What MKX did in terms of generational gap, stepping up and going further is perfect! They went 25 years ( 17 was too much i presume for SC ;/ ) ahead and did a great job.
-They told us very great comprehensive story of what happened between those years in good story mode and of course all chars have their nice arcade endings
-They brought back veterans of the series like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, Johnny, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kano, Reptile, Kitana, Mileena and Raiden and made them different in all cool ways and even older
-Replacements are very nicely done cause we have ones with similar style: Kung Jin - Nightwolf, Erron Black - Sektor/Stryker, Kitana with Jade variation, Shang Tsung - Shinnok in one variation
-New characters exist with old in normal terms even if they look the same: Sonya-Cassie-Johnny, Jax-Jaqui,Ferra/Torr-Goro, Scorpion-Takeda
-They even listen to fans and make DLC of characters whose fans really wanted in forums - Tanya and Tremor
And look at this ad tell me what Namco did? NO FU CKIN SH IT. SC5 is barebone game with good mechanics, gameplay and pacing but that's it. It's 2010s years where are DLC characters Namco??? Why wouldn't you gave us Rock, Zasalamel, Talim, Yun Seong, Seong-Mina as DLC ones? Why? Are you fu ckin sell outs?
Uff I made it to the end. My last words are that Netherrealm made very good game with MKX, a new generation of MK game and must have for me! Peace