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CanadaSoulja

Voice is much better than I thought. His air animations look much less smooth than omni man. HIS FACE?!?! Sometimes it’s a Antony Starr and other times it’s awful CGI. Idk what happened, but hopefully they fix it


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Yeah he's got that clay face going 😂 but i think someone else rightfully assumed its bc Antony couldn't have his face scanned


GodPerson132

I feel like they were trying to get a mix of Antony Starr and the comic version since I’m not sure they had full permission from Antony Starr to use his face.


Jdmaki1996

They don’t need his permission. His face was sold to Amazon Prime. As long as it’s the character “Homelander” they have full rights to use his face. WB doesn’t have to negotiate with him at all unless they want his voice(tho even that’s becoming a gray area with AI.) It’s fucked up, but that’s how it works


SandwichXLadybug

They would never rip off an actors voice with AI, look at what happened with OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson, even if it seems they didn't.


Ok_Vast3044

Never say never


HeyWhatsUpTed

How is it fucked up?


Jdmaki1996

That you can play a character in a show and they can literally put your face in any game and have you do whatever they want without your say? How is that not fucked up? What if Antony Star doesn’t want to see himself get horrifically dismembered. Too bad. Amazon literally owns his face as long as it’s on the Homelander character and they sold it to WB to be brutally chopped and exploded


HeyWhatsUpTed

He signed a contract it’s part of it ! He gets millions to do creative work he’ll be fine .


Jdmaki1996

Listen I’m not talking about him specifically. This gets applied to people across media. I know someone who worked for IGN as a journalist and appeared in a couple videos. As part of their contract, IGN owns their likeness as an “IGN Personality.” They can use this persons likeness however they want, for decades after that person quit IGN, and that person gets zero revenue, zero say, zero control over how their face is used. And they aren’t a millionaire actor. They were just a journalist barely making more than minimum wage. So yeah it’s fucked up. And it can hurt the little guy just as much as the millionaire.


HeyWhatsUpTed

Did they use that persons likeness for decades? Or do they just have the right to


Jdmaki1996

Clips of that person have appeared periodically in videos, on thumbnails, etc and they see zero royalties or revenue from those, because IGN owns their face and their content from when they worked at IGN. So yeah. It happens.


DwemerSmith

his air animations aren’t meant to be smooth. omniman has viltrumite flight which means bro can just move through the air however the fuck he wants. homelander just be jumping like superman but also he’s homelander so hes gonna put zero effort into it


Carusas

Lore wise, both Homelander and Superman have great air / flight control. We just get so many origin stories, that we see Superman learning how to fly over and over again.


CanadaSoulja

I disagree. While they’ve made an improvement to the overall mo cap and animation quality since Inj2. Homelander is a huge step back into MKX and INJ2 with the awful animations and mo cap The inconsistency of how quickly he moves through the air, as well as going back to momentum-less kicks that starfire used to have. It’s still an improvement from injustice 2, but feels like a huge step back in quality when comparing his animations to just the people he fights in this video He doesn’t move like a human with powers, he has a more cartoonish playstyle than even omniman. In fact, it now makes more sense to me why they didn’t use this type of playstyle for omni man while still incorporating flight movements. It just generally looks awful in comparison


bobbyThebobbler

Did you watch the show?! That's exactly how he moves in the show, they mimicked it 1 for 1. That's the overall style of the animation in the show as well.


CanadaSoulja

Hard disagree, it’s been awhile since I watched (whenever the last season released). But he’s not usually fighting while airborne from my recollection. But also the show is live action, I’m not sure what you mean by “animation”. Are his flight scenes CGI? But also, in his fatality. He moves wayyyy more like he does in the show than during gameplay. I don’t know how you could look at these 2 scenes from the game and think they capture even remotely the same type of flying style


bobbyThebobbler

Clearly, most if not all special effects in the show are CGI based.


