Tekken 8 or Mortal Kombat 1 | Which One Is Better? 

Tekken has the players learn the moves which is hard but way more rewarding

Fatalities are not part of the combat or gameplay, it's a cutscene that you watch over and over again, after the fight been alread decide. Tekken is thousand times more in deep in his gameplay than MK1

In 1991, Street Fighter II became a phenomenon! In 1992, Mortal Kombat became a phenomenon! 1996, Tekken 2 made you put Street Fighter down and made you forget about Mortal Kombat. 1998, Tekken 3 made you forget about 2D fighting games all together.

We are living in a great time for fighting games. Sf6, Mk1, Tekken 8

Tekken 8 blows MK1 out of the water. Not even looking at the stories, there's just more to do in Tekken. MK1's biggest flaw is how terribly barebones it is. There's next to nothing to do or work towards after you complete the story except online, and even the online is as barren as it gets (there aren't even lobbies like there have been in every modern MK game since MK9). Invasions is a grindfest that quickly gets repetitive (along with just downright frustrating modifiers at times) and towers aren't worth the effort because the rewards are so subpar. The monetization is also subpar at best with skins being so scarce and not all of them being good (and buying fatalities, lol). Tekken in contrast has the main story, Character episodes, the fight lounge, arcade quest, arcade battle, Tekken Ball, the jukebox, etc. Customization is not even worth discussing, Tekken has had the best customization in fighting games for a while. There's just so much more that went into Tekken 8.

MK is a kiddie pool, SF is the in-ground pool next to it, Tekken is the ocean.

Since no one has said it yet. GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE 🎤

It’s Tekken quite obvious, Mortal Kombat has started to look more and more like a superhero game rather than a martial arts one, Tekken is simply more realistic in terms of the fighting, it feels, plays, and looks more real.

Tekken vs SF6 would be more fair cause Both smack mk left and right

Tekken 8 for speed, mobility, and flexibility.

As a MK1 player who recently bought Tekken 8…I haven’t played MK1 since.

MK 1 is slow and stiff and the combos feel really repetitive. Tekken 8 is fast but calculated and also fluid. The combos have a rhythm and the audio and visuals have an impact you can feel. Tekken 8 FEELS like you’re ACTUALLY fighting, not just pressing a string inputs. Tekken 8 combos are also more rewarding. In addition to the combat, Tekken 8 has an entertaining story, FREE skins and customizables. It’s just a better game overall even for your wallet.

Tekken 8 is so far the best Tekken game since Tekken 5. Would love to see more features added in the future, like Tekken Tag arcade mode and adding tekken bowling. I also like to see Bandi/Namco release and remaster classic Tekken games like 1,2,3,4,5,6, and classic Tekken Tag Tournament games since their celebrating 30th anniversary of the series.

Tekken 8 was really awesome and badass in my opinion.

A couple notes about Tekken 8 story/characters/content that you may have missed: The game does offer a quick synopsis of the whole story in the game when you boot it up, and all characters have their own "character episodes" with a full CG ending that provides some info on what's going on with them (although quite a few are non-canon and for comic relief). There's Tekken Ball too for some deceptively entertaining casual fun.

After spending plenty of time on SF6 when MK1 came out, the mk1 characters felt stiff and movements seemed robot-like.. Playing Tekken 8 now..what a game!

MK1 kombat is better than Tekken? Bruh I'm done.

guy really gave Combat to MK 1

You don’t have to have previously played Tekken to know the story in 8. Theirs an option to watch catch up stories from 1-7 within the game

My guy really said that mk combat is better then tekken omg

Great Video man! and awesome analysis - your meme game is on point as always!

I'm glad you actually chose a clear winner by the end. I'm so used to "which is better" videos making sure to give it a tie😂. Also your discussion on the games felt fair and honest about the good and not as good.

I like MK more. I fell in love with tekken 2 music and story. Pros and cons to both. When I heard Scorpion say Get over Here! In 1996 I was sold.

MK1 costumes look much worse than past entries, these look so simple and plain.

How can you compare 2D and 3D?

Literally how on earth are you going to argue that MK1 has better graphics than tekken 8, you literal went on an entire argument about how they re-used a lot of aspects for the models but "oh the gore looks nice", even ignoring that have you SEEN just how damn bad a lot of the animations look, that alone should give tekken the edge, especially when the only critisism you gave was that it looks a bit "anime", which barely even counts. Honestly with that and mk1 winning the combat category not because of its combat but just because you like fatalities and "the moves are more iconic" whatever that means, it feels like mk1 only won those to make the comparison artifically closer than it actually is

tekken combos are fun when you pull them out because there are like 100 combos for each character, mk1 combos are good because of the return of air combos so you got more combos to try and I don’t really care for the mk1 story after act 1, the story for tekken is so goofy it’s funny and the fact the public doesn’t care when kaz just says at the beginning that he will destroy their countries if one of them loses is fucking funny and all they care about is the tournament is dumb funny

I have one more question, how many battles are there in story mode I know they’re in 15 chapters, but like how many battles/fights are there??

