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@@leotyson1001 It drops in just a few hours, I’m doing final editing touches right now. It’s certainly my personal favourite episode I’ve made so far, you’ll really enjoy it!
the ending where Tanya leads Liu into a dark cave and then jumps Liu with Shinnok to blow him up fucking TERRIFIED me as a kid - the hero of the series got merc’d in a dark cave with no one around to see what happened… little did I know that the Deadly Alliance intro was just around the corner to scare me even more!
This terrified me as a kid too! I remember thinking Tanya was going to be one of the new female protagonist and she turned out to be a traitor to her realm and sided with the brotherhood of shadow. This was some dark stuff back then. Lui got decimated. Tanya actually became one of my favourites In Deception lore wise. Good times
Mythologies is a god awful game, but I have to admit when I was a kid I thought it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen, those super cheesy live action sequences blew my mind
It wasn't mentioned in the video, but it should be noted that Kitana, Noob, and Kano were planned for MK4 (they were seen and playable in pre-release footage), but replaced by Tanya, Reiko, and Jarek respectively because Midway felt the game didn't have enough new characters. Noob became a hidden playable character in the home versions. Kitana wasn't completely removed because her model was needed for Liu Kang's ending for the arcade and N64 versions since those used in-game cutscenes while the PS1 and PC versions used FMV videos so an unfinished version of Kitana can be played by hacking the game. Goro was also not in the arcade version and was home console exclusive.
18:00 This is one of those cases where I didn't learn something was poorly received or hated until years later as an adult. Because I remember me and my friends(and the majority of kids at my school who played MK4/Gold) were talking about it nonstop. In fact, two of my best friends growing up who lived right around the corner from me were OBSESSED with MK4 and we would play it NON STOP. Always having heated rivalries and tournaments lol. This was before I came of age and started paying attention to(or even noticing) things like review scores. I didn't learn until after Deadly Alliance released that MK4 was seen as a bad entry when reading articles talking about it as "that game no one remembers" etc. I loved MK4 and Gold.
That’s really great though. The best part of being a kid is almost every game you got, you really cherished and enjoyed even if the general consensus didn’t
Same here. As a kid playing on N64, MK Trilogy was pretty hard. I only got to Motaro a handful of times, and only beat him 1-2 times. Never beat Shao Kahn. For MK4 I really enjoyed the switch to 3D and how the game seemed "more fair". It took me a while to beat Goro, but once I did I felt such a great accomplishment. Then when I got older I got an Xbox for Christmas and soon got Deadly Alliance, which also felt so fresh to me back then. I didn't wind up getting Deception, but I absolutely loved Armageddon for what it was, especially the Kreate a Fighter mode.
@@DonCriticyeah, I have a feeling that the consensus back then were adults and didn't really look for guidance from the younger generation though granted this was a mature rated game
I appreciate these uploads because I enjoy MK lore but haven’t gotten around to playing/finishing most of them. They’re also getting me excited for MK1’s release!
MK4 was super hype and one of my favorites. I’m surprised to hear that it had a negative response. Love these videos and can’t believe they aren’t getting more views. Thank you for making them!
I was really young. Played 2, 3 and trilogy nearly every weekend. When me and my cousin rented out 4 from the local blockbuster we couldn't believe how bad it was 😂 definitely paved the way for future titles though.
Agreed. At the time, it was one of my favorite games, and I still have fond memories of it. Fujin was such a great new fighter, I wish he had replaced Raiden in the lore
My favorite too. I was born in 92, and I believe MK4 came out 97?? 5 yrs old, I was a Nintendo 64 kid. Super Mario, MK4, Super Smash Bros, and Banjo Kazooie hahahahahah
Yes!! The background music for MK Trilogy and MK4 were so good and terrifying in a way. With MK11 it's like you're listening to a symphony or something lol.
I mostly played MK Gold because it had Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, Robots and Baraka. Overall, I feel a strange affection to this game plus I love how they used cutscenes to tell the story.
@@FreeOpenTruth you know that the PS1 version isn't the arcade version either right? The arcade didn't have Goro in it at all; Quan Chi was the sub-boss.
I loved mk 4 Never owned it but used to rent it from the local video store over the weekends. I know it was no tekken but honestly that was okay, back then it was nice having all types of fighters. Plus I was happy Cage was back haha. I dug him when I was younger. I love this series brother awesome video
Johnny Cage is one of the greats! Yeah the late 90’s had so many great fighting games, competition was super strong back then. Soulcalibur, Tekken, Killer Instinct, Dead or Alive. You were never stuck for a new fighting game haha
I really love Mythologies. I mastered the gameplay with the “B” button and got the levels memorized. I enjoyed the game so much, I replayed it on the N64. Wish NetherRealm would make another Mythologies, there’s so much potential.
