Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-26209149-20150315184653/@comment-3303402-20150322014037

DLKMK1989 wrote: And about the whole DLC thing... I believe I'm in the minority when I say "who gives a flying fuck about gust characters?", but seriously... Why does anyone care? I want to see MK kombatants in an MK game. Perhaps NRS should make a Film Kombat game featuring movie characters to fight each other. Sure, I'd buy that separately as a whole game, but not as guest characters. I just don't see the point. I never wanted Freddy for MK9 either, and I didn't have a PS3, but I wouldn't have wanted Kratos. Don't get me wrong, I love the characters, they just don't belong in the game. I buy MK to play MK. SO GIVE ME MORTAL KOMBAT. To answer the question of "Why does anyone care?", possible reasons include:

- Liking the idea of said guest character being in that genre of game.

- Favourable portrayal / use of character compared to other media.

- The character fits in well enough that including them is no biggie.

- Other reasons that I have not considered.

As for myself, it really all depends on who the guest is and where they are being used. For example, I think Link was an absolutely brilliant choice for Soul Calibur 2, since everyone and their ocarina wanted to see Link in a dueling / fighting game scenario. Conversely, I'm not so enthused about Ezio Auditore being in Soul Calibur 5 because, as much as I like Ezio, I do not think his strenghts lie in melee combat, despite his abundance of weaponry. On the Mortal Kombat front, I think Kratos was a great choice for MK9 due to his violence and potential thereof, while I didn't care too much about Freddy due to "oh look, another fire-focused character" and not caring about horror films. Likewise in MKX, I'm pretty "meh" on Jason Voorhees but think that the Predator is a perfect fit.

Just remember that your personal disinterest toward guest characters does not mean nobody else has reason to care.