I like them all, mk1, sf6 tkn 8, i can honestly say tkn 8 is the benchmark...brilliant...a lot to learn but wow what a polished game, i cant fault it, pure fighting...10 / 10 for me,

No one will ever ever beat me in MK1 by button mashing

great video, especially with the inserted edits from cool movies : )

Tekken 8 is a masterpiece

I have a question, I’n Tekken 8 when playing story mode, Is it possible to just skip the cut scenes and just do the battles to complete all the chapters?

I liked MK1's story mode better than Tekken 8's but there isn't alot of offline content after that, other than Towers & Invasions. However, Tekken 8's gameplay is far superior imo, and there is so much offline content to get into after you finish the Story. Can't get enough of playing as Hwoarang & Law. Victor & Azucena are pretty dope additions to the roster & fun to play as well.

It's Tekken 8. Tekken 8 is better.

I would give combat to tekken. It never gets stale and every player has over 100 moves on their commands list which gives players the freedom to put their own style into their characters fighting.

giving a point to mortal kombat based on the combat is bizzare

I hate it when people pit games against each other because then the comments turn into a war zone. Everyone is just too fucking stupid to open their eyes and realise you can like both games. Just because one is better doesn't mean you have to insult the other and refuse to play it. I like T8 and MK1 but I like T8 more. That doesn't mean I won't have a good time playing MK1.

Tekken 8 > SF6 > MK1

Tekken is better when it comes to combat because your options aren't limited like in mk

Tekken 8 is not only a better game, it's a contender for one of the best fighting games ever made. I would say Street Fighter 6 is a contender for that as well. What do those games have in common? Content/modes, deep mechanics, deep customization, and a AAA presentation. Best of all is both games teach the player how to play their games as well as standard fighting game mechanics as a whole. Both also provide the tools for players to effectively practice what they've learned. MK1 does very little of that. The game has no content outside of story and online (Invasions is trash and not worth the frustration). New mechanics were added at the expense of decent sized move lists for characters. Customization is a step down from previous titles and the overall presentation is less impressive than it's competitors. Then theres the premium store and the fact that a lot is broken or buggy is a whole other can of worms. I wanted MK to succeed but it got a lot wrong.

I love all three games tbh. Then again, sf6 and t8 were my first of their series. I do love mk1 the most, but god damn the delay lack of more modes from games like mk9 with their online options.

Seeing the throwback tekken gives me shivers...

Tekken 8 hands down, it makes you forget about Street Fighter 6, Mk 1, and even the illfated Virtual Fighter series

The only thing that makes me hesitant to even play Tekken is the fan base. The amount of salty hatred towards mk in these comments is wiiiillldddd dawg. I’ve gone to 3 review videos and all the comments are just,”mk did….”, “mk doesn’t…”, “mk is so stiff…”. Great mk ad. A dude down below is even talking like he lives in an anime here…. My guy literally said, “the guy who made this video is no doubt a casual that has yet to master…” Wtf are we doing folks??💀 they’re just games… dang, but if all the comments in the last 3 videos I watched are about mk (even in Tekken specific videos), Tekken must truly be a great game, lol. 😭

Tekken 8 theres no need to even debate this ..next

Cant believe you gave combat to MK, not a hater but TK8 has substantially greater and better combat than MK..

Tekken rewards veterans. MK always changes shit for no reason and I hate that. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!!!

What about the mini games like Tekken bowling or the Tekken side scroller

Great video dude!

Im big mortal kombat fan never in my life played a Tekken but this an obvious win for Tekken 8

Mk1 didn’t reboot everyone it’s just that everyone got separated into their own titans of their own timelines

Feature wise? Tekken 8 by a landslide. Core gameplay wise? I love them both.

Hearing an Aussie make an NFL reference is absolutely life affirming as an American. Also, great fuckin video overall.

Mk1's cinematic sequences in the story mode are better and it maintains a good balance of humour and serious moments. That being said, Tekken 8 is by no means offer a bad story; however, it's mostly a single character focused and quite short. I liked the bromance showed in mk1 and how they treated the characters in the new era. As for Tekken 8, it wins in every other aspect- content, overall fight mechanics, music, customisation. Graphics are great in both games.

