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03/10/2015 07:23 AM (UTC)
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KenshiMaster16 Wrote:
LeoBrZ81 Wrote:
You're jumping the gun, again. I think this kind of outcry is better suited for after the comics, after Story Mode, when you'll know if what you're saying is true or completely nonsensical. Hell, maybe by the end of the comics and the beginning of Story Mode, all of Mileena's allies are dead, and it's just her trying to go after Kotal!


Rain from the trailer says hello, thus no grousing to be tailor suited to my argument. Same can be said of who we think is Baraka in the background. So clearly one, if not a few, of her allies are still kicking and noticeably missing from the roster.


Why, hello, Rain for the trailer!

What you think could or could not be Baraka could or could not be her ally, and Rain could or could not be making a quick cameo right before his death. Finding tenuous evidence for indignation is not grounds for a stimulating discussion.

Now as before, I think what I said stands strongly: none of such arguments are of any validity, but rather just assumptions and personal wish/wish-not lists, until we're done with the comic and the Story. THEN maybe you'll be able to say, "Why wasn't so-and-so playable after being such a big part of your story?"

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First off I want to say that I really like Mavado, Havik, and Reiko, and I still have hope for two of them to be in MKX. However, I won't be disappointed in the least if they don't make it in. Why? Kotal Kahn. Ferra/Torr. Erron Black. Cassie Cage. Takashi Takeda. D'Vorah. Kung Jin. Old man Kung Lao. Old man Kano. Throne-hungry Mileena.

I haven't been this eager to try out characters in a long time. While I would have loved a redesigned Mavado, I still have all of those other characters. There really isn't any of the characters announced for MKX I think are completely uninteresting. Jacqui is probably the least, but we also haven't seen any gameplay from her. (I still don't see any arm enhancements on her, but I do see a weapon on her wrist.)

All in all, adding 3D characters would be great, however there isn't anyone I would want to get rid of to add them. I'm sure a bigger roster would make everyone happy, but what we have is great, in my opinion.


Instead of cloning threads, can we clone you, and up the positivity and excitement for this release?
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03/10/2015 07:28 AM (UTC)
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I don't really get why people keep saying I'm jumping the gun when all I'm doing is assessing the facts based on what we know. Maybe it's because I'm agreeing with an argument that's full of a lot of whiners in general when I'm really just trying to take a more realistic, constructive approach to the complaints? I mean, I see your point Leo, but I'm not complaining for complaining's sake, I'm pointing out the shit that is blatantly obvious to me that I think could've been handled better; the roster.

Like I know for a fact the younger characters are ripoffs of their parental figures based in fundamental, basic design and people keep saying it's too early to tell like I'm referring to gameplay. If two characters have the same gimmick in the same roster, it ruins the appeal for me. It gets stale, it becomes boring and it comes off as lazy. Same goes for the roster when I bring up Mileena's missing allies who are clearly seen in the trailer, alive, (sans Reiko) and yet are not playable in a roster that is becoming more and more by the day nervously accurate. It's not like I'm pulling shit out of thin air just to complain, because believe me, there is nothing else in this game that bothers me other than the roster. Everything else I'm completely, 100% fine with. It is literally the first roster in my 20 some odd years of REALLY following this franchise where I've been completely disappointed. And it's shocking I can say that with my main actually present and included.

It's just so uneven, unbalanced. Not in factions but just in common sense. Common sense tells me there is no legitimate threat from Mileena if she's all by herself going up against Kotal and his army of generals. Hell, even just 2 3D characters who are NOT the 3 we KNEW would be in (because let's face it, anyone who thought Quan, Kenshi and Shinnok wouldn't be in were just kidding themselves. They were always guaranteed, even if hidden/unlockable) would've sufficed and there are quite a few who could've sat out just until June as DLC for that to be labelled as "Klassic DLC Kombatants.'

If I'm wrong and the roster wasn't 100% accurate and there were names missing from the list, then great, we all win. If not, then my concerns are legitimate because I know this roster could've been ultimately more interesting, diverse and fleshed out then it is now.
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03/10/2015 07:32 AM (UTC)
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TigerStyle Wrote:
I still think it's because they wanted to try out a new gameplay system on next gen technology and wanted to use tried and true characters with a few 3D characters to make sure they could really hammer out good ideas for them within the new system.

Sort of like Deadly Alliance having mostly MK1/2 characters and some new ones in addition to Quan Chi.

The next game will have your Smokes, Jades, Fujins, Reikos, Haviks, Ashrah's, etc


Deadly alliance is the only MK game to introduce about 11-12 new characters with unique and cool personalities to them, Sure you had your Hsu Haos, but I personally thought some characters from that game are pretty unique. something MKX lacks, Outside of a few characters MKX is no where near unique in terms of character variety.

