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Stupid,gory,violent, and overall DON'T GET IT FOR YOUR KID

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: March 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My mother got me this for a good report card. I was hyped, we went to best buy and got it. When I went home I rushed in to my room to my PS2. It was Baraka vs. Scorpion. I didn't mind that whenever you punched or kicked your opponent blood came out. It didn't matter to me. But once I beat Scorpion it got VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY gory. SPLAT. Now I know the meaning of MATURE 17+.

The worst mortal kombat game ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love Mk games, so i bought this one. I don't know why, this game is just not a great game. It is not a bad game, but I honestly would rather play the first MK on game boy color. This game is only fun the first ten minutes or so. This game isn't worth more than 5 dolors, but that is only my opinion.

I don't agree with the first review at all.........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

So far I'm very disapointed with the konquest on this game...the character is almost impossible to control accurately and the graphics are pretty lame.
Try another MK game but forget this one....Armageddon and S'Monks are way way better.

MK: Reject's Revenge

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 23
Date: July 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

OK, let's get reall here. At E3, this game rocked, no doubt. But upon closer inspection, you'll find that the character roster completely sucks. I mean, where are the traditional and best MK fighters, including, but not limited to, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Liu Kang (ok, maybe not him, but still), and Kung Lao? Instead, all of the common faces are gone except the overly hyped "ninjas" (ninjas don't wear bright colors, ok?) Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Even Reptile's gone! Nightwolf, Sindel, Kabal, Ermac, and Mileena aren't really names that come to mind when playing MK, unless you are a die-hard fan who also owns and wears vintage MK underwear and has an autograph of that stunt double who played Scorpion hanging on your wall. If you are a fan of the series, you likely will be upset by the inclusion of the rejects that nearly destroyed the series in MK3. (They were ill thought-out and completely uninspired.) However, if you are a casual player, then by all means enjoy, as it is a good game. But for fans who played the game since the beginning, unless you're a complete MK fanatic, this roster will not cut it. They should've named the game MK: Reject's Revenge. That would've been much more appropriate. This game deserves a great score with the inclusion of MK Chess, Konquest Adventure, and Puzzle Kombat, which are great minigames which could honestly stand alone. But it deserves the low score because of the roster. Again, avoid it unless you are new to the series, or worship it.

have people forgotten the glory of 2D

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am not saying that this game will be good nor bad necesarily, I have made this review to express my opinion and viewpoint on what I have grown to understand, injoy, and know Mortal Kombat to be through my own memories and experiences. I'll start my review by asking you the reader to ask yourself if you remeber playing mortal kombat back in the days that it was knew. Wernt the graphices and gamplay excellent for the time,but most of all remember that symplistic 2D gameplay that was found in all fighting at the time. Wasnt it fun, wasnt it interesting seeing all of the characters emotions and moves in exellent detail and viewing them in all there artistic detail. Also dont you rememeber seeing all of there original and classic outfits. And dont forget the comboes that featured a new level of gamplay with there furry and unrealistic speed and powere.
NOW lets go back to the modern age of gameing, arnt you thinking oh its so great that they are releasing a new mortal kombat game, Oh the new outfits are so cool the new characters are so cool the new gamplay is so cool, BUT stop, now if nothing is the same as it used to be exepnt maybe a few of the same moves and a few of the same character is it truely the same game is it really the same axpereince but just a modification.THE ANSWERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOT this is NOT the same game it is a cold shell of a game taking on the form of an old classic that WILL NEVER AND CAN NEVER reach the level of memmorable brilliance. BUT then again thats just my opinion, if you liked deadly alliance I hope you do have fun with this game.

I can't help but dislike this game..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, okay it is mortal kombat. They added a lot of features that a lot of people would find amusing.. Konquest Mode, Puzzle Kombat. and Chess Kombat, to name the main elements. These are some of my many problems: The combos are seemingly impossible to me, the Konquest Mode was just ( to me ) seemingly a quick little throw-together to get this game out in stores. The onyl way to get characters is by playing konquest, and I am dead stuck at the beggining - in training! - And no- I am not a beginner to VideoGames even though I am only 14, In fact, I found a glitch in a video game for my first time when I was 6.. but getting back on topic, the game isnt fun. The clunky controls don't suit for me at all, but what I did like about this game was this: The Puzzle Kombat and Kinda the chess kombat. I just like sitting down to a game or two of one of those. I think i may be a little generous rating this game a 2 out of 5, but i'm not buying this game for you - I'm merely telling you what I THINK ABOUT IT.

