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Knot a killer kombo

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat Armageddon is supposed to be the finial installment of the Mortal Kombat series for the Xbox and Playstation 2 consoles. It is supposed to end the franchise with a mighty bang, but ends up being nothing more than a weak whimper.

Since this is supposed to be the swan song for this iteration of the series, they have thrown in nearly every character that has ever been in a Mortal Kombat game which gives you more than sixty characters to play with. On top of that, you can even create custom characters.

The graphics and character models are good for the aging Xbox platform. The stage design is acceptable, but they are not nearly as engaging as those presented the previous games. They are decent, they work, but they are nothing to get excited. Everything seems to be a bit overly dark and gloomy to me, and I can't help but wonder if this has been done to hide limitations in the game engine. The sound is adequate, nothing special, or memorable.

The kombat game play works well though. It hasn't changed much from the previous titles. The biggest difference I noted is that you now have two fighting styles instead of three. I assumed this was done to accommodate the huge roster of playable characters. This game also marks the return of aerial attacks which have not be been present in the series for at least the last two games.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has multiple play modes. There is the traditional arcade mode, versus mode, online mode, Konquest adventure mode, and Motor Kombat. In the traditional arcade mode you fight a series of progressively harder opponents until you reach the boss character. The versus mode lets you play against your friends on a stage of your choosing. The online mode lets you compete against other players worldwide. The Motor Kombat is basically a dumbed down version Mario Kart with a dash of Mortal Kombat violence thrown in; it's entertaining, but it's not the real meat of the game.

By far, what I found to be the biggest disappointment of the game is what they did to the Konquest mode. In the previous title, Mortal Kombat Deception, Konquest mode was a full blown adventure game. You could of almost called it `The Kombat RPG'. It was a vast and fully fleshed out game, though it lacked any real ending, it was very entertaining and enjoyable. I spent a lot of time playing it.

I beat the Konquest mode in Mortal Kombat Armageddon in two sittings. And the only reason it was two sittings instead of one was because I had to get up to use the bathroom once.

The Konquest mode in this title was basically watered down version of Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, without the in depth character progression, freedom to explore, or story scope. It amounts to little more than a uninteresting imitation of one great games, and an unworthy successor to another.

Mortal Kombat Armageddon is a decent game. It is disappointing when compared to other recent Mortal Kombat games like Mortal Kombat Deception and Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks. It you are a fan of the Mortal Kombat universe, it will undoubtedly tickle to get to play will of the characters presented. If you are not a Mortal Kombat fan, I would at least suggest you rent the game and try it out. It does have it's enjoyable moments.

Knot every kombat game is going to be a killer knock out, but at least here you have a klue as to what is koming and what to expect.

Best yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been a Mortal Kombat fan since MK 1, owned and mastered all the Kombats since and I can say this is the best MK yet. Awesome arenas, all the fighters from every Kombat game, finally a kreate a fighter which is amazing, kreate a fatality, multiple fatality's, motor kombat is loads of fun a kicks Mario karts behind, and Konquest mode. The new Konquest mode is way better than the Deception one, completely reinvented for MKA. So much stuff to do, so many fighters, endless possibilites. This game is also playable on Xbox 360 which I play it on and it's so much better to play it with a 360 controller. Get this now you'll never get tired of it! MORTAL KOMBAT FOREVER!

Not too shabby

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Really the only bad thing about this game is they didn't develop it for the next gen consoles. I'm sure if they had gone for the gusto this would have been something truly great for fans of the series. That aside, I still find it to be enjoyable.

First and foremost, yes it has everyone in it, including some new additions. You'll also see some interesting updates of characters who had only been on the old school platforms. The only exception is Khameleon (though there's more than enough to make her in the Kreate-a-fighter feature.)

Even though it doesn't boast next gen graphics, its still better than some next-gen titles that come out.

