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Haruspex Sep 10, 2023 @ 1:29am

It's impressive how awful this story is.

They seriously dropped the ball on this one its even worse than Original MK11 Story mode.

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rigomrtsfx2001 has Mortal Kombat 1

Sep 10, 2023 @ 1:49am

maybe you can work there and do there next story for them they are all ways looking for more help from the fans

Darth Darth Binks has Mortal Kombat 1

Sep 10, 2023 @ 1:56am

rigomrtsfx2001 Il y a 5 minutes

maybe you can work there and do there next story for them they are all ways looking for more help from the fans:
xD

wasabi™

Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:09am

I personally wasn't the biggest fan of direction the story took in MK11, really felt like MK9 did an incredible job in how it rebooted the entire series only for it to become even more convoluted then ever by the end of MK11, which then in turn warranted another reboot.

In saying that I know there are talented devs and writers in Netherrealm and i'm hoping they can deliver with this one, they have a semi fresh canvas to start again and hopefully if it's half as good as MK9 then it may turn out ok.

If they do a good job setting up origins for characters in the early days it could provide a fresh perspective, only time will tell and I won't judge it until it's out and I see for myself.

Last edited by wasabi™; Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:09am

Tyrone Biggums Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:11am

Originally posted by Jester:
They seriously dropped the ball on this one its even worse than Original MK11 Story mode.

nice bait i guess

Haruspex Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:14am

If the revelation between Raiden vs Liu kang was the high point of MK11 it never reached that in this game. Just felt like action figures fighting. For a brand new reboot characters beside the good guys is laughably lifeless and even the good guys aren't any better too.

xenon Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:15am

The story in this game makes MK11 story look like a masterpiece.

Haruspex Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:21am

Originally posted by xenon:
The story in this game makes MK11 story look like a masterpiece.

No wonder Cary left this shi show. I wouldn't want my character this lame either.

xenon Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:27am

Originally posted by Jester:
Originally posted by xenon:
The story in this game makes MK11 story look like a masterpiece.
No wonder Cary left this shi show. I wouldn't want my character this lame either.

Well to be fair, Shang was probably the only thing that's good about the story. Yeah he's a badguy, and in NRS terms, he has to lose. Compared to other bad guys, he didn't do too badly. Shao got absolutely CLOWNED on, for example. He's the biggest joke of the entire franchise at this point.

As for Cary, not sure about that.... I know that Richard left, and White Guy Male Raiden does make an appearance, with a bulldog face, hilarious voice while being absolutely useless. No wonder Richard left.

Haruspex Sep 10, 2023 @ 2:44am

Originally posted by xenon:
Originally posted by Jester:
No wonder Cary left this shi show. I wouldn't want my character this lame either.

Well to be fair, Shang was probably the only thing that's good about the story. Yeah he's a badguy, and in NRS terms, he has to lose. Compared to other bad guys, he didn't do too badly. Shao got absolutely CLOWNED on, for example. He's the biggest joke of the entire franchise at this point.

As for Cary, not sure about that.... I know that Richard left, and White Guy Male Raiden does make an appearance, with a bulldog face, hilarious voice while being absolutely useless. No wonder Richard left.

Well they did bring back the Cary's character in the end but he was forgetabble.

Shoah Kahn Sep 10, 2023 @ 3:09am

MK has never had an objectively good story, and it bottoming-out was expected; if not being belated.

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Haruspex Sep 10, 2023 @ 3:19am

Originally posted by Shoah Kahn:
MK has never had an objectively good story, and it bottoming-out was expected; if not being belated.

It being a fighting game while at the same trying to be a grand story really hurt it. Power inconsistency all around and Evil guys that were actual threats in the original timeline just being used as Jobbers and it gotten to the point that they were using Titan level jobbers lol. Honestly at this point should have just made another MK Deception. The slow pace would have benefited this series.

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Leon Sep 10, 2023 @ 3:53am

Originally posted by Shoah Kahn:
MK has never had an objectively good story, and it bottoming-out was expected; if not being belated.

Original trilogy had a great story from Tobias if you stitch the info bits into the patchwork
Thing is, at the time games could not afford elaborated narratives.So he did pretty good with what he had

But as the time went on, Mk ended up falling in the classic narrative traps : time travel and multiverse

Last edited by Leon; Sep 10, 2023 @ 3:54am

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