Switch owners unhappy about Mortal Kombat 1's freakish characters, bugs, and $70 price

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Facepalm: Mortal Kombat 1 Premium Edition owners have been ripping each other's heads off for a few days now, and while the animations might look gruesomely realistic on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, they're horrific for entirely different reasons on the Nintendo Switch. It's a situation made all the worse by the game's $70 price tag on Nintendo's machine.

Mortal Kombat 1 has been available to Premium Edition buyers since September 14 – it officially launches today. The game has mostly good reviews that single out the combat and graphics as highlights, but Switch users might not agree, given the slew of problems being reported on the hybrid console.

In addition to the likes of wildly inconsistent frame rates and long load times, there have been numerous bugs discovered by Switch owners, including the impressively bizarre jump to 3D below.

But the biggest complaints are being directed at the game's graphics. The example below is of Johnny Cage who appears to have stared directly into the Ark of the Covenant. There are also several other character models, including a surreal one of Mileena, that bring back nostalgic memories of the PlayStation 2 years.

Having more than two fighters on screen at once is also causing major issues for the Switch. That's especially problematic when the Kameo Fighters mechanic allows players to pick other fighters to help them in battle, tag-team style.

The aging Switch hardware is always going to creak under the weight of modern game ports, but some were surprised at NetherRealm's decision to release it on Nintendo's device after choosing not to make PS4 or Xbox One versions.

The most jarring issue for Switch owners, though, is the decision to charge the same price for Mortal Kombat 1 as other consoles/PC: $109.99 for the Premium Edition and $69.99 for the standard version. The move has been labeled as "robbery" and "borderline criminal" by some.

There have reportedly been some performance issues with Mortal Kombat 1 on the PC, too, but nowhere near as bad as the Switch version. NetherRealm says it is working on a permanent solution.

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The Switch version is poor but it's also basically packing the performance of a 2016 phone. What does anyone expect. You're not even using your 2016 phone to make calls and messages let alone game on it. You binned it off ages ago.
 
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Lol, well, we all know the Switch is at the end of its lifecycle, but I have to be honest. These pictures look bad even for Switch. One has to ask themselves if whoever was handling the port was told to do it as fast as possible, wasn't being paid enough to dedicate many resources, or just wasn't up to the task.
 
They need to stop trying to normalize $70-100+ prices tags for games. I get it that inflation has hit everyone, but it's a digital product that we don't even own. I'd pay $70 for a game if, you know, it worked. There are very few games I NEED to play at release so whatever.

Vulcanproject said:
The Switch version is poor but it's also basically packing the performance of a 2016 phone. What does anyone expect. You're not even using your 2016 phone to make calls and messages let alone game on it. You binned it off ages ago.
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Your 2016 phone would be perfectly capable of making calls and sending messages if companies didn't just stop supporting them with security updates after 3 years. Or make it so they can't be unlocked to run custom OS's.
 
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If you buy this for switch, you're a ***** plain and simple. And docking of up for the rest of us. They're should be NO 3rd party games on switch that she on PS5/series x. None. It's a complete waste of developer resources. Just stick to your exclusives and the few easy haves that sell like let's dance is whatever.
 
Don't complain to the game dev they most likely did the best they could do with such outdated under powered hardware. Complain to Nintendo about it and let them know you sure would like a new gaming console that has some more power so you don't have to play your games that look like 2006 graphics. Also let them know that for such a now low end device maybe Nintendo could actually lower the price of the outdated switch units and maybe release an updated switch 2 and stop taking peoples cash for such old hardware.
 
Rocky4040 said:
Don't complain to the game dev they most likely did the best they could do with such outdated under powered hardware. Complain to Nintendo about it and let them know you sure would like a new gaming console that has some more power so you don't have to play your games that look like 2006 graphics. Also let them know that for such a now low end device maybe Nintendo could actually lower the price of the outdated switch units and maybe release an updated switch 2 and stop taking peoples cash for such old hardware.
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Definitely should complain to the game dev. They (dev) should have not released a version for Switch in the first place. The reason they did is because they was trying to gain some money out of that platform, fully well known the Switch hardware is not up for the task.

The saving grace is the Switch 2 will back support older titles, so may be it will be better once the Switch 2 is out.
 
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Vulcanproject said:
The Switch version is poor but it's also basically packing the performance of a 2016 phone. What does anyone expect. You're not even using your 2016 phone to make calls and messages let alone game on it. You binned it off ages ago.
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I, for one, would expect not the same pricetag as the full blown versions on the other platforms. Where is the $70 dollar value? Why would you even consider to charge a mobile game with that look and feel the same price as a PC/PS5/XboxSeries version?
 
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