I've teared, I've laughed and I've been surprized in MK11, so yeah, i liked it.
That sounds incredibly promising, and just about everything I wanted to hear! I know some people really don't care much for the story since this is ultimately a competitive fighting game franchise, but as a big fan of the lore, I really wanted to see them relish and dive deep with the plot for this game character and emotion wise. I've ranted enough about MKX's story already, but another
huge thing that absolutely irritated me about that game was how little I cared about almost anything happening; plot, or character wise. MKX had some good ideas with the Outworld Civil War, and some great select little moments, but overall was predictable and just bland, which wasn't assisted by the drab aesthetic of that game that made everything look so monotone and lifeless. The stakes weren't there, the heart wasn't, and most of all the
emotion was nowhere to be found.
While I initially found the time travel plot that 11 was following derivative of 9; I realized pretty soon later on that with the way they were doing it, it'd allow for the humanization of all these characters through a reflection of their past selves. It's kind of silly, but as much as I love the badass fights and well, kombat; I was really hoping they'd take the time to slow down and really dig, take some risks, and make the premise of "defending [insert realms] against [insert threat]" fresh again with a new antagonist like Kronika, who doesn't actually seem to be entirely evil with her intentions despite her ties to Shinnok.
To hear they succeeded with that brings me a lot of joy, and definitely increases my anticipation. Not to get into details, but apparently, lots of the criticism I hear stems from characters dying. While this could be valid if done for shock value alone, from what I'm seeing a lot of it was done in service of the plot and raising the stakes, while not being insulting to the character either; not to mention, it definitely shows they've learned something from how emotionless X was when it came to character deaths, and how almost all were done merely for the sake of it. (Mileena anybody?)
I've gone on long enough already, but tl;dr: I wanted a story with stakes, tension, iconic moments, great fights, emotion, and most of all character. Despite all the black and white reactions, it sounds like they really succeeded and I couldn't be happier. I have a feeling I'll
love this plot.
