Injustice is a dream come true to many geeks and gamers around the world. It is a traditional fighting game that puts fan-favorite DC characters against each other. NetherRealm Studio managed to make an excellent game that balanced the needs of those who want to compete and those who wish to play casually.
Injustice has a lot of depth and nuance, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t be fun to have Batman fight Superman in a casual match with friends. The genre is often considered intimidating, so it is not surprising that many gamers will be slow to approach such a game. It makes sense players would want to know all that the game is about before committing to it.
10 It Feels A Lot Like Mortal Kombat
NetherRealm studio did not try to hide their origins when making this game. Although Injustice has its fair share of unique mechanics, it does feel like Mortal Kombat. Players who like Mortal Kombat should try Injustice at least once.
Some characters and archetypes are similar to those from the other NetherRealm’s franchise. In fact, the gameplay is so similar that both Injustice games have Mortal Kombat characters making guest appearances. The studio was smart when doing it, though. They even gave Raiden a skin that turns him into Black Lightning.
9 There Is No Dedicated Block Button
This is new but interesting. Unlike Mortal Kombat, Injustice does not have a dedicated block button. A design choice that is perhaps the biggest gameplay difference between the two games. Due to its block button, Mortal Kombat does not have left-right mix-ups. That is clearly not the case for Injustice.
Although it is a much more intuitive way to block attacks for those who are familiar with the genre, it might be a little harder for newcomers. Holding a dedicated button to block feels much more familiar since many action games tend to have a similar mechanic.
8 Special Moves Demand Special Commands
Injustice has a great tutorial that will teach new players to go through many of the basics. It has simple combos that happen automatically by just hitting some buttons in the proper order. The game goes as far as making game-changing moves to be performed by just pressing two buttons at once.
Most special moves will demand at least some level of complexity. Although Injustice uses inputs that are a lot like those found in Mortal Kombat, they are not as simple as those in games like Smash or Fantasy Strike.
7 You Can Enhance Special Moves
Characters have several different special moves. From eye lasers to Batarangs, special moves are an essential part of most traditional fighting games. They are used to poke the enemy, end a combo, counter-attack, and much more. Following most of the titles that came out since Street Fighter 3, players can enhance their special moves by spending part of their resources.
Enhancing a move this way will always make it better, but its changes are different for each move. For instance, an attack that was easy to punish might become safe. Some attacks might gain more significant damage or invulnerability frames.
6 You Can Trigger Stage Transitions
Players can pressure their adversaries at the corner of a stage, just like in any other fighting game. In Injustice, some normal attacks can knock characters away. Those attacks can trigger a stage transition when performed in some areas.
Stage transitions might end the corner pressure but will deal quite a lot of extra damage. They are not triggered on every side of each stage, so knowledge of the arena is almost as important as match-up knowledge. Besides, they trigger amazing scenes that have references to the comics or even cameos.
5 Some Animations Appear Odd
Weird animations are a constant in every single NetherRealm fighting game. Even though the graphics are great for its time, Injustice has some animations that stand out in a bad way. This is nothing new since Mortal Kombat 9 also had this issue. Yet, in a good-looking game that uses known characters, it is a bit harder to ignore.
On the other hand, those animations are perceived that way because the rest looks great. So it might be easy to notice when something looks odd due to the contrast, but it also makes it easy to be reminded of all the rest that works well.
4 The Story Mode Is Worth Diving Into
When it comes to story and single-player content, fighting games do not usually have much to offer. Except for Mortal Kombat 11’s story mode, developers care primarily about gameplay. Single-player modes come second, if they come at all, in most titles of the genre.
Although Injustice does have a high skill ceiling for those who want to compete seriously, they worked a lot on the story mode. NetherRealm is one of the few studios known for its effort to provide an exciting story to fighting games. Another comic would have been better, but Injustice is good on that aspect nonetheless.
3 Players Can Interact With The Stage
Injustice is a traditional fighting game with interactive objects and stages. The developers made this idea a core part of Injustice. Players have a button that is dedicated to stage interactions, resulting in more dynamic and exciting fights.
Characters might throw cars or use them to jump away from the corner. Some stages have buttons that activate missiles or other things to aid a character during the fight. That is one of the elements that made some players say that Injustice is better than Mortal Kombat.
2 Super-Moves Are Worth Doing
If players do not spend their resources enhancing their special moves, they might be able to perform a super-move. Super-moves trigger very violent cinematics that deal lots of damage. It is very entertaining to watch Doomsday punching someone through the planet’s core or Batman running over a bad guy with the Batmobile.
Super-moves are a spectacle, but they drain the whole resource bar. The super-meter will be wholly depleted even if the attack does not hit. Missing this attack will cause the adversary to have a significant advantage, though.
1 It Throws Away Comic Logic For The Sake Of Fun
There is no way that the Joker can defeat Lex Luthor in a power suit. That might feel very weird to those who are not used to other fighting games. However, they have been doing impossible battles since they arrived. Even in Street Fighter, the lore dictates that Sakura would never defeat a character like Akuma.
Still, knowing that in the story mode is all that most players need to know. When it comes to fighting games, players would rather have balance. Otherwise, Superman would easily win all battles, and there is no fun in that.
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