And that's too bad because I'm not a fan of Street Fighter's combo system and KI is very far from my liking. Mutant raptors or a giant frogs are nowhere as appalling as a Scorpion or a Sub-Zero with their backstory and character design. Street Fighter 2 was the first fighting game I have ever played but as soon as I laid eyes on Mortal Kombat I was hooked right in.
I played Street Fighter later on a couple of times, I know who Ryu, Ken, Chun Li or Guile are but I don't know their backstory, I didn't invest time to play as them. On the other hand, I was an MK fanatic from MK1-MK4, then came the console only era and I missed all of those because I had no console to play on. I still played MK3 and UMK on MAME though. But when I realized that MKKE is coming to PC I was instantly hooked again. Whereas I didn't give a $h*t about SFIV coming to PC or any other fighting game.
Injustice was a unique case. I was a great comic geek back in my childhood and I like most of the DC characters. But when Injustice came out I wasn't really interested. But MKKE was so good that I gave it a chance later on when I could get a copy for a lower price. It felt so differently to MK that I sucked in it big time. Then I started to enjoy playing it with Solomon Grundy and slowly I was getting better at it. And when I understood the new mechanics I had almost enjoyed it better than MKKE!
So you are right in most cases. I can see people turn away from MK and going SFV or KI. But I don't see myself as a future SFV or KI player, I can't imagine that those franchises can be as appalling to me as MK. And I'm much more interested in Injustice 2 than in SFV or KI despite I'm disappointed in NRS and especially WB Games. I know it sucks but I can't change my taste just because NRS and WB let us down.
And I completely understand. My first fighting game was Street Fighter 2. But after getting to play Mortal Kombat 2 at my cousin's place, I was hooked on it. MK4 was the first game I owned. I only got to play Deception, Shaolin Monks and Armageddon at friend's place (back when PS2 was the new shit). Because at that time I couldn't buy console games or let alone consoles themselves, I could only drool while knowing that my friends were playing MKD or Shaolin Monks on their consoles. So bought Street Fighter 4 when it was on sale. And got hooked on it. But once MK9 came out, SF4 went to the back shelf. The messiah has come! The holy saint! The message has been delivered! As a freelance artist who just started I had barely any customers, so my finances sucked. Even so after working my ass off, I finally bought MK9 at full price. Dream come true.
So we got kinda half assed MK9 PC port. But I wasn't really dying about that. I mean MK on PC! After all these years!
So once I saw MKX and saw that PC logo was next to consoles, I was hyped as hell. So had to work nigh shifts for MKX as well. And well... we all know the rest what happened.
MK lore was always more interesting for me than SF. It was deeper, more sophisticated, no cartoony characters.
Combat also always felt heavier than in SF. While I preferred more flashy combat of SF with all those energy attacks, I liked bone crushing in MK even more.
But personally... as much as I like MK world and all of its characters. I am not willing to crawl through mud and get shit thrown in my face just so I could get to play MK on PC. So I'd rather go with Street Fighter V from now on. It was a nice run with MK, but coming back to it would be the same as selling your own dignity for 50$.
Well maybe one day I will make a game which has both SF and MK elements in one. But right now I am just gonna enjoy SFV and work on it for EVO.
As for KI or Injustice.. Not really into KI gameplay, while Injustice world is just boring for me. Never was into heroes. While Batman was one of the few characters, which picked my interest, I still couldn't get over that delusional "no kill rule" of his.
