Mortal Kombat 1 Fans Are Going to Extreme Lengths to Avoid Microtransactions

Remember the days when you just had to play the game to unlock ALL available characters and cosmetics?

Yeah, I miss those days, too.

Changing the clock is “extreme lengths?”

Honestly don't blame them. I would do the same thing.

Gaming 2023. 80€ for this crap

You have to wonder about where the industry is going if people have to do this in defiance of the devs. The industry is not right, and at some point the ridiculous money spent on game dev and monetisation is going to lead to a bust. We’re already seeing people being fired left and right because ***** games made no money. Even the good games can never seem to make “enough” money to satisfy them. Something has to give at some point.

Not getting anything extra from me, especially that I almost exclusively do single player.

Last time I ever paid for any extra content was for the additional single player ‘episodes’ of GTA IV (though would admittedly do so again for GTA VI if and when ever releases).

@GamingFan4Lyf that's y I love the tails of games with ng+ u can unlock everything that most companies now sell to u as dlc

I would charge people to unlock the "New Game" option when they purchase a game. The only thing I would leave available for free would be the Options menu.

@Czar_Khastik You genuinely crack me up 🤣 Always look forward to scrolling for some savage industry critique.

@Czar_Khastik 😂😂😂😂

@GeeEssEff Thanks man! Glad to see there are more of us who support these great business models.

@DonaldMcRonald Now that's great thinking! If my game ever gets to have a sequel, in the next one I'll lock nothing except its ending behind a subscription based paywall. Each month you'll get 10 seconds of the cutscene which is 8 minutes long. And that's how you get subscribers to stick around for 4 years.

"If I can turn back time, you get no money from me".

@DonaldMcRonald

2006 - (PS2) MK: Armageddon - 62 characters

2023 - (PS5) MK: 1 - 23 characters

This $&!+ is getting stupid

Didn't one of the MK games have over 100 characters on release, naturally you had to unlock them by playing (not a typo 😂), but still. That's solid content. I want to say this was MK4 (?) on Dreamcast?

U could do the turn back clock thing on the last game as well.if they are pushing microtransactions then make the game free 2 play otherwise go take a running ##@# to yourself 🖕

@GamingFan4Lyf same can be said with unlocking new characters. Buying new characters that should have been at launch will ever be as satisfying as unlocking characters in Smash Bros Brawl.

@SoulsBourne128 Brawl was epic!

It comes too late in my opinion. The microtransactions and excess of guest characters put me off buying MK games with MKX.
Happy to see players catching on and trying to make a stand against these practices, but i'm afraid it's gonna take more and they should've started fighting on the first round, not the third.

@MaseSco You might be thinking of Armaggedon on ps2. It was 62. 100 is the realm of mugen games.
But, that was back in midway's time.

@DonaldMcRonald Haha we've been there before. 10-20 bucks for memory cards back in the day.

This is why I don't buy modern fighting games any more. Waaaay too many microtransactions. I'd rather emulate the older ones where you unlocked characters and outfits by playing.

I can’t blame people for changing the time on their systems. Times are tough and not everybody has the money throw around like that. Never been a fan of micro transactions and never will.

I like it when people say "I don't like free to play games", here's a look how the "premium" games monetize their players. If you want that kind of monetisation don't ask people to pay upfront 80 euros to then charge them as if you're a free to play game.

Yet people en masse still buy these garbage games like the lemmings they are.

@GamingFan4Lyf
Man, I remember those days...I jumped on the MK1 fan train straight away...but that derailed pretty quickly. Now I'm quietly enjoying watching it burn