Sure Kotal Kahn is awesome, Sure D'vorah is great. Ferra/Torr was a great one in my book, Although I still think Noob/Smoke did it better grin, Erron Black who is pretty cool in my book as well.

But come on, Who else do we have? Raiden from Metal Gear Solid(That's Takeda.), Green Arrow? And not to forget Random Kickboxer chick #5931.

Oh Oh I actually almost forgot, We have a special forces girl but she is unique because of her parents.

"Okay... What does she do that's unique?"

"Well she has some of her father's moves and some of her mother's moves(Mostly looks not moves)."

"So how in the HELL is she unique?"

"I will tell you..."*Thinks deeply* "She has GUNS :D."

"You mean the thing that sets her apart is the fact that she is Stryker if he had boobs and came out of Sonya's Pandora box?"

"I guess, Bye Bye" *Runs far away*.

In DA we had Mavado, A guy who uses fucking elastic whips to kick your ass. People hated how Mavado looked. I, on the other hand thought he looked quite good, sure his design could have used some work but his early concept arts were pretty good. But still the damn guy is unique.

You have Bo' Rai Cho, A master martial artist, but he rather just beat you by farting and puking all over the place, Again unique.

Not to forget Kenshi, One of the best characters in the series introduced in MK:DA, Actually it's really not fair because Kenshi was made from the start to look like a badass and that's what he is. Blind but still able to fight and kick some ass. Again UNIQUE.

Nitara, Sure she failed as a character for some reason, but her story even though a rip-off from every other Vampire movie, still was quite, entertaining and a nice entry in the MK universe. UNIQUE.

Frost, People always just shit all over Frost because she is a "Subby Female", Not really though. If people were not soooo shallow and gave her an actual chance, they'd see that first her gameplay is different and her story is actually quite good, UNIQUE!!!!!.

We also have Drahmin, People would consider him the worst, but I personally think he is a character that could have been something, But again shallow people only saw that he has bugs flying around him and judged him based on that. Now we will never see this UNIQUE character again.

Even fucking Moloch looked... Generic as hell. But that's exactly what everybody in MKX is. They are all Moloch!

GIVE ME BACK MY 3D ERA CHARACTERS. OR FOR GOD SAKE ADD SOME UNIQUE ONES LIKE KOTAL KAHN,D'VORAH AND FERRA/TORR.





I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have no idea of the meaning of the word unique.

Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?

And Kenshi? He is one of my favourites, but the blind swordsman/martial artist trope was used 50 years ago with Zatoishi and Daredevil.

Frost? Female, underpowered Sub-Zero.

Li Mei/Kobra ? The talented young fighters who lack discipline. Karate kid #5931.

Bo'Rai Cho? Sammo Hung spoof with farts and burps.


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.
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03/10/2015 07:39 AM (UTC)
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Why, hello, Rain for the trailer!

What you think could or could not be Baraka could or could not be her ally, and Rain could or could not be making a quick cameo right before his death. Finding tenuous evidence for indignation is not grounds for a stimulating discussion.

Now as before, I think what I said stands strongly: none of such arguments are of any validity, but rather just assumptions and personal wish/wish-not lists, until we're done with the comic and the Story. THEN maybe you'll be able to say, "Why wasn't so-and-so playable after being such a big part of your story?"
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Well, just going off of the past alone, knowing full well a roster of 20 or more characters aren't going to fully get a ton of stuff to do in story mode based on NRS's last two outings in that department, making a few character who may or may not get a quick death playable as compared to characters like Sheeva in MK9 who got a few lines of dialogue and was in and out of her scenes pretty quickly and was still playable on the roster, it's not that big of a leap to assume that they could've taken a few of those random appearances who get something to do other than pop by in the background and make them playable on the roster. If that's asking too much, then it's just whatever, but I can pretty much guarantee there will be 3-4 characters on the roster already who will probably just stand around and look pretty most of the time.

And sure, this is all just wishy conjecture on both of our parts seeing as we're both in the dark but then if we didn't have that, these forums would be pretty dead and boring in between reveals now wouldn't they? tongue
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03/10/2015 08:57 AM (UTC)
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Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.


Forward, forward, A

and

Back, forward, B said hello.


Yeah, none f the MK characters are original by this logic. The truth of the matter is not creating totally new, yet unseen stuff, because that is mostly impossible to keep up. The deal is differentiating existing archetypes and giving them new twists.

