Just want to write something about MK11 and hope you guys react to this post. I can't be the only one.
I've always been a huge MK fan. My Sega Genisis was there just in order to play MK2 and (U)MK3. The 3D era hasn't been the same for me but I still played every title and completed everything I could on my PS2. The hype wasn't there but when MK9 was announced I've lost my sh*t, as an adult btw. Couldn't wait until I finally started the game. I played it a lot. Really, I didn't stop. When MKX was announced I've bought a PS4 and couldn't wait for next gen MK. And I played MKX a lot, too.
Now, the wait for MK11 hasn't been long after announcement and I was hyped to play. There have been some things I didn't like, e.g. the different ninja colors. And also some roster decisions.
The game isn't out a week and after finishing story mode and normal arcade towers with endings (all characters) I feel how I am losing interest. After playing with characters I'm interested in, I've tortured myself to finish.
Though I've always been a good MK player I struggle to become better in MK11. After MKX I have the feeling that the game is really slow. It's stiff and tough like overcooked beef. There are not many combo opportunities and I'm not feeling the characters. The last two games make it possible to combine things you make up but now it's really hard. Then there are those different variations and I must say that I don't like it at all. I don't know what's the best for a character.
Next thing is the roster. It's MKX again and back in the day it was the reason why I stopped playing. It was about passing the torch but the parents are still there. And maybe it's ok so because the kids are so irrelevant since MK11 is about timelines and classic characters after all. Why do we have two Sonyas (Cassie and Sonya) instead of giving this spot to somebody else? MK has cyborgs, shamans, sorcerers and gods but all we get is this stupid special forces stuff. If they need them for story telling, why didn't they make them NPC? Why make them all playable taking away roster spots? Jacqui is better than in MKX but she is still a grey mouse. I'd rather have Ermac and Reptile instead. Seeing Fujin or Havik I already gave up. Hope Jacqui's ending would somehow be canon.
Cetrion and Geras are out of game. If somebody showed me a picture of them standing on a arena I definitely wouldn't have said it's Mortal Kombat. They look like scrapped from Injustice. Why bother making new characters with no purpose? In a story where anything is possible with Kronika. Fighter X could have been her jobber, like Frost or Noob. Everybody. Kollector is fine though.
Every time I see the roster I wish they'd release MK9 remastered for PS4. Not because I'm stuck with MK Trilogy. I just hate they didn't include Fujin, Rain, Havik or Reiko in BOTH MKX and MK11. No Nightwolf, Sindel or Smoke since MK9.
Guess Kombat Pack is a chance to get more variety, but I hope there are not too many guests. I am really disappointed. I've never abandonned a MK game so fast as it seems with this one.