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MORTAL KOMBAT!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is brutal. The graphics and game play excellent and superior to other fighting games currently out for home systems. Mortal Kombat is and always will be the ultimate fighting game. Some of the best characters are here and I was very excited to see the long awaited return of Baraka back nastier than ever. The fatalities are as bloody and brutal as any Kombat fan would come to expect from the first fighting game to get banned from such places as Wal-Mart. The first of the series required blood Kodes for those who remember this meant that the blood had to be turned on with certain codes on certain versions. My brother Michael and I have been big fans of Mortal Kombat growing up and I think its very awesome that this game is still alive and fighting strong. LIVE LONG AND PROSPURE MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!

Disappointing Roster, Yet Fun.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had high hopes for Deception after playing Deadly Alliance a few years ago. I saved the money for the game and anxiously awaited it. Due to a stockman's mistake, I managed to get the game a few days early and played it pretty hard for a day before deciding that it wasn't worth the money I spent on it. Don't crucify me yet, MK worshipers, as I will tell you why.

The character roster in Deception is by far the most disapointing of any MK game to date. Unless they are found hidden deep within the game, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Kitana, Jax, Kung Lao, (and more) are all absent from the game, after being in nearly every game in the series to date. Of that list, I am especially upset with the exclusion of Cage and Sonya, who are always favorites at dorm parties, where 2 player fighters are favorites. This is the primary reason for the low fun score, though people who dislike all these characters (I'm assuming only die-hard fans of the series' rejected filler characters) should still have a blast with the game. The re-introduction of Liu Kang is a welcome sight in a game that loses it's familiarity with long time series players in an attempt to appease only the most select of fans.

Other than the character roster being very sub-par, the game is as much fun to play as Deadly Alliance. The game is greatly accelerated, with lightning fast responses to your input, which was a major fault of Deadly Alliance with some of the more lengthy combos. A new indicator allows one to train when a move leaves one open for attack, teaching the player how to best utilize each move at his/her disposal. Another welcome sight is a 2nd fatality per character. Another low point, however, is the ability for your opponent to kill his/herself after losing, rather than allowing the victor the gratification of the kill, which, as most know, is usually the point of the whole match. The exclusion of some styles from Deadly Alliance is also a let down, one example being the nunchaku weapon style, which is always a favorite alternative to the usual swords or blades.

There are other modes to enjoy besides the usual arcade mode, of course, though I will not go into great detail about them. One of which is Chess Kombat, allowing you to use MK Characters as "tokens" on a chess board, duking it out for every square, but with many twists to the usual game. Puzzle Kombat is your basic puzzle game, with colored pieces dropping for you to match up and delete before your opponent wins, causing your mini-warrior to be executed in typical MK fashion.

The final component to MK Deception is Konquest mode, which once again trains you to play the game, but this time, tells the story of Sujinko as you guide him through the realms of the MK Universe. It is an RPG style game taht allows for most of the secrets in the game to be unlocked, via the Krypt, making it's return from Deadly Alliance.

Did I mention all modes are playable ONLINE?

All in all, the game is much better this time around, but will not be remaining in my XBOX when friends are over, due simply to the fact that Midway took away all familiarity in the series with a bland, apocalyptical storyline and removed the majority of the series' trademark characters. For some, this will be no problem, and you should rely on instinct to guide your purchase. If you enjoyed Deadly Alliance, you will likely enjoy this game, though maybe, not as long.

Awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I could best describe this game as Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance done right. Kombat is exactly the same as in Deadly Alliance with a few added features. In this game, the arena can be just as great a factor in the match as the opponent. Opponents can be knocked off the stage to different levels, get caught in traps, and there are even some in game weapons to be picked up. The character roster is great as well. They finally got rid of that stupid Jhonny Cage! Kabal, Baraka, Nightwolf, and Sindel are just some of the old faces making their return. And of course, what mortal kombat game would be complete without Scorpion and Sub-Zero?

