Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-2135549-20150421174527/@comment-3303402-20150421193013

D'Vorah: I think she's a well-done character overall. I know Tanya is still techically in the series and her own character, but as far as I'm concerned, D'Vorah is the original timeline's Tanya done right - a mysterious but helpful and intelligent woman in yellow and black, helping the heroes... until TWIST! Disciple of Shinnok all along! I dunno... maybe it's how old!Tanya seemed to flop sides all the time without a clear aim, maybe it's how I had D'Vorah pegged as the Token Evil Teammate from day one. In any case, I think D'Vorah pulls it off way better.

Kotal Kahn: Kotal is one of those types that looks really appealing from his random versus quotes and a few gameplay vids, but his gameplay doesn't really click with me and... honestly, I think he's rather idiotic. His attempts at unity splinter his realm, he turns on Earthrealm when he usurped Mileena specifically to ally with them, and he was willing to sit there and be killed by Kung Jin despite having no heir to the throne besides his civil war rival. Dumb, dumb, dumb. It really makes me question if Mileena's unseen regime was really so bad after all...

Erron Black: ...yeah, he's cool. Moving on.

Ferra/Torr: I could not feel any more different from you. Yeah, they don't show up that much... but they don't need to. Outworld will always need jobber characters, and with Baraka offed, we'd only have Reptile otherwise. Unlike Baraka, however, Ferra/Torr has personality up the wazoo, and they easily have the most entertaining dialogue with most of the characters. Plus, it's nice to have big guys other than Shokan characters and unplayable bosses. I think this duo might be my favourite new addition to the cast.

Cassie Cage: Eh... she's okay. I think I would have liked her more if neither of her parents were in the game as well. She's a good mix of both her parents, but they're part of the same roster, she feels almost redundant. Maybe she'll have a better chance to shine in the next game.

Jacqui Briggs: Okay gameplay, competent and straightforward style, nice interactions with Takeda. Not much else to say about her. Easily the least interesting of her own team.

Kung Jin: I really like Kung Jin. The "shaolin" label does seem a bit weird to me, though, since I don't know how to classify Kung Jin... just that he doesn't feel "shaolin" to me. I'm particularly sold on his weapon: combination bow, battle staff, and magic staff. Really fun to play. I also particularly like his alternate costume. The homosexuality bit doesn't really affect how I view him one way or another.

Takeda: Nice guy with nice interactions with his teammates. Gameplay hasn't quite clicked with me yet, but I haven't played him much.