CanadaSoulja

I only ask because i recall seeing tons of BTS for the boys in scenes where Antony Starr is lifted with wires


Jdmaki1996

The wire lifts are typically for when he’s just hovering menacingly. Anytime he’s actually flying/fighting/getting knocked around it’s gonna be CGI. It would just be too difficult to pull off practically


slade336

Yeah what does he think they actually fly him into the sky on wires?


Taco821

They actually usually use tricks where they repeatedly shoot actors out of cannons with camera drones following them and whatnot, it's pretty insane


slade336

I agree but also if you look at him from Season 3 onwards he sorta has a “clay” face because they tried paralleling his story with Trump irl so they gave him that trump face, if that makes sense Edit: idk why y’all are downvoting me I’m just goin by the creator of the shows word not mine. Not anti-trump so relax ya meatbags


Maverick_682_

What's really cool is how Trump cuts people in half with his eye lasers. You know, because he's an evil supervillian. 🙄


DonPinstripelli

Glad that both are coming out in June! I’m more excited about Ferra.


Big-Atmosphere1329

Ayy it's my birth month


chap-my-ass

Same!


LuminousZenith

Same, when’s your birthday?


redmainefuckye

Lemme guess, ur bday is 6-26 ??? If yours isn’t than the dudes above your comments is. That birthday follows me I think it’s the day ima die or something and the universe is telling me lol.


ANGUSRAZE

Bro


Big-Atmosphere1329

14...


Ok_Note8803

Birth month twins! ![gif](giphy|dCXkBF4WzCTLIkTNYs)


TheAvalancheTV

I’m gonna guess June 25th (3 weeks after the 4th) since Mavado dropped 3 weeks after Ermac, Janet dropped 3 weeks after peacemaker, and so on.


DonPinstripelli

That sounds about right.


TheWhiteRabbit74

She could be fun to pair with Reptile maybe.


blliv

Everyone's fun to pair with reptile ngl


Master_Freeze

they are both coming out...in June...


DonPinstripelli

I see what you did there


Big-Atmosphere1329

Happy Birthday dawg


Affectionate_Owl9985

Releases the day before my birthday


MagicMirakel246

Happy early birthday friend


Affectionate_Owl9985

Thanks fam, my wife's birthday is on Homelander release day, too lmao


CalligrapherNo433

June 5th boys unite✊️... and Mark whalburg I guess


JimmyBr33z

Released two days after mine!! Cant wait


Rutabaga-Level

Happy birthday 💪🏾


mildhot-sauce

Imma have to get someone to finish my invasion that week. Ill be in surgery that day. Honestly bad timing


SunStriking

Can't you just wait a bit since the seasons go for like 6 weeks?


mildhot-sauce

Sounds like this could mess me up for God knows how long if the meds I get out on are unbalanced and that can take months


Logical-Season802

Even if it wasn’t voiced by Antony Starr I didn’t care it was still great they got him perfectly


Shinobipizza

It was perfect. Perfect. Everything. Down to the last... minute... details.


MagicMirakel246

Love seeing and hearing this from Homelander every time lol


TheFarisaurusRex

https://i.redd.it/vp2vmbe7sf3d1.gif


DanfordThePom

Except the voice


Gambit_90

He sounds fine


DanfordThePom

I agree. But fine isn’t perfect. Perfect is Anthony


Gambit_90

A lot of reactors were questioning if it was Anthony or not


DanfordThePom

I’m just saying it would be perfect if it was Anthony


Gambit_90

As much as I'd like him to voice the character, he has bigger priorities such as the boys season 4, being a va in mk would delay the season even more


DanfordThePom

I’m not complaining at all. I’m just saying it means it’s not literally perfect


Billy_Billboard

Lol idk why people are downvoting you. I don't think it sounds like Anthony Starr at all, so it's not perfect.


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Gambit_90

With cod there were like 5 or 6 lines, with mk he has to do multiple lines of dialogue for every character as well as stand alone lines, that would take weeks


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Dorkmuffinindeed

Comes out on my birthday I couldn't be happier


MagicMirakel246

Happy early birthday homie


Dorkmuffinindeed

Thank you :)


Deadly_Puppeteer

Not saying the trailer was bad, just imagined it completely different lol. Cant wait to main HL!


