Just gonna start a thread instead of clogging up the WTF Are You Playing one.
The quibbles first: The story fell really flat for me. Some of the lines were worth a chuckle, but I’m just so sick of DC properties across all media confusing bleakness with poignancy and gravity.
SPOILERS:
I’ve said elsewhere that Alt-Superman as a bloodthirsty villain gets really old. There’s a compelling case for “Do the ends justify the means?” when it comes to superheroes, but this Superman doesn’t make it. The story wants it both ways: they want a power-mad Superman (“This world is mine!”) and they want sympathy for him for losing Lois to the Joker. It just doesn’t work. And hints toward his redemption mid-game become disappointing when they basically become a fake-out at the end. I’m not even going to get into alt-Wonder Woman being a lovelorn secondhand rose pining away for Supernazi.
And the lip service to hope and redemption for Harley Quinn is laughable. Batman, whose marginal arc in the story is to expand his circle of trust, trusts her unquestioningly at the beginning of the story with Brother Eye, even deflecting Green Arrow’s suspicions that a former apprentice of the DC Universe’s preeminent homicidal maniac might not be the best ally to entrust with access to literally all data ever.
But you don’t play a fighting game for the story. The game itself–I love it. I suck at it. But I love it. The graphics are beyond good–nearly photorealistic in some of the cutscenes and even some of the Clashes.The in-game banter shows a deep love for the DC Universe: Darkseid is auditioning Cheetah for his Furies when they match up, for example.
Haven’t dived too far into the gear system, but I’m sure it’ll take up a significant portion of my free time in the coming months.
Maining Supergirl, seriously interested in Cheetah and Captain Cold. Mained Catwoman in the last game, and she looks just as strong in this one for my button-mashing playstyle.
I am down for matches with anyone who sees me online. PSN username is Loki-Goat.
I have found that Harley is good for a button mashing playstyle, too, as well as Green Arrow.
Oddly (to my mind), Flash is not.
Interested in trying Robin after he nearly beat me to a pulp in story mode.
Was pleased to discover that the characters do gain XP when you use them in story mode. For some reason I assumed that would not be the case.
Missing a few faces from Injustice 1 that I’d like to see back, but otherwise the roster is at least interesting. Maybe more so with the “prestige skins” (curious how many of those we end up with).
Curious to see how deep the customization goes and how well you can really do varying costume combinations to create comic/movie-accurate looks. I saw a demo-fight (waiting a while on the start screen) with a Batman that looked a whole lot like Batman Begins.
Yeah, Green Arrow was my go-to for a while. His moves and combos are pretty easy for a novice to pull off. Was great to hear Alan Tudyk back without Adam Baldwin as Green Lantern soiling the works. Not that I have a problem with Baldwin’s performance–I just prefer not to think about GamerGate while I’m playing games. Wonder if that had anything to do with it.
And Robert Englund plays Scarecrow!
I can’t time the move- and bounce cancels off to save my life. Maybe it’s an aging reflex thing.
I’m not really well-versed in fighting games or online play in general. Is there a way to create a room that only your friends can join for matches? Not really interested in playing people I don’t know, and I want some coworkers/friends to play together in a group. Figured somewhere here might know instead of me fiddling around for hours.
A[quote name=“bendrix” url=“/community/t/159353/injustice-2#post_4290482”]I’m not really well-versed in fighting games or online play in general. Is there a way to create a room that only your friends can join for matches? Not really interested in playing people I don’t know, and I want some coworkers/friends to play together in a group. Figured somewhere here might know instead of me fiddling around for hours.
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I’ll shoot an application over lunch - more interested in the multi-verse stuff than multiplayer (those that know me shouldn’t be to surprised by that) but some friendly throw-downs could be fun.
Hit level 20 with Aquaman (found him surprisingly easy to use) - been deciding who to level next. Robin clearly is going to take some skill to use well. Catwoman is fun, Supergirl has her upsides, but there are few things that annoy me with her. Haven’t spent much time with others, but I’ll get there.
It’s almost too easy for me to win with Supergirl against the Medium AI, but I’m not good enough to beat the Hard AI consistently yet. But I’m addicted to her, so I haven’t explored the other characters too much. I keep thinking I’m cheating by using her in online matches, that she must be broken, because I beat the majority of comers–at least those that can’t string together 50-hit combos.
There are special guild multiverse challenges that will net your guild the rewards you get. Best of both worlds!
