It definitely is. Baffled you don't notice this
Lots of things seem to baffle you. I guess sometimes we just see what we want to see.
I'd say then that the distinction I'd make is that to me it doesn't seem like they're making changes based on fear. To me it seems more like they're trying to make changes based on feedback, and trying to get the game to align with what they want it to be.
I don't think they ever will. I just hope they shorten them. Especially the fatal blows. I don't need to see a 12 second cutscene every fucking match. At least make it vanish on whiff. Forget the cooldown. Erase that shit from the rest of the round. MINIMUM
^This. At the end of the day, I overall don't care if they go with a character style from Mortal Kombat (2011) or Mortal Kombat 11, I'm more interested in the gameplay. Having said that, I do prefer Mortal Kombat 11 simply because all the characters looked so much more realistic. The only skin in the entire game I didn't really care for is Skarlet's default Multiplayer Skin.
As someone who works in media, I can say this is most likely the case. Changes are made based on feedback as well as trends, not fear. The world is a different place now than it was over a decade ago in many ways, for better and worse.
Changing based on trends sounds like changing based on fear to me. Afraid to go against the trends if you will
Exactly.
Indeed! Lots of great skins in MKX.
'Controlled' is a strong word, but they DO seem to try and cater to them. I don't know if they think of themselves as woke, or if they're trying to appease the woke, but there is certainly an attempt to be politically correct.
No, because they may very well agree with the trends. Or they believe the trends will generate better sales. There's many other reasons besides "fear."
I mean, to be fair I do agree that they probably also change based on trends to sell to a wider audience, but changes that are specifically related to clothing choices, or like the circle game change for Johnny, that's 100% based on fear of looking bad and being shit on, which they don't want. It depends what the change is.
The circle change, "A-okay" circle, you mean? If that was in and took out, that would be fear motivated.
Maybe they think it's the right thing to do, for women's clothing I mean, but from a woman's perspective, it seems extremely self-righteous to me. And like I said previously, no woman would fight in heels (apart from Mileena lmao), because it's not battle appropriate, and yet all the ladies have heels and wedges in MK11, except for Cass and Sonya lmao. And I wouldn't care at all if they didn't preach the whole 'appropriate battle attire for women' stuff. Cause at the end of the day, it's a game. As long as characters look cool kicking ass, I really don't care if they want to wear 10 inch heels or not, or use toilet paper to hide their naughty bits.
I've heard different women weigh in differently on the topic, again, this is really all about personal preference. My fiancee, for example, finds the costume design of female characters in Mortal Kombat (2011) hilarious, and she really likes the style from Mortal Kombat 11. She doesn't hate the MK9 ones, mind you, but found them silly.
Because they believed high heels = femme fatale
Absolutely agree. And this also applies to costume design and letting the artist create "realistic" characters as opposed to "sexy" characters.
I know where you are getting at. I get it. However, the 'problem' is that we don't know if that was what they wanted to do, or what they thought they should do to appease the social media warriors.
Times change, and people/culture evolve.
