Because people don't like change, and take ownership over the things they like, even when they don't actually own them. It's different than what they expected and for many people, this equals bad.
I don't think that's fair. People aren't annoyed because "change bad", I think they're annoyed because, for a lot of people, these characters that they've been a fans of are more than just a name and a moveset. These characters have had established personalities, stories, arcs, etc., so when a studio goes, "Hey, it's that character you like only totally different", I think it's understandable that some people don't like it.
While the above is generalized and obviously doesn't cover everyone, I find such is often the truth. Not just in Mortal Kombat, but across any franchise.
I've been a fan of these characters since the original game first hit arcades. I love them all. Change is going to happen though, as it does with all things in life.
They gave a public heads up saying things would be very different. It's not an unknown.
Strongly disagree. This is, again, change = bad thinking. The product isn't even out yet and we haven't seen how it's all played out!
No, it's an observation that continues to demonstrate itself. Being entitled is complaining about the game's marketing and "not getting anything," when we just got a bloody playable build of the game.
Bingo. From a developer and creative standpoint, re-hashing the exact same thing (or close enough) would get frustrating for the designers.Would be boring just repeating the same old thing that we already saw in previous games, over and over again .....
yep, that is a reason why, I'm think will be great to the see , if really true, a bunch of the 3D era characters, just rebuild, overhauled, and just coming now to interact with the classic characters, in a new timeline .....
I'd still vomit.
People who got to play a behind the scenes build of the game and see some new stuff said Mileena uses teeth in her fatality.
I get vibe that she might have been bitten by a tarkatan and it’s like you said a vampire like situation where she is turning into one. Seems kinda rude to call the tarkatans a disease but
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Thats a big over-generalization. They finally validated the Tarkatans in MKX by making them actual people. They weren't mutants anymore, they weren't demon fusions, but an actual race that had a realm. They had culture, customs, language.
They say the disease is lethal, very important detail. They all die from it, if we're meant to take that literally.
It doesn't specify to whom it is lethal, though...
You right, it's lethal to us XDIt doesn't specify to whom it is lethal, though...
This. It would also not only NOT retcon anything (Tarkatans were always mutants/hybrids in the lore), but show how the Tarkatans come to be - either born from infected parents due to genetic heritage or made infected while living - while ALSO giving a new coat of paint to Kitana/Mileena rivalry.
That’s a good point for sure. But the fact that the word lethal is attached to the disease specifically, and not what it does, kind of has me on the fence still. We’ll see soon enough though.
In MKX Tarkatans were retconned to be their own people. Baraka directly mentions, in the story mode, that Shao Kahn conquered his realm long ago.
Which doesnt contradict anything, their disease could have origins in their Tarkatan Island where they built a culture around it. This is a trope as old as ancient Greece with the whole colony of lepers thing.
The mentioning of a Realm was an error/retcon. We didn't see proper customs and culture until Mortal Kombat 11, after Kronika brought them back because Kotal went and genocides them. Not exactly what I'd call validation.
Perhaps Liu wasn't a big fan. He's not exactly innocent, and this is his timeline now.