Also there are a lot of people outside MKO etc. who do not give a crap about Trilogy characters either. Granted, we are a minority, but not a marginal one.
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03/10/2015 11:02 AM (UTC)
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Chrome Wrote:
lastfighter89 Wrote:
Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.


Forward, forward, A

and

Back, forward, B said hello.


Yeah, none f the MK characters are original by this logic. The truth of the matter is not creating totally new, yet unseen stuff, because that is mostly impossible to keep up. The deal is differentiating existing archetypes and giving them new twists.

Also there are a lot of people outside MKO etc. who do not give a crap about Trilogy characters either. Granted, we are a minority, but not a marginal one.


What new twist gave the 3d characters to the archetypes?

If the 3d era characters are so hated there's a reason.

And I am very active in the internet gaming communitie, so if this minority really exists, it is not as vocal as you make it sound to be.
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03/10/2015 12:12 PM (UTC)
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There is a big difference between not listening to their fans and refusing to inject a bunch of rejects into the roster (which we don't even know in full yet).

To say they aren't listening to the fans is not accurate. What's more accurate is them not listening to a certain subsect of fans that feel a small portion of characters didn't get their due.

If you were to poll all MK fans, by and large, the characters that would be included would be the Kitanas and the Kung Laos and the Reptiles. That may not make everyone happy, but it makes MOST of the fans happy. That is them listening to the fans.


I disagree that people would pick sonya Johnny and jax especially over some 3d characters with there kids in the game. That is why there is so much complaining all over the place. A majority did not want those characters but anyways lets just wait and see Also to the comment above. U are so wrong it is funny Hahahaha. I assume most of us are gamers and not just mk fans. All over the place there are comments about how the roster sucks. I don't even think we are the smaller group. The 3d characters are loved. Just look at Fujin.
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03/10/2015 12:47 PM (UTC)
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I still have a faith that Fujin,Reiko,Li mei and Tanya has a chance to be in MKX nad by the way when will we get the official next info reveal ?wowfurious
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03/10/2015 01:17 PM (UTC)
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I still have a faith that Fujin,Reiko,Li mei and Tanya has a chance to be in MKX



Cmon...
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03/10/2015 01:21 PM (UTC)
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lastfighter89 Wrote:
sharefrock Wrote:
TigerStyle Wrote:
I still think it's because they wanted to try out a new gameplay system on next gen technology and wanted to use tried and true characters with a few 3D characters to make sure they could really hammer out good ideas for them within the new system.

Sort of like Deadly Alliance having mostly MK1/2 characters and some new ones in addition to Quan Chi.

The next game will have your Smokes, Jades, Fujins, Reikos, Haviks, Ashrah's, etc


Deadly alliance is the only MK game to introduce about 11-12 new characters with unique and cool personalities to them, Sure you had your Hsu Haos, but I personally thought some characters from that game are pretty unique. something MKX lacks, Outside of a few characters MKX is no where near unique in terms of character variety.

Sure Kotal Kahn is awesome, Sure D'vorah is great. Ferra/Torr was a great one in my book, Although I still think Noob/Smoke did it better grin, Erron Black who is pretty cool in my book as well.

But come on, Who else do we have? Raiden from Metal Gear Solid(That's Takeda.), Green Arrow? And not to forget Random Kickboxer chick #5931.

Oh Oh I actually almost forgot, We have a special forces girl but she is unique because of her parents.

"Okay... What does she do that's unique?"

"Well she has some of her father's moves and some of her mother's moves(Mostly looks not moves)."

"So how in the HELL is she unique?"

"I will tell you..."*Thinks deeply* "She has GUNS :D."

"You mean the thing that sets her apart is the fact that she is Stryker if he had boobs and came out of Sonya's Pandora box?"

"I guess, Bye Bye" *Runs far away*.

In DA we had Mavado, A guy who uses fucking elastic whips to kick your ass. People hated how Mavado looked. I, on the other hand thought he looked quite good, sure his design could have used some work but his early concept arts were pretty good. But still the damn guy is unique.

You have Bo' Rai Cho, A master martial artist, but he rather just beat you by farting and puking all over the place, Again unique.

Not to forget Kenshi, One of the best characters in the series introduced in MK:DA, Actually it's really not fair because Kenshi was made from the start to look like a badass and that's what he is. Blind but still able to fight and kick some ass. Again UNIQUE.

Nitara, Sure she failed as a character for some reason, but her story even though a rip-off from every other Vampire movie, still was quite, entertaining and a nice entry in the MK universe. UNIQUE.