The Konquest mode varies from Deadly Alliance in that it is actually an engaging story; rather than just character by character training. You manage a guy named Shujinko who travels the realms learning the ways of kombat. You meet each of the kombat characters in the game and get trained by them, as them. There are also a lot of optional tasks to complete for various villagers to earn koins. This is certainly a much better way of earning kurrncey than in MK5 which was just really boring. Though, I'm still not sure if I even dig this kurrency and krypt thing at all anyways. Oh well, they did it and its improved upon.

There are also two new features: Puzzle Kombat and Kombat chess. A mortal kombat version of chess and a falling piece game. I was skeptical at first, but these are actually a lot of fun, and rather addicting.

All in all, MK6 is really great and way better than the previous.

Great graphics and fighting fun for mature audiences

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you're a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, or fighting games in general, get ready. This mature title has got puzzles, RPG, chess, and yes, lots of bloody Kombat!

The traditional aspects of Mortal Kombat are here. You have different characters to choose from. Different styles of fighting. Key combinations create gorgeous attack moves. You earn coins as you go, to spend on unlocking new characters, levels, and other secrets.

The graphics here are simply gorgeous. The floors and walls have textures from shiny and reflective to grainy matte. The glow of fire, misty mountains and glowing lights are quite impressive. Characters have robes that flow with the action and accessories that sway realistically. If you want to be gory, the blood even flows down your body.

On the other hand, in Dead or Alive the environments are amazingly reactive - fighting in a snowy area leaves tracks in the snow, and autumn leaves blow past you in the forest. In comparison, Mortal Kombat has a desert island fight seem like the ground is made of concrete. So there is still room for improvement.

Body movements are equally as well done. Gone are the days of blocky characters with jerky attacks. You can really feel like you're in a martial arts movie here, with the super smooth blocks and combo kicks. This is great for the audience the game is intended for (mature) - but means that youngsters can easily get upset by some of the very realistic back-breaking moves. There's a reason this game earned that mature rating.

Even the sub-games are so good that they could easily qualify as standalone packages. The Puzzle Kombat is in essence tetris with fighting animations for when you do well. Chess Kombat is chess with little mortal kombat pieces. You can play both of these on XBox Live too! There's also a Konquest Adventure where you wander around talking to characters and taking on quests.

Highly recommended for mature fighting game fans, and with all of the things to unlock you have great incentive to play for weeks and weeks to see everything.

The Single Best Fighting Game for Xbox!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you got an Xbox you need this game! It's that simple. There are so many game modes from Arcade Mode, 15-20 Hour Konquest Mode, Chess and Puzzle Kombat, and of course online play what are you waiting for? The Graphics are amazing, especially the interactive arenas (I love the arena where you can hit around bodies hanging from the noose). And online play has little to no lag, but there are an awful lot of trash talkers who really can't play...fear the quiet ones though (one guy already has a record of 687 Wins and only 12 Losses...Wow). If you got an Xbox this one will easily hold you over until Halo 2 on November 9th!

Best MK Game To Date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Eager players to the Mortal Kombat Area. Select your fighter-fight! People, this game has done wonders beyond the eye can see. The people of Midway deserve a pat on the back for this addition to the XBox console. Not only is this game Live, it has a great returning cast. Yeah, I know there are a couple of good fighters excluded from this addition but hey the others well make up for their absence from it. Once you buy it, or rent it, watch the opening credits and look at the game detail. From the electricity from Raiden to the scale of The Dragon King, from lighting to thunder rain and snow it has it all. I say this is a must have game for any true to heart MK fan. As an added bonus, if you purchase the Kollectors Edition you get the very first MK game in it whole length. Lot of hidden features in this game to get. Plus, the little extras in the form of mini games. Check 'em out of extra fun.

Mortal Kombat is the Bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The moves are orignal the levels are inter active you can play alot of mini games like puzzle combat chess Combat conqest mode the game is all around great it is awsome.

