Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-1354446-20150429125536

Mind you, I don't like Johnny Cage, but I am kind of glad they "passed the torch" to him so to speak. Johnny, despite his character flaws, always had the potential to be awesome. It was his personality that turned a lot of people off.

As for Cassie defeating Shinnok, I think a lot of that has to do with gender equality now. I know it sounds weird, a girl saying this, but I'm almost positive that was the case, because we've never had a female kombatant be the main winner in story mode. It's always one of the guys, implying that they are better than the female kombatants which is not necessarily true.

Besides, the "torch" had to be passed on. We can't keep expecting the same characters to keep winning and beating the same baddies over and over again. The story would just be old and tired as all get up if they did that. That was the point behind MK9 and rehashing the entire timeline.

As for Liu Kang, I personally love him being a villain now. It gives a great new dynamic to the whole "goodie two shoes" hero you always got from him. Zombie Liu Kang was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of. Actually, that whole story line with the Deadly Alliance was retarded.

Either way, I know a lot of people hate Liu Kang being evil now, but I think it's great. I think it's awesome that him and Kitana are finally able to be together in this timeline, even if it means they have to be evil to do it.

This whole new timeline sets up for some interesting stories if NRS does it right.