About a month ago, I picked up Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks at Vintage Stock. I finished the first level, but stopped playing for some reason.
Just last week, I was bored and put it in again. Like I expect from Mortal Kombat, it contained mindless hilarious violence and fun, with plenty of over the top action and characters. However, the story is awful.
That doesn't bother me.
In fact, I think the bad story adds to it. It makes it seem more like an old Japanese action film, or Kill Bill. They're not particularly good, but for some reason you find them fun to watch (unless you don't. I guess it's all in taste.)
I haven't finished it, I'm stuck on the final boss(es). However, I also enjoy the horrible writing. Allow me to explain a hilarious cutscene due to the stupidity of it.
I was playing as Liu Kang, the main character, only because when I played as Scorpion I got pissed at everyone calling him Liu Kang due to the fact that Scorpion was only playable with a cheat code, so the game didn't modify itself much. So, I entered a room, and across a moat was Baraka (Who is pretty much a crazy sadistic mutant who has huge teeth, is always smiling, and has retractable blades in his arms). He was tormenting a civilian by impaling him slowly through the chest with one blade. Upon noticing me, he raised the man with one arm, impaled him with the other arm too, pulled his arm out, and stabbed the guy through the head, upon which he stopped squirming. Baraka then throws the man at my character, when Liu Kang kneels down by the body and says in a completely serious tone: "Are you okay?"
At this point, I had to pause the game so I could laugh at the utter stupidity of those 3 words. It was so out of place and ridiculous that I was having a fit of laughter.
So, honestly, the absolute stupidity of the game's story made what was originally a good action game into an excellent comedy game with plenty of over the top actiony fun.
So, now I ask you, has poor storyline and terrible acting ever improved a game for you?
Just last week, I was bored and put it in again. Like I expect from Mortal Kombat, it contained mindless hilarious violence and fun, with plenty of over the top action and characters. However, the story is awful.
That doesn't bother me.
In fact, I think the bad story adds to it. It makes it seem more like an old Japanese action film, or Kill Bill. They're not particularly good, but for some reason you find them fun to watch (unless you don't. I guess it's all in taste.)
I haven't finished it, I'm stuck on the final boss(es). However, I also enjoy the horrible writing. Allow me to explain a hilarious cutscene due to the stupidity of it.
I was playing as Liu Kang, the main character, only because when I played as Scorpion I got pissed at everyone calling him Liu Kang due to the fact that Scorpion was only playable with a cheat code, so the game didn't modify itself much. So, I entered a room, and across a moat was Baraka (Who is pretty much a crazy sadistic mutant who has huge teeth, is always smiling, and has retractable blades in his arms). He was tormenting a civilian by impaling him slowly through the chest with one blade. Upon noticing me, he raised the man with one arm, impaled him with the other arm too, pulled his arm out, and stabbed the guy through the head, upon which he stopped squirming. Baraka then throws the man at my character, when Liu Kang kneels down by the body and says in a completely serious tone: "Are you okay?"
At this point, I had to pause the game so I could laugh at the utter stupidity of those 3 words. It was so out of place and ridiculous that I was having a fit of laughter.
So, honestly, the absolute stupidity of the game's story made what was originally a good action game into an excellent comedy game with plenty of over the top actiony fun.
So, now I ask you, has poor storyline and terrible acting ever improved a game for you?
