Is Ed Boon sure he's doing the right thing?

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There are a lot of people who die before other more deserving people. That's life. Get over it. This is a stupid thing to be pissed off about. You could bring this argument up for every single movie, show or video game in which a good character dies and a crap one lives. It's not worth pouting over.

Liu Kang was a boring a** character who had it coming. I hope they replace him with a more interesting character to fill the hero role.

Eh, I was kind of glad Liu Kang died. He's too static of a character, but at least they gave him SOME personality in MK9 before Raiden fried his ass. About Sheeva, though... I'm fine if she returns or doesn't return, but they'd have to write her in a very specific manner for her to be worthwhile in story mode.
 
Really? Feels bad man.

Anyway, I haven't read all the posts in here, so I might just be saying old shit, but I guess I'll give my answer to the thread title.

Is Ed Boon sure if he's doing the right thing? Probably not. I don't mean that in a bad way... Just, can you be sure if you're ever doing the right thing. We can't see into the future. I'm 95% certain that he wasn't sure if MK9 was the right thing to do and 99% certain that he wasn't sure if MK1 was the right thing to do. This is a really stupid question.

I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing, though. He's experienced and he's learned a lot from his experience. He's made plenty of mistakes, and he's learned so it's unlikely that he'll make them again.

Is what he's doing risky?

Yup.

Is it a step in the wrong direction? Nah. He's moving forwards, not backwards. What's life without risk?

Exactly. I do believe their original plan for an arcade game was a Star Wars thing. Instead, they obviously went with Mortal Kombat. They've admitted it was meant to be a quick project to make a buck. Imagine if they went with Star Wars instead. This forum probably wouldn't exist.



Personally, there wasn't a core MK game I disliked on an extreme extent. None of the games were perfect but entertained me and most fans. However, going in to a thread titled 'Is Ed Boon sure he's doing the right thing?' and stating their dislikes of most the series doesn't offend me.

Point I'm trying to make is Liu Kang (among others) should have survived ahead of Sheeva and not vice versa.

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That's your opinion. My opinion is I'd rather not have the same (Liu Kang) hero survive to save the day in every installment. Yawn.

Anyways, the fact that Sheeva didn't die is irrelevant. Other villians survived as well. The heros took a beating.. Even if Raiden was the one to kill Liu Kang. (wtf Raiden)
 
A boring ass character alright...a boring ass character who won championships! I'll take that over an exciting character who CAN'T win championships!

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The most idiotic and unrealistic piece of the MK lore is that Liu Kang won THREE (four?) times. So many other combatants are stronger and more powerful. I'm glad Raiden fried his ass. That silly as f*** logic went on for way too long.
 
Exactly. I do believe their original plan for an arcade game was a Star Wars thing. Instead, they obviously went with Mortal Kombat. They've admitted it was meant to be a quick project to make a buck. Imagine if they went with Star Wars instead. This forum probably wouldn't exist.



Personally, there wasn't a core MK game I disliked on an extreme extent. None of the games were perfect but entertained me and most fans. However, going in to a thread titled 'Is Ed Boon sure he's doing the right thing?' and stating their dislikes of most the series doesn't offend me.



That's your opinion. My opinion is I'd rather not have the same (Liu Kang) hero survive to save the day in every installment. Yawn.

Anyways, the fact that Sheeva didn't die is irrelevant. Other villians survived as well. The heros took a beating.. Even if Raiden was the one to kill Liu Kang. (wtf Raiden)
Winning championships should be held to the same standard in fiction as it is in real life. There's a reason why Tim Duncan is better than LeBron James, why Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning, and why Derek Jeter is better than Barry Bonds. Those same standards apply to Liu Kang and Sheeva.

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Winning championships should be held to the same standard in fiction as it is in real life. There's a reason why Tim Duncan is better than LeBron James, why Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning, and why Derek Jeter is better than Barry Bonds. Those same standards apply to Liu Kang and Sheeva.

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Obviously, they don't.
 
If Sheeva is better than Liu Kang, then JaMarcus Russell must be better than Joe Montana.

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This seems like a huge risk but I think Boon and the rest of The NRS team are doing the right thing. Love the old MKT cast of fighters but it's time for the franchise to get some fresh new faces.
 