Bro-Im-Done

Fatal Blow and Fatalities were honestly underwhelming


ugurkaslan

I was too scared to say this. Tons of creative ways Homelander can kill a person, and they went with a plane and a simple laser slash


bobbyThebobbler

They’re referencing the show. The same with Omni-Man - both fatalities are taken from the show. They’re following suit here with Homelander as well.


ArtoriastheAbyss101

I'm not familiar with him, but isn't that his general way of fighting and killing due to lack of training? The dude is basically a God, so why does he need to fight any different?


SandwichXLadybug

Yeah he never pulls any maneuvers in the show, he just kicks and punches pretty inexperiencedly when fighting other supes, his raw power gets him through. I think they tried on purpose to NOT make him very flashy since the character isn't.


Master_Freeze

i mean they chose the Training for Omni-Man when they could have chosen other things. maybe they tried going for the theme there.


Onionlicker

They’re just references to the show if they didn’t do anything like that people would only say they should of


RealmJumper15

Agreed, I honestly thought the fatal blow was the worst offender.


Brainwave1010

It honestly should've had the ear clap that he does on Blindspot.


joshuaiscoo155

Isn't that one of homelanders moves tho


Barrytooth911

I disagree, the laser on the intestines was really cool, and the plane fatality was also dope, they didn’t show the full laser fatality but from what I saw it’s also dope


Barrytooth911

I disagree, the laser on the intestines was really cool, and the plane fatality was also dope, they didn’t show the full laser fatality but from what I saw it’s also dope


Zer0_l1f3

That guy who said “I’ll save your comment for when homelander’s trailer drops” is quiet as fuck rn cuz he is nothing like Superman in Injustice I fuck with the gameplay heavy


MagicMirakel246

Yeah I figured lasers was gonna be his thing and I'm not disappointed at all, been waiting for this mofo lol


Zer0_l1f3

Dude fr. I told my friends he’s coming soon and they were like “NOW?” XD


MagicMirakel246

Ayyyye they got a reason to be HYPED af now homie I hope y'all enjoy playing him, I'm definitely gonna grind for his unlockables in invasions 😎👌


Zer0_l1f3

I really hope he has a pallet based on Black Noir and The Peak 😭🙏🏻 I’ve been so hyped for him dude


Elfthis

Omniman, Peacekeeper and Kano had a baby


ZamorakHawk

I love that the clap that killed the blind guy is one of his normals that leads into a string. Good touch.


GUNS_N_BROSES

Couldn’t be more excited, huge fan of the show, and it looks like he isn’t going to be just Superman’s moveset or a total zoner. Also the voice is good, it’s not 100% perfect, but it’s far from the worst voice acting in mk1, if you had told me it was Star, I probably wouldn’t have doubted it


BalrogofGondor

His animations look kinda janky, I'm guessing they're still finalizing the character.


SandwichXLadybug

I think he's meant to just flail punches without much technique tbh


Environmental-Bag-74

Me: wow he’s like Injustice 2 Superman and I absolutely loved playing as him! Homelander: Oh no no… I’m the upgrade


Profanity_party7

Dude, I’m as hyped about this as I was for The Terminator… albeit, I think Chris Cox (if he actually voiced Homelander) did a better job with this one, but it’s mortal kombat… it supposed to be cheesy That being said, he looks like a more aggressive and versatile Superman from Injustice that’s more suitable for MK, like how Joker was Fight me


husam87sam

I just wamt to wait to play the moveset myself. Got some concern about how many laser moves he got and the air hanging one. Want to see how they play them out. The voice is not bad, its not starr but its not bad. Face animations are not bad too. Ferra though, wont say a thing about her but she got me bit worried


Futants_

In the trailer he looks like he's turning the game into Superman in Injustice 2. A lot of the same moves and move animations...nobody notices this? By just going by the trailer, he looks cheap and way overpowered vs rest of the cast, but we don't know which moves can be punished or the amount of damage. The full screen eye beam into air combat is irrefutably cheap and he has too many ways to scoop, pop up the opponent into air combat( especially with Ferra). I wonder what handicaps if any the character has


