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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.

P.A.T.H.E.T.I.C!! I can't belive this is an Mortal Combat Game. What a discrace.I advise you loyal xbox fans to keep a distance from this game.If you want a Fighting game Dead or Alive games are the safe ones.

Being a long time mortal kombat fan,I was lookin forward to this game,and I was not dissapointed.This game could have taken best fightin game of the year if not for soul calibur 2.The only things is afer u open up all the koffins which will take u a hell of a long time i bet,there isn't much 2 do after that.But that is the prob with all fighting games isn't it?.
some of the new characters are cool but the absence of liu kang is kind of a let down...that said some of the new characters are corny to like li mei the sexy asian chick she really [stinks]. any wayz all in all this game is a great buy and why wouldn't u get it????