Why are the character designs so bad?

[k o va l]

I legit got interested in buying this for a second but as soon as I searched the character list on youtube im like wtf were they thinking. These character designs are god awful. Like MK9 and 10 were peak. Syndel is like some weird bollywood knock off. Ermac doesnt have any cool mask anymore and we have to look at his dumb face, I dont think he wants people to see that. He needs his mask again with glowing green eyes. And the rest of the characters just look like twinks. Just what even did the designers get paid for lol. Awful, def not buying.

[MonkeyBone]

It's pretty hit and miss depending on the character. For example I think Reptile's design is the best he's ever looked, and Smoke's hooded alt is pretty great. However what misses are there are pretty big misses like Shao Kahn being a big dumb lizard man with stupid horns, Tanya being a MASSIVE downgrade from her perfect Egyptian MKX look, Scorpion not being Scorpion, and Reptile's alt is so bad that its borderline offensive.
For the most part NRS really don't know how to design good characters anymore but I suspect that's because most people from their midway days left and they were the true heart of Mortal Kombat.

[Fed Up]

Originally posted by k o va l:

And the rest of the characters just look like twinks.

It's like a Rorschach test. You see what you want to see. Looks like you need to do some introspection.

[Nuriyokan]

Because they don’t have someone like you to show them how to design better ones . If I were you I’d make my own game and show them and the world how much better a design is made by k o va l.

[RobotMan #08]

To me, the designs are a drastic downgrade to how character models were presented in MK11...which was an upgrade from MKX character models.

[Vinzou]

All what you want will be available in the premium store ;D

[popsicle]

Originally posted by RobotMan #08:

To me, the designs are a drastic downgrade to how character models were presented in MK11...which was an upgrade from MKX character models.

MKX designs were done by a bunch of try hards. Floating mummy Ermac was a joke. If not for EB and Quan chi's design, there would be more negative reviews.

I have no doubt MK1 premium costumes will beat them all eventually.

[Shoah Kahn]

The retcon is, arguably, the worst thing that happened to MK1; given that, despite its myriad shortcomings, the gameplay is better than it was in MK11 (not that's must of an accolade). The re-designs are almost all for the worse -- either utter uglification of characters; or those few who weren't made patently worse, are rather obvious Injustice 3 skin jobs.

The irony will be that MK1's best characters designs will end up being the superheroes and guest characters, not actual MK combatants.

[Juri's_feet_tho]

They took all the cake away from Frost and the female characters and gave it to Omni Man.