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Post by schizo on Feb 23, 2023 18:04:06 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Feb 23, 2023 18:13:04 GMT -5
Hopefully it's better than 11.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 23, 2023 18:15:37 GMT -5
I really hope they hard backpedal on how 11 seemed to be setting up them finally doing that, "Ditch everyone but Scorpion and Sub-Zero and do a whole new cast," thing Boon's been wanting to do for years because it's always been an incredibly stupid idea.
Either way I'll definitely pick this one up on sale. WB shit tends to ship too busted and drop in price too quickly to bother paying a premium on their stuff at launch anymore.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Feb 23, 2023 18:19:56 GMT -5
I really hope they hard backpedal on how 11 seemed to be setting up them finally doing that, "Ditch everyone but Scorpion and Sub-Zero and do a whole new cast," thing Boon's been wanting to do for years because it's always been an incredibly stupid idea. Either way I'll definitely pick this one up on sale. WB shit tends to ship too busted and drop in price too quickly to bother paying a premium on their stuff at launch anymore. Man MK11 f***ed the franchise up so much that I have no interest in what comes next.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 23, 2023 18:21:34 GMT -5
I really hope they hard backpedal on how 11 seemed to be setting up them finally doing that, "Ditch everyone but Scorpion and Sub-Zero and do a whole new cast," thing Boon's been wanting to do for years because it's always been an incredibly stupid idea. Either way I'll definitely pick this one up on sale. WB shit tends to ship too busted and drop in price too quickly to bother paying a premium on their stuff at launch anymore. Man MK11 f***ed the franchise up so much that I have no interest in what comes next. I think once they patched up a lot of the big oversights and more grindy elements in MK11 it wound up being pretty fun, I've certainly put a ton of time into it, but from a storytelling perspective it is an utter mess. Honestly think the best way to go at this point to try to salvage all the shit it did to the story would be to go with the Shang Tsung wins ending as the canon one and follow through on that because the reboot stuff is just so completely stupid and pointless.
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Post by schizo on Feb 23, 2023 18:25:04 GMT -5
Story has been secondary to me when it comes to this franchise, give me a good roster, fun gameplay, awesome fatalities, killer stages, some fun humor, and Iam good
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 23, 2023 18:39:29 GMT -5
Wonder if they'll do a whole new story or just use the one they're using for the new mobile game that is a new retelling of the original trilogy events (for example, there are scenes with Kitana, Johnny and Fujin interacting).
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 23, 2023 18:50:01 GMT -5
I'd honestly kind of like the idea of going back to the time of the Original Kung Lao, which would have been....1590, or so?
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Post by chrom on Feb 23, 2023 18:56:29 GMT -5
I'd honestly kind of like the idea of going back to the time of the Original Kung Lao, which would have been....1590, or so? 500 years was when Goro defeated him so around that time.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 23, 2023 18:58:17 GMT -5
I'd honestly kind of like the idea of going back to the time of the Original Kung Lao, which would have been....1590, or so? I think the big issue you'd run into with something like that is that the last time this series actually had the bulk of its newcomers actually be liked was probably MK2? Maybe 10, don't think any of them other than maybe Kung Jin are really so much disliked, but 11 kind of pissed on that anyway with dropping half of them, demoting Cassie and Jacqui to basically doing nothing, Eron Black continuing to do nothing, turning Kotal into a complete jobber, and doing the exact same shit with D'Vorah that was making people grow tired of Quan Chi.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 23, 2023 19:08:32 GMT -5
MK11 went so backwards from MK10. Like they had a good thing going as I did at least like the focus on the Cage family but they flipped all that and then went backwards in time
Also finally giving Hanzo something good besides angry Scorpion only to bring that back and restart his whole process again. He’s not as angry
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 23, 2023 19:11:06 GMT -5
I'd honestly kind of like the idea of going back to the time of the Original Kung Lao, which would have been....1590, or so? I think the big issue you'd run into with something like that is that the last time this series actually had the bulk of its newcomers actually be liked was probably MK2? Maybe 10, don't think any of them other than maybe Kung Jin are really so much disliked, but 11 kind of pissed on that anyway with dropping half of them, demoting Cassie and Jacqui to basically doing nothing, Eron Black continuing to do nothing, turning Kotal into a complete jobber, and doing the exact same shit with D'Vorah that was making people grow tired of Quan Chi. I kind of pictured the ancestors of the other good Kombatants being brought in. Like Sonya's being a Swedish knight, or like Jax's being a Yoruban warrior, or what have you.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 23, 2023 19:55:02 GMT -5
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 23, 2023 19:59:26 GMT -5
Honestly I do feel bad for Ed and NRS. They managed to get this far along with no leaks, not even really any rumors, just a vague feeling from people that a new NRS title was either coming this year or next year. And that all goes to tits because god damned Zaslav just bluntly said it was coming this year on an investors call. -_-
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 23, 2023 20:02:42 GMT -5
If it's not going back in time to help the OG Kung Lao, maybe the new Titan villain is Reality-based? So, instead of alternate timelines, it's alternate realities like....I dunno, like Shao, God of Thunder and Protector of Outworld against Emperor Raiden Kahn or something.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 23, 2023 20:05:11 GMT -5
If it's not going back in time to help the OG Kung Lao, maybe the new Titan villain is Reality-based? So, instead of alternate timelines, it's alternate realities like....I dunno, like Shao, God of Thunder and Protector of Outworld against Emperor Raiden Kahn or something. Give me the Edenia's Angels reality from Kitana's MK9 ending!
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Post by Starshine on Feb 23, 2023 20:09:57 GMT -5
Was there any reason why they opted not to re-explore anything post MK4 in the revised timeline? Like, yeah, a lot of it felt pretty half-baked back then, but it would have been nice to see them give some more depth to some of the better ideas they had.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 23, 2023 20:24:43 GMT -5
Any early word on who the celebrity DLC characters might be? I'm hoping for people completely inappropriate for the franchise, like Carmen Sandiego and ALF.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Feb 23, 2023 20:28:51 GMT -5
Any early word on who the celebrity DLC characters might be? I'm hoping for people completely inappropriate for the franchise, like Carmen Sandiego and ALF. Pee Wee Herman
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 23, 2023 20:32:18 GMT -5
Any early word on who the celebrity DLC characters might be? I'm hoping for people completely inappropriate for the franchise, like Carmen Sandiego and ALF. Eh, not completely inappropriate, but I still say Toxic Avenger would be a fun DLC.
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