As a fan of the original game and movie, and someone who appreciates good writing, I'd like to see Midway or whatever their calling themselves, get back on track with MK6.
How about a remake of Mortal Kombat? Just the original.. there are some fantastic characters that have been created in the MK universe, but to be honest most of the story, most of the writing, it's crap. I'd like to see above all a script that won't embarass itself, one that makes sense, one that gets more into who the characters really are - I mean, make me care about the characters - and something that the game developers can genuinely be proud of.
That having been said, I think they should put more time and effort into this next title. The engine should be improved, there's no reason why we can't have big screen caliber fight sequences going on.. how about some dynamic lighting and ragdoll physics? C'mon, all the other developers are doing it.
You could throw in all the original characters as the heavyweights in the tournament or whatever, maybe include some of the less important but equally cool characters in there as easter eggs.. as I recall there were some no-name fights in the first movie.
And then cram it full of great features. I never played MK5 (unfortunately) because the developers decided they didnt' want more money, and didnt bother releasing it on every platform. But, cram it full of features. Most games aren't fun to play once you've finished the storyline / singleplayer aspect. Add a lot of the characters that aren't in the first movie to use in some skirmishes or quick fights or whatever you call them. My point is just, the game should still be fun to play after you've beaten it. Set up your own tournaments, have some interesting gametypes to fiddle around with.. how about multiple fights? Slow motion would be sweet in there somewhere too.
This could have maybe gone in the wishlist thing, but I just wanted to make a point that this is a nice opportunity for "the devs" to really dominate the genre. There aren't any really awesome fighting games out there.. Soul Calibur 2 looked pretty good but I didn't play it too much.
And the MK universe has been too polluted with bad writing and corny characters.. clean it up.
Edit: I mean't multiple character fights.. and now that I'm thinking about it, fighting games, and simply hand to hand fighting in general, is usually viewed from the same 2D perspective. It would be interesting if someone could change that.. especially with multiple character fights, and being able to control how you move 3 dimensionally, that would be neat.
