On the levels.

Jades Desert: I'm lovin how it looks. I like how bright it is and that their feet actally go in the sand. The backround looks real cool to.
And that hand in the back keeps reminding me of reptiles hand.

The Bell Tower: i'm reall happy with how it's lookin. I like all the detail in the back.

Characters.

Cyrax: I really like how he looks no complaints. I'm really happy to see the net finally back. Can't wait to see him in some gameplay vids.

Kitana: She's lookin awesome really happy with the chocies they made with her. I hope the have more orignal moves with her this time around. Can't wait to see some gameplay with her also.

The spear just looks cartoony to me hope they change that

I know, that problem has been around for a while, and I also noticed this:

lol at people complaining about Cryax;s look. he looks like Cyrax to me

Thie issues with the spear are because they are probably sprites I think and are flat but made to look 3D so when it comes into contact with other things it shows they aren't the same.

Well , the arenas shown today are much better than the characters revealed .

Cyrax looks great and I really love the fact that he is very different from Sektor now .

Kitana sucks and will always suck . Her model is no different this time . She is bulky , she looks stupid , her eyes are poorly designed and her hair is just awful . I have always thought that it is the character itself that is bad and the more I look at Kitana over the years the more I realize that . She is a 1000 princess that still acts as a 17 years old woman ... LAME .

Oh and for the 100 time , it seems that Mileena is 1000x better than her .


Belltower :
Not much has been shown , but it looks awesome and so far it is safe to say that it could be one of the best looking arenas .

The desert :

It is also another great and well designed arena . Can't wait to see how will the visual effects work for both arenas .

All in all , AWESOME arenas , awesome cyrax ... Shi""y as always Kitana . I blame the team for not getting rid of her more than how she is uglier in every new game . The sooner they reveal Sonya the better .

Cyrax reminds me of Bumblebee from Transformers. Not that he looks bad or anything, just not very menacing. I like his look, though.

Kitana looks sexy. She may be a little too skimpy, but I really like her design. Her hairstyle is great. Thumbs up.

Stages are great as always.

Looks impressive all around on my end. I can't wait for this game.

Im impressed.

Both new characters look exactly like I was hoping. Cyrax just redeemed himself.

After seeing Kitana & Mileena I think Jade will have her Alt from MKD as I doubt all three will have torso revealing outfits.

You guys have to remember how unpolished this game is, and I'm quite sure we'll see little changes in ALL of the characters we've seen so far. Think about how much time the MK team has to fix little issues here and there. Grilling the looks of this and that isn't completely fair, we're lucky to see any of it honestly.

Personally LOVE how everything is looking so far, this game is going to be so fucking sick when it comes out.

Also on the spear, it definitely looks like he's already getting pulled in, but IF it's just hitting him or closely after hitting him, the character is usually pushed back a little, and there is a little slack in the chain so it's going to move around a little. It does look a little off in those pictures, but like I said before, they have ample time to polish this stuff up a little bit.

Even if there are things that are missed and glitches anywhere, Ed himself said something a long the lines of the sky is the limit with patches and DLC. Anything imbalanced could EASILY be fixed in a short amount of time, and they'll definitely listen to fans and complaints, feedback and such. I really hope they have a forum on the game's MAIN site, or the studio's MAIN site. Somewhere that they'll definitely see balance and glitch issues that their customers and fans find and can post and be taken care of.

Look at Gears of War 2, they've been tweaking and fixing that game since it's release in 2008. I'm also a hardcore Gears player.

Just remember that what you guys are seeing is a "rough draft" of what's to come.

Too me this Kitana means shit for both Sindel and Jade... Boon wanted to turn all 3 women into one so that characters like Sub Zero young could replace Jade or sindel

Giving Kitana Sindels hair and Jades outfit got rid of both women and so the very cool Sub Zero Young can be into the game! Cool 2 sub-losers!

I read the newslead saying "Cyrax and Kano" have been confirmed. I looked through the six images and only noticed Cyrax. My reaction when I saw the pic with Cyrax and Kitana:

"Wow Cyrax looks pretty lame."

Five minutes later....

"Wait...."