Frost, People always just shit all over Frost because she is a "Subby Female", Not really though. If people were not soooo shallow and gave her an actual chance, they'd see that first her gameplay is different and her story is actually quite good, UNIQUE!!!!!.

We also have Drahmin, People would consider him the worst, but I personally think he is a character that could have been something, But again shallow people only saw that he has bugs flying around him and judged him based on that. Now we will never see this UNIQUE character again.

Even fucking Moloch looked... Generic as hell. But that's exactly what everybody in MKX is. They are all Moloch!

GIVE ME BACK MY 3D ERA CHARACTERS. OR FOR GOD SAKE ADD SOME UNIQUE ONES LIKE KOTAL KAHN,D'VORAH AND FERRA/TORR.





I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have no idea of the meaning of the word unique.

Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?

And Kenshi? He is one of my favourites, but the blind swordsman/martial artist trope was used 50 years ago with Zatoishi and Daredevil.

Frost? Female, underpowered Sub-Zero.

Li Mei/Kobra ? The talented young fighters who lack discipline. Karate kid #5931.

Bo'Rai Cho? Sammo Hung spoof with farts and burps.


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.


Umm... I'm sorry to tell you this but you have no clue what makes a character unique and what makes something unique.

I never said they were 100% original, I said they were unique. Maybe before replying you should use that thing in your skull, It's really handy because it helps you not look like a fool or a jerk.

Mavado had his flaws but when I saw him for the first time I was intrigued, I was even more intrigued after I saw his early concept art and saw what they were trying to go for. Sure he was a failed Idea like many other 3D Era characters, but at least they were trying to something unique back then.

Also he used his whips as a move in MK:A. The reason he and a lot of the other characters didn't have any cool special moves is because MK at that time was trying to go all Tekken on our ass. That doesn't mean that character was not unique.

Frost is an underpowered Subby? So I guess by your logic, Subby is an underpowered Killer Frost? Just because they both have Ice powers that doesn't mean they are the same thing, Only a small minded and shallow person would see it that way.

The idea is not to make a totally Original character, Batman is totally The Shadow, but you don't see anybody complain about it and say Batman was a rip-off from The Shadow. Because he does enough things to be unique and takes a new spin at things.

Most 3D Era characters are exactly that, They take inspirations from movies,stories and other media. But they were not an EXACT rip-off just like Batman was inspired by The Shadow but he is not an EXACT rip-off.

The idea is to bring something unique to the table in the MKU. Not something totally and 100% Original.

MKX seems to be just a compilation of rip-offs without unique qualities.

Cassie Cage? Just put boobs on Stryker and make some bullshit reason for why he has green powers and BAMM you got Cassie. Actually come to think of it, Cassie Cage seems to be more of a Johnny Cage and Stryker love child rather than Sonya and Johnny.

Kung Jin? Hey Green Arrow, Injustice is that way.

Jacqui? LOL, I guess they didn't learn from the mistake they did with Mavado by giving someone else's trademark weapons to someone else. Sure Jax still has his Metal arms but Jacqui has the same thing. except her arms are still there and she is boring. But while Mavado was at least intriguing, Jacqui, like I said is BORING as hell.

Who else... Oh Yeah Takeda. Do I really need to talk about this guy? He is taken straight from Metal Gear Solid, But I actually think Takeda could work. Only problem is, I don't think NRS are smart enough to make him work and make him interesting.

Sure he looks cool, But once people get to read and see his story, they will see how shallow and boring this character is. A good guy in the SF who is wearing a gear that is taken from Raiden(MGS). WOW What an interesting and unique character.

Instead of having him... Oh I don't know be "INTERESTING" by creating a cool story around him. we will just throw him in with Scorpion, because... everybody likes Scorpion? And if Scorpion trains him, people will like him?

Let me ask you this, why didn't any of the bad guys have kids? I reckon a bad guy having an off-spring would actually be kind of cool, But NOPE. We need more SF characters, No time to create cool and interesting characters.
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There are UNIQUE characters whose moves are both spectacular and exclusive and Queen Sindel is one of them.The one and only Queen Sindel has a unique moveset(Royal scream,Temptative hair,Glorious Levitation) !furious
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03/10/2015 01:59 PM (UTC)
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sharefrock Wrote:
lastfighter89 Wrote:
sharefrock Wrote:
TigerStyle Wrote:
I still think it's because they wanted to try out a new gameplay system on next gen technology and wanted to use tried and true characters with a few 3D characters to make sure they could really hammer out good ideas for them within the new system.

Sort of like Deadly Alliance having mostly MK1/2 characters and some new ones in addition to Quan Chi.

