Product Description

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance brings the highly acclaimed series to next-generation consoles with a lethal dose of unparalleled brutality, supernatural mystique and a reinvented fighting system.

Beginning the next chapter in the battle of good versus evil, two powerful sorcerers--Shang Tsung and Quan Chi--join forces to deliver unrivalled fighting action in their quest for supreme mortality. Players engage in hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, executing secret moves and combinations with new fatalities and deadly body blows.

Lethal new warriors are added to the mix along with the return of Mortal Kombat classics--Scorpion, Raiden, Sub-Zero, and Sonya. Hyper-realistic, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance features progressive physical damage that allows players to view the inevitable demise of their opponents while utilising three unique fighting styles for each warrior, creating nearly unlimited fighting possibilities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6811 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Midway Games Ltd
• Released on: 2003-02-14
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Platform: GameCube

Amazon.co.uk Review
Mortal Kombat, the curse of spelling pedants and easily offended parents everywhere, has returned (again)--and this time it's making a proper effort to reclaim its crown as king of the beat-'em-ups. There are some games that just seem to be a product of their time, appearing ridiculous when dragged kicking and screaming into the present day; Mortal Kombat suffered just such a fate when it was given one sequel too many and people realised that badly digitised 2-D characters in a dumbed-down version of Street Fighter II wasn't quite in keeping with the zeitgeist.

Sensibly, instead of trying to do just the same old thing with better graphics, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance brings that most unexpected of presents to the beat-'em-up party: a new idea. Specifically, it gives you the ability to switch, at the press of a shoulder button, between one of three different fighting styles for each character. This works tremendously well, allowing you to change from ranged to close-up to weapons attacks, for example, with ease. The ability to see physical damage appear on your opponent during the course of a match is also a nice touch, but thankfully they haven't thrown the baby out with the bathwater and all the old Mortal Kombat extras are still here: there's a ton of spilt claret if you so much as touch the other player and a range of spine-ripping fatalities and brutalities to show off with at the end of a bout. Admittedly the graphics still aren't all that great, but they do the job and quite frankly anything that manages to make Mortal Kombat fresh and exciting again is doing very well indeed. --David Jenkins

This preview is based on an incomplete version of the game; features or problems mentioned above may not appear in the finished game.

Manufacturer's Description
From the franchise that rocked the world and revolutionised the fighting game genre, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance enters the 21st century with an all-new fighting system, an in-depth, supernatural storyline and infamous brutal fatalities that push the limits of the next-generation console systems.

Throughout Mortal Kombat's history, many have attempted and failed to take control of the tournament and therefore gain immortality. Now, two sorcerers, Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, unable to achieve their goal of immortality separately, join forces. This deadly alliance will likely ensure the destruction of Raiden and the mortals. With their combined powers, Shang Tsung and Quan Chi represent Earth's greatest threat...

Customer Reviews

Mortal Kombat
The hit series Mortal Kombat is back, with Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. The series is famous for its violence and gore and this is no exception.
There are 23 characters, each with their own moves and fatalities. Once a match is won the winner can perform a fatality, which is were a character kill the other in a brutal way e.g ripping there heart out.
The game play is great. It is fast and bloody. It is not a button basher as each character has there own form. 2 forms for each character are different sets of moves. The final on is a weapon form, were a character can beat the other with a weapon.
The graphics are extraordinarily detailed, in the characters and the interactive backgrounds.
This game will last you for years with a multiplayer option, which is highly addictive especially when you get to kill your friend. There are also the 676 secrets in the krypt. This has hidden characters, costumes, movies etc.
Overall I think you should get it, as it is brutal and addictive. It has also been voted as the best beat'em'up of the year on gamespot and many other sites, and I agree!

Old idea, all new game
Mortal Kombat has been around for ages but this game brings it back to life with a whole new feel. Some of the old characters have gone, such as Shao-Kahn but with a host of new characters who can complain. One of the best things about this game is the ability to change between fighting styles allowing for more moves. With a mix of the new, such as Li Mei and a dash of the old favs, like Sub-Zero and Reptile, this game will keep you going for a while. Have fun and try the fatalities.

Deadly Alliance? Deadly Dubious
I picked this up for about a tenner, and that is one of the saving graces. The Krypt idea is, in my opion, a huge waste of space (and it is pointlessly large). You could collect a huge amount of coins only to unlock a useless sketch. It would be much better to earn the things you can get in the krypt in the fights. Fight well, get flawless victories etc and earn something. But know, that would have been good. The fighting styles aren't that much to write home about. Just another way of stringing together completely non-intuitive combos. The control system (or lack thereof) will make any normal person give up on most of the combos and stick to the few that are actually do-able on a regular basis. The fights go from rather easy to ludicously hard in a blink of an eye. Probably better against a human opponent - then you can practise your favourite fatalities to your hearts content. If you want a fighting game, get Soul Caliber II - infinitely better.