#nobody follows me for my excellent mortal kombat posting but im back into it and wanna talk about it

[lesbx]

for no other reason than I just want to constantly spout my opinions, I’m gonna rate every scorpion in every mainline mortal kombat game

first, mortal kombat (the og)

Can’t forget the classics, and something had to be special about this for him to quickly become one of the most iconic mk fighters, but looking at it without that bias at the end of the day, it is just a guy in a generic ninja costume. 6/10

mortal kombat 2

I appreciate the attempt at slightly more detail, and the change to a tight hood which makes him look a little bit better imo. Still doesn’t have any unique flair though which is an issue inherited from his mk1 design. also 6/10

mortal kombat 3

this design is where they clearly had finalised the general structure of his outfit, the detail is great, but it still lacks distinction from the other ninjas in the game. 7/10

mortal kombat 4

Mk4 took the leap to the third dimension and finally gave scorpion some unique ornamentation, officially ending his days as a yellow palette-swap, but it’s really not his best design. 4/10

mk deadly alliance

Obvious huge leap in the graphics quality aside, this design is the most unique so far. A lot of classic elements are involved, but not without its share of new details. A little heavy on the skulls, but all in all a pretty good scorpion. 9/10

mk deception

(Best picture I could find) Deception hands-down has my all time favorite scorpion design. They narrowed his design down to one tasteful skull, focusing his motif more on flames rather than bones, which i like. Some people may disagree, but I like that most of his signature yellow comes in the form of gold metal armor, that might look gaudy to some, but I think it looks very good. That, plus the better shaping on his hood, total out to a solid 10/10 from me

mk armageddon

(Also best picture I could find) listen. I can see what they were going for with this sort of return to form, returning to his mk4 design but honestly? Not a fan. I never liked that mask shape, and the skin tight head and chest wrap just look awkward and uncomfortable. 3/10

mk vs dc

I don’t actually know if mortal kombat vs dc universe is considered a mainline game, but I’m counting it anyway. Let’s just get it out of the way now, I hate the mask, it looks awful. not a ton of stuff to talk about specifically, but just generally the proportions are weird to say the least, they went back to using a bone focused design, weird skin tight leggings plus the same head and chest wrap issues from Armageddon make for a bad design. 1/10

mortal kombat 9

They managed to take the mk vs dc outfit and make all the bad things about it worse. 0/10

mortal kombat x

Classic. Simple. Detailed but not so much that it’s busy. Missing a lot of the flair that, say, deception scorpion had but it makes sense for the games setting. I like it 8/10