MK Deception Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ive always favored the mortal kombat fighting style over all the others. The combos are simple to use and easy to memorize. Deception brings back some of the older characters such as Ermac and Kabal. Deception also uses some very interesting fighting styles and a wide selection at that. Some fighting styles are quick, agil, and decisive. WHile others focus on single powerful strikes and maneuvers. Weapons are once again added making the game more interesting. However there could be some better weapon combos. The special moves are always fun and interesting as well. Deception also now has combo breakers. For instance, if your opponent is unleashing his ultimate combo on you, you can cut him short in the middle of it with a combo breaker ans send him flying back. You can only do it 3 times in a match though. Another great thing is a Built in RPG type game, though very simple and primitive. This where you collect the koins and keys to open coffins within the krypt. Now most of the hidden characters are unlocked with hidden keys rather than massive amount of koins. The trouble is actually finding the keys without a strategy guide. Once your near the end of the RPG it becomes quite annoying. You fight as an old man thats slow, has no good combos or special moves and continuosly gets beat up. I still havent completed the RPG for that reason. Graphics wise the game is superb. Sound effects are average. Gameplay is excellent. It now has the interactive environments like in dead or alive games. Overall the game is good but you can loose your patience with it easily.

The best so far!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I totally agree that this is definetely the best fighting game of E3. There are over 20 characters that you can choose from, each one inlcluding three different styles, one of the styles using a weapon. (Except for Noob-Smoke which is one of the characters that you unlock, in their case, one of their styles is switching characters between Noob and Smoke-pretty self explanatory). There are two words that describe Mortal Kombat Deception-Mortal Kombat! I will now break down my review in terms of graphics, audio, gameplay and online play.

Graphics: The graphics in Mortal Kombat Deception are alright, not bad but nood great. Lets start with the good then we can drift on to the bad. The good part of the graphics in Mortal Kombat Deception are the character models and the character movements. One other wonderful thing about the graphics is the amount of background detail that the creator of Mortal Kombat Deception took his time to put into it, great job for that! One other great thing is, i know there is really only one goood cutscene in this game, the one before the game actually starts, showing the intro, but i think that the creators of this game really did what they needed to do to make this cutscene actually worth watching. What the cutscene is, is basically an introduction to the sequel of Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. Basically, the alliance breaks up, but then come back together again. When you watch this cutscene, in some terms, it seems like you are actually watching a real movie which is really fun and entertaining and unlike most cutscenes now a days where they are all just junk and with a cheesy script.

Now on to the bad part of the graphicss. The bad part of the graphics feature is that the blood looks like something you would find out of a Sega Genesis, they really need to work on the violence/blood/gore to make it look much more realistic then it is right now, because right now, it looks really, really g@y and definetely nothing that you would find in an Xbox now a days. I think that instead of making it so that their is an overload of blood pouring out the characters body and face, they should have decreased the amount of blood by a little bit, but should have added a lot more detail/texture into the blood and gore, that would have made this game way better i think. This also includes the fatalities which need much more work as well. But i guess that graphics don't matter that much in a game like Mortal Kombat Deception, just keep in mind guys that we want just a little bit more detail into the "violent" part of the graphics, then the graphics aspect of the game will be perfect!

Audio: The audio in Mortal Kombat is great, from the magnificent music from the cutscene in the beginning before the game actually launches to the different music in each multiplayer map. The classic Mortal Kombat music has returned- Great job in terms of audio! The quality is amazing, and definetely not part of the game that i should rate negatively!

Gameplay: The gameplay aspect of the game is definetely the best out of all the Mortal Kombat Deception games so far in my opinion. There are now three new modes in Mortal Kombat which i will explain below.

Puzzle Kombat: A fun minigame where you have to match up different colors of blocks. As one player gets rid of their blocks, the amount of blocks that dissappeared from the players screen, gets added to the opponents screen making it a fun and strategic game to play both online and off. Each character has their own special moves which make it even more entertaining and strategic when it comes to which character you should choose when facing your opponent online or the CPU.

Chess Kombat: Pretty self explanatory. You basically play chess, getting to choose your team (every MK character moves the same way as in the real Chess game) and when you come into contact with a player you get to fight for whoever takes over the square. An extremely fun game to play once again both online and off, but can get a little dull and boring, considering that if your both good at it it can take a little over 20 minutes to complete the game. One cool feature about this is that you have a spell list where you can cast certain special moves at anytime you want, however once you use one special move, you cant use that same one again making it strategic to know when you want to cast each spell.

