Customer Reviews

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

5 star:		(30)
4 star:		(29)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I rented this game and a few days later bought it. This is nearly a perfect Mortal Kombat game. I had lost interest in MK after it's many sequels and same ol, same ol. A new fighting system, weaponry and multiple fighting styles make this not only a challenge to master but a lot of fun as well. Plenty of Gore and Blood and plenty of moves where you have no choice but to say "that HAD to hurt". You have to love impaling your opponent.
Graphics and sound are top notch and the added Konquest mode and the Krypt add a new level to this game the previous titles didn't have.Konquest mode to unlock Blaze and Mokap can be cruelly frustrating, just TRY and do Raiden's Chain Lightning Branch Style Combo, i've been at it for two days now. They couldn't have made Konquest mode just a "tad" easier. certain characters in Konquest mode are far easier than others.Sometimes i could swear there's a glitch where you do the combo right but the game insists you didn't, and as other times you do it by mashing buttons as fast as you can and it decides to let you have it. The old favorites are back with some great new characters as well. It's a interesting concept mixing a fighting game with Kurrency to unlock hidden characters, arenas and alternate costumes to name a few. I've been playing it non stop since i got it. The only problems i can find with this game are the "cheese" factor of Moloch and certain moves or combinations of moves that a human player wouldn't be able to pull off, but the AI pulls off flawlessly, like blocking and attacking at the same time as well as perfectly timed reversals into a 15 hit Branch Style Combo that goes through all three fighting styles LOL.The rounded directional pad makes some of the moves harder to pull off than on say a playstation controller and that can get annoying at times, hitting down back to perform a "special move" only to jump in the air unintentionaly. The range of difficulty should have been spread out a little more as well, you go from your first fighting being a flawless victory in every round,to your third and fourth giving you a seriously AI sided fight.Staring at the screen going what the heck happened, i guess i blinked. I would have liked to have seen more than ONE fatality per character and maybe even a few arena fatalities as well. Some of the Branch Style Kombos seem next to impossible to pull off and having to do them to beat Konquest mode to unlock even more characters is frustrating, although die hard MK fans wll surely have no problems LOL. It's a great game and i can't wait to see the sequel. Plenty of morbid entertainment for your dollars.From what i've herd and seen the Xbox version is the BEST version of this game on a console. If you have an Xbox definetly pick this up or rent it. One final thing, Midway would have been smart to make this game Xbox LIVE compatible so you could play with other people online in VS mode, that would have been most excellent.

I feel like a party pooper here, with all the great reviews being wrote, but I need to add my opinion to help others who may have a similar taste in fighting games i have.

First off, I have never been a 'major' mortal kombat fan, I however have felt it to be one of the best series out there. The characters have always been intresting and entertaining and the gameplay has always been upbeat, fast, and bloody. This game has all 3 of those. Fast gameplay, very bloody, and always seeming to say 'go go go go' Each battle seems to take only seconds sometimes, as combos and massive beat downs are recieved and given back.

But here is my complaint in what flaw I see... this is no DOA 3. Some may say "YES!" but for those like me, I loved DOA realistic martial arts, and fluid animation. Some moves were so realistic and to the art, I recongized them from movies and my own limited martial arts training. From the rythmatic stance of Jeet Kune Do to the blocks and solid punches of Karate. Mortal Kombat lacks this, and to a hurting. Johny Cage is such a slug he is an embrassment to both styles he uses in the game. *jeet kune do and karate i think, plus chucks as weapons* Before those of you that are die hards say "Well you just don't know how to string combos together!" I reply, that is fairly true, I am not the best at remembering things like Y Y Y X up + X Left trigger A A... All fights began to look like they all came out of the same can.. as the same combos are repeated over and over for if you use anything else, you may only get 3 hits before you character decides to take a breather. I lack the words to explain exactly how I feel about the animation, not because its "that bad!" but because I honestly dont know how to describe it. When some characters jump, they float up, pause, then float back down. Some flying punches or kicks look like they cut back on animation time by having the whole body hold still other than the arms or feet that are hitting. This leads to less fun for me, because I want to watch realistic and enjoyable fictional fight moves. If someone throws a punch, and they dont even move a shoulder, or waist, or hip, it begins to look dull. All I suggest is rent it first, to see if you have similar view as me. For those who are fans of the arcade, then I dont think you will mind the game at all. Dead or Alive 3 however I feel has much much more fluid animation and realistic styles. The things the mortal kombat characters often look hoky and fake. *not bashing fire balls and the like, speaking only of punches and kicks*

Hope this helps with your purchase or rental.