My brother is the biggest MK fanboy. He thinks the Kameo system is a great addition… meanwhile we’re over here getting blessed by Tekken 8 & Street Fighter 6. Much better games imo.

I agree with your takes, some characters are the same as the original. It very weird seeing that most of the characters change, while some that should change. If Mk did not change some of these characters i feel like it would be mostly fine.

Mortal Kombat 1 is good but Tekken 8 is the literally the best fighting game to come out this year.

I own both games and i enjoyed MK1 so much but Tekken 8 is just so much better in every way Its way flashier, more fun and way deeper in its mechanics MK1’s movelists didnt have much else to them so it got old fast

Here is my take after watching your video: Story: Both are great and newbie friendly yet both are rewarding if you are a long time fan. Gameplay: Depends. Want more flashy ang simple strings - MK, Want something that you can sink in learning - Tekken Content - Tekken wins. MK Invasion is boring and online options is lackluster. Arcade Quest is a fun way to teach a newbie about fighting games, not just Tekken Customization - MK design wise. Both are limited but MK is just good to look at Hotel - Trivago

MK1 vs War God's would be a much better and much more fair comparison.

Find me an Australian without a RU-vid channel.

Tekken has a new theme with every single game. For Tekken 7 it's Solitude and in 8 it's My Last Stand.

Tekken 8 vs MK1: and the winner is.... SF6!!!

I like Both Games Because They Both was Brought Back in My Childhood Days💯

Mortal kombat 1 isn’t like bad, but it’s not even top 5 fighting game released in the last 5 years. Tekken is top 2

In terms of storytelling I'll go with MK. But, interms of gameplay I'll go with Tekken.

After playing both, something I want to add is that a lot of moves in MK1 don’t feel satisfying or even that hard hitting, which is odd to say about a game that sells itself on its hard hitting violence. It also means that learning a character in MK1 doesn’t feel as fun as it should be. With Tekken 8 on the other hand, so many moves feel great to hit with which helps learning the game a lot more fun. Plus the sound design behind the Tekken 8 hits might as well be its own brand of dopamine injection.

I liked mortal kombat 1 and X but I think since I grew up with Tekken 3, I’ve always been more of a Tekken fan tbh.

good video, personally I don't agree at all with the graphics, MK 1 has a slightly improved version of unreal engine 4 that looks very nice but does not reach the level of detail of tekken 8 that uses unreal engine 5 and It also looks worse than mk 11 in some artistic aspects.

The graphics in mk is so nice. But the tekken content was up to par the story and the gameplay can't be touched

MK1 combos get repetitive especially when you’re playing online and your opponent just does the same 8-10 hit combo string over and over lol. Like at least mix it up or shoot a projectile. I just love how I’m tekken there’s more variety and even then it’s super hard to pull off the 8-10 hit combo strings on tekken over and over cause of the movement. In mk1 you’re always gonna get caught in one lol. And idk the breaker system feels different at least for me I can never break out of a combo or when I do its basically near the end of the combo and my health is already low lol.

MK1 is just on overall lazy game. Gameplay is alright but evrything else is terrible. Tekken 8 its honestly hard to find cons that make them game worse. Its damn near perfect. MK1 6/10 Tekken 8 9.5/10

This video shouldnt be this long, tekken is better

Tekken 8 by a mile imo 💪🔥 Way more polished game and deeper gameplay. I do like MK1 still though.

Both and Street fighter

Why not Both? I enjoy both MK1 and Tekken 8. Doesnt always needs to be about whats better. Im just glad we got the games

Tekken 8: A true 3D fighter, requires skills and timing, requires you to be creative, adaptive, intelligent, and open to growth. Incorporates some qualities from realistic fighting styles. MK1: 2D fighter with 3D characters. Requires you to remember combos and fatalities....... Tekken will ALWAYS be a superior game.🫳🏽🎤

Could you please make a vs video that also includes under night in birth 2 ❤😀

As a huge Mortal Kombat fan pretty much from day one way back when, and having tons of fandom and nostalgia for it. Tekken 8 is the better game of these two, by a pretty large margin. It kinda pains me to say it, but it is absolutely the case.

