Mortal Kombat 11 General Discussion Media Thread

[JinCA]

As a Raiden player, in MKX I ALWAYS try a Brutality. His brutalities are great, his fatalities as said before are usually very bad.

The ones in this game seem to be great as well, I'm very pleased!

Now, another thing for story: have you guys noticed what Raiden says after the brutality?

In MKX he was usually "do not provoke a god!", but here he said "Find peace in death". Raiden would NEVER say this,not even first timeline Dark Raiden, this absolutely Dark Raiden corrupted by Shinnok.

This may be what they were talking about in story prologue: this may be the truth of death. I wonder why death would have cast him out of Heaven. But this also makes me wonder that Raiden is surely gonna kill everybody he thinks he must.

Thanks for posting this, all of Raiden's brutalities are better than his fatality I wish we could turn off the Brutality/fatality text so we can get nice clean share pics of the moves, same thing with motion blur.

 

[Prince Alucard]

Some guest characters are better than native MK characters. Like if the Predator was an original MK character, do you really think anyone would ask for Bo Rai Cho over him?


I've been playing MK since I was 3 years old, I used to draw it on all my notebooks in school, would beg for every new game and I've spent thousands of dollars on the series between statues, games and comics. That being said I am way more excited to see Pennywise as a dlc character than I am to see Sareena, Frost, Li Mei, Sindel or any of those other bums people want. Just because someone likes guest characters doesn't make them any less of an MK fan.

Yeah, I agree with this. Especially when it comes to characters that contribute nothing to the canonical story anyway like meat or mokap.

At that point it's between a character that contributes nothing to the lore, but is a popular icon that draws in sales. Or a character that contributes nothing to the lore and has a boring moveset.

Of course I'd always prefer a MK character that I like over a guest character and ideally I'd still like an all MK roster the most. But I tend to prefer guest characters over MK characters I don't care for. Though I do understand why people find guest characters to be annoying, especially in abundance and when some fan favorites are still absent. But I still think that the guest characters in MK are pretty fun.

 

[Misucra]

MK9 Character design lacked imagination and most of the females looked like a 14 year old boys fantasy. You don't need to have camel toe showing and strings covering your nipples to be sexy. Something tight and form fitting around a nice figure is sexy enough, Sonya's body looks good in her work out clothes in this game and Skarlet has an outfit that is actually sexy too regardless of how their faces look. They don't show a ton of skin but you don't need to do that to be sexy. As the tech evolves and characters get more realistic they likely want to shy away from the over the top nudity, especially with them being part of WB. People point to DOA games but those characters look like toys not people, MK going for a more realistic looking character models means they have to be careful. Yeah I know it's strange that we are talking about a game where decapitations and gutting people is considered a staple yet nudity is frowned upon but that's just how our society is and we have to change with the times.

I am myself a horror fanatic, but no way I am gonna accept. Violence is ok, naked body is bad.

And hell nah, it ain't society. It is a group of people who want attention. The groups of people that do their "reviews" and give out low scores if something doesn't match their political agenda. Also only US (for some reason) has issues with nudity. I don't remember Japan or even EU having issues with nudity in games.

For example. Conan Exiles game had to make a censored version for North America XBOX users, while in EU everything is fine. Nobody is afraid of a naked female or male body. Hell Germans have mixed Saunas (learned that the hard way) and nobody bats an eye.

The only problem I see is that US makes most of our favorite games. Hence why I got in Game Dev business myself "You want something done right, do it yourself"

Skarlet has an outfit that is actually sexy too regardless of how their faces look.

Sexy or not, for me personally it sucks as it doesn't look like something what Outworld citizen would wear. And especially a creature that was created while using Blood Magik.

 

[Guyver Spawn]

I hated the female designs in MK9 because I find it to be putrid fanservice garbage. I'm not even an SJW and I hate ecchi stuff. These outfits cool for teenagers who are horny at any women.

 

[Guyver Spawn]

Interview with Shaun Himmerick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqfqyxUbs8

He mentions that the DLC are going to gonna freak out and will say "Wow that's soo much content!!!".

 

[Yellow Ledbetter]

Thanks for posting this, all of Raiden's brutalities are better than his fatality I wish we could turn off the Brutality/fatality text so we can get nice clean share pics of the moves, same thing with motion blur.

His first fatality is a torture, it's so silly. His second fatality is kinda cool, but even the victory pose is bad. I wish they were creative with his fatalities as they were with his x-ray and his brutalities. I also wished his fatal blow to be something godly as his x-ray, I hope they change it (who knows, they changed it once!).

