FUCK yeah. *Does a happy dance*

I've been waiting for info of mk6 for a long time, but I must admit this update really caught me by surprise. Baraka looks awesome, I'm really looking forward to the game now.

To me it looks like the arena he's in is a pool of some sort, just look at the water splashing (not the drool), and how the floor looks distorted, as if looking through water.

O M G that is sooooo awesome it looks so much better then MK:DA already!!! and MK:DA was the best!! I just really hope that they will have mileena, sindel, or Frost. Then i will be really happy. Seeing this now i dont care how long it takes i just want them to take their time and make us an awesome game!!!!!!!!!

neato.

Sorry for my language... BUT HOLY HELL DOES THAT LOOK FUCKEN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

With that said, I really like that pic, now all I need are screen shots...

Wicked!!!!

*is in love with Baraka*

Well if anyone from the MK Team is reading this, hopefully with all of the positive comments they see overall that if he wasn't a full out character slated for MK:Deception before and was just a cameo character, odds are he'll be a playable character now.

That's still up to them of course, but Baraka seems perfect for use with Weapon Fatalities and the like should they include those in the new game. Baraka does look pretty cool though.

And to the folks whom are wondering about the staples that seem to be missing ala his MKGold look, either of two things could be possible, at least from what I've been thinking.
1) Sorcery fixed him up.
2) He was cloned.

Could be he's coming out of a Clone Vat and not water like extispex has mentioned?

i'm very pleased with the render of baraka. like others said maybe we could get some other characters like kabal, mileena, sector and maybe, just maybe i'll see liu again (i doubt that in this game though).

Baraka looks fuckin cool in that rendering. I love it, But I think they should of kept his teeth attached to his lips like they were in MK2 and Gold. It looked cooler like that IMO.

OK, "I-Had-Sleep-For-Dinner" is the only one here with a true respect for the work of CG artists, teaser render as it is its junk, OK...REASONING: 1-this is a mid to low poly model, with depth of field, god knows midway can afford nice CG cinematics, and if you think thats ingame, NO, the depth of field in the background determines this, having depth of field in such a game would kill gameplay speed, AND rendering speed.2-if that is a pasted background and that is ingame, cool, but why such a close up?, show us full body...next, the drool, that looks like crap, it looks like is way airbrushed in. Texuring isn't to great, easy on the Fractals kids, no one likes to see solid procedurals on stuff, and what the hell is up with the rubbery/plastic skin? The teeth and gums look like crap to, why are the intersecting each other like that? as far as i know, my teeth sink into my gums and aren't one with them, how about you guys? that and the gums are ULTRA shiny... anatomy anyone? where is his collar bone? ha i don't see one!, his neck looks like its about to fall out right thorugh the slight well before is...pecs maybe? cuz they don't look like it...oh yea? what the crap is up with his arm? for a muscular guy in the past he looks like some sort of stubby armed freak now, and the cartoonyness is junk as well, i know i don't wanna be playing a chibi MK, its just not visually satisfying....
thats all for now, god knows half of you are gonna come up with garbage responses to that
and learn some CG tricks kids
www.cgtalk.com
...look at some real artists, jeeze....

slythis Wrote: The teeth and gums look like crap to, why are the intersecting each other like that? as far as i know, my teeth sink into my gums and aren't one with them, how about you guys? that and the gums are ULTRA shiny... anatomy anyone? font>

Maybe...JUST MAYBE it's because you aren't a mutant nomad from outworld.

maybe he is and is just trying to quit the stereotypes on his people?

kick ass pic... hope scorpions in the next one... if he is he'll probably look even better.. he and i thought he couldn't get any better than he was in da..

now, i got a real qeustion for ya, one that will haunt your soul for all eternity.

was this picked leaked OMG who the hell let it out, i'll kill him, or was the pic

"leaked" as in "leaked we want publicity"

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I don't know if anybody noticed this but Baraka looks like he's skin on bone...

Perhaps he is was reanimated from death or something.

