“The plot, such as it is, involves a big evil “God of Death” type fellow imprisoned in an amulet. And everyone’s really scared of him getting out. Even though the first we see of him, he’s getting his shit pushed in by Johnny fucking Cage.” - Yahtzee Crowshaw, in his review of Mortal Kombat X.
Why I do love the Majority of MK’s Villains, I will admit that alot of them don’t have that Time to Shine Moment, Yes Shao Kahn will always be the Most Popular Villain in the Franchise, it’s a shame most of them rarely have that Spotlight of a Dangerous Threat with some exceptions.
The mk 1 shao is a protector of his realm. A nationalist being who do care about the kingdom. The empire. He isn’t so power hungry. Until titan shang tsung persuaded him into ruling outworld as the emperor.
The Problem with Shinnok was really his underwhelming boss battle, if He was super hard then they still could have worked with Him being stronger than Khan & Liu Kang only being able to beat him because of Quan Chi's treachery, but because he is literally the easiest boss in MK by a wide margin no one was going to believe that. NRS tried to fix this with Corrupted Shinnok but they suck at writing so it didn't really matter.
"Not even Midway knew what to do with him after a certain point." As a Scorpion fan, I sooooooo relate. And yes, those 2,5 years that I've been a Mortal Kombat fan, I have come to the shocking realization that a lot of the series current issues have their roots waaaaaay back. It's however nice seeing you live up to that quote of yours. "If you like something, you must be willing to betray it and if it breaks, then may we can build it stronger than before."
