Remembered a kouple more.

Reptile- Story has butchered since MK4 as well as appeerance.

Mileena- Always liked that they added chick assasins and Mileena was probably the best of them all. But her story met a fork in the road around MK Gold. She could have been a badass assasin who let nothing stop her. Or she becomes a psychopathic killer obssesed with Kitana. Unfortunatly Midway chose the second and I lost all intrest in her character.

Kano- Never really one of my absolute favorite characters. But I liked his no rules kinda attitude and would have liked to see the Kano-Sonya thing go on a little longer. And they never should have let Kabal take over the Black Dragon.

Sonya- Anyone who has played MK1 would immidiatly recall Sonya to be the leading female. Or at least she should have been. Somehow Kitana stole her main role in MK right out from under her. And once the series came to MKDA I saw Sonya only as a side character. Not in of the leads where she belongs.

Smoke- I liked him fine as a human. Hovever once he was turned into a cyborg his story was completly screwed over. Once again I wish he would have stayed a Lin Kuei assasin. A human one.

Liu Kang- Actually Liu is up their in my fave list. It's just the same thing over and over with him. Sonya Jax ,Johnny Cage ,Sub-Zero, and Kung Lao take out everything in his way and he then goes and defeats the main boss. The only real change in his story is of course when he became a zombie.

Motaro- An okay sub-boss, but when he lost the back legs he turned into one pathetic creature.

Reptile - He hasn't been successful at anything since MKII, other than slightly damage Cyrax. Of the whole cast of original characters (MKI), he's the only one who still has the same goals. I mean come on, look at rain, he's finally made his return in MK:A (not that I wanted him to) and we already know more about him than Reptile. Pathetic.

Onaga - I though this dude was going to be some cool looking new boss in MK:D after seeing his concept in Raidens MK:DA ending, but then Midway went and turned him into the typical ogre-dragon. character. What a waste of a good character design. His story is ok though.

Khameleon - They should have introduced her in MK4 or DA. She along with Reptile could have accomplished many things together.

Mavado - I expected a lot from this character after MK:DA, but the Midway had to go and trash him. Why Midway, why?

That about all who I feel like mentioning right now.

Ermac is better as a good guy.

personally I don't think that Ermac is a mirror of Kenshi, it is the other way around.



Both of them are cool and Ermac being a good guy is a good change of pace for him.

One of my biggest disappointments was Kabal. Prior to Deception, I liked his character premise - a Black Dragon who fights for the cause of Earth and essentially tries to leave his past behind.
But then Deception came around and had him coming under the influence of Havik, which brought him right back into the Black Dragon. Not only did I dislike this twist, I disliked his choice in recruits (Were Kobra and Kira really the best he could do?). Essentially, he went straight into a gang leader role which is better filled by characters like Kano and Mavado, and eliminated the possibilities he could've had as a reformed Black Dragon.

Along these same lines, I was extremely disappointed by the return of Goro in Deception and how he once again became subservient to Shao Kahn. They should've left him dead, rather than bringing him back and eliminating all progress the character made prior by making him a boring Kahn lackey again.

I'm also disappointed by the lack of development of characters such as Kung Lao, Drahmin, and Mavado. Kung Lao, while he didn't really want the hero role, was infinitely more interesting than Liu Kang, and I'd have liked the story to focus on him more as the reluctant hero.
Drahmin had a cool character design, and I was intrigued to find out more about his history as a warlord and what kinds of things he'd done to land him in Netherrealm. From there, I also hoped he would pan out, and that he and Moloch would take on some goals of their own. Alas, that was not to be.
And finally Mavado, the mysterious Red Dragon member who was high in rank (Though Daegon was the true leader, as revealed in Armageddon), and who was in command of the attempts to sabotage Sonya Blade and Jax's outfit. We still don't know all that much about him, and while his brief appearance in Armageddon was interesting, so much potential was wasted by eliminating him from Deception and not giving him a chance to expand his role.