There are some pros and cons to the gameplay. While each fighter now only has 2 fighting style (hand-to-hand and a weapon) they've also gained aerial combos in exchange. There aren't any signature fatalities in this, but on the plus side they've added Kustom Fatalaties, so to speak, which actually adds more depth than just memorizing a comcbination or two (you make it up on the fly at the end of the fight.)

In an update for other people's past reviews, the game is now compatable with X-Box 360 (assuming you have the latest patch, which can be downloaded from the xbox website.)

This is a must for the MK fans, and still good gorey fun for people who haven't followed the series.

The best of the series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's awesome to have every MK character at your fingertips. You can even creat your own fighter with custom button arrangements and special moves. The new version of Konquest is much better than the last one I played. This one is actually fun. The "kreate a fatality" finishing moves has its ups and downs. The up is that the fatalities are totally cool and very brutal. The down is that there is no character fatalities, ie. Scorpion doesn't set anyone on fire. So far this is my favorite game in the series. I've spent hours playing and I'm not even close to finishing this game. Just do the math: say it takes you about 30 minutes to beat the game with character... you'll get 30 hours of gameplay, not including the Konquest and the time you'll spend building your own player. This game is great fun for any MK fan.

Mortal Kombat Armegeddon - Xbox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I been playing MK sense part one back sense the beginning of the 90's and I very glad the made it this far to play the probably last MKA! I've got the game yesterday and I was astonish by every feature of the game! I'm a master from the other MK, but I have to step up my game now introduced with this title! You will have a lot of fun playing the game!!

Best Mortal Kombat Ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

They retooled the entire game, added every character ever in the history of MK (even from the forgettable MK4), and made the fatalities usable by those of us who don't want to memorize hundreds of codes. Excellent!

Do not buy!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is not compatiable with Xbox 360...do not buy unless you still
own your old Xbox!!!

Poor

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Paid for video game but never received it. Very disappointed that there is no way to report items that get paid for but never received.

Well its official, Ed Boon and the game desigenrs suffer from down syndrome.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: October 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Were these morons tripping on acid when they made this game?

This game is piss pore! And I'll give you a hole list of reasons not to buy this game.These are true FACTS!
First off.
Anyone with a brain stem knows that the game was rushed so Midway can plop out another game for Xbox before switching consoles, so that way they can screw you over just little bit further.

Second, the story itself didn't make any sense at all!It has nothing to do with its previous games, although you see "every character" in it.

And that brings me to my Third FACT. "Every character", well at least thats what they tell you. NOT like KIA, JAKAATA, TREMMOR, TALSA, and all the Elemental Gods. For those of you who don't know, those were characters in other MK games that turned out to be another flop.
And you see fighters doing all these cool moves in the opening trailer, like Shang Tsung's morphing moves that we all loved, is not in it. So its save to say that this game was sold to you under FALSE ADVERTISEMENT! In other words you've been had.

Forth, Half of the arenas are strait from MK Deception. Which goes to show you, just how lazy these Bastards really are.
[And did you notice that half of MKD arenas was off of MKDA?]

Fifth, The krypt is a joke, 80% of it filled with those crappy sketches that looks like a forth grader drew and photos of the retards that made this idiotic game. Thats like showing you the leftover crap that they didn't put in your a hot dog, "while your eating it".
And if thats not bad enough, in the krypt you get to unlock all the costumes that you've already seen before in their previous games! Well Whoopdeedo.

Sixth, Konquest is nothing like Deception, you can't freelance your way around a map like you used to or time meditate or anything cool like that.Instead they give you 4 lame powers and they are [time freeze] "that only last 5 sec" [fire ball] "yeah real original" [power punch] and [earth quake punch] thats it. You can finish this side game in about 3 hours maybe less.
Not only that but you'd think that Konquest will explain it all on how everyone survived in the previous games but it doesn't.

Seven, Oh and you can forget about those BIO'S to their not in in the game anymore. No if you want those you have to go online and download it. WTF!? And when you do, they still don't make any sense.
You can easily tell that the writers were making this s*** up as they go.

