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It's Finally Here!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its about time they came up with another MK game,this one is going to RULE! With the three fighting techniques and old and new characters MAN it can't get any better than this. What i''m looking foward to is the new FATALITYS and the beautifully done graphics, especially how the fighter's clothes can be ripped, they get bruised, bloody, and drip sweat! THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT FIGHTER!

LIU KANG IS DEAD (?)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (MKDA) is an over the top fighting game. So much more than the Mortal Kombat you know and love. Each fighter is equipped with three killer fighting styles, you can test your might (or sight) in between every 5 battles, which is cool. There are some good, okay & decidably lame fatalites. That's all good because if your playing MKDA just for the fatalites your playing for the wrong reasons. While the gameplay differs from MK's original formula there is alot here for the original formula fans and those that may have grown tired of it. I've been playing MK for over half a decade and I wasn't prepared for MK to become so much more advanced than ever before. The blood goes to extremes even beyond previous MK games. Blood aside we also get vomit and brain exsposure (YUM YUM). I found it odd that I spent something like 208 in currancy on a new fighter, but some lame picture of one of the crew members (one of the games creators) was like twice as much. Well this was one of the only fighters that was less than 2000 in currancy. I've unlocked all of the fighters which makes a total of 21, with 2 more hiding somewhere beyond the Krypt. However, I was excited to complete my character select screen. As for Liu Kang.. if your amongst the few that were sad to see his neck break, stop sweating it. He'll be resurrected by MK6. DEADLY ALLIANCE IS A GREAT GAME FOR OLD AND NEW FANS OF THE POPULAR SERIES.

What we expected and more from Mortal Kombat!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Midway has really outdone themselves with this beautifully-designed fighter.

The graphics have been beefed up, and it shows! The fighters and arenas are beautifully rendered at 60 frames per second. Even though the graphics are outstanding, the biggest improvement is in the fighting engine. Gone are the silly finishers and outlandish combos. This time around, each fighter has three martial arts fighting stances to master, one of which includes the use of a specific weapon. Together they can be used to unleash brutal combos that will leave your opponents bruised and bleeding, literally!

After pummeling your opponents, players can use coins they collect during battle to unlock hidden fighters, arenas, production sketches, and a slew of other MK-related items.

Other features of this game include: New fighters, new fatalities, mini-Games, behind the scenes video of MK: Deadly Alliance, including a video on the history of Mortal Kombat videogames, and a Mortal Kombat music video performed by Adema. This game is a dream for fans of Mortal Kombat, and has plenty of replay value to keep gamers coming back for more.

Fan or no fan, you will be impressed by this game. This is definitely a keeper!

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat is great. I got it two days ago it has great graphics. It is hard but that makes it so you want to play more. The new Konquest is cool. It helps you learn the moves plus you get money. If you have Xbox this is a defefent got a have.

The best MK game ... but difficult for beginners

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have played every MK game for almost every system since the original Mortal Kombat game for the Sega Genesis. I can honestly say this is the BEST MK game made so far. That said, I still feel that Soul Calibur and SC2 are better fighting games than MK: Deadly Alliance.

Although the graphics are great, they could have been better. Likewise, although the fighting system is GREAT, it is a little complex for beginners. This is NOT a game for "button mashers." Likewise, the AI in the game is too difficult even at the lowest setting. As an old MK pro, I had an easy time getting used to the controls in this game, but my young nephews couldn't get very far in this game even at the lowest difficulty setting. The lowest difficulty setting should always be easy enough for "button mashers" to win ... but here you MUST know how to perform some difficult button combinations AND change your technique on a regular basis if you want to win ... even on the easiest setting.

So, if you love MK and want the BEST MK game made so far, get Deadly Alliance. Just be ready to learn complex commands ... because this isn't a game that you can win easily unless you understand how to do all the moves.

Mortal Kombat 5 rocks the gamecube!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is very exciting and well worth any price tag. I think it's safe to say that it is the greatest mortal kombat to date!!

Good game, but the one for Nintendo 64 was far better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love mortal kombat because it's a good way to unwind after a hard day, however, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FOR SMALL CHILDREN< OR EVEN PRE-TEEN. It is VERY bloody and VERY gruesome. The Nintendo 64 MK was a lot better -- far better moves and better looking people. The people on this MK are very ugly and not very colorful. The sets that you fight on aren't even that great.

Overall I'd say this:
Pros:
If you liked MK you will like this version because it's similar in the fighting

Cons:

Not very colorful, too easy, and the characters don't have the best of moves.

Fresh Kombat

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was released a few years ago, and marked a new beginning for the Mortal Kombat franchise. After several below-par installments and an ultimately forgettable attempt at 3D, the creative team finally got serious and gave fans an installment that could compete with other fighting titles.

