The State of Mortal Kombat 1 in 2024 

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Kameos should’ve just been a game mode instead of the base game imo

Who would thought it possible that a massive 150gb ninth generation game has less content and game modes than a 2019 game, the lazyness wow

MK1 NEEDS: Friendships, more brutalities, stage fatalities, more intro/outros, more cameo brutalities, more costumes not just different shaders, pretty much…MORE. Stop nerfing people and buff lower tier characters and cameos. Just for starters

What bothers me the most is the lack of a krypt

MK11 in its prime was way far more superior then compared to MK1 right now

I've never been so disappointed about a NRS game until Mortal Kombat 1

NRS has really given up on their fans.

It’s crazy how people say MK11 is their least favorite MK game. It’s my personal MK of the NRS era. From start to finish I loved it.

I miss stage fatalities, those have been a Mortal Kombat feature since the beginning.

Lack of single-player options and lack of content. Same as you I played all MKs, MKX came out ditched MK9 for sometime, when MK11ditched MKX too, MK1 came out and somehow I find myself going back to all the past games and this new addition while playing MK11. It's weird. I just wished they had more options for single players and less monetization(unlocking skins feels weird because the skins are just garbage and the good ones require money). I wish that we had more options for certain character moves and gameplay and just want this game to live up to the hype promised as well as release multiple parts or multiple new modes to bring it back to life.

I literally played the story and then finished the first season against scorpion then literally deleted it off my console🤣

MK11 pissed all over this I don’t care what anyone says MK11 was way better than this and still is

I hate Invasions so much that if they straight up deleted it, I might consider giving MK1 another chance.

I'm 41... I play MK since 1992...First time ever I stopped playing... and I wont until next MK..hopefully:/ massive disappointment

They need to bring back the open world format like Shaolin Monks

I've gone back to MKX, I2, and even MK11 to have fun before playing MK1. I've recently tried to play MK1 and bro I just can't... Game feels soulless. I've watched countless amounts of SF6 and Tekken 8 tourneys before even thinking about watching a MK1 event. I've gone back and watched Supers old MKX and I2 videos before even thinking about watching BRAND NEW MK1 DLC character videos... For the people who can't tell the difference..... this is a capital I ..... This is the number 1....

Game is dying

Congratulations Cage for being honest and not shilling for the game.

I never quit an mk game so fast

We need a 1v1 mode.

As long as I have mk9, 2 controllers, and my ps3 I'm fine. That still remains my favorite NRS game by a huge margin. A remaster of that game with good online and minor rebalances/bug fixes would be the perfect MK for me

i actually prefer Mortal Kombat 11 to mk1

Say it from your chest, man let ‘em know. But stop soft balling Netherrealm and Finish Him!

They need to fix krossplay, add KOTH, add another game mode other then boring invasions maybe some fun mini game, 1v1 mode, proper buffs for kameos, speed up the DLC and Story expansion

i started playing MKX instead of MK1

My sister and I love fighting games, we debated for so long between buying MK 1, Tekken 8 or SF 6. We ultimately went with MK 1 Premium Edition… about 30-ish hours invested and we never touched it again. We completed the main story and most of the character endings, the kameo system was fun since it reminded us of our favorite game Tekken Tag Tournament 2, but overall the game felt somewhat empty and even a bit unpolished. We still can’t quite figure out what it is, but something about MK1 feels wrong/missing.

NRS definitely needs to communicate more but I also blame WB because it seems like they aren't letting them do what they want with the game and forced them to put out an unfinished product.

I need a Shaolin Monks 2 rpg with online arena fighting

They should have made injustice three

I agree with you cage. I don’t play MK1 as consistently as I usually did.

Every game should feel like a step forward, and this one to me feels like they took 1 big step forward with gameplay.....then took like 10 steps back with everything else. Quality of life features, pinning your moves on screen (came late), crossplay (not fully in yet 6 months later), customization (less gear options, intros/outros), no new brutalities, no stage brutalities (mk11 had them), no stage fatalities (mkx had them), no friendships (mk11 added them a year later or so) loadouts for your outfits(mk11 had 5, mk1 has one and random), practice modes while online, lack of skins (kameos and DLC don't get seasonal skins), lacking and lazy skins (just color palette swaps), monetizing skins/fatalities are skummy. Even then, they're lazy with that. Very little skins in store, lots of cycling items.They have SO MANY options for skins from previous games, missed opportunities. Skins you grind for in Invasions/kombat league COME TO THE STORE. So why grind when you can buy it? Makes the skins not special. The shrine this season had HALF of the items from previous seasons. No one has mentions that, normally takes around 90k but this time it was like 45k. And there's more I just can't think of it....just TOO many. I also hope they're cooking some MAJOR changes or this game a goner.

homelander to mk1: CUZ YOU NEED ME! YOU NEED ME TO SAVE YOU!

To all of the complaining fans: you're not wrong. MK is now trash.

