It's nice that they also gave Raide some attention here. It feels like he's been just the punching bag in most of these trailers so far.
Sindel looks pretty cool and I'm glad they seem to make her good this time. I did not like thag MK11 tried to say she was always evil, I like her natural state being a good guy. Her Hai in-game looks amazing.
Shao looks sweet. Scary, intimidating, and recognizable. Not in love with the horns, but all the rest I'm here for.
I was expecting to be the most hyped for Ashrah, but after seeing this, I'm actually most excited for what they did with Reptile. I never, ever thought they'd give him his "human" camouflage again, and I haven't really liked his designs very much since they got rid of it. But giving it back to him and allowing him to transform into his reptilian form at will will is such a great idea that I think scratches the itch for both versions. And I like him being able to speak in full intelligible sentences too. Plus he's on the good guys' side? Yes!!
Ashrah looks decent. I was sad to see her hat missing, but in one of the story scenes she actually does have a hat on. I really hope her hat is a toggleable gear piece for all her oitfits. It looks like at one point Kung Lao, Johnny, Kenshi, Ashrah, and Reptile are being pursued by Outworlders and have to disguise themselves, except Reptile who goes invisible. They appear to have a knocked out Quan Chi with them too, also disguised.
Havik is back, and his design is similar to his classic outfit but also somehow looks younger. His fatal blow is really good. It definitely looks like he is less neutral, more villainous this time around. Seems he has some kind of goal to kill one realm to free another. His scene takes place in the coolest looking stage in the game so far.
We also see some other outfits for some characters. Kitana, Mileena, and Li Mei appear in more regal gear, and I like that outfit for Li Mei a lot more. Johnny and Kung Lao appear in some kind of armored suits. Also we see Kenshi now wearing a blindfold in-story and Johnny assisting him in navigating along. I wonder if Kenshi will permanently lose his vision again, or if it's a temporary loss, i.e. burns from Reptile's acid before they team up.
We have seen Kenshi in his suit, Shaolin training gear, his red and black trenchant, and now in his Outworld disguise. We have also seen Johnny in his collared shirt, martial arts gear, armor, and Outworld disguise, meaning there seems to be at least 4 unique skins per character not including palette swaps.
Despite Elon being insane, the idea of brain-computer interfaces could be really great. I'm thinking of people with disabilities or debilitating injuries. This could enable prosthetics with full dexterity that you can control. It could be life changing for some people.
I don't know if that is the first thing Elon is aiming for, but any breakthroughs in the technology that could lead to it becoming a legitimate option to improve people's lives, I think would be a good thing.
I like this one. It makes me happy to see Geras seemingly more free willed and for him and Liu Kang to actually have a sort of friendship. Geras was the one new character from MK11 that I thought was pretty cool and had more potential, so I'm glad they brought him back. I also enjoy his design more here.
But the real kicker was that Liu Kang fatality. Dang, that spaghettification was lovely.
On a political and governmental level, I'm not proud at all personally. There is very little that our government did that I think should inspire the rest of the world to follow suit. Maybe stopping a few terrible things that it should have never been doing in the first place, but that's hardly anything to be proud of when it's long overdue and with still plenty of other bad things that it's starting or failing to stop.
But as far as the people who live here go, there are a lot of them that I am proud to know and be around. There are some great people here, and maybe they are partially influenced by some good deeds from the country's past, or at least the ideals it promoted. Not government leaders thag would affect things on a large scale, but genuinely good people who make things more bearable for those in their vicinity. Ironically some of them are in demographics that this country is not currently respecting or defending enough.
Man, I hate to be negative but that Ermac design really needs some help. MK9 and MK11 designs for him were both really cool. I didn't care for MKX's though. But this is just another level. I really hope they show off different skins for him, and that some look more like MK9 or MK11 versions. And hope they elect to make one of those his default.
I think Takeda looks cool though. I do look forwad to seeing more of him. Quan Chi looks a lot like he did in MKX, just toned down a bit.
Lots of cool stuff here. I am kind of excited at the potential of Baraka being a more sympathetic character. He looks great too. MK11's version was also great and this is a nice build from there.
I have mixed feelings about Li Mei and Tanya. I think some of what made Li Mei interesting was she was kind of this niave village girl who rose to fight when her village was oppressed; I wonder if they will be able to make her similarly interesting considering she was a warrior from infancy and is in a position of power this time. I also wish they gave her a little more interesting design; maybe thag purple bandana she had in MK Deception, just to make the costume a little more unique.
Tanya also feels like a very different character than the cunning and playful traitor of past games. I also feel like they were leaning towards an Egyptian-inspjred character design before. But MK1 it seems like they just went full noble royal guard with her, and while there is nothing wrong with that character archetype, it just makes her feel like a totally different character. Besides wearing yellow, I don't think he seems very much like Tanya.
Both of them have interesting looking gameplay though. I especially liked Li Mei's fatality, turning you into a human firework. LoL
Sure! Tons of exposure. Exposure to the sun, the outside elements, vicious corpal punishment. The list goes on and on!
My teachers were pretty cool and they made sure to refute any positive spins people tried to attribute to slavery. Some kids came in thinking slave owners treated their slaves just like family, and the teachers shut that right down.
I'm worried about the education system. I bet those same teachers would have gotten into trouble for saying that now, being that it is apparently against the curriculum. I always thought that outside media was misleading and that education was supposed to be the truth. Now it seems like education is misleading, and it is a scary scary thing that outside media might be leaned on to learn the truth.
I'll be honest I did not watch MTG's speech, and I don't know the full context. But I don't understand how that stuff is supposed to sound negative. She actually wrote that down and had someone proofread it and no one said "actually, this kinda makes it sound like he's doing good things"
If he is in as a playable character I hope they give him a more rugged look. His Kameo outfit is a remake of his MK1 look, but I think they forget that Kano was not clean shaven in MK1; he had stubble and greasy looking slicked back, receding hair. It was his MK3 look that had him clean shaven.
I think a greasy unkempt look does well to show off his sleazy backstabbing criminal ways. Some of my favorite designs of his were MKX and MK11's. Hid Deadly Alliance alternative outfit was a really good remake of his MK1 look.
I also like the clean shaven look, to show his military prowess. In MK3, he was a specialist for Shao Kahn's side due to understanding Earthrealm's tech and weaponry, and he even ended up becoming a general for Shao Kahn. For the clean shaven look I prefer it accompanied by more dark colored tactical looking attire. The sleazy greased up look can go with pretty much anything though.
"Sorry babe, but your canthal tilt is wayyyyy off and I highly doubt your IQ is within the required 7 points of mine (15 points would be acceptable of you rated 7 or higher on the objective attractiveness rating scale)".