![]() As you play, your characters gain experience and level up, apart from earning items. The first three are self-explanatory, the last one determines your special attacks. In this case, it's costume pieces and equipment, These provide bonuses such as doing 9.5 percent more environmental damage, or raising your base statistics, which are strength, defence, health, and ability. Borrowing from the likes of Borderlands 2 and Diablo 3, you gain loot as you progress. They have varying difficulty levels and rewards, allowing you to play Injustice 2 in a sort of endless mode if you're not keen on online play.īatman: Arkham Knight Review - Dark Knight Rises?Īll in all, Injustice 2 seems to be more of the same, only much better looking. Akin to the Living Towers mode from Mortal Kombat X, you can take part in battle against alternate versions of heroes and villains with various modifiers such as using specific attacks. If you're looking to extend your solo play, there's the Multiverse mode. This is to be expected since the game isn't out everywhere just yet, though we'll be keeping an eye out to see if this is the case weeks down the line. In our experience, it worked quite flawlessly. Stringing together combos and watching them play out on screen was near perfect. Matchmaking was a cinch and there was little in the way of lag when playing it, both on a 50Mbps line and a tethered 4G connection. When you're done with that, you could try Injustice 2's online multiplayer. The story isn't going to win any awards, but it's good enough to warrant the five hours or so it takes to finish it off the first time, allowing you to see an alternate ending if you play through certain parts of it again. ![]() ![]() There are some humorous moments with Robin stating Batman prefers leaving his victims with permanent brain damage instead of killing them, and the Green Arrow having a fusillade of quips at Gorilla Grodd's expense. Suicide Squad Has Repartee, Neon Hues, Rock Hits but Nothing Newīy and large though, the plot of Injustice 2 serves as fodder to get some time to play as popular heroes such as Batman and Superman, to lesser known names such as Blue Beetle, Firestorm, and Black Canary. It's set after the events of the first game and has more than a few references to it, so you'll probably want to at least read up on Injustice: Gods Among Us - if you haven't played it - before jumping into Injustice 2. Most of Injustice 2's story is about two groups of superheroes (one led by Superman and the other by Batman) bickering over who has the right to live or die amidst an invasion by Brainiac - an alien cyborg that collects planets. Yes, the single-player story campaign is back and unlike another fighting game, you won't be waiting for a few months to play it. There are the usual tutorials, arcade, and versus modes along with a robust story mode. All of this results in a pace of play that's not as fast as say, BlazBlue or Guilty Gear: Xrd Sign, but good enough for most thanks to a gentle learning curve and accessible controls.Īs for the game modes, Injustice 2 brings a lot to the table. Both of these will use up portions of your meter. For example, some of the environmental attacks can be blocked, and rolling forward to evade an attack is also possible, as is an air-recovery, which lets you escape an opponent's combo early when you're in mid-air. Small tweaks to the gameplay in Injustice 2 take things forward just enough. That is not such a bad thing, considering how solid it was to begin with. There's been little by way of change to the familiar ruleset that we saw in the first Injustice. If all of this sounds familiar, it's because it is. Others like Wonder Woman and Superman can buff their existing skills, while Harley Quinn summons canines to fight by her side. A tap of the button gives Batman robot bats to use in combat, while Supergirl fires laserbeams from her eyes. And if you land a powerful enough attack, it opens up another part of the stage to lay waste to, such as transitioning from an alley to a diner.īatman v Superman Doesn't Do Justice to Casual FansĪlong the way, you'll use Traits to give you an advantage in battle. These include using a truck to wall-run across a part of a level, or a slew of alien tentacles to throw your foe into for maximum damage. This is layered with environmental interactions, such as using parts of the scenery while whaling away at your opponents. Every bar added to it allows you to use a specific kind of attack, such as interrupting an enemy super move, or pulling off your own moves in spectacular fashion. Fighting involves stringing together a combination of attacks that allow you to build your power meter. ![]() Anyone who enjoyed its predecessor will be right at home with Injustice 2. But there's more to Injustice 2 aside from its looks, though not all of that is as new. ![]()
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