This to me is not worth ( the 50 or 60 dollars . Depending on if you buy the extra pack like me which includes the original Mortal Kombat ) the money. It's worth a rental. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm dissapointed in you, sadly, Midway, for these new generation Mortal Kombat games..

Have fun! - - ( with the chess/puzzle kombat ) :)

deception

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: April 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is such a pain in the a$$ to play that i havent played it in about a month it just gets to friggin complicated

Entertaining.....if you're 10 years old

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: September 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my kids who love these 'fighting games'. I play them with them occasionally, and I have to say that this one is probably the least impressive of most of the ones I've played. We also have Soul Caliber II, which is WAY BETTER graphics, controls, and all around fun. Get that one instead.

An Improvement over Deadly Alliance, if little else...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat: Deception had been long-awaited by MK fans, after the surprising success of Deadly Alliance. However, you may realize within 5 minutes of playing the game that Deception is not really a new Mortal Kombat game, but actually a moderate update to Deadly Alliance.

The game picks up immediately where Deadly Alliance left off, with a shocking opening cinema revealing the death of Earthrealm's heroes, and featuring the return of the dreaded 'Dragon King'. With this powerful foe resurrected, unlikely allies join forces to battle him but are unsuccessful. With both Shang Tsung and Quan Chi apparently dead (for now...no one stays dead in Mortal Kombat for more than a game or two), the Dragon King is now free to rule the realm, but he would not have been able to accomplish this had he not deceived Shujinko, the game's new main character, into resurrecting him in the first place.

The intro is exciting and very well done...compared to the laughable opening cinema of Deadly Alliance, Deception's opening vid is gorgeous, with outstanding graphics, music and sound. It definitely hooks you and gets you wanting to play the game. So, what does the game itself have to offer?

Not much different than Deadly Alliance at all, MK:D features returning characters Sub-Zero and Scorpion(of course) alongside some of Mortal Kombat's more obscure classic characters, namely the stars of Mortal Kombat 3. All of the classic characters of the previous game have been sacrificed in favor of these 'one-game wonder' classics, featuring fan-favorite Kabal, the enigmatic Noob Saibot, Sindel, Nightwolf, Jade and more. These characters return alongside a series of new characters, some of which are interesting, others which almost seem to be out of place with Mortal Kombat.

The fighting engine itself is virtually identical to Deadly Alliance, which may be considered a flaw by some, and a blessing by others. You can still change between 3 fighting styles on the fly, 2 martial art and 1 weapon. The same tricks apply, though some of the more unbalanced fighters have been tweaked, but unfortunately the tweaking has made some of them worse. Because of this distinct similarity, some returning characters from the previous game play identically to how they played in the previous game. For example, I was able to pick up the game and beat it with Sub-Zero in about 15 minutes in my first play through, as his move sets were nearly unchanged.

Gone from this game is the 'impale' manuever, which allowed for players to lose their weapon ability in favor of jamming it through the opponent so that the opponent will constantly lose health through the round. In its place is a very flawed, very easily abused 'Breaker' system which allows characters to automatically break out of any combo, instantly. This makes for very unrealistic and ridiculous gameplay. For example, an opponent being juggled in the air will suddenly drop to the ground on his/her feet and knock the opponent away, out of the combo. Thankfully, this easily abused system is limited to only three uses per fight, so it must be used wisely.