There are other disappointments, such as what happened with Cyrax, but I'll leave them for another time.

^agreed with Kabal. Damn you Mavado!

Agreed, he actually is his own person and not Kahn's pawn like others have been...

But I would say


Sonya:Does the same thing over and over again, same missions always predictable and hunting someone.

Cage:Until MKA, he's been a joke to MK series.

Kano:You know, why hasn't Sonya just killed him yet seriously? lol...

Mokap:ok, just an unnecessary character lol

Bo:At first I liked him, then he started to get silly...at least he's more serious and contributes more to MK then Cage, Mokap do lol

Ermac should either turn evil or get killed off for good. I don't wanna see him die but he's useless as a hero.

Nahh, screw that dude. Ermac is too cool and badass to die, I think he should be a leader(he's pretty much proved so already in MKD) of a group of Earth Warriors, perhaps he can run a rebel base in OutWorld or Earthrealm, even Edenia or something.

Well you and I are both entitled to our own opinions but I would rather he dies than stay good. Or at least goes nuteral. I agree that he is cool and definetly badass but he just doesn't fit as a hero for me. He was so awesome as a villian. In fact if he had stayed evil he would probably be in the tie between Scorp and Rep for my favorite character.

My Top 5:

Mavado: This guy could've had so much potential. He could've been like the Kano of the Red Dragon. A ruthless chinese guy who runs the Red Dragon clan. He could've been the Special Forces worst enemy. But nope. He's just some guy who's head of the Red Dragon (sure doesn't seem like it though) and stole Kabal's Hookswords. Wow, great plot. And then after MKDA, he runs off, plain and simple. Why?! He could've made some mastermind plot, or at least killed someone, and then at least run from the Special Forces.

Drahmin: Did he even had a plot? It was basically him going around the Netherworld with Moloch screwing around until, Quan Chi hires them, then after MKDA they run around the netherworld some more until they run into Scorpion and throw him into a vortex. Then they just do some more screwing around. There's little plot for this guy.

Scorpion: This guy has had the same exact plot for the last 10 Mortal Kombat games. MK1: Revenge on Sub-Zero. MK2: Revenge on Sub-Zero. MK3: Revenge on Sub-Zero MK4: Revenge on Quan-Chi. MKDA: Revenge on Quan Chi. MKD: REVENGE ON QUAN CHI. It's just revenge, over, and over, and over, again. Let him kill Quan Chi so we can see some more of his Clan's backstory!

Hsu Hao: Basically, he was just Mavado's b**** henchman. We saw a little rivalry with Jax, but it was really underdeveloped and badly written, so he's like the new Mokap.

Goro: Really, this storyline just pisses me off. Okay, MK1, he worked for Shang Tsung. Then gets banished after not defeating Liu Kang. OK. MK4, he turns good and fights with Kitana against Shao Kahn, ok, nice plot twist, had a lot of potential. MKDA: He's killed, which really was pointless, he had a good storyline going for him. MKD: This is where it gets bad. He was just "badly injured" and Shao Kahn randomly comes back to save him, and just puts a death seal on a different Shokan Warrior. WTF? How was he mistaken for someone else at a real close look? That makes no sense. It killed his whole storyline. And now he betrayed Kitana. WHY?!

I think Reiko pissed me of the most.

I hate wannabes, and that's all he is, a Shao Kahn wannabe.

Sektor also made me a bit disapointed. He had no good story, unlike Cyrax and Smoke. The whole Tekunin thing is just booty. I hate it.

Yeah, that's true we do have different views but the reason I feel honestly Ermac is much better as a good guy is because he uses more powers, is badass and isn't just a "tool" anymore like Reptile, Rain have been over the years for Shao Kahn bad guys etc....As a villian Ermac wasn't nearly as popular or good IMO as he is now, once he came back in MKD between his story and new look Ermac became very, very popular. And with the polls on here that ThePredator did in his ninja comparison thread, Ermac came in second highest after Sub-Zero. : )

So, I'm very happy Ermac is his own man now.

