Tanya is a new character for me because I have never played MK4 and I'm not dissapointed.

She took me ages to beat in the Konqest main storyline and she does look cool (though not as much as Jade).

My 3rd fave female in MK:D next to Jade and Mileena.

Prepare yourselves, becouse I found my arch-target!

First of all I hate Tanya becouse her design in boyh character appearance and storyline was hastened. She was originally Kitana in MK4, but they ne-eded new characters badly.

her looks: horrible. Personally I consider the MK series to have mainly an oriental feeling and this applies to Outworld even moreso. Check MK2 and you know what I'm talking about. Traditional chinese motives, designs and ornaments in the backgrounds, the characters have eastern clothes.
Edenia for me is an eastern paradise much like Malaysia or Southern Chi-na. There is no way that a black girl could be edenian for my taste (no racism, but please think this through: all edenians, except Jade have pale skins. Maybe Mileena is a bit darker, but that could be becouse she's half-tarkatan. it would be acceptable that Tanya lives near a desert-as like Ja-de, but her design in MK4 was just plane horrible. The impression she left me behind was one of the worst), but then again, she looks great in MKD.
Okay, costume not so bad at all...but still she's under the average of Stryker

Gameplay: gymnastical specials and an unoriginal fireball attack variety for ground an air combat. Man, that really pissed me off. There was already Sonya who had gym like movements (leg grab, jump punch) and purple blasts. And not to mention that Mileena and Kitana had ven moreso gym moves: jump punch and rolling attack with falling kick.
If Tanyas main characteristics is being sneaky, than they should have given her more less-face to face and more sneaky/tricky moves. this would have saved her from being doomed by me from the start. The invisibility suits her really, while reptile becomes translucent, wonder what Tanya uses to become unseen?

Tanyas worst side is her storyline. being always around and she does nothing else than serves for those who actually threaten her. Whats the logic in that? Why doesn't she takes side with others who could actually use her help and won't kill her? OK, so she's vile in nature, allright, that would explain this...hardly.
She betrays Edenia, she betrays Liu kang, She betrays the Deadly Alliance, and then she betrays the dragon King himself. Man, allright, she good in betraying, but in what else does she excell? She is always working for her benefit despite her curernt loyalties, but when it comes to fight off another bad villain, she simply turncoats-her plans could have been used to defend the DA, and probably prevent or delay it's destruction. Man, if she ever would have stood up against something despite the danger, she would be Okay. But she does not. And looks like she wont be back to do so.
But what's the worst things I loathe inTanya is that she:

-has no real weapon. Kobujutsu as a weapon? Are there sane designers in Midway? kobujutsu is a style to use the kobudo weapons like kama and kusarigama.

-was there a point to her in being in MKD? Sadly, she suddenly found herself in the middle of a war and -as we should have expected- left the DA for Onaga and continued her scheming.

-has no goal, or it is yet unrevealed. Every bad guy has a motivation that keeps him/her going: Shang Tsung must accomplish his dream of getting rid of his curse and become eternal. Quan Chi seeks for omnipotence and thus bending the whole world to his will. Shao Khan has a warlord like ambition to own everything. Typical sinister megalomaniac. Baraka seeks the bloodlust in every battle, so he constantly seeks war. Mileena is furious becouse of her freakishness and envies Kitana. Havik is a chaos sprea-der, like a disease, he is contagious. Noob Saibot has recently discovered that nothing stands in his way for his own ambitions. Kabal, Kira and Kano are born survivalists, but while Kano is a rascal, Kabal is driven by supressed andd a much deeper hatred becouse of his ruined existence. Mavado seeks a fully functional society, so that his syndicate can move on. Mavado is ruthless, but still less evil than the others. He doesn't hesitate to take killings in his own hands, but he does not enjoys it, like Ben Kobra

What special motivation does Tanya hold? (nothing sadly-filler)

-is a covard in every way. Thats however a personal aproach towards her character. The series need backstabbers like her, but please...
Storyline-overall: 1/5 Looks-overall: 2-3/5 Special moves: 2/5 Fighting styles: 3/5 Finishers-overall: 2/5 (becouse of her hara kiri and the fatalities in MK4) Whole character overall: 2/5

I also am not a fan of Tanya, at least in terms of character, storyline, and especially colour (gag). She was just a last minute replacement for Kitana, and they threw in a bland story that doesn't really make any difference in the MK world. I suspect that Tanya (like Sonya) receives some special treatment because she is named after one of Ed Boon's sisters. Normally I would be excited to see another evil woman in the MK realm, but everything about her story and character is so second rate and redundant that she takes a huge back seat to Mileena in that respect.