If you ever decide to livestream it, plz do let me know to go watch it. This game was impossible for me, but I’d loved to see someone play it. Would be a good time.
MK4 was my first introduction to this series and I never thought it was bad or poorly written. Looking at it now it hasn’t aged the best but there were some valuable tidbits like Scorpion and Sub Zero learning they were both set up, Shinnok *is* canonically unstoppable but Quan Chi’s double crossing backfired, and that there are more than 1 gods that can be protectors.
In the arcade one time, I wanted to try to do a fatality that I remembered from Game Informer. So I put my quarters in, picked Reptile then these older kids came up and were watching me play. I beat the first enemy and ended up pulling off the fatality where Reptile jumps on the enemy and eats their face off, one of the older kids was shouting "HES HUMPING HIM!!". They all cheered for me, then the older kid put his quarters in to fight me, he beat me immediately and I was booted from the game.
@@DefinitelyReagan it's the best story out of any of the games easily and the greatest expansion of lore the series ever had til that point. Fix the controls and you'd have a solid as hell game
Never forget when my uncle got me mk4 for Christmas on N64 lol loved it was playing mk trilogy before that on my N64 and then later on got mk mythology subzero game was hard at first but always got to the stage where I had to escape the realm and den it reset to beginning because I didn't have enough experience and didn't no until a few years ago lol wow I was shocked
Never played MK4. I was in my late teens when UMK3 appeared on the Saturn, and it was amazing. By the time MK4 appeared, I was totally tuned out from the series. Not sure if I played any of the sequels much after that.
To me imo mk mythology subzero was one of my favorite games I guess I just have nostalgic feeling and grew up wit the game I enjoyed so many days tryna beat the game lol
4’s roster is so tiny compared to other MK titles, but damn, do the 90s 3D graphics used in the game look astounding. The fatalities in the game are a vast improvement from MK3’s, UMK3’s, and MKT’s due to its greater creativity and the fact that 50% of the fatalities are no longer, “watch some guy blow up to a million pieces.” Man, I wish I have access to the original Arcade version of it, but you know, _it costs big money._
Mortal4Kombat mlMy favorite MK game till this day! This was the FIRST VIDEO GAME I EVER PLAYED! At only 4 years old on the N64 Haha good times This game needs a Remaster
This was the one our dad took away for a month because of our fighting.😂 Pretty sure Jax has the worst ending in 4. Playing these games into the wee hours of the morning just beating the ladder with each character is still a thing I do.
I always thought Jarek had the worst one. Someone on RU-vid redid his with the _Unreal Engine_ a couple of years ago, and made it look way better. From the graphics to him actually being flip-kicked off of the cliff instead of Sonya just side stepping out of the way. He still made that weird Raiden sound when he fell off though, which is actually hilarious. And then the same RU-vid account actually redid the Jax ending to explain it more.
The intro for MK4 (live action one) had me scared as a little kid, same with the spikes and music. I was no older than 6-7 cuz my dad was a huge fan of the original arcade games so he had MK4 on PSOne
MK4 was when i kinda dropped the series and went back to playing trilogy with my friends, i grinded deadly alliance and deception for a while but couldnt bring myself to playing newer titles
MK4 was what introduced me to Mortal Kombat, and I loved it. Quan Chi's look in the game is the most sinister, I dunno why they changed it later. Also had a videogame crush on Tanya 😁
I've been playing MK since the first one came out. However, with MK4, it felt as if it had been rushed out. I had the feeling MK4 could have turned out better if more time was spent on it (graphics, movement of the characters and the endings specifically).
So basically, if Special Forces wasn't rushed, and maybe waited for the PS2, it could have been the first Shaolin Monks. I mean, it's the exact same thing, just without platforming... or any polish whatsoever.
First, how come a Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection hasn't been released since the PS3 & 360? Second, how come Mortal Kombat 4 is never rereleased and made for new consoles? Doesn't Netherrealm Studios have the rights and can make it?
I just don’t think they want to put the resources in to make a remaster at the moment. They seem to have been really busy working on the new MK1. Although having a way to play the pre-MKX games on modern consoles would be great
I remember how much of a pain in the @ zz MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero was. It took me forever to beat. This live character are HILARIOUS looking back at it. 😂😂😂
Honestly, by that point I had no interest. I wasn't interested in the concept at all, and I wasn't the biggest fan of Mythologies despite the fact that I wanted Sub-Zero to have his own game ever since I first played MK2.