I feel that it was just to soon of a release. Shouldve did injustice 3 then mk12.

WB are the blame for everything

Thanks for being honest on the state of the game uncaged. We all want better for the next installment and the only way that will happen is to speak out.

Mortal Kombat is in its 2D burnout stage

I actually like mk1 invasions mode but I think what NRS should do to make mk1 better is fixing the connection when players try to online battle adding test your might and sight towers buffing the low tiers characters adding 2 vs 2 etc

I literally re-downloaded MK11 and I'm having a way better time with it than MK1

I'm already ready for MK2. Well... I'm kind of excited for Homelander. But idk... Things are bleak😮‍💨

Hey UnCaged, I'm a huge MK guy and found your content because of it. Since then, I've watched your stuff and really enjoyed your content. I just wanted to say thanks for posting this vid, I'm someone who's pretty disappointed with MK1 and how it's been handled, most notably, the micro transactions and how shady it feels. It's great to have someone influential in the MK community post about this and be the voice of the fans because hopefully, in that way, they'll listen. I know it couldn't have been easy so I just wanted to say thanks.

I feel like the move list is too small and limits the players to do the same combos with slight variations depending on what kameo you pick. But essentially your just doing the same combo string over and over again

this is the first mk game ive been around for where ive been really into mk. i’ve played mkx, mk11, seen gameplay of basically all the older mk’s, and mk1 genuinely is so so disappointing compared to the other games. i loved the story personally, im not even a pro player, nowhere as near, i don’t even fight online, i just enjoy the story mode and like collecting skins and doing invasions and even then it’s extremely frustrating, so many little things that could’ve been added or avoided that just make the game feel so bland compared to mk11. like the build-up to mk1 and the release felt so dry and lacklustre, breaks my heart because this has genuinely became my favourite game series, and my favourite character is in it ): really scared for the future of mk, genuinely clinging onto hope that it will be ok in the end.

No one talks about stage fatalities. This was a staple of all the games . Just curious as to why they are not in this game ??

I hope they keep air combos in future mk games

Shoutout to you for speaking up about all this! I personally feel that the game just doesn’t connect with players the way that other games have. There is SO MUCH grinding that the game has for SO LITTLE rewards. Everything that would be worth grinding for is locked behind a micro transaction. Almost everything you can unlock is just a shader for a skin you probably already have and the grind itself isn’t very fun. Overall I definitely feel that’s there’s WB greed and the game puts all the focus into the things that matter the least

That's not usually how merchandising is handled by companies, normally they just license it out to other companies that they take on most of the costs and profits. It's usually just free money for the licensor. I think what might be happening is that WBD is charging way too much for the MK license and people aren't willing to pick it up.

A couple of problems with MK of late is that the music and stages are not memorable. It doesn't feel like MK. imho

I love MK1, But, what bothers me the worst of all are microtransactions and also the kameo system.

Been considering this pickup since its 50% off on PSN. Making me 2nd guess it, but so many of the characters just seem so cool to me. Think I should just skip it or does the deal make up for the issues?

Game needs Stage Fatalities and minigames that you can play with friends like test your might. Also new minigames would be welcome

Man I love this game so much i actually like the story and even the DLC stuff too i just hope they don't get layoffs there maybe thats why they are quiet but I hope they are working on something besides DLC stuff! I would love to see more merch though I want some!

Me and friends stopped ages ago as we couldn't join same online king of the hill. We want to fight others as well as each other.

Uncaged finally keeping it real, what took so long, keep it real and I may actually re subscribe

Crazy the game was on sale for 20 dollars at my local game stop dude

Mk9 and MkX are still the best modern MK games overall imo.

1 no cameo matchs 2 TAG TEAM 3 custom color pallet's 4 a konquest type thing unlock gear 5 MINI games like motor kombat to earn more coins to spend on pallets and gear ! 6 the better crossplay obviously 7 coop matchs with invasion bosses 8 a toy line so we can collect. 9 bring back custom move sets again. like come on man 10 stages fatality's 11 classic stages from actual mk trilogy like the pit the acid room the bottom of the pit like bro come on 12 free unlockable fatality's like wtf 15 dollars I've seen better fatality's in mk fan games like how is the game this bad and boring

Your so right about everything keep it up my voice can be heard through you

I'm having a hard time relating with the whole community. I think it's the best MK game so far, I'm having a lot of fun in idle gameplay against CPU, I loved everything and each character they've released so far and I don't mind if release dates get postponed and am looking forward to anything that's to come in the future.

