Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-4566757-20150515002053

72.207.104.181 wrote: Yeah I'm expecting him to have the powers and skills. It's just that to me, Cassie, Jacqui, Kung Jin, and Takeda shouldn't have been as effective (this is because I never read the comics) because they didn't have the experience necessary when dealing with such enemies.

A parallel in real life to try comparing this would be driving on the road. Think about it: when you're 16 (or 18 in some states in the US) and first got your license, you should be the better driver compared to your parents because you're younger, you can see better, you can react faster, etc.

However, at the initial stage, your parents are still the better drivers compared to you because they've had so many years of driving experience, you have not.

I hope you can see what I'm getting at, Dragonspyne. It's for this reason that I'm still somewhat skeptical for Cassie beng able to beat Shinnok so easily. Okay, I think I see the point now and where this was heading. I can see why Cassie beating Shinnok wouldn't seem plausable at all (I know I'm not the addressed one, just saying). Throughout the whole game it did kind of feel like typical sequels where some kids are special snowflakes for the simple reason they're the children of previous protagonists. And that accordingly to that it felt like they used cliches from typical teenager movies. I still liked the story overall personally, but I couldn't shake off the slight annoyment this teenager-movie storyline caused.

But then I'd think: for one, the cliche(?) parts aside, there was a reason that the new generation was put forward into the spotlight and was made looking better than they probably should've. It wanted to show that yes, the prev-gen is retiring and it's the next-gen's time to shine - and it's not like they can make a way too slow transition between generations in a single game only. But yes, it would've made more sense to have the kids still just learning for now and having them all powerful in the next game, it may have been just a matter of whether they'd want to stretch it out throughout multiple games. I hope you're getting what I'm trying to say, tried my best to collect my thoughts right now.