Why God Of War III’s Game Director Considers Kratos’ Mortal Kombat Cameo An Honor

6 responses to “Why God Of War III’s Game Director Considers Kratos’ Mortal Kombat Cameo An Honor”

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   Awnshegh

   March 16, 2011 at 10:13 am

   Ahhhh. Young days spent with bunch of mates in front of the telly playing SNES or Megadrive until the wee hours. MK, and it’s successors were always a friday night favourite.

   Surpsisingly not much has changed – Friday nights still involve the latest game(s). We just don’t have to huddle around a 15″ TV screen & keep the volume down so we don’t wake up the oldies.

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   Ben

   March 16, 2011 at 11:40 am

   Having cameos like this reeks of desperation and a lack of respect for their own franchise.

   The reason MK got bad after 4 was that it stopped taking itself way too seriously. They just started with the stupid fucking cart racing and loveless shitty fight engines.

   No. You need to respect your own game. Having random characters from other games cameo disrespects the franchise’s integrity. You can always tell a franchise is going down the tubes when they do this. Look at Soul Calibur – one AMAZING game and 3 increasingly shitty sequels chasing the achievement of the initial game.

   I admit it’s a cool thing to have such a character in the game, but it’s bad for the series and I have no respect for Ed Boon after this. To be honest Zombie Lui Kang was the most retarded shit in years; I assume that John Tobias was the creative talent behind the series, because after he left, all the new characters and ideas were just horrible.

   Boon got the lion’s share of credit, but in my view the evidence speaks for itself.

   with tobias: awesome
   without tobias: shit.

   To be honest I’m sick of being hurt by this franchise. MK1 on genesis was the first game I ever played at the tender age of 6, but I just don’t think I can do this again. I thought I could come home with this reboot, but this silly element will make me stay away.

   I wont be playing buying or playing this game – not after this.

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      weresmurf

      March 16, 2011 at 1:46 pm

      Disagree.

      It only becomes disrespectful if the character does not suit the franchise. Soul Calibur for instance BENEFITTED from having Yoshimitsu transition to it. Heihachi not so much. Why? Because Yoshimitsu suited it perfectly. Heihachi? Not at all.

      Kratos suits the MK universe to a tee. He’ll fit wonderfully.

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   2. 

      StrifeX87

      March 16, 2011 at 8:29 pm

      yeah mortal kombat has been pretty average since 3 but so what this mortal kombat looks amazing not only that, Kratos is the perfect addition to a Mortal Kombat game. I may live in Australia where adults get treated like kids but I will get this game 1 way or another don’t care what it takes.

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   3. 

      Neil Williams

      March 16, 2011 at 10:59 pm

      Did we play the same Mortal Kombat game? Mortal Kombat NEVER took itself seriously!

      You’re talking about a series that featured Babalities, Friendships, voice actors that would yell gibberish to accompany various moves, Dan “Toasty” Forden, modified palette-swaps as different characters, characters falling comically on their ass when tripped, over-the-top (for the time) T&A in regards to the female characters, and Fatalities and Brutalities that at times were comical in nature, would make the character explode into 20 ribcages, or both.

      Secondly, I agree with Weresmurf’s comment. Kratos is a character who is stained white with the ashes of his dead wife and child, who were killed by his own hand when he was tricked by Ares. He has served (and been subsequently screwed multiple times) by various gods his entire life, many of which he has then gone on to kill brutally. He has died at least twice, and managed to escape death each time by literally climbing out of the Underworld (as far as I know – I haven’t played GoW3 yet). Every single one of his family has been killed, either via manipulation of Kratos himself, or at the hand of a god. The gods even refused to let him kill himself when he felt he had nothing else to live for, as they still had ways to use him. If anything, Kratos is TOO dark and serious for Mortal Kombat.

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         Ben

         March 18, 2011 at 12:18 am

         I said it always too itself way too seriously – so seriously that it was ridiculous and stupid.

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