SPOILER ALERT:Mortal Kombat X DIGITAL COMIC DISCUSSION

That's why we need MK animated movies like DC's Flashpoint Paradox. That shig was so dark it kinda disturbed me lol
 
VictorMefer said:
All these videos of Deception make me think that if MKD had had a cinematic story like MK9, it would have been awesome.
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Both DA and Deception actually had fantastic stories, had they been given a proper focus on the plot itself rather than being a tutorial we could have had something really mind blowing.
 
ujustgotcaged said:
I love everything mk...this comic seemed short...im guessing we have a couple of comics left then we will get the live action series that will lead into the game .


"Don't hate!"
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No, the comic will be going for many, many months yet. The webseries is a completely separate thing.
 
Well Ed Boon said that the One Being is not our big bad in MKX. I also think having a nigh omnipotent (The One Being is not omnipotent given that he can be defeated) as a boss character is a stupid idea since only the Elder Gods can defeat the One Being.
 
Guyver Spawn said:
Well Ed Boon said that the One Being is not our big bad in MKX. I also think having a nigh omnipotent (The One Being is not omnipotent given that he can be defeated) as a boss character is a stupid idea since only the Elder Gods can defeat the One Being.
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Boon also said there is a sea of Sub-Zeros to hide the fact this one is one of the brothers.

He lies crucial things for the sake of the surprises.

Also, he said to The Kombat Tether that this story had nothing to the One Being, which is a lie too, since the blood magick (seen on the trailer) is the One Being's magick.

The One Being will probably never appear, since it is everything.

On the contrary, it may force individuals to complete its goals, as with Onaga.
 
Snow said:
Yup. So far it's looking like a straight up retcon.
Ok, regarding the one searching for the daggers, the possibilities are:

Shujinko
Daegon
Quan Chi/Shinnok

Daegon seems to be the only one with any relevance so far.
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Don't forget Skarlet, we know we'll be seeing her soon.

Now. What I feel like NRS + Kittleston are doing is copping out by saying "Not only did Raiden send his visions back in time, he also sent them back in space! So in other words he sent the visions to an alternate universe where similar things happened but with very distinct differences."

Just so they can get away with inconsistencies.
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You're thinking about this way too hard. There have always been retcons in MK from one game to the next, there will always continue to be retcons from one game to the next. Just because the timeline got rebooted doesn't mean they don't also do the standard retcons on top of that.

Unless there are starting to be too many (IMO there are not) or the things they change are way too egregious (IMO also not), we just gotta roll with it.
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
I disagree heavily. I for one stopped expecting any decent amount of 3D characters after the Kitana reveal. Kung Lao + Kitana one-two punch told me that too many MK9 characters were getting jammed into a 24-character roster for there to be any more than 0-1 3D-era characters. My guess was Fujin. If the list is true, I was wrong, but I would never guess for more than 1 3D, because that would come at the expense of a character with much higher chances at the time (Johnny, Sonya, Liu, Jax, Mileena, Erron, Takeda, Jacqui, Kung Jin).

To be fair, you predicted the roster count at 28 or something, and if we do get more than 24, the rest is very likely to be comprised of mostly MK4 characters. But I personally really doubt we're getting more than 24, sadly.
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The thing that convinced me that there wouldn't be many 3D era characters was the whole Fujin being dead in the Living Tower and that Kenshi was the only post-MK3 character with a child.
The only thing that Kitana and Kung Lao convinced me of, was that there were more from MK9, but not lack of 3D characters.
That's me, though.

As for the roster, how do you figure 24?
Ed Boon and Steve Beran both said that it would be close to MK9 (which would be about 32 including DLC).
The last roster build also had 26 spots (25 if you don't count the "?" box).
Goro is a bonus that is on the main roster, much like Kratos.
The difference is that those who didn't pre-order would pay $5 to get him.
A roster total of about 32 sounds more ideal with 26 - 28 on the main roster and another 4 to 6 being DLC.
Plus, you're forgetting that they said that they were going to put "as many characters as possible on the main roster," before the game ships.
 
theincubuslord said:
I personally think MKDA, MKD and to some extend MKA had a really cool storyline. I'm a rare species though.
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No you aren't. I don't care what people say. Deception had the best story. Not to mention the best boss. It was simply everything all thought pretty well and many characters just improved tremendously for me (Ermac, Nightwolf, Scorpion, Mileena...) Even Armageddon wasn't bad in theory, just the execution was very flawed.
 
You two are certainly not alone. I loved the story too.

They preserved the Arcade story, instead of making anything different, connected everything, brought a dark theme, killed the heroes, put us desperate, brought an ancient villain, turned our protector into something darker...

it was very well written IMO.
 
