Krankk
Smoke & Noob & Rain
But... I stated that I like D'Vorah, Kotal Kahn and Erron Black? I don't mind seeing them back in Mortal Kombat 11. Would I have prefered to have Smoke or Rain instead of those two? Yes. But I'm not being negatively vocal about their inclusion either.
I think that Geras is an interesting character with potential. I have issues with Cetrion and Kollector. These two were not executed very well at all IMO.
So me hating everyone isn't really the case. I just dislike badly designed and executed characters. And modern Mortal Kombat certainly has some of those.
1. Smoke is not a factor, since he was always too minor of a character in not only the games, but in the Mortal Kombat lore universe as a whole.
2. Rain is more or less a bad guy and bad guys never get to shine in NRS games. So he is hindered in that regard. And regardless of that, Rain is still one of the few Mortal Kombat side-characters, who don't depend on others to exist. Rain by himself and on his own plays a major role in the lore of the universe thanks to his backstory as a demi-god and a bastard child of a godking.
3. I mean... other characters haven't been given the chance to play an important role in the core story of the franchise..? That doesn't automatically make them worse than Cassie and Jacqui. You are missing my point. Again. My point is, that with Cassie and Jacqui we got more of the same. We got soldier girls, who are fighting to protect Earthrealm for... reasons.
What are those reasons? We don't know. The characters are garbage. We don't know about their motivation. Is Cassie in the army, because she desperately hopes for approval from her military workaholic mother? Is Jacqui in the army, because she wants to end war for good so that no one would ever have to suffer as much as her father did? I don't know. They're bad characters in terms of backstory. They're bad characters in terms of design, since there is nothing new and unique about them.
And all of that is me being extreeemely generous and trying to find redeeming qualities for Cassie and Jacqui. If we go past their lore, personalities and visual appearance and focus on the fighting game aspects... Can an argument be made, that they come even close to the variety and coolness you get from... for example male ninjas?
Scorpion teleports + throws spears + spits fire. Sub-Zero slides + freezes + creates ice weapons and clones. Smoke turns invisible + turns into smoke + turns you into smoke and teleports you around. Rain turns into water and rematerializes somewhere else + summons lightning + traps you in water bubbles + kicks you across the globe. Noob Saibot jumps through dimensions + summons sentient shadows + shoots ghost balls.
What does Cassie do? Oh, she kicks you in the nuts like her dad? Oh, and she green-kicks you like her dad? Oh, and she shoots guns in a less stylish way than Erron Black? Okay, but what about Jacqui Briggs? Oh, she punches and kicks and grabs you like her dad? Yeah, okay. No.
