Mortal Kombat 1 Shows Off Returning Characters In Jaw-Dropping New Trailer

The most likely still unskippable x-ray/fatal move attacks look like they go on for an eternity now with the kameo gimmick they’ve thrown into it, these attacks have always looked idiotic with how they graphically depict a chain of moves that would either cripple or kill the opponent but then goes back into gameplay like nothing happened other than losing a chunk of health. If this was really the reboot it promotes itself as being stuff like this should have been properly rethought and examined, even just removing the x-ray effect would have helped make it less jarring as it would make it less apparent that a fighter just got their spine destroyed or just took a Kunai right into their brain. Do the crowds for these games get more hyped seeing one of these used over a combo and strategic move executed? Is that why they refuse to change them?

How much further can they possibly go for ESRB to give this an AO rating?

Wow Scorpion is part of the Lin Kuei this time and the Shirai Ryu is no more. A little sad but interesting at the same time. Also no more Kuai Liang, they sacrifice our boy in favor of getting Bi-Han back.

"Jaw-Dropping?" More of a ripping motion than dropping...

@Serpenterror because Liu Kang sees the Shirai Ryu’s downfall in every timeline so he thought that the best way is to merge the two clans together.

However if you read Scorpion’s bio in MK1, it says that he is a bit uneasy about Sub Zero’s tactics. This could mean he might eventually reject Lin Kuei and then form the Shirai Ryu in this game towards the end of the story or in the next game.

Damn. This reminds me so much of playing Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate on Sega Mega Drive so long ago.
The only thing missing is "There is no knowledge, that is not power" from Raiden.

@Serpenterror ....yes. Those...people?

@SalvorHardin I’m glad I’m not the only one that think the X-ray is silly mid fight. I like the X-rays, but I think they should be reserved for brutality or a cripple effect, hindering an opponent for the rest of the fight. But that causes an unfair balance and I’m not sure to how balance that.

Long time MK fan, ever since the original, so I’m digging MK1 reboot for Story and everything. However I’m not quite getting “all new fighting system” from the vids…. It looks like MK11’s system but with assist chars. Smh.

Maybe I’m wrong, and they just mean they’ve modernized the command inputs like SF6 and DBFighterZ.

Really hoping we get a gameplay and graphical trailer for the Switch version soon. With Saber (Witcher 3) working on it, I'm excited to see how well it turns out compared to MK11 on Switch.

Glad to see these characters returning. Now just hope they confirm Reptile, I really missed him in 11.

Sektor and Cyrax as Assists? Yes please!! Whoo!!

@SalvorHardin It's an impossibly violent fighting game about inter-dimensional tournaments, and people with mystical powers who keep coming back from the dead. This is what you choose to gripe about?

Still wish they'd make a Shaolin Monks sequel or even a remake.

@NinjaNicky
Plot twist: they won't. They never remade anything.

That's a pretty awesome trailer right there!

Only criticism of the trailer is some of the writing really doesn't match up. "No smoke without fire" - cliche doesn't really match the epic vibes they were going for.

Imagine if... the videogames industry hired decent writers. I know. Crazy idea right.

I don't want to be grumpy old man, though I do love being grumpy old man, but in a franchise where some of the characters are near-identical but for their colour scheme, I find it somewhat unnerving that a majority of the actual ingame footage had "fancy" lighting that made the characters colours mostly muted and indistinguishable.
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/grumpy old man.

So many characters wearing face masks. WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

@SalvorHardin +1. Never liked X-Ray moves as they kind of stop the flow of the fight (having to watch 5+ seconds of slow-mo moves) and actually make no sense, and after 9 they made them more senseless, throats sliced, spines broken, jaws shattered, skulls exploded...those are basically fatalities, so the "they are powerful warriors" explanation is out of line.

@XMancs they've rebooted the MK series so fingers crossed they reboot Shaolin Monks 🤞🏻
Also, wouldn't a plot twist mean they will remake it? If they never remake games, there's no plot twist 🤔

@NinjaNicky
Got a point, it isn't a twist . I Should have said "Narrator: but they did not remade anything"
Don't get me wrong, I would like to play so many MK titles that I missed, because they didn't released anything between 4 an 9 on PC, including Shaolin Monks, and as far as I know they are not available to play anywhere else other than the original consoles, which I don't have (Mostly Playstation 2 and XBox).

The overuse of the Xray moves makes this boring. Also the use of the environment to create atmosphere makes the fighters and the moves look layered on instead of integral like the cut scenes. Personally I was bored on this one. I will go back to the N64 and play the best one.

@anoyonmus yeah, it seems Bi-Han still has his evil intentions with him. I love they carry over these details from the series history.

What an awesome trailer! I'm getting more hyped every time I see more of this game. Only two months to go!

@SalvorHardin Not sure if you realize this but...being frozen solid would kill you instantly and that's just a minor attack in this game.

Nothing more than gore porn this whole series. Totally inappropriate on any platform. MK2/MK3 was fine with it's basic graphics but this stuff is just rank.

Please have a better design for Sheeva, something closer to her MK9 design would be nice.

@Edu23XWiiU I think Kuai Liang might still be in the story. In the trailer, there was another Lin Kuei dude who looks like Sub Zero when Bi Han and Scorpion were talking. Maybe that is Kuai Liang or maybe just a Kameo character for all ik.

When will they release video of the switch version. (Im getting it for pc) but really want to know, if its done right, in the way they did mk11, i will double dip just for the support. (And to play it on the go)

Footage from high end PC and next gen consoles...

"We may not share blood, but we are brothers" is a nice twist on an old reference.

I wonder how the story will explain Sektor and Cyrax's inclusion though.

@Jack_Goetz it depends on Fire God Liu. Maybe he did bring back Sektor because of the cyber-initiative. Cyrax has been a good guy consistently so maybe we'll see him back with a more diverse and unique move pool!

But, where there is Smoke there is fire!

Well its just Unreal Engine 4, is very scalable so Saber can work some magic. Really curious how playable it will be on Switch

@Thirsty_Hirsty oh no think of the children!!! I mean it's pretty nasty, but no worse than you'd see in an R-rated horror movie. If people want their blood let them have it.

@JR150
I will run like sh"t. Like 11.

@Spanky84
Arcade Kollection, including all good MK
1, 2 , Ultimate & Trilogy