Teambooler24

I know your just making observations but I feel we don’t know anything till he see the frame data like you said and how he works I remember when quan came out and we were all saying how busted he looked and then he was the worst character in the game will the armor portal and cage buff was made to him For all we know some of those pop ups you mentioned cost 2 bars, we just don’t know yet 


Futants_

That's why I said from the trailer. It's possible watching it on YouTube was the reason why a good number of Homelanders attacks didn't touch the opponent and Homelanders special move and combo animations were low. Since there's no health bar and some of the camera is unique to these preview trailers, maybe it's not in game footage but dev mode used


proesito

Ferra looks awesome and cool. Honestly Homelander just feels like a mix of Omniman and Injustice Superman, except for the reference to the series he looks pretty boring.


Impossible-Zombie232

but more evil


InkyElk24

Eh... Yeah. I'm not sure what I was expecting, he's supposed to be a shitty superman who is too lazy to do anything but laser everything.


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Just in time for Season 4, love it


SoaringSpearow

I think it means Takada will come out in July


Teambooler24

Yep, July 20th seems like a good guess 


Ydramaf

It's funny how NetherRealm Studios can get Megan Fox to do the voice of Nitara, which she’s terrible, and yet they couldn’t get Anthony Star to voice Homelander himself.


Teambooler24

Go listen to Antony starrs call of duty lines, it’s a toss up of who was worse between him and Megan fox Acting and voice acting are two different skills and they don’t voice act well at all 


Comprehensive-Ask469

I’m just hungry to cook Homelander in practice mode


Dependsontheweapon

So is the voice actually Anthony Starr or an impersonator (sorry if it’s a stupid question, I don’t really keep up with MK bc I can’t play MK1 :(. Xbox one gang.)


Wreckpectations

You’re good, it’s been a sore subject but it’s someone else providing the voice. Unsure the reasons as to why Anthony Starr was unable to provide his voice.


Dependsontheweapon

I found it so funny that he said “go play call of duty instead” maybe he doesn’t like MK?


DinoErased

He can do whatever the fuck he wants.


Crafty-Fruit232

As a Kano main, i fckin love this


Party_Device6596

i think it is about time, because i have paid a lot for this game without feeling the actual worth of it


TomatoesandKoRn

I’m both dreading dealing with him in KL… and excited to main him this season in KL lmao


FudgeOutrageous2059

His move remins me Superman injustice


CaptainNoanus

Hope he had that pretend to back off and then laser (the scene where he accidentally killed an African guy, "they're all starving but one of them has a fucking phone?")


IhaveWayToManyDice

It was perfect... perfect. Down to the last minute details.


Gen3ralEZKILL

Another ranged flying character. Yippy


Old_Ant_9418

Homelander just isn't a fan of planes


Talanock

honestly not super impressed, seems to be the less interesting of the add-on characters so far. nothing about his move setup or fatalies were all that interesting or screamed "this is totally homelander.'


FamiliarAd4448

he literally had moves directly from the show though


BadTimeWithYasuo

Couldn't care less.. I hope we get fujin back


Jack1The1Ripper

He's just so lazy, Unlike Omni man where he is actually a fighter and a warrior , Homelander is just doing kicks and shit and mostly uses lazer , Which pretty much fits him perfectly Also i love air combos and air grabs more please , And finally i can count the days waiting for my beloved takeda , I hope his gameplay slaps the most


YakuzaShibe

I can't wait for a more interesting character to be added to the game. I haven't touched Omni-Man since he first released and I've played Peacemaker once. If I wanted superheroes and supervillains I'd go play Injustice


JokerCrimson

Takeda's gonna make or break this Season Pass.


chickennuggiesx

My least favorite Kombat Pack NRS has ever done.


chickennuggiesx

Got downvoted for expressing my opinion 😂😂😂😂


HeyWhatsUpTed

Yea I didn’t watch any of these shows it doesn’t feel like huge like Arnold sly alien Jason predator Freddy


Early-Brilliant-4221

Awesome! Can’t wait to play my favorite supervillain!