That being said, she is one of the better characters to use (both in MK4 and MK:D). Her weapon is, in my opinion, boring (what do the MK creators have against twin swords, I wonder?), but her special moves (however unoriginal) and fighting styles are quite useful. I rarely use her because I want to stab my own eyes out every time I see her yellow costumes, but I will admit that she is a decent fighter.

That is correct OgiStyle.

Tanya is my favorite MKD character, I love her new look. I like her story too.

With that kind of end, I like it too.

Sorry that I wasn't here for the other two, but I'm going to do them anyway.

Dairou

I like his look. He has that MK feel with his costumes with the whole Kung Fu type essence. He's a great fighter with his special moves and stuff. Wing Chun suits him perfectly. I wish it had the backdash cancel advantages it had with some of its moves like in the MK: DA version. Escrima is better than it was in MK: DA. Autumn Dao is pretty good though I wish it had a couple more combos. His fatalities are pretty good. HIs weak point is his storyline. I'd like to see him in MK7 and hopefully, his storyline will involve him finding out that his family was killed by Darrius so that he can turn on him. Perhaps the original storyline concept for Dairou being a bloodthristy Samurai might've been better.

Nightwolf

At first, I wasn't really excited that he was brought back since I never saw anything special in him in the past thought I'm not saying he sucked or anything. In MK: D, I think he's much better. His look is cool though his alternate costume is a rip-off of Thunder from the Killer Instinct series. Val Tudo (it's supposed to be spelled Vale Tudo) suits him, imo, but it's weak in the game and it lacks the grappling and submission moves it's supposed to have. Tae Kwon Do doesn't suit him, imo, and it feels less fluid than the MK: DA version. Tomahawks are ok. His special moves are pretty good though I don't know why he had to have Rain's Lightning Bolt. Storywise, he's improved with the tainting his soul thing. Perhaps it might lead him to becoming evil or something. I haven't seen either of his fatalities. Overall, he's better than what he was like in MK3-MKT and I hope to see him in MK7 with improvements on Vale Tudo, switching TKD with something like San Shou or Sambo, and more with his storyline.

Tanya

I was disappointed when I first learned that she was going to be in this game...Well, when I got Tanya, got her bios, beat the Arcade mode with her and saw her ending, I still think she's crap.

She is one of my least favorite characters in the MK series along with Sheeva, Stryker, Jax, Hsu Hao, and Kobra.

I don't like either of her costumes. They aren't that much different looking from each other. At least she looks evil looking...

Gameplay wise, she's not too bad, especially in Kobu Jutsu. The other two styles are ok. Her specials are not too bad either though I hate that her projectiles are generic fireballs.....The Find Me move is unnecessary for her to have.

Storyline, let me put it this way: it sucks. She's pointless other than help give info on how to merge the Kamidogu. Her ending is terrible. I don't see any potential in her. I hope Jade's ending will happen. Overall, I feel it was a bad idea to bring Tanya back.

he looks nice and his story is open to just about anything

Character:
I like Tanya as a character. I think they should develope her as the true mega-bitch of Mortal Kombat. Kira is just ruthless and Mileena is somewhat sympathetic but as far as we know Tanya's evil simply because she wants to be. I think they should expand on that. Play up the nasty bitchy side to her and have her go after the Edenian throne.
Rating: 3.5/5

Storyline:
Tanya's Deception story is fine to explain why she's back and what's she's doing, but beyond that there's not much to it. But in future games they need to utilize her full potential. They should expand on her feud with Jade and/or start a feud with Mileena.
I like Tanya's ending because her bio hinted she might turn good or she didn't want to serve the bad guys so I was very happy to see she's still the heartless bitch of MK.
Rating: 3/5

Gameplay:
I think Tanya's bad ass. Lot of fun to use, fast, and strong. I get good use out of three of her styles.
Far as special moves, the Screw Kick and FLip Kick are good and useful, but the fireballs are pretty generic and unnecessary. I've not much use for invisibility either.
Rating: 4/5

Appearence:
The only thing about Tanya I didn't like in MK4 was her appearence. Not exactly sure what it was but something about the way she looked bothered me. Whatever it was, they fixed it because I think she looks great in Deception. Her alt's decent, but her primary is sweet.
Rating: 4/5

Fatalities:
Her weapon fatality is cool but her Thigh Grab is pretty sick. Her Hara Kiri is also unsettling as well. Good stuff.
Rating: 4.5/5

Overall:
I like Tanya. Glad she's back, awesome to use and I think she has a lot of potential for future games.
Rating: 4/5

Story:
Tanya has been my favorite character since MK4.I like her story.Like XiahouDun said,she is the mega-bitch of MK.She is evil because she wants to be.She actually enjoys it.Her story did need a bit more spice to it but I still like it.

