Who knows. They could be overhauling the gameplay mechanics. Turn it into an upgrade ala Ultra Street Fighter IV. Standalone game for retail, downloadable update for vanilla owners.
Doesn't seem like their style.
Because plenty of those people who comment on MK articles on other gaming sites have admitted to not having played an MK game since the Trilogy era or that their first game back to the series since the Trilogy era was MK9, and those people far out number the amount of people on here, Test Your Might, MKO, Kamidogu and The Kombat Tether (the MK faithful / hardcore, if you will).
Lots of people on those sites admit to not being interested in MKX until it goes down in price or not interested in it unless __________ character is in, which is a common casual complaint.
100 (or more) people on TRMK is considered a high traffic number, while in normal gaming sites like IGN, Gametrailers and GameSpot it's not unusual to have 3000 people (or many more) commenting on any given "hot" article.
Lol, isn't this right around the time last year where the marketing shit the bed? I think we got the Quan Chi trailer and then nothing for 4 months haha
I'm not a casual, I'm a character loyalist. Sindel was my girl in U/MK3, Trilogy, Deception, and MK9, which apart from MK and MK2 in the arcades are the ones I played the most.
I've made do when she wasn't playable -- Tanya in 4, Li Mei in DA, Mileena and Tanya this time out. I can do without, but I'd rather have my main.
I'm all for new characters but making my main an unplayable NPC and never giving me a DLC playable version is gonna bum me out. It's such a tease. If she wasn't right there in the game, modeled and rigged and everything, I'd probably be more blasé about it.
If Baraka and Rain fans feel the same way I can't blame them.
I'm just worried that given how long they're taking chances are it won't be the NPCs already modeled.
Who cares about Rain or Sindel?