Scorpion Wins

Come to me baby

Despite being one of the fan favorites, Scorpion is ranked by mksecrets.net as the worst Mortal Kombat 1 character because of his long recovery time. I didn't have any problems beating the game with him tho, I think I did it on the second or third try. And with Scorpion's victory, I finally finished Mortal Kombat 1!

We meet at last...

A wild Reptile appears!

What happens when you mix yellow with blue? You get green. You get Reptile. The green ninja is a secret character who can use special moves of both Scorpion and Sub-Zero. He has also faster walk speed, which makes him really annoying. I was disappointed to find out he is not a playable character. I sort of expected him to appear in the character selection screen instead of the dragon logo after you beat him but that's not the case. The green ninja will sometimes randomly appear during the game before the match starts and leave some cryptic messages. These are hints on how to find him.

• You must Find me to beat me
• Alone is how to find me 
• TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (bottom of the pit backwards)
• Look to la Luna 
• Blocking will get you Nowhere
• Perfection is the key
• Fatality is the key
• You Cannot Match my Speed
• 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me

Sometimes during the fight on the pit stage you can see siluethes flying in the sky 

("Look to La Luna"). If the siluethes are present, you could get a chance to fight Reptile. The siluethes appear every 6 games or so on a PC but on the actual arcade it's much more rare. To fight Reptile, you have to win both rounds with flawless victory, without using the block button and then perform a fatality.

Note that the health bar says Scorpion for some reason

The secret character Reptile is just a meshup of Sub-Zero and Scorpion in the first game but he will become a playable character in the sequel with his own original set of moves.

Liu Kang Wins

His HERIOCS will always be remembered. Typo on the ending screen, good job.

It wasn't as easy to beat the game with him as I imagined. Fighting against him and remembering him from MK4, I somehow got an impression he's gonna be way OP.

 

Raiden Wins

I already beat the game with Raiden a while ago but I couldn't be bothered to post it. I started this blog at a time when I was between jobs and doing some work from home. Soon after that I got a new job and now I work there for 13 hours a day so it's really hard to find time for gaming. I started playing MK in the end of April and I'm progressing through it at a snail's pace. I already kinda regret choosing such a hard game to be the first one to beat. Honestly, I expected it will take me about a week to get through it. Oh how wrong I was. And even when I finally beat MK1, it's time for Mortal Kombat 2, a game infamous for it's unfair AI that features even more characters. YAY! So it looks like I'll only be playing Mortal Kombat this year. But make no mistake, I am not giving up and I'll do my best to continue on this gaming journey.

I thought Raiden cared for Earthrealm and humanity. What an asshole! Raiden winning the tournament is actually the worst case scenario for us. 

Raiden was pretty fun to use, mostly for his teleport and torpedo. He is not as overpowered as I thought he will be and it was hard to beat the game with him.  Next up is Liu Kang!

Mortal Kombat Honest Trailer

Mortal Kombat X Announcement Trailer

Mortal Kombat X announcement trailer looks pretty badass except for very questionable music choice that feels totally out of place and destroys the atmosphere. I doubt that it shows an actual gameplay footage but I hope they can make it look as close to that as possible. It seems like stages will dynamically change based on the characters fighting.

I really need to get on with my Mortal Kombat 1 playthrough because at this rate, Mortal Kombat X will come out before I beat the first game.

Sonya Wins

"Hold the pose while I take the photo"

In the earlier post I said that I'm not looking forward to playing as Sonya because her special move is a throw and AI always throws faster. I was wrong.  Her leg grab is very effective against AI and I ended up liking her very much. At a time I recorded  the playthrough I wasn't confident enough to use her flying punch but later on I added it to my bag of tricks. Wow, I'm playing this game for over a month now. Gotta step it up a bit and finish it fast.