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My boy Reptile looks cool but also lol Stryker
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Not sure if this means anything to you, but to me, this means the game is gonna own https://twitter.com/SonicFox/status/1687548834271150080
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Aug 7, 2023 00:57
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Crowetron posted:My boy Reptile looks cool but also lol Stryker Stryer looks awesome and they just owned the MK3 design which is great
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Aug 7, 2023 00:58
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I like how, at least at the start of the story, all the OG ninjas are good guys now. Sub-Zero seems like the only one who might turn at this point. Ermac might be evil when his dlc drops, unless they bring back the "Ermac is Jerrod" plot from MK9.
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Aug 7, 2023 00:59
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Alright so we get human Reptile and Turok enemy Reptile, everyone wins Unpopular opinion: Ashrah needs her hat back and Havik should have his skull face. They both look more generic now.
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Aug 7, 2023 01:00
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man nurse posted:Alright so we get human Reptile and Turok enemy Reptile, everyone wins I mean, he's still sorta skull-like: 
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Aug 7, 2023 01:06
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his mouth is just muscle instead of bone now..
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Aug 7, 2023 01:10
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Who is everyone besides reptile? Not really a fair evaluation seeing I watched it on my phone but the sfx seem very bad.
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codo27 posted:Who is everyone besides reptile? Ashrah and Havik from the PS2 era. Also kameos Stryker and a devil lady?
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I liked Havik as more of a completely hosed up lich, so I also don't vibe with the more human look. Making Ashrah more demonic in appearance makes sense, but yeah, give her the hat and veil back dangit. Also I noticed that in Ashrah's reveal, they're fighting in a more tranquil-looking Living Forest, but when they reveal Havik, they're fighting in what looks like an alternate version of Living Forest, where everything's way more hosed up. I wonder if we're gonna be getting alternate versions of other stages, or maybe stages that phase back and forth between realities. codo27 posted:Who is everyone besides reptile? Ashrah and Havik are from MK Deception. Ashrah's a demon who began earning salvation by killing other demons. Havik has popped up since, in some different endings in the last game or two. He's a cleric from Chaosrealm who just wants to spread disorder across the universe. The person fighting alongside him is Sareena, who first showed up in MK Mythologies. She was a member of Shinnok's Brotherhood of Shadow who switched sides to help Sub-Zero defeat Shinnok, and she was killed for it. She's popped up on occasion as "Oh right, this person's kind of a character) in things like a lovely GBA port of an MK game, MK Armageddon, and in a cutscene in MKX or MK11, I can't remember. Jamesman fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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codo27 posted:Who is everyone besides reptile? Ashrah is a demon from the Netherrealm (at least originally) and Havik is a cleric of chaos from the Chaosrealm. Both were introduced in Deception, and then other than Armageddon, never really mentioned again.
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What's with Johnny's armor and sword in the trailer? Is he just trying to look cool for the big adventure?
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Rhonne posted:What's with Johnny's armor and sword in the trailer? Either that or they're doing something pretty dumb with Kenshi.
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Jamesman posted:I liked Havik as more of a completely hosed up lich, so I also don't vibe with the more human look. Making Ashrah more demonic in appearance makes sense, but yeah, give her the hat and veil back dangit. Bring back yin yang island, aka the best stage from deception.
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Aug 7, 2023 01:22
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widespread posted:Either that or they're doing something pretty dumb with Kenshi. Kenshi is right there next to him in that shot. You can see his hand on Johnny's shoulder.
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Rhonne posted:Kenshi is right there next to him in that shot. You can see his hand on Johnny's shoulder. Oh. Right. Maybe a disguise for Johnny Cage since in some other shots he's wearing other weird armor. I dunno. Guess we'll see September 19th.
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Jamesman posted:Making Ashrah more demonic in appearance makes sense, but yeah, give her the hat and veil back dangit. They should have just copied her super 80s look from that new Johnny Cage movie. EDIT: Actually, it's appears Ashrah has her hat in another shot  Guess it'll be an alt costume. Rhonne fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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Johnny changes his outfit a lot in these trailers.Rhonne posted:They should have just copied her super 80s look from that new Johnny Cage movie. Hopefully as an alt costume.
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Aug 7, 2023 01:30
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Reptile's redesign is a cool step in what his overall story has been throughout the years. The first bunch of games have had him as a lowly servant to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Shinnok and also being used as a pawn by Nitara and being the host body for Onaga. He's constantly being treated like poo poo as a henchman. Then MKX has him in Kotal Kahn's crew and he fits in better. He and Kotal have a genuine respect for each other. He's happier. So then Liu Kang decides to just have Reptile start off as part of the hero crew. He's better off, accepted, and appreciated. Unbound posted:Ashrah is a demon from the Netherrealm (at least originally) and Havik is a cleric of chaos from the Chaosrealm. Both were introduced in Deception, and then other than Armageddon, never really mentioned again. Well, Havik made a couple ending appearances over the years.   And Ashrah is about to show up in the new animated MK movie.  Rhonne posted:What's with Johnny's armor and sword in the trailer? In this reality he collects old warrior stuff, like the sword belonging to Kenshi's ancestors, so I'm sure this is something he dusted off to go on adventures with.