I have always been a big Mortal Combat fan right from the beginning. This new version did not let me down at all. There's so much to do in this new version. You get to train with different characters and learn their moves. Once you do so, you earn Koins that will allow you to open up 'Koffins'. Hidden in the koffins are new characters, backgrounds and some silly stuff. The movement and graphics are amazing. If you're a Mortal Combat fan, you will not be disappointed with this game.

Yeah, I know. Scary concept.

I got this baby in an attempt to make sense of Deception. And let me tell you, it is everything that Mortal Kombat: Deception is. Maybe a little more here and a little less there, but it is pretty equal in all resepcts.

Speaking of Deception, I've got to admit that this game made me like Deception's konquest mode a little more. Maybe because this game's konquest was a little annoying at times (although quite funny at others, and nessecary in the long run); maybe because, once I knew the plot of Deadly Alliance, I had some idea of what was going on in the other.

Deadly Alliance's fight-play has, in fact, a little, tiny bit more depth to it. This is because of the little black button, which allows you to, depending on your style of kung fu, grab an opponent, or regain some health (via taunting, how else?) or impale an enemy with your weapon. Depending on the weapon. A dissapointment comes from the fact that you have to use the d-pad to kontrol your character; other than that, it's cool. The graphics are crisp and clean, except when your opponent is covered in blood.

The extra features are a little less than Deception's, but that's "okay," since this wasn't supposed to be a grab-bag. And what extras are there are fun anyway, so, who's complaining?

As I said before, this made me appreciate konquest a little more. It's nice to know that there can be plot in a Mortal Kombat game (I found, by the way, the plot to be tight and focused, although I prefer Deception's plot). Basically, this Mortal Kombat is for anyone who doesn't know what's going on in Deception. No previous knowledge of Mortal Kombat is really nessecary, but it can't hurt to know who Scorpion and Sub-Zero are.

I must say that I have been a long time fan of the mk series. This version is great I think Midway did the right thing when they got rid of all those peripherial characters and superfluous fatalities, animalities, ect. Frankly I would be happy to figure out one. This game is clean and crisp with responsive controls. The weapon aspect is cool because if you do decide to use it you also take greater damage if hit; although if you are a weak player AI's at higher diffuculty levels will repeatedly use their weapons to slice and dice you.

The ONLY gripes I have with this game is that it totally sucks that all the players are not available to start with; although I must admit that having to buy them gives the game more replay value. Also a major gripe is that this game is NOT Xbox Live compatable. I imagine all those suckers I could be pummeling with scorpion - all the trash talking I am being denyed, so disappointing.

Anyway this IS a solid game worth having for ANYONE who appreciates fighters. Check out the blood and gore!

Mortal Kombat is back again for an all new game
with familiar elements. The graphics look great
and has lush 3-D backdrops, and cool characters.
The animation is fluid and the sound effects fit the
game perfectly. A host of new characters and
old ones return with new fighting styles. Characters
can even pull out swords on the fly for melee combat.

Pros:
+different fighting styles
+sword fighting melee
+great graphics and sound
+responsive controls
+good fight trainning system
+bloody and brutal
+familiar gameplay
+some old characters return

Cons:
-fatalities are hard to pull off
-no stage fatalities
-kind of feels like the same game

I can still remember playing Mortal Kombat back in the early 90's. It was the gateway game for me, this hooked me on arcade and video games. Mortal Kombat IV really made the franchise come to life with 3D graphics and a great fighting system. Mortal Kombat V is the icing on the cake with good graphics and an excellent fighting system that is too big for just one fighting system, but not big enough for three fighting systems. The character design is wonderful, the characters are detailed and really bruse when damaged, may I say that the "bounce" in female fighters is a nice addition and satisfying. The three fighting styles gives the game more variety and gives you a chance to really learn the techinques of each player. I spend four days studying each characters fighting styles and system, ponding which way shall I kick my opponents' ass. The choice of characters is decent, the only reason I give it four stars instead of five is because they're only 23 characters, that compared to MKIIIs' over thirty fighters. I like this game and purchased it because, one, I'm a MK fan, and second, it's the best fighting game the X-Box has to offer.

