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Evil Canadian

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So he was actually helping Sonya in MK9's story mode, after Johnny beat her up.
Gotcha.
There is layers and nuance the the MK plot, maybe some people only can understand what they see on the surface level but there is much more going on than what's infront of you.
 

Vslayer

Juiced Moose On The Loose
Lead Moderator
It's hard to ignore how bad her face looks but also how tragic her voice actress sounds:


This is just... bad.
I listened to the video, I actually think Ronda did a good job. Sometimes her voice sounds a bit robotic but some of the lines she gets are also bland. The game is still months from release they might re-do some of the lines.
 

Xelz

Go over there!
Sonya’s design looks great IMHO. There are a few minor details that feel borderline uncanny valley, though. Her head position during her intro looks... off. Like her head is tilted too high or something. I like the elitist pose concept, but the execution looks unnatural. And her head/neck/shoulder ratio also seems odd. These might be minor adjustments that NRS could make if they want to.

And personally, I love how Sonya looks in her victory pose.
 

Lt. Boxy Angelman

I WILL EAT THIS GAME
That gave me fucking nightmares
PRECISELY

Y'know when was the last time I got mad at a face? IGAU Raven. They fucked up more royally than Prince Charles having sex in a hot air balloon. It was bad.
Since then? Everyone's been solid.
MKX Sonya looked like compact pissed off military mom. On point. MK11 Sonya looks the same, except from the alternate timeline when she's Ronda Rousey's sister or aunt.
And Cassie looks like the same but slightly older squinty eyed pissed off military brat. As expected.
It's Mortal Kombat. The women aren't necessarily supposed to be super fuck all attractive when the world is coming to an end for the fourth or fifth time. IMO, I'd rather they look older and weary and beat up.
 

Jynks

some heroes are born, some made, some wondrous
The thing is computer games are in a unfortunate position. When we see gorgeous people they are usually in still shots takes as still. Like a model at a photo shoot for a magazine cover or w/e.... but computer games are more like films and more than that that are trying harder than ever to mimic real life.

The problem is that in real life, if you freeze frame candied pic, of even gorgeous people, they look ugly as fuck.



Now these are extreme examples but you could pick any actor and if I could be bothered I could find frames were they look terrible even though they are very attractive people and look great in the same sequence the frame came from, when it is moving.

This is just how reality works and the odd stills we see in various video game threads are cause in part by the fact they are starting to mimic reality more and more.

Added to that is in MK they are telling and screaming and grimacing in pain... all these do not make single frame grabs as appealing.
 
I think Sonya is actually the character that has been least developed and wasn't actually supposed to be announced this early. There are two reasons for that, first, in the e-mail leak, they mention they didn't have much of Sonya done, or something along these lines, and second, there is an Interview of Ronda from the end of october 2018, in which she talks about playing Sonya in the MK movie but that her favorite character was Kitana, now, I might be reaching, but If she was already chosen for the role by then, I don't think she would be saying her favorite character was another one.

So yeah, I believe her face will still be improved, especially after all the criticism they have been receiving, pretty much every video on YouTube has a comment that says she looks ugly.
 

HeavyNorse

#BlackLivesMatter
Speaking of faces... I saw someone post this with the comment "Kung Lao's face looks like a gif plastered on a puppet" and another saying "He looks like a mii character". XD



I think it's the chin strap that does it, makes his head look incredibly square.
 

J_in_CA

Noob
She looks strange, it looks like someone who had their eyes pulled back. The one where her hair hangs down helps a lot though, she'd look better with her hair down giving her a little more than just a skinny neck and pulled face to look at.
 

J_in_CA

Noob
Speaking of faces... I saw someone post this with the comment "Kung Lao's face looks like a gif plastered on a puppet" and another saying "He looks like a mii character". XD



I think it's the chin strap that does it, makes his head look incredibly square.
Yeah I think the strap frames his face too much, when you look at the eyes etc he looks a lot better. One thing I've noticed is that the video footage that's lower quality gives everyone a colorless almost clay look to their skin. When you watch the 4K footage like IGN has you can see more color in Sonya's face and the skin looks more natural. Yeah the game isn't 4K but that footage is higher quality than the 1080p stuff we've been getting.
 

STB Sgt Reed

Online Warrior
The thing is computer games are in a unfortunate position. When we see gorgeous people they are usually in still shots takes as still. Like a model at a photo shoot for a magazine cover or w/e.... but computer games are more like films and more than that that are trying harder than ever to mimic real life.

The problem is that in real life, if you freeze frame candied pic, of even gorgeous people, they look ugly as fuck.



Now these are extreme examples but you could pick any actor and if I could be bothered I could find frames were they look terrible even though they are very attractive people and look great in the same sequence the frame came from, when it is moving.

This is just how reality works and the odd stills we see in various video game threads are cause in part by the fact they are starting to mimic reality more and more.

Added to that is in MK they are telling and screaming and grimacing in pain... all these do not make single frame grabs as appealing.
This is a great point.

However, it doesn't fit with Sonya in MK11 because no matter whether her face is scrunched or not, she looks terrible. The only thing that makes it better is the alternate hairstyle.
 

John Grizzly

The axe that clears the forest
THEY MODELED HER......AFTER.....RONDA.....ROUSEY.

That's why she looks like that.

Everyone needs to stop acting like they're going to play Sonya or something.
 

J_in_CA

Noob
THEY MODELED HER......AFTER.....RONDA.....ROUSEY.

That's why she looks like that.

Everyone needs to stop acting like they're going to play Sonya or something.
No they did not, one of the devs in an interview said they didn't scan her and she's not supposed to look like her she's just doing the voice. She looks nothing like RR, hell Cassie in the trailer looks more like RR than Sonya.
 

chrisofrays

Fish can hear you thinkin just before you sneeze
NRS always seem to make everyone look butch with chizzeled jawlines. Which is fine for the male characters but seems to make the women look a bit odd. If their aim is to make everyone be realisticaly atractive then i want Raiden to have nasal hair and a beer belly, and Johnny cage to be rockin a comb over.
 

Vslayer

Juiced Moose On The Loose
Lead Moderator
NRS always seem to make everyone look butch with chizzeled jawlines. Which is fine for the male characters but seems to make the women look a bit odd. If their aim is to make everyone be realisticaly atractive then i want Raiden to have nasal hair and a beer belly, and Johnny cage to be rockin a comb over.
She may have a wide jaw, but she has the cutest nose ever. Look at it.