Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-21005855-20140627001148/@comment-1844049-20140703195600

Dragonspyne wrote: Jayspyder wrote: Yeah, obviously I meant before Armageddon in response to Dragonspyne. Didn't think I needed to clarify. Sorry, I should've read that before my last comment. But take in mind that I'm sure that if given that game Old vs. New, everything would be up-to-date. In fact, in referencing to JillKill87, I suppose that not even Taven, Daegon, Raiden, and Shinnok would've been alive for the Old vs. New because Shao Kahn kills all the gods. Man, that would just be a game of New vs. Shao Kahn in the old timeline. But maybe, Liu Kang's spirit warns the New timeline's surviving characters. Ooo, very tricky.

Don't sweat it. That was directed at JillKill87 anyway, not you. You know, thinking about the Deadly Alliance-Armageddon era makes me sort of wish Liu had been the Protagonist of Armageddon. It would have a made certain kind of sense...he'd feel guility over his corpse slaughtering his Shaolin brethren (even though it wasn't his fault) and have a major bone to pick with Dark Raiden. It would have been an excellent opportunity to develop his character more. Instead, they introduced Taven, another forgettable no-count. Taven was certainly powerful though, as a direct Son of Argus...probably even stronger than Liu. According to MK 2011's intro, however, he fails and dies. Raiden would have been a good choice as well as Armageddon Protagonist, given his major role in MK 2011. But he just went freaking bonkers in Deception, corrupted by his suicide...for some reason.

For MKX, I honestly wouldn't object to Scorpion being the Protagonist of the story. As long as the story is deep and presents us with a character we care about and can kind of relate to. That's why I think its important for the stories to have Protagonists at all.