Moves:
Her fireball move is unoriginal but her others are really good.Her Split Kick is a little bad but her Drill Kick makes up for it.She is cheap,strong,and she has some awesome juggles like her rival,Jade.Her Find Me move is really good too.Although its useless against CPU.Her combo names are actually sexy like All For You and Can You Feel It?.

Appearance:
Her MK4 appearance was pretty disappointing but her look now rocks.I love her primary.It gives her a darker figure that fits her well.I'm not sure what that is around her eyes though.Is it a mask or makeup?Her alternate isn't the best costume ever but its okay.Her voice now is even cooler.She has a dusky,sexy,rough voice that really works for her.

Fatalities:Tanya has to have some of the most brutal fatalities ever.Her first,the Femur Stab looks extremely painful.The femur is the thickest,biggest bone in you body and its attached on both ends.Having that ripped out AND getting it shoved into your throat?*shudders*Painful.Her second one is okay.It still looks painful.Her and Ermac tie for the most badass hara-kiris ever.As I said before about the femur,now she rips out BOTH of them and then stabs them in your eyes,which I imagine hurts worse than having it shoved in your throat.

Overall:Tanya is my No.1 favorite MK character.She has awesome moves,an interesting story,and a great look.I'm really glad that they brought her back.Boon wouldn't name a character after his sister for nothing.

Tanya is, in a word, Terrific. Her costume is one of the best in Mortal Kombat: Deception. I personally love the color of her costume, its so much better than Mileenas, Li Meis and Sindels "Look at me, I'm wearing a pink leotard, I'm a beetroot"... I mean PINK? Come on, pigs are pink, its hardly a threatening color is it, to me pink signifies weakness. Yellow I like, it is an underestimated color that get ridiculed just because its the color of a banana. To me, the yellow that makes up Tanyas outfit gives her a tropical or Mediterranean look, which is great, I love the tropics, all those coconuts and pina coladas and beach parties... she looks cool.

I think Tanya has a GREAT range of special attacks. Her Invisibility move is stealthy and sneaky just like her character. Her cannon drill move is quick and also sneaky. Her fireball moves suit her color scheme, yellow flames, its much better than Kobras fireball, I prefer her air fireball and but in all a good projectile, its not like the fireball is underused in fighting games... the split kick is kinda like Nitaras only with added effect. An aggressive move that really suits her character and persona...

Her storyline is great, I totally love her character and idea, the role she plays I really love a good old fashioned villain. Mileena is just a clone who has no real purpose except to try and destroy her sister, over and over again, blah blah, it is just so bland. Kira, Kobra, Kabal, all part of the same gang, so formulaic. Tanya is kinda creepy in the way that she might form an alliance with you and it is all fake she has no morals she will kill if it means she stays alive even if its her closest friend (Judas, Kind of a tragic character, aligns with evil to protect herself). Her storyline is definately one of the most interesting, she is not just another black dragon gang member, she is formidable in her own way... she is mysterious we never really know her true purpose is, thats the best part, not knowing, its dark and ominous, just like MK. She is no less important than any other character in MK... I am rooting for Tanya, her ending was fantastic...

Tanya brings a lot to MK and at least she doesn't look as if she'd be a good part of the X-men (Sub-Zero, Baraka, Raiden)... she is a survivor, by whatever means necessary. On an end note, her weapon is the best weapon in Deception no question who really cares if it hasn't got a proper name. Anyway, Tanya is my favorite character in MK, she is such a breath of fresh air, and totally original in every way...

You can either love her or hate her. Her evilness is pointless in every way.

I prefer her laying killed within her own puddle of blood But she's not the worst character in the series I assure you.

Gameplay wise she is good, but yes, she has unnecesary moves wuch as the fireballs.

awesome!!! Mixed review about Tanya. Anyway, lets move on.....(its selecting)....Kenshi!!!!

Let me say something about Dairou and Tanya too...

Dairou: Ladies and Jentlemen, let me introduce you one of the worst MK characters of all times!
This guy is ugly, has no style, has bad taste in clothes and, I simply hate him. Midway, please, get rid of that freak and never show him again alongside the characters, like Kai, Darrius, Havik, Reiko, Rain, Noob and Ermac.

