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Upon his death in Deadly Alliance, IGN ' s Jeremy Dunham noted that Liu Kang was killed as part of the series' "'starting over' mentality". [102] Complex remarked that the Mortal Kombat developers "finally found their groove again with Deadly Alliance, which began by snapping Liu Kang's neck". [103] Game Informer described his death as a "shock ...
Kung Lao – Shaolin monk who seeks vengeance for his friend Liu Kang's death. Quan Chi – Nefarious self-serving sorcerer who struck the deal with Shang Tsung. Raiden – The thunder god who resumes his lesser-god status to help against the Deadly Alliance. Reptile – The remaining member of the Zaterrian race, and an expert infiltrator.
In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002), Kitana leads a preemptive strike against Shao Kahn's forces, but Kahn is killed by unknown assassins later revealed as the titular Deadly Alliance of Quan Chi and Shang Tsung, who had formed an alliance to kill Kahn and Liu Kang before attempting to revive the mysterious Dragon King. Despite her grief ...
Deadly Alliance was released initially for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube. [56] [57] [58] Deadly Alliance was also the first Mortal Kombat game to feature fully 3D gameplay, where up to Mortal Kombat 4 the gameplay had stayed in a 2D plane; this trend would continue for the following two games.
After her defeat, Liu Kang recruited another Nitara variant who used her powers for good to cure his allies infected by her evil counterpart. [193] The character was designed by Luis Mangubat, and a male vampire counterpart was also planned for Deadly Alliance but the developers were unable to add him to the game in time. [267]
A gameplay screenshot of Liu Kang fighting against Oni enemies. The game features three main modes of play. Aside from a single-player mode, the game has a co-operative mode, where two players can work together through the game, with access to some areas and items that are inaccessible in single-player mode.
The GameCube version includes two additional playable characters, Goro and Shao Kahn, who were both killed in the opening sequence of Deadly Alliance. [11] The 2006 PlayStation Portable version of the game, Mortal Kombat: Unchained, includes Goro and Kahn along with Deadly Alliance returnees Blaze, Frost, Jax, and Kitana.
Shang Tsung also became famous in the Deadly Alliance intro cutscene for killing the hero Liu Kang which surprised game journalist for the impact such dark twist had on the main narrative. [54] [55] Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa's take on Shang Tsung is now regarded as the ideal portrayal of the sorcerer.