Konquest Mode: Basically an adventure mode, you play young Shujinko and you basically are out on a quest to gain honor. The graphics in this mode isn't that great and there are a few little glitches, but nothing to major. You get to do side quests for people which earn you koins which you can go and spend on extra features i.e, making of the game, comentary, characters, extra costumes (etc). Also, as you go through the adventure mode you actually do unlock new puzzle fighters, kombat fighters, new arenas, clothing, music and moves which i found was pretty cool and gave me one other reason to complete this mode besides the fact that its really fun!

The actual gameplay itself is awesome. There are two fatalities per character, but what sucks is that you have to be a certain distance away from your opponent, and its extremely accurate and can be frustrating. Each character also has a new hari-kiri move where they basically kill themselves after they have lost. You do not have to be a certain distance away to perform these suicidal moves. There are many different combos, and for once its not a fighting game that resorts on button mashing, which is very good because thats how most fighting games are now a days, they require no skill.

Another new feature about this game is that their are death traps on some of the maps, for example, brutal spikes, a grinder, and pirhanas which can be a cool and deadly way to kill your opponent considering that if you throw your enemy into one of these traps, its an instant kill.

As a result of the gameplay aspect, it is great, and another reason to buy this hit game!

Online play: Mortal Kombat Deception now allows you to compete head to head on Xbox live which is really great. Your opponents are usually very, very skilled as they most of the time have completed Konquest mode and unlocked every feature of the game, but what can i say, most of the competitive people on Xbox Live are good at what they play. There is a ranking system and you are able to play either Puzzle, Chess or normal Kombat which i thought was really cool seeing that my first reaction to the online play was that you could only fight with your opponents in Kombat mode, but fortunetely i was wrong.

The only problem that i have to say there is with Mortal Kombat Deception on Xbox Live is that if the connections start to fail even a bit you will get a disconnect which shows up on your "profile." This can get really frustrating if your winning for once and then the game disconnects. It usually happens one in every six-seven games that you play, so as you can see it is quite a frequent error, even if you have a good connection.

But overall, Mortal Kombat definetely has a descent online feature and is definetely worth spending $50 on the game for.

One of the problems that i have though with Mortal Kombat is when your playing Kombat Mode, the boss, the dragon, is incredibly cheap as if he grapples you once, almost one quarter of your health is taken away. But thats not that bad is it...

In conclusion, Mortal Kombat can be hard and frustrating at times, and the graphics could need a little work on, but the gameplay itself is amazing with two fatalities per character, new gameplay modes, many characters and by far the best audio in the whole MK series!

Recommended
Yes

Extremely fun/gruesome!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I totally agree that this is definetely the best fighting game of E3. There are over 20 characters that you can choose from, each one inlcluding three different styles, one of the styles using a weapon. (Except for Noob-Smoke which is one of the characters that you unlock, in their case, one of their styles is switching characters between Noob and Smoke-pretty self explanatory). There are two words that describe Mortal Kombat Deception-Mortal Kombat! I will now break down my review in terms of graphics, audio, gameplay and online play.

Graphics: The graphics in Mortal Kombat Deception are alright, not bad but nood great. Lets start with the good then we can drift on to the bad. The good part of the graphics in Mortal Kombat Deception are the character models and the character movements. One other wonderful thing about the graphics is the amount of background detail that the creator of Mortal Kombat Deception took his time to put into it, great job for that! One other great thing is, i know there is really only one goood cutscene in this game, the one before the game actually starts, showing the intro, but i think that the creators of this game really did what they needed to do to make this cutscene actually worth watching. What the cutscene is, is basically an introduction to the sequel of Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. Basically, the alliance breaks up, but then come back together again. When you watch this cutscene, in some terms, it seems like you are actually watching a real movie which is really fun and entertaining and unlike most cutscenes now a days where they are all just junk and with a cheesy script.

Now on to the bad part of the graphicss. The bad part of the graphics feature is that the blood looks like something you would find out of a Sega Genesis, they really need to work on the violence/blood/gore to make it look much more realistic then it is right now, because right now, it looks really, really g@y and definetely nothing that you would find in an Xbox now a days. I think that instead of making it so that their is an overload of blood pouring out the characters body and face, they should have decreased the amount of blood by a little bit, but should have added a lot more detail/texture into the blood and gore, that would have made this game way better i think. This also includes the fatalities which need much more work as well. But i guess that graphics don't matter that much in a game like Mortal Kombat Deception, just keep in mind guys that we want just a little bit more detail into the "violent" part of the graphics, then the graphics aspect of the game will be perfect!

