While Mortal Kombat: Deception is still in its very eary stages, and the trailer we have seen is a poor-quality, fast-paced, dark Quicktime file, I must say I am very excited about the prospectof what has been shown. It would seem that Team MK has taken their "reinvention" of the series literally, as it would appear that MK6 is to MK5 as MK2 was to MK1. Here's what I mean...

1. In MK1 and MK5, the general feel of the game was "fresh" and almost beautiful. There were many outdoor environments, architecture and symmetry seemed emphasized, and a prevailing "good" seemed to be in control. Of course there were some exceptions, such as Goro's Lair in MK1, and Drahmin in MK:DA.

2. In MK2 and MK6, the general feeling is that of horror in an almost gothic atmosphere. In MK2, we were introduced to the Outworld and Shao Kahn terrorizing the planet. MK6 features nightmare-esque dominions (the corpse ceiling, spiked-walls). Additionally, we are discovering that there is some sort of deceiver playing into the game. While I am inclined to believe that Baraka is somehow a part of this power struggle in a greater form of leadership, it is evident that there is someone in control above Quan Chi/Shang Tsung's former alliance. Could it be that Shang Tsung and Baraka form an alliance after MK4's "death of Baraka"? Obviously Quan Chi would be the blood-target of both Shang and Baraka, seeing as Quan Chi seems to have at least attempted the elimination of both characters. It reminds me of Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn's forced relationship from MK2.

There is much more in terms of smaller detail to analyze, but as for now it would seem that we will be wonderfully delighted with MK6, as it seems to be following the mold created long ago by MK2.