I'm not a fan of the franchise myself, but Texas Chainsaw Massacre was big for it's time and does indeed have a following.
Fair enough. I'm not knocking anyone who enjoyed those titles, mind you, however Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance through Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is considered the low point of the franchise overall; especially from a competitive standpoint.
Although I like your line of thinking and the spirit behind your message, the sad fact of the matter is DLC is hardly an "addition" to games anymore. Like you said, when we were kids, a game was developed, shipped, and that was it; however, I don't think you will deny that many (if not most) games nowadays are created with DLC in mind. To elaborate, I mean that time, funding, and content is purposefully set aside in order to create DLC to sell at a later date, and as a result, the DLC we get is typically not content made to enhance the base game, but content purposefully delayed in order to further distance the consumer from their wallet.
It’s more a matter of perspective.
Although I can appreciate your positivity, I believe in the moderation of all things, and that if left unmoderated, a positive perspective can easily turn into willful ignorance. My final thoughts on the subject are that the ability to release DLC is absolutely amazing; however, it is all too often used to take advantage of people rather than help them. Also, one should be critical and vocal of a company's use of DLC in order to foster a better, more transparent relationship that benefits both consumer and producer.
I know. I mean, I like some of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies a lot. But I never saw Leatherface as a cool horror villain like Freddy Krueger or Jason because he reminds me too much of Ed Gein, and Leatherface himself is a mentally ill person who's barely aware of what he's doing. Maybe it's just my personal interpretation, mostly from the original movie which in my opinion is the best one. I know that in some of the sequels he was way more cartoony but that's why I think those movies are not as good as the original.
I often wait for a "Game of the Year" or "Complete Edition" of a game before buying; I rarely buy at launch anymore. In fact, the last game I bought at launch was Mortal Kombat 11: Premium Edition. I think Mortal Kombat X was the one before that. Prior to that it might have been Halo 4: Limited Edition.
Well if NRS didn't turn the majority of the game into some shady mobile loot box system and actually focused more on the quality of the game, guest characters wouldn't even be necessary just for the sake of expanding it. I remember being so immersed into MK9, I didn't even care much about wanting more guests/original characters. And it only had what, 4 DLC fighters? Nice additions, but it had little impact for the game overall.
Whilst I can appreciate the nostalgic message behind your post, I genuinely think it's a little off the mark, or indeed completely inaccurate when it comes to Mortal Kombat as a series. Yes the 1999 version of the meme may be representative of other games back then, but it's not representative of how MK has ever been.
That's why I'll never understand whenever DLC or some sort of expansion pack is announced, there's almost always someone going on about the game being "unfinished" and ranting and raving about the "good old days". Like you mentioned there was MK3/UMK3/MKT and MK4/MKG. And also how many versions of Street Fighter 2 were there? Four or five right? And this didn't apply to just fighting games. For example Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This was how Sega initially wanted to release it, but due to time restraints, they were released separately. So if players wanted to play an actual complete game, they'd have to pay $50 for Sonic 3 and then another $50 for Sonic & Knuckles.Whilst I can appreciate the nostalgic message behind your post, I genuinely think it's a little off the mark, or indeed completely inaccurate when it comes to Mortal Kombat as a series. Yes the 1999 version of the meme may be representative of other games back then, but it's not representative of how MK has ever been.
The "Mortal Kombat 3 Trilogy" is especially guilty of coming out the gate at full price with each borderline "DLC" (had it been a thing at the time) revision.
Mortal Kombat 3 on SNES and Genesis/Mega Drive in 1995? $60 (let's also not forget just how expensive 16bit cartridges were, especially for their time and adjusted for inflation)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on SNES, PS1 and Genesis/Mega Drive/Saturn in 1996 with 7 new fighters (though let's be honest, two new character models and a bunch of palette swaps and you actually lost some of MK3's content on the 16bits), some gameplay balances and a couple of new arenas? $60.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy on PS1/N64 (since it's expected you had finally moved on by this point) in 1996, with some poorly added, downgraded arenas from the classic games, a bunch of bolted on extra characters that lacked the finesse of animation in the classic titles they were from and a multitude of terrible fatalities? $50
If you were with MK3 for every version, that's $170 on an already half-assed game that for me lacked the professionalism, imagination and visionary artistic design of MKs 1 & 2.
There was no money-off UMK3 if you owned MK3. There was no cash-back if you owned MKs 1, 2, 3, or UMK3 and bought Trilogy (which I did).
MK4 was a $50 product on PS1, PC and N64. MK Gold was a $50 product on Dreamcast irrespective of whether you owned MK4 on any other format (which I did).
There was no discount on MK Armageddon if you owned Deadly Alliance and/or Deception, even though it was a lazy-as-fuck compilation game from those titles that made Trilogy look like a gift of pure love and appreciation to the fans by comparison.
I much prefer to have DLC as we have it now than to have to buy MK11, MK11 Aftermath and Ultimate MK11 as three separate games in their own right like we would have had to 15-25 years ago.
Yes there are some, or indeed many games out there, that were loving to their fanbase when it came to add-ons, but MK has never ever been that. I say that as a realist however, not as someone insulting Mortal Kombat. I've loved it since I was 10, I turn 40 in 6 months, I'm not being unappreciative for this franchise and what it's given us, I'm just being realistic and honest in the packages the series has given us so far and to be honest, the MK11 DLC approach is a hell of a lot better than what we got in the old school days of buying the same game with minor updates on multiple systems at full price.
NRS can I please give you money for some more MK11 content now (sigh... it's not going to happen though is it)?
I remember wanting the classic MK2 and MK3 ninjas/female ninjas to be in the console instead of locked off to the ugly vita version.
nope
Drafting up Injustice 3 leaks
Haha good one
Eh. I mean I'd RATHER have had them than Joker and Cetrion but it is what it is.
