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Which NRS title had the best community sagas?

Which NRS game spawned the best community storylines?

  • MK9

    Votes: 58 56.9%
  • Injustice

    Votes: 33 32.4%
  • MKX

    Votes: 11 10.8%

  • Total voters
    102

dribirut

BLAK FELOW
Most of this was over by fall of 2012

Wheras with Injustice, it was still hype to see Ducky play against Wound in the very last tournament. If Theo, Jupiter, or Sonic ever came back to face each other super late into the game, it was hype. Or if 16 Bit played King at any point in Injustice's life it'd probably carry a similar level of drama.

Mk9 deteriorated into Kabal/Cyraxfest (with the addition of Pocket Kenshi to combat Cage in 2013), which is something that despite the potency of Batgirl, MMH, and Zod, never happened in Injustice (You'd usually see max 1 Batgirl ever, 1 Zod making top 8, and 1 MMH usually).

Like, for yet another player top pick up Kabal, Cyrax (or later Kenshi/Sonya) in MK9 was no big deal because of the frequency -- whereas more of the top players remained character-loyal in Injustice and I think it made for better rivalries and matchups as the game's life progressed.

So I feel like MK9 had the strongest start, but one of the weakest ends. Injustice had a shaky start but quickly gained momentum and storylines that lasted all throughout.

It's an interesting comparison.
Lol how is reo vs djt 2013 Evo finals weak?
 

CrimsonShadow

Administrator and Community Engineer
Administrator
Lol how is reo vs djt 2013 Evo finals weak?
I thought it was great -- but the best Kabal and Cyrax playing each other at one tournament doesn't change the fact that it was a lackluster time period overall for MK. Or that there was far too much Kabal And Cyrax going on in general at the end of the game's life.

I remember at SCR 2014 when they tried to bring the game back, and we saw 3 Cyraxs, 2 Kabals, and 2 Kung Laos in Top 8 alone. it was a pretty good summary of how things ended up.

Meanwhile the Injustice revival at Kumite 2015 had Raven, MMH, Sinestro, Flash, Doomsday, Zatanna, Bane, and other characters I'm probably forgetting. Just a vastly different level of loyalty that led to more diversity and more interesting matchups.
 
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EMP Dark

Noob
Wish I could've made it out to some offline events for Injustice to give the Clown Prince some representation. I feel like The Joker community we were the most underrated and slept on players.