It's pointless seeing as from what I've seen from Frankie in the past, he most likely deletes all email that's not a massive ego stroke. Plus it's one review by a guy who's credibility in the fighting game world is laughable. Overreact much?

Normally, I'm not one who bashes people, but this guy is ridiculous!! I mean, it's fine if you don't like the game and all, but don't be unfair about it. I like games like Street Fighter, but I've been bored of them because they haven't brought a solid storyline like MK has. I only visit the site because of the sprites (which is "offline" every time I go on so I can never access them). Like the site, hate the idiotic webmaster.

I'm not surprised at all. I mean, the MK team had 2 years to take a look around at other fighting games and adapt to what people tend to expect now, and they didn't do it. They took those 2 years "tweaking" the gameplay, and ended up adding nothing but breakers. The block delay is also a major disadvantage, and they can't program AI to save their lives. It's just as over-defensive as UMK3, minus the constant countering, it's now either block, sidestep, or duck the instant you press a button, almost no offense whatsoever from the AI.
I don't blame the guy at all for hating the game, it's pretty much the same as Deadly Alliance plus just those main gameplay tweaks. The traps were also all that was added, could they seriously not do more in two years, given they used the same fighting engine?
Edit: After reading his review again, I still agree with the fighting engine not being that good, but I won't comment or necessarily agree with anything else in the review. Konquest is the better part, as are chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat (which, puzzle kombat is too slow in my view, those pieces should drop faster when you pull them down). Plus I think it's ironic that he makes a "type your friends an ass kicking", refering to the combos, when Tekken has the exact same thing, especially Heihachi in Soul Calibur 2. Hell, I remember how he was calling Nitara a good character in MK:DA, then changed it to now call her a stupid design.
The only part I would agree with is the same fighting engine with almost nothing added or really improved. Everything else, bah. And if you go to SRK, even they talk about MKD, but nobody there really bashes it like this.

I read the review, and I honesty, truly hope this man is not a proffesional reviewer. If he is, then he really needs to learn how to write beyond the 6th grade level. I mean come on. Writing like that, even if you do not like a game, is seriously demeaning to yourself as a reviewer and credible source. To Frankie, I would say, "bud, put down the pen, and don't quit your day job".

This man is extremely biased against Mortal Kombat in just about every way possible. His original review for MK:DA gave it an 8.5 (a high score at that site) and said very positive things, but then he redesigned it and said nothing but negative things and the score was much lower. Hell, I like SF and MK, why can't he?
P.S. This is my first post here at MKO, so go ahead and haze me all you want.

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I think Frank has some of the most retarded views on certain characters... Yeah, Frank, I'd like to know exactly how Leona is a copy off of Cammy, or how Kensou is a bite off of Lion though none of said characters are anything alike.
And now, here's my rant on Deception.
All things considered though, I agree with Frank's view on Deception for the most part. I really hate to say this as I'm a rather big MK fan, but Deception is probably one of the crappier games I've played this year. It's only saving graces are Konquest and Puzzle Kombat... The fighting engine is still one big piece of broken shit, and it was a pretty big slap in the face to all of us long time MK gamers that wanted something more.
"Look everybody! Our fighting engine is still complete shit! But don't you worry though because you can play Chess Kombat! OH! And look at all the shitty fatalities we came up with instead of giving properties to moves!"
...It seriously hurts me to say this but I will never buy another MK fighting game for as long as the series is alive. The series I used to love so much is now in the realm of "rent first." Thank you, MK Team. Thank you for killing my love of MK in one single swoop with your incompetence and laziness.

It sold a million, who cares.