There's a lot to like about this game. The fighting system has been completely reworked, so that characters can switch between two fighting styles and a weapon style. Players can chain combos between styles, and the overall system allows for more creative freedom than the programmed combos of Mortal Kombat's past. Animations and character models hold up well, and the backgrounds are nicely varied. There is a long tutorial mode known as "Konquest" where players can earn koins as they master the game's roster of 21 characters (2 more are unlocked upon completion of this mode). These koins are then spent in the krypt, which unlocks a lot of hidden goodies such as new fighters, arenas, production artwork, comic book panels, photos of merchandise, and even some oddities (there's a "Cooking with Scorpion" video that must be seen to be believed).

In the years since the release of Deadly Alliance, a sequel has come and gone (MK: Deception) which makes some of the flaws in Deadly Alliance more obvious. Particularly, the tutorial mode can be very unforgiving at times, and often asks you to execute long button combinations with very hard timing. The d-pad on the Gamecube controller is also much too small, and as a result it can be hard to execute special moves correctly that require percise button presses. No arena fatalities, and the character fatalities aren't that great. Finally, the krypt of unlockables can be disappointing at times; you may save up a lot of koins only to unlock a picture or artwork you don't really care about.

Still, Deadly Alliance deserves a lot of credit for restoring the MK franchise to heights not seen since Mortal Kombat II. Definitely make the purchase if you haven't already, and also pick up the sequel Deception.

An interesting attempt to distance itself from previous MK games.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It seems to me that this game is trying way too hard to break out of being just another Mortal Kombat game. The complaints of the simplistic combat system from previous MK games could no longer be ignored, so they invented a new combat system from the ground up. Like Sould Calibur, the direction you are pointing the D-Pad changes the type of attack, only unlike Soul Calibur it is somewhat unpredictable and less intuitive if you don't have each of the many moves memorized. A cool feature that enables you to switch between 2 fighting styles and 1 weapon style is a nice addition, but the combos that involve switching between the styles are quite difficult. While, it is cool that the new fighting system is based on actual martial arts styles, it would have been nice to included a feature to play with the old system...maybe by changing to "Classic Kombat" under the options screen. It is a very big minus that you cannot use the analog joystick...only the d-pad, which I find somewhat frustrating.
I find it very disapointing that some of the characters' signature moves are absent and each character only has a couple. You won't find Raiden's torpedo or teleport, nor will you find Scorpions teleport punch or even Kitana's fan throw.
In the past the fatality system had gotten a little out of hand with the addition of animalities, babalities, friendships, brutalties, etc...but in this game they opted to keep it simple by only giving each character 1 lonesome fatality. I find it humorous that the majority of fatalities end with the victor stomping on the defeated.
Which leads me to this; Mortal Kombat became popular due to the fact that it was so realistic, using digitized actors as fighters, but now the characters are bulky, overly muscular, that move stiffly, look like they are made out of plastic, and spew red pudding. Every character has had a complete makeover and looks nothing like they originally did.
Ever since Mortal Kombat 3, Midway has been unable to introduce any interesting new characters...same goes for this game. The new characters are easily forgotten and too generic to be anything other than fillers.
Other than elimination and versus, there is practice and konquest which are both just training modes. No tournament mode or 2 on 2 mode to be found.
My conclusion is to skip this game...maybe rent it, and pick up Mortal Kombat: Deception instead, as it addresses the majority of my complaints on this game.

Nice game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Deadly alliance is the fifth fighting MK.

Pros
Konquest, the tutorial mode is somewhat awkward and bothersome and at times difficult.
Buying in the Krypt is fun for a while.
Most of the returning characters.
Three disciplines for each character, one of them is weapon based.
Fairly easy for beginners.
IMHO Kenshi is probably the best new MK character since MK2. Li Mei, Nitara and Frost are just OK.

Cons
The graphics are unimpressive.
The multi kurrency gets annoying really fast.
Some kombos are really complicated, nearly impractical unless you have the time and willingness to master them
Multi-Discipline Kombos, IMHO these are the worts kind of kombos, mainly because I find the L and R button unsuitable for a fighting game
I don't believe that the GameCube control was designed thinking about fighting games. But this is no failure of MK itself.
Bo' Rai Cho, Mavado, Drahmin and Hsu Hao are probably the worst new characters ever. Mokap is just a bad idea.
This game doesn't include some popular characters like Liu Kang, Jade, Mileena and Baraka.
No online play.

New characters
Blaze
Bo' Rai Cho
Drahmin
Frost
Hsu Hao
Kenshi
Li Mei
Mavado
Mokap
Moloch
Nitara

Returning characters
Cyrax
Jax Briggs
Johnny Cage
Kano
Kitana
Kung Lao
Quan Chi
Raiden
Reptile
Scorpion
Shang Tsung
Sonya Blade
Sub-Zero

OK, maybe this game is already too dated; maybe you should already consider buying MK Armageddon instead, if you have a PS2.
IMHO, if you have a GameCube and you like fighting games, I'd recommend Soul Calibur 2.

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