Warning about this game, I've come to believe that there is a programming error in this title. I work a GameStop, in VA, and when this game came out in Nov 02, I picked it up and played well into the night. However when I unlocked the character Frost "IV" and began to use her, one particular move her "Ground Ice" would lock up my xbox. Thinking I got a bad disc I quickly exchanged it for another but the a few matches into the game using the same move my xbox froze up once again. This occurance doesn't happen every time you do the technique so it's unpredicablity is a drag when you are far into the game..... Now a year later Oct. 03 I had sold my orginal Xbox to get a GBA SP (another big mistake) so I purchased another Xbox and thought I'd give Mortal Kombat another chance. So a different Xbox a 3rd copy of the game, same character and oh yes my Xbox was once again frozen. I talked to some fellow workers and found out that they too a year ago had the same problem.
So Buyer be Warned Frost is a very strong character she will not only freeze the enemy but your xbox too.

I rate it 3 because it is a good game except for the flaw in it. I speak for the Xbox version only.

The story of Mortal Kombat has always interested me,as well as the old and new characters from each game.I have an x-box,but my favourite one on one fighter is Tekken Tag.That title is only on Playstation 2,and Dead or Alive does'nt do it for me.Now,I'm looking for a great fighter to take its place.Deadly Alliance fits the bill perfectly.It was nice to see the in-depth real styles of martial arts each has.Two unarmed and one weapon based for each character.Styles range from various forms of karate, kung-fu,and Bruce Lee's art of jeet kune do.Some of the many weapons used are nunchucks,escrima double sticks,sai,and any type of sword you could ask for.Jax uses a machine gun along with his tonfa. The graphics are rich with color and detail to the stages,characters,and their costumes.Different weather conditions like rain and snow add a nice touch.Modes are arcade,vs.,practice and konquest.This is where the originality comes in.The krypt is an area with hundereds of coffins,each filled with unlockable characters,costumes and too many other items to mention here.The idea is to either fight in arcade or learn about each style in konquest mode.This is how you earn the required coins to open the coffins.You need to have patience and alot of coin to get the extra characters and costumes,so you need to keep saving your earnings to get them.Go on line,(like I did),or find a current game mag to get the complete krypt list.This way you're not waisting coins on the needless stuff.I played almost non-stop for a couple of weeks.I completed konquest mode with all the characters.By that time,I had enough coin to unlock the the other characters and all costumes.It was very fustrating.When you complete the konquest mode with every character, you then unlock two special characters.After I did that,I felt relieved that I can now enjoy the arcade,knowing the important stuff is unlocked.The characters do different blocks as you hold down the button.They also move their heads to keep their eyes on you.Now that's detail.When they're knocked down you can see them get mad as they get up for round 2.With a game like this,I don't care that there is only one fatality each.I rather impale them anyway.

I've been playing this game since its release and while it was entertaining at first its flaws become a catalyst for frustration. Its problems are as follows: Hit detection--this happens more with sweeping low attacks which simply do not register or the times when you attack low and the computer blocks high and no damage takes place. Other times strikes which take place out of range register damage. Last and greatest of the flaws is poor button response the controls simply suck. If midway had optimised the controls this game would be great, but as it stands there is a slight delay when trying to block which ruins the game for me. As previous reviewer stated this game is nothing more than launching combos and blocking combos. The easiest strategy of beating this game is simply to move in circles around the computer at all times and counter his combos with your own.
So far I've unlocked a number of stuff, beaten the game on Hard level with Raiden, Scorpion, and Cyrax all of which while resisting the urge to break my controller out of frustration of the crappy controls.
It's an ambitious game from Midway, but lack of the MK signature level fatalities and most of all terrible response bring the score down to mediocrity.