I do recommend this game as a long time fan of Mortal Kombat and a fighting game enthusiast. That being said, this game is missing a lot, a disturbing amount.

The story of the game is quite fun and is over 4 hours of cut scenes. Like 11, it felt like a movie with parts I get to play. The timeline reset story is fine and I enjoy most of the characters and how they are portrayed. I do miss the conflicts and changes of sides during the previous on going story line. Starting at the beginning again means some characters will be missing from the roster. No Noob Sibot, No robo smoke or Sub-Zero and several more. But the beauty of starting over allows for new ways to introduces those characters. speaking of introducing characters there are ZERO new characters as of currently. The only hope we have is for DLC to bring in new characters but I would assume they would use that for third party characters like Omni-man and bringing in characters that didn't make it in on release like Ermac and Quan Chi whom by the way are fully put together, working characters that are in the story mode but are not playable. Also on the character front, say good-bye to some of your favs because they have been pushed aside as 'Kameo' characters, who you pick along side your playable character who can be used for small boosts, hits and combos but have no use as characters otherwise. The list includes Jax, Sonya, Kano, Sektor, Cyrax, Motaro and frickin' GORO, and more. What makes little sense is that some of the Kameo characters are also playable, Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Kung Lao all have both Kameo and Playable character fighters. I'm so bummed that I cant play some of my favorites now that they have been demoted to kameo characters. Mortal Kombat 11 had 25 playable characters on launch while Mortal Kombat 1 has 23 playable characters and 16 wasted Kameo characters. I can only hope they will add some of them as both Kameo and playable. Also characters I hope for are maybe coming based on rumors like Cassie Cage and Noob Sibot but no confirmation. You can also say good-bye to the possibility of the Kollecter being playable, as he is the shop merchant in the story game mode invasions. At the very end of the story *SPOILERS* Liu Kang brings in other elder god, time lords from other timelines to fight off the army of Shang Tsung's time lords and undead foes. during this segment and ensuing fights there are all kinds of characters that we will never get to play who have full move sets, Like a female version of Kano or a merge between Sub-Zero and Scorpion a Sonya who uses Kitana's blades and MANY MANY MORE! Its like they're teasing us with custom characters and playable fighters who we will never get to play. That is unless they add any of this in the future. We can hold out hope I guess.

I know I've talked a lot of negative but there is also a lot to love about this game. Its plays well, combos are fun to pull off, hearing people rage into their microphones when I win. Just some of the few things you can love about this game. Again the story is super entertaining and friendly to old and new Mortal Kombat players alike. And with the story ending in a large cliff hanger (where Jax is missing his arms, very cool) who knows if we'll see more in a DLC or free update. I have high hopes for the future of MK1. Started rocky but a possible uphill climb to perfection.

Current Condition 9/24/2023: 6.9/10