I wonder what his daughter’s ending is?
I wonder what his daughter’s ending is?
Oh you didn't do it.Wakanda ending was that?
Implying that slavery was the only thing holding Africa back, and not the rampant tribalism, the fascist, militaristic, oppressive dictators, the all-powerful warlords, the insane racism... Nah, all that goes away if we just stop slavery.
In addition, boiling down Jax's entire character that's formed over the course of the series to "black man" so he can go back in time to stop black slavery is actually a gigantic middle finger to people who actually like Jax. Jacqui's ending was far more profound and in line with her character, and made sense with her motivations. Why the hell couldn't Jax get that?
She obliterates herself from existence to go back in time and save Jax from ever dying and becoming a Revenant in MK9. He goes on to continue to serve and save thousands, not haunted by what he did under Quan Chi's control, but he never meets his wife and never has Jacqui as a result
MKX only sold 11 million copies, badly drawn endings and microtransactions are a necessary evil for such garbage sales.Badly animated-with-flash 2D cutouts for endings? Did they not make enough money with MKX?
These are pretty much my thoughts as well. It's ridiculously tone-deaf, and the only explanation is that they had a writer who's new to the series handle this part. It just feels so out-of-place, like, why the fuck are we suddenly talking about real-world slavery right after reaching a magical hourglass that lets us turn back time?Forget about SJW and right and left for a sec.
As a lifelong MK fan who owns every single game in this damn franchise, I understand why this is cringey.
Of course saving Africa and erasing slavery from history would be great. No one disagrees with that.
The thing is... why is MK bringing Africa as a subject to begin with? The real Earth was never a subject in this franchise. We know Special Forces are Americans and Liu and Kung are Asian. and that's it. MK is supposed to be a fantastic world filled with strange realms, monsters and weird creatures. It should be full sci-fi fantasy shit. I never once thought about our Earth when Earthrealm came up.
Earthrealm, to me, is not our Earth. It's like a whole different planet or alternate universe much like the Game of Thrones world which is not our world at all. OK, maybe Earthrealm is our earth after all. But when you have Outworld, Edenia, Netherrealm and countless fictional races and charismatic characters... why the hell should you bring up a real world problem?
This is what bothers people. Trying to turn MK into something it never was. It turn the series into some pedestrian story and it loses the mystique it once had.
Pretty corny ending. Kind of reminds me of how twisted metal ended their stories.
Not a bad ending. Don't really see the SJW stuff the op is talking about.
I don't know man, between Kano's ending and just how hilariously on the nose Jax's ending is, plus the obviousness of making the men scantily clad while the women are all covered up, is the whole thing a stealth parody of the SJW mindset?
You really have to wonder, if not though it's probably the stupidest example of an SJW game ever, here's hoping this is it's peak and we move away from this attitude in the future.
Implying that slavery was the only thing holding Africa back, and not the rampant tribalism, the fascist, militaristic, oppressive dictators, the all-powerful warlords, the insane racism... Nah, all that goes away if we just stop slavery.
In addition, boiling down Jax's entire character that's formed over the course of the series to "black man" so he can go back in time to stop black slavery is actually a gigantic middle finger to people who actually like Jax. Jacqui's ending was far more profound and in line with her character, and made sense with her motivations. Why the hell couldn't Jax get that?
I hope they are taking a doom eternal angle to poke at things a bit.
Badly animated-with-flash 2D cutouts for endings? Did they not make enough money with MKX?
Obviously. But the point is getting outraged by it is hypocritical.
The issue here is that you don't exactly need to be a purple haired, screaming Tumblrette to conclude, when presented with the chance to go back in time, that stopping the past slavery of your people is a decent idea. If there was a Jewish character who went back and murdered Hitler, I doubt anyone would really point it out.
He goes back in time and stops slavery and creates peace on earth?
Should rename it Moral Kombat
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Given that European colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade has made Africa what it is today (mind you, a continent that's larger than North America, most of Europe and other countries COMBINED), I think you're not giving the entire continent NOR it's people enough credit.
Not to mention I don't think you have a good idea of what pre-colonial Africa was like ... It was not much different than Europe.
But the continent wasn't given a chance to be left alone unmolested. Why NOT have just traded with them? Treated them as equals?
Lol. Go figure, we don't like characters we enjoy being reduced to nothing but the color of their skin in order to make some sort of bizarre, pseudo-enlightened, 'woke' political statement. Jax, the character, could have done any number of things with the ability to go back in time, but NRS decided that, because he's black, he should go back and stop black slavery, despite literally 0% of his character being attributed to that AT ALL, and Mortal Kombat as a series not even referencing it once.So ONE. SINGLE. ENDING. is enough for some of y'all to not buy the game?
