New Mortal Kombat 1 Patch Makes Big Gameplay Changes

NetherRealm has released another patch for fighting game Mortal Kombat 1, and while the full patch notes are yet to be released, players have worked out the update makes significant changes to gameplay.

Chief among the changes is a nerf to Cyrax’s controversial Horizontal Kopter Chopper Kameo assist, which had come to dominate the meta. This move now costs a full bar, which significantly reduces how often it can be used.

2/? Cyrax Horizontal Kopter Chopper costs a full bar. pic.twitter.com/UzpexUWIZv

— Mitsuownes (@Mitsuownes) October 23, 2023

Other changes include tagging moves, which should make training, or labbing as the fighting game community calls it, easier. Elsewhere, Baraka has seen a big nerf to damage, and a Halloween theme was added to Johnny Cage’s mansion stage.

4/? Baraka has received a damage nerf. One of his bnbs does about 10% less damage. #MK1

— Mitsuownes (@Mitsuownes) October 23, 2023

Mortal Kombat 1 players are still working out everything this patch does, which is out now on console and weighs in at 8.5GB on PlayStation 5 (version tested). The in-game patch notes are for version 0.134:

• Halloween Fatality added to the Premium Store
• Moves can now be pinned to the HUD
• In-game Ping/Connection Indicator can now be enabled in Online Options
• Added ability to mute Voice Chat and Microphone via the Main Menu under the Audio Settings and Pause Menu Settings in an online match
• Fixed cases where the yellow notification for New items would not clear
• General Gameplay Bug Fixes

Players have also picked up on mention of the sale of a Fatality in Mortal Kombat 1. This doesn’t appear to be live yet, but has already sparked vociferous debate about Mortal Kombat 1’s already controversial monetisation.

There’s no mention of a new patch for the Nintendo Switch version of the game, which has come under fire for performance issues and poor quality visuals.

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