Goro looks a bit anemic, but all in all, these two fit in well with the rest of the cast, and they're a nice bonus. Each also has his signature moves (Shao Kahn has his sledgehammer and his taunts, for example), plus a bunch of new ones. Shao Kahn is the stronger and tougher-looking of the two, although each one is a respectable facsimile of his classic MK counterpart. Yeah, it's too bad there's no online play, but you do get two new characters, both playable right from the get-go. Those familiar with the other versions of Deception will find that the GameCube version is identical for the most part, though it does have a few key differences. Now Playing: Mortal Kombat: Deception Video Review Out-of-work-bosses union! Goro and Shao Khan join the cast of Mortal Kombat: Deception, exclusively for the GameCube.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

It's gory, intense, and quite complex, meaning it captures much of what has made MK an institution among fighting games. However, the core one-on-one fighting action is easily the best part of the game. The konquest mode is disappointingly bland, while these other two modes are at least amusing. These are the single-player konquest mode, which is a story-driven adventure puzzle kombat, a competitive Tetris-style puzzle game that's an unabashed homage to Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and chess kombat, which is inspired by the classic computer game Archon. The strangest part about Deception is how it includes several completely off-the-wall modes, the likes of which you'd never expect from a fighting game. The new GameCube version of the game, released some months after Deception's debut on the PS2 and Xbox, lacks the earlier versions' most compelling feature-the ability to play online-but partly makes up for that (and lost time) with a couple of classic characters exclusively added to this roster. The latest in Midway's influential and long-running fighting game series, Mortal Kombat: Deception, picks up where 2002's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance left off by featuring lots of new and returning fighters and a variety of surprising new modes of play.

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