The next game will have your Smokes, Jades, Fujins, Reikos, Haviks, Ashrah's, etc


Deadly alliance is the only MK game to introduce about 11-12 new characters with unique and cool personalities to them, Sure you had your Hsu Haos, but I personally thought some characters from that game are pretty unique. something MKX lacks, Outside of a few characters MKX is no where near unique in terms of character variety.

Sure Kotal Kahn is awesome, Sure D'vorah is great. Ferra/Torr was a great one in my book, Although I still think Noob/Smoke did it better grin, Erron Black who is pretty cool in my book as well.

But come on, Who else do we have? Raiden from Metal Gear Solid(That's Takeda.), Green Arrow? And not to forget Random Kickboxer chick #5931.

Oh Oh I actually almost forgot, We have a special forces girl but she is unique because of her parents.

"Okay... What does she do that's unique?"

"Well she has some of her father's moves and some of her mother's moves(Mostly looks not moves)."

"So how in the HELL is she unique?"

"I will tell you..."*Thinks deeply* "She has GUNS :D."

"You mean the thing that sets her apart is the fact that she is Stryker if he had boobs and came out of Sonya's Pandora box?"

"I guess, Bye Bye" *Runs far away*.

In DA we had Mavado, A guy who uses fucking elastic whips to kick your ass. People hated how Mavado looked. I, on the other hand thought he looked quite good, sure his design could have used some work but his early concept arts were pretty good. But still the damn guy is unique.

You have Bo' Rai Cho, A master martial artist, but he rather just beat you by farting and puking all over the place, Again unique.

Not to forget Kenshi, One of the best characters in the series introduced in MK:DA, Actually it's really not fair because Kenshi was made from the start to look like a badass and that's what he is. Blind but still able to fight and kick some ass. Again UNIQUE.

Nitara, Sure she failed as a character for some reason, but her story even though a rip-off from every other Vampire movie, still was quite, entertaining and a nice entry in the MK universe. UNIQUE.

Frost, People always just shit all over Frost because she is a "Subby Female", Not really though. If people were not soooo shallow and gave her an actual chance, they'd see that first her gameplay is different and her story is actually quite good, UNIQUE!!!!!.

We also have Drahmin, People would consider him the worst, but I personally think he is a character that could have been something, But again shallow people only saw that he has bugs flying around him and judged him based on that. Now we will never see this UNIQUE character again.

Even fucking Moloch looked... Generic as hell. But that's exactly what everybody in MKX is. They are all Moloch!

GIVE ME BACK MY 3D ERA CHARACTERS. OR FOR GOD SAKE ADD SOME UNIQUE ONES LIKE KOTAL KAHN,D'VORAH AND FERRA/TORR.





I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have no idea of the meaning of the word unique.

Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?

And Kenshi? He is one of my favourites, but the blind swordsman/martial artist trope was used 50 years ago with Zatoishi and Daredevil.

Frost? Female, underpowered Sub-Zero.

Li Mei/Kobra ? The talented young fighters who lack discipline. Karate kid #5931.

Bo'Rai Cho? Sammo Hung spoof with farts and burps.


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.


Umm... I'm sorry to tell you this but you have no clue what makes a character unique and what makes something unique.

I never said they were 100% original, I said they were unique. Maybe before replying you should use that thing in your skull, It's really handy because it helps you not look like a fool or a jerk.

Mavado had his flaws but when I saw him for the first time I was intrigued, I was even more intrigued after I saw his early concept art and saw what they were trying to go for. Sure he was a failed Idea like many other 3D Era characters, but at least they were trying to something unique back then.

Also he used his whips as a move in MK:A. The reason he and a lot of the other characters didn't have any cool special moves is because MK at that time was trying to go all Tekken on our ass. That doesn't mean that character was not unique.

Frost is an underpowered Subby? So I guess by your logic, Subby is an underpowered Killer Frost? Just because they both have Ice powers that doesn't mean they are the same thing, Only a small minded and shallow person would see it that way.

The idea is not to make a totally Original character, Batman is totally The Shadow, but you don't see anybody complain about it and say Batman was a rip-off from The Shadow. Because he does enough things to be unique and takes a new spin at things.

Most 3D Era characters are exactly that, They take inspirations from movies,stories and other media. But they were not an EXACT rip-off just like Batman was inspired by The Shadow but he is not an EXACT rip-off.

The idea is to bring something unique to the table in the MKU. Not something totally and 100% Original.

MKX seems to be just a compilation of rip-offs without unique qualities.

Cassie Cage? Just put boobs on Stryker and make some bullshit reason for why he has green powers and BAMM you got Cassie. Actually come to think of it, Cassie Cage seems to be more of a Johnny Cage and Stryker love child rather than Sonya and Johnny.

