Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-21005855-20140627001148/@comment-1844049-20140702003251

Dragonspyne wrote: Jayspyder wrote: Good point about Raiden misinterpreting his future self's message. That's my issue with MK 2011; I don't know why they thought it was a good idea to rush through all first three games. Its not outright bad, but it does feel rushed at times. I'll always prefer the original timeline to the new one, honestly...even though it sort of ends in Armageddon...and my favorite character got crapped on (killed and turned into a zombie).

Well, Shaolin Monks was produced right after Deception, that's why I added it. And yes, the story of that game is an atrocious mess. I still don't really get what they were trying to do, by retconning the period of MK1-MK2. But its still an awesome game. Hey man, NetherRealm had to revamp Mortal Kombat somehow. I would really like a Mortal Kombat game that would put the original timeline and the alternate timeline against each other. Kind of like Injustice: Gods Among Us but with just Mortal Kombat characters and no DC ones. That would be lots of fun.

Also, don't get me wrong. Shaolin Monks was a fun game. But when they retconned MK1-2 that was just weird. I  know, but it just sort of feels like they discarded everything they'd done up to Armageddon, you know? Like why was Armageddon necessary in the first place if you were just going to say, "Yeah, lets re-do that!"? And Original timeline vs the New one? The Original would win...easily. Why? Because most of their characters are still alive...and they weren't all killed by one person! (Sorry, still recovering from Sindel's massacre.)

My favorite depiction of MK will always be MK2. Just the dark and brutal feel to every thing about it, the characters, the fatalities, the music (DEFINITELY the music), the stages...but while still retaining that klassic tongue-in-cheek humor (Friendships) MK is known for. Shaolin Monks sort of took away from that with its inconsistencies and...well, just plain idiocy (Shang being able to completely mimic Raiden and fool Liu and Kung for the whole game, Raiden turning Shao Kahn into stone with lightning, Liu being so naive and dumb he makes young Shujinko look wise).