I'm just curious how many fans are as enthusiastic about future MK games as they used to be and for how long you think they should continue the franchise. Do the games feel stale and repetitive to anyone or is everyone as excited about the new games as they were when the original MK and its sequel came out? Is there really anything new they can do? As far as I know this series is one of the longest running ones in the history of video games, and everything dies out sometime doesn't it?

What about the story? I've read a lot of what people write on these boards and it appears to me that a great number of you think that the story is so drawn out and confusing now with all the characters they've killed, added, and then brought back for a fifth time that it's impossible to follow; and not even worth the effort to try. What's more important to you-having a game that you loved go out on a high note, or having a game you loved continue on forever whether the quality is gradually deteriorating or not? I'm not trying to pass judgement on the quality of past and future MK games and how they stand up against each other or on the validity of your opinion on the matter. I'm merely posing these questions as hypothetical opinionated ones.

Personally I find the story (or certain aspects of the story) much more interesting than the actual game at this point; and I used to be the complete opposite. In fact I didn't used to care or know much about the story at all. At the current juncture there are so many characters and so many plot holes that don't add up. Some time ago I read the story all the way up to Armageddon or Deception one of the two, and all I remember is that there were a vast number of characters being added and killed off. Some of which apparently never actually made it into a game. They were just written into the story. I think it may be time for a drastic change but honestly I'm not sure that would work because with the kind of change I'm thinking of I'm not sure anyone would recognize it as the same game.

MK has evolved and changed over the years much like the recent changes noticable in one of its key characters, but is it enough? I completely understand from a developers standpoint why you wouldn't want to change something that works. Maybe MK has reached it's potential and has gone as far as it will go. Maybe it is a flame slowly dying somewhere off in the night. Or maybe something will come along and completely change that flame, transforming it into a roaring inferno. Only time will tell, and only you know what you really want.