Anyone else feel like MKX is a bit of a letdown? (Small rant)

I enjoyed it and thought the story was ok. But I already traded it in.

It's tied with Soul Calibur

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They removed fan favorite characters for the sake of the story

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Who did they "remove for the sake of the story"?

If anything, for the first time since MK1 in 1992, there is actual continuity in the storyline (SPOILERS FOLLOW)









-Shao Kahn, Motaro, and Shang Tsung are still dead (25 years later)

-Noob Saibot (Bi Han) is still destroyed as a result of Nightwolf throwing him into the soulnado in MK9.

-Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sindel, Smoke, Kitana, Kabal, Stryker, and Nightwolf are still undead revenants (25 years later)

-The comic series killed off the characters that were complete shite (Hsu Hao, Mavado, Kobra, Kira, Drahmin, Reiko, Skarlet) and elevated one of the most underused characters in the game series (Havik) into a true threat in the comic series. Quan Chi carries Moloch's head as part of his intro.

-There's no mention of other shite characters (Hotaru, Darrius, Ashrah) because they're not needed.

-They added a whole lot of depth to the characters of Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Jax, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, and Kenshi by introducing characters who were either their children, relatives, or pupils (Takeda, Cassie, Jacqui, Kung Jin). Kenshi Takahashi now has a full name.

-The ONLY characters I can see that were removed that might have been "fan favorites" are Cyrax and Sektor. MAYBE Sheeva (who is a shite character), Kintaro (who is a shite character), Baraka (who is killed in Chapter 6), Rain (who will likely be added to the DLC roster), and Frost (who had a cameo in Chapter 9)

-They finally introduced a playable evil character who really wrecks shite over the course of the story (D'Vorah) and is great to play as. Kotal Kahn and Erron Black are decent additions, and Ferrah/Torr is just strange enough to work.

-They set up a sequel by corrupting Raiden at the end (he took all of the corruption Shinnok put into the Jinsei into himself) and setting him up as the big bad for MK11.

For once, the series (starting with 9) made character deaths permanent and the characters they did bring back from the dead had plausible reasons for their return.

The only complaint I might have is that Goro wasn't factored in, but in the comic, he has all four of his arms torn off by Kotal.

I love it. Then again I'm a bit of a badass on it

You still haven't shown up to the Cove, Billy Badass.

As I've said before, you pretty only have to bring a PS4 pad (if that). But hey, you probably don't take losses well anyways.

That's the mindset I like to hear. We run tournies once a month at the Cove. If you'd like a beer and see what the weekend warriors are up to we have our August tourney this Sunday, from 5:00pm to 10ish. We'll be playing MKX, Killer Instinct, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs Capcom 3.

PS4 is the tourney standard for MKX. Its definitely a fun time, playing and traveling gets addictive after a while.

i just can't get into fighting games anymore. i used to love them as a kid and just get so bored with them now. what are they like now, seeing as I haven't played one in about 15 years?