Can Mortal Kombat Make a Comeback?

The highly anticipated Mortal Kombat 1 has finally arrived on all platforms. There’s only one problem.

(Photo from IGN)

If your game looks like this...maybe you should prioritize fixing the game before you start trying to make a profit off it.

This is Mortal Kombat 1 on the Nintendo Switch and when I saw that IGN had to make a completely separate review just on the Nintendo Switch version of the game, I knew something was wrong. It received a 3 out of 10 review score, not a good start to a port whose next-gen releases received an 8 out of 10.

Now, in a recent interview with BBC, Ed Boon, the Creative Director of the Mortal Kombat series, had said, “It would have been ideal for us to have released the version we absolutely wanted. But anything that we’re finding a problem with is on our list and is going to be fixed.”

That’s a start Ed, but in all honesty the studio should have held off on releasing the Nintendo Switch version of the game BEFORE slapping a $70 price tag on it and selling it to gamers as if it was the same product as the PS5 or XBox Series port.

Why? Because it was completely dishonest. People went out and spent their money on this version of the game thinking that it would have been comparable in terms of experience. Notice how I didn’t say performance because I even remember buying the Nintendo Switch version of Mortal Kombat 11 and it was...abysmal to say the least. But at least it ran well enough and I could enjoy the game for what it was

So how do you fix the problem? Well it’s time to get everyone at NetherRealm Studio to work.

A promise was made: on live television. At this point, you need to rebuild the trust in the fans who bought this game, not give them some fluff on tv about how a patch is in the works. We KNOW that a patch is in the works, the game looks horrible, we’d do the same if we were in that same predicament.

What we want are results and, despite this version of the game being the source of many, MANY memes online, it’s about that time to fix all of its various bugs that, honestly, just make it an eyesore.

NetherRealm, you have an unbelievable IP and a dedicated fan base: keep your word and don’t mess this up.