SPOILER ALERT:Mortal Kombat X DIGITAL COMIC DISCUSSION

Misucra said:
What? You played a different game maybe. Cause last time I checked Scorpion lost only to Raiden in MK9. Unless you're talking about previous games (which I don't mention as I am talking only about MK9 and MKX right now).
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Sounds like you need to check again. ;) Liu Kang fights Scorpion and Quan Chi at the same time before taking on Goro. Meanwhile, Sub-Zero the younger sets out to track down his brother's killer... and does. And then they fight.

Also I am talking about marketing overall, not what happened in story. But ok. Let's mention what happened in story mode. First Sub Zero gets killed by Scorpion, Second sub zero captured and made into a shitty cyber ninja (yeah didn't like him being cyber), then he gets owned by Sindel.

Raiden called him lapdog... lol. Such life changing insult. It sounds really bad from a guy, who (at that moment) was at losing side and came looking for HELP. Really. Scorpion's image was tainted by that forever. Let's just forget that Raiden came asking desperately for alliance.
Actually Scorpion's one single chapter did pretty good justice to him. That was one of more serious chapters where I didn't laugh from females trying to act all important in that clothing.

Just showed how shitty Scorpion's situation was. Undead, a puppet of Quan Chi yet a vengeful spirit seeking for vengeance. It actually made me care for Scorpion (even so I didn't understood his choice with sub zero over his family). So you're giving a pretty bad example here for me.
Cause one chapter for Scorpion did better than 2 chapter's of Sub Zero where he got owned every time, you didn't play for him.
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Whether you like the chapter or not is your prerogative. I don't, because it's a complete re-hash of past Scorpion stories that teases going in a new direction but then doesn't. The original argument was about Scorpion being "pushed down our throats," and the way you push something down someone's throat is not with quality, it's with quantity. There is much more of Sub-Zero in MK9. The point about Raiden insulting Scorpion wasn't that it's a sick burn, it's that he's right. Scorpion does absolutely NOTHING in the story after killing Bi Han. He might as well not exist and not a single thing would change. Raiden, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Kitana, Kung Lao... f*king Jax contributes more to the story of Mortal Kombat 9 outside of his own chapter than Scorpion does. You know how? By hacking Sub-Zero to make him a good guy again. Oh, irony, thou art a cruel mistress.

Why do you care about marketing anyway?! Why not focus your energies on caring about the game that the marketing is about? If you don't want the statue, don't buy the kollector's edition. I like Scorpion and I'm not getting it.
 
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p.W said:
Sounds like you need to check again. ;) Liu Kang fights Scorpion and Quan Chi at the same time before taking on Goro. Meanwhile, Sub-Zero the younger sets out to track down his brother's killer... and does. And then they fight.
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Yeah my bad on this one. Flew through those parts so fast I didn't even memorize them properly. Yeah sorry about this one. Might need to replay story mode on those parts.

I don't, because it's a complete re-hash of past Scorpion stories that teases going in a new direction but then doesn't.
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Yes it is a re-hash in movie style format. Also it is a retelling of MK trilogy so I don't know if anyone expected something DIFFERENT from a REBOOT. (Ok I actually expected him to spare Sub Zero. That one disappointed me)
I liked it mostly, because it was animated. So it was good enough for me.

Scorpion does absolutely NOTHING in the story after killing Bi Han. He might as well not exist and not a single thing would change. Raiden, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Kitana, Kung Lao... f*king Jax contributes more to the story of Mortal Kombat 9 outside of his own chapter than Scorpion does. You know how? By hacking Sub-Zero to make him a good guy again. Oh, irony, thou art a cruel mistress.
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AH NOW WE ARE GETTING TO THE MOTHERF%^&KING POINT. Yes exactly! He played only his role. Like in original trilogy, he was just an avenger. Hell Scorpion started getting more interested only after MK4, when he took Quan Chi with him to Netherrrealm. So yes EXACTLY. He doesn't do much, just the same way as he didn't do shit in ORIGINAL TRILOGY.
YET he is being shown almost as main character.
You getting my point now? This is what I was talking about all this f^&^king time. Scorpion ain't the main hero of this game, yet right now he is being marketed so badly that it almost creates illusion that he is basically the center of MK universe.

Why do you care about marketing anyway?! Why not focus your energies on caring about the game that the marketing is about? If you don't want the statue, don't buy the kollector's edition. I like Scorpion and I'm not getting it.
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Lord Raiden give me strength... are you serious???? I just said few posts ago that I am just stating what is on my mind. I am still getting MKX and that didn't change my view on the game itself. Also I said I WANTED to get the damn statue as it looks badass (not the Coarse cartoony one of course), but they were only for consoles, so I said f%^k it. Jeez LEARN TO READ!!!!!! AIOHDWAUIVCHAURFH. Nah but seriously mate, I wrote that shit not long ago.

The only real problem I have right now is the comic itself. Learn of Scorpion's SEKRET ORIGIN. You said something about rehashing? Here is the damn good example of listening to the same story OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
But I will just believe in what [MENTION=18134]Yellow Ledbetter[/MENTION] said. That it might be something DIFFERENT and new.

