Guyver Spawn
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I do want to see Noob finally interacting to Scorpion for once. I don't think Scorpion knows that Noob is Bi-Han or not.
The Revenants have to come back somehow. Someone like Nightwolf doesn't make any sense as a Revenant. He's a leader, there's no where for his story to go as a slave. Same for characters like Jade, Stryker, and Sindel.
You want there to be progression but the revenant story is the exact same thing they did in Deception where Jax, Sonya and others were Onaga's revenants. These characters are going to come back in future MK games regardless of where the story goes, so I'd prefer they weren't one note zombies when they do
I do want to see Noob finally interacting to Scorpion for once. I don't think Scorpion knows that Noob is Bi-Han or not.
You want there to be progression but the revenant story is the exact same thing they did in Deception where Jax, Sonya and others were Onaga's revenants. These characters are going to come back in future MK games regardless of where the story goes, so I'd prefer they weren't one note zombies when they do
I'd rather they just killed them off. They need to actually make the story progress - we can't keep rebooting the storyline and having the same handful of MK1 & 2 characters inexplicably dominate every game.
We all thought MKX was passing the torch to the kids... I seriously hope MK 11 is in fact doing this now. If their intent is to recycle this storyline and these characters every game - based solely on the fact they're recognizable to casual players - then that's the fastest way to make me lose interest in MK again.
Mortal Kombat doesn't have a good story, it never has. It's always had a good story for a fighting game. And they shouldn't try and sacrifice the fighting game part just for the story. Save that for the Shaolin Monks style side games
It's a fighting game first. They live and die by their roster, regardless of how good the story is. Those people going "No Mileena no buy. No Reptile no buy" aren't minorities. I've seen them on every social media platform I've been on, and even in conversations I've had with coworkers. You need the enticing roster to bring people in. Mortal Kombat doesn't have a good story, it never has. It's always had a good story for a fighting game. And they shouldn't try and sacrifice the fighting game part just for the story. Save that for the Shaolin Monks style side games
While I do agree with the part I cut, I strongly disagree with the quote. It always had a good story, the thing it was never fully explored exactly because there's the idea a fighting game cannot privilege story, even for NRS/Midway who has doing story for ages. I do think they should making some sacrifices for the story, as they are partially doing, otherwise MK suffers the risk of becoming Street Fighter or any japanese game like this: decades of over and over the same thing, same plots, shitty scenarios because in the end the only thing that matters is 1v1.
They could totally make side games like MK:SM - but at the least canon - but it becomes absolutely boring to have the same core all over again. That's why revenants should never have been in MKX. Kitana and Kung Lao were absolutely useless, but they came became because of fans. That's one of the reasons I liked 3D era, it had the courage to do what was necessary.
Of course, am I biased because I'm Raiden dude + Scorpion/Sub-Zero + Liu Kang are the ones I've been playing for ages? Well, I confess I am, but I think they should start exploring the story heavily, that enriches stages, characters and even game modes. The fighting style aspect of the game will never suffer any harm, however.
Let it be pointed out that we still want Fire and Ice to be developed and released.
The only genre where story overrides gameplay is JRPG. This is a fighting game, which goes the other way around. And weren't tournament players also a factor in Kung Lao and Kitana's return in MKX?
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Those people going "No Mileena no buy. No Reptile no buy" aren't minorities. I've seen them on every social media platform I've been on, and even in conversations I've had with coworkers. You need the enticing roster to bring people in. Mortal Kombat doesn't have a good story, it never has. It's always had a good story for a fighting game. And they shouldn't try and sacrifice the fighting game part just for the story. Save that for the Shaolin Monks style side games