Its about the matchups though. When I was matched up against Scorpion in Injustice, it broke the fiction for me. Eventually, I just wasn't motivated to play it anymore. The fiction I knew for Injustice wasn't from the comics. It was from watching superheroes on TV as a kid.
lmao that's one of the things that confuses me the most.
There is no slot wasting with this DLC. With the main roster slots every single one of those characters is there because they play a role in the story, those slots actually really matter to the entire series, with DLC they have absolutely zero fucking effect on the canon of the games. If any of these characters were in the main roster instead of any of the returning characters there'd be a sound complaint because you wouldn't get to find out what those characters were up to and they wouldn't have any part in this era of MK history. Shang Tsung being in the initial release means something because it means he'll do something big in the story. Him being DLC means he'll get updated visually and have some new attacks. He'd be all gameplay and a little flair. That's good enough for me, but seeing the reaction to LF, it's not good enough for these diehards, but I'm sure if this was how things turned out they'd be singing a different tune.
I wanted Sheeva in MKX, not really because I wanted to play her, but more so because I wanted to see more of her story. Sure playing her would be fun but there are 25+ fucking characters I can play for fun, so her getting in as DLC instead of the main roster doesn't really mean anything.
Of course so many people think with their hearts instead of logically first.
Why do you want Rain/Fujin/Whoeverthehell? Because you like the character right? Well you don't get any updates to the character with DLC, you just get gameplay. Do you want them back for the gameplay you liked on previous games? Well that's pointless too because NRS changes how their characters play every damn game.
You're probably in your late 20's or early 30's.
What about wanting to play as the character you like in the new style the game/character would adopt? I sure as hell would've liked to play as, say, Shang Tsung. But not because I liked how he was in MK2. I want an updated Shang that fits MKX. Or hell here's another example. I like Sektor, probably gonna main hm when Triborg comes out. It would've been mad boring if it were MK9 Sektor though. Like 100% MK9 too, same model/strings/frame data/etc. But he isn't, he has new strings and his specials are different (ex straight missile is a combo starter, ex flame thrower is new, the charge is new, he shoots multiple rockets for up rockets). That's cool, seeing familiar moves updated and made different for the new game. I'm sure Rain fans would've liked to see that exact thing with him. Also, not everyone wants the shitty 3D characters in, like Dairou or Taven. I personally wanted characters I could see plausible in this game, like Shang/Noob/Rain/the Rest of the story characters. Not because of the lore, but because I like playing as that character and love seeing how they change through each iteration of the series. I'm sure as fuck not excited to see how well this less plausible character fits into MKX, especially considering that I don't care to see the movies affiliated with him or his style of gameplay he brings to the game.
I don't really see the break in fiction there.
I want Fujin because when MK9 came out, every character was pretty much re-imagined gameplay wise. Every character had unique strings, specials, fatals, and had their own voice. That's what I've wanted for Fujin from the beginning, and that's why I was campaigning so hard for him in MKX. I want to see the direction they go in with his gameplay, and the potential for Wind as a power is limitless.
My point is that my idea of what characters Injustice could include is much smaller than what characters MKX could include.
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Well he doesn't chase women exclusively, the first person he ever kills on camera is a male actually.
As much a people are bitching seems to me that fujin sindel or noob would have been a cash grab
Sindel? common son. Bringing new characters to the game adds more diversity and hype. Why keep recycling the same characters over and over again?
Then those so called new characters should be MORTAL KOMBAT characters, like Skarlet was an entirely new addition to MK franchise and is based on rumor like Ermac was who developed into a great character both story and gameplay wise. Or they could've add those MK characters, who got the most rare appearance in franchise like Fujin, Kai, Shujinko, Li Mei, Frost, Nitara, Blaze, Ashrah, Havik, Hotaru and such. But no, they wasted all of their potential on making f*cking guest characters. I would be much mope hyped about to see an MK character been revisited with current resources and technology that NRS has.
Why wasting time, resources and creativity on "what ifs" when they had Fujin, Li Mei, Rain, Kabal, Sindel, Human Smoke, Baraka, Stryker and Nightwolf appearing in Story Mode? Revisiting those characters with current technology, resources and creativity that NRS got right now would have been much more exciting. They revisited Tanya and Tremor and people really loved the characters and how their new elements added to their already existed abilities worked out.
You might be wrong here, Triborg can become as canon as Ermac and Skarlet did even though both happened from rumors.
I wish I could somehow give this post more likes. You nailed it.
No. He is not a martial artist of any sort. Mortal Kombat cast consists of actual kombatants, kung-fu masters, ninjas, edenian assassins, street fighters (like Kano or Kobra), brawlers, shokan warriors, etc. Both Jason and Leatherface has nothing to do with any of this and so did not Freddy. All three guests sucks.
And who are you to decide who is important and who is not? It is Mortal Kombat and should consist of MK characters as much as possible so that fans wouldn't be leftout because of guests, but because of reasonably more popular MK characters which hella lot more tolerable.
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Understood, but crazy people are very dangerous. I've trained either boxing or kung fu for almost my entire life, yet I would never underestimate a crazy person.Why?
I mean, it doesn't matter at all. Point is, it's foolish to make assumptions about age, and then to blame age as an excuse for seeing things differently.
There is no generation gap. I've been aware of the MK franchise since it's inception. I wasn't that interested in it, but I played it and was familiar with it at the time it was current.
Also, the point you're trying to make, that it was always referential to pop culture, is something I would disagree with.
No, not at all. I don't even really like MKX, I got into NRS games because of Injustice.
The fiction is inconsistent and more importantly, MK doesn't take itself seriously, so why should I?
It's not a point I feel strongly about, but yes, I do feel that leatherface would be served by a different character. Ash makes about a million times more sex.
The reason I feel that way, is because all the other characters including DLC deal with supernatural stuff, or other dimensions, or are in situations where they could plausibly end up facing the MKX characters.
That isn't true for Leatherface. He is a lot closer to buffalo bill than he is to ash.
Honestly, would you be just as happy if they put buffalo bill in the game?
I'm serious. They make exactly as much sense as each other.
It's just a step to far to suspend disbelief that a guy like this can face characters in this universe, far more than it does to suspend disbelief that a soldiers daughter can beat an elder god in h2h combat. That's what it comes down to for me. I still don't care that much, and I'll play him if he is fun.
- Have a zoning variation where he throws low dogs and overhead baskets.
- Have a trap/setup variation where he can spill lotion and the other play slips on it.
- Have a grappler variation where he tries to get you down so he can moisturize your skin
I mean, I didn't articulate it very well..but my point is there is nothing special about him. He's just crazy. That isn't enough to elevate him to facing the rest of the cast.
I mean, the solders in the game are extremely proficient martial artists with weapons at their disposal, and the rest of the cast has powers of some sort.
Throwing chainsaws doesn't compete with ANY of that, and I think it's silly to elevate him to the same status of the task, when there are numerous characters that would already be a better fit. Not only that...but it makes sense for Freddy, Predator and Alien to find their ways to outworld. It would have made sense for Ash to end up mixing with the mkx characters also. How the hell does a guy who whose story would have ended in death or jail find his way to outworld and wrapped up in the battle for earthrealm?
