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NOT ONLY FOR FANS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recently purchased MKDA out of a single day fling wanting a fighting game. I never really liked the other Mortal Kombats, I guess I was a fan of Street Fighter. After throwing this game in my XBox.... wow. Finally a fighting game that I like, that does not get old. I just beat Konquest mode and unlocked Blaze and Mokap. Not that big of a deal, Scorpion is still the best. Some combos took me more than two tries but no biggy. My main problem was with Mavado's fight with Sonya, quite possibly because I [am bad] with Mavado, but that's besides the point. If you have a remote interest in fighting games, what are you reading this for? Go buy Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance now!

Refreshing and challenging

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game, I was expecting a rehash of MK4. However, the multiple fighting styles are much more than a gimmick! This game will take weeks, if not months to master. And there's so much to unlock that it will hold its replay value! Pick it up if you're a fighting fan.

Fun for about a day.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was a child of Mortal Kombat. I used to go to the arcade and spend 20 dollars at a time on Mortal Kombat then when part II came out we all went crazy figuring out the new system and the new fatalities. I thought that years later the same thing was going to happen to this older, wiser gamer with DEADLY ALLIANCE. But since them I've been exposed to the Tekken, Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, and DOA series. Mortal Kombat had a lot to live up to .... and it didn't.

It seems like the guys at Midway know what people like but don't know why they like it. The graphics are the best yet in a fighting game, the sound is average, the menus and art are great but the gameplay is choppy, contrived and feels like I have no real say in what I'm doing - just dialing in the combos that work and blocking the other guy doing the same thing. It has no flow, no individuality no fun. It feels like these guys don't really play a lot of fighting games and were just putting stuff in there that on the surface looks like what good fighting games have.

Treat this game as a novelty. Rent it, do all the characters combos and fatalities then return it because it gets old so very quickly. You only get 2 styles, one weapon, one fatality per character, two hidden characters and no stage fatalities. This is not for a serious fighting game fan, but its fun to play as a distraction for the length of a rental.

Fighting game of the century!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: October 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is outstanding, it makes everything else look dull in comparison, the sountrack is awesome and the graphics are the best I have seen yet.

10/10 for attention to detail!...

This game's control is seriously flawed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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.

FIGHT!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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.

Do Not Buy This Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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.

Mortal Kombat Is Kool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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.

Great game with highly stylized character design!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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!

Test Your Might!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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

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