I'm usually always pleased and excited with what I see, but for the first time, I am actually "meh" to this video. I guess I just expected more from Raiden. Every character in this game has looked better, more interesting, and more fun to play as than ever before. Yet with Raiden, it just seems like...same old Raiden.
With that said, I am still happy with his chaacter, but he just doesn't excite me as much as many others so far. I like his looks, I like the way he plays, but I wasn't "wowed" by him like most others have. Many other characters took steps forward to make them better all around, but Raiden just seems like the same Raiden from MKvsDC for the most part. It's a shame, because the initial Raiden from the trailer looked great. He was taller, thinner, and sleeker, yet this just seems like the same one we saw in previous games.
It's not a bad thing, but it's not like he went above and beyond my expectations either. Liu Kang, Stryker, Ermac, Noob Saibot, Kano, Sektor, Cyrax, Johnny Cage, and Jax for example, have never looked better imo, and all have amazed me with their improvements. I expect the same from Baraka, Kabal, and Smoke. Raiden on the other hand, just doesn't have that factor. His X-Ray doesn't seem as creative as it could be, given his electricity abilities. His fatality is just another limb removal decapitation type fatality, instead of exploding his victim or turning them into ash. It's this kind of repetitiveness in fatalities, that makes me think they said "What can we think of that's brutal and uses all our cut points" rather than sitting around throwing out actual creative unique ideas on what each character can do with their powers. He just seems kind of dull in comparison to what he could be.
However, I know this is very likely old footage, as you can tell with the graphic quality and some bugs etc. like Baraka's skull turning into human. It's likely that this was made months ago, and Raiden has been greatly improved since. At this point, Raiden is just Raiden to me, nothing more and nothing less. I like Raiden, he's super fun to play as, and I have always liked his character, but he just doesn't have that improvement "wow" factor most other characters have had on me. So he isn't bad, but he just isn't amazing either.