Tanya: The same is Dairou, if they weren't in the same game, I'd call her a "female Dairou replacement". No style, ugly, just not interesting.

Now for the Kenshi:
When I first so the guy, I thought "hmm, not bad so far". Unluckily for him, ny mind changed right after I saw his belt on the eyes. "Wtf???!! Is he blind or something???!!! Oh, no, not another Voldo, please!!!" You know, I don't believe in this shit about blind/depth/armless/simply stupid warriors who can still fight like anormal person. Goddamit THE KID IS BLIND!!!! Don't feed me with fairy tales about his "sword". No sword can replace him a normal sight, not even telekinesis. Well, anyway, maybe it's just my hatred to all the cripples..... But I don't want to see him in the next game anyway. Never again.

Oh, Ermac, eh? I dunno what you guys find in this freak..... Moron with zip originality, stupid red clothes, huge brows (they did him from Ed Boon, I presume?) and green eyes......... Cheezes, that's no fun at all, especially after they gave all of his telecinetic attacks to a Kenshi. I mean, why would they do two characters with the same special moves in one game?

"This guy hates everybody" you can say, right? Well, I like Baraka, Sheeva (yes Sheeva, goddamit! Bring her back already, she was dead enough of time!), Kabal, Sindel, Ashrah, Nitara and much more. But it's just a coincidence I guess, that all the characters in this thread are my most hatred ones.

Hmm, Karamato Hechimaru (this was his alias, dunno the real name tough) was one legendary blind fighter, he died in 1875 and was considered the closed eye. He represented blind martial arts, and he fought with eyes closed. His style was not japanese however, it was one chinese variaton of Tai Chi Chuan I think. Anyway, the blind guy actually won a martial arts contest when he beaten the current champion who wasn not blind.
Hechimarus style was based on intuition and sharper senses. He fought defensively and waited for his opponents attacks. He blocked and retali-ated (reminds strongly of mantis style gong fu) with remorseless attacks. it is said, that if hechimarus opponent got into darker areas or has been blinded by the sun, hechimaru was gaining the upper hand-why? becouse hechimarus senses were so keen, that he instantly knew that his oppo-nent was in trouble and immediatly used it to his favor.
hechimaru died in the near of current Peking when he was attacked by a bee swarm. Possibly he was allergic to bee stings.

Since MKDA's release, Kenshi has been my favorite kombatant. I have heard of other blind fighters before (not fictional) including the one mentioned above my post. His background story in MKDA is awesome, something I'd like to explore more with my fanfiction writings. In MKD, I love his new moves, though I wish they didn't give him Judo. I was hoping he would play a big role in this game, but he seemed like one of the side characters. I love the fact that he allied with one of my other favorites, Sub-Zero. If he does appear in MK7, I hope that he plays a bigger role in the story.

Now, besides "he should get his sight back," what ways do you all think Kenshi should improve to become a better character?

Kenshi,hmmmm i dunno if i like him or not. he seems kinda un original. he feels like a japanese DareDevil. and also the red cloth over the eyes? if your blind why not just freak ppl out with your glossy eyes! i don't like the rag on his face it makes him look like NEO at the end of the matrix trilogy. Great Fighter though although he DID take some of Ermac's coolness away by being to use telekenesis. Fatalities are nothing special bu i do like the sword one better than the tele slam. his hara kiri sucked though. yeah it was the ORIGINAL but i mean comeon at least show it not his back while we see a sword slide not stabinto his kidney region. I liked his story about getting shang tsung back but it took him like 5 games to actually catch up with shang(slow ass) i wish they woulda kept it at that VENDETTA solved but no he had to join the special forces along with CYRAX! cyrax needs to ditch Jax and Sonya and go hunt down some Sektor! that'd be cool, a predator/predator battle. Well anyways getting back to kenshi, i think overall he is a good character kinda boring but glad he was back for deception. The 3 chars that were into'd in deadlyalliance and brought back for deception were my faves so glad li mei rai cho and kenshi all made it in. VERY happy nitara and mavado and drahmin are gone VERy happy!

I'd like to see them put more focus on Kenshi as a swordsman and less on his telekinetic abilities. Give more sword-based moves so he'll become more unique and less like Ermac, IMO.

Forgot to judge Tanya, sorry..
Don't hope on me being soft, i wanna see this whore in the fictional Abyss of the Mortal Kombat world. Burn in hell for all I acer but please, may Boon give her the ending she deserves. With much love, Chrome.