Kung Jin? Hey Green Arrow, Injustice is that way.

Jacqui? LOL, I guess they didn't learn from the mistake they did with Mavado by giving someone else's trademark weapons to someone else. Sure Jax still has his Metal arms but Jacqui has the same thing. except her arms are still there and she is boring. But while Mavado was at least intriguing, Jacqui, like I said is BORING as hell.

Who else... Oh Yeah Takeda. Do I really need to talk about this guy? He is taken straight from Metal Gear Solid, But I actually think Takeda could work. Only problem is, I don't think NRS are smart enough to make him work and make him interesting.

Sure he looks cool, But once people get to read and see his story, they will see how shallow and boring this character is. A good guy in the SF who is wearing a gear that is taken from Raiden(MGS). WOW What an interesting and unique character.

Instead of having him... Oh I don't know be "INTERESTING" by creating a cool story around him. we will just throw him in with Scorpion, because... everybody likes Scorpion? And if Scorpion trains him, people will like him?

Let me ask you this, why didn't any of the bad guys have kids? I reckon a bad guy having an off-spring would actually be kind of cool, But NOPE. We need more SF characters, No time to create cool and interesting characters.


The story for these characters will make them more liked or more hated. Let's see if nrs can pull it off also sindel my favorite character. Her variations would of been so easy to make. Also if anyone should of had a flying variation it should of been sindel but I know she not part of the main story at this time so I'm ok with that
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03/10/2015 03:12 PM (UTC)
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Genunine Answer : they suck. they were uninspried and mostly were clone characters of OG characters.

Only good 3D characters(if you count mk4 3D) are MK 4 characters.
Tanya , Fujin,Reiko,Quan Ch,Shinnok all are good characters. i like kenshi as well
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03/10/2015 03:22 PM (UTC)
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I still don't see characters that were brought back for "story needs". If we get Shinnok, at least I would believe in it somewhat, but for now that's just bull, all I see is popularity + safe decisions = $$$$

For a marketing stand point is brilliant, not so much "artistic vision" tough.
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03/10/2015 03:24 PM (UTC)
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paypaytr Wrote:
Genunine Answer : they suck. they were uninspried and mostly were clone characters of OG characters.

Only good 3D characters(if you count mk4 3D) are MK 4 characters.
Tanya , Fujin,Reiko,Quan Ch,Shinnok all are good characters. i like kenshi as well


Mk 4 had a weird play style. It was 2d but could switch to 3d kinda so I think people just lump them with being 3d. Oh also havik is kinda interesting the way he hurts himself. I think they can make that into something big if they ever decide to bring him back.
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03/10/2015 03:35 PM (UTC)
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I think people are getting confused at to what the word "unique" actually means. In fact, we should start off by saying that what is or what isn't unique is also subjective to the person saying it.

So people that are saying "Oh I know what unique is" or "You don't know what unique is" is pretty unfair and unjust.
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03/10/2015 03:45 PM (UTC)
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friendshipagain Wrote:
I know this topic has been openly been discussed to death, but I still wonder. NRS knew how strongly their fans wanted a few revamped 3D era characters.


We all remain in a Wonderland of wondering wonders.

It is what it is.

But really, I can't wait to play as Kassandrya Cage and Jacqueline Briggs! I also can't wait to try the new Sonya, Kitana and Mileena of the year 2015!

Once MKX becomes available in stores.... I know I won't kare about the odd obsoleteness of the 3D-era kharakters anymore.
I will be too busy freaking out over the epikness of MKX on Playstation 4! lol

We all know it's going to be an amazing game, the best Mortal Kombat to date.

We already have konfirmation that MKX will have the BEST and most flawless selekt screen of any fighting game of all times, to date!! Kassandra is a mess there, showing her middle finger to all her opponents, even Sonya Blade??? LOL

The rest of the game is just going to be too much... too epik.
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03/10/2015 04:01 PM (UTC)
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Genunine Answer : they suck. they were uninspried and mostly were clone characters of OG characters.


Who kares how supposedly crappy a kharakter was before, or how they came about? It doesn't matter today, in 2015.

Any kharakter can get a big makeover.

For example, I don't give a dammn how or why Tanya was created in the first place.
Kitana klone? I don't kare.

Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Mileena, Reptile, Ermac, Skarlet, Jade, Rain, Smoke, ETC were all klones of each other. lol
And it doesn't matter. Because we can all see how different they look from each other, now.
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03/10/2015 04:07 PM (UTC)
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Random question but did mk ever have a stance character. I know there was the 3 fighting types but I do not count that. Also variation do not count cus u can not do it mid game.
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03/10/2015 04:16 PM (UTC)
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I have to say this thread is cool in my opinion because i too am wondering why we do not have any 3d era characters such as Fujin, Bo Rai Cho, and Havik.
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03/10/2015 04:27 PM (UTC)
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I'm sure the NRS guys get 1000s of tweets about that a day. Almost to the point where ' 3d era' is slowly becoming a cringe word.

Although saying that I really would like to have Reiko, Tanya and Fujin but who knows . I'm hoping there will be more characters than the amount on the select screen we have seen so far. Maybe in the next Kombat Kast we will see a version of the final select screen. Sure maybe the leak has been right so far but what if characters have been added since? I'm sure the developers have said in interviews in the past the roster will be as big as MK9 if not bigger.
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03/10/2015 04:31 PM (UTC)
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I'm sure the NRS guys get 1000s of tweets about that a day. Almost to the point where ' 3d era' is slowly becoming a cringe word.

Although saying that I really would like to have Reiko, Tanya and Fujin but who knows . I'm hoping there will be more characters than the amount on the select screen we have seen so far. Maybe in the next Kombat Kast we will see a version of the final select screen. Sure maybe the leak has been right so far but what if characters have been added since? I'm sure the developers have said in interviews in the past the roster will be as big as MK9 if not bigger.


They did say that so I think there is at least one more character
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03/10/2015 04:34 PM (UTC)
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Spider804 Wrote:
*smacks head*
And I just now after 9 years got the connection between the race to the pyramid and Motor Kombat


LMAO glasses



also you can't say NO 3D era:

Quan Chi

Kenshi

Li Mei

Moloch's heads(looool)

and counting
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03/10/2015 04:59 PM (UTC)
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Rain still has the best scene in the story mode so far

Nope.
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03/10/2015 05:08 PM (UTC)
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TigerStyle Wrote:
I still think it's because they wanted to try out a new gameplay system on next gen technology and wanted to use tried and true characters with a few 3D characters to make sure they could really hammer out good ideas for them within the new system.

Sort of like Deadly Alliance having mostly MK1/2 characters and some new ones in addition to Quan Chi.

The next game will have your Smokes, Jades, Fujins, Reikos, Haviks, Ashrah's, etc


Deadly alliance is the only MK game to introduce about 11-12 new characters with unique and cool personalities to them, Sure you had your Hsu Haos, but I personally thought some characters from that game are pretty unique. something MKX lacks, Outside of a few characters MKX is no where near unique in terms of character variety.

Sure Kotal Kahn is awesome, Sure D'vorah is great. Ferra/Torr was a great one in my book, Although I still think Noob/Smoke did it better grin, Erron Black who is pretty cool in my book as well.

But come on, Who else do we have? Raiden from Metal Gear Solid(That's Takeda.), Green Arrow? And not to forget Random Kickboxer chick #5931.

Oh Oh I actually almost forgot, We have a special forces girl but she is unique because of her parents.

"Okay... What does she do that's unique?"

"Well she has some of her father's moves and some of her mother's moves(Mostly looks not moves)."

"So how in the HELL is she unique?"

"I will tell you..."*Thinks deeply* "She has GUNS :D."

"You mean the thing that sets her apart is the fact that she is Stryker if he had boobs and came out of Sonya's Pandora box?"

"I guess, Bye Bye" *Runs far away*.

In DA we had Mavado, A guy who uses fucking elastic whips to kick your ass. People hated how Mavado looked. I, on the other hand thought he looked quite good, sure his design could have used some work but his early concept arts were pretty good. But still the damn guy is unique.

You have Bo' Rai Cho, A master martial artist, but he rather just beat you by farting and puking all over the place, Again unique.

Not to forget Kenshi, One of the best characters in the series introduced in MK:DA, Actually it's really not fair because Kenshi was made from the start to look like a badass and that's what he is. Blind but still able to fight and kick some ass. Again UNIQUE.

Nitara, Sure she failed as a character for some reason, but her story even though a rip-off from every other Vampire movie, still was quite, entertaining and a nice entry in the MK universe. UNIQUE.

Frost, People always just shit all over Frost because she is a "Subby Female", Not really though. If people were not soooo shallow and gave her an actual chance, they'd see that first her gameplay is different and her story is actually quite good, UNIQUE!!!!!.

We also have Drahmin, People would consider him the worst, but I personally think he is a character that could have been something, But again shallow people only saw that he has bugs flying around him and judged him based on that. Now we will never see this UNIQUE character again.