This one goes to Tekken easily. Loved Mk as a series arguably more than 4thsnake but It'd be crazy to deny the dip in quality from the series, gameplay and content wise while the former despite having some drawbacks and changes i can't fully get behind.it's done the complete opposite (not even getting into the online)

Tekken has a recap of the last game in single panel videos

all great points, as someone who's only just joined the FGC, AND! Picked up both games... I personally lean more towards the Tekken side. I learned a combo and fatality input for Johnny Cage on MK1, and that was all I ever did, with the added combo stops and cameo interactions for extra damage or annoyance, where as Tekken I picked up Jack-8 (yeah I know, whatever, shut up), I then had to find a low starter, pokes, punisher combos, high starter, ground connects, standard punish, whif punishes, low combos, high combos and learn how to see and read lows and grabs from all 32 characters AND THEIR COMBOS! also sidestep heavies and unblockables, the combat in my opinion is Tekkens win from the get go HOWEVER!! Like I said I've only just picked up fighting games, and with around 30-50 hours in each and nothing else to go off of I can't really give a valid opinion, BUT I really enjoyed this video man!! thankyou for putting your opinion out there!! all of them matter!! 😃 subbed btw, great content!! 👌

i was a ps1 kid so i loved tekken 3 and later tekken 5 so i'm heavily biased but for me tekken 8 is leagues ahead of the other fighting games. so many features to learn the game and have fun even offline in 8, the graphics are amazing, gameplay slaps, the characters are all cool af and i can't believe i'm saying his but i'm even invested with the story, going as far as to hope for a dlc story in the upcoming years to see what will happen with reina. tekken 8 honestly might be the best fighting game ever made, while mk1 isn't even as good as previous entries.

Soul calibur 6 xD. In all seriousness though, MK1 has the better characters, Tekken 8 has the better gameplay. It's always been like that. I can't be the only one that sees MK like a couple of carton boards moving while Tekken feels so smooth and natural

I would actually argue that tekken should win combat. Because characters have archetypes to them the main example being king as a grappler where MK doesn’t really have that they all kinda feel similar unlike tekken. Also in tekken you can have a lot more free flowing combos while in MK each character has to start,end, and continue combos with certain moves.

1. KOFXV 2. Tekken 8 3. Street Fighter 6 4. Killer Instinct 5. Mk1

Tekken 7-8 better gameplay

The slow pace to address quality of life features and basic modes peomised at launch is why MK1 is struggling. The gameplay while fun is too simple bc im sure some executives thought a higher skill ceiling would drive awya casual players. The lack of content, crossplay, poor netcode drove away most of the competitive and hardcore playerbase within a couple of months. Ed Boom is GOAT, but joking about which quality of life festures to inplement next like online practice mode/crossplay in a poll on twitter i cheeky asf. Fate of MK1 is kinda deserved

I haven’t played tekken but from what I’ve seen it’s more beginner friendly than mortal combat. mortal kombat kombos are harder to hit consistently just because the timing of every combo is so rigid and the speed required for the inputs it’s so fast. I think I’m going to try tekken for a more casual experience. I still want the competitiveness but I don’t want to have to sit in lab practicing one combo for says

Why people like to pin games against one another instead of enjoying what they like?

Is there any need to ask? The answer is self evident for anyone that actually plays fighting games.

I was on a fench with MK1. I got Tekken 8 instead. I do wanna get MK1 but I may wait for a sale.

I personally think that gameplay and graphics are better in T8 but your point is still solid. But man Tekken8 is just so friggin awesome! Also TEKKEN BALL IS BACK! Also: I think you were talking about chapter 10.

The biggest advantage Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6 have is they're fun to watch in tournaments. Even if you don't know what's going on, you can enjoy all the sick combos and cinematics throughout the fight MK1 while not terrible, feels like watching a faster MK11 with some characters sliding in and out occasionally and is nowhere near as exciting as T8 or SF6

