7.9 out of 10
The Good:
Great online play:
Very addictive and hard to put down once you get started. Expect to have sore thumbs while playing online.
DC Characters work well and look great:
A great addition to
the MK series. All the characters are evenly balanced and are fun to play.
I actually like playing the DC characters better than the MK
characters. Some cool moves and fun combos to use.
Easy to perform Fatalities or Hero Brutalities:
Although I'm a big Mortal Kombat fan, the one thing that kind of lurked me in the past was I found the fatalities were hard to perform. This game does way with that. It's really easy to make your character do one, and that's a good thing.
Great storyline for single player mode:
Explains why Jax and
other human characters in the game can go toe to toe with Superman.
Great cut scenes and wonderful voice acting.
''Battle worn'' characters:
I don't know if this is a new
feature to the series, cause I missed the last few MK games but the
''battle worn'' look to the characters is a great addition to MK vs DC.
The characters really look like they have been in a fight! They have
cuts, black eyes, wounds and costume damage. Look for many other
fighting games to copy this realistic look.
The Bad:
Some of the Graphics:
The game looks a bit like a last gen game.
Although the characters look great, the backgrounds look a bit dull and
very unfinished compared to the characters. Everything on the PS3 version seems to have a
grainy look to it. The game graphics have a cut-out and paste feel.
Also all of the women characters models look like they have been beaten
with the ugly stick! D.O.A this game ain't!!!!
Not enough characters:
It seems the big selling point to this
game was a focus on the DC characters. My question is... Where the hell
is Robin?
DC Comics has tons of great heroes and villains to choose
from like Aqua-man, Two Face, Bizarro, Super Girl etc. and Midway could
only pick 11 DC characters? Midway really should have had way more
choices for characters. 10 DC characters (plus 1 unlock-able character)
is not enough.... Sure, Batman vs. Superman is a cool match up, but
Batman beating the snot out of Robin would of been better. Also there are MK favorites missing, Nighthawk, Johnny Cage etc. They really should of been unlock-able characters.
Not enough One player content:
The story mode isn't long
enough. You will burn through it in a few hours. After that there's
really not much to do... except play on line. You can play Arcade Mode
or Practice mode as a single player but why would you?
The Combo challenge:
Way too hard... I was only to unlock one of the eight combo challenges for Superman. Unlocking them really has no pay off, unless you collect PS3 trophies.
Online is not for Newbies:
Don't get me wrong, online is the
real reason to buy this game, but expect to have your ass handed to you many, many, many
times by Sub-Zero, Scorpion or the Flash. Experienced online players use these
characters moves (in a cheap way) and you really don't have a chance
against them if you are a new player. Experience players look for
Newbies, just like Lions look for weak Antelope... My only advice is to
practice and swat down and block a lot if you are playing against the
Flash, Sub Zero etc. Wonder Woman and Batman have very good ground
moves and are good to use against the Flash, Sub Zero or Scorpion if
you can get in close.
Toned down Fatalities:
The Teen rating really hurts the traditional MK style fatalities.
Adding the DC characters is a good thing for a fighting game, but at
the same time it really is a kick in the nuts to the Mortal Kombat we
all know and love. I know DC would never allow Superman to kill
anyone... but MK side of this game doesn't feel or play the same
without the gore and blood.
Overall MK vs. DC Universe is super as a solid fighting game, but is a ''watered down'' version of Mortal Kombat that most fans of the series may be disappointed with this offering.
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