Mortal Kombat 1 is the latest entry in arguably the most popular fighting video game series ever. The game recently received new content, which is usually good news for fans, but fans seem a little apprehensive this time.
The game’s creative director was present at SDCC 2024, and a content creator interviewed him. Fans are responding to the director’s comments in the interview, and the reactions are somewhat unpleasant.
Ed Boon on the Future of Mortal Kombat 1 and the Video Game Series
There were early leaks and rumors that a content creator posted a post called ‘thethiny’ on Twitter. The rumors and leaks stated that 2024’s SDCC would hold some exciting news for the game.
Then, as rumored, new content for Mortal Kombat 1 was announced at SDCC. The game’s creative director was also interviewed by a content creator at SDCC:
Ed Boon talks future plans in this interview.
— thethiny 🐰🍉 (@thethiny) July 28, 2024
1- Year 2 is not the end, there are more year(s) to come.
2- There are some Havik (Chaos) versions of multiple characters in the story mode
3- There's a big easter egg that they won't announce similar to how Reptile was unannounced in… pic.twitter.com/KU0loPj5tv
Some fans were incredibly disappointed with the Creative Director’s comments:
So they are gonna milk this crappy game by releasing overpriced shiny reimagined version of the same characters, just to give the average simp something to justify their simping without actually bringing anything new or relevant to the franchise. Well, unless you count Sweet Baby…
— 🇺🇸AF Gibson (Trump All the Way) 🇺🇸 (@SaturnsJunk) July 28, 2024
Some other fans were skeptical that the game’s co-creator was going to implement everything he talked about in the interview:
I don't believe anything this guy says anymore
— Murdoink (@Murdoink) July 28, 2024
It seems like there are a lot of core offerings to be fixed, as per fans, before NetherRealm studios can look at adding new content continuously.
Mortal Kombat 1 May Need More Than a Dynamic Roster and New Content to Save Itself
Mortal Kombat 1‘s reception wasn’t all doom and gloom. The game appreciated some aspects of the game. For example, there were some fantastic player-specific, contextual, lore-accurate fatalities for characters like Homelander from The Boys, a guest fighter on the roster.
However, when one browses the series subreddit to check how fans feel about the game, fans seem to have some serious complaints about Mortal Kombat 1 and how NetherRealm Studios:
Based on the current state of the game…
byu/Homieracoon inMortalKombat
What was more preposterous was the devs retweeted a post that talked about the current state of the game, which was deplorable from a consumer perspective:
Posts from the mortalkombat
community on Reddit
There is nothing wrong with pushing new content for a game. However, improving the base game’s offerings when broken, according to fans, must be a higher priority.
It’s not hard to understand why the community is mad, but the future does still look pretty bright for the franchise.
What do you think of the current state of Mortal Kombat 1? Would you agree with the fans who aren’t satisfied with the title? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