Fascinating!
And I'm tired of discussing race on this board and the history of African Americans ... No one listens because what do I know about being black despite BEING black, having a black Family, black friends, black neighborhood, black experience...
Lemme cool down. Wu xia...
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Given that European colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade has made Africa what it is today (mind you, a continent that's larger than North America, most of Europe and other countries COMBINED), I think you're not giving the entire continent NOR it's people enough credit.
Not to mention I don't think you have a good idea of what pre-colonial Africa was like ... It was not much different than Europe.
But the continent wasn't given a chance to be left alone unmolested. Why NOT have just traded with them? Treated them as equals?
So ONE. SINGLE. ENDING. is enough for some of y'all to not buy the game?
Fascinating!
And I'm tired of discussing race on this board and the history of African Americans ... No one listens because what do I know about being black despite BEING black, having a black Family, black friends, black neighborhood, black experience...
Lemme cool down. Wu xia...
Perhaps the world has white people, it's just that they're separated from black people? But either way, it's a "we need a one race nation" or "we need racial separation" ending, isn't it?
It's funny how alike some "woke" liberals and literal white supremacists think about these matters.
Wait, he goes back in time and stops slavery?
But what slavery, just the white on african one, or the previous african on whites, other blacks, and everybody else in between?
Funny how some people still think slavery was invented 300 years ago.
Some day you should stop blaming the white man for everything.
Remember Japan? They were destroyed and colonized after WWII, and yet they have rised to be one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Russia on the other hand, while being much bigger than the entire continent of Europe, has become shit. Every continent and every country has been molested, because that's how the world works. But if you are capable, you are going to rise, no matter what.
Africa is fucked up and the only ones to blame are the africans for being incredibly incompetent and/or corrupt.
We just want this shit out of our games. Not 'black people', or 'women' or any of that shit, we want politics out. Gone.I’m not surprised at all that this forum is making a mountain out of a molehill. It’s not even a canon ending.
Who knew a wakanda-Esque world would trigger so many snowflakes
Conservatives biggest weapon. Whataboutism.
Gotta love back handed slights at white people... The guilt is not working leftists.
Damn, kinda sadShe obliterates herself from existence to go back in time and save Jax from ever dying and becoming a Revenant in MK9. He goes on to continue to serve and save thousands, not haunted by what he did under Quan Chi's control, but he never meets his wife and never has Jacqui as a result
everything points to a yes, since if you eliminate deportation due to slavery, that's where 'his people' would live.I've asked this before, I will ask it again. Does the ending takes place in Africa, or not? Because his two sentences of "living the American dream" and of course "I won't wait for people to get woke" do not refer to Africa.
What?! She goes back to save the black guy?! Why didn't she go and save a white guy? Why not Liu Kang? This is racism against asians!! Damn SJW pandering, of course she goes to save the only other black character to score SJW points!She obliterates herself from existence to go back in time and save Jax from ever dying and becoming a Revenant in MK9. He goes on to continue to serve and save thousands, not haunted by what he did under Quan Chi's control, but he never meets his wife and never has Jacqui as a result
Please, let us overthink this 2 mins static image slideshow that's not canon and is but one ending in a game where each character has their own.No, it's a terrible idea. As he himself says, it took multiple tries just to get his wife and kid back. He literally killed 8 billion people in his existing timeline to get 3 people in a new timeline.
My ancestors have been fucked over in history too. That doesn't mean I think killing the world for some sort of revenge porn fantasy is a good idea.
I think you're overblowing just how upset people are about it to try to trivialize the problem, and also confusing what the primary issue is.The mental gymnastics people are doing to make this insignificant, crappy ending a big deal is just stunning.
The fact anyone can be "upset" about a shitty, tacked on non-canon ending to an arcade mode is just silly. If this is making you "upset" you seriously need to reevaluate your priorities in game storytelling. I'd understand if this was the official ending, if it was how the MK series was now but it's not. No one should give a fuck about this and people only do because "TEH ES-JAY-DLB U's!!!" and not because of the deep flaws it had in respecting time travel etiquette. That is proven more than enough times in this thread. But hey, I'll hold you to this; Every other ending better be perfectly logical in the context of what should and shouldn't be possible with time travel or I expect to see you making breakdowns of those too.I think you're overblowing just how upset people are about it to try to trivialize the problem, and also confusing what the primary issue is.
I'm not only miffed about this because it's just shitty writing (which it is, by all counts), I'm miffed because the writers felt obligated to make some weird, poorly-thought-out political statement that doesn't even make sense in the context of time travel.
The fucked-up part is they understand the ramifications of messing with timelines, as shown in Jacqui's ending (a far better ending btw).
