I'm referring to the May issue, with Halo 2 on the cover. There is a four page article on Deception with alot of info..much of it new. The MK Team talks about this stuff in the article, not Game Informer..so it's right from the horse's mouth. I will break down each area below:

STORY AND CHARACTERS

-Opening FMV picks up right where MKDA left off
-All they can reveal at this point is that the Dragon King is the main antagonist, and that he has been very "deceptive".
-Characters returning from old MK's are Baraka, Mileena,Noob,Smoke,Tanya,Ermac,Nightwolf,Sindel, and Kabal. Returning characters will have their signature moves.
-There are MORE that he can't reveal yet.
-New characters include Kira (female Black Dragon Member), Ben (pro martial arts champion), Dairou (Ronin Samurai with a score to settle), Ashrah (mystical demon huntress).
-More that he can't reveal at this time.
-Says if you perform well during a certain mode of the game to its conclusion, 'you may be rewarded'.
-Liu Kang returns in two forms..a ghost, and a zombie.

MK: DECEPTION ENGINE DETAILS

-Rendering engine received complete overhaul.
-Polygon count in characters has increased significantly.
-Characters have gloss maps, multi-layered transparencies, a new more flexible dismemberment system, dynamic lighting, and bump-mapping.

GAMEPLAY

-Three fighting styles per character are returning.
-Since the death traps are now part of the gameplay, there are more new moves to propel characters "in front" and "behind" you.
-Some backgrounds change in shape and size as you are playing on them.
-Number of unique weapons has been expanded.
-Special weapons will be placed near 'death traps', hidden in secret locations, and sometimes even encased in other interactive background elements.
-More combos per fighting style.
-There will be 'break out' moves that allow players to break out of the receiving end of a combo.

FATALITIES

-Two fatalities per character
-Limbs can be severed this time as opposed to in MKDA, and several fatalities will take advantage of this.
-Example of a fatality -- The attacker rips off the opponent's arms and then beats him with them.
-Level fatalities are returning. Players can turn the tide of a fight by forcing their opponent into a 'danger zone' to activate them.
-Environments are packed full of surprises.. Earthquakes that shrink the arena size, breakable glass floors, and breakable walls.
-Sample of some Stage Fatalities.. Opponent getting buried in rock avalanches, smashed by giant steel presses, ripped to shreds with grinders, eaten by giant slugs, gored by spikes, shaved into chunks with spinning blades, boiled in lava, impaled on stalagmites, or cut to pieces by lasers.

MODES

-Online mode will allow you to find opponents to challenge...bringing back the old days of MK in the Arcades.
-Konquest lets you learn the moves as before, but is also there for you to explore the different realms of the MK Universe.
-Once Konquest is completed, you can take that character to the regular fighting game, and Online.
-Strategy Board game will have background interactive elements.
-Puzzle Kombat will have different backgrounds to play in, and each one will have different fatalities performed on the victim who plays poor.

WHEW!! Lots of great info here. Hope you enjoyed it. Subscribers should see the new issue any day now.

-MSMMA

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