People aint do that for gta 5 though

*clearly has never seen a book, nor heard of cover art. Lacks deductive reasoning...*



Seriously though, if "kids" at gamestop are canceling their pre-orders over a lack of "iconics", after only 6 characters out of TWENTY-FOUR (currently) have been shown, then good-fucking-riddance I say. Better for MK to evolve and create something new than be held hostage to the Trilogy era (and its cast). I honestly wouldn't shed a tear if NO ONE returned from MK9, and I've been playing MK since 1992.

Love Reptile (MK1-4 version), but I won't cry a river if someone new takes his place and moves the story forward.

A lot of people are not.

im not pressed for people form mk 9 either except maybe kenshi or raiden. also he gave hints to what the story would be about and gave some hints to the roster and it looks like alot of chracters wont make the cut and he already confirmed some that wont be in the game like mavado even though about him i could care less but he could be somone's favorite.. i think everyone was expecting an mk4 story. what was the point of showing shinnok in the end of mk9 if you were going a different direction in 10. thats whats making people so mad. thats like showing venom at the end of a spiderman movie in the credits and then in the next movie dont mention venom at all and he fights Chamleon from the comics who isnt as popular as venom to the average viewer.

Exactly.

I'm glad they showed just new characters at E3. Now every time a classic gets revealed it'll be a fun little suprise. "They made it in yippee!" Of course others will put in there $0.02 that it wasn't there favorite character revealed and push for them to be shown and maybe claim that character doesn't deserve to be in the game and thats fine.

Basically I don't feel there is a need to get the tissues that your fan favorite isn't in yet until 90% of the roster has been revealed and your characters haven't been shown.

Then after waiting the many months you've been waiting for MKX to release you can cancel your pre-order.

No. No I don't. Sure I could wait another 2+ years after this installment for the next MK game but that still doesn't guarantee the inclusion of certain characters in that game either.

It's not about waiting for it, it's about your point with the grafik :) Sure, there is only a Chance. Well, i played MK2 and i loved Baraka. Then MK3 came out - no Baraka. I buyed it and i played it. After a few years MKT had him in the game. I was pleased. Now MK has 60+ Fighter? The chance that every fan get her favorite in the game is just ridiculous small. Of course i can blame Netherrealm every time my favorite is missed or i can except the fact that they can't fulfill every wish the fanbase has. This is impossible. So i get over it and be happy that i see some new faces in the game. And maybe i get a new favorite :)

Heh, our recent anthology book pretty much gives away the final moment of my short story.

So much for that reasoning.

The name calling in this thread is getting really annoying. Stop it.

Look, Mortal Kombat has ALWAYS introduced new characters, every single game has had new characters. Sub-Zero and Scorpion will always be the poster boys to this game. I get that there are people who do not like that, but the problem is, you're gonna have to get use to it. There's nothing I can say, or anyone else, that's going to make them not show off these two fighting per Mortal Kombat that comes after this. It's just how it's going to be.

I am not asking you to like them, I could care less if people hated on Sub-Zero, but I really don't understand why people still have this much of a hard time that they show Sub-Zero and Scorpion first before anyone else. They have announced that there are going to be characters returning, not everything is set in stone. I still will continue to say that it's still way too early to judge so quickly before making a decision in getting the game or not. We don't even know half the roster yet. I'd say at least wait until like maybe September or October to make an actual decision rather than judging immediately after the first reveal of this game.

This series has over sixty characters, so of course not everyone's favorite will make it in the game. I do find it silly to be bent out of shape all because your favorite character might not make the final cut, though. I'm sorry but I have to say that. Just wait until we get more character reveals. We're going to get returning characters. So let's just not jump to that immediate conclusion that we might not see so-and-so because they're focusing on the two iconic characters as well as the new guys for right now. We're gonna get the info we're looking for probably during the next convention Netherrealm Studios goes to. And I'm sure we're going to get more character reveals rather than just having one. So, be happy people.

The way I see it, if you play MK for 1 specific character and that's it, you are a fan of that character, not of MK. I enjoy most of the characters as a whole (mainly. MK1-3 ones with some from MK4 on), but my favorite character has been left out multiple times, and I still buy and enjoy each game. It's about the gameplay, the story, and the characters in general. If I don't have Cyrax, I have Sub-Zer and several others I can enjoy playing as. If one character makes or breaks your interest, I don't consider you much of a fan of the series as a whole.

MK needs to move forward and progress. It needs to feel fresh as well as provide nostalgia. It's a balancing act. But you can't expect every character in every game. Because just about every character has one die hard fan, so someone is gonna have to deal with it. There's always future games.

Lastly, the new characters look fantastic. The more open minded and willing you are to see that, the happier you'll be.

This is silly.

You know what, that was very well said. And yes I do love MK as a whole, glad you put it that way. Kudos to you friend.

