Haha, this thread is gold
I will try to play Devil's advocate here (because I like this)
MK9 was a game:
-where characters could bleed more than 20L each round (like in previous MKs)
-where fatalities where ultra violent and absolutely unrealistic (like in previous MKs)
-where some male characters have revealing outfits such as Goro, Kintaro, Shao Khan, Liu Kang, J Cage (like in previous MKs)
-where female characters have revealing outfits (like in the previous MK)
-where some characters are not even human such as Shokans, Edenians, Tarkatans.... (like in previous MK)
-where some characters could send fire balls or ice balls (like in previous MK)
So some people got upset, they wanted more realistic stuffs. So they ask for less revealing attire for female characters....err wait, what ?!
Oh ok, I didn't get that showing a piece of butt or breast was so much more offensive than decapitated somebody.
On a side note, I'm all for less revealing attire for some girls (I'm ok about Cassie, Jacqui...) but if people were offensed by Sheeva or Mileena'a attire in MK9, I suppose that they will be offensed by MKX Kano, Goro & Kotal's attire too (only in brief and/or nude torso) and speak about it
After all, if all female characters (human or not) should have "realistic" attire, I suppose it's the same for all male characters (human or not) too.
More seriously, when it's about attires, I prefer the way Street Fighter is doing: if you like revealing attires you can play Cammy, Sagat or Zangief. I you prefer less revealing stuff, then go for Chun LI, M. Bison or C Viper and everybody is happy.
And honestly, I'm not sure that attires have to be realistic when we're talking about VS fighting game, especially when we're talking about Mortal Kombat with all its other unrealistic stuffs (fatalities, violence, Non human characters...). And a piece of butt never killed anybody, especially in real life
That was my 2 cents and sorry for my bad english, it's not my natural language.
You put up some good arguements here and I agree with them.
Personally, I'm not offended by the female outfits in MK9. I just thought they were bad designs, like Kitana's and Sheeva's, and Sonya's outfit did not fit her character. If she had a white shirt underneath and lost the stiletto heels, then it would be TONS better and ALOT more fitting, imo. It was out of character for her to dress as she did in her main MK9 outfit.
My favourite Street Fighter character is Cammy. My favourite Killer Instinct character is Orchid. My favourite outfit for Mileena has been her MKD alt for a long time (right now, her MKX Kahnum outfit has won me over). I have absolutely no problem with sexy, scantly clad female characters.
And at the same time, I do like the same treatment to be given to male characters. Giving Scorpion a thong is out of character and bad design, just like it is out of character and bad design to give Sonya stiletto heels on her combat boots.
I'm no feminist. Due to so much backlash to the word "feminism" caused by these "feminazis", I have chosen to back away from that term. I prefer to be called an equalist. I believe all and everyone, no matter your gender, your skincolour, your sexuality, your religion, to be treated as equals and to all have the same rights in this world. But because we are not all the same, each person should be tended with individually. Because we are all people, but we are also all individuals.
And I like for that to be reflected on character designs as well.
Yes, Mileena has been shown as a sexual beast of an assassin in the later games. But in MKX, she is a Kahnum, she was the ruler of Outworld before she was dethroned. This game is NOT about Mileena being a sexual beast of an assassin. She is a woman fighting for her right to rule Outworld. Her designs reflect that, and they are indeed very good designs. I did like her MK9 main as well (her alt was a lesser version of her MKD main, so didn't really like that one), and it fit her in MK9, because she was an assassin for Shao Kahn and the leotard with thigh high boots and long gloves were kinda the uniform for them, as can be seen on Kitana and Jade as well. That is not the case in MKX though. However, just because she might dress less scantly doesn't mean she is less sexy. That's my opinion, anyways.
As for the bodytypes being more "realistic" - the models in MK9 did indeed need work. The broad shoulders, the lack of hips, it did give off a rather boyish figure which would fit some female characters IF they were meant to look boyish. Having two huge blobs of fat stuck to their chest on those boyish figures AND being dressed to show them off as seductive assassins... it just looked really odd on those models. Not to mention that some of their faces, both male and female, looked very off.
In MKX, the female models actually look like women. They still have big boobs, though maybe not just as big as in MK9, but now they also have the hips and more narrow shoulders to actually make them appear as feminine figures. The work on the models are better looking.
The same effort has been put into the male models. In MK9, ALL the characters looked like beefed up comicbook superheroes. In MKX, though yes, some of them still appear as such, there are now also some of them who look less so and more fitting their characters, such as Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Takeda, as mentioned earlier in the thread. Also, Quan Chi and Ermac look rather skinny compared to the rest of the male roster. I also find Raiden to look less buff than in MK9.
I don't necessarily want realism in Mortal Kombat. As said, it's about blood and gore, monsters and sorcery, interdimensional worlds and what not. But that doesn't mean the models cannot look more realistic for the sake of looking better. Of course, what is better is subjective, but this is my post and my opinion.
Sorry for the long post. ^^
Edit: Oh, and as Rico said, boob physics are all good and fun, but then I'd like the same treatment for male characters. Let them dongs wiggle in the pants, because that is what they do.
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