Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1772284-20150601163110/@comment-72.197.211.140-20150608070629

Interesting. I guess the spine rip has been used so often that the fans might considered it meh.

From interviews with Ed Boon (can't remember where now), I think with the fatalities, brutalities, and even the x-rays, they were trying to aim where your first impression would always be the "WTF" expression.