User blog comment:Cry0$ting94/Stryker, Shujinko, and Society/@comment-376302-20110317030606

Shujinko is just plain bad in gameplay terms. Almost all of his moves are borrowed, and his fatalities are cheap and unoriginal. On the other hand, his story is priceless. It really builds on MK canon, and was very unique.

Stryker is a great character. His moves are powerful, and he's just plain badass. The main problems are, 1) he's too urban and really doesn't cope well with MK style, and 2) Midway didn't really build on his storyline. In MK3, he was just a confused cop in a forsaken city. In MKA, he didn't have a story at all. Hopefully Netherrealm will solve the second dillema when they release MK9.