Eight, Kreate a Fatality was a good idea, but they should have given you the option to choose between that or new signature fatalities.

Nine, If there going to have weapons in the arenas, they should do away with character weapons. What good would it do if Shao Khan has a war hammer and then theres another one in the same arena?

And last is that ripoff Mario cart called Motor Kombat.
Who drunk the bong water when they came up with this?
I can't think of anything more dumber then to merge one of the most greatest, goriest games of all time to a preschool game thats just as entertaining as watching the attention spanned of George Bush. You know that little thing on the conner of the game cartridge? It says rated M for mature.
Thats like merging MTV to Sesame Street, hey lets watch Snoop Dog teach Big Bird on how to do crack. It just doesn't work.

The only thing I liked about the game was "and this was the ONLY thing" the idea of Kreate a Karacter, they should hold on to that one and improve it like making all kinds of players and have them installed into the profile memory and get to fight your own creations up the latter. But no, they managed to screw that up too. Like only giving you swords or axes. "Wow a lot to choose from there".

And MK is just not the same without "test your might/sight".

Bottom line, at least rent the game before you do something that your going to regret.

DONT BUY THIS GAME!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: October 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS A PIECE OF TRASH! FIRST OF ALL I'M REALLY DISSAPOINTED WITH THE FACT THAT THIS GAME DOESN'T PLAY IN 720p ON CERTAIN MODELS OF HDTVs(I'M ONE OF THE UNLUCKY FEW WITH ONE OF THESE TVs). THIS SUCKS BECAUSE THE MAIN REASON I BOUGHT THIS GAME IS FOR ITS 720p CAPABILITIES. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT FEATURE SINCE XBOX 360 GAMES PLAY IN 720p AND 1080i, AND THIS WAS $39.99 SO THAT WAS THE DEAL MAKER FOR ME. ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT MIDWAY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S THEIR GAME CAUSING THE PROBLEM, NOT THE TVs, THEY STILL WON'T COMPENSATE ME IN ANY KIND OF WAY. AND, SINCE I CAN'T RETURN THE GAME TO BESTBUY(BECAUSE THEY THINK I BEAT THE GAME, LOST INTEREST, OR I WANT TO PULL OFF SOME SCAM), I'M STUCK WITH A GAME THAT I DON'T WANT. THE MORONS AT MIDWAY TOLD ME THAT I CAN "STILL ENJOY PLAYING THE GAME IN 480 AND 1080i". WELL FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO 1080i FOR THIS GAME(I TRIED THAT ALREADY BY GOING TO THE XBOX DASHBOARD AND SELECTING "YES" WHEN ASKED IF MY TV SUPPORTS 1080i),IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN PICTURE QUALITY, AND SECOND, I BOUGHT THIS GAME TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF MY HDTV, XBOX, XBOX HD WIRES, AND 720P CAPABILITES OF MKA, SO I DON'T WANT TO SETTLE ON 480p. THAT SOUNDS LIKE FALSE ADVERTISING TO ME BECAUSE IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE GAME PLAYS IN 720p ON THE BACK OF THE CASE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAME ITSELF. NOT MUCH TO SAY HERE- KIND OF FUN AT FIRST, BUT THEN IT GETS OLD FAST. KREATE-A-FATALITIES ARE THE WORST! THE BIGGEST LET-DOWN TO ANY MK FAN. THE KREATE A FIGHTER SUCKS, TOO. THE MOTOR KOMBAT IS KIND OF FUN, BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE. BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN OVERLOOK THESE THINGS AND JUST PLAY THE GAME FOR ITS BRUTAL BUT FUN CONTENT AND ITS GREAT GRAPHICS BUT I CAN'T. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I EVER BUY A MIDWAY GAME. THEY SHOULD'VE JUST SENT ME A $40 CHECK, NEW GAME , OR SOMETHING BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS B.S. THEY JUST PULLED, I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MIDWAY GAME AND NEITHER WILL ALOT OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW.

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