14 Video Games With SERIOUS Retcons

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Published on July 17, 2022 3:30:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3R-7SfgDE

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Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

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Retroactive continuity, or retcons for short, are narrative rewrites and adjustments. They’re an essential literary device, and in terms of video games it allows developers more freedom to mould an individual game’s narrative into a series’ overarching storyline. Problems can emerge in contradictions though, with the most ill thought out retcons completely altering a character’s backstory, motives, or behaviours, for instance. This, of course, has potential to upset fans who’ve grown enamoured with the character.

Now, to be clear, not all retcons are bad. The retcons in this rundown range from necessary, to minor tweaks, to wholesale changes, but it’s down to the individual if they’re perceived as worthy updates or not. The difficulty with retcons is they often undermine or ignore context, so they’re a tricky thing for story writers to get right 100% of the time anyway.

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