What's funny about this is that Liu Kang and Shao Kahn teamed up to kill Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. The exact reverse of the opening of Deadly Alliance.
Good guy Shao's ending- "I was once a Konqueror, showing my ruthless might against those unworthy of my vigor. My original title was Shao Kahn! However, I've faced an unexpected opponent from Earthrealm, who seems to match mine. Though, I do not mean for the likes of Kreeya, Siro, Taja, Scorpion, or Kung Lao... But Liu Kang, the Protector of Earthrealm. We were on our last legs, exchanging blows of which I would find it impossible to affect me. In the end... it was a stalemate. For over two millennia, it was official... He doesn't suck! I've told my new recruits about my Liu Kang I've fought, and also this Liu Kang who I've fought alongside against Titan Shang Tsung. They were inspired beyond their imaginings. So much, they would wish to infiltrate that timeline and experience all they could handle. And I must be vigilant also. If my chaotic party can handle the threats that this timeline must face, I must prepare myself, for a glorious duel!"
Yeah, wish they had made this timeline’s Shao more nuanced. I get him attempting a coup out of a mix of vanity and duty, but he seems to have retained cruelty and ruthlessness that might have been more interesting left out.
Yeah it was interesting with Meleena, Reptile, Baraka and Sindel being good guys. It would have been more interesting to see shao being a good guy sometimes
He is good and obedient to Sindel, but Shang Tsung from other timeline gave them promises. God Liu Kang made sure the 3, Qua chi, Shang Tsung, and Shao Kahn will have normal lives.
To be honest, there is one pretty stubtle good side in the game. He took in Reiko, when he was an orphan. Sure, he oretty much molded him into his servant, but still he saved him. Just the same his previous self did with Skarlet according to MK11. There is that interesting side in him that I hope will be explored in later games.
Oh hey I've been looking for this. Thanks! Shao once more wins Armageddon, and this time he and Liu Kang get their revenge on the deadly alliance. It's poetic, in a way.
It's kinda evident that with any character chosen, only model changes but animations stay the same. A little weird to see giant Shao moving like mid sized Earthrealmers 😉
@@Xenoscoutknight well of course but that doesn’t mean it’s free from criticism no matter how well animated/motion captured it was, they should’ve thought about the more bigger and bulky kombatants in the story mode
General Shao? Naw this guy has to be like idk Prime Minister Shao. Let’s just take a moment to think about how Liu Kang got a version of fricking Shao Kahn to help him
I like to imagine Good Guy General Shao to be the kind of warrior who even though he's good of heart, he's a bit blunt in the tongue and is set in his ways but he knows that the realms depend on him to defend them, basically if Conan was from Outworld
I imagine him more as Julius Caesar or Gengis Kahn. Both were strategic conquers and cruel to their enemies, but they actually did care about the welfare of their people. Genghis especially would ensure that the wives and families of soldiers would be provided for should their husbands be killed in battle. He was also good to his word that if a city or town surrendered without trouble and paid tribute, he’d govern them in peace.
This would have been so much better if every character had their own approach to the pyramid. Shao for example would have been much better him charging up the stairs using his sheer strength instead of the flashy martial arts as that looks weird in my opinion 😂
Honestly he reminds me of Julius Caesar, mainly because of his clothes and the idea of a "benevolent" dictator. In his timeline he could be brutal in battle but a good person and have something similar to the roman empire. Of course with differences (like slavery for example. It was a fundamental thing in the roman empire). The idea of a roman Shao Kahn with Outworld having the typical roman aesthetic sounds very cool.
Everyone mentions how Shao from this timeline is a good guy, but nobody brings up how General Shao is a lot more morally good compared to Shao Kahn. In the story he's acting under the assumption that he could lead to the betterment of his people compared to Sindel, and he's only spurned on by Titan Shang Tsung's interferences to the timeline. He doesn't even have his soul magic in this timeline since his magics are red instead of green. It's kinda funny that for this timeline, Liu Kang decided to show Shao more respect then Shang Tsung lol.
I was thinking the same thing! Even in origin, Shao started as a sickly child but he was still provided the means to improve himself and become a war hero. Shang however was born into a backwater village and destined to become a snake oil salesman
Yeah, General Shao definitely rang like a fierce(ly misguided) patriot to me, a man absolutely convinced his actions would serve the nation he pledged his service to.
7:05 Shao Kahn: "Nicely done Kitana" I'm fully aware of the history between them in the original timeline, but a part of Kitana must be pleased to have finally gotten approval from her step father, or at least a just version of him. 9:17 Then she'd revel in seeing him slaughter the evil clones evil Shao commissioned to replace her
I agree well the frist part of what you said, I imagine in his world they have a good relationship if they are step father and daughter, in fact sure as he watch her take them out he was thinking "That my girl".
Yeah, Ike Amadi is a beast. He also voiced Atrocitus in Injustice 2 & Crunch in Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled. Hopefully, they'll keep him for future instalments.