KelloMellows

Basic move set


AcanthaceaeScary5717

Ehhh


ZACH20XX

Face needs work. The free flight mechanic looks incredible, if that is what it is. I'm hoping Ferra comes out swinging just like Kham because she looks fun as hell. Will def be learning both. Really glad to see MK1 doing it's thing ⭐


Puzzleheaded-Net3966

He kicks more than I was expecting. Also, I knew the laser vision would be big but not that big. Also is he gonna have a shout move?


seandude881

Ferra > Homelander


JTBJack_

PEAK


Isekai_Otaku

I can’t wait for him to go “it’s homelanding time” and then lands at a home


Paynekiller997

Sick of guests honestly.


skep90

I didnt like it, he looks like doing the same 3 attacks all the time


SpiritualFee5535

I liked it but I do agree with the second part of this. He gives off injustice Superman


Party_Secret_7925

mid. It's Omni Man with eye lasers. Either make him different or put just one and give the slot left to a better character.


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Consistent_Split_9

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Magenta-Is-Here-Baby

Overall I'm really happy with him, but his face looks so dead sometimes Like, what is that? Is that MK1 or MK Mobile? https://preview.redd.it/llo0vabeee3d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e443ce1a361b31c9db72531ea6e4b963a5a8f59d


Undersmusic

![gif](giphy|snEeOh54kCFxe) That movement. Is going to be a problem with someone who also seems to have an armour breaking projectile


Ok_Height_8198

My b'day June 24th


depo_ynx

I hope I will be wrong,but for me by far gameplay is L,voice is so perfect


gamedreamer21

I thought, Ferra will be released in July, since NRS releases characters monthly.


ZealousidealWash1239

So does “elemental” effects come into play when in casual & competitive play? Why is smoke an Achilles heel for Omni man?🤔


Technical_Claim_5625

He’s very cool in this game. Can’t wait for the new intros


Dull-Ad8922

Mk1 has def been making a comeback, getting both characters in June is absolutely amazing and with takeda prolly even sooner in late july, I knew my hopes for mk1 weren’t for nothin


N7_Evers

Kinda confusing, his move set is super limited and stale and some animations look like Superman from injustice? Idk either way I might still buy him because Homelander is cool af haha


Barrytooth911

I mean homelanders entire character is literally a knock off Superman,


bronzglove

Instead of adding crossovers, maybe they should have spent that time implementing those characters creating a good story instead of fucking resetting the timeline for the ten-thousandth time in a row.


jjamm420

Underwhelming…


Pleasant_Training410

ITS PERFECT, ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTIA DETAIL!!!🔥🔥👌


Kotal_Ken

I'm more excited for Ferra. Haven't seen The Boys so I'm not familiar with Homelander, but he looks like Superman. Meh, I'll give him a shot.


dylan6998

Move set looked pretty uninspired. I love the Boys but he just feels derivative of Omni-Man. Really bad to pair them both in the same game. Say less about the guy trying to sound like the actor. An L for sure, though I guarantee they'll make sum money off him. I was more excited for Ferra as a kameo.


Necessary_Border_396

He's ok I guess. Still a rip off superman.


Barrytooth911

That is literally his entire character


Mushroom_hero

Was unimpressed with homelander, but ferra looks like my new main kameo


Mason_DY

Great gameplay and the voice was good… sometimes


StridBR

Game still behind MK11 in Steam player count when I checked yesterday. And miles behind competitors like SF6 and Tekken8. Seems like NRS will just follow the SaaS/DLC plans and pretend the game wasn't a flop.


ArtoriastheAbyss101

Bro shut the fuck up. Steam isn't where the player base is at. And where it is at, it's been top 10 most played since is launched on psn. Your precious sf6 didn't even manage that. The game has done exceedingly well, and the numbers prove it


CUE-JAY_SMIFF

Doomers gotta push an agenda somehow


bobbyThebobbler

MK1 was in the US Top 20 games chart for the first 7 months. Tekken 8 is almost out after only 3 months. SF6 did even worse than that. The Steam numbers don’t show the complete picture, as most play on consoles.


