Mortal Kombat Fans Don't Like MK1's Havik

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Despite wanting Havik to be reintroduced in the series ever since the 2009 reboot, Mortal Kombat fans seemingly aren't too impressed with MK1's version of the character.

Thanks to the removal of the Special Forces and the focus on fan-favourite characters instead of introducing new blood, Mortal Kombat 1's launch roster is undoubtedly one of the best the series has ever seen. That's especially true for fans of the 3D era as almost all of the heavy hitters from that generation have returned like Nitara, Ashrah, Kenshi, and Li Mei. The returning fighter that fans seemed to be the most excited about before release was undoubtedly Havik, but it seems that the tables have turned a bit now the game has actually released.

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Over on the Mortal Kombat subreddit, Redditor Significant_Ad8510 shared a meme comparing Havik in Liu Kang's new timeline to the original version of the character, while saying that they aren't "a fan of the new Havik". The image, which is a version of the classic chad vs virgin meme, has the new Havik crying and saying "stop opressing me" while classic Havik simply says "I like Chaos".

It seems that a decent portion of Mortal Kombat fans agree with the post, as it already has 3,000 upvotes and is one of the hottest threads on the subreddit as of the time of writing. Fans shared some of the reasons why they don't like the new version of Havik in the comments, with some of the most common complaints being that he's a "jobber" and that he has little to no impact on the story.

Another issue that fans have with this version of Havik is that he isn't actually Havik. As revealed in an intro dialogue with Reptile, his real identity in this timeline is Dairou,