It could feel stale and old going up against him again. I can see why they killed Shoa Khan off though. And unfortunately, the ‘Deadly Alliance’ that is Quan Chi and Shang Tsung fails to feel as threatening as Shao Khan did. I’ll give it props for having the guts to do this, but having Liu Kang killed by having his neck snapped when he wasn’t really looking feels lame. In the space of roughly 3 minutes Quan Chi and Shang Tsung have teamed up and killed Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang and main villain Shao Khan.
Double Killĭeadly Alliance opens up with some bold story moves. I’m guilty of this myself though, so I was part of the problem as well. Sticking whatever weapon they could in me and then running. It was an interesting idea but I found it resulted in too many people I faced playing like a coward. At the cost of losing the style with the weapon. Speaking of weapons, some characters could embed their weapon into the opposing Kombatant, slowly draining their health over time. Although I’m not the biggest fan of this mechanic, I did think it was cool back in the day when I changed styles and whipped out a sword as Scorpion. Character moves would change and the style switches could even be incorporated into combos. This allowed players to switch between three different fighting styles on the fly.
But I found it fun and I still think you could even today if you’re a long-time MK fan.ĭeadly Alliance introduced the fighting style gameplay mechanic. I’ll admit it’s not anything that should be looked back at in awe for its greatness nor would it hold up in a competitive environment today. I personally liked the gameplay in Deadly Alliance. PAL regions would see the game the following year. Which was the trend with previous MK games.Ģ002 saw the release of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance in the NA region for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube along with a scaled-down version for the Game Boy Advance. Anyway, home consoles were getting bigger and the next entry in the series would be primarily for home consoles as opposed to being ported to consoles from the arcade. Mortal Kombat had already entered the world of 3D with Mortal Kombat 4 in the arcades, you know the one with ‘that’ picture of Quan Chi on the side of its cabinet.
I’m a big fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise and if you are too then I hope you will accompany me as I delve into the somewhat wacky world of fire ninjas, decapitations, chess, kart racing and cooking videos that is the 6th gen MK games. They were fun, brutal, featured iconic characters, tried some new things, and could even be quite quirky at times.
Despite each of them having their flaws, and the 3D era Mortal Kombats having a stigma around them, I still enjoyed them all. The three mainline entries in the Mortal Kombat series that released during the 6th console generation. Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon.
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