Accepting the New Kast

[Mr. Mileena]

I've been seeing a ton of hate, doubt, disliking for the fact that probably about half of the Mortal Kombat X cast are going to be brand new characters introduced to the series.

It's a bit scary, I understand, but Boon never fails to deliver.

A point I brought in earlier is that our favorite MK veteran characters were at one point new characters themselves.
We should give the newbies a chance and I'm pretty sure we're going to end up liking them or at least accepting them into the series.

Boon himself stated that a large number of Kombatants are going to be new, but I have faith in the game.
Sure, I wanted to see Nitara and Kira, but I'm pretty sure MKX is going to turn out fine.

Who knows, we might fall in love with one of the newer ones in place of our current favs

Let's not forget about DLC possibilities.
(the rumor goes 16 veterans and 14 new ones are going to make up the roster of 30)
perhaps a large majority of the DLC will be some our favorites who didn't make the original cut!!

Just trying to keep people positive!

 

[RiBBz22]

I think the reaction to the new cast members has been really really positive actually.

 

[ColdBoreMK23]

I'm excited to see what is in store for the new MK. I'm more excited to see the new characters more than anything!

 

[Mr. Mileena]

I think the reaction to the new cast members has been really really positive actually.

Yeah, most of us are, but there's still people who are pretty hesitant about it.
Outside of TYM, the hate is surreal.

I think most of us here are ready for it, but it's pretty intimidating thinking about a roster with half of them being new.

I'm pretty excited for the next character reveal!

 

[AZ MotherBrain]

When i first saw D'vorah and F/T, i was kinda shocked like, "Who the fuck are these scrubs!?" As more gameplay came out on them and i heard more about them from Boon, i now have an excitement for them. Kotal looks really fucking cool and I immedately found an attraction to Cassie, being a former Sonya player and Jill Valentine fanboy <3
The MKU is very large and we really haven't seen any new faces in many years with the exception from Skarlet and CSZ (if he even counts)
Boon and NRS have been making some amazing looking characters with their past two titles, i have faith that they will continue to create some amazing new characters, and redesign our old favorites as well

 

[RelentlessOhio]

I'm neither for or against. I still think 10+ characters is way excessive, but if they are developed well and aren't all shit-tier, then it's all good. Shouldn't have killed everyone off in MK9.

 

[Soul Bound X]

Mortal Kombat 9 taught me that you could just end up hating your favorite character any way based on the way they play My favorite character was scorpion but I hated his flip a coin play style so I switched to cage who I had no interest in at the beginning but he grew on me.

 

[EGGXI]

I've said it before, but I'm pretty psyched there are gonna be so many new characters.

Like 10+ is amazing, or it has the potential to be the greatest thing that ever happened to MK!

Of course it could be a nightmare... but come on! GET HYPE!

 

[Crathen]

http://community.wbgames.com/t5/General-Discussion/We-want-MK10-what-include-all-fighters-from-MK9/m-p/200512#U200512

Most casual players hate having a medium sized roster , they always want everyone.

Still im ok w the new MK having lotsa new faces , hopefully i'll find someone that suits my style.

 

[gosoxtim]

this is all i have to say "mortal kombat x is about embracing change which is why the dragon is different in this game is all passing the torch sure some of our favorites wont be in the game doesn't mean to hate on the new fighter because of that Mortal kombat x is the future"

 

[Mr. Mileena]

http://community.wbgames.com/t5/General-Discussion/We-want-MK10-what-include-all-fighters-from-MK9/m-p/200512#U200512

Most casual players hate having a medium sized roster , they always want everyone.

Still im ok w the new MK having lotsa new faces , hopefully i'll find someone that suits my style.

As long as there is someone who can spam projectiles, has a stupid long d1, and maybe a cutter I'll be happy

 

[RelentlessOhio]

Holy run-on sentences Batman!

It's stupid to hate on characters that are more than likely still in the designing/rendering stages. Again, if most are viable in high-level game play, then it's fine.

I'm more curious about who is returning, since apparently half the cast is gonna be new.

 

[Rathalos]

I'm all for as many new characters as possible, simply because it frees them up to make new and interesting move sets.
Bug girl and True Orgre are pretty neat characters so far.

However, I can understand why people are a bit worried, the last 20 or so new characters NRS made for the 3D days were all duds, just some of the worst designed fighting game characters in the entire medium.

