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Injustice 2 is a 2017 fighting video game. It is the sequel to 2013's Injustice: Gods Among Us and the second installment in the Injustice series which is based on the DC Universe. It is developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
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By Darry Huskey
Updated: Nov 7, 2019 10:44 pm
Posted: May 16, 2017 10:40 pm
Like its cast of heroes, Injustice 2 is exceptional. The fight mechanics have been guided in the right direction following 2013’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. The hours of play potential in the new Multiverse mode alone is impressive. The heroes and villains of the DC Universe look better here than they have in any game before, even as they star in a grim and joyless “what-if” storyline. Just like its heroes, though, Injustice 2 overcomes that adversity and soars, with more single-player content than I’ve ever seen in a fighting game at launch and an unrivaled combo system that is a sheer joy once you master it.
Injustice 2 strikes a fine balance between retaining the strengths of Gods Among Us and making smart changes to improve mechanics. On top of new versions of memorable environmental attacks in which you slam enemies with everything from cars to giant stuffed alligators on the detailed stages, flashy transitions between different areas of the battle locations, and a full arsenal of over-the-top Super Moves including everything from mowing over your enemies with the Batmobile to traveling through time to slam your opponent off the hide of a dinosaur, it makes several big changes. Some of my favorites include the ability to spend meter in order to gain invulnerable movement to escape projectile-happy enemies, allowing you to block some environmental attacks, and a global increase in the speed sharpen the action. Faster walking speed makes matches feel quick and agile, a change from the at times plodding pace of Gods Among Us. New defensive options make fighting ranged specialists like Deadshot or Green Arrow less frustrating than the sometimes oppressive and seemingly endless barrages in we saw in the last game. Plus, the new additions to the cast ably fill a range of niches, such as Dr. Fate and Deadshot and their strong zone control, Black Canary and her quick and technical offense, or Atrocitus and Gorilla Grodd’s more methodical, heavy-hitting styles.
Injustice 2’s combo options are rivaled by few other games.
Multiverse mode is fighting games’ answer to Destiny.
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Even though I didn’t care much for this particular DC story, I found a lot to love with the Multiverse. Multiverse mode is fighting games’ answer to Destiny, giving you the opportunity to level up your fighters, earn and equip gear for them, and use those power gains to take on increasing challenges that change every day. Common and rare gear pieces might simply augment one of four character statistics: strength, defense, health, or ability. However, rarer pieces and legendary gear sets can do everything from changing the color and size of projectiles to allowing your hero to start a match with a stock of meter. This imparts strategic depth to choosing just which pieces of gear to pair with your character and allows you to augment your abilities to something customized for your personal play style. Though Injustice 2 evens out the base statistics of all characters when playing competitively online, you can always choose to fight your friends drawing upon the full strength of your gear or to ignore those bonuses to level the playing field. Either way, the cosmetic changes remain.
I was pleased to see that the rarer equipment changed my characters’ appearances, allowing you to tailor a unique look for your fighter. Changes can be as minor as the style of a breastplate, adding glowing eyes to Batman’s cowl, or giving Scarecrow a hood – or they can be something as major as changing the logo across Superman’s chest. Between the different shaders you can unlock and options for arms, leggings, chest plates and shirts, helmets and headpieces, and new weapons, there are a surprising amount of options for those of us that enjoy dressing for success.
Injustice 2 also allows you to try your luck for rare equipment by earning loot crates by completing objectives, such as scoring well in Multiverse missions, completing the character-specific tutorials, or completing chapters in Story mode, giving you even more reason to check the Multiverse daily.
Fair warning: between Multiverse mode, five to 10 hours of Story mode (depending on your skill), and the deep offensive trees unique to each character, the sheer depth of content present might get intimidating for a newcomer once they begin to fully grasp what they’re getting themselves into. Though there are both general and character-specific tutorials, these walkthroughs only scratch the surface of the juggernaut beneath, especially in the case of the latter. Character training gives a brief overview and the bare basics for each face on the roster, but the gap between those introductory fundamentals and the 20-hit, 600-damage combos is wide, and Injustice 2 does little to guide beginners across it. Compared to Street Fighter V’s Mission modes, which teach you useful bread-and-butter combos of increasing difficulty, Injustice 2’s character tutorials impart only the bare minimum to get you started. Those that feel comfortable in executing complex inputs or training muscle memory can jump right in and have a blast, but if you’re new to fighting games you should know that pushing your success beyond the beginning stages will take some practice and time.
Injustice 2’s fights improve on Gods Among Us in nearly every way, specifically addressing fan concerns about movement speed and giving you new ways to burn meter. Visually, the DC roll call shines even as they star in a flat and unnecessarily grim story. The unrivaled amount of single-player content to explore, especially the highlight Multiverse ...
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Faster, deeper action and a wealth of content make this DC heroes fighting game feel super.
- Darry Huskey
May 16, 2017 · Graphically, Injustice 2 is a significant step up from 2013's Injustice: Gods Among Us, which was hamstrung by the previous generation of consoles. Some of the stages, such as Kahndaq,...
- Former Editor-In-Chief
May 23, 2017 · Injustice 2, the follow-up to Moral Kombat developer NetherRealm’s Justice-League-inspired fighting game, is the studio’s fourth game with a cinematic campaign, which strings together a series of...
May 16, 2017 · Injustice 2 is dense, deep, and refined, but also accessible to newcomers thanks to relatively simple move lists and a variety of rewarding new gameplay opportunities.
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- Peter Brown
Nov 20, 2017 · Aside from its roster, the main strength of Injustice 2 isn't its core one-on-one battles but its depth of content.
May 18, 2017 · Injustice 2 picks up (Ed’s note: no, literally, real-world years) into an ongoing and incredibly strange alternate version of the DC Universe, one in which Superman has killed the Joker...
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