Mortal Kombat: Deception

Mortal Kombat: Deception is a must have, not only for MK fans, but for fighting fans in general. Mortal Kombat: Deception has everything that a player loves from all of the previous MK titles plus a whole lot more. More exceptional and more stylish than any other game in the series, Deception will provide an endless amount of entertainment. Mortal Kombat: Deception is a surefire title and it will certainly please gamers of all types, regardless of their previous knowledge of Mortal Kombat.

Through its razor-sharp fighting, array of playing options, and unyielding desire to please fans of the series, Deception is easily the most-accomplished fighter to date. Mortal Kombat is once again the game to beat.

Trumping its predecessor with a barbaric decapitation and sending a clear-cut message to other developers that the bar of excellence for fighting games has officially been raised, Mortal Kombat: Deception emerges as the consummate fighter and one of the most ambitious releases of the year. The gameplay has evolved to a frightening degree, and exacting painful death upon your opponent is only the tip of the bloody iceberg. Ed Boon and his Midway team have fine-tuned the fray, implemented a legion of amazing new characters, and even turned their gaze to other genres to expand upon the experience even futher.

Love it or hate it, no one can deny the far-reaching effects of the original Mortal Kombat. In an industry once ruled by the kid-friendly likes of Mario, Duck Hunt, and Zelda, Mortal Kombat burst onto the scene as a revelation of things to come. Suddenly older gamers had a game for them, a game that they didn’t have to be embarrassed to admit they played and with it adult-centric gaming had been born.

Mortal Kombat fans have a lot to be grateful for today. Deadly Alliance was a huge hit and a great game and made Mortal cool again. The planned third is still stuck in development hell and I think we can all agree that's a great thing after the abysmal Annihilation. And last year we got Mortal Kombat: Deception, a game that improves on Deadly Alliance in nearly every way and has online play to boot.

Each mode is a blast to play, although most feel like they are designed for play in small increments. But considering how many different things there are to do here, that's hardly a complaint. Deception delivers a lot of game, and it' all killer stuff.

Each mode is a blast to play, although most feel like they are designed for play in small increments. But considering how many different things there are to do here, that's hardly a complaint. Deception delivers a lot of game, and it' all killer stuff.

Mortal Kombat: Deception ist ein gelungener Nachfolger zu Deadly Alliance und spielerisch sehr abwechslungsreich. Sieht man über die nicht perfekte Steuerung hinweg, passt hier eigentlich alles und dank der Krypt wird man auch lange beschäftigt sein.

Overall, I have to say I am very impressed with this game. There are some issues with the game, its not perfect, but its still the most fun MK I’ve played. Minor flaws keep the game from becoming a flawless victory, but it is still more than worth the money to any Mortal Kombat fan. Do yourselves a favor and pick up the Collector's Edition - the bonuses included are a nice extra.

Round 7: Fight! Mortal Kombat: Deception comes on strong with several diverse modes of play, but the series remains as bloody as ever. Mortal Kombat?s been one of the most popular fighting franchises since its humble arcade beginnings, and love it or hate it, it deserves props for enduring against such seasoned competitors like Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, and Tekken. Part of its success is the violent content and grisly fatality finishing moves, but cheap thrills aside, a robust fighting system has emerged throughout the years, and honed to near perfection with Deadly Alliance. Deception continues the legacy, and lives up to its name with additional play modes outside the fighting genre.

Mortal Kombat?s been one of the most popular fighting franchises since its humble arcade beginnings, and love it or hate it, it deserves props for enduring against such seasoned competitors like Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, and Tekken.

After a downward spiral that took the Mortal Kombat series to places it never wanted to go, Midway's number one franchise finally made a comeback in 2002 with the release of Deadly Alliance; a completely revamped and re-envisioned interpretation of John Tobias and Ed Boon's arcade fighting vision. Finally moving beyond the presentational aspects that had both endeared and reviled it in the eyes of casual and hardcore fighting fans alike (this time only under Boon's supervision), Deadly Alliance did something that the earlier Mortal Kombats had never done before -- it put gameplay before glamour. As a result the fans responded overwhelmingly and it didn't take long before Deadly Alliance was quickly regarded as one of the strongest fighting games of the season.

