I wish they'd bring back Nitara. She was fairly unique as a vampire bat lady, but I guess Scarlett is taking some of her spotlight now as a blood freak.
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No-QuarterNothing To FearBut Fear ItselfRegistered Userregular
I wish they'd bring back Nitara. She was fairly unique as a vampire bat lady, but I guess Scarlett is taking some of her spotlight now as a blood freak.
It’s a little weird. Somehow throwing vampires into Mortal Kombat doesn’t entirely jive with things. I’m not sure why, other than all the extra baggage that comes with vampires in most settings.
I wish they'd bring back Nitara. She was fairly unique as a vampire bat lady, but I guess Scarlett is taking some of her spotlight now as a blood freak.
It’s a little weird. Somehow throwing vampires into Mortal Kombat doesn’t entirely jive with things. I’m not sure why, other than all the extra baggage that comes with vampires in most settings.
I agree, with the caveat that if they made it like a very eastern culture inspired vampire archetype that could work (I guess this would be more a ghost type vibe). MK is at its best when it's borrowing from that kind of visual pool, with the human characters providing the "big trouble in little china" western contrast.
However dvorah and skarlett feel like they fill the slots. Maybe a dlc character?
Also another thing in the new footage is 2 new stages! I love the stages in MK games, they're as important as the character selection to me. In that bone palace thing you can see shinnoks head powering some sort of device
I got a massive hit of mk3 nostalgia seeing Kabals high kick with his back to the screen animation, I haven't played mk3 since I was a kid when it first came out, but somehow I recognised it right away
Prohass on
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
I love Mortal Kombat’s stage design, especially when it’s put to use to advance what’s going on in the story.
This might sound crazy, but I'd like even fatalities to carry story elements. Like not every fatality, but I'd like if the finishing moves matched the style or attitude of the character, and maybe each they had one that reflected something about the character's specific path. Like we have these intros to fights now, what about outros?
I'd also think it would be pretty damn cool if there were Assist Fatalities. Like imagine Scorpion summoning a non-playable character to perform a fatality on an opponent. But something character specific like that, not like Liu Kang summoning Shao Kahn or something that wouldn't make sense for the characters involved (unless, of course, in some future MK game things change so much that Shao Kahn and Liu Kang do end up allied, like a face/heel turn, and that would be awesome.
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AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
Kabal looks kinda generic now. I actually miss his old mask and hair. It was kinda doofy looking but it was distinct.
Kabal looks kinda generic now. I actually miss his old mask and hair. It was kinda doofy looking but it was distinct.
The mask looks too much like the cyber ninjas to me. I kind of liked the Tusken Raider goggle eyes of his old mask.
I'm sure it'll be a kustomization option, so I'm not bothered by the new look. Just, if someone showed me that picture without any context my first thought would be along the lines of "Oh, Sektor and Cyrax are getting a new friend?" rather than "Huh, Kabal is in".
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
Now I’m just imagining Kabal wearing Sektor.
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AbsalonLands of Always WinterRegistered Userregular
D'Vorah's new default look is shoddy as all good goddamn. Her MK X look was just fine and leagues better. Hope the face can be switched around.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
That D’Vorah redesign honestly looks like it started as a different character and then was reworked to be her. Those dreads look nasty and not in a good way.
D'Vorah's new default look is shoddy as all good goddamn. Her MK X look was just fine and leagues better. Hope the face can be switched around.
A lot of redesigns for this game are definitely leaving me a bit cold. Hopefully that won't be an issue with the customization.
I'm hoping that the customization options are why they seem to be doing so many big changes to the character appearances. They know that the classic look is still an option, so they're trying to step out of the box with their new designs.
A character like D'vorah doesn't exactly have a lot of pre-made options from previous games (given she was only in the last one) so I can easily seem them making a bunch of new and different designs for people to pick from, in addition to something closer to her old look.
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reVerseAttack and Dethrone GodRegistered Userregular
I hope she gets a lot of funky antennas as customization options.
