Riotguns Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe review - more fun, but disarmed Whipper

Did you know that in Germany, only a handful of games have been seized in recent years and that it is precisely the first three parts of the Mortal Kombat series fell (except for the Game Boy version) under this form of government censorship? How far the series has removed them, shows the now 11 (!) Of the franchise, the even FSK received in Germany 16.

The Story - Battle of universes
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The title comes up with 2 story modes, which are the perfect opportunity to familiarize themselves with the characters of the game. One by one you take over the control of different players of the group and is, depending on which side you have chosen to search for the reason that all of a sudden "foreign warriors" break into the dimension and there organize a mess. The cutscenes have failed gloriously trashy and I really liked that the fighting almost seamlessly into one another here and the game does not take itself too seriously. I think that would be a good introduction for the other modes is done and everyone who had previously referred to, brings together two completely incompatible universes, does not come around to recognize that here strikes the coolness factor of comic book heroes. It's simply fun, Flash, Batman, Superman or the Joker to control and the DC heroes bring a breath of fresh air in the Mortal Kombat universe that had been valued at about 10 offshoots some dust.

Story: 7/10

Control - Solid workup
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The title shows two new extras during the fighting. That's on the one hand the Freefall Kombat, in which one beats his opponent over the railing of a level in order then to maltreat him in free fall. But beware: If the underdog press the same button as the attacker at the right time, countered this and all the damage goes on the cost of the underlying at the end on the ground. The situation is similar with the melee. Some nasty looking blows to the face, which can counter with fast response of the attacked. Another new feature is the Rage mode. Each conceding goal and with every dealt, but blocked beat, grows the rage-o-meter. While enraged, you put hardly any damage and merges the opponent's block. An agent so that brings a touch of tactics in the battles.

To control That said, what most likely already know. MK moves traditionally at the other end of the scale, in the example, the Virtua Fighter series is. The game is beginner-friendly and do not slay the player with a range of special moves. In addition, almost always the same movement and keyboard shortcuts for all pawns identical and also complicated moves clockwise looking in vain, so that you can quickly homes to the game.

Among the fatalities was in short: if known, easy to implement and of course not as spectacular as at the beginning of the series. Here there is a very heterogeneous line. Some figures are quite lame (Batman, Liu Kang ...), but still others are funny and sometimes really angry, the Joker is my favorite. So if on blood fountains could not live without, is here definitely wrong, see also deie Rated 16 I can live with the Fatalities but good.

Control: 9/10
Fatalities: 7/10

The game modes - Kombo Challenges as addictive
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But beware: The entry-level concept does not apply to the brutal heavy Kombo Challenges. For each of the 22 game pieces (2 additional characters are after playing through the story mode enabled), the developers decided to use 10 combos that have what it takes and will captivate the player long on the normal level of the screen. And so this combo exercise turn out to be an absolute time-eater, even if one sometimes wonders here, how the hell you want this line up Pro Moves without contorting your fingers, because nasty example applies to any move to another, not defined time window , Here, then, a lot of trying out is announced and also a lot of satisfaction when one actually succeed every 10 combos of a figure and the Trophy symbol funk. A good advice: look at YouTube. There you will find tips and videos to the challenges.

Moreover, there is, as with any Flogger the Trainigsmodus, Arcade Mode and Versus Mode to a friend. Here you can either try to certain extent his favorite character to perfect or try to varying degrees of difficulty. Wait on the way to MK-throne as ever 10 opponents and optionally does one determine whether you are driving on fighters from the MK, the DC Universe or a mixture of both. If you have ever played a Whipper, who knows how the wind blows here. Sauer me just being pushed open the fact that do not appear in the training mode, the moves on the screen, but can be selected with difficulty about the options and have to be internalized. That would have gone more convenient, such as already the first Dead or Alive has already shown his time on the PSX.

Very successful, however, is the extremely stable online mode. In the subdivided by Advanced degree lobbies always find a bunch of players. Unfortunately, there is among them a small portion that makes the wayward Balancing the figure flash advantage. Once you have mastered this figure incl. The combos very well, there is almost nothing you can do about it. An error of developers, these players use this loophole only and are generally referred to as a "Flash Holes". ^^

Kombo Challenges: 9/10
Trainigsmodus: 6/10
Online mode: 8/10

The presentation - No Genre reference, but satisfying
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Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe makes use of a graphic that not everything takes out of Sony's console, but in a satisfactory manner presents the diverse locales and the combat animations. In addition, the environment is dynamic and individual obstacles in the arena can be used for personal purpose. The encountered especially in the story mode cutscenes also look anything but cheap and with lags and edges fibrillation, the title also struggling comparatively little. Solider average over the whole line, which also applies to the relatively arbitrary soundtrack, which is spiced up only by the crisp sounds of battle and can turn the loading times that would have been a little shorter, given the presentation, the players did not but take your nerve.

On a positive note, that the game at around 15 hours of play time froze or abschmierte not once. That this is not longer standard for console games today, for example, showed Fallout 3. For just mentioned Playtime: Sure, the story mode for both factions is completed in just 3-4 hours and who wants to grab the arcade mode with every fighter, needs for about 7 hours. The rest of the time goes in the Kombo Challenges, if you do not at first can be decouragieren and a few online matches. Not easy here to evaluate the season as the title safe takes effect the next time you visit friends.

Graphics: 6.5 / 10
Sound: 7/10
Time: 8/10
Stability: 10/10

Conclusion
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The latest offshoot of the Mortal Kombat series is undoubtedly become a rather more fun Whipper which the player holds thanks to new, cooler characters, the Fatalities, a humorous and trashy story mode and mainly due to the addiction factor of Kombo Challenges longer on screen than competing Games and in versus mode unfolds a nice charm when the friend pours a Fatality.

Fun:
8.0 / 10