I think what you're saying is clear...but you're saying it in the context of talking about a video game that has been purposefully designed to be more dark/macabre. It's like going to a horror flick and saying 'Man, I just don't like being scared out of my wits anymore.' The only response you'll get is 'Great...so why are you here?'.
So? You can be a fan of MK and not like/care about the more gruesome fatalities. I love the characters, the universe and the gameplay of MK 100 times more than the MK9/MKX fatalities and I definitely think MK would still be just as fun -maybe even BETTER without them because then they'd put more time into gameplay, story, netcode, QA and various modes.
Minority opinions matter.
Fixed lolmen?
Because characters are the same as an added superficial gimmick that has no real bearing on the actually gameplay?
Ed Boon's opinion doesn't matter either.
*facepalm* what he's trying to say is that characters that are the faces of a franchise like ryu and ken are as recognizable as MK's fatalities because as everyone associates ryu and ken with street fighter, everyone associates mortal kombat with fatalities. A street fighter game without ryu or ken in it would just feel wrong just like an MK game without fatalities would just feel wrong.
You must not understand what I'm saying lol. Ryu and Ken have been in every street fighter like all MKs have fatalities. Your going to expect it to be in whether anyone wants it or not. Its not like you HAVE to do them anyways it gives you the option to do it or not lol.
Media in general has become more violent, which is probably why the fatalities have turned out how they have. Yes, if you have some sadistic person who enjoys watching people get decapitated they'll get a kick out of it, just like they'll get a kick out of watching someone get their face sawed off in a horror movie. But for the rest of us, these over the top scenes of violence aren't that scary and or disturbing, because they are so unrealistic. Unless you really think a person can rip another's heart out?
Ryu and ken are not analogous to fatalities, that would be scorpion and subzero. The two faces of the franchise that have been in every game.
no no no... no flying to the sky, no big lightnings, no; make it look simple but at the same time awesome, without "overthetopness". That is what is needed, we need back those fantastic ideas, like MK1 scorpion fatality, you don't get impress because you watch your opponent burning to death, suffering, yelling or anything like that; you get impress because first, you discover scorpion isn't human; second, he can throw fire from his skull; and third, the fire is so powerfull that there is just bones left after he killed you (no blood in all that btw). This is what needs to be brought back, no pointless nonsense overthetop gore.
Well fine replace them with supra and ultras if it makes you feel any better, point is if something is recurring in a game and has been in all of them, you expect it to be in the next version or debut of the series.