When you think back on some of the video games of old, there are certain ones that you never forget. In my teenage years I worked for the local video game store, right about the time the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo wars were hitting their full tilt. I remember it well because at that time the big fighting game war also had just begun. On the one side, you had Street Fighter II, which came along from the arcade (back when people actually went to arcades to play the latest and greatest games), and caused a revolution in the way fighting games were played.

For 12 years, these two words have summed up a controversial franchise that changed the gaming landscape. Fighting games had existed before MK hit arcades, but the concept that Midway delivered with the Mortal Kombat series redefined the entire genre (and indeed gaming) for the better. Simply put, here was an "adult" game that didn't shy away from blood and carnage (it was set in a brutal fighting tournament, after all). What's more, each installment was significantly darker, with fatalities and themes of conquest, revenge and betrayal. Simply put, this was a game whose fate was precariously left in the balance, with a player's choice of character tipping the scale towards good or evil.

After a downward spiral that took the Mortal Kombat series to places it never wanted to go, Midway's number one franchise finally made a comeback in 2002 with the release of Deadly Alliance; a completely revamped and re-envisioned interpretation of John Tobias and Ed Boon's arcade fighting vision. Finally moving beyond the presentational aspects that had both endeared and reviled it in the eyes of casual and hardcore fighting fans alike (this time only under Boon's supervision), Deadly Alliance did something that the earlier Mortal Kombats had never done before -- it put gameplay before glamour. As a result the fans responded overwhelmingly and it didn't take long before Deadly Alliance was quickly regarded as one of the strongest fighting games of the season.

You probably expect me to open this review with a statement about how the series made its grand return in 2002. You’re half-right. While I’m not going to actually come out and say it, I did manage to sneak the comment in there (hehe).

Overall, there was so much good, and so little bad with Mortal Kombat: Deception. Minor quips would be the funky widescreen support, the cheesy looking blood, and the removal of some favorite characters (The Mighty Oot still cannot believe that after bringing his boy Kano back in Deadly Alliance, he’s not in Deception). On the plus side, the combo breaker is a nice touch, and just more of what made the last game great, more arenas, more fighters, more fatalities, etc. I can’t say enough about the online mode. If you are a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, you need to get this game. Maybe I’ll see you online sometime, my gamer tag is CPaladino.

I’m happy to see this excellent fighter finally get a GameCube release. On any system, it has a great fighting engine, tons of gameplay modes, and a lot of kick ass characters. The GameCube version even has two that are exclusive – old favorites Shao Khan and Goro. However, these characters come with a cost, one that GameCube owners should know well by now: the lack of online play.

Overall, there was so much good, and so little bad with Mortal Kombat: Deception. Minor quips would be the funky widescreen support, the cheesy looking blood, and the removal of some favorite characters (The Mighty Oot still cannot believe that after bringing his boy Kano back in Deadly Alliance, he’s not in Deception). On the plus side, the combo breaker is a nice touch, and just more of what made the last game great, more arenas, more fighters, more fatalities, etc. I can’t say enough about the online mode. If you are a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, you need to get this game. Maybe I’ll see you online sometime, my gamer tag is CPaladino.

After a downward spiral that took the Mortal Kombat series to places it never wanted to go, Midway's number one franchise finally made a comeback in 2002 with the release of Deadly Alliance; a completely revamped and re-envisioned interpretation of John Tobias and Ed Boon's arcade fighting vision. Finally moving beyond the presentational aspects that had both endeared and reviled it in the eyes of casual and hardcore fighting fans alike (this time only under Boon's supervision), Deadly Alliance did something that the earlier Mortal Kombats had never done before: it put gameplay before glamour. As a result the fans responded overwhelmingly and it didn't take long before Deadly Alliance was quickly regarded as one of the strongest fighting games of the season.

The latest in Midway's influential and long-running fighting game series, Mortal Kombat: Deception, picks up where 2002's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance left off by featuring lots of new and returning fighters, a variety of surprising new modes of play, and, perhaps best of all, the ability to play online. The strangest part about Deception is how it includes several completely off-the-wall modes, the likes of which you'd never expect from a fighting game. These include the single-player konquest mode, which is a story-driven adventure; puzzle kombat, a competitive Tetris-style puzzle game that's an unabashed homage to Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo; and chess kombat, which is inspired by the classic computer game Archon. The konquest mode is disappointingly bland, while these other two modes are at least amusing. However, the core one-on-one fighting action--whether you play it offline or online--is easily the best part of the game.

