Here's the thing with fighting games: There doesn't have to be blood to be great... as long as the developers put the time and effort to make the gameplay playable, that is all that matters (to me at least). I used to have Mortal Kombat: Deception for the PS2 and all I can say is: Wow, what a broken, broken game.... almost all the moves of every character in the game is unsafe, even the low punches. Grabs cannot be broken, another stupid feature. And to top it off, you can spam proctiles, although that it is kinda unfair just to target this game franchise coughstreetfighterseriescoughcough. A bunch of fatalities and blood/gore can only go so far when it becomes dull and frustrating when the gameplay mechanics are bullshit... rant over.