Not feeling the hooks but this is a great concept so far man. (And yes, I have NOT completed the animation. I've become the Dr. Dre of animations; taking forever to get something done).

Holy crap this is awesome!!

I love the test tubes and the wires connected to the bodies. The baby sektor makes it look like theyre being grown similar to the matrix. very cool!

I think the chains are there bcuz they are in the flesh pits arena. I think you should keep the chains, but put them further off in the BG like theyre holding spare parts.

u have a very good start on cyber subzero. u should def. finish it!!

very nice bs. me likey likey!

Yeah I stuck the chains in there because MK2011's stage had em.

I like your idea, though saizero. I'll see if I cam muster up enough "a give a shit to finish" to actually.... y'know............ finish. I won't even bother until WeaponTheory comes back and gives his thoughts since it's HIS arena request.

Cyber Sub-Zero won't see the light of day. Perhaps in the future with a more interesting pose to make it worth my while.

I like how the bg looks all grimy, with oil leaking down. Very fitting for this version.

Love the stylized tube bases. The wires, and baby give a Borg vibe.



Ka-Tra

Sorry for the late reply, I don't have 24/7 Internet access so it will take me a long while to respond.

Test tubes chambers, this was the type of thing I hoped for. My god it looks so sexy. The bubbles, such a nice touch but it's gonna look real damn silly when someone notices that it's stationary, but fuck it, leave it in.
And then I got giddy when I saw the baby Sektor. You have no idea how badly I want to personally animate the tubes, bubbles and bodies in the chambers, but that's far out of my power.

The two robotic arms in the middle will need to be scrapped because the animation will contain heavy usage of robotic arms in that general area and I don't want it to be confusing in any way.

The chains however, this I can't explain. I like the chains being in there but at the same time I don't. There's just something about them being in there that I don't like about it, like it's so in my face or something.
I DO like the existence of them being in there because it's the thought of "Some torture shit be happening here" and that's what I want.
Hmm...remove the chains, I'll try and take a whack at the chain placement.

Take note that I mention for the area to be futuristic looking but of course maintaining that MK feel (as in, not sparkly clean future). This work to me looks more "Flesh Pits" than "Tekunin Flesh Pits".
I was thinking, white or silver. Because when one thinks "future", these are the colors that come in mind. I noticed you ripped the steps platform area portion from "The Bank". Check it, note the color scheme of "The Bank", that's what I was hoping for. I hate myself for not referencing that before.
Buuuut, this is good though, because now, you knocked one out the park after the few suggested changes of course, so IF you can make a more "future" looking one in the next one, that's two.

The sad part is that I don't know if a "future looking" one will work and I would hate for someone to waste their time only for me to go, "Shit, I was wrong, this doesn't fit at all". The last thing I want to do is to come off ungrateful just because I realized it was a bad idea in the end.
But I dunno, things happen, like the test tubes, waaaaay better than what I imagined in my head.

Oh, one last thing, the green fuse box lookin' shit on the left? YES. That's future. Need things like that. I was thinking another one in the middle, but I don't know if it will interfere with the animation activity in that area.

I think that's all to say.
I can't wait to test this stage with my animation.

Good feedback.

Judging by what you said, it would make more sense for me to post all the props separately so you can cut and paste them into your animated BG.

Then I can put them together to kind of give you an idea of where they could go in the stage.

That way you can eventually add bubbles and animate the bodies to make it appear as they they're "floating" or bobbing up and down or something.

I dunno where saiZero is on her version... if she even still is doing it.

Trying to transform my arena into a bright colored white/silver arena is turning out to be a disaster. It was definitely not meant to be in that style... I'd have to start over, something I really don't feel like doing at the moment.

I will post the cut-out props when I get home, but due to my inconsistent file saving techniques, they are not final products ... and with some fucking magical way my layers were merged in PSP and I cannot retrieve them anymore.

Sorry about that.

EDIT:

This actually makes for a great concept for a really awesome arena.

I wouldn't mind seeing something like this in the next game.

You read my mind. I was going to ask if you can just give me the props for the chamber. I reallllly want to animate it some how, it's killing me. Stupid me, I just noticed some days later after popping the disc in that, your chamber is a replica from the actual game XD

I'm gonna PM you something

I got your PM and replied. VERY impressive, man!

Check out the newly designed arena (in the original post).

How did I miss this? Looks fantastic! It simultaneously looks clinical and sterile and yet filthy at the same time. Great use of the Flesh Pit tanks, they look like they could've come straight out of UMK3.

I know right? this fucking forum has too many usless stickied thread and nobody bothers to clean it the fuck up!!!!!

anyway, the updaded version is so bad ass. ive given up on my attempt to redo mine. very nice job!

Please don't be mad if I say that I'm not feeling the new one. :(
There's something about it, like it's cartoony or bright or plain looking, I dunno, there's something I can't put my finger on it. Something about the column wall thingy...Wish I can be more constructive with words to describe this but that's all I can just think of.

Oh well it was worth a shot. Moving on now.