pure.Wasted
'ello baby, did you miss me?
Different strokes for different folks. For me, a great character can be ruined by shitty gameplay, but great gameplay will never ever make up for an otherwise bland and forgettable character.
Of course, entirely subjective. Most things in life are. And I wanna make really clear, I'm not trying to talk anyone out of liking a character they like. You think she's awesome? Great. I am honestly happy for you. I think she looks a lot better than MKX, so it's not hard for me to see how that's possible.
I'm responding to someone who directly called out Jacqui "haters" as hypocrites, which I don't think I'm being, at all.
As for the story and whether she's generic or not -- I already said that I'll be happy to be proven wrong. But what we've seen/heard so far in the story trailer and chapter 1 summary, and seen of her default outfit and gameplay, doesn't leave a lot of room for hope IMO.
If her default costume was some kind of Ronin (Avengers: Endgame) thing and she carried a sword, I'd be FIRST in line to say "fuck yeah, I can't wait to see her in the game!!! She left SF and went rogue! That's a totally new story that's never been done before, and it's gonna make her interactions with other characters so interesting, and it'll give her a unique role in the MK universe!"
Instead she looks like just another SF soldier. Yeah, a powerful one, but who isn't? Cassie, Sonya, Johnny, Jax, Kenshi, they're all badasses, plasma rifle or no plasma rifle. I don't care if she has a plasma rifle or a rocket launcher or a handgun or a railgun, as long as she's "just another SF character," then she's boring and generic to me. I want every character to feel irreplaceable. At this point, I struggle to imagine how MK11 will make Jacqui seem irreplaceable.
If you think I'm being unfair, and missing some very obvious opportunities for her to be different in MK11 from how she was in MKX, and you can tell now I'm not talking about her gameplay or animations, then please share. I'm open to being wrong.