In before a collab with Capcom to give her a Darkstalkers Q.Bee costume. Complete with petrification/shatter fatality and stinger brutality.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
...I suppose I could understand Netherrealm trying to create more baseline character designs that serve as jumping-off points for the customization options going into MK11. They want you to want that cosmetic gear.
I wonder if they'll back door some characters in via Skins/Abilities like in Injustice 2.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
There’s an unburned, maskless Kabal look circulating thay actually looks pretty cool. I almost wish they’d just gone with that version and called it a day.
There’s an unburned, maskless Kabal look circulating thay actually looks pretty cool. I almost wish they’d just gone with that version and called it a day.
This video right here. Apparently they're calling him "Karlos", because of course they would.
Karlos is just the name of the loadout. The guy in the video controlling the character was named Carlos. It was all on the livestream they did earlier in the week.
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AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
Have they shown any D'Vorah or Kano gameplay?
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
Doesn’t seem so. It’s been a little weird with then flashing promo stills. No clue why that would be, except being some way to announce fighters ahead and then really reveal them later.
Achievement list on Steam may have accidentally leaked most of the roster. There are achievements for doing two fatalities with a character; however the code for the achievements only has 3 letters for the character's name, so it's still a bit of a guessing game.
Spoilers below.
BAR - Baraka (CONFIRMED)
CAS - Cassie Cage?
CET - ?
DVO - D'Vorah (CONFIRMED)
ERR - Erron Black?
FRO - Frost?
JAC - Jacque Briggs?
JAD - Jade?
KAB - Kabal (CONFIRMED)
KAN - Kano (CONFIRMED)
KOL - ?
KOT - Kotal Khan?
KUN - Kung Lao or Kung Jin?
LIU - Lui Kang
RAI - Raiden (CONFIRMED)
SCO - Scorpion (CONFIRMED)
SKA - Skarlet (CONFIRMED)
SON - Sonya Blade (CONFIRMED)
SUB - Sub-Zero (CONFIRMED)
TER - ?
That's only 20 characters, and I think the selection screen has 25 so it's not the full roster. Especially given it's missing Geras. And Shao Khan, but he's basically DLC.
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I’ve wondered if there might be any moves Ed Boon could make to reconceal secrets and surprises in the modern age of datamining.
I wish Kano wasn't in it, I've never really liked him, he's probably my least liked of the original group
Kano is fine. He’s just, you know. Never really been anything noteworthy. His big deal was having a metal eye and the ability to pull out his opponents’ heart, and these days there’s tons of more interesting characters that can do both. His last big development was when he became Australian, and since then?
In one ending of a more recent game he turned into a computer virus that took over all of Earth’s military forces.
That’s about it.
Kano makes Stryker look like Johnny Cage.
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AbsoluteZeroThe new film by Quentin KoopantinoRegistered Userregular
I was watching the MK9 cut-scenes the other day to try and remember what the hell happened with the plot and I really wish they had gotten Cary Tagawa to do Shang Tsung's voice. The dude they got just doesn't sound right at all, not after years of "IT HAS BEGUN" running on loop in my head.
Kano's "thing" is supposed to be being Sonya's arch-enemy. They just really have done anything with that concept since MK1.
Right. He gave a reason for her character to show up. Try as they might to do something (more Black Dragon members, fighting a ‘Red Dragon’ clan, giving him an evil eye beam attack, etc) to evolve Kano, he’s just kind of there. He’s scarcely part of the greater power struggle of MK, and it’s almost unthinkable for there to be an MK title where they have Kano but no Sonya, or vice versa.
Kano's "thing" is supposed to be being Sonya's arch-enemy. They just really have done anything with that concept since MK1.
Right. He gave a reason for her character to show up. Try as they might to do something (more Black Dragon members, fighting a ‘Red Dragon’ clan, giving him an evil eye beam attack, etc) to evolve Kano, he’s just kind of there. He’s scarcely part of the greater power struggle of MK, and it’s almost unthinkable for there to be an MK title where they have Kano but no Sonya, or vice versa.
i can see sonya without kano. she is now part of the larger save the world team. kano is still just a random mercenary/thug and replaceable
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The multiple timelines let them do whatever they want with characters.
