Time to face the hammers of Justice B)
For a long long time now i have been begging for a good 1v1 superhero fighting game, with the current age online gaming, this sort of game was a mandatory creation from Devs, with MvC 3 series of games we got an awesome superhero fighting game featuring capcom characters as well, but team battles are not my thing so i prayed for these dark ages to pass, with injustice it felt like NetherRealm Studio heard the prayers, but is the game worth it ??? read ahead
The game builds itself more for the fighting game niche crowd than the mainstream players, this is a good thing since the game isn't a MK clone with DC Characters, combo mechanics are detailed, how swiftly you can perform combos depends on the character you use, guys like superman, doomsday are brute strength characters while batman, green arrow can provide you with some eye candy combos. Super moves are done well, but only a few of em seem to have loads of load put into creating them.
Story mode is short but keeps you interested, some rather bizarre choices of QTE like events that you have to play before some story battles were fun but felt unnecessary. With the option of S.T.A.R. Labs missions you can squeeze out more juice out of the game.
The heart of the game though is the Multiplayer mode, either layin the smack down on your friends offline or Spreading Justice over online, either way the game wont disappoint comic book fans or mainstream people alike, thankfully this time around the netcode is decent & with little wait you can access the online menu & with a bit of patience find ranked matches easily, player matches were hard to find though. With the option of private games i can imagine you can get games with people from the same region without much effort.
To wrap it up, the game does a good job with,
+New combat engine with more pro centric skill levels
+Good roster of DC Characters which will satisfy most of the fans
+High replay value
My minor gripes would be,
-The story is good but still a bit over the top to believe.
-Mainstream roster, characters like Blue Beetle, Dr. Fate, Huntress, Spectre, Darkseid & more are missing
The game isn't the best fighting game out there, nor is the benchmark of it's category, but is rather a good all rounder of a fighting game, that is just right.
I would definitely recommend people to buy it, it's worth learning it's mechanics & spending time with it's community.