Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-34018739-20190327152005/@comment-34018739-20190510184041

God you're totally right. It isn't just Sub-Zero. I've said before that I feel like at this point Johnny Cage is the only character they can't fuck up, and it really rings true in MK11.

Everyone gives up on the revenants, Jax's turn to the dark side is just about as idiotic as Frost's, if not more (imo neither of them should have sided with Kronika), the romance is forced as hell as you said. It would've been one thing if it built over the course of the story mode, but retconning them to have been together the whole time is moronic. It almost feels like they only did it to dissaude the people who thought Jade was into Kitana. Good point on Scorpion being turned away from Kronika's side a little too easily, though Past Scorpion in general just feels like an excuse to regress the character back to Angery Specter Man, especially with Hanzo's death.

And don't get me started on retcons. D'Vorah killing King Jerrod, Skarlet's backstory, Kronika's mere existence is a massive retcon in and of itself that completely fucks up established lore.

The whole damn thing is just a mess. The only saving grace of the story is a few good character interactions sprinkled throughout.