Contrary to what you may have heard, Mortal Kombat: Deception does not feature stage fatalities or pits. Instead, we get 'Death Traps' which are exaggerated, over-the-top 'ring out' conditions. So in other words, instead of falling off of an arena and seeing 'soandso wins', you are treated to a gory death sequence from one of the arena's grisly contraptions. Some arenas have more than 1 death trap. Others have no death trap at all. In any case, death traps do not end the fight...despite being chopped to bits in the first round, the second round will begin as if nothing happened, making the novelty of Death Traps wear off VERY quickly (I got bored of them within 2 days) and making the fights more ridiculous and unrealistic than ever before in this series. Thankfully, the invisible walls of Deadly Alliance are gone, and death traps can be disabled for a more fair fight (as death traps are easily abused).

Fatality fans were disappointed with the abysmal finishers in Deadly Alliance. Deception more than makes up for this with 2 fatalities per character and a new 'hara kiri' move, which is the famed 'suicide-ality' that fans have been rumoring since the Mortal Kombat 2 days. Though Deadly Alliance featured probably the worst fatalities in the history of MK (Quan Chi comes to mind), Deception has some of the most gruesome, creative, and violent ones yet. However, many of them are still redundant and ridiculous, so don't expect to like them all.

It seems the overall fighting engine and graphics were sacrificed in favor of MK's 3 bonus games. One game is 'Puzzle Kombat', which is the Mortal Kombat take on the widely popular 'Super Puzzle Fighter' series from Capcom. The game is frustrating and unrewarding, but addicting if you get the hang of it. The other game is MK Chess, a very interesting take on the classic chess game that has you select fighters to be your specific piece classes. However, you cannot simply take a space from your opponent, you have to fight for it. It is a fun deviation from the normal game.

Last but not least is Konquest, which I thought was an excellent but poorly executed idea. You play as Shujinko from teenage years to adulthood, and the story leads you through how Onaga the Dragon King came to return. The game clearly tries to expand on the precedent set by Soul Blade/Soul Calibur series with the edge master mode, just on a much more grand scale. Unfortunately, all Konquest boils down to is mindless, repetetive fetch quests and ridiculously hard challenges that yield little reward.

Every MK fan has been waiting for the online component, and now you have it, though it is quite flawed. Cheat devices are easily implemented, and fights are often unbalanced, due to the gameplay issues with infinite combos and the like. However, facing total strangers is fun, and while its not quite like the old days I remember of jamming quarters into the Mortal Kombat 2 machine and beating opponent after opponent, it gets the job done. However, there are many players who simply abuse repetition, and server lag tends to favor such tactics, making the online component a real downer in the end.

Overall, Deception is a nice addition to the Mortal Kombat library, even though it is little more than Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and a 1/2. It sacrificed the previous game's most popular characters in favor of bringing back half the MK3 cast, effectively making the game nothing more than a showcase for the one-game wonders. The game makes no remarkable improvements, and even steps backward on a few issues. However, Kombat fans will love the game and will love to see their old favorites return.

Bottomline, the game feels more like an expansion pack to Deadly Alliance rather than a new game in the series.

MKD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: September 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

WELL, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ANOTHER CLASSIC FIGHTING GAME OF MORTAL OMBAT IS COMING OUR WAY. I CANT SAY I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CAST OF THIS GAME... IN OTHER WORDS... THE CHARACTERS KINDA SUCK. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ALL THE CLASSIC MK CHARACTERS? SURE THE ADS WILL TRY AND TELL YOU THAT THE CLASSICS ARE BACK, BUT ALL THEY REALLY SAY IS BARAKA... OOOOOOOOH, BARAKA HOLY CRAP HES A FREAKING CLASSIC! WHOOPIE... ONE CLASSIC CHARACTER. IM DISAPPOINTED WITH IT. ANOTHER THING. WHO REMEMBERS THE 2D MK GAMES? I DO. THEY ROCKED HARD. MK DARK ALLIANCE SUCK REALLY BAD. IT JUST SUCKED. OTHER THAN ALL THAT... THE GAME SHOULD BE GREAT WITH THE KONQUEST MODE, PUZZLE FIGHT, AND CHESS KOMBAT (FOR ALL YOU LITTLE NERDS OUT THERE). IM JUST GONNA RENT IT. IF I FIND IT APPEALING. I MIGHT JUST BUY IT...

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