@@DonCritic I didn't get far into the game only onto the second level because I had no way of saving the game did the game even have fatalities I don't remember their being only the finish him
Even when we were only like 10 or 11 years old, my friend and I laughed hysterically at Jarek's goofy scream and Jax doing his best Dirty Harry impersonation. I don't know if they were intentionally trying to be funny or if they wanted the scene to be taken seriously.
I think mk mythologies is worth a revisit. I used try like hell to play sub zero, I was young I thought it was just a big kid game lol. I had no idea it was actually bad.
I think the problem was that Midway deemed the MK name as bigger than the games themselves. They were becoming cheaper and cheaper and in these games that went too far. Have anyone not tested MKM:SZ to noticed how unplayable it was? No comments on MKSF. I think MK4 is a funny game and I enojoyed playing it. But, Lord... cheapness everywhere. Few characters (same as MK3), same dial combos for all of them, no actual boss fight, endings were played by the characters instead of being images and the champion screen was just a flat image with no animation whatsoever.
I bought Mythologies: Sub-Zero during a 4 day trip to Gothemburg. Bought it the first day and was so hyped to come home to my PlayStation. Looked through the manual every night. Well... You know the end of this story. Another disapointed child.
I think one thing you could've brought up was the game War Gods which was made by the MK team and served as a prototype / tech demo of MK4's engine. Good vid though, just a nitpick.
I bought Mythologies: Sub-Zero during a 4 day trip to Gothenburg. Bought it the first day and was so hyped to come home to my PlayStation. Looked through the manual every night. Well... You know the end of this story. Another disapointed child 😢
Aww at least it still gave you some good memories. Video Game Manuals used to be so good, flicking through them and reading all the lore and details before you got home to play the game was so much fun
@@DonCritic That's true. Playstation and N64 feels like the last consoles where the manuals of the games were fascinating. Or maybe they just were the last consoles I found interesting.
I think I'm the only one on this planet that enjoyed mkm Sub-Zero, the only gripe I have is the turn button and the lack of fatalities besides that I enjoyed it
How’ does shinnok get the amulet back if sub zero apparently got it for quan chi in mythologies but then sub zero ends up beating shinnok at the end of that game ? So how does shinnok have the amulet in MK 4 ??
Maybe the Amulet that Quan Chi gives to Shinnok in Mythologies, and that Sub Zero passes to Raiden was a replica and Quan Chi kept the real one for himself
@julianmitchell5776 Quan Chi tricked his master & tricked Bi-Han & Raiden. Once he received the real amulet from Bi-Han he gaved Shinnok a fake amulet. Shinnok's Amulet gave Quan Chi the ability to travel outside to the other realms since his magic only limited him to travel between the Netherrealm & Earthrealm also the amulet increased his magic ten fold which it was key to reviving Onaga's army.
MK4 is good, I liked it, I don't understand why some people say it's the worst of the older games. Obviously today it looks ugly and the 2D games hold up a lot better, 2D resists the passage of time a lot better than early 3D and polygons, but back then 4 looked fine. In terms of gameplay it's good, some of the new characters are boring but the roster is ok, the stages are ok, it brought back the fantasy and mistery feeling of 1 and 2 in terms of stages, colors, music and atmosphere, and I think it's very underrated. I remember running home so excited when i got it for PC, I couldn't wait to play it!. If you had a 3DFX Voodoo card it looked awesome (for its time). MK4 is a solid very underrated entry. And in my opinion, the last good MK until MK9. The really bad ones are the PS2 trilogy. I hated those so much!. The gameplay was horrible, the direction the story and characters took was bad, like "Liu Kang is dead" WTF??. To this day I really dislike Deadly Alliance, Deception and Armaggedon, to me that's the worst era of the franchise, those games are a mess, it's like they lost the way for years trying to do something that's not MK. I know a lot of people like those games and they were succesful so I'm in the minority here (I can't imagine why MK fans liked those games), but to me that dark age after 4 and before 9 felt like MK was dead. I'm happy MK9 soft rebooted the saga and brought back "real Mortal Kombat" in terms of gameplay, characters, story, atmosphere and feeling. MK9 was a great comeback.
My brother was the green screen actor for mortal Kombat Armageddon and deadly alliance for shang tsung and I believe either sub zero you know when the run up the mountain he did alot of the fighting parts for shang tsung and I can't remember the other characters
The MK4 issue lies in the replacement of characters like Jarek, Fujin, Kai, and Tanya, which were disappointing. Quan Chi is the best new character. The game felt fairer with difficulty than older games, and the alt costumes were enjoyable but the weapons seemed pointless. Ending videos were cheesy but I'm glad they had them compared to text. Shinnok was alright but found him less intimidating than Quan Chi. I loved he was a more grounded boss not over powered and playable but compared to Shang Tsung which could transform or Shao Kahn which had super strength just seem lack luster.
