I feel like you haven't really been paying attention to anything at all in this game.
Eh, Seen a trailer here and there. Seems like same old same old. Style variations are pointless (Coulda just been more characters), and the rest seems like just minor combo tweaks.
Either way, bottom line is I haven't seen a character I liked yet.
Why are you surprised since when has a blurred pic ever turned out to be real?
That's because you haven't been paying attention. MKX has actually greatly changed: run mechanic, floater jumps makes jumping in dangerous, you can throw mid combo/juggle, and you can meter burn that throw for frame advantage.
Then you have all the character changes everyones normals have been changed, then the variations will greatly change how each character is played, and now we have some dedicated grapplers in the game as well. there might be even more after all of that.
Whether or not it will be better remains to be see but it will certainly be different.
to go over this again
Normals being changed isn't a big issue, everyones gonna need to relearn their characters anyway, just because its a new game. Jumping in was already dangerous because jump punches or just uppercutting or backdashing, any number of things, really. Variations, as I said, are largely novelty. Yes they will be different gameplay styles but my point is that all they did was make 3 different characters and slap the same skin on em and have em share a character slot. Just seems like content padding to me.
Run mechanic is redundant due to how fast dashes are (Plus so many characters having a near instant "dashing" attack anyway) in the first place.
And as I said, considering we already had dedicated grapplers before, I'm not sure what thats supposed to mean for MKX.
So far, doesn't look to bring anything really new to the table, as in, nothing worth making a full price purchase over yet.
Just speaking from first impressions off the trailers, is all. Not impressed by the (what looks like) superfluous tweaks to gameplay, and not seeing anyone on the roster I wanna use yet.