Anyone Else Disappointed With the Story Mode?

theincubuslord said:
Oh, the "good guys" did plenty wrong. Kung Jin specifically. And Kotal isn't a bad guy, he just made a bad decision, imo. So there's no need for that attitude.
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The attitude must be your imagination or something of your own manifestation. I was simply agreeing with BBBLP on the matter as well as stating my own observation of a portion of the fanbase.


Kotal's thought process was logical.
 
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Raiden's Hat said:
The attitude must be you imagination or something of your own manifestation. I was simply agreeing with BBBLP on the matter as well as stating my own observation of a portion of the fanbase.


Kotal's thought process was logical.
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Raiden's Hat said:
Word. It seems the "good guys" can do no wrong in some people's eyes. Especially when it's in spite of the "bad guys".
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No, it's there, alright.

And I repeat, once more, I do understand why Kotal did what he did. I still think it was a douchebag move though, even if it was logical or otherwise.
 
Raiden's Hat said:
No, it's your own perception, alright.

If you want to lump yourself in with those whom feel the good guys can do no wrong, feel free to. Don't blame me for it. You were the one that assumed your eyes were among those I spoke of. Not my problem.
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See, there's that attitude again. Because I do NOT "lump myself" into that category. I already said the good guys have done plenty wrong, but you choose to ignore that. Why?
 
theincubuslord said:
See, there's that attitude again. Because I do NOT "lump myself" into that category. I already said the good guys have done plenty wrong, but you choose to ignore that. Why?
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You're the one that chose to cherry pick my words and apply them to yourself, then accuse me of having an attitude. Seems like the problem is yours. Seeing as how I was focused on BBBLP 's words and not yours, the fault doesn't fall with me. I never said you didn't say they've done plenty wrong. You're going on about a whole lot of nothing.
 
Raiden's Hat said:
You're the one that chose to cherry pick my words and apply them to yourself, then accuse me of having an attitude. Seems like the problem is yours. Seeing as how I was focused on BBBLP 's words and not yours, the fault doesn't fall with me. I never said you didn't say they've done plenty wrong. You're going on about a whole lot of nothing.
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So I am not one of those "some people" you mentioned?
 
It wasn't a bad story but so many outside factors overall left me dissapointed:

TOO MUCH COVERAGE - 4 years of waiting, I couldn't help but look at every bit of information given, a lot of stuff spoiled, speculation got me thinking and expecting FAR too much stuff from this game, I mean the Oni Demon we all assumed to be Onaga is a prime example of breaking down stuff too much. Also 1, 1, seriously 1!? Fujin scene? That really annoyed me! The type of cameo I wanted but would've been a way cooler easter egg, why advertise it?

The Comic - Following the comic book I was expecting a lot, I mean a lot more cameos, Reiko, Havik the oddities (Mavados and Hsu Haos of the MK Universe) not necessarily to fight against but to just little Easter eggs (A random character in a crowd etc.) The whole story of the Blood God, only for Kamidogu/Kamidaggers to not even get mentioned!? I stay optimistic, I hope maybe the comic leads to a DLC story pack with Havik and Reiko, but the realistic answer is no story DLC.

Roster vs Story I was waiting for the Liu Kang chapter, the Kung Lao chapter, only to find out the costumes weren't canon? Jax beating Liu Kang, Sonya beating Quan Chi? These things were just little annoyances but more nitpicking if anything, but the swerve of no Kitana/Kang/Lao being dead was not a good one.

Overall I liked it, as I said, it was a 4 year wait, I rushed through that story! I'm enjoying the gameplay, the new modes are great (Better if Online they eventually work) I'm having more fun in the hunt for costumes, knowing theres no big thing after the Krypt completion sucks (Don't get me started on paying for auto unlock) I've always had the bar set at MKD Konquest and nothing has come even slightly close, yet the story did as it was supposed to do, passing the torch.
 
Raiden's Hat said:
Not that I'm aware of. I haven't even read anything you've said. As I was saying, I quoted and was commenting on BBBLP's words. The intricacies of the discussion between you two, are unknown to me.
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And the post you responded to from BBBLP was meant for me. If you had bothered to read the whole conversation, you could have avoided making such an ignorant post.
 
