Mick-Lucifer Wrote:TheAdder Wrote:
Cyrax, the one that wants to be human again, would be the one more likely to fall back on his Lin Kuei training instead of relying solely on his mechanical parts, he would strip down to the bare minimum, most efficient tech. And he would be the one more likely to care about his appearance, because somewhere deep down he's still a human.
You make some really interesting points about Cyrax.
I think, like some of the other assumptions that haven't been met by the MK team moving forward, it's a level of logic that's deeper than what we're getting. I think, based on what we've had, Cyrax has unfortunately never really been characterized as a sleek or deeply skilled character. We kinda know him as a more clumsy character who got stuck in sand, had wacky adventures with Nitara, and other unimpressive feats. He never really lived up to any Lin Kuei assassin ideals.
EDIT: I'm not sure sawblades or wacky digi-nets imply any more precision than homing missiles and wrist-mounted flame throwers. If I were going to read character into in-game gimmicks, I'd probably think the practicality was in Sektor's favour.
From the perspective of accepting that the characters will have slightly jarring logics, ones that derive from existing points and create an individual character around them juxtaposing the others, it makes sense to keep him the bulky robo warrior. He joined the Americans. He's been at the mercy of American tech. It's a vague commentary and keeps him as we've known.
Sektor might have surrendered to total mechanization, but he's done so out of the very human pursuit of power. References to a sleeker aesthetic -- or more accurately to the point, something that doesn't regard human anatomy with a CG model that looks like a person bits stuck to him -- is arguably more in keeping with the application of technology in Japan, where the character went.
I mentioned mecha and think going in any manner of Japanese referenced directions would be great, but I don't think, in the context of a two-axis martial arts fighter, we're likely to see any kind of Gundam or Evangelion robot. So it stands to reason he might maintain a sleeker, inhuman form, rather than something clumsy or Western, like a tank. Like most machines designed by humans, Sektor seems likely to invent himself with emotional inflections, and the Japanese direction implies a sense of refinement, I think.
Technology isn't getting bigger. It's getting smaller.
While I like the way you do your analysis the thing is that if you compare the tech the characters use, Sektor really is making use of the things that would require more bulk than what Cyrax uses. And to become sleek he would have to rebuild from the ground up. And, as you said, Sektor is fery much in pursuit of power, so not only would I doubt he'd be doing that, I'm sure he's be looking to add more power to himself. Sure, he'd probably get the smallest most powerful versions of what he needs, considering his location, but they'd still likely be much larger than a medium sized version of Cyrax's equipment.
As for Cyrax, while he's certainly had his misadventures, the character's usually been portrayed, at least subtly, as a pretty slick customer. His fighting styles are Ninjitsu and Sambo, both of which are quite smooth when seen in action (Sektor had these in Tournament Edition, but in that he was pretty much a Cyrax Expy, since it was just a portable DA, when he made the consoles he got Kenpo). And compare his old win pose to Sektor's. He did the slick looking salute, whereas Sektor raised his hands above his head in victory. It seems to me that while he was to have misfortune befall him quite a bit, he was always meant to at least move pretty smoothly.
And here's the real rub. The Cyrax and Sektor we get in this game aren't those ones anyways. These two are fresh off the production line, meaning that they aren't going to be built based on their experiences or personalities anyways, they're going to be built to capitalize on their weaponry. And as I said, Cyrax needs a sleek build, and Sektor should be built like a brick shit house.
EDIT 1:To your edit, I'm thinking swiss army knife vs a machete. If they've both got heavy armor, the swiss army knife loses as the machete will get through it before the SA does. If they've both got light armor the Machete loses, as the SA gets in and out multiple times before the Machete guy can hit. If the SA guy has light armor, and the Machete guy has heavy armor it's anyone's game. That's Cyrax and Sektor.
EDIT 2: Also, I've always seen them as having been built for different purposes. One for search and destroy, one for B&E and capture. Now ask yourself, who seems to have the more appropriate equipment for search and destroy missions, and who is better equipped for breaking into a place and capturing the target alive? Then ask which build you think is better for which task. (As a side note, I always saw Smoke as being designed for stealth missions, but could never figure out what the Sub Zero cyborg they wanted would have been for)
