These are just a couple of brainstormed Ideas Ive thought of that I think would mkae mk8 good.

-Allow alot of freedom in Conquest mode. Im talking the same kind of freedom seen in grand theft auto. You can beat up anyone to a bloody pulp. Instead of just hitting people and they keep waling or hitting you back. they actually die and fall over in blood like GTA. You should be able to steal objects and items from people you beat up etc. It should basically be like a real life simulation. GTA captured this realism/freedom pretty well.

-The costume designs have really sucked so far. THey look soooo goofy and comic bookish. Something I was hoping they would change. Some of the characters are wearing spandex like superheroes. What they need to do is ask "what would this character look like if he were really a real person in real life?". I guarantee you he wouldnt be wearing spandex of some kind of multicolored decorated outfit. The first MK movie did this pretty well. Cage looked like a real movie star. He wore a suit. Sonya actually looked like a chick from the military. The ninjas looked like ninjas, but I dont know about the moutcovers though. etc. Stop this comic book, dragon-con/starwars/ nerd sh1t looking costume designs. MK is supposed to be a game targetting older game players (atleast thats how it was when the 1st one came out), not young children who appeal to multicolored decorated comic book looking costumes.

-Increase the degree of violence. I dont mean increase the amount of bllod, what they have now is good. I mean increase the realism and gruesomeness of the violoence. When the 1st mk game came out, seeing those fatalities was considered "gruesome" for a videogame. What we see now is nothing. Game players are habituated to violence of that degree. THey need to reise the bar by making the fatalities more gruesome. Take away the funny goofy fatalities. NO humor. and make it sick and very realistic. The fatality should be almost like watching one of those "faces of death" videos. THe blood shouldnt look like red jelly, but real blood. good attention to detail and anatomy of how someone really bleeds etc. If the violence is not attracting the attention of senators and congressmen, then MK is not living up to its name. The violence needs to recreate the effect it had in 93. Right now, since violoence is normal in video games, it will have to push the envelope and "Shock us" to acheive that same effect it got in 93. Basically if mk8 is to succeed, it would be recreation of the effect it had on game players in 93.

-THe game should take place in the far future, kill off alot of the characters we see now. Refresh MK. ITs getting too redundant and recycled. Start a new cast of characters. you could bring back some like scorpion who really cant die becuase hes already dead etc.

-I wonder if giving a "first person view" would be a good option. IF its going to be 3D atleast expand on it. You could toggle between first person view and 2D. I think it might be cool to see from the eyes of the combatant.

-THey should make a feature where if you get punched or kicked in the same spot over and over within a short period of time causes the damage of just one blow to increase. Its like if you keep getting punched in the arm once it doesnt hurt that much, but after 2 or 3 times, it starts to sting untill its just unbearable. simulate that effect.

-Make attention to detail as far as anatomy goes. You hit someone with a sharp blow to the temple, your going to knock them out. apply this to mk, if you hit your opponent in the temple sharply, hes knocked out, even if its the first hit in the match. You kick them in the balls, they will be out for a while. you hit them in that spot on the forearm, their arm is numb and is useless. Realism people!

-Add in ground fighting ability such as brazilian jiujitsu for example. All past mks have been focuses on striking. Theyve never used wrestling or ground fighting at all or any kind of real joint manipulation or submission fighting. I want to have the ability to do an arm bar and break his arm so he cant use it anymore in the fight, or a leg bar and break his knee. Or get behind him and choke him out. Or mount him ,and just keep punching him in the face over and over while he trise to worm around on his belly. Add GROUND FIGHTING!!!

-Capturing realism of a real fight while retaining the good stuff from past mks will be good. It should be MK but with a touch of "real life fighing simulation".

-Perhaps allow fatalities to be done in mid match. Instead of waiting for "finish him", maybe if you have him in the right position for example if your on the ground and you have him pinned and hes not doing much, a good time to finish him off. or right after you hit him in the temple, or kicked him in the balls really hard, another good opertunity ot finish him.

-Have "automatic character learning". For example, if your opponent keeps kicking you in the balls over and over and winning that way, allow you character to "learn" where your character automatically blocks it without you having to do anything as far as button pushing goes. I mean, in real life, if you keep going for a low blow over and over, your opponent is going to catch on and grab your leg. This could be added in. Shooter games have "autoaim", well fighting games should have "auto learning".

I'll probably post more ideas later.