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Winning championships should be held to the same standard in fiction as it is in real life. There's a reason why Tim Duncan is better than LeBron James, why Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning, and why Derek Jeter is better than Barry Bonds. Those same standards apply to Liu Kang and Sheeva.

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LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Barry Bonds aren't super powerful cryomancers, sorcerers or four armed Shokans. Your comparison doesn't work.
 
WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO TRASH?

He is a self admitted troll (AKA an attention whore). Stop wasting your time.
 
Winning championships should be held to the same standard in fiction as it is in real life.

I agree. And nobody's immune to death, not even 'champions'. In real life or in fiction. I thought killing off Liu Kang when/ and in the way they did was brilliant. It wasn't even a warrior's death. Raiden killed him on accident. In real life your relevance or importance have nothing to do with your mortality. Considering 'mortal' is in the game's title, I'm glad they're at least somewhat embracing that.
 
To:ED BOON-You said that Mortal Kombat X is 25 years in the future,question is are all or some of the characters still alive? If they are they either aged or got older. I would say they're between the ages of 40-50 years old.
 
To:ED BOON-You said that Mortal Kombat X is 25 years in the future,question is are all or some of the characters still alive? If they are they either aged or got older. I would say they're between the ages of 40-50 years old.

I'm not sure if Ed Boon will read your message. You might be better off tweeting him [MENTION=633]noob[/MENTION]de.
 
Would you rather be exciting or would you rather win championships?

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Because whats is good narrative and storytelling for when you can win championships, amiright? Nevermind that his character exists soley to win the tournament and be a Bruce Lee clone and has very little going for him otherwise, no. Championships. Brilliant.
 
Because whats is good narrative and storytelling for when you can win championships, amiright? Nevermind that his character exists soley to win the tournament and be a Bruce Lee clone and has very little going for him otherwise, no. Championships. Brilliant.
Champions = best.

Substance is ALWAYS better than style.

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What's the point in killing her, though? She wasn't relevant enough to kill off. And at this point, if they really wanted to, they could bring her back in the future and use her (though I doubt they will). And it's highly unlikely that she "sticks around". With Kahn dead, I'm sure she just goes her own separate way. Who cares? Again, she is not relevant to the story.

As for there only being three heroes left... Would it have made you feel so much better if Kang had survived? You'd be one of the few. Liu Kang was clearly destined to die. He dies in the original timeline and dies in the new timeline. And I'm pretty sure that's not the last we'll see of him. Liu Kang is an annoying thorn in my side. He'll be back.




Liu Kang was never an interesting character. He was based off of a real life person and was meant to be basic-bit** hero that saves the day. MK Deadly Alliance and Deception are not responsible for the downfall of his character. He was ALWAYS a terrible two dimensional character.

Also, lay off Boon and Vogel. You're comparing their work to Boon/Tobias which only relates to a few games that were very limited in technology and design. It may have seemed simple and sweet at the time, but do you really think Tobias would have kept it that way had he stayed on with the series? Of course not. The original games would FAIL today if they weren't suped up.

Stop living in the past and learn how to move on. You're coming across as a rather obnoxious butt hurt fanboy.
About technology and limitations were very bad managed by boon. more above i was explained this.
Are you ask me suck boon ´s balls? sorry bro but not, thank you, i want to be always make an analysis and then play, watching detail by detail,
be a gamer player is not all in life imo.

You ask me for live in the present day, but Present day there is not life on mk, cause mk is less than a shadow, nobody here stops to thinks those details, and i am not saying that i am smart than anybody.

Suddenly i´m not saying that if Tobias keept at present the exact classic games. But yes keep this original formula at least at 75%. With boon the forumla is less at 10%, even ppl like arkanoyd commander thinks that i have a closed mind, lol.

The stupid story of deadly alliance from boon´s whim is the same like happened between mkar and mk9, they has decided throw all to the trash, cause never and never midway team did not get ideas for continue on kang. Why subzero design at mkd sucks alot in comparision with mkda design? cause is more "simple", is the only few things made by boon in combination with tobias at 1995. Difference is that in 1992/1993 tobias had more influence than boon. And voguel, again is the most stupid member ever on mk team imo him has washed the brain to several users.

back to kang who know what tobias has planned for kang at the 5th of mk? say again,cause in mk4, tobias wanted re-fix the errors from boon at mk3....... I would not be so sure, if kang was based in bruce is not enought excuse for not evolve to him,.
 
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