A great port of Mortal Kombat Deception!
CHARACTERS:
This port includes not only the 24 characters from the PS2 version, but GameCube exclusives Shao Kahn and Goro, and that wasn't even enough. They also added an additional 4 characters from Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance: Jax, Kitana, Blaze, and the ever-so-evil Frost. That's a total of 30 characters. I must say, even though the roster falls short to Tekken Dark Resurrection, it's a pretty good mixture of fighters, and there was really no one else that I would ask for in the game(Thank god Mavado or Moloch's not in it.). For it's great cast, this section gets a perfect score.
GAMEPLAY:
Here comes the fun part. This is a port. A PORT. It does, however, have one new mode in it: Endurance Mode. In all honesty, it's not that fun of a mode really either. Even though it IS a port, the modes from the previous game are fun to play, and I have, in particular, had fun in Chess Kombat. Other modes include Konquest, Puzzle Kombat, Arcade, Practice, and Multiplayer. Speaking of multiplayer, the game doesn't have any Wi-Fi connection, and you can only play wireless with a person in the same room as you. Even if it WAS a port, they still could have included it, especially when Tekken had time to. The score goes down for that one. Sorry Midway!
STORYLINE:
So, as far as I can understand, the storyline goes something like this: It is the end of the Deadly Alliance, and Raiden, Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi are fighting. Raiden fails to defeat the Deadly Alliance, and Tsung and Chi turn on each other, facing in mortal kombat. Quan Chi succeeds, only to find the Dragon King has come back to take his throne. All three form a temporary alliance to help destroy the Dragon King, but all fail. With the help of Shujinko, the Dragon King becomes back in power. It hasn't changed one bit since I reviewed the PS2 version. The only difference is the 4 other characters have kind of been included in the story.
REPLAY VALUE:
This always seems to be the hardest part for me, because everyone likes a certain type of game better than another. In all fairness, Unchained does have some replay value, with the additional games like chess, puzzle, and konquest. Still, I would have loved to see some Wi-Fi compatibility, and that would have gained some replay value. But without the inclusion of Wi-Fi, the score goes down once again.
Overall Thoughts: A decent score for a decent port. But that's all it is: A port. Without the inclusion of Wi-Fi, the game just seems to be missing something. It is a great game to play though, and it is worth its value at places like Game Stop. It's worth a buy, or at least a rent.