Jun 13, 2023

Mortal Kombat 1 gameplay perplexes me

 Feels like Netherrealm has lost its way. 

It "looks pretty". But looking pretty isn't enough. The gameplay seems slow and clunky and relies far too much on the "Kameo Kombatant" gimmick, which I personally find lame as hell. It's nothing more than a half-assed tag mold that has a lot more in common with the PlayStation 1 Port of Marvel versus games that it has with the arcade version of Marvel versus games. Why not have a real tag team mode where you can switch characters at will? How about something like the original Mortal Kombat's endurance mode, where both characters had to be beaten in order to push forward? 

Now the biggest question is: How in the Hell is this game on Nintendo Switch but not on Xbox One and PS4!? The second issue is Why so slow? It feels like it's running at ×0.80 speed.
Then there's the Kameo Kombatants. They are NPCs that pop in for attacks. Kinda like the MvC 1 assist characters. Stryker returns as a Non-Playable Character. Oh, so you want to play as Stryker? Well, F*** You!! Goro? Might as well get punched in the dick! Because he's a Kameo Kombatant...

I don't think MK1 is for me... oh well... 

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