▁music ▁video ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁game ' s ▁ex tras , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁short ▁live ▁video ▁taken ▁from ▁A de ma ' s ▁performance ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Electron ic ▁Entertainment ▁Ex po . ▁Mort al ▁K omb at : ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁on ▁Valent ine ' s ▁Day ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁One ▁special ▁ad ▁had ▁a ▁girl ▁h ug ging ▁her ▁boy friend ▁and ▁as ▁she ▁pulled ▁away , ▁there ▁were ▁blo ody ▁hand print s ▁where ▁her ▁hands ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁his ▁back . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Re ception ▁for ▁Mort al ▁K omb at : ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance ▁was ▁generally ▁favor able ▁as ▁it ▁both ▁res us cit ated ▁a ▁series ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁w an ing ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁brought ▁many ▁new ▁innov ations ▁to ▁it . ▁Jer emy ▁Dun ham ▁of ▁I GN ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁rein vent ing ▁the ▁Mort al ▁K omb at ▁formula , ▁pointing ▁specifically ▁to ▁Ed ▁Bo on ' s ▁implementation ▁of ▁" true ▁three - dimensional ▁fighting , ▁entirely ▁different ▁fighting ▁styles , ▁and ▁a ▁deeper , ▁more ▁intuit ive ▁com bo ▁system ." ▁Jeff ▁Ger st mann ▁of ▁Game Sp ot ▁comm ended ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance ▁for ▁its ▁fluid ▁animation ▁and ▁graphics , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁ro ster ▁was ▁a ▁" good ▁mix ▁of ▁old ▁and ▁new ▁faces ." ▁Like wise , ▁Benjamin ▁Turner ▁of