Mortal Kombat 1’s character roster has expanded to welcome a handful of comedian guide personalities, and Homelander from The Boys is the most recent superpowered addition. NetherRealm Studios not too long ago debuted a three-minute gameplay trailer for the antagonist’s arrival to showcase his strikes and fatalities on provide. Nevertheless, a number of followers within the participant pool have been fast to match the assaults to one in every of DC’s best.
Becoming a member of Homelander within the combating franchise’s twelfth entry is Ermac, Omni-Man from Invincible, and Peacemaker – the John Cena model – from James Gunn’s HBO Max sequence of the identical title, all of which arrived earlier within the 12 months. Finishing the sport’s Kombat Pack shall be Takeda, who’s scheduled to debut later within the 12 months after Homelander’s arrival in June, and we praised the variety in Mortal Kombat 1’s Kameo Fighter system in our 9.8 out of 10 overview.
Homelander’s Similarities To Injustice’s Superman Are Disappointing Followers
Comedian fiends already accustomed to Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s milk-loving narcissist are completely conscious that Homelander resembles Superman’s powers, aesthetic, and stature, and several other viewers of Amazon’s live-action sequence think about him to be a parody of Clark Kent’s alter-hero.
Due to this fact, when MK1’s gameplay trailer for Homelander arrived, it wouldn’t have been a shock to see the pink eyes, the billowing cape, or the hovering stance. The villain was seen going up in opposition to Sub-Zero and Liu Kang, displaying the latter’s intestines being boiled by his laser beam. A taunt was additionally revealed, leaning into Homelander’s penchant for milk.
Normal suggestions to the trailer was optimistic, however a number of followers instantly expressed discontent with Homelander’s strikes, saying they have been a duplicate of Superman’s assaults from the Injustice franchise. One onlooker shared a heated response, saying “Wow that is crap most of Homelander’s strikes are proper from Injustice Superman. I acknowledge the identical bounce warmth imaginative and prescient and punch combo he does and the seize is similar, would even say his uppercut is similar.”
Injustice is a superhero combating franchise additionally developed by NetherRealm, that includes the characters from the DC Comics Universe, making this comparability inevitable. You can really feel the waves of disappointment from different feedback, together with “So he’s principally Superman from Injustice” and “All his strikes seem like Injustice Superman”.
Sadly, actor Anthony Starr confirmed he was not returning to voice Homelander’s MK1 variant, a lot to the followers’ disappointment. This was considerably stunning since J.Ok. Simmons – the unique voice actor for Omini-Man – voiced the Invincible patriarch for the sport.
Early entry to Homelander will start on June 4, 2024, and shall be obtainable to play by way of buying Mortal Kombat 1 Premium Version or the Kombat Pack.