The latest in Midway's influential and long-running fighting game series, Mortal Kombat: Deception, picks up where 2002's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance left off by featuring lots of new and returning fighters, a variety of surprising new modes of play, and, perhaps best of all, the ability to play online. The strangest part about Deception is how it includes several completely off-the-wall modes, the likes of which you'd never expect from a fighting game. These include the single-player konquest mode, which is a story-driven adventure; puzzle kombat, a competitive Tetris-style puzzle game that's an unabashed homage to Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo; and chess kombat, which is inspired by the classic computer game Archon. The konquest mode is disappointingly bland, while these other two modes are at least amusing. However, the core one-on-one fighting action--whether you play it offline or online--is easily the best part of the game.

The latest in Midway's influential and long-running fighting game series, Mortal Kombat: Deception, picks up where 2002's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance left off by featuring lots of new and returning fighters and a variety of surprising new modes of play. The new GameCube version of the game, released some months after Deception's debut on the PS2 and Xbox, lacks the earlier versions' most compelling feature--the ability to play online--but partly makes up for that (and lost time) with a couple of classic characters exclusively added to this roster. The strangest part about Deception is how it includes several completely off-the-wall modes, the likes of which you'd never expect from a fighting game. These are the single-player konquest mode, which is a story-driven adventure; puzzle kombat, a competitive Tetris-style puzzle game that's an unabashed homage to Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo; and chess kombat, which is inspired by the classic computer game Archon.

Even with a few faults, Mortal Kombat Deception has a lot going for it. There is quite a bit to collect in the game, a number of fun multi-player modes, and an online component you'll keep coming back to day after day. I wish the fighting system was a little tighter and didn't feel so much like button mashing, but generally speaking, this is a step in the right direction for Mortal Kombat.

„Finish Him!“ Welcher Spieler kennt sie nicht, diese Worte? Anfang der 90er löste Midway mit Mortal Kombat eine wahre Lawine aus, was besorgte Eltern und Behörden angeht. Das Spiel bot literweise Blut und stark überzogene Todesanimationen. Damals beeindruckte Mortal Kombat vor allem technisch. Es wurden echte Menschen aufgenommen und digitalisiert, weshalb die Kämpfer für damalige Verhältnisse sehr echt wirkten. Das und die berüchtigten "Fatalitys" führten zu einer rasch folgenden Indizierung, welche dem Bekanntheitsgrad des Spiels aber keinen Abbruch brachte.

Thanks to the extra game-modes MK:D is a game that has added life-span. Somebody willing to unlock everything will have to invest time, and then some more time. Funny are the cute characters and fatalities in Puzzle mode, all the rest takes itself a bit to serious... without being too serious. an MK game wouldn't be the same without ridiculous amounts of blood and gore! Although I enjoyed playing it, I must say I've played better Beat'em-ups. To me the Tekken series, thanks to it's controls and graphics, is still the game to beat in this genre and sadly MK:D doesn't come close. Graphics could have been a bit better, but the PS2-GPU probably has something to do with that...

Para os fãs de longa data, "Deception" é um verdadeiro sonho. Mas como nos casos dos duelos citados no começo desse resenha, a série "Mortal Kombat" é questão de gosto: quem prefere o refinamento de jogos como "Virtua Fighter", "King of Fighters" e "Street Fighter" não vai mudar de idéia agora.

Qui l'aurait cru il y a quelques années ? Mais c'est un fait, Mortal Kombat renaît de ses cendres et la franchise profite une fois encore d'un jeu au contenu étoffé et au fun indéniable. Le mode Aventure est intéressant, long et bien pensé, les combats sont jouissifs et profitent d'un graphisme somptueux, les mini-jeux apportent de l'originalité et de la convivialité et les innombrables bonus (tous plus intéressants les un que les autres) boosteront la durée de vie. On aura beau dire tout ce qu'on veut mais ce Mystification est un des titres les plus riches en matière de baston qui existe actuellement sur le marché. Un soft à ne surtout pas rater si vous aimez un tant soit peu les jeux de combats.

The longer you play the better you get. There's plenty of depth to the combat system which will keep you returning to the fighting long after you've exploited the additional modes.

With tons of secrets to uncover, and a surprising array of different gameplay options, Mortal Kombat: Deception is a surprisingly fun package. The fighting action looks great and plays well, and while the puzzle and role-playing portions might not be great, these freebies really add a lot of value to a series that was in serious danger of dying under its own weight.