I'm bummed the sorry was a bunch of flash backs and skipped around in time So much. This mortal kombat has a much more comedic tone, every one of the new characters are sarcastic, even a lot of the old ones. This story felt like it started off after mk9, then told an origin story, then finished the story it was telling in the beginning. After reading the comics I was hoping for a lot more from the story, where is the Kotal Kahn/Goro rivalry? Kotal Kahn is an idiot in the story, but a beast in the comics, I was really let down by him.
 
theincubuslord said:
And the post you responded to from BBBLP was meant for me. If you had bothered to read the whole conversation, you could have avoided making such an ignorant post.
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I took their post and applied it to my perspective in general. You're the only person acting ignorant. Have fun with that.
 
Re: Anyone else disappointed with the story?

In my opinion:
Boring, goes off topic for casuals at most parts, very short, but I love the way they were attempting to go.
Though I'd rather it didn't go all over the place with the flashbacks.
The story ended faster than any other story, imo.
 
Raiden's Hat said:
I took their post and applied it to my perspective in general. You're the only person acting ignorant. Have fun with that.
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How am I being ignorant? You took a post as part of a larger conversation. To focus only on that one post, you lose the bigger picture. That makes your perspective irrelevant and your statement ignorant, because you chose to ignore the rest.

But something tells me you don't really care either way, so I could just as well be talking to a wall.
 
I'm pretty neutral to it, there's good and there's bad. Tough, I was very disappointed for Quan Chi's balls... and his head.
 
I liked story mode a lot, I felt there was more consistency in the overall plot than the last game which felt like way too segmented due to the nature of how the three games were. There were a lot of inconsistencies with the revenants.

- Jax scorpion and subs were freed because raiden destroyed the blood pool in quan chis lair. why wasn't everyone else freed? is there another blood pool somewhere.

-That being said though I don't get why everyone is curious why Kung lao and lius kangs revenant stays wasn't resolved ( i just pointed out the inconsistency not the reasoning). Its very clear for the time being at least that kitana and Kang are now Fully revenants in new roles. Netherrealm has been trying to twist liu kangs role for a while now and I guess King of the nether realm is it now.
 
Recluse said:
- Jax scorpion and subs were freed because raiden destroyed the blood pool in quan chis lair. why wasn't everyone else freed? is there another blood pool somewhere.
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It was implied in the story by Sonya, Kenshi, and even Raiden that only people who are revenants who are in the right proximity could be free from control.
At the time, Scorpion, Subby, and Jax were freed because they were in the alchemy room when the spell was cast out, as if Liu kang was there, he'd also be freed, but he and the others were elsewhere.
 
Here's the problem I have with the story, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the story at all. It has to do with two character roles I found to be just completely pointless to bring in. Two characters that seemed really cool during pre-production and now they're hardly the ones I play as. I haven't touched neither of them except for just seeing what their fatalities are.

Reptile and Ermac.

I don't get these two characters as to why they were brought back. The developers were better off designing two brand new characters to fill in these roles. Reptile and Ermac both did nothing throughout the story, and I really didn't like seeing that. I know they could do something awesome with Reptile, but time after time, they have yet to do anything. Turning him into Onaga was probably the better routes to take, but look how long that lasted. Ermac, he has part of Shao Kahn's soul, they could have easily done something with that arc but they chose not to. They decided "let's just keep him in the background and make him a semi-annoying telekinetic spammer for our fans to play against." People have stated that the DLC characters and NPCs have more lines and more development than some of these characters, and it's blatantly obvious who they are.

I get it, not every character needs to be THAT important, but I would have liked to have seen the actual roster get more dialogue and action stuff happen to them than the DLC.

I am also hoping that Kitana and Liu Kang do not procreate and make hundreds, of those who want it to happen, happy. They can rule Netherrealm as king and queen that's it... Well, technically the dead cannot procreate as said by Sylvanas Windrunner and actual logic. If they somehow defy the laws of life and death, then logic has literally left the building... more so like "what's left of what's actually logical" in the game.

That's really it. There were some questions that boggled my mind a little but after going back and rereading what really happened and such, it doesn't bother me anymore.
 
It's no secret some characters returned in MKX due to popularity. Kitana, Kung Lao, Ermac and Reptile are amongst those characters, and they were then shoe-horned into the Story Mode just to make an excuse to why they are on the roster.
 
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