Stryker, He is just a riot control leader who got into some weird happenings between realms. and his Armageddon appearance didn't redeem him at all it just made him look like a some scifi super hero with and ending that doesn't do anything epic but become a vigilante :p

When Liu Kang Became a zombie (MKD & MKA)

I Mean...Why? I Realize that shang tsung murdered him but... but i dont understand why they had to make him a zombie

i agree lui kang shoud of stayed human lucky anouth hes human in mk vs dc

I beleiev that ermac should be evil, i mean he was created for the sole purpose as a wepoan in shao kahns army. Plus like some else said hes made up of over 1000 soul, i mean why would shengs sunjg use good souls if he could use evil souls.

I am not saying tha he should be a lacky again, hell no, however id like to see him s a a threat to the realms all on his own. hed be sik

Well theres all the ninja type characters. No more chuck norris octagon stuff. Then there is Jax, Jarek, Cobra, and Kung Lao.
Dont forget to mention Stryker, Fujin, Raiden, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi,
Movado, Shinok, Tanya, and Ashra.
All the cyborg Ninjas along with Onaga, Dramin, Moloch, and Reptile.
Iam sure there is more but thats a start.

He was created to be a pawn, slave and minion of Shao Kahn originally off of thousands of Outworld warriors....That doesn't meant he can't be a cool character as a "good guy" he still is, in fact he's grown lots in popularity since his MKD comeback/revamp in both story and costume. Ermac was only evil because he was being controlled by Shao Kahn, Ermac had no say in the matter.

Then once Kenshi freed him, Ermac decided to fight for good, for an actual purpose as oppose to Kahn's puppet. Ermac is much better as a good guy trying to redeem himself It's worked out great for him thus far.

alot of mk characters have dissapointed me because of their lack of story evolution, i could have played mk1, or any of the early mk's, then stopped playing it for a long time until armageddon, and if i asked someone whatd i miss whats the story on these guys now? it wouldnt be very surprising or revealing like wow! kinda thing. lol but yes scorpion being one of my fav characters he hasnt changed that much at all since mk1, just went from killing the older sub zero to not killing the younger one, to finding out its quan chi, chasing after him for like 6 games then being the champion of the elder gods. the character that dissapoints me the most story wise is alot of them, but character wise ppl like mokap, drahmin, etc, the ones that are pretty lame and useless in the series basically.

I wish that I had a list of everyone in front of me so I could give you an accurate top five. But off the top of my head:

Reptile. Green lizard beast is gross. I really like his MK SM look. Also, he seems... retarded.

Baraka. He was so cool in MK2 and attacking the Wu Shi Academy, but I don't think he did anything after that.

Kai, Kabal, and Jarek. I was excited to play as them in MKA for the first time, and... hated them.

i dont like mavado, in a way he is unique but the fact that he defeated kabal and stole his hookswords is disappointing, first off i dont see how mavado was able to defeat him first off. hes a vampire, and he cant fight. seriously, his fighting style isnt effective and against kabal, its obvious that mavado wasnt a well thought out character, i mean two characters have hookswords, where did kabal get his hookswords he as now?

reiko-
his role in all of MK has no need, he doesnt belong, hes another servent of shao kahn, but his fighting has no uniqueness what so ever, his specials are like li mei's with the kicks and throwning shurikens is what noob does. his fighting moves are based on shang tsung(snake) noob(monkey)sub-zero(shotokan)and shao kahn(rhino charge). all his moves are based on other characters moves. and his weapon is definatly based on noob, same hits and moves, the only thing different is the weapon but its hardly different, but same everything that noob does.

jerek-
the fact that his fighting style is one of sub-zeros from deception so its not jereks, and that his weapon is an axe, stance is just like ermacs and he uses the same moves as ermac, so hes definatly not unique at all. i hate that when characters have the same styles as others.