I go one step beyond.
When they revealed Kratos for MK9, I was vehemently against it. I raged on the forums, I complained and bitched. Then when they added Freddy Krueger I was completely in favor of guests. Not because I liked Freddy, but because I saw that NRS clearly doesn't give a fuck, so why should I waste my energy lmao. They will never stop putting guest characters in the game, ever. So why be mad over something you can't change
But Mortal Kombat is about a tournament that consists of the best martial arts combatants. No matter what arch-type the combatant is, Ninja, Monster, Sorcerer etc at least they know how to fight.
The thing that's tough here is that it's a pure business decision. They almost certainly have straightforward numbers that show them guests help sell copies of the game and Kombat Packs. It's a little more subjective when the community is like "oh I want the next MK to not have Fatal Blows", where it's hard to equate that choice with money and they probably want to hear from MK players about what they do/don't like about that. But in this case the only way they stop doing this is if people stop buying stuff because guests are there. I'd be shocked if that ever happens because people who don't chill in an MK forum are probably stoked out of their mind that they can play as Joker or Kratos or whomever. So even if all the hardcore MK fans decided to not buy the next game because of guests, my guess is they're still outweighed by people who bought the game largely because of those guests.
I wouldnt say they half ass it on purpose but i also wouldnt bet on them not screwing it up. Its probably a 50/50.
Maybe it will be like generic fighter that just has a generic move list and plays similar to the story mode NPCs with special moves and they operate like a tag team fighter. if that makes sense. I feel like that might be giving them too much credit. I don't want to get too excited and let down. But yes...I agree with you.
That sounds terrible. Why would I want to use a toned down, lesser character over the fully fleshed out one?
What happens in 1 day?
Yep. I attached a message in the official announcement trailer before Vslayer had posted the thread for it. This is a good thing though. Being clumped in with other PS titles would mostly give us a trailer and that's it.
Every developer has issues with balancing though. There is never gonna be a 100% balanced game with all 5/5 matchups no matter what you do or which developer does it. I know NRS has struggled a bit more than others though and I'm pretty sure that's what you're referring to. They've shown improvement with each game though so I'm honestly not all that worried with balance this go around. I know it'll be addressed as exploits are located
Let's just say that I would be happier if at least in classified there was the classic 1v1
I would absolutely want a 1v1 mode with no Kameos. I think we'll get that option. In mkx we could pick characters without a variation, so they lacked the variation moves. In 11 you could create a kustom variation with zero moves equipped. So, I feel like it would be weird if they didn't give you some way to just use the base kit on its own.
I didn't say I wanted it. Just trying to be realistic yet optimistic of what it could be. If i had things my way....the whole roster from Mk1 - 11 would be playable. Every stage remastered...Rainbow Kombat Returns. Kratos, Freddy, all the guests. EVERYONE. The world would be such a nice place and there would be world peace. One day my friend. One day!
NRS doesn't have dedicated grapplers anyways, at least not in MK. So I wouldn't worry. I'd be more worried about zonners using the scorpion pull away assist lmao. I thank God everyday Mileena's teleport is back.
100% sure we wont... after the beta the one 100% consistent thing everyone said is that Kameos ARE mortal kombat one... it is intergrated into the game and the way the moves and movement works.. There is no game without kameos.
yeah i was just giving an example, zooners using kameos to stay fullscreen forever also crossed my mind. 100% going to pocket smoke, ain't gonna deal with none of that XD
Yeah I know. This post was made will before they made it apparent 1v1 isn't happening. I'm not bothered though. I like the assists.