Audio: The audio in Mortal Kombat is great, from the magnificent music from the cutscene in the beginning before the game actually launches to the different music in each multiplayer map. The classic Mortal Kombat music has returned- Great job in terms of audio! The quality is amazing, and definetely not part of the game that i should rate negatively!

Gameplay: The gameplay aspect of the game is definetely the best out of all the Mortal Kombat Deception games so far in my opinion. There are now three new modes in Mortal Kombat which i will explain below.

Puzzle Kombat: A fun minigame where you have to match up different colors of blocks. As one player gets rid of their blocks, the amount of blocks that dissappeared from the players screen, gets added to the opponents screen making it a fun and strategic game to play both online and off. Each character has their own special moves which make it even more entertaining and strategic when it comes to which character you should choose when facing your opponent online or the CPU.

Chess Kombat: Pretty self explanatory. You basically play chess, getting to choose your team (every MK character moves the same way as in the real Chess game) and when you come into contact with a player you get to fight for whoever takes over the square. An extremely fun game to play once again both online and off, but can get a little dull and boring, considering that if your both good at it it can take a little over 20 minutes to complete the game. One cool feature about this is that you have a spell list where you can cast certain special moves at anytime you want, however once you use one special move, you cant use that same one again making it strategic to know when you want to cast each spell.

Konquest Mode: Basically an adventure mode, you play young Shujinko and you basically are out on a quest to gain honor. The graphics in this mode isn't that great and there are a few little glitches, but nothing to major. You get to do side quests for people which earn you koins which you can go and spend on extra features i.e, making of the game, comentary, characters, extra costumes (etc). Also, as you go through the adventure mode you actually do unlock new puzzle fighters, kombat fighters, new arenas, clothing, music and moves which i found was pretty cool and gave me one other reason to complete this mode besides the fact that its really fun!

The actual gameplay itself is awesome. There are two fatalities per character, but what sucks is that you have to be a certain distance away from your opponent, and its extremely accurate and can be frustrating. Each character also has a new hari-kiri move where they basically kill themselves after they have lost. You do not have to be a certain distance away to perform these suicidal moves. There are many different combos, and for once its not a fighting game that resorts on button mashing, which is very good because thats how most fighting games are now a days, they require no skill.

Another new feature about this game is that their are death traps on some of the maps, for example, brutal spikes, a grinder, and pirhanas which can be a cool and deadly way to kill your opponent considering that if you throw your enemy into one of these traps, its an instant kill.

As a result of the gameplay aspect, it is great, and another reason to buy this hit game!

Online play: Mortal Kombat Deception now allows you to compete head to head on Xbox live which is really great. Your opponents are usually very, very skilled as they most of the time have completed Konquest mode and unlocked every feature of the game, but what can i say, most of the competitive people on Xbox Live are good at what they play. There is a ranking system and you are able to play either Puzzle, Chess or normal Kombat which i thought was really cool seeing that my first reaction to the online play was that you could only fight with your opponents in Kombat mode, but fortunetely i was wrong.

The only problem that i have to say there is with Mortal Kombat Deception on Xbox Live is that if the connections start to fail even a bit you will get a disconnect which shows up on your "profile." This can get really frustrating if your winning for once and then the game disconnects. It usually happens one in every six-seven games that you play, so as you can see it is quite a frequent error, even if you have a good connection.

But overall, Mortal Kombat definetely has a descent online feature and is definetely worth spending $50 on the game for.

One of the problems that i have though with Mortal Kombat is when your playing Kombat Mode, the boss, the dragon, is incredibly cheap as if he grapples you once, almost one quarter of your health is taken away. But thats not that bad is it...

In conclusion, Mortal Kombat can be hard and frustrating at times, and the graphics could need a little work on, but the gameplay itself is amazing with two fatalities per character, new gameplay modes, many characters and by far the best audio in the whole MK series!

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