Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-5561191-20150218031839

Macaulyn wrote: Blitz4560 wrote: Kabal I think is a character who should be taken more seriously by the fans. Not even Netherrealm takes him that seriously. Even his role in MK9 was just a filler, his presence was like... fanservice. His presence in MK 9 was because everyone from the three first games was brought back, regardless of being fan favorites or people nobody cared about. Still, I can't see what's wrong about him.

Right, he's weird, a mix of three random things: hookswords, super agility and a gas mask. But guess what? It actually works. His major flaw is... to be honest, I'm not sure. Why do some people dislike him? Because he's weird? Because the roles he receive are stupid?

His MK 9 version was sick. He can run the whole map and reappear behind you in 0.5 second or grab and swing you over and over again with the hookswords. A hater would say he's just an uglier version of the Flash, but come on.

About his roles: it would be cool if his MK 9 ending became canonical. Kabal escapes Netherrealm, but his breathing equipment is seriously damaged (just like his zombie form at the end of MK 9), and so he finds the scientist who implanted Kano's bionical eye and asks him for help. The scientist gives him state of the art new implants that would take his abilities to a whole new level, but asks him for that favor in return. The ending doesn't say what the favor was, but it could have something to do with Kano. The scientist could either ask Kabal to hunt and bring Kano to him (maybe Kano didn't pay or concluded his favor for the eye implant, and so the scientist would want revenge), in which case Kabal would also settle his old score with Kano, or tell Kabal to work together with Kano to get something for him, which would be extremely unpleasant for the former Black Dragon member.

At least you have to admit that this is better than recruiting Kobra and Kira to save the Black Dragon.