Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

The graphics are excellent (character models, lighting etc.) Decent voice acting, but this title seems to be all style and little substance. If you take out the DC and Mortal Kombat characters you are left with a mediocre generic fighter. It's still the same engine they've been using since MK: Deadly Alliance. The same button mashing dial-a-combo system. I wish the animations were more fluid and the Martial Arts "styles" were authentic, like Tekken and Soul Calibur. (Did they do any research when they did the motion-capture?) The character move around like stiff plastic mannequins flailing their arms and legs around. Some characters seem imbalanced and others have really cheap moves, as if they developers gave their favorite characters better powers and made others intentionally weak. (I know Scorpion is a personal favorite of Ed Boon's, Scorpion always has souped-up powers in every MK game) which I think is unfair. What happened to the music?!? Why didn't they use Dan "Toasty" Forden to compose the music because this one had the worse background music I ever heard in an MK game. Why is there no theater mode that lets you view the cutscenes? Especially since this is the first MK game that has FMVs inbetween fights and not screens and screens of text. On the positive side, it is so awesome to see all my favorite characters together in the same game I'm pleasantly surprised that they were able to get the licensing/permissions to use all these characters. I look forward to a MK vs. DC 2, but they need to totally revise and update the fighting engine. Add more gameplay modes; I miss the tutorials from Deadly Alliance and Deception where the characters guide you through each step and the unlockabes in the "Krypt". Here's the breakdown:

pros:
DC and Mortal Kombat characters
good graphics
good voice acting

cons:
stiff-moving generic fighting
button mashing
weak story
short
not enough modes of play
terrible background music
no Dan Forden
A.I.

The characters move fluidly, the enviroments are beutifully textured and interactive. The combos are great and its a great freshness to the franchise. If you are tired of playing DOA 4 or Virtua Fighter 5 then this is worth buying!