Regarding the johnny cage fatality, i think its important to note that he uses the ripped of torso to get the head bouncing up again so he can catch it.
He did seem pretty generic in MK2 without the metal arms.
He was in MK2?
He was.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
I liked Jax in MK2.
It's like, sometimes the metal arms are replacements, othertimes they're overamor for some reason. And then since, hey, metal arms, guess who almost never wears a shirt ever, or any armor anywhere else on his body? Christ, in DA they gave him oversized goggles and a berret. And a Stryker machinegun.
I guess my problem is that Jax has kind of become his metal arms. That's really where he begins and ends as a character. Which just might be the simplest characterization in the series. And we don't even know HOW he got those damn arms, just, suddenly, hey, got some shiny arms, woo
He was just a powerhouse in MK2. His moves consisted of picking people up and slamming them back and forth over his head over and over again, picking up a person and just repeatedly wailing on thier face, hitting the ground so hard it hurts anyone standing around, a fucking backbreaker, ard making a SONIC BOOOOOM.
He was just a powerhouse in MK2. His moves consisted of picking people up and slamming them back and forth over his head over and over again, picking up a person and just repeatedly wailing on thier face, hitting the ground so hard it hurts anyone standing around, a fucking backbreaker, ard making a SONIC BOOOOOM.
Jax's back-breaker made him one of the most overpowered characters in MK2. He had anti-air priority over every single other character in the game, which was sick. I never liked playing as him, but I hated playing against him. Especially since my favorite tactic is to abuse the turn-around-kick.
Jax was pretty generic in MK2. they shoulda played up his strength, made him something like the strongest man on earth or some shit. Instead, they gave him metal arms and turned him into something of a terminator rip-off. He got all these strange powers that didn't make very much sense... firing missiles from his hands? Being able to turn his arms into t-1000 style blades? Growing into a giant?
Just not a very well thought out character.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited September 2010
A lot of the fatalities in 3 didn't make much sense.
Jax was pretty generic in MK2. they shoulda played up his strength, made him something like the strongest man on earth or some shit. Instead, they gave him metal arms and turned him into something of a terminator rip-off. He got all these strange powers that didn't make very much sense... firing missiles from his hands? Being able to turn his arms into t-1000 style blades? Growing into a giant?
Just not a very well thought out character.
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
I would LOVE to see Jax as 'strongest man on earth.' I mean, there: Suddenly he's the Hercules of Mortal Kombat. Anyone wants to know why Jax is around, all you have to say is that he's the strongest man alive. So he hits things. Hard. Just dump the Special Forces junk, the 'Outworld Investigation Agency' or whatever, because before you know it all the 'good' characters have a secret volcano base with a computer in it and live together. Can't he just be a strong guy that does cool shit because he can? Go on adventures and thwomp outworld critters, and occasionally brutally kill ninja in hand-to-hand combat for the fate of the world.
Jax was pretty generic in MK2. they shoulda played up his strength, made him something like the strongest man on earth or some shit. Instead, they gave him metal arms and turned him into something of a terminator rip-off. He got all these strange powers that didn't make very much sense... firing missiles from his hands? Being able to turn his arms into t-1000 style blades? Growing into a giant?
Just not a very well thought out character.
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
I would LOVE to see Jax as 'strongest man on earth.' I mean, there: Suddenly he's the Hercules of Mortal Kombat. Anyone wants to know why Jax is around, all you have to say is that he's the strongest man alive. So he hits things. Hard. Just dump the Special Forces junk, the 'Outworld Investigation Agency' or whatever, because before you know it all the 'good' characters have a secret volcano base with a computer in it and live together. Can't he just be a strong guy that does cool shit because he can? Go on adventures and thwomp outworld critters, and occasionally brutally kill ninja in hand-to-hand combat for the fate of the world.
Shit, I would have love to see Jax as the strongest man on earth combined with Kabal's story. I.E. he's NOT a chosen one, he's just this hyper strong mother fucker who was able to repel Shao Kahn's army by shear strength alone and keep his soul.
That alone would have made his character ten times more interesting.
It's your heart, that I've ripped out of your chest with your own arms.
Look again.
You heart is now diamonds!
