Building a Better Kenshi - Now with story trailer!

[Primebuster]

Myself and AlFighter27 were chatting away on skype about Kenshi from Mortal Kombat, the blind swordsman. I came up with a few ideas, let me know what you think, or even add your own ideas for kenshi or characters you hope appear later on!

Here's an excerpt of what we said:

[20:33:47] primebuster: he was a favourite in the PS2 3d games
[20:34:15] primebuster: they'll have to change him up a bit tho, cos he uses kinetic powers like ermac
[20:34:26] primebuster: they should focus on the fact that hes blind for his moves
[20:34:44] AlFighter27: haha, like when you play as him the screen is just black
[20:34:50] primebuster: lol
[20:35:11] primebuster: nah, more like his moves are possibly all parrys or triggered when an enemy comes close?
[20:35:21] primebuster: like, he can hear them
[20:35:30] AlFighter27: hrm
[20:35:46] primebuster: i think that would be cool, add a layer of gameplay other than simple rushdown tactics
[20:36:09] AlFighter27: mhm
[20:36:15] AlFighter27: that's an interesting idea
[20:36:23] AlFighter27: would make him uber hard to play though
[20:36:27] AlFighter27: at least for me
[20:36:30] AlFighter27: i hate keep-away
[20:36:36] primebuster: being blind should have a feeling of handicap
[20:36:45] AlFighter27: agreed brah
[20:36:49] AlFighter27: you should be designing this game
[20:36:51] AlFighter27: !
[20:36:56] primebuster: i know
[20:37:01] primebuster: i have amazing ideas!
[20:37:46] primebuster: its not like the idea of parrys in the game would be unique to him, after all, smoke has his shake, and cage has his X-Ray
[20:39:14] primebuster: i mean, smoke can parry nearly everything with his enhanced shake, it should be like that with kenshi... he has different parrys for high and low, and he has a seperate parry for projectiles. it would make him uber hard to play, but its no different than playing Hakumen in BlazBlue then
[20:39:29] primebuster: he should be really weak unless he connects a parry
[20:40:14] primebuster: and obviously he should have a parry for his X-Ray as well
[20:40:59] primebuster: its a better idea than using kinetic powers, cos then hed just play more or less like ermac, and thats always a "keep away" game anyway
[20:41:53] AlFighter27: yeah
[20:41:55] AlFighter27: and to balance that
[20:42:04] AlFighter27: they'd allow easy combos in and out of parrys
[20:42:38] primebuster: aye, he should have a high damage reduction tho, cos his moves should be weak unless a parry connects
[20:44:00] primebuster: could even add a slight comedy element to him as well, like when he swings his sword he should occasionally lose balance slightly or have a longer recovery cos he never truly knows when hes gonna connect
[20:47:33] AlFighter27: hahaha
[20:47:37] AlFighter27: makes sense
[20:47:52] AlFighter27: i doubt he'll be this aweome though
[20:48:27] primebuster: like, maybe when hes really far away or really close he's less chance of the long recovery, but mid-screen might be his weakness, cos he doesnt really know how close he is to them
[20:49:01] primebuster: like, up-close he can hear them, and far away he cant, so theres no danger of him failing the strike, but medium range is like "ehh, will, i hit, or not?"
[20:49:53] primebuster: so a cool tactic against him may be to dash in and out to force kenshi to try striking, but tricking him into missing.

What do you guys think? Is the kinetic thing something that should be unique to ermac, or should kenshi play similarly? I personally think he should be a parry monster. Other games have them. Hakumen in BlazBlue and Gouken in SSF4, why not mortal kombat?

~Prime

[AlFighter27]

Hell yeah!

[Primebuster]

Well, the new Kenshi trailer is out! And while I'd have preferred he didn't have kinetic powers like Ermac, it looks like they've done an amazing job with him regardless. Check it out!

[Anim8td_fan]

Well, the new Kenshi trailer is out! And while I'd have preferred he didn't have kinetic powers like Ermac, it looks like they've done an amazing job with him regardless. Check it out!

He looks pretty cool from that trailer, I like that he can counter projectiles too.

[Primebuster]

New and exclusive 1UP video of Kenshi's Backstory!