Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat 1 is a superbly presented fighting game with something to offer players of all experience and familiarity with NetherRealm's sprawling MK universe. The Kameo fighter system injects new strategic depth into combat, the rebooted timeline feeds a ridiculous story, and the suite of game modes are both varied and well made.

Fans waited four years for NetherRealm to release a new fighting game, and all that waiting paid off. From the surprises in its new mythology, to the white-knuckled pace and creativity in its gameplay, Mortal Kombat 1 is the freshest take on the series in years.

Mortal Kombat 1 is not a revolution but rather an evolution that continues the franchise’s good streak. Excellent combat system, solid story mode and some truly noteworthy additions (like Kameo or Invasion Mode) make it really difficult to tear yourself away from the controller. Sometimes you can feel that the series is starting to chase its tail, but for now it’s hard to find a similarly accessible fighting game.

As a reboot, Mortal Kombat 1 is a complete success and the series has a colorful, sunny future thanks to the completely overhauled combat system, characters and aesthetics. If you look purely at the content and the way the modes have evolved, it is all a bit less impressive, but this is still a bold but successful new direction for the now classic franchise. It almost made me forget Injustice...

Mortal Kombat 1 is a reboot with a big, bloody heart. It re-tools Mortal Kombat’s story and characters in creative ways, and for the most part, the combat is excellent. Unfortunately, there are some elements that feel rushed. It’s still a very good fighting game, but it should have been a great one.

Mortal Kombat 1 serves as a love letter to fans of this thirty-one-year-old franchise and as a pseudo-reboot it also has potential appeal to newcomers alike. There's still room to grow and I'm sure it will just keep getting better, but Mortal Kombat 1 is already definitely worth your time.

Mortal Kombat 1 envisions an exciting future with fluid combat, a fantastic story mode, and superb visuals - but receding features, underbaked mechanics, and a dated online experience keep it in the past.

игра не перевернула моё мнение о ней, это не лучше чем мк11. Но как слово в жанре и игра для фанатов и фан сервис, она однозначто ТОП. И это мой первый МК с платиной. В этот МК мне так же приятно играть, как в теккен, ни с одной другой игрой такого не было

Mortal combat 1 at its core is a good game, the gameplay is genuinely fun and the characters are varied and diverse. The graphics are also stunning. The story is also worth a play, though it feels a bit short and the latter part of it becomes a bit ridiculous in a bad way. It's an enjoyable game, the issue is there is a lot really poor, anti-consumer decisions surrounding that good core. The monetisation in this game is awful. One decision that leaves a particularly sour taste in my mouth is that there are multiple story characters that were important parts of the story, locked behind a paywall. It feels scummy to have these core characters of the story of the game locked behind a paywall, not only because you expect to be able to play as these characters after finishing the story, but also because it feels that they just locked finished content away and packed it later as DLC. To add to this, your basically gambling to unlock cosmetics, and yes the tokens used to do this can be attainted for free, but still, it's a greedy thing for the developers to do. The kameo system also feels weird, its not bad per say, but it's a little unnecessary and can be annoying. It feels tacked on just so they can have more stuff to make DLC for so they can sell that to you too. The invasions are again, an incredibly poor choice. They are not fun, they are just too repetitive. Overall mortal combat 1 is a decent game, and it is fun to play. The story is a worthwhile experience, its just that it feels like the developers hate their customers with some of the decisions they made, especially considering that a lot of people bought this game at full price for $70.

It wasn't bad I just don't like this one over the others we've gotten but overall still a solid game

Absolutely not recommended: MK1 is a painful misstep. Easily the worst MK of the NRS era. Unbalanced, with Kameos that flatten the gameplay instead of making it more diverse, and the soporific Invasions mode (a hundred times stronger than chamomile with melatonin). Not to mention the so-called "new artistic direction," the bland character designs (I dare you to tell Raiden and Kung Lao apart when they’re not fighting), and the color palette worthy of a Teletubbies episode... Despite being an MK fan for 30 years, I simply can’t defend MK1 — it comes out defeated when compared to all its recent competitors. SF6, T8, and GBVSR are all vastly superior products. MK1 is a failed experiment.

Really was not feeling this game. Coming from getting the platinum in MK 11 and enjoying that for the last previous years, I was looking forward to this. Even with the story how could they follow up MK on new time line? Well spoiler alert, they could not follow it up. This is basically a retelling of MK1 with alternate characters. Problem is, the new time line/alternate characters is just not as good and not liking where its going. The biggest disappointment is the combat and the addition of the new "kameo" fighters. This for me is what really ruins the game. I just did not like it. The biggest thing i DID like is that fact that you don't have to pick all the special moves like in the last few games. That just got too complicated. However, the kameos basically act as move set variations. So between the story/ setting/ combat and characters i was pretty let down with this. and if this is the indication where it's heading then the future of the series is looking rather bleak. Oh, and one final note, I took off full point for making me play as sub zero and scorpion with a MAN BUN.