Dictator Superman (M. Superbison?) is back, but so is a giant nerd from outer space! Can the Justice League reunite to conquer their greatest/greenest foe over the course of at least three hours of prerendered story scenes? Let’s find out!
Injustice 2
2017
NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive
Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mobile
Available Superpowers:
- Heat Vision
- Super Breath
- Flight (mainly for throwing)
- Super Strength (mainly for super punching)
Noted Opponents:
- Bane
- Captain Cold
- Cheetah
- Deadshot
- Gorilla Grodd
- Poison Ivy
- Scarecrow
- Brainiac
Is Superman Invincible?
There are barely any references left from their first adventure, but it is assumed that every last “mortal” in this cast is still on that equalizing super drug. So Superman is super, just like everybody else. And Brainiac actually faux-kills Superman in this one (he gets better, as is tradition), so he’s arguably even less invincible than last time.
Is Superman Homicidal?
Batman has a strict no-kill policy, Superman patently does not. However, in all the chaos of story mode (and after taking some time off to pretend to be dead), Superman’s only confirmed kill is Brainiac, and that is even only in a single “choose your own adventure” path. This Injustice Superman is practically a saint! (Except that one part where he screws up and destroys two whole cities… but that was an accident!).
Is it any fun?
This is the most indulgent of the DC fighting games (yet). Story mode is practically more movie than game, and you will note that we only got through barely half of it in the same time it took to finish the previous two (fighting) games. And it’s not like this is a complicated tale! Two sides have two ideas, neophyte Supergirl must choose a faction, and somebody has to punch the goober a bunch. It’s not complicated! But, while story mode is overwrought, the fighting is fun, and the roster does give us both Swamp Thing and Dex-Starr.
Charm Point
Everybody always wants to be a ninja turtle.
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Random Notes:
- BEAT, fanboymaster, Cassandralyn, Chrome, Mags, and me are all here. Scrabblenauts is done, moving on to Injustice 2.
- Chromes provides an explanation for their name. He still never told me how to spell it… Oh well, time for everyone to describe our various teenage handles.
- I explore the “lore friendly lootboxes” of Injustice 2 while it takes ten minutes to get to gameplay in this story mode. We’re off to a great start!
- Black Canary’s butt is jutting out “impudently”.
“What the My Chemical Romance fuck is this?”- Remember that time Silver Surfer killed Satan? Tom Hardy should try that.
- Iggy Pop guest starred on Pete & Pete and Star Trek Deep Space Nine (and, in the latter, opposite Brainiac).
- “Purring” Catwoman leads to a complete discussion of Emperor’s New Groove.
- AJ Vark joins as we are examining further voice actors of Injustice 2.
- Thanks to Reel Big Fish, we talk about “everybody’s first album”. … Also, Caithness snuck in here at some point.
- “Am I the reincarnation of Clover Department Stores?” “Possibly.”
- Caliscrub joins and once again demands to see playable Superman. We’re getting there! Eventually!
- “You have your whole life ahead of you. Don’t fuck it up like I did.”
- As Mags rejoins, I officially give in to peer pressure and quit story mode.
- I explain my crimes committed against Injustice 2. Long story short, I may have a source crystal debt I will never work off…
- There are invitations to join the morb-le-high club as we head into generic Versus mode.
- Hellboy leads to Turtle time (just for BEAT).
- And we close with Gorilla Grodd fighting Black Adam for the fate of the DC universe… Or something.
- But there is just enough time to examine Superman’s fupa.
On the next adorable issue: Special guest stars!
Cowabunga