[SUB-ZERO Wrote:
As an animator and 3d modeler in a game developing studio I can tell everyone that in Motaro's case the game engine is not a problem. They should model him with 4 legs and as a low polygon character, it would cost 200 or maybe 400 more polygons. PS2 can handle 2 million polygons/sec easily and more. So when they make the model, they have to make new rigging for him, because they can't simply copy-paste the ordinary character rigs from other characters. It's a bit more time and money but not as much. When they make the new riging for him, now coms the keyframe animation, because they cannot use motion capture for him. This is also a bit more work but it really isn'T so hard. Because he is a sub boss, he don't need aerial combo. In MK2 Shao Kahn can't jump but it is not a problem because he is balanced elsewhere. In MK3/UMK/Trilogy all the bosses like Shao Kahn, Motaro, Kintaro, Goro. All of them can'T do combos which is main part of this series but they are still playable. In MKDA Moloch can'T do combos neither jump-kick or stuff like that but he is also ok. As for the side moving, I saw in lot of movies when centaurs turned around and it could be also done easily. So all in all it could be done with a little more money and time. But as I see, this new MK team on the top with Ed Boon has a strategy like this:"Try to make an MK for those stupid fans with the lowest amount of money and make big profit with cheap ideas." This is why I like Japanese games more, because for japanese, honor and quality is on the first and second place, money is only the third. MK team has no honor neither quality. For MK team money is on the first, second and third place. I'm a classic MK fan and I liked the game tll it was developed with the old MK team with Tobias on the top. Now it is all about money without quality. It's not about lazynes, the guys who work there are payd to make everything what is needed. The decision is in Boon's hands who choose always the cheaper way. Of course this is only my personal opinion but everybody try to judge himself. I'm just an old, disapointed MK fan. Peace!

ps: sorry for my bad english

smaddy Wrote:
In regards to Motaro.

As a game developer myself, I ask you to please read this whole thing and look at it from a development standpoint.

It was either have him in the game but make him playable, IE: two legs. He simply would not have worked with 4 legs, I gaurantee you, it just wouldn't work with the current engine OR not put him in the game and deal with intense/harsh critcism from all of the fans of him. This is the safe route, put him in the game when he's actually useable but with a significant change. You'll please half of the crowd and make half of the crowd angry. Thats why I generally say you'll only see one Chameleon. They'll do some story thing to explain why there is only one or that there was always only one. You got that person in the game with something workable, and you please some poeople but not all.

Better to get the character in, and please half the crowd, then to exclude them entirely and deal with the constant barrage of Where is Motaro? Where is K/C/Chameleon? Which they already dealt with sort of when it was speculated that they wouldn't be in the game. The complaints of his absence are why Motaro is here with 2 legs essentially.

Think about moving up and down in a 3D environment. as a horse. You've rode a horse in other games right? How would Motaro do that, Stand in one place, rotate 45 degree's move a step or two and then rotate again to face the opponent again? He would get annihliated. The only fix is to make him move completely unrealistic and look aboslutely ridiculous in the process. I've never seen a horse strafe/shuffle left/right.

It's either this or nothing and personally I think this is better than nothing. The odds of Motaro going to the next game were very slim as it is, so it's better to have him in some form for one last hurrah.

Murdoink Wrote:
Excuse me but...

AHAHAHAHAHAAH MOTARO HAS TWO LEGS BAHAHAHAHAH

smaddy Wrote:
In regards to Motaro.

As a game developer myself, I ask you to please read this whole thing and look at it from a development standpoint.

It was either have him in the game but make him playable, IE: two legs. He simply would not have worked with 4 legs, I gaurantee you, it just wouldn't work with the current engine OR not put him in the game and deal with intense/harsh critcism from all of the fans of him. This is the safe route, put him in the game when he's actually useable but with a significant change. You'll please half of the crowd and make half of the crowd angry. Thats why I generally say you'll only see one Chameleon. They'll do some story thing to explain why there is only one or that there was always only one. You got that person in the game with something workable, and you please some poeople but not all.

Better to get the character in, and please half the crowd, then to exclude them entirely and deal with the constant barrage of Where is Motaro? Where is K/C/Chameleon? Which they already dealt with sort of when it was speculated that they wouldn't be in the game. The complaints of his absence are why Motaro is here with 2 legs essentially.

Think about moving up and down in a 3D environment. as a horse. You've rode a horse in other games right? How would Motaro do that, Stand in one place, rotate 45 degree's move a step or two and then rotate again to face the opponent again? He would get annihliated. The only fix is to make him move completely unrealistic and look aboslutely ridiculous in the process. I've never seen a horse strafe/shuffle left/right.

It's either this or nothing and personally I think this is better than nothing. The odds of Motaro going to the next game were very slim as it is, so it's better to have him in some form for one last hurrah.

thepunisher823 Wrote:
[SUB-ZERO WOW, you took the words right out of mouth .... im just a let down MK fan too .....


motaro with 2 lets what is next sorpion with one arm

_RaptoraS_ Wrote:



or sonya with one boob because they couldn't program the other to bounce well.