You have a good point there. Thanks for not being a jerk about it, you have gained an ally ;)

I mean people are obviously speaking in grand hypotheticals. IF being the operative word.

And truthfully I get it because I said something similar even before we saw all the new characters and were privy to how new this MK would be. But actually I'm surprised people are shocked that people would have less interest in a game that didn't have their favorite character(s). Most people wouldn't buy a CD with songs they didn't like or go to a restaurant that didn't serve food they enjoyed. To me it's a similar principle, you could get something else or listen to something else but most people would rather wait for a sure thing.

I'm a life long MK fan, I've literally been playing since before I was in school and the idea that MK fans are resistant to change is kind of ludicrous considering how drastically the roster changes every single game. Almost every game has half the roster from the previous game missing so this is hardly new territory we find ourselves in.

LOL, I call bull shit.

Personally, my advice to anyone who has 1 character they like so much that they make or break the game: Find more characters to like.

Putting all your eggs/chips on one character, especially if they aren't one of the 2-3 only gurantees(Sub, Scorpion, maybe Raiden)...just isn't going to ensure your happiness and content. If you want to ensure your content and satisfaction, learn to love more than just 1 character. This is a series where not even A listers are guaranteed, so if your favorite is a C or D lister, in terms of popularity and importance, I'd invest in an A or B lister to latch onto just in case.

The MK cast is so diverse and filled with awesome characters, surely there's more to love and be excited for than just 1. I have come to appreciate and enjoy just about every character from MK1-3, and a few from MK4-MK:D. So if Cyrax doesn't make it, I can still rely on Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Raiden, Reptile, Baraka, Ermac, Noob etc. Point being, the more you like, the happier you'll be. That way if several if your favorites make the cut, that's just more to be excited about.

Same factor could apply to anything in life. If you're a fan of MK, not just 1 character from MK, you'll get so much more from each game.

@ Chrome

Very well then, I respect that. We did screw up the quotation boxes pretty bad though lol

I just don't understand the line of thinking based on what we've seen so far. We're barely a month out from the game being announced, and seen maybe a quarter of the total cast, probably less. I'd get being upset if the entire roster was known and it was mostly new faces, but we're not at that point, not even close, and they've confirmed that a bunch of old "classics" are gonna make the cut. Hell, either Sonya, Johnny or both are already as good as in.

This is basically like your favorite band coming out with a new radio-friendly single and just writing the whole forthcoming album off before you've properly sat down and given the rest of the track previews a shot, because that first single doesn't sound exactly like all your old favorite non-hits from their past. I don't know what people expect anymore. You can miss out on so much, thinking like that. Where's the patience?

I agree. I love a lot of MK characters and most of my favorites are the sacred cows. More than likely there will be characters in MKX that I don't like like but that I love. But people typically don't control what they like.

Which is why I said people are speaking in grand hypotheticals. Sure it's hyperbolic but this is MKO, hardly anyone comes in another flavor. MK itself doesn't.

I hope the roster is 90% new characters just to piss people off, and also because most of the old characters are lame as hell.

@squirt007nc

Do you have a link to TotalMK's thoughts on MKX? For some reason, I've been really curious to hear his opinion on MKX. Can't find any Youtube videos.

Thanks in advance man :)

I don't understand how a character who was playable in two games could have such an effect on you.

Well this is what I think on the subject. I am all open arms into letting newcomers into the game (loving D'Vorah), and allowing some of the old ones finally take their leave. I don't want to play a game with the same uninteresting characters that we had for decades. This is just my opinion, but characters like Baraka and Sheeva, and any other character that just follows orders from who ever is in charge need to go for new, more interesting characters. Should we allow characters from MK4 and beyond have their time to shine? Sure, we can allow the ones that were NOT clones or mixtures of different character (*cough* Kira *cough*) back into the game. (Seriously, don't add Kira.)

Personally, I like complex story lines and back stories from everyone. Not the usual "this character is one of the strongest of their race, and thus they were picked by Shao Kahn and all the other people who came into power to fight for them." Like no. If Baraka had a secretly agenda to. . . make his race more powerful and eventually dominate, so they no longer have to follow orders from someone superior, and it shows that he is going to such lengths to make this happen (a basic concept I expressed before, it's just an example) then he would seem much more interesting then him just following orders constantly from whoever.

If they are going to keep the majority of the cast, they could at least make them slightly more enthralling and not just another lackey is what I am getting at, and I can't stress it enough. Otherwise, they could start over with a new character (maybe even the same race) to add more character to them.

I know the chances for the characters that I like to be back in the game are slim, but am I not going to buy the game because of that? Fuck no. It's time for change.

Again I can see where the disappointment would come from. MK4 is pretty much the only time Fujin does anything. If your a fan that's all you've got.