One of the reasons why I like Johnny cage in the new Mortal Kombat is because of the fact that he is
relateble. The reason for this is because he is the only "human" character in the entirety of the series.
Also people in online mode use him to much, Thats why this character is overrated.
The reason why Liu Kang is a character that has a big part of the games story.
In the story he's the creator of the timeline until the villian of the game ruins it.
But there is much more to his character that I can't fit in text, but to keep it brief
he died came back due to rage he came back but normal, then he destroyed
the other keeper of time the after that happened he became the keeper of time,
made another timeline and that where Mk1 takes place.
He is a under rated character for the most part.
In all the other games in the Mortal Kombat series Baraka was part of a race
of demons and other stuff, but in Mortal Kombat 1 Baraka has a disease
called tarkat which deforms the host and makes them practically a monster.
And as far as rating goes I would say that Baraka is fairly to underrated.