I've been thinking about this for a while.
The games... well, I like them, on a surface level. But they're so overly gory these days that it severely diminishes my enjoyment. It was one thing when it was cartoon skulls flying all over the screen, but watching people get realistically ripped into pieces in the most torturous way possible is not at all entertaining.
But what is entertaining is the story, and the characters. They've created this great old school martial arts movie atmosphere with just the right amount of B-grade cheese. Characters grow and develop between games and I actually find myself becoming attached to fighting game characters beyond how cool they look or how good they play. It has it all - ancient ninja organizations, mystical objects, separate realms (including Heaven and Hell analogues), and of course, martial artists with psuedo-superpowers.
With how good the stories in the games are, I really think they should get a shot on some sort of other screen, whether it be the big one in the movie theater or the smaller one on our PCs or TVs (in a non-game form).
What do you think?
The games... well, I like them, on a surface level. But they're so overly gory these days that it severely diminishes my enjoyment. It was one thing when it was cartoon skulls flying all over the screen, but watching people get realistically ripped into pieces in the most torturous way possible is not at all entertaining.
But what is entertaining is the story, and the characters. They've created this great old school martial arts movie atmosphere with just the right amount of B-grade cheese. Characters grow and develop between games and I actually find myself becoming attached to fighting game characters beyond how cool they look or how good they play. It has it all - ancient ninja organizations, mystical objects, separate realms (including Heaven and Hell analogues), and of course, martial artists with psuedo-superpowers.
With how good the stories in the games are, I really think they should get a shot on some sort of other screen, whether it be the big one in the movie theater or the smaller one on our PCs or TVs (in a non-game form).
What do you think?