Building upon 2002's Deadly Alliance, the series' well-received leap to the 128-bit 3D arena, Mortal Kombat: Deception demonstrates the same depth in design and focus on the home console experience. The game offers five main modes of play, some of which will be familiar to fans of Deadly Alliance. The arcade-style Kombat mode has players fighting their way up a ladder of matches against increasingly difficult opponents, and Konquest leads them through role-playing-styled character development in a story-lined adventure full of fights and other events. Also available are Kombat Chess, which lets players choose a team of fighters and challenges them to select matches strategically, and Puzzle Kombat, a color-matching action puzzle reminiscent of Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter, featuring cute, anime-styled versions of the game's otherwise dark and daunting kombatants. Although it does not offer the online play supported by the PS2 and Xbox editions, GameCube's Mortal Kombat: Deception includes its own exclusive extras. Two of the most dreaded characters from the earliest Mortal Kombat games, the four-armed Goro and the hammer-wielding Shao Kahn, are both playable in this version of Deception.
There are 20 Mortal Kombat fighters selectable at the start of the game, including both old favorites and mysterious newcomers. Longtime fans of the series will recognize other veterans of early Mortal Kombat games, such as Sub-Zero and Scorpion, Kabal, Baraka, Mileena, Ermac, and Nightwolf, who are joined by relative newcomers like Bo'Rai Cho, who debuted in Deadly Alliance. Deception also introduces four new fighters, Ashrah, Dairou, Darrius, and Kobra, each with a distinctly new fighting style intended to balance the deadly abilities of the other characters. At least a dozen more characters can be unlocked through the course of the game, by spending "Koins" to open the correct "koffins" in the "Krypt," or by completing certain key challenges in the Konquest adventure mode. In addition to its character selection, Mortal Kombat: Deception draws on the series' storied roots in other ways; development of the game was lead by Ed Boon, co-creator of the original Mortal Kombat.
Although Deception's fighting mechanics are also based on those of Deadly Alliance, a number of enhancements, adjustments, and embellishments have been made. In some instances, the gameplay may have a slightly more intense, exaggerated feel that rewards those who master the complex combo system. Characters can still take different stances, however, and can choose to fight unarmed or with a weapon. Deception features "Fight State Indicators" on the ends of the characters' health bars that make it a little easer for players to anticipate particular dangers and time their special attacks. While it may seem these indicators would take the challenge down a notch, their addition is actually quite opportune, since Deception also adds a diverse selection of interactive arenas, many with instant-kill "death trap" elements, as well as two fatalities for each and every character -- answering the most common complaints that fans had of Deadly Alliance.
Masterpiece After disappointing Deadly Alliance this game looked awesome - much better graphics, more versatile voice. Almost every character has his/her own voice PLUS interesting storyline. Every fighter has 2 fatalities instead of one (like in DA) plus Hara-Kiri. Konquest mode with Shujinko was an incredible experience!!! Mileena & Jade have new and very stunning look. Not to mention wonderful, brutal and creepy fatalities Submitted by Irina (Ternopil, Ukraine) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 2 of 2 found this helpful.
A lot of fan service, inside this classic MK game! This game is surely dedicated to all the fans of this immortal saga. The game is full of fan service, you'll find some old cool characters back from the previous episodes (for example Baraka, Mileena etc.) and also more fatalities than Deadly Alliance, plus the funny Harakiri (the loser can kill himself before the winner starts his own fatality on him). Pit fatalities are back too and they have even reached a new level of gore. There's an interesting and well made Story Mode and also another graveyard full of secrets and goodies (I also wanna mention about some interviews with the old actors of the previous Mortal Kombat's). The game engine is kinda the same of DD but the characters models are improved (you can see more polygons). Also, this Gamecube version, that was released later than the Xbox and PS2 version, has got 2 special guests coming from the past: GORO and SHAO KAHN, and they really fit great inside the game.
Really a must buy for the fans, and an interesting and funny game for who's tired of all those tech beat em ups like Virtua Fighter and to who also love gore scenes. Submitted by Giuseppe Puglisi (Catania, ITALY) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
The best of all consoles Forgot online even if the cube has only two extra characters. Goro and Shao Kahn are fun to play. By far the best of all systems. Submitted by blackheart981 (honolulu, hi) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
The best Mortal Kombat EVER! This is the master of all mortal kombats the old school click returns. People like Baraka, Mileena, Ermac, Jade, Shaol Khan, Goro, Syndel, Tanya, and Noob Siabot and Smokes. Get it man It's nice. 5 stars Submitted by ric (groves, texas usa) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Not bad, but... In french, 'deception' means 'disappointment', and that's what I felt when I played this game... I can't count the hours I spent on MKII, (ultimate) MKIII, and MKIV: the deadly yet easy combos, or the fast and damaging special moves could be mixed for fast-paced great fun. So I was very expecting of this opus... and was kinda disappointed when I saw this low-pace game, which seriously lacks of special moves (around 3-4 per character only), and rather focuses on hard-to-pull combos (from my point of view). It's not a bad game, it's just that it's seriously different from the other MK games I enjoyed so much. I must admit, though, that the chess mode and puzzle mode are nice to play with not-so-experimented players. Submitted by furaxhornyx (France) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo This review is for a different format.
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