NoobSaibot5 Wrote:
I'm making this post with a calm, level headed mind. I've attempted to read every page up until the last one to try and estimate the overall reaction was to his inclusion, but I got bored (and slightly put off) by the antics of members of this forum. All I can do is an offer an opinion which will be most likely glossed over in a sea of complaints.
First and foremost, I can't differentiate which is more surprising. The inclusion of Freddy? Or the spite shown towards other fans within an online community? Members here are more interested in deliberately rubbing salt into others wounds as opposed to actually talking about a guest character they claim to like. Which is why I hate the idea of guest characters. There are members who like Freddy and are happy to have him included, but there are also members who are just as entitled to voice their complaints as anybody else. To make potshots at them when they're fully entitled to do so is not only quite childish but incredibly tasteless.
Many members have posted with comments like "your tears are delicious" and "lol u buthurt?" rather than actually contribute towards a discussion, and I'm begining to notice that it's often the exact same members doing it on a repeat basis. If this is the prevailent mentality on MKO lately where people are relishing the opportunity to fan the flames and troll other unhappy members then I can completely understand why other members like Jaded Raven (regretably) would leave the site. This is why I'm openly against guest characters as in most cases it just encourages a parasitic mentality in a lot of "fans" of the franchise where they feed off the character's disdain and do their best to encourage it. The exact same behaviour emerged with Kratos's revelation, and it's nothing to be proud of.
Having said all of that, my own personal feelings on the matter are mainly just confusion. Freddy? He just seems like an odd choice to me. He's bested by powerless teenagers in nearly every movie he's in and displays no combatitive apptitude or talent unless his victim is asleep. Though he's a hollywood classic, he hasn't been in the public eye or truley relevant in a good few years and as far as I'm aware he's not due another movie appearance any time soon. It's just a bit of a random choice to me, which I can't really understand.
The only plausible reason I can think of which validates his inclusion is that WB know he'll generate interest from horror fans due to the fact he's a household name and hope to draw in more consumers by including him, which to me, does sort of portray itself out to be a sell out that they'd use a renowned hollywood horror villain to make a profit in a mythical fighting game. You'd never look at Freddy in one of his movies and ever think to yourself that he'd fit in as easily as Quan Chi, Sub-Zero or Jade to the Mortal Kombat mythology. He just seems very out of place bar from the fact he likes killing.
I have no intentions to download him but I wont disrespect those who do. I've watched the movies before and it effectively gave me insomnia for 3 years in my childhood, so let's just say he's not held in the most endearing light in my eyes. Bar this, I also personally don't feel like he fits the mould and am already quite content with the roster now that I have Rain, Skarlet and Kenshi. Either way I only payed for three characters and I got the three I wanted, so happy days. If the compatability pack offers outfits for characters I use, I'll be happy to download it and take my chances at facing him online. But for now, I'd prefer not to include a guest character on my own copy of the game that I've no interest in playing as.
Whether I complain or not, he's in the game now, and nothing changes the fact NRS made it that way. At least Kratos is associated with swordplay, fantasy and war in his own franchise. Freddy is of the horror genre, not Kung Fu, Sci-Fi or Action. I just find it a bit cheap on their behalf that they'd use a notorious figure with no association towards martial arts whatsover to draw additional revenue in a fighting game. That however, is lemon drops compared to how bitter a flavour some of the members here would leave you with. For those trying to goad other members into arguements by deliberatly insulting them, I actually feel embarrased for you that that's the pinnacle of how you spend your spare time. Moderators should ban them for purposely trying to evoke negative reactions as it's what's fuelling the shit storm.
I enjoyed reading this and I can only say I agree.
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