Do doo do do doo do do doo.
I'm on a Centaurian.
Less funny but more accurate.
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No-QuarterNothing To FearBut Fear ItselfRegistered Userregular
edited September 2010
I hated Motaro. In fact I didn't like a whoooooole lot of MK3 till they made UMK3.
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Speaking of Sonya I'm actually interested to see how she'll look/ play. And yes, even though they apparently made her into pornstar Shyla Stylez, she does look pretty cool in MKvsDC. That notion of "what's old is new again" that Boon or whoever, has been floating is becoming truer and truer.
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Do mall cops have guns?
And tasers capable of making people explode?
If they do this weird uppercut motion with their baton, is their target thrown like 15 feet behind them?
If their awesome
Speaking of redesigns. I hope Sonya and Jax got one.
I always hated their pants. Looked like they were going to Jazzerize.
Man.
I think he's suffered the most. They can't even agree on his face from game to game.
Dude needs a distinctive design, and maybe get rid of the metal arms.
Just give him metal arms and USA pants. Combine MK2 and 3.
He was in MK2?
He was.
It's like, sometimes the metal arms are replacements, othertimes they're overamor for some reason. And then since, hey, metal arms, guess who almost never wears a shirt ever, or any armor anywhere else on his body? Christ, in DA they gave him oversized goggles and a berret. And a Stryker machinegun.
I guess my problem is that Jax has kind of become his metal arms. That's really where he begins and ends as a character. Which just might be the simplest characterization in the series. And we don't even know HOW he got those damn arms, just, suddenly, hey, got some shiny arms, woo
Jax's back-breaker made him one of the most overpowered characters in MK2. He had anti-air priority over every single other character in the game, which was sick. I never liked playing as him, but I hated playing against him. Especially since my favorite tactic is to abuse the turn-around-kick.
Steam | Live
Unless you were lui kang who could kick the shit out of him with his air fireball.
Also, slightly off-topic, but your sig, holy shit. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE nostalgia rush for me, I had Neko running on my windows 3.1 desktop ages ago.
Wow.
You can download a remake of the neko program for modern Windows, if you're so inclined.
Back on topic: I really don't remember much of Jax besides his metal arms. If they remove them, he'll be generic fighter to me.
I do wish they could go back to the MK2 clothing for the female ninja based characters.
Just not a very well thought out character.
Just has this bored look on his face while waiting to grow
I've still got him running about chasing after my cursor in Win7. Just gotta run it in compatibility for Win 95.
Oh and uh. MK is awesome.
Steam | Live
is better than this
That second one looks like dolph lundrin (SP?)
But still a mall cop
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THANK YOU. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
I would LOVE to see Jax as 'strongest man on earth.' I mean, there: Suddenly he's the Hercules of Mortal Kombat. Anyone wants to know why Jax is around, all you have to say is that he's the strongest man alive. So he hits things. Hard. Just dump the Special Forces junk, the 'Outworld Investigation Agency' or whatever, because before you know it all the 'good' characters have a secret volcano base with a computer in it and live together. Can't he just be a strong guy that does cool shit because he can? Go on adventures and thwomp outworld critters, and occasionally brutally kill ninja in hand-to-hand combat for the fate of the world.
Shit, I would have love to see Jax as the strongest man on earth combined with Kabal's story. I.E. he's NOT a chosen one, he's just this hyper strong mother fucker who was able to repel Shao Kahn's army by shear strength alone and keep his soul.
That alone would have made his character ten times more interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfwLPu5Autw&feature=player_embedded#!
Look away, back again.
Your arms have been ripped off
Look down, back up.
You are now being beat to death with your arms.
What's in your hand? Back at me.
It's your heart, that I've ripped out of your chest with your own arms.
Look again.
You heart is now diamonds!
Do doo do do doo do do doo.
This could work
But it might work better if he was Terry Crews
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I'm on a Sonya.
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Speaking of Sonya I'm actually interested to see how she'll look/ play. And yes, even though they apparently made her into pornstar Shyla Stylez, she does look pretty cool in MKvsDC. That notion of "what's old is new again" that Boon or whoever, has been floating is becoming truer and truer.