I agree with all of this. I liked the story-mode, but, I think they can do way better in MKX.

I know the storyteller and stills are original in MK, but, I'm more hopeful to have the cinematic endings back. They are a lot more interesting.

I've been hoping to see cinematic endings make a return ever since MK4. MK9 sorta barely did it with the stills pics moving a little, but full on cinematic endings for each character would be a dream come true. It will take a lot of work, but I think it's worth the effort.

Yeah tired of the picture slideshow endings, but I'm grateful we don't have kata endings though... Hope they bring fully animated endings this time around. And it would be awesome to see a CG intro like Deception's.

I've always felt still pictures/slideshows were better for endings because that way you can show multiple scenes and cover a long period of time in summary, where as an actual cutscene with dialogue is just one moment.
Like...that's why MK4 has the least story of any game, because it couldn't tell us ABOUT the characters since the endings were used for singular scenes instead of being a place where they could put more text explaining what was going on like they were in the previous games.

I wouldn't mind whether it's cinematic endings or pictured endings.

They could do it Tekken Style, where they have a written ending as well as a CG one. Do they still do those endings? I can't remember.

it would be cool to have cinematic endings like mk 4 and gold!! i have been wanting those for awhile!!

Maybe it could have like pictures and voice over and then go into like a cutscene where something happens!

Kitana's ending:

"princess kitana and her Edenia army fought hard against the unknown threat. they suffered hard losses, but with one final push they drove their way to the outworld palace. Kitana was shocked to find that the new ruler of outworld was an old enemy she thought to be dead"

then have like a cutscene of her entering the palace throne room and have a movie fight with mileena and show kitana killing her and claiming the throne.

its really rough but its just an idea they would be so much better at it then me so don't judge haha

Good point.

Well, they could start building a climax with a narrated ending. Then have the climax be the CG scene.

I'm just hoping for more cinematics period. With the tech available, I was surprised MK9 didn't incorporate any. Besides the teaser trailers anyways.

I'd also like to think MKXs story mode will have cinematic cut scenes and sequences, or at least an outrageously elaborate CG intro and epilogue.

well if they go the picture route (which is fine with me) I hope we get more pics , instead of the 3 pic endings, they should have at least 8-10 pics , I mean fully CG endings takes a lot of time to make, pics don't take nearly as long, they should be able to do 8-10

The MK4 endings seemed like an experiment and when the majority of fans voiced themselves favoring the still pics with text, NRS went back to that. The MK4 endings just showed a particular scene involving the characters interacting with each other and the climax at the end (usually involving a character death).

If they're going to do cinematic endings again in the future, I think it should be done like MK9's endings, but to the next level. Imagine in Sub-Zero's MK9 ending if there was a fleshed out cinematic showing Subby and Scorpion mowing down armies with fire and ice... it would look insane!! The narrator could still say the same exact thing too. That's the way I'd like it to be done eventually, but I'm still more than fine if they keep it the way it was in MK9 for the next game.

For a game that is about 7ish months away now, and seeing how much they have done, and for how long they've been working on it so far; i'm expecting everything to be newer. A cinematic intro, full beautiful CG, and no longer having the digital painting endings with a narrator. That's just how i'm seeing it. They won't want an exact repeat of MK9, so of course they'll want the opposite.

There's nothing that says cinematic endings are only good for detailing one instance like how MK4 did. They could easily incorporate narration, dialogue, and multiple events to make good endings.

...of course whether or not they actually want to create detailed and fleshed out cinematic endings is a completely different story, and one that I doubt will come to fruition.

I liked the moving comic type endings of MK9. I'd say no to just static pictures.

why are you people comparing the MK4 endings not good because they were "one scene" this isnt playstation 1,n64, and dream cast this is current gen consoles and they work for WB games they have plenty of funding from WB to make CG endings that can handle multiple scenes so dont use that excuse to deny CG endings, if they can do story mode they can do the same for endings

in fact instead of making some endings canon and some non-canon why not make them all canon? just because we play the arcade ladder and beat the boss doesnt mean it has to be a "what if" ending where that character beat the final boss we beat the ladder to find out the ending to that characters plot to the lore of the games story

While I've gotten used to the moving comic style endings, it'd be pretty neat to see every character get a CG ending. It would be great to get both, but I'll be happy with the likely MK9 style endings we'll likely get.

On the subject of a opening cinematic, I hope we get one for MKX. I hope it showcases a lot of the characters, and not just one or two characters.

"For a game that is about 7ish months away now, and seeing how much they have done, and for how long they've been working on it so far; i'm expecting everything to be newer. A cinematic intro, full beautiful CG, and no longer having the digital painting endings with a narrator. That's just how i'm seeing it. They won't want an exact repeat of MK9, so of course they'll want the opposite."

And I'm expecting nothing. People get disappointed because of theirs higher expectation. I'm let myself be surprised what NRS have in store for us:)

I'd like EVERYTHING, for as long as we don't get the Armageddon's endings, the most HORRID endings EVER!

I like more advanced MK4 endings mixed in with MK9 endings.

I also like intro movies for each character, like a living bio, maybe for unlock in the Crypt.

I am expecting to see a cinematic intro right when you boot up the game for the first time.. kind of like deadly alliance where it showed how lui was killed and quan and shang became the deadly alliance.

I wouldnt be surprised if something similar to this happened and we see one of the iconic characters being killed off to set the background for the story.

May that be like Sonya and Shao Kahn that get killed off. Sonya because we have Cassie and Shao Kahn because we have a new ruler. Quan Chi is his name. The new bearer of souls. He absorbs their souls!

I did like those endings, it was a nice change and I wouldn't mind the combination either. They have the tools to make it happen. I'd just like to see them utilize it. That and I can't deny seeing all the characters in that light would be undeniably awesome.

that's a really good point and the only flaw for me = cinematic endings (MK4 style) not being able to provide as much story in a short clip, however I'm still all for them because they were a lot of fun and very memorable, NRS have a much bigger budget than what Midway had and they're a really creative team so I trust that they could pull it off, besides we've had the picture endings for quite some time now, and the moving pictures I don't class as cinematic endings.

Even though MKA wasn't the best game... It did have a good introduction with that Vulture eating a corpse. So I wouldn't mind a good cinematic intro if it's well done.

Yeah that was a nice touch to set the vibe. I'd be alright with a Tekken style intro that showcases different characters in their own environments and settings.
Im not sure if it was a promotional trailer, but MK4's trailer that showcased Shinnok, Reptile and Raiden was cool. Not too much action involved but I enjoyed the feel of it nonetheless. It had an air of mystery about it.

I miss the opening cinematics. They were such a huge part of the MKDA-MKA days.