Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance takes you deeper into the Outworld with all-new matches, as you face the deadliest fighters on(or outside) Earth!
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance brings the MK series a new 3-D fighting engine, adds tons of features and extras, and still offers classic gameplay. This installment introduces a 3-D battle system that still manages to maintain a 2-D feel. For example, pushing up on your controller makes you sidestep your opponent's attacks, yet it also allows you to jump by tapping up plus a direction. A revamped fighting system offers up to three different fighting styles for each fighter (one includes a weapon technique). The multiple styles provide countless variations of attacks for any given fighter. Different combinations of punches and kicks allow for lengthy and powerful chain attacks similar to the Mortal Kombat of old. Fatalities are also back and are rich in graphic representation. New fighters join the cast of old favorites such as Sonya, Kano, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Scorpion, Johnny Cage, Jax, Cyrax, Kung Lao, Kitana, Quan Chi, Reptile, and Shang Tsung. The lavish environments surround your fighters with animated backgrounds and rich skylines. On some levels there are even breakable objects and hazards that you can interact with, such as pools of acid--the perfect landing place for a thrown opponent. In addition to regular modes of gameplay (arcade, versus, etc.) there is an option called Konquest mode. This mode allows you to learn more about fighting styles, read up on each character's personal history, and gain Koins which can then be spent in the Krypt to unlock a host of new characters, costumes, and early concept drawings. The additional content offered with this title is plentiful, including "The Making of Deadly Alliance" and "The History of Mortal Kombat" featurettes. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance successfully reinvents the series by dishing up a unique mix of improved graphics and stylized gameplay without compromising those features that made the MK series popular in the first place. --Carlos Rodela Pros: - Complex gameplay
- Realistic 3-D graphics
- Hundreds of unlockable features
Cons: - Weak story line
- Unbalanced combo system
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Accessories
 Mortal Kombat Deception
Super Smash Bros Melee
Gamecube Memory Card 251
Gamecube Console Platinum
Resident Evil 4
Metroid Prime
Gamecube Controller Platinum
GUN
Soul Calibur 2
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Reviews
Exactly what I needed. Just find the fatality codes online and your ready. Order was right the first time.
The unique combos, the awesome, brutal, crazy fatalities, the unlockables. If you like blood and gore, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is your game. MKDA is absolutley one of the coolest fighters around. This game is the best so far. Mortal Kombat has always been awesome. It really is a cool game.
Drahmin. Shang Tsung. Scorpion. Blaze.
OK, maybe this game is already too dated; maybe you should already consider buying MK Armageddon instead, if you have a PS2. Deadly alliance is the fifth fighting MK. 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. IMHO Kenshi is probably the best new MK character since MK2.
IMHO, if you have a GameCube and you like fighting games, I'd recommend Soul Calibur 2. Nitara. Johnny Cage. Frost. Sonya Blade. Kung Lao. Returning characters.
Jax Briggs. Bo' Rai Cho, Mavado, Drahmin and Hsu Hao are probably the worst new characters ever. Hsu Hao. Cyrax. But this is no failure of MK itself. Cons.
Bo' Rai Cho. Some kombos are really complicated, nearly impractical unless you have the time and willingness to master them. Most of the returning characters. Fairly easy for beginners.
Buying in the Krypt is fun for a while. The multi kurrency gets annoying really fast. Konquest, the tutorial mode is somewhat awkward and bothersome and at times difficult. Li Mei, Nitara and Frost are just OK.
Mavado. Quan Chi. Kano. Mokap is just a bad idea. Moloch. Kenshi. Three disciplines for each character, one of them is weapon based.
This game doesn't include some popular characters like Liu Kang, Jade, Mileena and Baraka. Reptile. No online play. Pros. Raiden. Li Mei. I don't believe that the GameCube control was designed thinking about fighting games. New characters.
Sub-Zero. Mokap. The graphics are unimpressive. Kitana.
It is a very big minus that you cannot use the analog joystick.only the d-pad, which I find somewhat frustrating. It seems to me that this game is trying way too hard to break out of being just another Mortal Kombat game. 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. 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. I find it very disapointing that some of the characters' signature moves are absent and each character only has a couple. The new characters are easily forgotten and too generic to be anything other than fillers.
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. You won't find Raiden's torpedo or teleport, nor will you find Scorpions teleport punch or even Kitana's fan throw. Other than elimination and versus, there is practice and konquest which are both just training modes. 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. 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.
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. Ever since Mortal Kombat 3, Midway has been unable to introduce any interesting new characters.same goes for this game. Every character has had a complete makeover and looks nothing like they originally did. 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.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance changes all of that. I was a big fan of the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat games in the early 90's, and even though I thought Mortal Kombat had cooler characters and graphics, I preferred the depth of gameplay of the Street Fighter series. In the Mortal Kombat games, everyone had the same punches and kicks, and often it was a matter of using the special moves more than anything else. In my opinion, this is the single best improvement they've ever made to the series. Many hardcore fans were disappointed that each character only has one fatality, and there are no stage fatalities (though one level contains fountains of green acid that can harm you character).
This is a fantastic game, and is followed up by the equally impressive Mortal Kombat: Deception. The graphics are impressive, and so are the characters, though a few of the new characters are a bit unmemorable. However, most of these unlockable items are pictures pictures of the developers, of characters, of design sketches pictures that don't enhance the gameplay. Each character now has 3 distinct, real, martial arts fighting styles 2 hand-to-hand styles and 1 weapon style each. It adds an element of depth previously missing from Mortal Kombat.
With the Street Fighter games, every character (with the exception of Ken and Ryu) had unique moves different punches and kicks, and more possibilities. Also, there isn't much in the way of secrets to unlock, with the exception of The Krypt: a huge graveyard of coffins which can be unlocked with "koins" earned by winning matches.
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