I was wondering what people thought of the gameplay of MK v DC.

I personally like the more UMK3-like 2d juggling. The more interactive stage hazards are fine too I think, since they aren't insta-kill anymore, and keep the element of environmental awareness.

Close kombat is essentially a throw, but I can see it quickly losing its charm after a couple of them, so I'm not totally sold on it yet.

One thing I'm concerned about is sidestepping though. I know it's kind of a forced feature due to it being a 3d fighter, but I can only picture it ruining the gameplay. It works fine in a game like Soul Calibur, but that's because the whole game is based on horizontal and vertical slashes.

I haven't played the game yet, but MK v DC from what I've seen, it looks like characters are going to be distinguished by their special moves and not really their standard attacks. In a case like that, I don't know what stops someone from just sidestepping the whole match.

My recommendation would be that sidestepping doesn't allow dodging, and would only be for positioning characters for the stage hazards.