Storyline-overall: 1/5
Looks-overall: 3/5
Special moves: 2/5
Fighting styles: 3/5
Finishers-overall: 2/5 (becouse of MK4, her MKD fats. were okay I guess)
Whole character overall: 2/5

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OK, Blind Kenshi

Storyline-overall: 3/5
Looks-overall: 3/5
Special moves: 2/5
Fighting styles: 3/5
Finishers-overall: 3/5
Whole character overall: 3/5

An original character, and i like to bring up some things that may clear the portait of this one: First, Kenshi is not daredevil. Daredevil is almost super-human, with acrobatics like he has noone can compare, and sadly acrobatics like that can never exists only in the Marvel comics. Not that the MK universe is better or realistic, just that, that it is closer to reality when it comes to physical laws (except the specials)
Kenshis main card is that he is a offspring of the Warrior Kings, and thus has enough potential to fight in MK. The mystic sword he has-well, you could expect something like that when it comes to a samurai sword wielding warrior. Telekinesis, yes, he learned them from Ermac, but notice that, that Ermac is getting more mystical (Hado-energy, floating), so we can expect that Ermac will be a spellcaster of some degree while keeping his telekinetic powers of his mind. Kenshi uses mind opwers, Ermac hado-energy (suspected spellforce).
looks: why won't he uncover his eyes? maybe becouse they were burned out by the release of suols when he grasped at his future sword. the eyeballs are intact, but maybe sun or light couses pain to him, and also the bandana on his eyes is protecting the remaining senses the sockets have. Practical. A warrior who's eyes are under some veil has a larger psychological effect on other opponents.
Overall, his story, his looks and his specials (need to improve tough) are well thought over. Kenshi is also a next generation fighter like Li Mei and Kira. Looking forward to see him again.

Kenshi is, in a word, Daredevil... The first time I ever laid eyes on Kenshi in DA I immidiately thought "This guy is like Daredevil". Come on, blind man who can fight by sensing an opponents position. The comparison is so evidently clear it isn't even funny. I don't particularly like Kenshi he takes the best qualities that made Ermac great so he is basically a leech and I don't like him. Plus his story is, IMO, rather bland in comparison to others. Man seeks vengeance for being blinded by souls. Whoopdeedoo...

Better than being pointlessly evil I guess...

maybe i should select another person. it seems everyone is done with Kenshi. Lets select then, next up is.........Darrius!!!!

In a few words, i dont like Darrius.

His story is average (resistances never work in MK)

Shinto Ryu is just a renamed Karate
Leopard Doesnt fit him well
Gauntlets are too weak

Special moves are all to do with strange blue effects which he has no history of magic

His appearance is unappealing and his alt is even worse

His fatalities are his high point

Darrius is a fucking joke. Give me Jax over his ass anytime! darrius is some lame ass filler character just like every other new Deception character except for Havik but that is just because they threw him and khan in the mix together, Darrius is a Token Black guy cliche and a piece of shit. what is with his moves/styles. it's like J.cage Nitara and Cyrax had a freakishly retarded baby with crappy yellow sunglasses. Darrius i hope dies horribly at the hand of Kung Lao for no apparent reason or he gets eaten alive by Something like a living forest tree or mileena. Darrius is a -8 out of 10 he owes points! Darrius sucks the big wang.

Darrius is a horribly executed idea. The resistance manipulator and scheme-man was retarded into a marijuana-smoking-funky-fighter-ass!
And it started as a very good idea. My heart breaks!

Storyline-overall: 3/5 (resistance leader,politican, scheming bad guy)
Looks-overall: 2/5 (becouse his alt is just bullshit)
Special moves: 2/5 (theese are the saviors of him)
Fighting styles: 2/5 (kinda weird sometimes)
Finishers-overall: 1/5 (Jax ripoff and the other is just plain dumb)
Whole character overall: 2/5 (badly executed idea)

The storyline is important now, and he plays a key role in it. But damn, his looks just give me the creeps. How can one seriously think he's a leader? Explanation: Darrius is possibly the best actor in Seudo. That wuold even raise him to 3/5, but the funk-style alt. just blew my mind out.

if they gonna make Darrrius comeback, than make his alt. something normal, give him more original fatalities and hara-kiris, a normal attitude and a more serious looking image and weapon -gauntlets, well if at least they would do something about it and give him the true gauntlet weapons not that oversized butchers cleaver- and that should satisfy me.

He is almost better than Tanya, and far above Kai and Rain.