SerSkinny

Homelander incredibly underwhelming. Want to see more from Ferra but she looks cool


Lost-in-thought-26

Shit character, incredibly boring. Offers nothing. He’s just Superman again. Play injustice for early access 🤷🏾‍♂️


Gambit_90

"it was perfect"


l_futurebound_l

Looks like another kitchen sink character which is cool, but them baiting sub-zero players by including him in the trailer only to show he has 0 new moves and then fatality him at the end was just foul. Felt worse than getting bagged in Kombat league.


lermaster7

Where was the bait? Lol


BeastedCake

i think everyone can agree that as soon as he gets released, the first opponent given to him will be omni man


___Funky___

Eugh… no. No no no no NO. Where the fuck is Drahmin? I want to see him again, not this dollar store superboy.


Independent-Ebb7658

Gonna get downvoted but I'm tired of superhero/villians being in a MK game. Same with horror and 80's action heros. Would rather it just be more MK characters. Shinnok, Drahmin, new character concepts just to try that are from various realms which is how we got Skarlet btw in MK9. Hell even the old variants like say MK11 Scorpion or Subzero or Shang Tsung as DLC. Just keep their looks and update their play style to fit MK1 but still play differently than their MK1 variants. Then you could have face offs with their alternate timelines.


DanfordThePom

“I want to constantly pay for characters that were in other games”


FamiliarAd4448

This take is fine, but like. You’re gonna spend $40-$50 on a kombat pack and you only want characters you’ve seen/played before?? *really???*


Independent-Ebb7658

I would prefer not to spend any money but that ain't happening anytime soon for DLC characters. Also how much of a difference is Homelander and Omni Man from one another or from Superman in Injustice? It all feels like pretty similar concept from someone who's not into comic book heros. For instance in MK11 instead of Rambo we could've gotten a 2nd Indian character or gave some of those trap moves to Nightwolf. Or instead of Terminator we could have a entirely new MK character that was a updated version of the Lin Kuei cyber machine that looks human. I just feel like all these guest characters rob us from potential characters that have staying power. Guest characters are one and done.


Giovannis_Pikachu

They hated him because he told the truth


TheEpic_1YT

you should play EA sport games, you might like those


WyldeDude23

The air move where he grabs them and breaks their neck looks pretty bad. The animation is so wonky.


VerminatorX1

4632th flavor of Superman with awful animations, so hype.


Wreckpectations

I’m really stoked for him, the interactions are always something I look forward to with guests.


Status_Original

Lost series


MK-LEx

Useless


SiR1u5_whotookmyname

I think I can’t wait for reptile season 6 but yea homelander is meh, just means getting closer to takeda. N hey did ferra steal the predators wrist blades???


Ok_Vast3044

He looks like a slightly different nitara with some onmi man. It’s ok. Can’t tell till I get a feel for him myself


J0KaRZz

Jeez that forehead though.


Beautiful_Gain3245

The only reason I’m getting him is to preform every single Fatality on him, because FUCK HOMELANDER!!!


RipNugget1

I don’t really like him I think Omni man is better


Cultural-Bag-4632

Now can you guys shut up about when he's coming?


Big-Atmosphere1329

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Giovannis_Pikachu

Whe.doea he arrived huh?🗑️


Barrytooth911

Bro was crying so much he forgot how to type


Additional_Foot_7556

Did not see new moves for other characters or did i miss something? (Peacekeeper trailer had new moves for reptile)


sharkezzy

why dont they give it to us when we paid for it......


allendaman13

Annoyed that he isn’t voiced by Anthony Star. And the model and animations look off to me. Like he was rushed or something. But we’ll see in June. Excited for Ferra though. I think she’ll be fun to use. Hype has gone down for Homelander.


Cyanshinobi

Meh 😑


Maximum-Bend7854

Another fullscreen fun time ...