He's basically a violent Flash. I love it
Almost like a.... Reverse Flash.
It’s a little weird. Somehow throwing vampires into Mortal Kombat doesn’t entirely jive with things. I’m not sure why, other than all the extra baggage that comes with vampires in most settings.
I agree, with the caveat that if they made it like a very eastern culture inspired vampire archetype that could work (I guess this would be more a ghost type vibe). MK is at its best when it's borrowing from that kind of visual pool, with the human characters providing the "big trouble in little china" western contrast.
However dvorah and skarlett feel like they fill the slots. Maybe a dlc character?
Also another thing in the new footage is 2 new stages! I love the stages in MK games, they're as important as the character selection to me. In that bone palace thing you can see shinnoks head powering some sort of device
I got a massive hit of mk3 nostalgia seeing Kabals high kick with his back to the screen animation, I haven't played mk3 since I was a kid when it first came out, but somehow I recognised it right away
This might sound crazy, but I'd like even fatalities to carry story elements. Like not every fatality, but I'd like if the finishing moves matched the style or attitude of the character, and maybe each they had one that reflected something about the character's specific path. Like we have these intros to fights now, what about outros?
I'm sure it'll be a kustomization option, so I'm not bothered by the new look. Just, if someone showed me that picture without any context my first thought would be along the lines of "Oh, Sektor and Cyrax are getting a new friend?" rather than "Huh, Kabal is in".
Come on, if you're going to hack my fanfic google drive, at least try not to spoil the good bits.
A lot of redesigns for this game are definitely leaving me a bit cold. Hopefully that won't be an issue with the customization.
I'm hoping that the customization options are why they seem to be doing so many big changes to the character appearances. They know that the classic look is still an option, so they're trying to step out of the box with their new designs.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
This video right here. Apparently they're calling him "Karlos", because of course they would.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntXvPIHal98
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Doesn’t seem so. It’s been a little weird with then flashing promo stills. No clue why that would be, except being some way to announce fighters ahead and then really reveal them later.
With the new Pet Semetary trailer out, you could have a Gage + Cat combo.
Alt skin 1: Ellie + Cat.
Alt skin 2: Bully + dead dog from Pet Semetary 2
Coran Attack!
Spoilers below.
CAS - Cassie Cage?
CET - ?
DVO - D'Vorah (CONFIRMED)
ERR - Erron Black?
FRO - Frost?
JAC - Jacque Briggs?
JAD - Jade?
KAB - Kabal (CONFIRMED)
KAN - Kano (CONFIRMED)
KOL - ?
KOT - Kotal Khan?
KUN - Kung Lao or Kung Jin?
LIU - Lui Kang
RAI - Raiden (CONFIRMED)
SCO - Scorpion (CONFIRMED)
SKA - Skarlet (CONFIRMED)
SON - Sonya Blade (CONFIRMED)
SUB - Sub-Zero (CONFIRMED)
TER - ?
That's only 20 characters, and I think the selection screen has 25 so it's not the full roster. Especially given it's missing Geras. And Shao Khan, but he's basically DLC.
Those are Steam achievements, so they can change at any time. Boon could (and may) have thrown in a bunch of fake shit in there to confuse people.
Kano is fine. He’s just, you know. Never really been anything noteworthy. His big deal was having a metal eye and the ability to pull out his opponents’ heart, and these days there’s tons of more interesting characters that can do both. His last big development was when he became Australian, and since then?
In one ending of a more recent game he turned into a computer virus that took over all of Earth’s military forces.
That’s about it.
Kano makes Stryker look like Johnny Cage.
Right. He gave a reason for her character to show up. Try as they might to do something (more Black Dragon members, fighting a ‘Red Dragon’ clan, giving him an evil eye beam attack, etc) to evolve Kano, he’s just kind of there. He’s scarcely part of the greater power struggle of MK, and it’s almost unthinkable for there to be an MK title where they have Kano but no Sonya, or vice versa.
i can see sonya without kano. she is now part of the larger save the world team. kano is still just a random mercenary/thug and replaceable
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