Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon believes that the hardcore reputation of the fighting game genre has limited its appeal to a niche audience, but he still wants to add more mechanical depth to the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot.
Speaking with Gamasutra, Boon said that he doesn’t believe there is a large audience for “really complex [fighting] games,” and talked about his attempts to keep Mortal Kombat accessible.
“We really don’t want to put something in the game that 80 percent of the public will never experience or never be able to execute,” he said. “I think that’s a recurring thing that we’re really trying to keep in mind, is if the average person will be able to enjoy, experience or execute this move.”
