There is an overwhelming desire for a new 2D MK game. It's unbelievable how much I see it posted in different places. Who really cares about fake 3D games? I mean, if they were true 3D, their heads would probably explode. They really don't know how to even make a 2D game, and they've wasted a lot of time on the "2.5D" games. Perhaps a true 3D game will not even have moves? That's one way to balance it at least. No attacks, no moves, no fighting.
I really have the utmost contempt for Midway, Ed Boon, and the likes when it comes to their ability in making a good fighting game, and I think most people know that. MK8 doesn't have me interested in the least bit and I will be very surprised if they come up with anything the least bit reasonable on the first shot. I think VERY simplistic gameplay is the key here in terms of per character. Bring the character count down to around 12, but also bring the move count down closer to MKII/MK3. The problem is we don't have any idea what direction they are taking this. We can say things like "Oh they should do this, or that and the next thing" but they might be like "Oh, well we're not really going that direction, you won't be able to see your character when you fight."
I'm only curious as to what they can possibly do here. I mean, they keep talking about reinventing the franchise but they said that for MKDA, and the fighting system, and the graphics, and gameplay, or whatever. They can't really change anything. All the they can and should do, is take elements that you can't "copyright" from other games, and put them into one good game, but they won't. They'll come up with some new feature that will be utterly useless, or broken, but again, I have a strange feeling they are going to do something monumentally stupid with this game and that will be it. Then make at least 2 sequals adding characters, fixing broken concepts, and creating new broken concepts. They want to take things in a new direction but really they just want to take players' wallets into the same direction.
