These designs look more in line with those Vincent Proce pieces than that thing you posted. I thought that think was ugly back then and still do. The new designs look how the characters SHOULD have looked in the last game, an excellent update to the original looks of the characters.

I can agree with you on the subzero design, He does in fact seem to share some qualities with an undead body (like in Vincent Proce's renditions). Scorpion however looks fresh and modern.

But both designs are extremely gritty which is what I am loving about them.

Definitely agreed that they look great. I think this is probably one of the fewest occasions in which 95% of fans, at least on MKO, agree on the same thing. Scorpion looks fantastic and I'm also happy they ditched the weird "Insect Man" direction they were going in during MKVSDC/MK9. Scorpion isn't an actual Scorpion lol. Sub-Zero looks amazing, I wasn't a huge fan of his MK9 look to be quite honest, I thought it was boring. But he definitely look badass here.

I'm dying to see the other characters. For Tanya(if she's in), I'm hoping for something that will make me do a double take and go "Is that her?". Nothing too crazy of course, but I want her to be truly revamped. I remember seeing her Deception design for the first time and being blown away- not only at how different she looked to her MK4 version, but by how much better. I'm really hoping they don't just toss her in a yellow bikini and call it a day...

Agreed about scorpion, some times realism just gets the job done.

It will be interesting to see what they will do with the female characters and how they approach them.

We can look at places in media where chicks are kicking ass. What comes to mind for me is this:(click this) Definitely not a Tanya but form fitting costumes can still be badass, just need the right angle. (see Trinity) lol

But...but Carrie-Anne Moss looks like a man ravaged by a hard drug addiction in the Matrix movies...

That would be a good costume for Sonya, or Kira.

If they are using the "Less is More" approach to some characters then I'm looking forward to what they do with Smoke.. I really hated the hair in MK9.. I have nothing against hair on characters however because of the limitations on graphics, it looked kind of stupid and out of place on Smoke..

I'd like to see a very basic looking ninja garb that looks like his MK2 costume as well as something that more reflects his Enenra smoke form that we haven't seen yet..

Please no Deception Smokey form..and no long hair for him...

..or someone ripped out from the matrix EDIT: but yes she did look like that haha. mmm gritty realism gotta love it

I mostly agree with you. I thought Mk9 smoke looked.. "odd" to say the least. I liked his alt however. However I would not be opposed to smoke having long hair if it fell around his shoulders, not left suspended in mid air like he just rubbed his head with helium balloons.

I really hope they do "less is more." Excessive detail is dated, stylized, and flies in the face of a realism that can be good. I thought some of the best character designs were in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. That was the inspiration behind the redesigns I did.