Saturday, October 9, 2004

   Hello people...the column has returned!
Hi I'm back! If you were wondering where I was at I have been in my cave/room playing Mortal Kombat Deception for the past few days...it's really addictive. But ya I've brought my column back for today with my review of Mortal Kombat Deception for you skeptics who are skeptical of buying it.

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Intro : Ah Mortal Kombat...who hasn't played played this Klassic game (PUN!). Back then you were either a Street Fighter fan "Mortal Kombat is just a SF rip off!!" or a Mortal Kombat fan "SF isn't VIOLENT ENOUGH...NEED VIOLENCE! *drools*" as they were the two most dominant, most popular, and pretty much only good fighting games back then. But lo and behold MK has evolved over the years and has become a very sophisticated fighting game instead of a game that was known for being a button mashing fest here is my review of Mortal Kombat Deception.
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Story : 8.75

A fairly good story from Midway, the Deadly Alliance (Shang Tsung and Quan Chi) succeeded in reviving the Dragon King's army and Raiden failed to stop them, the Dragon King rose again and took his throne in Outworld and you are to stop him with what ever Kombatant you choose. Shujinko's story in Konquest is really good and you'll always want to know what will happen to him next...thats how I felt anyway :P
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Gameplay : 10

I have to give this a 10 there is just so much you can do on this game. You can play Arcade, Versus with a friend. There is Chess Kombat which plays kinda like Chess but you pick a fighter for each piece example : Scorpion is you Pawn Sub Zero is your King. But each time you try to take a square you have to fight for that square in Mortal Kombat. Then there is Puzzle fighter which I haven't played yet but seems to be fun, it's Tetris with an MK twist. And last but certainly not least (Most important infact) you can play online! And there isn't really any lag it's a really smooth game online and not only can you just fight online, you can play Chess Kombat and Puzzle Fighter online as well, there is even a ranking system online. I forgot to mention Konquest mode which is kinda like an RPG where you play as Shujinko and learn people's fighting styles...kinda like a huge training mode but also a game in it's self.
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Graphics : 9

These graphics are great, a little on the cartoony side but still great. And most of the backgrounds are highly detailed and very beautiful, not only that the most of the backgrounds are very interactive with deathtraps, weapons you can pick up and stuff.
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Sound : 9

Nice bone crunshing, senew clashing, blood pouring sound effects. The weapons sound nice too.
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Music : 9.5

The music on here is great, some tracks sound creepy, some just sound awesome, and others are just very MKish, there are definatly a few that you will remember, like the Slaughterhouse Jive and Liu Kang's Tomb.
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Challenge : 10

This game is very challenging if you want it to be, difficulty is adjustable. Unlocking some things could take a very long time, some fights/quests in Konquest mode are very hard, and people online are pretty good or decent.
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Characters : 8.75

It's a lot better than Deadly Alliance's roster in my opinion. A lot of familair faces return like Scorpion and Subby of coarse, Baraka, Mileena, Ermac, and Nightwolf. There are others that I won't mention though but if you'd like to know go ahead and PM me or tell me in the comments and I'll tell you who else there is.
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Replay Value : 9.75

This game will keep you busy for a while with so many things to do and Konquest mode, and the Krypt. Not only that there are Super Unlockable Characters and Online play really boosts the replay factor on this one.
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Overall : 10

This is a must have game if you are an MK fan or just a guy who likes fighting games, it's fun, addictive and you can play with your friends and compete in tournaments online.
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Well that was my review I hope you guys liked and also hope that this will help people to make their decision if they ever even planned on buying this or not. I'll see everyone later...

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