Kitana looks the same and Cyrax looks pretty weak imo. Cyrax should be bulkier and needs the predator mask. The net looks lame too. Way too light and cartoony. Whatevs, don't really like either character

That makes no fuckin since, just because they added her mother's hair (not even that close) to her and added a similar outfit like Jade's doesn't mean they won't be in the game and young Sub will be. They can and probably have made a brand new outfit for Jade, and for Sindel. Speculations make people sound so stupid and look like they have no idea what they're talking about. Which is true because they're not developers for the game.

YESSSSSSS! FINALLY A PICTURE OF KITANA!

I don't wanna say I'm disappointed because I'm trying to be appreciative that they even put her in the game but she does looks somewhat hooker-ish.. and I donno I'f im digging that hair... hopefully the alt costume will be better =D! But OMG Im so freaken happy to see her! and the Areans look pree awsome.

Now that I've had time to digest it, I think Cyrax is alright. I have to say though, I have always envisioned Cyrax as the bulky, powerful cyborg and Sektor as the streamlined, sleek cyborg. That's just how I've always perceived them. Still, I applaud them for making an effort to make the cyborgs radically different from one another.

My only wish is that they'd have taken such risks with Kitana. It's not a particularly bad costume, it's just uninspired. I hope her alternate finally gives her the regal look she so badly needs. Why can't she wear a long, flowing dress? Seriously it would so fit her and would be original. Come on team, if you're reading this take it to heart!

They have dynamic lighting. They are models. Clearly clipping issues. As with the X-ray moves.

It is possible to do dynamic lighting with sprites. All you need is the right specular and normal maps applied to a polygon with the right opacity map.

I'll also chime in and say I like Kitana's look, but it's pretty obscured. I want to see a front-on or quarter-perspective of her to get a better opinion of her, but I like it so far.

Has anyone noticed Scorpion's facial damage in this picture:

http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/perl/cds.cgi?external_action=displayImage&id;=2321

Looks like a skull to me, and very awesome

Yes I did earlier, just forgot to mention it, looks FUCKING BAD ASS!!! Also in the same screen shot, the armless ripped in half torso on the stage, with his legs and stump not too far away looks brutal too. I'm telling you guys, quote me for further reference, the Living Forest will have a stage Fatality!

What's with all the negativity? In the words of MSI, "You don't like it, so don't buy it!" Or in this case, don't like the character design? Don't play as them. Maybe you'll find another character to like this time around. Reboot of game, reboot of favourites?

Also keep in mind that this is still in early stages and things can (read: will) be changed.

And of course the cyberninja's are gonna look similar and have the cable dreads, they were made by the same clan at the same time! Those cables were probably how they programmed them or something.

They did not left Sindel nor Jade out of this game.
Thay gave Kitana a new look based on hat her mother and best-friend look.

I think both her and Sektor looks awesome.
The only thing... her Loincloth or whatever it's called...

jeez about scorpions spear will you notice that in the gameplay no stop ranting dam crying over a pic let them try and give'em a b reak jeez they are possibly sprites but it might look different to give it a 2.5D look

Kitana has dem hooker shoes

I want to see a picture of Cyrax as a whole, from the front and the back, before I fully make my opinion on his look, but so far he looks great in those screens. Seeing as he's my favorite character, it's nice to see him get the look I kinda had in my head for him. I am kinda opposite of you Crow, in that I have always invisioned Cyrax as the sleek cyborg, and Sektor as the big, bulky cyborg. I think it just plays up their personalities better. Since Sektor is the badass cold blooded killer, it only makes sense that he's built more like a terminator esq. tank like machine. Whereas Cyrax is the hero so he should look thinner, smaller, smoother, and sleeker. They both should look similar to keep up the story that they were manufactured the same way, but the differences in each should definitely reflect their personalities. And that's just the way I picture Good and Evil. Good is smooth, sleek, and very rounded, and evil is edgy, sharp, bulky, and tank like.

An interesting question comes to mind however, how would Smoke fit into this? If he does make the cut, and he is a cyborg, I wonder how his mask and body design will look.

I really wish and can't wait to see Cyrax's mask and body from the front perspective, as well as some gameplay videos showing off some of his other specials and X-Ray move.

Kitana looks decent from what I can tell in the pics. Hopefully her alternate looks like something we haven't seen before, such as a dress like Crow had mentioned. Kitana just looks to familiar in each game, and it would be nice to at least have one costume be something a little more risk taking. My one complaint is those damn high heels they like to throw on their female fighters. So dumb...