I must admit that as a US Army soldier I'm always a bit dismayed and even pissed off by how the Special Forces/OIA characters are portrayed in MK. They're unprofessional in how they look, act, and operate. They're jokes, clowns. They're inept and honestly some of the most uninspiring characters in MK in my opinion and it really doesn't have to be that way. Something needs to be done to save these characters and it has to be done stat.

The biggest problem stems from the two original and current leads of the SF/OIA: Sonya and Jax. These two characters look and act like Jersey Shore rejects with a hard on for the military. Their clothes and gear rarely if ever make sense. Their attitudes and character traits are shallow and insulting. Between Sonya and her fetish for spandex, skin tight leather, and visible thongs to Jax and his blacksploitation insanity...they need help.

Lets get to the heart of the matter here. To be SF or in any elite organization than you need to actually be good enough to be there. As leaders Sonya and Jax should be intelligent, resourceful, as well as tough. They should not be what they currently are which is careless, one-track-minded, and inept. They need a healthy dose of seriousness to their concepts and attitudes and perhaps they might start resounding with people a bit more.

Also as part of an elite group that represents the US government they need to LOOK THE PART. Not only do they not have any standarized (not even a tiny bit) look, nothing they wear makes sense. Give them gear and equipment that not only makes them look professional but also would be functional and useful. Stuff like load bearing equipment, commo gear...hell even body armor.

When Stryker looks more badass and more logical than you, you KNOW you have a fucking problem.

Check it out people even though uniformity is an important thing individuality is also important. Being special forces they can wear and use whatever they want as long as it's within reason. Other games have been making kick-ass military-esque characters that look unique to one another for a long time. Ghost Recon, F.E.A.R., Resident Evil, etc. all have great concepts and honestly MK needs to take notice. Here are some examples.

Resident Evil - RE has been doing good tactical looking characters for a long time. This stems from the old STARS characters to the new BSAA based characters from RE5. Behold.










F.E.A.R. - The F.E.A.R. games have been pretty good with this stuff too. Ranging from the First Encounter Assault Recon teams to their take on SFOD-D (Delta Force) they have it right. I would also make special note that Lt. Kiera Stokes from F.E.A.R. 2 is a perfect example of a very cute female operator appearance in regards to a possible Sonya Blade look.





Ghost Recon - Finally we have Ghost Recon which honestly has a realistic and more traditional approach to characters. In addition to the traditional male characters I'm including pictures of Sgt. Nick Salvatore and of SSgts Alicia Diaz and Jennifer Burke as examples of more open ended and unique designs.






Ok...so after you've seen all that let's compare them with these clowns.




Does the argument make sense? It should...and for all you that will inevitably make comments about using firearms in MK...just realize that characters have been using guns in MK since MK3. Hell Jax has been using one since MKDA. Give them weapons! If for nothing else other than for looks.

Well, I'm done ranting. Let me know what you think.