If you see the signs and ignore them, you can only blame yourself when you are inevitably disappointed. Any chance of a revival or your favourite series returning to form is effectively nill- forget about it and just remember the good old titles that make you happy.
Muh ReALiSm: It's a game about people ripping each others' spines out in Mortal Combat- fighting other realms for the survival of your own, but titty armour is too unrealistic?
Growing up: Oh, we want a mature beat-em-up with cartoonish levels of gore and ultra-violence. Right.
Lore revision: Can't have any stronk wahmen ever show weakness or be perceived as less than a man in any capacity; re-write that shit so her motivations no longer make sense or have the same impact.
Don't give these assholes that hate you and your hobby any money, ever. If they aren't making games or adding elements "because it's fun", then it's not worth your time. Rule of Cool is the only creative law a spectacle fighter should follow.
Mortal Kombat X was a turning point after they hired She-Burch and got rapidly converted.
Status: Converged
If you see the signs and ignore them, you can only blame yourself when you are inevitably disappointed. Any chance of a revival or your favourite series returning to form is effectively nill- forget about it and just remember the good old titles that make you happy.
Muh ReALiSm: It's a game about people ripping each others' spines out in Mortal Combat- fighting other realms for the survival of your own, but titty armour is too unrealistic?
Growing up: Oh, we want a mature beat-em-up with cartoonish levels of gore and ultra-violence. Right.
Lore revision: Can't have any stronk wahmen ever show weakness or be perceived as less than a man in any capacity; re-write that shit so her motivations no longer make sense or have the same impact.
Don't give these assholes that hate you and your hobby any money, ever. If they aren't making games or adding elements "because it's fun", then it's not worth your time. Rule of Cool is the only creative law a spectacle fighter should follow.