Official Thread Mortal Kombat 1(but really about 23)

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I do wish that characters leveled up faster, it takes forever going through invasions to do it. It also doesn't help that you just keep seeing the same arena over and over again until you move on to the next one.
 
Downloading a Patch now.

Supposedly, one fix is to allow Tagging moves like in previous recent MK games so you don't have to keep hitting Start and looking at the moves list.
 
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Tagged Moves is great to have back again. Especially for characters with odd move sets like Geras.

I still feel kind of mediocre at this game because i've been to busy with work to play a lot. It's cool though. I enjoy running through a few towers; it's great fun casual gaming.

I also just really enjoy the nostalgia of the franchise and the continually improving graphics. The Blood effects are really great in this game.


Otherwise, I hope that the DLC characters can be included in the story mode cross timeline fight scene. I wonder if they would be allowed to drop in a merged Omniman / Homelander enemy?
 
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Was thinking more about the Merged Character thing. Fire God Liu Kang debuted last game as basically a Merged character and we see these odd Character Combos challenge you at the end of story mode or in Invasions.

I wonder if this hints at a feature they're poking at? They've added the Gear stuff in recent games so what if they're going to mix that with Kustom Characters? However, instead of being able to create a purely original character, you pull from traits of existing characters and put them together?

In a weird way, what if Fire God Liu Kang is the precedent for these characters? I mean, there are all variants of winners who became Titan Masters of TIme and many like Liu Kang may have undergone combining with another character.


If so, I'm hope it's not more content that requires more grinding to unlock and access. Just include it with the next Aftermath.

I also wonder if there is a spot for combined Kameos? We've already seen Evil Sonya?
 
Was thinking more about the Merged Character thing. Fire God Liu Kang debuted last game as basically a Merged character and we see these odd Character Combos challenge you at the end of story mode or in Invasions.

I wonder if this hints at a feature they're poking at? They've added the Gear stuff in recent games so what if they're going to mix that with Kustom Characters? However, instead of being able to create a purely original character, you pull from traits of existing characters and put them together?

In a weird way, what if Fire God Liu Kang is the precedent for these characters? I mean, there are all variants of winners who became Titan Masters of TIme and many like Liu Kang may have undergone combining with another character.


If so, I'm hope it's not more content that requires more grinding to unlock and access. Just include it with the next Aftermath.

I also wonder if there is a spot for combined Kameos? We've already seen Evil Sonya?
Yeah, if they don't do something with the whole merging character thing, as they went all in with at the end of the story, it'll be a HUGE missed opportunity imo.
There's a ton of cool character mixes that you fight at the end going up the temple/pyramid... a female lizard, Johnny Cage/Shao Kahn kombination etc (https://gamerant.com/mortal-kombat-1-best-character-fusions/).
The lack of gear really hurt for me, it's the one thing that kept me playing Injustice 2 and MK11 and there's really nothing to replace it in MK1 for me.
 
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The servers have been down all day because they f**ked up the new invasions season rollout which allowed people to collect a bunch of stuff without grinding. You literally can't play anything because it won't let you or won't save any progress.
 
Yeah seems like one set back after set back. Glad I decided to wait for the inevitable GotY edition when it's hopefully all sorted.
 

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Game needs 10+ more characters.


Tried Peacemaker. Not sure what to think because I haven't seen the show. Kind of underwhelmed and miss the previous guest characters in the last two games.

I hate to say I officially get sick of the Fatal Blows. I might have most of my health bar and the character I'm fighting gets in a Fatal Blow even with no chance of a come back. This needs to be replaced by a powerful super move or super combo breaker.

I haven't played enough to find a real use for most Kameo moves. Was trying Cyrax explode move and I always get hit which causes the Kameo attack to fail.

I dunno, aside from the nitpicks, the games graphics are really slick.

The game is a bit stale for me at the moment, but hope for more update tweaks and whatever version of Aftermath drops.

The current ending has all those weird hybrid characters so I wonder if that hints at a future game feature. Some version of Kustom Character ?
 
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Tried Peacemaker. Not sure what to think because I haven't seen the show. Kind of underwhelmed and miss the previous guest characters in the last two games.

I hate to say I officially get sick of the Fatal Blows. I might have most of my health bar and the character I'm fighting gets in a Fatal Blow even with no chance of a come back. This needs to be replaced by a powerful super move or super combo breaker.

I haven't played enough to find a real use for most Kameo moves. Was trying Cyrax explode move and I always get hit which causes the Kameo attack to fail.

I dunno, aside from the nitpicks, the games graphics are really slick.

The game is a bit stale for me at the moment, but hope for more update tweaks and whatever version of Aftermath drops.

The current ending has all those weird hybrid characters so I wonder if that hints at a future game feature. Some version of Kustom Character ?
Yeah, I think they went all out in 11, they really spoiled us with all the amazing guest characters and I don't see them being able to top that tbh.
The fatal blows are a bit like those special attacks you get at the start of each fight in tekken 8, they are annoying and shouldn't be there at all imo.
 
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Dusted off game to see latest updates. Tried Ermac a little bit. Nice visuals and graphics, unsure about the gameplay.

Also, just playing to unlock basic Season of Storms Invasion stuff. I guess this includes a chance to get a Dark Raiden Skin if you get through all this stuff. For now, I did like getting a Raiden skin with permanent glowy lightning eyes. I unlocked ones for Kung Lao and Shang Tsung as well.

Still mixed feelings on the game. I think some graphics were tweaked, Raiden's Overload BRUTALITY has bright light shafts emit from it I don't recall from before, though it's been a while since I played the game.

One of the odd things to me is I feel like the planning of the controller move sets or combos has a different style or feel from the previous 2 games. Either it just doesn't feel as intuitive, or I'm unable to fully 'forget' the standard moves or combos from the previous games. I mean, I regularly did an X, Y, X hit all the time with Raiden before, but this game doesn't have that combo. It just feels weird sometimes.

I also have a hard time doing anything meaningful with Kameo attacks. I start something, the Kameo charges out, I get tapped, then the Kameo is just f*** This and bails. I am kind of preferring to try Defense Buffs such as the new addition Chameleon that can put a crystal armor on you and reduce damage from the next attack.
 
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