Yellow Ledbetter said:
it was very well written IMO.
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Seriously? Deception began with having many familiar characters KILLED OFF SCREEN, then gave us a surrogate protagonist who was bland and forgettable. The game shoved Shujinko down everyone's throats just because the studio arbitrarily decided that the crucial elements of the plot would all happen from his perspective. Really guys, if he's so important then why didn't you even bother giving him a unique move set?

Midway also decided to throw in the original protagonist for old time's sake, but now he's a zombie! Wow guys, inspired stuff. The new characters that were introduced; Darrius, Dairou, Ashrah, Havik, Hotaru, Kobra, Kira, all of them an embarrassment.

I realise that there are some who believe Havik and Hotaru have potential. Well hey that's a possibility but it sure as hell wasn't fulfilled in MKD or MKA. They might as well have given us characters from Black Realm and White Realm, or Dog Realm and Cat Realm. That ain't good writing. That's lazy af.
 
Nethervestige said:
Seriously? Deception began with having many familiar characters KILLED OFF SCREEN, then gave us a surrogate protagonist who was bland and forgettable. The game shoved Shujinko down everyone's throats just because the studio arbitrarily decided that the crucial elements of the plot would all happen from his perspective. Really guys, if he's so important then why didn't you even bother giving him a unique move set?

Midway also decided to throw in the original protagonist for old time's sake, but now he's a zombie! Wow guys, inspired stuff. The new characters that were introduced; Darrius, Dairou, Ashrah, Havik, Hotaru, Kobra, Kira, all of them an embarrassment.

I realise that there are some who believe Havik and Hotaru have potential. Well hey that's a possibility but it sure as hell wasn't fulfilled in MKD or MKA. They might as well have given us characters from Black Realm and White Realm, or Dog Realm and Cat Realm. That ain't good writing. That's lazy af.
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Yes, seriously. That's what I think.

Mortal Kombat could have gone into the Street Fighter way of repeating the same story forever. But they decided to go forward. Instead of forgetting the arcade times, as it could have happened, they preserved that and continued the franchise on the same timeline and plot.

What's the matter of familiar characters killed off screen? I didn't care at all about that. The fight that matters is Raiden vs Shang Tsung + Quan Chi. I like Shujinko, and most of all, I like Onaga. IMO, the plot was very well written, because they found a way of going though all the games through a deception. Shujinko was fun, I enjoyed him, I didn't care if he had unique move set or not, what matters for me was the story, gameplay is just a way of fulfilling it for me.

Liu Kang's death IMO was the best sign of the loss of hope. They killed our hero and made him come back as everything we would never imagine, and worst than that, a maniac homicidal. They took our protector and transformed him into a machiavellic version of himself, now even allying himself with "evil".

And the best of all, they plotted Deception since MK:DA having an epic big boss who was the righful ruler of Outworld, and came back from the dead pulling the strings and twisting everything.

About these characters, most I don't care at all. But they show other perspectives. They show other realms and other stories, I like that. They are not the best characters, but they served for a decent new approach.

Respect that you dislike, but I like. And I should advise: MKX is taking a very similar turn of Deception. It has even been mentioned of someone kollecting the Kamidogu daggers for years. Sound familiar, right?

What I think, on negative side, is Deception was messed on its Konquest mode and the story is not well told on some parts (ex.: Noob-Smoke as sub-bosses). But Deception is not a game of heroes, is a game of survivors. It's one of the darkest, most appealing and surprising stories of MK franchise IMO.
 
The kamidogu were the medium needed for him to complete the ritual of resurrecting from the grave. Reptile was just in the vicinity just as Shujinko placed the final relic in the Nexus.

And I agree with Ledbetter. Deception is one of my all-time favorite MK games from the main timeline,story-wise. Before the game ever came out, when's the last time in video games overall, that evil actually triumphed over good? And I really mean BEFORE MK: Deception came out, not AFTER!!!
 
Vigilante_FireDragon said:
The kamidogu were the medium needed for him to complete the ritual of resurrecting from the grave. Reptile was just in the vicinity just as Shujinko placed the final relic in the Nexus.

And I agree with Ledbetter. Deception is one of my all-time favorite MK games from the main timeline,story-wise. Before the game ever came out, when's the last time in video games overall, that evil actually triumphed over good? And I really mean BEFORE MK: Deception came out, not AFTER!!!
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Evil has triumphed over good at least 11 times prior to MK1. By that I'm talking about Shao Kahn's hostile takeover of Edenia, Goro's tournament victories, and at least one tournament won by Shang Tsung.

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