So, I see the Misucra nuke has been set off...
Whether he's overreacting or not, I do agree with him. There's just something about this game that's really offputting. Guy really has invested a lot into his favorite character, and they go on and just completely revamp her for no reason.
This is how I feel about Jade too. The design is completely butchered for some reason, she doesn't look like her previous iterations at all.
Why change something we grew up with? I don't recall anyone going "you know, I'd play Jade more if she'd look like a completely different character!". Wasn't she one of the most popular characters already?
Then the fact that they made her into this heavy zoner even though once again, she was supposed to be this rushdown character with some zoning capabilities. Hence the glow and glow kick.
Kotal doesn't look great either, even though it's just one pixelated image. That only leaves me with Scorpion, gameplay looks fine, but his dumpster diver primary is just hilariously bad. Skarlet looks like ass.
I dunno, even though I have 3 of 4 characters in the roster, my hype levels are basically 0. I didn't say much about the story because there is no point to discuss something we've barely seen. It DOES seem like a reboot of a reboot, and why the hell would I want to play that? I have MK9 already.
The way they've handled this game is super weird too. PC gets shafted from day -1. No beta, and if I'd believe Misucra they did a terrible job with Injustice 2. The way they present info is like watching a dud going off. Kano, D'vorah...Those reveals were so lame. And of course my biggest problem is that this is basically a repackaged Injustice game with gore. It's just so hard for me to believe that this game took 4 years to create, and yet the leap is so tiny. Just to put into perspective, Deception and SM were release 1 year apart. And yet the difference in those games is like night and day.
Yeah the fatalities got more grotesque even though they seem to have a Brains and Eyes fetish now. But honestly, you watch them once and the novelty goes away. Becomes boring really quick.
Think I'm taking a break from MK games. Might just pick this one when the "Komplete" edition is out with a 50% discount.