What are you most excited about in this new installment?
Nothing specific really, I am excited for a new game from my favorite fighter series that I have grown up with. I haven't really done any research on the game yet so I don't know any details other then what I saw in this trailer.
Do you think that Mortal Kombat X will be a continuation of the events in the most recent game?
Not sure really, I would assume so since the previous game was a reboot, it wouldn't make much sense to just throw that in the bin after one game. The trailer isn't very specific about any of this, there could be several reasons why Sub-Zero is back, or maybe it's just general footage that has no bearing on the real story, a display of the graphics or some such.
What characters are you most excited to see and play?
Definetly Sheeva, she was my main in MK9 despite her low tier, I worry that they won't bring her for the next installment due to her being one of the least played characters, but hopefully they keep her in. Baraka is probably my secondary character, I have no doubts that he will be in though since he is a bit more trademark. I would also love to see Shinnok in game, and considering the ending of MK9 I suspect that might be possible. Other characters I would love to see that wasn't in the previous games would be Nitara, Motaro and Frost.
What improvements do you think that Netherrealm Studios could make to the game that would make it exceptional?
Better support. MK9 had really bad servers with severe lag that never really got resolved (atleast not for the year or two I played the game regularly), It also had some bad character balance with characters like Sheeva for an example being to slow to ever make it into competative play, while she was fine on casual skill levels - once you got to a certain point you hit a brick wall hard, while other characters such as Kung Lao consistently stayed ahead of everyone else. Mortal Kombat is a very popular game in competative circles and watching real cash reward tournaments is one thing that kept alot of people interested in the game, so more regular balance changes or tweaks I believe would help the longevity of the game which in turn would help Netherrealm Studios earn more $$$.
Other then that I think they should try and stick to the basics alot like they did with MK9, all we need is a campaign, arcade, some unlockables and vs, the team vs was amazing as well for those of us that like to play -with- friends sometimes and not just against so they should definetly do that again, that is one thing I got dissapointed in with Injustice, since skill levels among friends can vary alot - playing with a friend in real life can often end in one person just dominating the other over and over which makes them not want to play after a while, then the game becomes less fun for the dominator as well. They should also try and avoid adding any new mechanisms to the actual vs modes since that tend to be counter productive, things such as weapons which some previous installments had or the clash mode in Injustice look cool at first but tends to end up as an annoyance in the long run.
Oh and enough with the cyborgs already! They are not fun, they all look the same except for different colors. I am fine with Cyrax and the red one who's name I forgot, but I can not understand why they had to give Sub-zero that treatment, isn't two robots enough? They just started making the ninja's look a little more diverse, they should keep the characters unique. If they wanted TWO ice characters why didn't they just add Frost rather then two different Sub-Zero's?
What are some issues from previous Mortal Kombat games that you think need to be resolved?
See above. ^
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