For me, before I go into what I'd pick for each category and why, I'll clarify that I've only played a few TEKKEN games myself (2, 3, 7, & 8 to be exact) and all the mainline 2D MK games. Going into each category: Story (SPOILER WARNING FOR BOTH GAMES and TEKKEN 7): So I definitely would say TEKKEN 8's story is an improvement over TEKKEN 7's. (The narrator from TEKKEN 7's was just so pace breaking imo) And I feel like MK1 is the best NRS MK story. With TEKKEN 8, while there was definitely a bigger focus on the Mishima/Kazama bloodline over other characters, I felt like the story felt more tightly knit and complete overall. I also really like how there can even be story elements weaved in minor ways throughout battles. The final battle between Jin and Kazuya was also, alongside the final battle between Kazuya and Heihachi in TEKKEN 7 peak final battles for fighting games) With MK1, I don't feel the changes bothered me at all with Lui Kang's timeline, and if the story stayed focused on Lui Kang's timeline, I maybe would've given the point to MK1 in this regard, but the moment it decided to delve into a multiverse war, the story lost its sense of focus imo and it started going downhill in terms of quality. Because of that, I would give TEKKEN 8 the point. Combat: This one I will admit is tough imo since I do believe both games have a good combat system. While I appreciate MK1's attempt to add something new to their combat with the Kameo system, I do feel it can be overcentralizing at times and until debatably Tremor, but definitely Khameleon (which would give MK1 an advantage since TEKKEN hasn't had an opportunity yet for DLC characters to come out, where as Tremor and Khameleon were only added as a DLC Kameos), I felt like the Kameos didn't have enough depth to them. That being said, I do also appreciate the fatalities in MK1 as well. It's a very close point and I do feel the Kameo system does have potential, but I'd give the point to TEKKEN 8. Sound Design: I'll give some praise to MK1 for it being better than it's been in previous MK games (like not making me think "Does this game even have a soundtrack after I turn it off?" Already an improvement in that way.), but this one goes to TEKKEN 8 imo and it's not even close. (And I'm saying this while intentionally ignoring the jukebox feature to try and level the playing field) I'm not even into the genre of music that TEKKEN games have (I'm more of a Guilty Gear/BlazBlue guy in that regard), but the music of TEKKEN 8 is so good not only in game, but even at the gym, it feels so good to listen to. I also just find TEKKEN's sound effects so much more satisfying to hear as well during the fights. When it comes to the VAs, MK1 has Megan Fox's performance as Nitara. TEKKEN 8 wins already based off that alone imo. Graphics: This point I definitely believe will come down to personal preference as both games are great graphically. For me, I prefer TEKKEN 8's visual style. Characters: With MK1, I honestly wish that NRS went a little bit further in terms of how much they changed. For example, controversial take incoming, but I didn't mind at all Kuai Liang being Scorpion in this timeline instead of Hanzo Hasashi. I also liked Mileena, Reptile, and Baraka being redeemed in this timeline, but then there's characters that I don't feel were changed at all like General Shao (No. Being nerfed in terms of power doesn't equate to a change in character imo) or Johnny Cage, and then there were others I feel were changed for the worse. (Sub-Zero comes to mind. I feel like it felt way too straight up "One brother is bad. The other one is good." When I feel like having some shades of gray in there would've benefitted it) TEKKEN 8 on the other hand? There's characters I feel were handled perfectly. For example, minus Asuka, everyone in the Mishima/Kazama bloodline were the best handled characters of both games. I also feel characters like Xiaoyu and Leroy were handled well as well. There were characters I feel served their purpose, and then there were some characters I feel were just there. (Paul, Law, the Jack models, Nina, Steve Fox. Even to a lesser extent, Asuka and Lili I'd say) For this, I may be alone on this, but because I honestly liked a lot of the changes MK1 made to their characters, I'd slightly give the point to MK1 here. (With the caveat that I do understand that it would make sense for anyone to go the other way if they didn't like the changes) Shelf Life: MK1 I feel has been a posterchild example of how NOT to handle a game post launch and this is a TEKKEN 8 point to me easily. With Invasions Mode, I feel it could've been good if it was either more varied or if it was half as long per season, but as it is? It sucks. And the microtransactions are awful imo. I also really wish that with the skins, it would change the character and voice direction of the character as well. (It doesn't make sense for Deadly Alliance Scorpion to be Kuai Liang to me or MK3 Sub-Zero to still be Bi-Han) The Microtransactions argument is a bit out of date with the TEKKEN shop announcement, but the prices are still so much more bearable in TEKKEN's favour compared to MK1's. When also factoring in character customization (even if it's not the best in that regard imo as it currently stands even when compared to TEKKEN 7), TEKKEN Arcade & TEKKEN Ball among any potential future modes, I feel like TEKKEN dominates this category. Overall, while I feel MK1 has potential and does have a lot going for it, I just feel like TEKKEN 8 does quite a bit better and MK1 feels way too barebones in comparison. Heck, even if we were comparing MK1 to Street Fighter 6, MK1 I feel is too barebones even compared to that game.

Tekken the character move list legacy. Mortal Kombat is digging it's own grave by changing the move list with all the latest entry.

Tekken 8 has a customization mode with free cosmetics you can grind for in game. Tekken 8 is worth a good $60 (not the full 70$) Mortal Kombat 1 has an in-game shop for you to buy currencies to get skins. MK1's base game is probably worth 40$ at most or if they wanted to fully commit to this microtransaction shop, they should've maybe charged 20$ tops. 70$ is ludicrous.

I think mk1 has dull colours and tekken 8 is much more vibrant

Before watching the video.. Tekken 8 is the best by far. I’m a big fan of both MK and Tekken, but MK1 is a big flop for me vs the gorgeous MK11, while Tekken 8 is a huge leap forward compared to Tekken 7 on all levels: story, graphics, and gameplay.