He look great eitherways.

slythis Wrote: OK, "I-Had-Sleep-For-Dinner" is the only one here with a true respect for the work of CG artists, teaser render as it is its junk, OK...REASONING: 1-this is a mid to low poly model, with depth of field, god knows midway can afford nice CG cinematics, and if you think thats ingame, NO, the depth of field in the background determines this, having depth of field in such a game would kill gameplay speed, AND rendering speed.2-if that is a pasted background and that is ingame, cool, but why such a close up?, show us full body...next, the drool, that looks like crap, it looks like is way airbrushed in. Texuring isn't to great, easy on the Fractals kids, no one likes to see solid procedurals on stuff, and what the hell is up with the rubbery/plastic skin? The teeth and gums look like crap to, why are the intersecting each other like that? as far as i know, my teeth sink into my gums and aren't one with them, how about you guys? that and the gums are ULTRA shiny... anatomy anyone? where is his collar bone? ha i don't see one!, his neck looks like its about to fall out right thorugh the slight well before is...pecs maybe? cuz they don't look like it...oh yea? what the crap is up with his arm? for a muscular guy in the past he looks like some sort of stubby armed freak now, and the cartoonyness is junk as well, i know i don't wanna be playing a chibi MK, its just not visually satisfying.... thats all for now, god knows half of you are gonna come up with garbage responses to that and learn some CG tricks kids www.cgtalk.com ...look at some real artists, jeeze....

Hey, Guess what! WE KNOW ITS A CG RENDER BUT IT

LOOKS 10 TIMES BETTER THAN THE MKDA CINEMATIC
FACIALS!!! btw if u really care if he doesnt have
a Collar bone or a small arm your obviously some
Nerd or Doctor who has too much time on his
hands... speaking of hands remember Shang Tsung's
MKDA render of him Standing next to Quan Chi ? Shangs hands were HUGE! are his hands still huge like that ??? NO,

And Scorpion had the delight of being the very first Concept in MKDA and he was a Musclebound Arnie wannabe by the looks of it (no he prolly coulda surpassed Arnie)but is his now ? NAY BIATCH!!!

And if u keep on typing out shit like that "Blahblah This and OMG ARM IS LIKE A CHIBIMIDGET!" ur gonna end up starting another flame war like the Great war of whitch Console was better... a number of people kept saying "who cares what console is better im just happy with my Console of Choice" but no it just went on and on....

..........Ugh......... Dunno what to say..... Baraka is my favorite male character from all the games, and I was waiting for his return for years, but know......... I dunno......... I don't like his new design........ He looks old........ And TOO ugly......... Not as stylish as he was... I just don't know. Of course he's gonna be my fav again, I guess, but........ I dunno....... I'm lost a little....... Let's hope that in game he's gonna be more like he was in MK2. And I hope that They're gonna make his outfit from MK2.

people complaining about baraka being ugly = priceless.

Flash-crash, I had mentioned the skin-on-bone thing. But good on ya being the only other guy to spot it :)

And Slythis - hands up who cares about this tripe? You're too busy worrying about the technical aspects and not seeing any reasoning behind it.

So to everyone applicable - remember that first screen of Jax and Scorpion for MKDA?
And remember how drastically both models improved between then and the game's release?

This bodes extrememly well for the future.

That looks pretty cool.
However, the fans want Stryker as a new Special Forces member recruited through the guidance of Raiden. Deliver!!!

Cant you just be happy with some MK6 news and even a pic? I know I am.
back on topic though and again... Great pic!

For the people complaining about the skinniness (sp?) of Baraka's arm, look carefully for once and then make a statement. Baraka is in his "attack" position, with his arms bent back, he is probably extracting his blades. The "skinny" part as most of you call it is his forearm and not his bicep. If you've seen Baraka's ending in MKG, you'll see that when before he is about to attack Quan Chi, he holds his arms back and bent, extracts his blades, and jumps forward to kill Quan Chi.

Therefore, Baraka's arms ARE NOT skinny. Just wanted to clear that up.

I thought Quan Chi blew Baraka up in MK Gold.
Was the ending canon?