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Gavok posted:Apparently Sareena has been redesigned as a devil woman you'd see in a 1990s music video. Her friendship is painting herself on the side of a van.
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I also wonder if they'll have more than two fatalities per character
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Gavok posted:So then Liu Kang decides to just have Reptile start off as part of the hero crew. He's better off, accepted, and appreciated. Johnny seems super impressed by his abilities, I hope they become buddies and he tries to get Reptile to appear in his movies.
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Oh_no_hes_hot.jpg Coquito Ergo Sum posted:I'm glad there are less robots/cyborgs now. Big same, my favorite roster of all time is 9 but this game might win out by replacing some of that game's chaff with surprisingly good reinterpretations of 3d era jobbers and losers who seem to fit the tone of this game much better than if they tried to cram a robot into it I dont mind seeing them on the kameo side of the roster and if they show up as main roster DLC later to make Ketchup and Mustard happy then that's cool, but not having to jam cyborgs into this game's setting and story has me pretty thrilled. Same with Kano and Sonya on main roster, since it's looking more and more like they might not be showing up- those two have been way overdue to sit out a game even if Kano is usually good for a laugh
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the cyborgs are perfect Kameos because they have cool little moves and power ranger outfits but they are in no way interesting enough to be central characters. Just need a complete revival for shitzombie Drahmin now.
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YES! HAVIK!! CHAOSRELM IS BACK!!!
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They're killing it on these designs, very simple but effective makes me think of the flavor of MK1 and MK2 which were my favorites. Reptile especially looks so good.
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If Reptile’s EX ball doesn’t either double bounce or corner carry I’m gonna be very sad Also I’m betting Johnny’s suit is some kind of timeline jumping thing because Kenshi is in one too at the start of the trailer
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Sort of making Reptile a big-body-boy was unexpected but I think I like it. The guy can't catch a break, though. He went from being the only remaining member of his race to being outcast from his people for being a fleshy.
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Wonder if Hotaru will show up if Havvik is in. There is a lot of dumb stuff in MK lore but I think the dumbest is Orderrealm and Chaosrealm
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Suspicious Cook posted:Sort of making Reptile a big-body-boy was unexpected but I think I like it. "The whole humansona thing is kinda cringe bro"
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Turns out no place in reptile town would hire him due to the facial tattoos.
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oswald ownenstein posted:Stryer looks awesome and they just owned the MK3 design which is great It even sounds like they made an effort to give him an MK3 style voice with the kind of pinched-throat "HuH!"-s.
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Yeah this is what I was waiting for and now I can begin to get hyped. This version of Reptile is just *chefkiss* with how he swaps between his natural form and his human form for some of his moves looks so seamless, very impressive. I'm happy Havik's there being Havik but I'm not sure I'm ready for the level of body horror he's going to bring at this level of graphical fidelity. I hope that I can stomach it when the game drops.
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Orv posted:Also I’m betting Johnny’s suit is some kind of timeline jumping thing because Kenshi is in one too at the start of the trailer I thought it was fairly obvious from context that Johnny and Kenshi are keeping a low profile on some kind of Outworld infiltration op.
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Wanderer posted:I thought it was fairly obvious from context that Johnny and Kenshi are keeping a low profile on some kind of Outworld infiltration op. Yeah but that’s also way too straightforward for MK it’s gotta be something dumber
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I like the low grab/chomp that Reptile does, with the alligator roll animation.
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Orv posted:Yeah but that’s also way too straightforward for MK it’s gotta be something dumber I'd argue that MK, particularly post-MK9, is crazy, but not stupid. While there are a lot of really goofy elements of the world, like how MKX involved Sub-Zero having to very seriously use the phrase "cyber-ninjas" more than once, the characters in it tend to act with reasonable care and intelligence in their respective situations. There are a couple of obvious exceptions, like that one bit in Jax's MK9 chapter where he takes time out during a dangerous situation to beat the living poo poo out of Johnny for a while, but MK is about as intelligent as it can be for the kind of story it's telling.
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Wanderer posted:I'd argue that MK, particularly post-MK9, is crazy, but not stupid. My argument for you is that dumb and stupid are two different things in storytelling. Demolition Man is dumb and thus fun. Time Cop is stupid and so fun but also stupid. Yes this is a theory entirely predicated on B action movies
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I like that Havik doesn't just look like Dollar Store Skeletor now. And I can already tell the best kombo will be Peacemaker and Stryker.
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Ashrah: I have learnt to control my demon heritage by purging almost all evil from my soul. Lui Kang: So you don't respond to conflict by inflicting violence on others. Ashrah: No. Lui Kang: So while you will use force when necessary, you won't resort to the overwhelming fatalities that other seems to use. Ashrah: No. Lui Kang: Then what evil have you banished. Ashrah: *chuckles* Oh you know. That sort.
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