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Everyone knows Mortal Kombat cheated in order to encourage you to spend more quarters.
The original arcade games were designed in such a way that the AI could read your inputs, thus countering absolutely everything you do.
The newly released Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, sold primarily on its authenticity, retains all of that code – even if you fiddle with the dip switches and set the difficulty to Very Easy.
Unfortunately, in 2025, it’s causing headaches among newer players who perhaps didn’t understand what they were signing up for.
I got a refund for the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
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“I got a refund for the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection,” one irritated gamer wrote on Reddit. “And this is coming from someone that actually grew up with Trilogy onwards, the AI input reading is a downright nightmare and it shouldn’t have been like this still, completely unacceptable, one of the worst ‘remasters’ I’ve ever played.”
The post is getting downvoted a bit because many are pointing out this isn’t supposed to be a remaster, and is meant to preserve the original experience – for better or for worse.
But they’re not alone, and other users are citing similar complaints and stating they’ve also requested refunds.
The issue must be proving particularly prolific because technically Sony doesn’t have a refund policy for digital games.
It’s known to make exceptions in extreme circumstances – like Cyberpunk 2077 and MindsEye – but generally it doesn’t allow its customers to return digital games.
But in this instance, it does seem like customer support is accepting return requests, as evidenced in the aforementioned Reddit thread by screenshots with a PlayStation representative.
To be fair, Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection does have other more legitimate issues right now involving input lag on the PS5, which developer Digital Eclipse has promised to patch. More details are due this week.
But how do you feel about fans returning retro games like this because they play as they were originally designed to? It’s a tricky issue.
We wouldn’t be surprised if the team eventually patched in a rebalanced difficulty toggle as an option which tones down the AI input reading, because it does feel like most fans aren’t really jiving with the way these games were originally designed.
[source reddit.com]
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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.