But his brutalities are absolutely sick. I'm very comfortable having at the least 3 of his brutalities at hand and all of them cool, even if I'm a Thunder God variation player. I only do a fatality if I miss the brutality.

I hated the female designs in MK9 because I find it to be putrid fanservice garbage. I'm not even an SJW and I hate ecchi stuff. These outfits cool for teenagers who are horny at any women.

I wish this was just some kind of non sense comment, but how could I disagree? I never saw arguments in favor of MK9 female designs that didn't sound perverted or that defended the obligation of MK to have virtual characters dressed as porn actresses for the sole satisfaction of horny eyes.

I remember the closer MKX got to be released, there was a mass discussion here because some users were complaining about boobs not shaking in the game. Apparently MK9 was better because boobs had movement and you could see more skin of a digital character.

To this day, I never found why this was important :quoties:

 

[JinCA]

I am myself a horror fanatic, but no way I am gonna accept. Violence is ok, naked body is bad.

And hell nah, it ain't society. It is a group of people who want attention. The groups of people that do their "reviews" and give out low scores if something doesn't match their political agenda. Also only US (for some reason) has issues with nudity. I don't remember Japan or even EU having issues with nudity in games.

For example. Conan Exiles game had to make a censored version for North America XBOX users, while in EU everything is fine. Nobody is afraid of a naked female or male body. Hell Germans have mixed Saunas (learned that the hard way) and nobody bats an eye.

The only problem I see is that US makes most of our favorite games. Hence why I got in Game Dev business myself "You want something done right, do it yourself"



Sexy or not, for me personally it sucks as it doesn't look like something what Outworld citizen would wear. And especially a creature that was created while using Blood Magik.

It's not for us to say what someone in outworld would wear, we aren't the ones in charge of creating that imaginary world. I did find those outfits in MK9 embarrassing just as I did Quiet in MGSV and I'm no SJW. It just looks so silly having women running around in that kind of outfit. They can show skin but butt floss and tassels doesn't cut it. Yes a lot of the men are shirtless so putting women in sports bras or crop tops is totally fine but outfits like MK9's along with the strangely made bodies just looked terrible IMO. These characters are fighting so having them in something that would just fall apart during a fight makes no sense.

 

[BBBLP]

I'm at work so I can't look into it. But I'm hearing Reptile got leaked somehow?

 

[Misucra]

I wish this was just some kind of non sense comment, but how could I disagree? I never saw arguments in favor of MK9 female designs that didn't sound perverted or that defended the obligation of MK to have virtual characters dressed as porn actresses for the sole satisfaction of horny eyes.

I remember the closer MKX got to be released, there was a mass discussion here because some users were complaining about boobs not shaking in the game. Apparently MK9 was better because boobs had movement and you could see more skin of a digital character.

To this day, I never found why this was important :quoties:

1. MK has a legacy surrounding sexy women.

Hence why people are used to that theme. It was literally used to sell stuff like this. So in this case I can kinda understand the people.

2. Females. Doesn't matter real or polygons. Men are coded to be obsessed with those curves. Hard coded. Trust me I know. I had to go through hell, just to get rid of that.

3. This might sound silly, but Thanks to those physics, models actually looked like they are bound by gravity in some way. MKX on other hand... not only terrible animations, but models seems static.

 

[Commander]

I didn't know that Reiko inspired such strong feelings from the community. I dunno why but I would have expected the loud fanclub to be for one of the female characters. Good thing I don't go on twitter I guess.

I'm the same way toward Reiko that you are to Fujin, I'm dying to see him in a new MK game, but if he's not in then he's not in. Simple as that.

Yeah, that 1 dude was something else.
Grade A d-bag that made the fanbase look horrible threatening Shaun Himmerick’s wife and daughter over Reiko not being in.
On social media (in general) people can just be toxic with “if X isn’t in I’m not buying,” and it’s annoying that it feels like the vocal minority who threatens not to buy if their favorite isn’t in is who they’re catering to for MK11.
Like you I’ll get MK11, regardless of who’s in, but I just hope that they haven’t discarded the remaining 7 MKX characters of that some can come back.
I think that characters like Takeda, Jacqui, D’Vorah and Kotal Kahn could also benefit from this whole custom variation thing.

 

[Yellow Ledbetter]

1. MK has a legacy surrounding sexy women.

Hence why people are used to that theme. It was literally used to sell stuff like this. So in this case I can kinda understand the people.

2. Females. Doesn't matter real or polygons. Men are coded to be obsessed with those curves. Hard coded. Trust me I know. I had to go through hell, just to get rid of that.

