not gonna lie, first thing I thought when I played that was “damn I wish other fighters did this”. I played single player for like 2-3 days with that game, before even thinking of MP. SOOOOO pissed I left it at my buddies house 
my buddy reminded me that they did something similar with MK vs DC. I tried to drink the memories of that game away, but I do recall the story was at least playable there too.
MvC3 needed more options, period. MK basically tried to make the Halo of fighting games. TONS of options, whether it be single player, or multiplayer. Gimme 1v1 and 2v2 and a GOOD story mode in MvC3, and I would shit myself with glee. As it is, we get a prequel comic, some videos, and a story released by Capcom. Oh and endings that are generally random and have little to do with the “story”.
MK9’s story hooked me, not gonna lie. You knew what would happen, but they honestly found a way to keep you on your toes.
and obviously I lol’d at Sindel ripping everybody to death. That literally came out of nowhere. Seeing as she was my main during the MK3 days, I was fucking thrilled to watch her run through the entire cast like nothing.
Jax???
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Seriously? Jax dies by a stiletto to the neck, after having his arms EXPLODE earlier???
the only and I mean ONLY thing I hated was the lack of fucking fatalities in story mode. How can you tease about it all the time, yet never go all the way??? I understand death is a one way ticket, technically, but in a game where Quan Chi ressurects pretty much whoever he wants, either who cares, or kill off characters that rarely got used towards the end, like Kano. I mean, if Shao Kahn can easily survive a fucking arm through his chest, whatever.
also, did anybody else WTF when you had your first Goro/Kintaro endurance match? I still haven’t seen the [media=youtube]iTD0dYfBlrI[/media] outside of youtube. Shao Kahn has one BADASS one, and the two shokan’s fatalities are incredible.
Still mad they won’t really let us play as the bosses. I could care less about ranked usage, but lemme fuck around with em in player matches and single player. Hell even put a “no goro/etc” option when creating a room. I just wanna fuck around with em.