And also just a small mention. All that stuff related to Scorpion's marketing while tiresome it doesn't bother me to the point I would rage or get offended. I am just stating what I have noticed. And again WHICH I SAID BEFORE.. in MK9 I just said that I noticed FEW elements which showed signs of Scorpion getting favoritism. MK9 was ok. But MKX is over the top. You can say whatever you want, but there is too much of Scorpion right now. EVEN SO. Does it make me RAGE? Does it make me want to drop everything and cry in a corner? No.

I wanted Frost in the game: Didn't get it. So just made my own 3D model and I am happy.
I wanted a box art with SubZero: Didn't get it. I might just get a physical copy of MK and use some photoshop to change the cover to Sub Zero if that bothers me too much.
I wanted a DIFFERENT kharacter statue: Didn't get it. So just made Frost model and ordered it to be made into 50cm statue.
I wanted Frost cameo to be better in comics: Didn't get it. So made my own comics where she kicks Sub Zero's and Scorpion's ass at the same time in an epic and super brutal battle.

So do not worry. I don't waste my energy on getting angry at marketing decisions. I just find them ANNOYING. That's all. Just an opinion.
 
I agree. "Goro Lives" Only makes sense in the context that he at some point isn't living. And likely why he is DLC/Pre-order bonus instead of being on the roster. He gets killed and as a bonus you get to play as him.

Hence "Goro Lives"
 
That's not the only way it would make sense...

Maybe Goro gets injured to the point where we think he's dead, but really he never died.
Just like Deception.

I just don't see them killing a character they're using to try and boost the sales.
It just sounds so stupid IMO. The last thing we need is more characters dying, then coming back to life.
They're gonna wan't Goro to look as badass as possible. The more badass Goro looks, the more people will want to pre-order and buy him. If he dies, I highly doubt it would help him move pre-orders.
 
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^Thanks. As I've said before, "Goro Lives" has nothing to do with the comics, people.

Kickinwing420 said:
If he dies, I highly doubt it would help him move pre-orders.
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I doubt a single living soul on the planet is going to have this thought process: "Well, I really wanted to play as Goro, but they killed him in the spin-off comic. Time to cancel my pre-order!"

Goro is just as badass whether he lives or dies in tomorrow's comic. Dying is not going to change his pop culture icon status. He's died before and he can just come back like before. And most people who will buy MKX don't even read the comics, not that that matters.
 
Goro will be beaten as a dummy, that's what may happen.

The major consequence of that won't be Goro dying or not, but the price to be paid for invoking the blood magic.
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
^Thanks. As I've said before, "Goro Lives" has nothing to do with the comics, people.


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I doubt a single living soul on the planet is going to have this thought process: "Well, I really wanted to play as Goro, but they killed him in the spin-off comic. Time to cancel my pre-order!"

Goro is just as badass whether he lives or dies in tomorrow's comic. Dying is not going to change his pop culture icon status. He's died before and he can just come back like before. And most people who will buy MKX don't even read the comics, not that that matters.
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I doubt that they'd kill Goro off in the comics, only for him to be playable in the game.
"Goro lives" sounds more like an MK1 reference, IMO.
I'm not saying that dead characters can't be playable, because MK9 has proven otherwise.
I just think that if he does die, it will be in the game and not the comics, much like how people have been telling me of Kotal's rise to power.
If anything, I personally see Kotal Kahn killing Reiko and Goro somehow lives / escapes.
For all we know, Reiko may also die like Forest Fox did in the comics.


I have an eerie feeling that the only post-MK3 characters in MKX will be Quan Chi and Kenshi, which I hope isn't true.
1 of the Tower stages in MKX being named in memory of Fujin, doesn't give me anymore hopes for seeing Fujin being playable in MKX.
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
I doubt a single living soul on the planet is going to have this thought process: "Well, I really wanted to play as Goro, but they killed him in the spin-off comic. Time to cancel my pre-order!"
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I never said people would straight up cancel their pre-orders. I said it wouldn't help.
I doubt a single living soul on the planet is going to have this thought process "Goro died in the comic, i'm so much more hyped to play as him! Time to make my pre-order!".

The more badass Goro looks, the more people will want to play as him. Just look at Reiko. I hardly ever saw people asking for Reiko before he showed up in the comic and reminded everybody how badass he was. Now almost everybody's got that dude on their wishlist.

And don't underestimate how many people read the comics. Even people who don't read comics are reading them.
 
Commander said:
I have an eerie feeling that the only post-MK3 characters in MKX will be Quan Chi and Kenshi, which I hope isn't true.
1 of the Tower stages in MKX being named in memory of Fujin, doesn't give me anymore hopes for seeing Fujin being playable in MKX.
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Wait, I must have missed this. Where was this?
 
asears08 said:
Wait, I must have missed this. Where was this?
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TYM said:
According to a poster on MKOnline, in the Polish Magazine; CD-Action, it is confirmed that Kabal makes an appearance as a modification in the living towers mode, similar to Rain and Cyrax. It also mentions another modification giving the description that after the god of wind Fujin died, the elements went wild. The one who wrote the preview in the magazine also thought that Fujin may be the big bad. (Not sure how those two things work together though)
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http://testyourmight.com/threads/su...wer-modification-and-fujin-as-spoilers.48342/

Supposedly in the latest issue of the polish magazine CD Action:

http://www.cdaction.pl/news-40825/zawartosc-cd-action-032015.html
 
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