I had big expectations for this game, I even bought the Ultimate Edition because of how hyped I was. But man, this was a big disappointment for me. Let me make one thing clear, I love the cast of characters of this instalment, and ho they are represented in their moves and animations. I also thoroughly enjoy the gameplay. It's basically the same from the first game, but it's obvious it has been more polished.
Now, I have a big problem with the customization in this game. The variety is great, don't get me wrong, but the fact that every piece of armour modifies the stats of the character is absurd. Moreover, it gives an unfair advantage to those people that are willing to buy boxes in order to have more gear. It is a flawed system, and I'm happy that they changed it for MK11.
The narrative in this game is nothing spectacular. When you have all the DC characters at your disposal without the limitations of a film, you may think it's going to be epic in scale. But no, they stick to their formula of having chapters with a character fighting four times in a row, which destroys the pacing of the story.
All in all, this fighting game had so much potential, but its customization system is awful and unfair, and the story is overall underwhelming.
Now, I have a big problem with the customization in this game. The variety is great, don't get me wrong, but the fact that every piece of armour modifies the stats of the character is absurd. Moreover, it gives an unfair advantage to those people that are willing to buy boxes in order to have more gear. It is a flawed system, and I'm happy that they changed it for MK11.
The narrative in this game is nothing spectacular. When you have all the DC characters at your disposal without the limitations of a film, you may think it's going to be epic in scale. But no, they stick to their formula of having chapters with a character fighting four times in a row, which destroys the pacing of the story.
All in all, this fighting game had so much potential, but its customization system is awful and unfair, and the story is overall underwhelming.
After playing this God forsaken game for upwards of 70 hours, or rather having the A.I. play the game for me, just to get a single Catwoman ability, I have truly lost sight of why I started to play in the first place. All combo strings become monotonous mesh after a while, and my fingers cramp at the thought of the amount of pain-staking hours these sweaty ass ranked players have played to take me to 0 without me being able to respond. I like DC but not this much. Maybe one day I will finally get Cat Call and life will be fine.
As part of my prep for Netherrealms's next game which I believe could be Injustice 3, I decided to check out Injustice 1 and 2. I've already reviewed IJ1, now is the time for 2.
Overall, i think this game is a much better game than the first one, because obviously there are things that have been improved on like gameplay, story, character designs which I will get into.
The story was much improved and less confusing, it had a clear goal from the beginning and I thought it had some cool moments of heart with some characters but they weren't too great.
The gameplay was also improved and a lot more fun to play, I liked some of the special moves, especially Batman's move and Superman's as well, the gear system was ok but I've not really played fights against CPU's much so I'm probably touching the surface when it comes to some of the gear.
Character designs were cool as well, I loved some of the suit designs in this game and the graphics helped them looked nice, especially Batman's design too.
The music could've been way better, I wish there was a main theme across both games that could be recognised, something like Mortal Kombat.
OVERALL: A big improvement from Injustice: Gods Among Us, better story, better characters and villains, even a better roster. FINAL SCORE is 8/10.
Overall, i think this game is a much better game than the first one, because obviously there are things that have been improved on like gameplay, story, character designs which I will get into.
The story was much improved and less confusing, it had a clear goal from the beginning and I thought it had some cool moments of heart with some characters but they weren't too great.
The gameplay was also improved and a lot more fun to play, I liked some of the special moves, especially Batman's move and Superman's as well, the gear system was ok but I've not really played fights against CPU's much so I'm probably touching the surface when it comes to some of the gear.
Character designs were cool as well, I loved some of the suit designs in this game and the graphics helped them looked nice, especially Batman's design too.
The music could've been way better, I wish there was a main theme across both games that could be recognised, something like Mortal Kombat.
OVERALL: A big improvement from Injustice: Gods Among Us, better story, better characters and villains, even a better roster. FINAL SCORE is 8/10.
The best way to play the Injustice games, the story is fantastic and the fighting is smooth not really changing much from the original game, but it feels a lot better graphically and as a whole it makes the entire game flow better. Story is just as good and there's a lot of fun characters to try and play. Worth your time still if you're interested in it, it's on Xbox Gamepass right now though I originally played it on the Xbox One.
Literally just feels like Mortal Kombat but with DC characters. Kind of enjoyable but it gets old rather fast because you're using the same fatality over and over. You are also dependent on the stats on your gear which makes this game almost a little pay to win since you can get matched against someone with completly different stats and much much better gear than your gear (which is a pain in the ass if you're a new guy). Otherwise great set of characters and guest characters, enjoyable story and the same type of combat as Mortal Kombat. So if you like DC and Mortal Kombat please give this game a shot.