Original bad boys Goro and Shao Kahn are finally playable, both boasting bone-snapping combos and devastating weapons. Frankly, these two bruisers are cooler than almost any other character in the increasingly bizarre and outlandish Mortal Kombat talent roster, and their inclusion in the game almost compensates for the missing online mode&almost. If you're a broadband gaming addict, stick with the Xbox or PS2 version; otherwise, let Kahn konsume you on the GameCube.

There's an extremely easy test to see if you should buy Mortal Kombat: Deception -- play the Konquest mode for five minutes. Konquest -- a training adventure where you go through a story, learn combos and techniques from other fighters, and do random tasks along the way -- showcases the best and worst parts of Deception.

There's an extremely easy test to see if you should buy Mortal Kombat: Deception -- play the Konquest mode for five minutes. Konquest -- a training adventure where you go through a story, learn combos and techniques from other fighters, and do random tasks along the way -- showcases the best and worst parts of Deception.

I should also mention that I encountered a few bugs in the game. Most are minor, but the game did lock up once during a load screen. Deception is only an incremental improvement over Deadly Alliance. There's plenty of play value, but to be honest I was expecting much more.

Overall Mortal Kombat Deception is a great edition in the Mortal Kombat legacy. It has all the over the top attributes that people love about Mortal Kombat. It was great that they added so many new features especially when the fighting in the game can get tiresome. The downside is since the game is a fighting game the combat shouldn't become tiresome in the first place. If you're an MK fan this is a must own, otherwise rent this title over the weekend when you have some friends over.

And that's key -- if you're looking at the game for continuing the fun, campy Mortal Kombat legacy, you'll find a lot to like here. If you're looking for highly technical fighting matches or evolved modern game storytelling, you'll do better looking elsewhere.

It’s been a heck of a week here at GR. My Dead or Alive CD started skipping, a game called Cornhole is apparently sweeping the nation, and, much to our West Coast hippy chagrin, another kind of cornhole was re-elected president. Our misery stacked like pancakes.

It’s been a heck of a week here at GR. My Dead or Alive CD started skipping, a game called Cornhole is apparently sweeping the nation, and, much to our West Coast hippy chagrin, another kind of cornhole was re-elected president. Our misery stacked like pancakes.

Deception on the Gamecube is Deception minus online play, plus two characters everybody wishes were in the first runs of the game. As usual, it is directed towards MK freaks and bored casuals only. The extra features alone may be worth the price of admission (well, maybe after a price drop or two), especially for fans of older MK titles thanks to Shao Khan and Goro, but the rest of us should give this one a hesitant glance for now, and maybe a rental later. The initial excitement of this awesome package, with all of its fun content, has worn off, and all these months later, it's hard to justify buying a Mortal Kombat game.

Mortal Kombat: Deception will make fans happy, and will keep them busy for a while with all the unlockable content in the game. I myself an old school fan think its time for Midway to re-invent the series and spend more time on redefining their fighting engine instead of creating Kombat Tetris!? Mortal Kombat: Deception is worth a rental just to check out the novelty of the violence, but overall I wouldn't recommend Deception when there are games like Virtua Fighter, DOA and Soul Calibur on the market.

The Mortal Kombat series is possessed by an odd sort of charm that probably has a lot to do with nostalgia. Back when you could count the number of extant fighting series with one hand, MK occupied a vital place in that pantheon. The games were over the top in presentation, rich in mythology (however hamfisted and convoluted), and wrapped in myriad secrets that had players talking and thinking about them long after they'd last stuck quarters in their slots.

The Mortal Kombat series is possessed by an odd sort of charm that probably has a lot to do with nostalgia. Back when you could count the number of extant fighting series with one hand, MK occupied a vital place in that pantheon. The games were over the top in presentation, rich in mythology (however hamfisted and convoluted), and wrapped in myriad secrets that had players talking and thinking about them long after they'd last stuck quarters in their slots.

Mortal Kombat: Deception for the GameCube is far from the best version of the game. The game's fighting mechanic was a little thin to begin with, and without an online version to lend it some legs, it gets old real fast. Playing with the GameCube controller isn't too hot, either. If you just have to play MK: Deception, do yourself a favor: do so on another system.