Thankfully it seems they got their shit together and we wont have a repeat of that.

 

[Mothmonsterman0]

The future is going to go like so: people are going to bitch, complain, make threads like "OMG X THING ABOUT MK X IS DUMB, AND I DON'T LIKE IT," then the game is going to come out and they're going to be like "WOW, THIS IS FUN !!!"

 

[Somnuse]

I'm not opposed to new chars, it's just the question of who will they trim out of my current pool of favorites to make room?

I'm really hoping Smoke will be in MKX.

 

[DevilMaySpy]

I've already accepted Cassie Cage as my lawfully wedded wife main character.

 

[Rampage254]

I like new characters. As long as they aren't lame like Hsu Hao, Mokap, Ashrah, Li Mei, ect, then I have no problem. So far the new characters revealed are cool.

 

[Deyrax]

Sure, I wanted to see Nitara and Kira.

Omg, I thought I was the only one. Have mah babiez

 

[RelentlessOhio]

I'm not opposed to new chars, it's just the question of who will they trim out of my current pool of favorites to make room?

I'm really hoping Smoke will be in MKX.

Oh me too. He was my main in MK9. I'm sure a few Lin Kuei will be back.

 

[Trini_Bwoi]

It's the first time we're getting new 2D characters in a while so we should all have an open mind and be willing to accept them. Some of the new 3D characters were bad but they never stood a chance in the first place. They were introduced at a time where the mechanics weren't all that good.

 

[ColdBoreMK23]

Plus like @Mr. Mileena said, the DLC possibilities are endless. I really hope we receive at least 10+ DLC characters which could be two season passes.

Even if characters like Noob, Reptile, Cyrax, etc don't make it in initially, we could always get something like:

Season 1: Cyber Pack
Cyber Smoke
Cyber Sub
Cyrax
Sektor
Cyber Reptile (yes, I said Cyber Reptile lol)


Season 2:
Liu Kang
Nightwolf
Raiden
Kenshi
Jax


Something along those lines.



Oh, and Jason.

 

[RelentlessOhio]

Ugh I hate the cyber characters (minus Sektor) but to each his own.

If they do include Kenshi at some point, he better be nerfed compared to MK9. No more top-tier, had your time sir.

 

[Crathen]

As long as there is someone who can spam projectiles, has a stupid long d1, and maybe a cutter I'll be happy

Kabal is not returning 99%

Only hope it's Sektor or Noob Saibot.

Otherwise i'll play a top tier that suits my gameplan.

It'll be hard readjusting from the awesomeness that Deathstroke is , MK characters don't have the most interesting backgrounds / stories on the level of DC comics tbh.

 

[Zephyrus]

The problem with the new characters is that, in a roster about the same size as MK9, they're replacing old favorites.

NRS isn't easing the transition on us. They're saying "here's our new characters. Your old favorites are gone. Deal with it".

The latest rumor is that only 8 characters from MK9 are back and we already know two of them. Sub and Scorpion.

That means that, atleast for me, I will see old favorites dropped. Ermac, Smoke, Rain, Reptile, Baraka, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Raiden (heavily hinted at to be in), Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Kano, Sektor.

Half of these will be not be playable. Sure, I might see some new characters that I'll enjoy. But judging from NRS past attempts, I doubt it.

In MK: DA they had: Nitara, Bo Rai Cho, Kenshi, Frost, Mavado, Hsu Hao, Drahmin, Moloch, Blaze and Mokap. Out of these 10 I liked Kenshi.
In MD: D they had: Havik, Hotaru, Kira, Kobra, Darrius, Dairou, Shujinko, Onaga and Ashrah. Out of these 9, I liked Havik and Hotaru (though he could lose the flags).
In MK:A they had: Taven and Daegon. I didn't like either.

In 21 characters, I liked 3. 1 out of 7. That's pretty bad.
In MK9, the only character I didn't like was Sheeva. That's a big fucking difference.

Cassie doesn't seem bad. Out of the 4, she's my favorite. Mix of Sonya, Johnny and Stryker.
Kotal Kahn. I like his design but from what I've seen, his moveset is bland as fuck. Doesn't help that he's MK's version of Ares.
Ferra/Torr. Meh.
D'vorah. Don't like her. At all.

I will say that every single new character, is miles ahead of what we got in the 3d games. They might grow on me, but so far only Cassie did.

 

[Bovine McKow]

I love the new guys and I think a lot of other people do as well.