This Sunday, the much anticipated fighter that pits DC Comics vs Mortal Kombat will hit the shelves. The game is not without some controversy. People claim the T rating and lack of hero fatalities will make for watered down version of MK, but maybe reinventing the franchise is just what we need. Here are 3 more fatalities from your kombatants.
The game is toned down, let’s just put that right out there. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe won’t be the blood spurting wonderland you’re used to, since this time the game ships with a T rating. That doesn’t mean the finishers aren’t cool, though. Check out some from Wonder Woman, Shang Tsung, and Superman,. I love how the DC characters get “Heroic Brutality” while the MK characters get the standard Fatalities.
There is something essential missing from the new finishers and I will give you a hint, it rhymes with flood!
Where is the gore, how can you have an MK game with no blood? I can barely bring myself to say it, let alone try and play it. At least if they planned on toning down the gore, make the fatalities entertaining. Watching Sonya snap someone’s neck while doing a handstand or Catwoman whip someone does not really make me even want to pull the finisher out. The Sub Zero finisher is a bit better, but even that one does not make me want to play the game to pull it off.
The appeal of the original Mortal Kombat games was that you wanted to play with all the characters to experience their different moves and more importantly finishers: either gory, funny or ridiculously over the top. Even the babalities and friendships were better than these lame excuses for finishers. This has taken a wrong turn and it is away from the core of what made Mortal Kombat great.
Hearing the words “Finish Him!” after beating an opponent just do not have the same meaning as the originals. Perhaps the most classic finisher was Kano and his ripping a person’s heart out finishing move, this is what made me love Mortal Kombat. Watch the video and see what you think, good fighter or lame excuse for Mortal Kombat clone?
We were skeptical at first for the T rating, but from what the gameplay has shown us so far, MK vs DC looks to steal some thunder away from SF IV. The fatalities have looked great and the brutalities from the superheroes are cooler than expected. Hit the jump for the complete cast of characters from each universe. I would expect surprises from these guys. No MK game has ever been just what is on the surface.
Ed Boon goes through the finishers and special attacks for the characters in the upcoming MK vs DC Universe game. Interesting to see the mid-air battles and the up-close combat, which makes this game a bit different than your average fighter. The “test your might” battles return as part of the fighting gameplay now where each character battles to inflict more or less damage based on the results of the “test your might” button mash.
Fatalities are in for our MK friends (thank goodness) and Brutalities are for the DC counterparts. (they didn’t want DC characters killing anyone) Watch as the Flash gets lit on fire and Superman pounds Sub Zero into the ground! Look for more MK vs DC action this November.
