I don’t think they’d intentionally cast people who are going to ruin the story. Whoever they’ve hired, I’m sure they have faith in them to perform at the level that’s befitting of a Mortal Kombat game.
I definitely hope so. ^^
Yes MK is not super serious, but it still very serious for it's own and sure as hell more serious then any other fighting game series. All of the less-serious stuff in MK are related to specific things during gameplay like the Test Your Luck modifiers as well as some finishing moves like the Friendships. And yes, only some, because most of the gameplay elements are also very serious, and when it comes to the actual story, it was always more serious, and not just in recent NRS games like @HeavyNorse said. Arcade endings in the Arcade mode are for the most part "what if" scenarios rather then canon endings, but even for non-canon endings, almost non of the endings in all of the MK games were comic related or cheesy. Other then Johnny Cage's ending in MK4 as well as Stryker's ending in MK9 that also involved Johnny, all of the endings for all characters in all of the games were serious, canon or not, unlike the Tekken series for example which all of the characters were comedy-prone, including the Mishimias who are suppose to be the main characters of the series. Hell, Lee's ending in Tekken 5 featured Heihachi Mishima with nothing but a tiny underwear and a bow tie. I can't think of any MK ending or any story mode cutscene in any of the MK games from MK1 until now that was even close to be as cheesy as that.
I'm not trying to be argumentative but I don't understand why you keep harping on this point of tone. The series has had high quality voice acting in the last two games and the games have been better for it. That the series likes a bit of campiness is not an excuse for having poor voice acting. Jim Carrey stars in silly comedy films, but just because the movie is silly doesn't reflect on the quality of his performances, which are often exceptional. But really I only posted because I don't think it's of the questionable quality you made it out to be in your earlier posts, I think NRS has continually had great voice acting in each game they've made and continues to improve, and I hope the recasts don't affect that negatively.
Because people are acting like changing a few of the actors is going to throw the entire story mode down the tubes, and I think that's a fairly ridiculous conclusion to jump to. It's not a Scorsese film, it's Mortal Kombat. Whoever is in charge of casting knows what they're doing and I'm sure it'll be fine. It doesn't need to be Oscar-worthy to be suitable for the franchise.
Nah... There's no way Kitana's not in.
It’s not all about the story mode though. Mileena had the perfect amount of crazy in her voice during matches.
Sure. But, character voice are of undeniable import when it comes to specific characters (see: my avatar). Mileena could probably be done by another actress, given her affected snarl; as well as Kitana, given her voice isn't 'that' well known.
Solution: just cut Raiden And Kotal Kahn.
*puts the gun down*
He hardly had any lines in phantom pain. It's just listening to ocelot basically the whole game. Most of his dialog was in the tapes that most of the casual players would have ignored. With what Kiefer was given, he did do a great job. He just didn't sound like Snake anymore. That campy sarcastic dialog style David Hayter had became iconic for Snake's character. Kiefer was good, but he just couldn't match it. David Hayter is Solid Snake. Forever and always. Also.... #fuckonami
I definitely agree to that, I think having Kiefer play Snake in that game and have a different voice worked given the twist at the end.
I agree with both of you, because on one hand ghee is a certain standard that players want in terms of VA and story in general but when it goes to much to the left then it becomes overly serious and boring when it has no self awareness of what it actually is: A lightning man fighting ninjas who aren't actually ninjas along with a Bruce Lee iteration and a vain superstar wearing shades. It needs balance, shows like The Walking sea take itself too seriously and it became boring and unpopular. Tomb zpRaider used to be campy and fun and now that it's rebooted its overly "gritty and realistic" to the point it's boring (especially in Rise of the TR). So a balance of both I think would be a proper formula but thats just me.
Like I said, Liu Kang is not a parody of Bruce Lee, but rather an Bruce Lee-inspired character. Same thing for all of the Bruce Lee-inspired character from all other fighting game franchises which like Fei Long from SF which yes, are indeed exist. The term "parody" is supposed to refer to something that take the original inspiration in a joking fashion. If any of those characters would've been an actual parody, they would've been a totally different character. The Law's from Tekken are technically a parody due to their comic-relief aspects, although like I said earlier, almost every Tekken character is comedy-prone in terms of story, unlike Mortal Kombat, so maybe it doesn't count.
You can do with the knock-off "Kahn" whatever you like. However, Raiden is iconic, and cutting him would likely get an Outworld 'fatwa' issued on whoever puts that god on the chopping block... ⚠
