User blog comment:TheDarkPrinceReturns!/Worst MK games/@comment-1522347-20110719145017

i didnt think deadly alliance was terrible, but it bugged me dat they got too lazy with the character move sets and stuff. they took out a lot of signature moves for klassic characters and replaced them with less cooler moves, plus the animations for the returning moves didnt look as cool as they used to. for example:

johnny cage: nut punch & shadow uppercut were taken out

kung lao: dive kick, teleport & spin move were taken out

raiden: flying charge & teleport were taken out

sonya: energy ring, leg grab, air wave & bicycle kick were taken out

scorpion: teleport punch was taken out

sub zero: ice clone, ground freeze & slide were taken out

kitana: air wave was taken out

reptile: invincibility, slide & force ball were taken out

cyrax: net throw & teleport were taken out

jax: projectile, gotcha grab, multi-slam & dash punch were taken out

kano: choke & knife throw taken out

shang tsung: the ability to morph taken out!

quan chi: stomp move & weapon steal taken out

at least in mk9 the characters dat dont have some of their classic moves are compensated with moves dat are still pretty good.