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The visual evolution of Mortal Kombat's roster
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How is the PC version? I'll probably be getting that over the PS3 version unless there are glaring issues I should be aware of.
I honestly haven't tried it, hopefully someone who has will let you know here, or it may be worth a read through of the MK9 PC OT (I'd link it for you, but I'm having trouble finding it).
Buckethead
Banned
This thread is a nostalgia trip.
I think their 1st or 2nd takes are generally the best.
The best design is typically the most elegant and simple.
I think their 1st or 2nd takes are generally the best.
The best design is typically the most elegant and simple.
Blech. The simple ones tend to be extremely boring. Shredder Sub is best Sub.
It's really good. No slowdown (except for when recording certain characters with FRAPS, no idea why) and it looks pretty. All the costumes are unlocked from the start, including the one you get for beating the challenge tower, so that may take away the experience but the challenge tower is still amazing. I can't comment on online but I haven't heard the best about it. Graphics wise, clean as hell, except for the story mode cutscenes, which are compressed movie files and not in-engine for whatever reason.
KidGalactus
Member
Somewhat impressed that the designs are consistently worse with every revision.
Bullshit. The latest MK has some of the best designs.
RedAssedApe
Banned
worse designs are the ones where they try and get too elaborate (i.e. the scorpion ones) and they just end up looking like they are trying to hard
MisterHero
Super Member
Remember when people were like HOLY SHIT ANOTHER NINJA EXCEPT HE'S GREEN or COMPLETELY BLACK or GREY.
REPTILE HAS THE POWERS OF BOTH SUB-ZERO AND SCORPION
SMOKE'S UNLOCKABLE IN MK3 AAAAHHHHHH
Being a kid back then was so awesome.
REPTILE HAS THE POWERS OF BOTH SUB-ZERO AND SCORPION
SMOKE'S UNLOCKABLE IN MK3 AAAAHHHHHH
Being a kid back then was so awesome.
Lmao. It holds a special place in my heart because it was my first MK. Didn't know people disliked it.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Love some of the evolutions. Especially on Sub-Zero/Scorpion.
Essentially at some point everyone in the MK universe started hitting the roids though.
Essentially at some point everyone in the MK universe started hitting the roids though.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Only issue I really had with the mk9 designs were the girls were a bit too slutty, and female faces are still very iffy for the unmasked characters. Granted, some of the girls looked overall very tasty, most of the designs did make my wife roll her eyes.
God bless it for cosplayers though.
Everything else was fairly solid I thought. Called back to their iconic designs in many cases, while being updated to give each their own personality.
God bless it for cosplayers though.
Everything else was fairly solid I thought. Called back to their iconic designs in many cases, while being updated to give each their own personality.
Xrd is an unreal engine game and has ignored all its limits, I don't think that's a valid excuse.
Perfect.
Slamtastic
Member
A new game means new designs! How do you rank them compared to previous ones?
I have to say, I prefer 9's Sub-Zero, but X's Scorpion is one of my favorites already. The AssCreed inspired blade is funny, but overall there's something about X's design that really sells the "ninja" angle, feeling less armored/layered than designs of the past and finding the right cloth/leather balance, second in that regard only to MK1/2.
Sub-Zero is the opposite, he went from a cloth outfit in 9 to the padded/quilted look that the series has had in the past, and I think it's a step back. I also prefer 9's belt.
I have to say, I prefer 9's Sub-Zero, but X's Scorpion is one of my favorites already. The AssCreed inspired blade is funny, but overall there's something about X's design that really sells the "ninja" angle, feeling less armored/layered than designs of the past and finding the right cloth/leather balance, second in that regard only to MK1/2.
Sub-Zero is the opposite, he went from a cloth outfit in 9 to the padded/quilted look that the series has had in the past, and I think it's a step back. I also prefer 9's belt.
GrayFoxPL
Member
False Witness
Member
Sub looks kind of dull. Of course, I always tend to prefer more complicated designs like Shredder-Zero.
You missed some belts.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Wow most of these MK designs are utter garbage.
MK Ultimate/MK3 = best designs.
However, I'm liking MK X so far.
MK Ultimate/MK3 = best designs.
However, I'm liking MK X so far.
Amazing
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Learn something new everyday..time to do some research..
I really really like the direction they are taking so far. They both look better than ever and their costume/body proportions seem great.
What's more, the idea that characters have multiple variations that will impact tactics and fighting style sounds incredible. I know that one of the games (or more) had multiple fighting styles that could be switched on the fly, but the description WB state makes it seem like something likely to be different to what we have seen so far.
It could be interesting to see if such character variations alter the characters looks/animations etc as well.
What's more, the idea that characters have multiple variations that will impact tactics and fighting style sounds incredible. I know that one of the games (or more) had multiple fighting styles that could be switched on the fly, but the description WB state makes it seem like something likely to be different to what we have seen so far.
It could be interesting to see if such character variations alter the characters looks/animations etc as well.
I hope this does not mean, the Deadly Alliance/Deception in fight fighting style change, that was just silly.
skatebored
Member
Sonya's teeth
Sonya from MK1 to MK4 wore the same kind of clothes female MMA fighters wear except with less skin exposed. She was fine. Got a uniform in DA which I thought looked terrible and would suck to fight in. Then it went to shit in Vs DC
Hibiki Rush
Neo Member
Post John Tobias-era character designs: not good
Yeah, the one thing I hope to see change in terms of characters' appearances would be for the female characters to at least make a small amount of sense based on their background. Also the female characters have gone so far over the top, it's just bad.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
why you get bodied in all the trailers?
damn, now i can't unsee it either.
show us better then?
Beat Em Ups are a different genre, but the Vita version of MK9 is great.
see above.
Missing the best Scorpion
the goddamn cat ears. It was funny then, and it's funny now. Now we need a reminder of how disturbingly buff Johnny Cage is... along with his great crouching kicks.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Am I the only one that actually likes the female character designs of MK9? That whole game is a 14 year old boy's wet dream, so their sexualization isn't a problem thematically, and I honestly don't get the claims of them being ugly.
What the hell, everyone else?
What the hell, everyone else?
Uh...
The body is pretty much a man's body with boobs and a narrower waist.
The face looks like something made with Demon's Souls editor instead of modeled by an actual modeller to resemble a woman. Also, man jaws.
Not to mention Kitana is supposed to be stunningly beautiful, in MK9 she looks like MJ.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Uh...
The body is pretty much a man's body with boobs and a narrower waist.
The face looks like something made with Demon's Souls editor instead of modeled by an actual modeller to resemble a woman. Also, man jaws.
Not to mention Kitana is supposed to be stunningly beautiful, in MK9 she looks like MJ.
That looks like every American comic book woman to me. Like, identical.