Injustice: Gods Among Us Shows the Brutal Side of Superheroes

[mattttherman3]

That is the New 52 Superman; love the coztume but the y kinda made him weaker

 

[Thunderous Cacophony]

Aw, it's a fighter.

For a few glorious moments I was imagining an interesting story where a bunch of superheroes say "Fuck this" and set about installing themselves as modern god-kings.

You'd think there'd be at least ONE person who'd want to take over the world and NOT be a total bastard about it.

I dunno about that; even for heroes who are not obviously incredibly messed up and psychotic (*cough* Batman), being a super-powered being who has to constantly save the poor, dumb citizens of Earth from their own mistakes, while being villianized by the media who try and hold them to moral standards that seem ludicrous given their capabilites, must get pretty wearing. I'm still waiting for the Superman comic when he says, "No. Fuck this. You want my protection, we're going to do it my way. I'm going to go and rip Lex Luthor's spine out and throw him into the sun, along with anyone who is not going to follow my rules."

 

[CD-R]

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Aw, it's a fighter.

For a few glorious moments I was imagining an interesting story where a bunch of superheroes say "Fuck this" and set about installing themselves as modern god-kings.

You'd think there'd be at least ONE person who'd want to take over the world and NOT be a total bastard about it.

I dunno about that; even for heroes who are not obviously incredibly messed up and psychotic (*cough* Batman), being a super-powered being who has to constantly save the poor, dumb citizens of Earth from their own mistakes, while being villianized by the media who try and hold them to moral standards that seem ludicrous given their capabilites, must get pretty wearing. I'm still waiting for the Superman comic when he says, "No. Fuck this. You want my protection, we're going to do it my way. I'm going to go and rip Lex Luthor's spine out and throw him into the sun, along with anyone who is not going to follow my rules."

There was a story arc in the Justice League animated series where that happened. It was in a parallel universe though. It didn't end well for them.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Looks a lot like Mortal Kombat vs DCU only without the Mortal Kombat. Meh.

 

[Leemaster777]

...dammit, and I JUST thought that I wouldn't need to buy any new fighting games for awhile.

After MK9, it seems like Netherrealm's earned quite a bit of street cred lately. If this is anything like that, then we'll probably be in for a treat.

And personally, I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of story they give us. Say what you will about MK vs DC, but the story mode was probably the best part of that game. Same goes for MK9. Netherrealm seems to have figured out the best way to tell a story in a fighting game, so I'm pretty hopeful in that regard.

I will say one thing though: Does this trailer remind anyone else of the trailers for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3? I can't be the only one who's thought of that.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Looks a lot like Mortal Kombat vs DCU only without the Mortal Kombat. Meh.

That.

Course I don't remember that game selling too well. Huh...

Anyways, comic book heroes being brutal is not really news. They already did that. It was called the 90s. Heroes turning bad has been done before... a lot. I think DC has an alternate Earth entirely devoted to that... and made a few movie about it. We don't know anything about gameplay, except that will probably be a fighting game, which might be interesting. Overall, I'd say that it feels like a weak presentation. Come on guys, you can do better then this.

 

[Bat Vader]

This looks pretty interesting. I must admit I would love to see fatalities. Perhaps Superman could The Flash in half or something. I wonder if they will get Kevin Conroy to voice Batman.

 

[Riobux]

I wonder if this will pan out exactly the same way as it did last time...Especially since NetherRealm Studio's most famous game was well loved thanks to the gore.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

This means we will finally know who wins in a fight: Batman or Superman

Wait, people actually debate that?

'Cause my money would be on the one that can move faster than light and push planets around. Seems like a pretty safe bet.

One word. Preptime.

Also Sups gave Batman a kryptonite ring just incase he went crazy

A Kryptonite ring won't help Batman much if in the time it takes to put it on his finger Superman could have flown into space and threw the moon at him.

The DC Universe is so overpowered I'm guessing everyone will have their powers nerfed down to standard Mortal Kombat strength, with the only differences being 3 or four special moves per character that are tailored to their power.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

Looks a lot like Mortal Kombat vs DCU only without the Mortal Kombat. Meh.

I would be sceptical too, but they've made MK9 since then which has pleasantly surprised me, for the first time in over a decade they managed to make a fighting game that is genuinely fun to play. So if they can make Injustice just as good as MK9 was I'll definitely be getting it. NetherRealm have shown they can get their act together, hopefully they can continue with making actually good games.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

So Mortal Kombat 9 but with DC characters? Well I'm buying this.

Yup, this sounds about right. I'm not huge into fighting games but MK9 was pretty fun.

 

[DarkArk]

Please don't have a T rating... Please don't have a T rating...

Especially considering the whole premise of this setting. Fatalities would be awesome. I'm interested enough to keep my eye on it. Not a day one buy though unlike MK games.

 

[Alluos]

I don't read comics, but I wonder if this will use the New 52 character designs... 'cus I wouldn't really know.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I didn't realize Solomon Grundy had green blood...I can't wait to see the inevitable Joker Trailer! Also the inevitable Lanterns trailer! Also the inevitable JLA trailer!

While I'm excited about the upcoming game, I really hope there's a wide variety of unlockable costumes...I just don't care for the armored look (even if it is the only thing keeping Flash from surviving re-entry)

I really look forward to this! Since this is it's own game the roaster can really be beefed up. Also, since this is a nether realms game, we can already assume that The Lanterns will be this games ninja-clones!

Please don't have a T rating... Please don't have a T rating...

Especially considering the whole premise of this setting. Fatalities would be awesome. I'm interested enough to keep my eye on it. Not a day one buy though unlike MK games.

I'm hoping it's given the M...also that bit in the trailer of Solomon Grundy pulling a slab of concrete out of his...gut looked pretty bloody.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Did.... Did Superman just spike Flash into the ground from Orbit for a Hyper/Super?

Must not buy....

 

[verdant monkai]

Yeah this game is going to stress a lot of nerdy DC fans, I am reasonably nerdy and for instance I know that though Batman is the best (in my opinion) but he would not be able to kick Solomon Grundy up through 3 floors of a building, I suppose it could be justifiable if he had some sort of hydraulic bat boot or something.
The super heroes are unbalanced for instance Harley quinn would have no chance against Superman, so stuff if she manages to beat up supey that will not be realistic (comic realistic)so it is not very true to the source material.

I don't really care though it looks like a fun game with an amazing redesign on the super heroes, the art in this game looks fantastic.

I will say though if those characters are the only ones in the game, then that is beyond poor. Although I am unfamiliar with fighting games, it does seem highly unlikely that would happen.

What I really want to do but I doubt will happen is to play as the gay green lantern, but massively camp. With scenes of him soaring over the city, pulling off a mid flight camp hand