As a casual, I really dislike the story reboot, especially characters like scorpion, sub-zero, Johnny cage, Ermac, and baraka,

idk if it's just me but i literally have so much difficulty finding a game. it's always an error has caused you to disconnect from the session or the game session has ended. it's actually so fucking frustrating

No stage fatalities, no Mercy, no friendships, no babalities, nothing to do outside of ranked, and the worst part is there's no lobbies so I can't tell what KOTH sessions have the best connection until after I get put in one

As big mk fan tekken 8 is way better

This was basically my thoughts on the game as well, it pains me to see so much undercooked content when the gameplay is arguably the best in the series so far I still have the itch to play it but wish there was a better reason to scratch it If you asked me how I would improve invasions I would have less mesas maybe 3 instead of 5, make them shorter but with more variety in gameplay I’d also have Survivor and TYM be separate modes and have unique unlocks depending on the character and difficulty I’d also have more gear pieces per character and why not add some wacky modes, of Tekken can have Bowling and Volleyball then why can’t MK

what i really disliked and made me not play the game so much was the amount of time you had to put in and play just for kosmetics for a single character, i get that you need to learn and play with them but the little amount of xp you get for both your character and the kameo. just really exhausting and it’s really what demotivated me for playing the game so much now

We still can't search the game during training mode xD

I really do want action figures of mk1 characters so bad like havik or fire god liu kang or Ashra it’s support the game

I really want MK to do well. But compared to Tekken and SF, it’s almost like night(MK), day(TEKKEN 8), and a fucking total solar eclipse(SF6)

Bro i convinced some of mu friends to by MK1 by promising them that i would teach them in practice mode, almost a year later and online parctice mode is still unavailable 😭

0:22 bruh why did I think he was gonna say the Amazing Spiderman🤣

Another thing to is a lot of people either don’t have or care to bother to get a PS5 they should’ve released it for PS4 cause sales would’ve been crazy but I do also understand the updated software but they were able to squeeze it on a Switch 🤔💭-B.J.R

Thanks for addressing the problems the game is having. The game is great but it's being handled poorly

I went from wanting it day 1, to waiting for a sale, to not even wanting it. Sad.

I’ll most likely come back to this game three years later once every thing has concluded and no one else plays it

Nether realm is becoming EA atp 💀💀

This was the first MK game since MK 9 I have no interest in. I played the first 2 Way back in the day, played the reboot then 10 and 11. I hope Neatherealm can recover but they have really alienated a lot of their loyal fanbase

I rather be optimist and think that they are actually working on the game to refresh it , add more content and give players what they ask for , but i don't know if they are , WB recently has been on a L streak we gonna have to wait 4 more months to see what they'll do with the game , i love this Frenchies i hope they save it .

No ramble, all passion. We don't wanna hate, but more than that, we don't wanna be disrespected. Thanks for bringing all the recent information into a comprehensive video. 'Ppreciate you man. And congrats on the continued sponsorship 💪

NRS shit the bed with this game

Seems low due to steams showcase but lots of mk1 on ps5

Turning the franchise into the Chinese Avengers alienated a lot of the fan base.

I really enjoy Tekken 8. After grinding Peacemaker and Millena Season 4 skin, I returned to my Tekken 8 routine. The color palettes are more on Havik instead of Mileena.

As a Casual Fan. I dont really have issues with the game. I have So much fun playing it with friendw

Insane how MK11 is a God compared MK1

Already getting ready for mortal kombat 2

I have heard a rumor that they say that they're no longer making Mortal Kombat merch was back in 2022 unfortunate

I agree with literally everything you are saying. For me the biggest red flag was that the DLC characters don’t even come with alternate costumes. Like that was a real wake-up call to me that just made all of these flaws really add up and I could no longer give it the benefit of the doubt.

I feel mk 11 was so overhated but when time passed and honestly I feel it’s one of my favorite mk

GREAT VIDEO, ive felt the same way but never really knew what it was that was making me kinda lose interest for the game. But you perfectly summed it up and explained it perfectly. Keep up the good work!

I think the game needs KL progression tied to characters not accounts, it would make the roster you see used in KL far more diverse as people wouldn't be afraid of deranking with their main. It also needs a whole bunch of QoL options added just to be on the same base line as other fighters.

Fact you care about merch, you are a show gamer, advertising shill

When the announcement trailer dropped and it said the game was dropping a few months later, to me, that was a red flag. It felt rushed.

Thank you for making this video. U have alot of influence in this community and this helps.

Discovery did cut the merchandise budget for them to cut cost

The survive parts in invasions bring the game to a grinding halt…get it “grinding” cause that’s what mk1 is

Mk9 my favorit forever

The formula peaked with variations in MKX. It made your one character in MK1 feel like three with distinct visual cues for which variation was utilized.

To be fair I think toys and merch come usually down a later point of the games life cycle. It hasnt been that long since mk1 release. And I think it depends on games popularity and sales. For a new timeline, All these characters are still new. Design wise. It takes time to gauge 1 characters popularity to warrant a figure or a collectible.

Mortal Kombat needs an Online Open World style ala WoW mechanics where you can create your own character as a human, ninja, sorcerer, tarkatan etc and travel and explore different realms and raise stats and enter tournaments all while participating in online battles. Thank me later