Today is the day that I officially give up. Ever since launch I have wanted, neigh have I quested for the Robin item the Staff of Grayson. I really wanted to play as Nightwing in this game and thought that if I just kept playing a little bit more, I could get it. I grinded achievements and lootboxes for over a hundred hours trying to find my white wale. Unfortunately I think it's become clear, It's been over half a decade since I started and if it was going to happen at this point it probably would have already.

So goodbye Injustice, once upon a time I would have called you my favorite fighting game of all time, but now you're just going to be a painful memory.

Fuck you Ed Boon

-NetworkRewind

P.S. Keep Joker out of Injustice 3 and put Nightwing back where he was as a full character or I will riot in the streets.

I was actually really excited for this game before the PS5's launch. An FPS with a weird magic system and cool Doom-style Glory Kills? absolutely!

This was not that. Unfortunately this game wants to steep itself too much in a realistic style, as well as makes gameplay too slow to allow for it's magic to stand out amongst the sea of first person shooters. The story seems fine? I guess? I don't know, it was surreal but nothing particularly special from what I played.

One day I should probably give this game another shot, but that won't be for a while yet.

I could go on for basically an eternity what makes this game fun on a technical level, the people at Arcsys really are masters of the craft of fighting games and should be commended as such. I don't have the time, or frankly all of the knowledge to do such a comprehensive breakdown so instead I'll praise the rest.

The way the team chose to go about animation was absolutely inspired, never have I seen 2D art done in 3D spaces so we'll outside of this game. Spiderverse can eat it's heart out.

The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal, whenever a song like Hit's theme gets going I'm always in that moment ready for a fight and boy do I get it.

Also, on a more personal note, the connections I've been able to make with people through this game are also a significant part of why I like it so much. There's something about the heat of competition that brings people together in a way truly unique to that setting.

Campaign is mid tho, but that's okay I don't think anyone was really getting this campaign for that other than lore completionist types.

I mean, it's the best game ever made! The platonic ideal of a third person shooter with an uncountable amount of mods to keep you invested forever. The hectic action paired with the iconic setpieces and score of the Star Wars franchise makes something that I don't think could be matched.

Not only is the Instant Action fun, but the campaign is able to achieve a genuine emotional resonance at times and humanizes the clones in a way only matched by the Clone Wars animated series. (Although the inhibitor chip retcon in that series would undermine a significant amount of the conflict presented in this game's story, but I digress.)

Regardless of if you've got some buddies over and you want some fun Star Wars chaos, or if you're alone and want a unique experience in the Galaxy Far Far Away, this game has something great for everyone.