I'm impressed with Kira, she's easy to play with, and suprisingly fun. Kano's and Sonya's moves look good on her, and the fact that she is hot and has large breasts doesn't hurt either.

Tanya and Mileena and Ermac
They all pulled through very nicely especially Ermac and Tanya they have great combos Ermac maybe be a little slow with the Axe but it takes out alot of damagae and Tanya is very quick on the buttons with nice fatalities.

I'm Impressed with Havok, personally.

Most combos suck... they don't connect nearly as smoothly as they did in DA.... I like to make my own combos
I was BLOWN AWAY by noob-smoke!!! !It's the best of the best!!!
Also... I expected Nightwolf and Ermac to be pretty mediocre... And they where GOOD
I was a little dissapointed in Sindel though... I am a big fan of the hair attack... but nothing here... Also, tanya dissapointedme a little... the only new move was invisibility... Hotaru is also kind of crappy... but I expected that

Im impressed with Goro's bio hope he's unlockable.

I was kinda skeptical about Noob Smoke, but now I see they are awesome. Baraka has always been my favorite, and they improved him alot. Havik exceeded my expectations, and Liu Kang is awesome.
I was dissappointed by Darrius. I expected him to play better than he does. Instead, he gets stuck by playing crappily, a bad storyline, and a VERY bad alt.
I expected Hotaru to be much more, too, but he dissappointed me, also.

Out of the 25 (including Onaga):
Impressed: Mileena (wow, and i'm not only talking about her looks) Baraka Li Mei (though i wish she still had baji quan) Ermac Nightwolf (the tomahawks are great) Noob-Smoke (i thought they'd suck ass) Tanya (strong) Ashrah
In the middle: Jade (her look is way too much like tanya's and her fighting styles aren't that great) Kenshi (pretty much the same) Scorpion Sub-Zero Raiden Bo' Rai Cho Shujinko (konquest is awesome but i haven't really gotten used to him in kombat mode) Dairou (thought he'd be better) Kira (not as bad as i thought she'd be, but she's not that that great either)
Disappointed: Sindel (i'm a fan of her but she's not that great in this game) Havik Kabal Hotaru (cmon, if they were able to cheat us out of a hair move for sindel and replace it with some stupid shit, why not come up with a 3rd move for him?) Kobra (nothing special) Darrius Liu Kang (thought i'm glad he's back he's just another character if you get what i mean) Onaga (looks cheesy, kinda like a boss from a game for little kids or something, not MK)

Kabal- For some reason he just doesnt look that cool imo compared to mk2 there just seems to be somthing missing. Also his spin move doesnt look as cool as it did in mk2. And an alt outfit with his mask off would have been cool.
Nightwolf- I dont think his outfits are very cool also i really hate that they gave him Sonya's cheap ass tye kwon do or whatever its called.
Kobra- To much like Johnny Cage and imo Cage sucked after mk1. Why did they feel the need to put another Cage in?
Bo Rai Cho- Why did they give him such an important role in mk? He is a terrible character imo and just wastes a spot on the select screen. For some reason Boon thinks we need comic characters. Shujinko- Hes a cool character but if they bring him back he needs his own moves he is way way overpowered.
Everyone else is great imo and i hope they bring most of them back in the next mk game.

Most disappointed with: Hotaru (I haven't played him much, but I got the impression that he wasn't a particularly fun character to use), Bo Rai Cho (he's a joke), and Kabal (he was the best character from MK3 -- maybe I'm just not using him right, but he seems a fairly weak character this time around).

I like everyone overall pretty much. I'm very happy with Kira and Kobra they have some very good combos! Kabal chose well Nightwolf is another winner too. Although I don't care too much for Bo' Rai Cho his Sumo style is very powerful. Hotaru is also a great new comer. Everyone has there strengths.

I belive I am the only one that was happy and impressed with EVERY SINGLE character in the game. Including Bo' Rai Cho.

I'm impressed with sindel and baraka, both had sweet moves and good roles. Once agien Bi-Rai Cho is my fav, his new sumo stance is amazing and he is funny as hell.

i was very impressed with ermac, li mei, jade, nightwolf, and liu kang. liu kang has nice combos that seem to flow well. i've always been a fan of ermac being that they finally added a red ninja after 3.5 games :p.
i was a bit disappointed with hotaru though i use him frequently. he doesn't have many combos but is easy to use.
i've unlocked them all but i still need to try all of them out.

I'm disappointed with Shujinko... he could've been so much more, instead of a move swap (you'll notice his character model looks like Kung Lao's too, only older)

Blown away by Noob Smoke, it's just amazing to fight against him!!! Even if I lose. Each character really is fun to play. All have their own strengths in this game. No disappointments here man just still in awe.

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I'm impressed with Havik, he's really wicked :P
Also with Kabal, he did a great comeback.
Hotaru, too, but not that much, maybe because I don't really like him.
Dairou and Darrius are two characters that got me disapointed, they could have been a bit better, in moves and in the story itself.

I basically hate all of the new characters (from both MK5 AND this game) except maybe Kira and Shujinko. Although Shujinko's character turned out to pretty much "Everyone's bitch" in konquest mode.
I just really hate the new dull characters from MK5 and MK6....
in the past, the way a character was, the flavor, the unique special moves, are what defined him.

Oh yea, I forgot Hotaru. I thought he had potential, but his lack of combos made him suck. Darrius and Dairu turned out to be pretty boring to play as, too.