Before MKD was released, I was wondering about the story, anxious to see what Midway had in store for us next in the soap opera that is MK. I finished the game with all the characters and I can't help but feel disappointment. The endings don't answer many questions, and raise a lot more. MOST of the endings are contradictory and completely uninspired. There are exceptions that did catch me by surprise, like Noob Smoke's and Raiden's but the rest? Who is the 'destiny shaping force' in Ermac's ending? Who jolted Liu Kang? And why is the DK pathetic? He dies in most endings and has little to no substance, I have a feeling this is the last we see of him as in he's a one night stand boss similar to Shinnok and the DA. He's no Shao Kahn.
Speaking of Kahn, I was happy to see that he returns in ONE ending at least. Other favorites remain in the dark, Reptile? Where art thou Reptile? If all the other dead characters were restored to their former selves after the death of the DK, then shouldn't Reptile return?
What happened to Quan Chi and Shang Tsung? Are they truly dead?
What's even more disappointing is that MKDA built up towards something, it was a period of change but what does MKD do? Go back to square one. All the dead characters magically return to life. How shit.
I hope Midway does the right thing that leave some of the dead characters dead. Definitely they need to explore this new more Raiden. The Noob Saibot/Sub Zero thing is so clever and so shocking I'm happy it manifested into reality. I hope some of the Earth warriors remain dead, namely Jax, Sonya and Johnny.
I also hope that the DK survives for another game, where we can have an all out war between the DK, Kahn and the Earthrealm warriors. I should note however that I miss the MK tournament, we haven't had that in a while so Midway should do that soon, after MK7 maybe?
I just don't like the direction the story has taken. The DK was so hyped, the death of Liu Kang was so hyped. To turn your back on these strong story points is like a slap in the face.
When you kill off a villain, it's ok for them to return eventually (as long as it is done cleverly and realistically), cuz it's a villain - they never die (a good example is Megatron from Transformers or Mum'raa from Thundercats). Heroes never die but when they rarely do die, they should stay dead. Midway should have never brought back Liu Kang, the spirit Kang at least. The zombie Kang was a nice twist though.
/end rant