3. This might sound silly, but Thanks to those physics, models actually looked like they are bound by gravity in some way. MKX on other hand... not only terrible animations, but models seems static.

1. I see no problem having sexy women, but this cannot turn into a necessary matter in the game, specially because sexyness is subjective;

2. Well, I do know that as well, but when this actually starts to twist the game, I think we are going to a different point. Are people up to play to play the game itself or to get horny? PornHub is there for these ppl;

3. I do know, and boobs having movement never bothered me, it's cool tbh,as you said, it's part of gravity. But I couldn't believe people were fighting over boobs not moving, and it wasn't because of physics as someone like you seems to notice, it was because of wanking :burnout:

 

[Misucra]

It's not for us to say what someone in outworld would wear, we aren't the ones in charge of creating that imaginary world. I did find those outfits in MK9 embarrassing just as I did Quiet in MGSV and I'm no SJW. It just looks so silly having women running around in that kind of outfit. They can show skin but butt floss and tassels doesn't cut it. Yes a lot of the men are shirtless so putting women in sports bras or crop tops is totally fine but outfits like MK9's along with the strangely made bodies just looked terrible IMO. These characters are fighting so having them in something that would just fall apart during a fight makes no sense.

Nowhere did I say, how it MUST BE. Just stated my opinion as Outworld is clearly inspired by Middle East culture. Sand dunes, Sand structures, scorching heat, dangerous jungle biomes. Civilizations work in tribal fashion.

Skarlet doesn't represent any of that. She looks human, wears modern clothing, and not for one sec looks like an artificial creation. Lazy. That is my constructiuve criticism regarding art design.

I dunno why you brought up MK9 outfits and looks again. I think we all agree here, that they sucked. End of story.

But now they are going in a different direction. Different extreme and costumes look bland and boring. Everyone look similar to each other..

In short my biggest issue. They introduce these Realms, yet everyone looks same, no matter what realm they come from.

 

[Prince Alucard]

I'm at work so I can't look into it. But I'm hearing Reptile got leaked somehow?

Is it that one interview all of the news sites take out of context? The art director talking about Reptile's assist in the towers? Or is it a new leak I'm unaware of?

 

[Yellow Ledbetter]

Interview with Shaun Himmerick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqfqyxUbs8

He mentions that the DLC are going to gonna freak out and will say "Wow that's soo much content!!!".

LOL this dude went right into the point when he asked about putting anyone in the game, like Christopher Lambert.

Himmerick's face is totally suspect. I think the Shang Tsung speculation may be true indeed lol

 

[Misucra]

2. Well, I do know that as well, but when this actually starts to twist the game, I think we are going to a different point. Are people up to play to play the game itself or to get horny? PornHub is there for these ppl;

My colleague who is an actual nymph and she is into girls herself, explained this way:

Different fetishes. Some people don't need full nudity or actual pornography. Being able to play a half naked character or have an ability to see battle damage on your char, is a turn off for certain group of people.

Hence why so many females actually liked the game. Ironically it was the guys that were ing the most.

 

[BBBLP]

Skarlet's costume is stupid no matter how you split it. I understand that they're moving her away from being an assassin and more into a witch role, but Skarlet's whole thing is that she absorbs blood through her skin. How the hell is this achieved when her entire body is covered in loose robes?

Terrible design imo. And her face is so round and ugly that not even her old costume would look good on her.

It's upsetting to see that NRS still can't handle women. I've been calling for whoever designs them to be fired since Injustice 1

 

[Misucra]

Skarlet's costume is stupid no matter how you split it. I understand that they're moving her away from being an assassin and more into a witch role, but Skarlet's whole thing is that she absorbs blood through her skin. How the hell is this achieved when her entire body is covered in loose robes?

Terrible design imo. And her face is so round and ugly that not even her old costume would look good on her.

And this whole personality of hers just doesn't make any sense. She a bit too ambitious for an assassin. Talking about thrones and shit in MKX comic.

I thought she was gonna be a female version of those hooded figures from Mortal Kombat Conquest series. But nope.

 

[BBBLP]

Oh my god those dudes were so sick! Just taking out every MK character one by one

 

[Misucra]

Oh my god those dudes were so sick! Just taking out every MK character one by one

I know right? She could have been all of that. Literally Shao Kahn made her, by using Blood Magik (which he most likely acquired from Nitara's realm). She has everything needed to be on the same page as hooded figures.

The bloodier the battle, the stronger she is.

They could have made her menacing, mystical, shit they could even hide her face with a hood. But nooo. Instead we got an X-men mutant. With the most generic look.

 

[BBBLP]

She really does look like the most basic MMORPG character.