Even fucking Moloch looked... Generic as hell. But that's exactly what everybody in MKX is. They are all Moloch!

GIVE ME BACK MY 3D ERA CHARACTERS. OR FOR GOD SAKE ADD SOME UNIQUE ONES LIKE KOTAL KAHN,D'VORAH AND FERRA/TORR.





I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have no idea of the meaning of the word unique.

Mavado never used his harpoons in gameplay, if not for a single Fatality and escape. He was hated because he stole Kabal's hookswords. How clan Mavado ne "unique" if he uses other characters' weapon?

And Kenshi? He is one of my favourites, but the blind swordsman/martial artist trope was used 50 years ago with Zatoishi and Daredevil.

Frost? Female, underpowered Sub-Zero.

Li Mei/Kobra ? The talented young fighters who lack discipline. Karate kid #5931.

Bo'Rai Cho? Sammo Hung spoof with farts and burps.


The problem with 3d era characters is that they suck and noone cares for them outside mkonline, testyourmight, etc.


Umm... I'm sorry to tell you this but you have no clue what makes a character unique and what makes something unique.

I never said they were 100% original, I said they were unique. Maybe before replying you should use that thing in your skull, It's really handy because it helps you not look like a fool or a jerk.

Mavado had his flaws but when I saw him for the first time I was intrigued, I was even more intrigued after I saw his early concept art and saw what they were trying to go for. Sure he was a failed Idea like many other 3D Era characters, but at least they were trying to something unique back then.

Also he used his whips as a move in MK:A. The reason he and a lot of the other characters didn't have any cool special moves is because MK at that time was trying to go all Tekken on our ass. That doesn't mean that character was not unique.

Frost is an underpowered Subby? So I guess by your logic, Subby is an underpowered Killer Frost? Just because they both have Ice powers that doesn't mean they are the same thing, Only a small minded and shallow person would see it that way.

The idea is not to make a totally Original character, Batman is totally The Shadow, but you don't see anybody complain about it and say Batman was a rip-off from The Shadow. Because he does enough things to be unique and takes a new spin at things.

Most 3D Era characters are exactly that, They take inspirations from movies,stories and other media. But they were not an EXACT rip-off just like Batman was inspired by The Shadow but he is not an EXACT rip-off.

The idea is to bring something unique to the table in the MKU. Not something totally and 100% Original.

MKX seems to be just a compilation of rip-offs without unique qualities.

Cassie Cage? Just put boobs on Stryker and make some bullshit reason for why he has green powers and BAMM you got Cassie. Actually come to think of it, Cassie Cage seems to be more of a Johnny Cage and Stryker love child rather than Sonya and Johnny.

Kung Jin? Hey Green Arrow, Injustice is that way.

Jacqui? LOL, I guess they didn't learn from the mistake they did with Mavado by giving someone else's trademark weapons to someone else. Sure Jax still has his Metal arms but Jacqui has the same thing. except her arms are still there and she is boring. But while Mavado was at least intriguing, Jacqui, like I said is BORING as hell.

Who else... Oh Yeah Takeda. Do I really need to talk about this guy? He is taken straight from Metal Gear Solid, But I actually think Takeda could work. Only problem is, I don't think NRS are smart enough to make him work and make him interesting.

Sure he looks cool, But once people get to read and see his story, they will see how shallow and boring this character is. A good guy in the SF who is wearing a gear that is taken from Raiden(MGS). WOW What an interesting and unique character.

Instead of having him... Oh I don't know be "INTERESTING" by creating a cool story around him. we will just throw him in with Scorpion, because... everybody likes Scorpion? And if Scorpion trains him, people will like him?

Let me ask you this, why didn't any of the bad guys have kids? I reckon a bad guy having an off-spring would actually be kind of cool, But NOPE. We need more SF characters, No time to create cool and interesting characters.




So, let us summarize up, the characters you like are unique basically because you like them.
Mavado is unique but he uses Kabal's hookswords, Kung Jin is not unique because he uses a bow as a weapon. The same bow used by Green Arrow (as he was the only one, Robin Hood, Legolas and Hawkeye say Hi).


Your logic is so flawed that it doesn't even deserve an answer.

I think you lack honesty in your intentions. You are trying to justify in every way how cool character x, y and z are, but you fail to admit that the only real reason of "protecting" them is personal taste.

You like Mavado, Frost, Li Mei etc?

Nothing wrong with it, but don't try to shove into my throat the fact that they are unique, because they are not.


Ps : excluding a leaked casting call (subject to change) and few screencaps, how in hell can you tell if Kung Jin is unique or not?
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