Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1772284-20150902211859/@comment-3303402-20150907183931

Draft227 wrote: Kimarous wrote: DarkNarcist2 wrote: Well Cyrax commited Suicide in the comics so.....

WTF WERE THEY THINKING!!! "Cyrax's choice to destroy all remaining cyborgs, including himself, makes sense given his established characterization"? "We're upping the focus on mystic elements and cyborg robo-men are starting to feel out of place"? "We have enough factions in this story as is"? "We ran out of ideas as to what to do with the Cyber Initiative storyline, so we decided to get rid of it"? They are also big liars on this "mystic elements" part because all the focus are on the boring Special Forces now. This isn't MK. MK is about magic, cyborgs, monsters, age-old prophecies and battles between good vs evil. The Special Forces were always the least interesting parts of the franchise. At least they have Johnny and Kenshi in the new timeline as part of the team.

BTW, Cyrax faced the same dillema on the old timeline and didn't kill himself. They are just killing most of the 3D Era and 2D Era characters and replacing them with less interesting ones. Uh, why are you calling NRS liars? Those weren't their actual thoughts - those were my GUESSES as to their thoughts. As for saying that "cyborgs" is a major element of MK, I heartily disagree. Kano's eye was the only cybernetic element until MK3, when they really upped the cyborg stuff... and even then, the cybernetics have generally taken a backseat to the mystic elements. Cyber Lin Kuei aside, how many "cyborgs" do we have? Jax with his robot arms, Kano with his robot eye, Kabal with his breathing apparatus, and Hsu Hao's chest stuff. Minor detail, minor detail, barely counts, and no loss there.

Also, the Cyrax situation is not the same. In the original timeline, Cyrax got lost, got retrieved by Special Forces, had his mind freed by them, and then wanted to have his humanity restored. He wasn't thrust into a leadership role for the entire Cyber Lin Kuei, let alone them all being in one place. Cyrax was purging all Cyber Lin Kuei at once, not simply commiting suicide. It's not like he knew in the original timeline where all the Cyber Lin Kuei / Tekunin were after he regained his mind then.

In any case, my guess selections are the same, save for Baraka replacing Cyrax.