"I am Shao Krohn! Protector of Outworld and Keeper of Time! You will taste no victory." Probably not EXACTLY what he'd say if he had the chance, but you can sure imagine the heroic twist on his past self's evil boast to Liu Kang prior to their duel in MK9.
@@mogamimi921no, i believe only Titans that appeared in this battle outside of Liu Kang, Shang Tsung and possibly Quan Chi is Kitana (that help you killed that Kombat Kids in the cutscene) Kung Lao and Raiden. The other or either from Liu Kang's new era or from another time lines where they are good people, in this case, i believe this General Shao did not become Shao Kahn and probably still serves under Empress Sindel of his timeline.
I know they didn't provide individual. Mocap for all of the characters interactions with the scene because that would have probably been way too taxing on them, but it's just so awkward to see general shao use martial arts even ending his moves in a stance. 😂
I would love to see the next game tackle this idea of fusion characters a lot, as it also kinda opens up a large waterway for custom characters being a thing again. Of course, they'd have to limit the options in various ways, but I can still see it as a possibility in our near future.
Shao kahn new design is ver inspiring from dceu steppen wolf and now we can say our villains are anti villains and anti heroes like shao just want to protect outworld but he has chosen wrong way and developers improved his look so that he looks good without his helmet this was time I saw shao looking cool without his helmet because that cringey scales are gone from his face and he has horns naturally that gived him motaro like look that is very cool
I'd very much hope Shao redeems himself in the future. I think the idea would have been nice to see. Not immediately, but a starting point to were he becomes a good guy, while keeping his current look. Perhaps display how much of a Dad he is to Reiko Perhaps involving the Kytine as a huge threat to Outworld, & a new villain to oppose him
I agree but he shouldn't be "good guy" but he should have maybe strong concept of honor or duty,respect. The type of thing that makes you give props and respect to a bad guy
With all the different kombinations they made, it's kind of a miss that there isn't a build-your-fighter type thing where you can customize both their looks and their powers, taking some from here, others from there (for multiplayer, maybe a specific mode where everyone battles their own kreations). It would make for some fun interactions. Leave a sub-zero clone, drag the enemy into it with scorpion's kunai, stab them with baraka's blades. They'd have to limit the amount of crowd control you can have on a single character to prevent perma-stunlock (which is already almost a problem with kameos), but I think it'd be very entertaining.
Because the cutscenes of different characters are basically the same, there's no other way that someone would bail or something like that so even if they're good at gun or magic they would still kick that guy down the stairs , so it's funny how despite general shao being a brute, he still do backflip, kicking and he struggles to keep mileena from stabbing his eyes
i really wish that shao kahn looked more like “shao kahn” instead of general shao with the horns. besides, aren’t these changes only made in liu kang’s timeline? (that we know of?) same with the other titans, they all look like their new era selves with different clothes on instead of how they normally would have looked.
yeah i feel you on that, the only one who change is Raiden with his Titan and Evil self that goes back to the old man. seeing Aftermath Shang Tsung with his MK11 moveset at the top of the pyramid would've been great even his ''evil'' liu kang could've been a zombie instead of another reskin normal liu kang but evil lol
I've been wondering for a while about why Mk3 Jax is on the Villain side. Like Unchanged Literally just Jax, no evil difference like Sonya/Kano next to him
*Shao Kahn (General Shao): HMPH! I never thought I'd climb the Pyramid and die fighting side-by-side with an Earthrealmer Godly vermin like you, Liu Kang.* *Fire God Liu Kang: How about climbing the Pyramid and die fighting side-by-side with a friend?* *Shao Kahn (General Shao): (chuckling) I could do that. Yesssss.*
General Shao should have said when Titan Shang Tsung underestimated the former's chances of defeating him and Quan Chi, "that's rich, coming from two sorcerers who made me look like a fool."*
Everyone we can't wait for Chapter 15 Armageddon as Kombat Pack 1 : Takeda, Ermac, Quan Chi & 3 Guest Characters (Omni-Man, Homelander & Peacemaker). we see the unique Cutscenes Interaction with Kitana, Liu Kang & Shang Tsung and Cutscenes battle Against Sonya X Kano, Goro X Shao Kahn, Dark Raiden X Kung Lao & Mileena's Tarkatans Forces Test Your Might QTE
I had a dream where in the normal mortal kombat Armageddon game you could play this where you also choose your character and see the scenes of your character doing the same thing as in this video except the scenery was different compared to this of course and the characters that you faced where like the same as in mk10 where the good guys were brought back to life in terms of appearance
I cant understand when we saw supreme shang tsung walking on pyramid from upside camera angle its clear he is standing in front of hollow gap between stairs and suddenly change in camera angle and stair appear in front of him can someone tell me what is happening
there'S like 3 stair in front of him that goes down in the gap and the camera angle capture those stair instad of the gap when it goes back to him. You can see the small set of stair when the camera is behind him when he walk
It's Official Canon One of them is actually Liu Kang The Original Chosen One But equal fit from RAIDEN|Shang Tsung|Geras|Shao Khan Is SHAO KHAN definitely
