For a singleplayer aspect, I can see your point, but if all I am doing is playing with my friends and online, then I give a shits less about how many stages or modes there are. My biggest complaint is having DLC characters and the lack of spectator mode for online lobbies.
6-8 backgrounds get old real fast....my favorite being the tricell lab because you can bust the glass and the lickers roam free..but thats like the most thought capcom put into the game..the other stages are high in detail but lack in interaction....
i just think for as hyped and anticipated this game was for a lot of people...it was a serious let down...
there was a rumor that an MK 9 demo was coming the day the MVC 3 released...had that happened i probably would have waited on buying MVC....BECAUSE I KNOW FOR FACT MK WILL SHIT ALL OVER MVC 3 IN EVERY CATEGORY...
the fact that it wont be sold in australia due to it being to graphic and violent...australia's rating board wont give it a rating so its basically banned so far...
awesome shit though i sold it for 50 on craigslist...fuck gamestop !