"Knocking it out of the park" on Jax's part is impossible. Stopping slavery and the export of black slaves as a whole changes so much about history there is no fucking way Jax or his wife are ever born, and there's also no fucking way they manage to meet up and have Jacqui. Even if he did succeed in this, most if not all of the white people he worked with, fought with and watched die for their country never existed, because America is fundamentally different now that a massive portion of its history has been rewritten.
The ending is trash for multiple reasons, and calling it 'mental gymnastics' to get upset by what is a simple lack of effort on the writers' part and blatant pandering at the expense of a beloved character, is kind of giving the devs a free pass, simply because you don't want to talk about the problem.
Your hurt feelings are wasted on such a trivial thing. I'm not even saying this in a "Video games don't matter" kind of way. I'll get pissed too at a game being ruined by shitty writing but when it's a non-canon, no context ending to an optional mode, I just don't care.The mental gymnastics people jump through here to diminish what people feel about this is what's really impressive here. Just cause you don't think something is important or don't like how someone feels about it doesn't somehow give you some kind of highground here. It just looks rude and childish imo.
Read the OP and most of the posts in this thread that hate the ending; It has nothing to do with good writing and everything to do with outrage.The problems with easy (as in they undo the objective wrong) shit like that is that you can't really criticize it without being called racists or downright fascist. Completely out of character move, only to be welcomed with open arms because slavery is bad.
But developers are entitled to put whatever they want in the work... I don't agree with the idea that 'everything is political', mantra really dear in some other places on the internet, but if a developer wants to make a political statement who are we to tell him not to do it? They put put money and effort in creating something, they deserve to mold it as they please.We just want this shit out of our games. Not 'black people', or 'women' or any of that shit, we want politics out. Gone.
"I'm not waiting a century for people to get woke" is not a line I needed to hear from my dumb fighting game about ripping people's spines out.
It could have been Johnny Cage giving an impassioned speech about 'All Lives Matter' with an 'It's OK to be white' sign in his hand, and I still would've wanted it out. This shit has no place in Mortal Kombat.
But developers are entitled to put whatever they want in the work... I don't agree with the idea that 'everything is political', mantra really dear in some other places on the internet, but if a developer wants to make a political statement who are we to tell him not to do it? They put put money and effort in creating something, they deserve to mold it as they please.
Of course you are free to not buy a videogame with politics on it, it's your money, but I really don't see what the big deal is even if even if the message doesn't coincide with your views
No one should give a fuck about this and people only do because "TEH ES-JAY-DLB U's!!!" and not because of the deep flaws it had in respecting time travel etiquette. That is proven more than enough times in this thread. But hey, I'll hold you to this; Every other ending better be perfectly logical in the context of what should and shouldn't be possible with time travel or I expect to see you making breakdowns of those too.
I've provided plenty of basis to that throughout the thread and it's on display for all to see. You literally say in your own post that it's the political message that bothers you. Then you say:You're discrediting other points people are making and saying they only care about the, as you say, "ES-JAY-DLB U's" but you're not providing any basis for that assumption other than the fact that you find their arguments and the entire subject to be 'trivial'.
What? You accept devs have the right to put political messages in their games, but not THIS political message. So trite, not even worth it. (Not allowed to say it). Do you even read what you post?I would accept this if the 'political message' they were sending wasn't so bloody trite.
So the implication is that Jax doesn't like slavery and given the chance would set it right? What part of Jax's character in the past games suggests he's A-ok with past injustices so long as he and his family are well-off and wouldn't want to create a world that's "better for everyone", which he says is the end result?The fact that the ending is non-canon has little bearing on the fact that it's still Jax's character making a decision to do something that's completely out-of-character for him, or at least, something that the last 27 years of Mortal Kombat have never even once alluded to being important to him. The events and results of the ending are non-canon, yes, but the implications for Jax's character are still there.
What a load of dismissive bullshit.Maybe if you find this discussion so ridiculous and trivial, you could simply choose not to participate, instead of hanging around and acting superior, like you're somehow above us even though you keep coming back?
What a load of dismissive bullshit.
This is just a way to say "your opinion isn't welcome, please leave". How about no? I'll say what I like, respond to who I like. How about you put me on ignore if my opinion offends you so much? Do you even know what "conversation" & "debate" means? This is no different than hand waving away a question with "I don't have to educate you". Ridiculous.
Lol. No, that's not the same thing at all. Now who's being sensitive?What a load of dismissive bullshit.
This is just a way to say "your opinion isn't welcome, please leave". How about no? I'll say what I like, respond to who I like. How about you put me on ignore if my opinion offends you so much? Do you even know what "conversation" & "debate" means? This is no different than hand waving away a question with "I don't have to educate you". Ridiculous.