Gone are the ability to switch between fighting styles and the Kreate-A-Fatality mess that ruined Armageddon to me, and instead, we get new mechanics like Free-Fall Kombat, which allow you to pummel your opponent to fill a super meter, with the opponent also has a chance to block an attack and turn it around in his/her favor, and Klose Kombat, which does a close-up of the two fighters and whoever did a grapple would start attacking the opponent until a certain amount of hit or the fighter being attacked manages to match the attacker's button press, allowing him to dodge and end the Klose Kombat with a Kounter Hit. The game is basically a 3D fighter like Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon before it, but it does change the mechanics up.

While that basically subtracts points in a franchise standpoint, it however does not detract from the gameplay. Also, while the Mortal Kombat and DC Villains were allowed to have Fatalities, the DC Superheroes had to have a new finishing move called 'Heroic Brutalities' because DC Comics said Superman and Batman do not kill. As DC Comics had restricted Midway (now Netherealm Studios) from being too graphic, the trademark gore is toned down to the point where the game is Teen rated, which angered a lot of MK fans.

It is true that the gore is toned down, but that was mainly because of the DC Comics license. DC Universe, I feel this game gets too much of a bad rap, especially when compared to later MK games like Mortal Kombat 2011 or Mortal Kombat X.

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