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| Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 245
Category: Video Games
Publisher: Midway Entertainment
Studio: Midway Entertainment
Brand: Midway
Label: Midway Entertainment
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 26929
Model: 26929
UPC: 400009416077
EAN: 0031719269297
ASIN: B0017ZIIK6
Release Date: November 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Mortal Kombat warriors and DC Universe heroes engage in battle for the first time. In the ultimate Elseworlds story, you can now explore what would happen when Sub-Zero faces off against Batman, and more | | • | Each character on the roster features character-specific moves to take down opponents in their own signature style with distinct finishing moves | | • | Face off with two all-new fighting mechanics, Freefall Kombat and Klose Kombat. Freefall Kombat lets you battle in mid-air while falling from one arena into the next. Klose Kombat, a brutal up-close fighting mechanic, gives you the ability to grasp the gritty dark tone through progressive damage that is inflicted on fighters during battle though visible bruises, torn clothing, and more | | • | Choose your storyline experience beginning with either the Mortal Kombat or DC Universe | | • | Face off in various iconic arenas like Metropolis and Gotham City from the DC Universe side and Hell and Graveyard from the Mortal Kombat side, as well as several never-before-seen combo arenas that blend the two universes together |
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Product Description
When a cataclysmic force merges conquerors from two universes, conflict is inevitable. Kombat forces friends to fight, worlds to collide, and unlikely alliances to be forged. In order to save all they know, the heroes and villains of Mortal Kombat must wage war against the combined might of the DC Universe (DCU). How can either side prevail when rage blinds them to the dark threat poised to destroy them all?
The game's dark, realistic tone is created through the collaborative partnership of top comics writing team Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (Countdown. Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters) along with veteran Mortal Kombat team members You have the ability to choose sides, challenge friends and take the fight online
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Player v. player November 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Player v. player was great(though not worth the $60 I paid for it, it's probably not even worth the $40 you're being charged here). The storyline mode has serious issues: first you have to battle with who the game chooses for you, not a character of your choosing. Second, the game has some serious cheating issues. Everyone always complains the computer cheats, but this game had some blatant issues. The computer reacts to you punching within the one millisecond that it has to process that you pushed the punch button. It also almost always wins in free fall and close combat issues, because of course, it knows what button you pushed. These things are just a lot more fun against a human who can't read your movements and react within less than a second.
I'm a huge DC and Mortal Kombat fan and the only really good thing I can compliment this game on is the Joker's personality. He was the best to watch during storymode and really, you have to pause after almost all of his attacks just to laugh at the way he reacted to it.
I'd call this game a flop if it weren't for great graphics, some fun moves(though they are more difficult to perform than in previous video game iterations as the controller apparently has to be pushed just perfectly to get it), and a really fun storyline(assuming you can beat the bad guys and SEE the story).
 Could have been so much better November 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of the Mortal Kombat games since playing MK1 on my Sega Genesis. I've ssen them evolve into something I never could have imagined back then. It seems the general consensus around harcore MK fans is, the newer 3D ones are disappointing and in some respects, I'll agree but there are some things are an improvement. Anyway, not to go on a tangent here...
MK vs. DC sounds like a great idea (after it sinks in for awhile). When I imagined how it would look and what the gameplay would be like, a smile came across my face but that might have been my own undoing with this game. I imagined a brutal gore fest where Scorpion is impaling Batman with his spear and tearing him in half, Baraka is chopping Wonder Woman to pieces with his blades, Superman is melting Liu Kang into a gooey, bloody pool with his heat vision and The Flash is hitting Jax so hard and so fast that his limba, head and other body parts start flying off him one by one.
Unfotunately, the result was actually a watered down MK fighting game. No real brutality, no real blood and even the fatalities are just not vety impressive. For instance, Baraka jumps on top of people and impales them but no close up, no pool of blood and no visible post puncture wounds. Sub-Zero body slams people after turning them into a block of ice and they explode but you only see ice chunks, instead of meat, organs and blood like one would expect. Now I understand that the addition of DC characters is going to demand accessability to a certain younger market than MK is used to and had this been a dominantly DC game, it would've worked. This game however, had all the calling cards of an MK game, minus of course those elements that make it a true MK game. Also, where are the acid pool, the human devouring trees, the spiked ceiling and all the other death traps? In the end, the lack of the mature rating did really hurt this game's ability to be truly awesome.
Now. there are some good points, or I wouldn't have given it 3 stars. The graphics and animation are truly stellar, exactly what I've been waiting to see in a next gen MK game. My only beef there is, the MK characters look a helluva lot better then the DC ones. Also, they stripped down the fighting itself and took out the annoying aspects like multiple fighting stances and 15 button combos (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating) that are virtually impossible to pull off. There are still combos but you can easily get by knowing a couple or a few and the special moves. The Klose Kombat feature is really cool but the test your might, freefall and rage modes are just not that good.
It's safe to say that this isn't what I was hoping for. Maybe there's another "pure" MK game in store in the not too distant future.
 If you are a mortal kombat fan just buy it dont think twice ! November 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The game effects are excellent and the characters graphics are amazing,I strongly recommended buying 'Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe game guide' it has all the characters special moves , expert combos, fatalities , heroic brutalities. The comments that gave the game 1 out of 5 clearly they don't like the game because they don't know how to do special moves ,advanced combos and finishing moves.
Eh... November 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with most reviewers on here. I usually check out these and other boards before buying a game, and usually I'm in agreement with them when so many say a game is good. This one, not so much. It looks cool and it is very fluid. After a few hours of play no glitches or freezes of any kind. Beyond that though I'm already kind of bored. This seems to be more of a button masher than previous MK games. After playing it for just a few minutes my excitement sort of fell off pretty sharply. I'm a casual gamer, I didn't have huge expectations. Just saying. This one will probably only come out when I have friends over.
Love it November 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't been a fan of MK since after MK II for the Arcades and Super NES. I've tried all the sequels but they just weren't for me, especially the last 4 for the PlayStation and PS2.
MK vs. DC brings this series back to it's roots and it's a lot of fun. The fatalities can be lame but they still do what they're supposed to - give you closure to a hard fought victory.
The fighting engine is a little stiff but it doesn't hinder the game play and you get used to it relatively quickly. Besides, I found it more enjoyable that Soul Calibur 4.
Bottom lins is that the game is fun. I received it today and played through the arcade mode with Scorpion and I can't wait to play through it with the other 19 characters.
I hope Midway keeps this engine and fine tunes it for future MK releases. Here's also hoping that the next one is a mature game too. I like the DC characters though and this is a nice one-off game.
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