I liked Raiden in MK2, then he went to shit after that.

The only Raiden made of pure awesome was MK1 Raiden.


Fuck the mentor bullshit. not every grown man has to have someone odler spoonfeed them fortune cookie wisdom.

I am sure that the final boss of the game will be Quan Chi. He's the one who walks in silence. HE's also a demon. In MK2011 he was there from the beginning of the game. And he had the final role in the ending scene. Now, he is also related to the kamidogu daggers. Interesting.

I think you'd do good to follow Ion's advice. Don't take everything you read on the internet so seriously, mate, we're all MK fans here. :)



That's just the thing, innit?

Raiden didn't use to be the guy who came with a fucking fine print.

You know who used to be the fine print guy? Shang Tsung. Just think about that for a minute.




Raiden obviously knows more than he lets on. I see no good reason for him to withhold vital information from his allies.

Not to mention that the value of "beware the one who walks in silence" is exactly nothing. Seriously, it helps in no way.


Consider that this is happening after the Netherrealm War.
Consider that Shinnok and Quan Chi have obviously failed.
Consider how badly they must have failed if all of Quan Chi's revenants are running around all fine.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Quan Chi is believed to be dead at this point in the story.

So why in the hell would he assume that this random dagger that Raiden gave him without explaining anything about it would have any connection to Quan Chi? Unless Raiden has a connection to Quan Chi, that's a hell of logical leap.


Are you seriously blaming the victim in all this for not anticipating one of his clansmen to randomly be possessed by a demon whose capabilities he was told nothing about?

Seriously?


Considering that another character just went ahead and said: "what, didn't Raiden tell you..?"

Yeah, I actually think Kano is more trustworthy at this point.

That's pretty bad.


He's obviously trying to protect his realm, but just with Dark Raiden, it's really a question of whether the ends justify the means at this point.

If you're Joe Normalfag somewhere in Earthrealm, then sure, Raiden's doing great.

But if you're one of Raiden's allies who has every reason to believe that Raiden won't hesitate to sacrifice you or send you into a situation that you aren't prepared for because he didn't feel the need to tell you everything you need to know, then you might feel a bit differently.

Sindel sucked out her soul. I doubt Raiden could have done anything to save her.

That may be true, but Liu Kang, who rushed in to help her, wasn't there to see it happen, and Raiden never explains why just stands there and does nothing.

I don't like the idea of Raiden having healing powers in the first place, but they could have minimized the damage if they had him explain the limits of his power and why he didn't use it in instances where it was actually needed. But he doesn't even fucking try.

Raiden's job is to proctect Earthrealm, being a kind individual is just part of his personality, not a requisite, depending on his moral stance he can do whatever he deems necessary in order to fulfil his mission. With the exception of the Elder Gods, he owes no one any explanations. Besides, I think the final events of MK9 truly broke him, he seems even more desperate now in avoiding the greater consequences. The moment one side is willing to use whatever means necessary to oppose the so called evil, that side is no longer "good". He will fall.