It’s hard not to obsess over tiny details the glowing kick that ended her “Fancy Footwork” string can now be done by itself by pressing back and X (on PS4) and can combo into special moves, which makes it useful against jumping opponents. I went with the second choice because I believe in our heart of hearts, we all appreciate a good dab.Īs I start fighting, I test out a few of her moves and find many of her attack strings, things I’d committed to muscle memory, are either gone or significantly altered, making her feel like a house with the furniture rearranged. She also had a little drone with her, which was weird.
The three default variations had her in a mix of outfits one, called “Come At Me,” featured the military getup she wore in one of the first trailers, another, “Get Dabbed On,” had her in a thick, white futuristic battle armor, and the third, “Kombat Kid,” sported a hot-pink visor and track jacket. Then, as I sat down to play Cassie to take on a tower of time (the game’s other single-player mode), my initial impression was mixed. Less nonchalant and more juvenile, perhaps. It seemed to hamper that cool demeanor I’d come to love about her. She was a big part of what made that character who she was.Įrica Lindbeck is donning the role this time around, and while her acting and delivery in these scenes is up to snuff, I couldn’t help but be bothered by the difference. I loved Ashly Burch’s take on the character in Mortal Kombat X the way she exuded a confident nonchalance about fighting, shouting things like “these are $500 shoes!” after kicking her opponent into the ground. When I got to play through the first chapter of the story mode at recent preview event, one of the first things I noticed is Cassie's voice actor had changed. It’s like getting to see an old friend again after a few years and being excited by the new hobbies they might have gotten into, or the their new place. Maybe their gameplan is different in a way that makes them even more fun to play.
Maybe old moves have been buffed, or maybe they have new ones to play around with. Maybe they’re sporting a new look that makes them even cooler. It’s about seeing how characters have changed for the latest entry. Reveals like the ones NetherRealm has been doling out this year are about more than reassuring fans of something they already know. Did anyone really think Sub-Zero or Johnny Cage wouldn’t make it the roster of Mortal Kombat 11? And yet, when I got to finally saw Cassie Cage, one of my favorite characters in the series, return in Mortal Kombat 11, I can’t deny I was excited to see her again. In that piece, I pointed out how a major part of big fighting-game series’ marketing is unveiling which fighters from the last entry are going to make it into the new one, even when it’s characters most people never doubt. A while ago, I made the case that fighting games rely a little too much on nostalgia.
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