Toasty is at the helm once again and it couldn’t more evident. I would go as far as saying that this IS the best looking fighting game ever.Īnyone who follows MK knows that an MK game without Dan “Toasty” Forden is like just wrong. This game truly shows what a good developer can do with any set of hardware.

Now for the technical shit, the frame rate is smooth, textures are fabulous, and the overall look of the game is amazing considering which system is was built on. Sure some XBox specific details added would have been a welcome addition as it stands this is one of the best looking fighters ever. The arenas are also top quality, sporting awesome particle effects, reflections, and gorgeous textures this game has it all. It even collects on the ground during the fight and remains until the last limb is crushed in the climaxing fatality. The blood is in abundance here, no lack of the great red stuff MK fans have come to know and love. There is so much detail in each fighter from swaying clothes to visible bruises and cuts. The character animation is unmatched by any other fighter.

Being based off of the PS2 version is usually a bad thing but this time Boon and company did an amazing job of capturing what the PS2 can do and even made some great ports. Minus a cleaner on screen display for the XBox and Cube all three are carbon copies. Well since I am reviewing this for all three systems let’s get one thing straight, there are no differences. Being compared to Virtua Fighter is an insult to MK, so don’t expect me to reference it anywhere in this review. This brings me my review of Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance, which if you hadn’t caught on my rant above was from the mediocre scores this game is receiving.

With such great games already on your plate for the fall season why would you play a rehashed version of a game that came out last year? The world and how it works is such a mystery to me, but alas this is a rant and I am allowed to wander aimlessly into speech so you can read it and call me a moron for hating an over hyped cash cow, so sue me I am a gamer and a gaming journalist who still plays these games for the love of the play not the money in my wallet. This couldn’t be more evident than countless magazines giving Vice City a perfect ten, if that game is perfection please stop my gaming habits now. In the world of videogames one thing is certain you have people who play games out of love and those that do it for the money.

Mortal kombat deadly alliance review