Lionel Richie
Member
In a world filled with shitty reboots, this one somehow managed to be in the upper echelon of the worst ones. Now they need a banger.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
Member
I am so tired of this "we understand this will be disappointing" that all of these studios write when their garbage game fails. I don't even know what they were thinking with MK1, it looked abysmal from the very first gameplay video shown.
Don't forget the "Due to the changing market conditions we have decided to focus on yada yada yada instead....." corpo line dunno which one i hate more.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
That game was a flop. Doing the kameos was the worst idea ever.
Mister Wolf
Member
One is a dud. These new generation of MK peaked with MK X.
kevboard
Member
that's all MK games. MK1 was the first one that wasn't animated by complete amateurs at least. still felt like ass to play tho, like all of their games.
maybe they should license the franchise to a japanese dev, so we finally get the first good MK game... it's been more than 30 years man, at some point they have to make a good one right?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
For those who didn't like MK1, what did it lack that the previous versions had?
Soodanim
Member
I thought they did this a while back. Or was that just DLC?
Haven't touched MK since 10 looked worse than 9. Characters looked less fun than 9's and they took the piss with DLC. Don't they go all in on pre-order stuff too?
I bought a couple DLC characters (like Skarlet) for MK9 because I wanted more reasons to play a game I was having a great time with. It felt like extending the game after the fact. Now it looks like the games are designed around DLC from the ground up. It's tacky and shameless. By the time they stop releasing DLC and have a complete edition I've lost all interest.
Not to mention that it seems like they don't know what they want for the series now, and like some other multiverses it seemed a good idea at the time but now they've opened a can of worms that they don't know what to do with and probably wish they had never done in the first place.
Forget rebooting the franchise, WB/NR need to reboot their strategy. Clearly they pushed it too far and we can only hope they learn a lesson, but I won't hold my breath.
Haven't touched MK since 10 looked worse than 9. Characters looked less fun than 9's and they took the piss with DLC. Don't they go all in on pre-order stuff too?
I bought a couple DLC characters (like Skarlet) for MK9 because I wanted more reasons to play a game I was having a great time with. It felt like extending the game after the fact. Now it looks like the games are designed around DLC from the ground up. It's tacky and shameless. By the time they stop releasing DLC and have a complete edition I've lost all interest.
Not to mention that it seems like they don't know what they want for the series now, and like some other multiverses it seemed a good idea at the time but now they've opened a can of worms that they don't know what to do with and probably wish they had never done in the first place.
Forget rebooting the franchise, WB/NR need to reboot their strategy. Clearly they pushed it too far and we can only hope they learn a lesson, but I won't hold my breath.
xrnzaaas
Member
A different studio could take the time to analyze the feedback from the players and launch a 2.0 version to respond to their complaints and win back their support. Problem is that this is backed by WB. Product is not delivering? Abandon it and launch another one to get the money from day1 sales.
roosnam1980
Member
MK shaolin monks remake plz , or sequel
fallingdove
Member
MK1 sucked. You could tell that there was major shift in direction. Likely a move from Injustice 3 to a hybrid MK follow-up due to some decisions from DC/WB higher ups.
AddiF
Member
I loved the prior games before MK1 but this game really disappointed me. It felt so bareboned and shallow. The story mode was fine I guess but there is nothing there to keep me interested. The character designs even didn't interest me. It felt weak. I was over it in a day or two, haven't touched it since.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Don't need to be so dramatic. It's not a bad reboot or a bad game. It's just "the diet cola" of MK - "just one calorie; not evil enough"
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Go back to mk9 for the next one, making mkx/11/1 far more sluggish/stiff because of injustice's success was a terrible move.
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
The pricing strategy is what stops me from buying these games. Just put everything in the box 100% like the old days and I'll bite. No, I don't want to get nickel and dimed to death buying new characters or modes. Also, go back to cool, sexy, dangerous looking characters. This series has been run into the ground.
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Gambit2483
Member
MK 11 was ultimately the better game. Hopefully they go back to what makes MK fun and stop with the microtransaction nickel and diming BS.
MiguelItUp
Member
The spiraling continues after the peak of MK9. They've lost me from ever wanting to preorder/day 1 their games. Especially knowing that the support window is getting smaller and smaller. I'll just wait for price drops from here on out.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
If they made the kameos into actual playable characters, I'd give the game a chance.
They discouraged me in that regard.
They discouraged me in that regard.
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Gambit2483
Member
MK 11 was great because not only did it have a good story mode but it also had some really great single player content.
You had the entire Shang Tsung island to explore and use In-game currency (that was generously rewarded to you in numerous ways) to unlock lots of cool stuff like artwork, equipment pieces, fatalities, and more...for FREE! Then you had a great amount of customization within each fighter to use in the various offline and online modes.
They basically stripped ALL of that either down or completely out for MK 1 and replaced the generously rewarded in-game currency for Real world dollars to buy/obtain everything. yes there was still in-game currency but it was no longer generously given and forced you to use real money for almost everything.
WB suits basically tried to turn the game into a scummy GAAS product and cared more about getting money out of the player than providing actual fun modes and experiences.
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March Climber
Gold Member
It's time to break the emergency glass and give people Shaolin Monks 2.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Last good one was 9.
Shame we will never get another MK Deception.
Shame we will never get another MK Deception.
Dev1lXYZ
Member
I'll never buy another NRS game after this 1, that's for damn sure. They deserve to be put out of business keeping this garbage game going for as long as it was.
Edit: what I didn't like the most? The terribly janky ass gameplay. SF6 stomped this clown ass game. Maybe the woke they had in the game is my second dislike. Third dislike was no T&A. They put clothes on the females and de clothed the males. Smooth move ex lax!
Edit: what I didn't like the most? The terribly janky ass gameplay. SF6 stomped this clown ass game. Maybe the woke they had in the game is my second dislike. Third dislike was no T&A. They put clothes on the females and de clothed the males. Smooth move ex lax!
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11 > 9 > X >>>>>>>>>> 1
drotahorror
Member
I'd love an MK game in the same vein as Killer Instinct. Artstyle as well.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Hopefully NOT IJ3....give the new shit a rest and stop ignoring your 30yr history of MK games. Remaster or remake some of those. Start with a Kollection of the OG arcade MK - MK4 titles for instant mega sales!
I will be waiting for the even cheaper version before I buy it. MK11 Ultimate Edition often goes on sale for $11 AU.
Insane Metal
Member
Back to origins please.
