Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1772284-20150227141153/@comment-25561256-20150306055421

Seriously, though... I personally just enjoy characters with uniqueness. Cassie uses Johnny's shadow kick and nut punch, Stryker's gun shot, and Sonya's more "hands on" approach in her Brawler variation. Jin (obviously the son of gay parents Kung Lao and Nightwolf) has been shown to prominently use a bow and whether a physical bow or magical bow, it's still a bow, which Nightwolf used. Fujin also used a crossbow in MK4, which leads me to believe me may not make it into MKX, although I hope I'm wrong about that. Jacqui just seems like a boring street fighter chick with no real significance. Takeda intrigues me because of his unique whip-like weapons. It's starting to look like he may be the "face" of good very soon, in my opinion.

Other rather unique post-MK3 characters include Bo' Rai Cho (who I think could be a cool character if they do away with his failing humorous moveset), Drahmin (the first character with a club arm), Havik (with his body mutilation abilities), Kai (using his awesome handstand moves), Mavado (grappling hooks), Nitara (everything about her), Onaga (the first dragon ever seen), Skarlet (with her love for the crimson), and Taven (who I think could also be an awesome character if he was refined and given his time stop ability in 1vs1).

My point is, and maybe people will agree, maybe not, that unique characters stand out. They draw your attention in more. I don't want to see a new fighter use the same moves or weapons that old characters use. A prime example for me is the use of fire. Literally like half the roster of MK can throw fireballs. Lame. It was cool when Liu Kang shot fireballs and Shang Tsung threw flaming skulls, but now everyone does it. It doesn't stand out anymore.

So when you look at the initial four newbies that were introduced, (Cassie Cage, D'Vorah, Ferra & Torr, and Kotal Kahn) three of those four are very original. D'Vorah's race has never before been seen. Neither has Kotal's. And two characters in one with Ferra & Torr? Brand new concept (no, Noob-Smoke doesn't count). Cassie is not original. She borrows everything she does from previous kombatants and that's just not intriguing to me.