Ed Boon should Retire ASAP

[talloyer]

30+ years of Mortal Kombat, Ed almost 60 years old, latest Mortal Kombat games get more and more creatively worse as they get more ambitious and greedy, 2 reboots in only 4 games, WokeWoke at large, "Injustice" games are mostly a parody of Mortal Kombat and vice-versa, guy no longer runs his own studio, acts more like a PR guy than a developer... what Ed Boon actually does as "creative director", really? Ed seems like a "glorified consultant" more than anything.
Bye Bye, Ed, time to retire. Leave future game with the workers of Netherrealm Studios. Whatever sketches you have for "Injustice 3", leave them to the teams.

[popsicle]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von talloyer:

2 reboots in so few games, severe monetizations, online-only, very questionable (to say at least), terrible lore and stupid narrative... the decision to still kepp Dominic Cianciolo employed after the mess of Mortal Kombat 11 to develop Mortal Kombat 1 is dumbfounding, to say at least.

Besides, they know trying to stand up to their convictions is counterintuitive, as Steve Beran demonstrated[www.polygon.com] back in March/2019: “Our character lead, Brendan George, has been a breath of fresh air of just introducing new ideas,” Beran said. “Our design is just getting more mature and respectful. You’re not going to wear a bikini to a fight. You’re not going to be showing so much skin. I think it’s just what the game is about: You’re going in to fight for your life, and you’re not going to be wearing such scantily clad items.

I stand by keeping the story writer Dominic Cianciolo as you can see the recent MK movie being such a horribly written piece of nuclear waste. Fact is Dominic is still far better than many screenwriters out there. Even though he needs to reboot frequently, MK11 story was still better than most hollywood storyline.

As for Brendan George, people asked to fire this guy years ago. He's just an artist. I don't believe he has all that authority to purposely make Tanya ugly, race swap 15 chars.

[Star Rain]

They have always been Edenian.

[talloyer]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von TheS1X:

Imagine that you create IP and you do it all your life and you get to the age where some random kids start to discuss if you should work on your IP because you are too old. Geez!
What a world we live in.

Age is. Not the issue here, after all, Hideo Kojima and Shinji Mikami are out there doing very well! Even Warren Spector, an elder who failed with System Shock 3, still appears to be capable of delivering something interesting.
You are just deflecting the issue here: INcompetence.

[talloyer]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von popsicle:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von talloyer:

2 reboots in so few games, severe monetizations, online-only, very questionable (to say at least), terrible lore and stupid narrative... the decision to still kepp Dominic Cianciolo employed after the mess of Mortal Kombat 11 to develop Mortal Kombat 1 is dumbfounding, to say at least.

Besides, they know trying to stand up to their convictions is counterintuitive, as Steve Beran demonstrated[www.polygon.com] back in March/2019: “Our character lead, Brendan George, has been a breath of fresh air of just introducing new ideas,” Beran said. “Our design is just getting more mature and respectful. You’re not going to wear a bikini to a fight. You’re not going to be showing so much skin. I think it’s just what the game is about: You’re going in to fight for your life, and you’re not going to be wearing such scantily clad items.

I stand by keeping the story writer Dominic Cianciolo as you can see the recent MK movie being such a horribly written piece of nuclear waste. Fact is Dominic is still far better than many screenwriters out there. Even though he needs to reboot frequently, MK11 story was still better than most hollywood storyline.

As for Brendan George, people asked to fire this guy years ago. He's just an artist. I don't believe he has all that authority to purposely make Tanya ugly, race swap 15 chars.

You are desperate if you stand by with Dominic, since your essential argument is there are worse writers of Mortal Kombat. They are all bad writers of Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat 1 still has the benefit of doubt, but it already failed to be the fresh restart the franchise needed so badly.
This Brendon George is clearly a gigantic issue that should have been terminated from NRS too long ago. The thing is folks like Ed Boon approve whatever atrocious doings he conceives as art.

[tomthetoast]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ReeseCs:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von TheS1X:

Imagine that you create IP and you do it all your life and you get to the age where some random kids start to discuss if you should work on your IP because you are too old. Geez!
What a world we live in.

Don’t forget that the reasoning is because the women aren’t nakey nakey! That’s the real zinger right there.

Why does this bother you so much? Not worth it. Not like NRS is gonna hear them and cave in to there demands if so so what it still be mortal kombat. People are free to criticize no matter how ridiculous. You shouldn’t let it bother you this bad like it did me and I went crazy.

[Star Rain]

The original MK had Sonya in leggings and no boob jiggle.

So MK1 is a throwback to the original vision.

[tomthetoast]

I’m just saying I maybe more prone to unstable outbursts than most people given my condition. But keep letting stuff like this bug you and obsess over it, it eventually make you snap like it did me. Also I don’t believe the modern day short comings is Ed’s fault as much as it is WB telling them what to do. I can respect wanting to defend your favorite franchise and the people who make it because if you feel like you don’t something terrible will happen. Which is unhealthy paranoia I have fallen victim to many of times. All I’m saying is it’s not worth losing your sanity over it let it go before it consumes you completely. I’m speaking from experience.

[talloyer]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Star Rain:

The original MK had Sonya in leggings and no boob jiggle.

So MK1 is a throwback to the original vision.

Yes, let's retrocede 30 years in character design to please the jealous misogynistics who cannot see a beautiful body without having a "stroke".
Ironically, real life OG Sonya Blade model is far more attractive than MK1's (2023) virtual render of Sonya Blade:
https://youtu.be/sbDPPPOQ7QI?si=savH3GoUXn8wzVyn

[tomthetoast]

The poopy decisions being made to the franchise is less Boons fault or more WB’s fault. Publishers tend to hold the power not the devs.

[Хамелеон]

he should his bday next year but i don't think he will Retire anytime soon

[talloyer]

It is no use to shift the blame to the publisher, because the developers always have the responsibility to make the best in the most extenuous circunstances, so even is WB Games may have mandated Netherrealm Studios to not make "sexy characters" or so this does not excuse developers to make hideos characters. Just look at Ubisoft, filled with bland-looking flat characters; even they at least mostly have the decency to look better than MK1 models (except at Watch Dogs Legion). I say Activision with its plethora of "Call of Duty" games have a respectable balance of providing practical outfits while making their characters look good or not ugly, at least for default outfits.
Even you indirectly admit Ed Boon is irrelevant.

[Star Rain]

Calladooty has Mara!

MK1 is still mostly hotties lookit Sindel, yummy!

[tomthetoast]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Star Rain:

Calladooty has Mara!

MK1 is still mostly hotties lookit Sindel, yummy!

I don’t think your wife will be happy you’re cheating on her with video game characters.

[David's Bottom]

Ed is a great guy and started an iconic franchise but at this stage it doesn't matter whether he stays or goes as he is not in charge anymore, the SJW's have their hooks into the series now, only thing is if Ed goes it's completely finished.

[tomthetoast]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mr Ghostface:

Ed is a great guy and started an iconic franchise but at this stage it doesn't matter whether he stays or goes as he is not in charge anymore, the SJW's have their hooks into the series now, only thing is if Ed goes it's completely finished.

Won’t help either way franchise will still be stuck in the ♥♥♥♥ neck up. All we can do is wait till their outrage empire falls like all empires inevitably do.