Hey guys, I'm kinda new here because I haven't really played this game as seriously as MK9. I want to talk a bit about the current state of the story of this game.
What is NRS doing to the old school villains? Let's take a look at them right now:
Baraka: dead
Ermac: still in the story
Goro: gone from the story
Kano: still in the story
Kintaro: gone/possibly dead
Mileena: dead
Motoro: dead before he even got a chance in the new games
Reptile: still in the story (irrelevant tho)
Sektor: prob dead and became part of a fucking robot amalgamate
Shang Tsung: dead
Shao Kahn: dead
Sheeva: gone from the story
Now Quan is dead too, even tho he isn't exactly an old school character he is still quite important.
I know some of these characters (like Sheeva) were not exactly popular, but I feel like it's really bad luck to be a villain in MK atm.
Like, I don't want fucking Liu Kang ruling the Netherrealm, I want some badass villain doing it. Now Raiden is probably gonna be the villain of the next game to some extent while the heroes who die are just gonna get the Jesus treatment like they always have to make it possible for them to come back. (NRS went to bringing everyone randomly back to life to bringing popular good guys back to life).
Not sure I want to live in a world without Quan and Shang :/ and it makes me fear for Tanya and Rain, two characters I like and might not come back in the next game/come back just to die.
Anyway, just a rant from someone who's been following this game's story forever and really loves it and feels our adorable villains could use some more love. (D'vorah was a really good addition, at least).
In spite of that, this is my favorite game series ever story wise. It really helps to feed my eternal lore hunger.
