taking the place of Kronika would make a lot more sense

Edit: the aesthetic would be a lot different, the hourglass wouldn't be as generic or machine like but rather an ancient lovecraftian architecture, as the game would follow that aesthetic and the concept of black magic and souls behind it, onaga would use his clay soldiers instead of the army of demons we have seen in mk11, and most importantly only 4 characters would be on Onaga side, the rest of the rooster.. would have to put aside their rivalry and diferences to fight a bigger threat.