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Injustice 2 - Introducing Black Manta
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ambar_hitman
Member
He looks quite healthy to me.
Edit: Best victory scene in the game.
Edit: Best victory scene in the game.
Irishmantis
Member
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beyond_death
Member
He looks awesome. Glad he's coming first.
That Dude John
Member
So, is the implication from the dialogue that the Injustice Black Manta is Aqualad?
No magic though.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That victory outro:
Nah, the OG Black Manta's dad was killed by Aquaman. Kaldur is still a good guy on Regime Earth as of the I2 comics. Black Manta would be using magic if it was Kaldur.
That win pose holy shit
If your referring to the father thing, Arthur killed BM's father thinking he was BM
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If your referring to the father thing, Arthur killed BM's father thinking he was BM
Yup It was dope
That Dude John
Member
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
Maybe he will breath new life into the game for me. I haven't been enjoying it lately but that could be a combination of over playing and not being what I actually want which is a new MK.
He looks very cool but I'm not sure about what looks like flight cancels. Hope majority of that ends up being ability related.
He looks very cool but I'm not sure about what looks like flight cancels. Hope majority of that ends up being ability related.
SENPAIatLARGE
Banned
Now that's a proper DLC character.
guess I'm not alone on this lol
That victory outro:
guess I'm not alone on this lol
PleaseDontBanMe
Banned
do these passes ever go on sale?
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Not a fan of Injustice gameplay but man do they know how to make a trailer.
Black Manta looks fantastic.
Black Manta looks fantastic.
christiankid7
Member
Excellent. Can't wait to see more.
Glad he has his daggers
Glad he has his daggers
It's Raiden
I just saw a hat on my phone screen. Ugh, I'm so disappointed now.
Melkezadek
Member
So mained.
Also, I think this is the first time I've noticed the music in an NRS trailer. Sounded really cool.
Also, I think this is the first time I've noticed the music in an NRS trailer. Sounded really cool.
BackwardCap
Member
Looks ok but gameplay wise he seems like a boring mixture of several other characters.
christiankid7
Member
I don't think it will happen, but its still possible. Perhaps its another of his 1p dialogues or its a 2p intro quote
The worst thing about these trailers is that 1 or 2 of these moves are always abilities. I'm ready for an Injustice 3 where they do away with abilities/gear stats and hopefully incorporate some of these ability moves and make it a tag game lol. I think his fly move will be his trait. Looks like a lot of fun. StarFire and Manta are so far the coolest dlc characters.
Er... Hm. Ok, the lines with Aquaman felt very anti-rivalry, and just like random lines thrown together. Why didn't they namedrop each other or say something that COULDN'T be used in any other conversations?
His gameplay looks nicest. The Not-exactly-flight combos are unique, and the use of tech makes him feel like they're going more for another shade of DC Ironman / War Machine, rather than just some Atlantean dude. I didn't expect all the bladed daggers and such, but it really makes him appear as if he has ability and technique all over the place, which is good. I was surprised by the water-spot from behind the opponent (even if it's just a repurposing of the stage hazard that was in the game back from Injustice 1).
Him super... When your rival summons a wholly new aquatic area to skewer you, while feeding you to a shark... just skewering, staying in the same environment, pulling them back in, and then doing a laser beam that many of the cast could do, seems lacking. It really feels almost half-finished, or like they needed to save resources for something else.
And then that victory pose... the opposite walk direction of Ralf's Climax DM ending in KoF XIV, lol.
It's very cool, but... WHY? Why do they use something that striking and dramatic for a victory pose, while leaving his Super to look so plain? It feels entirely out of nowhere on an aquatic-based character too, especially since almost nothing else he has even suggest something like THAT would show up.
Netherrelm's design philosophies can often times just be baffling to me, and he's full of stuff that just looks like it'd be so much cooler and coherent in some other companies hands. Though I mostly know Manta via DC animation, so maybe there's a lot of nuance that fits him, that bigger fans can enjoy.
But for me, as the character I was probably most interested in directly in this fighter pack... I'm simply whelmed.
His gameplay looks nicest. The Not-exactly-flight combos are unique, and the use of tech makes him feel like they're going more for another shade of DC Ironman / War Machine, rather than just some Atlantean dude. I didn't expect all the bladed daggers and such, but it really makes him appear as if he has ability and technique all over the place, which is good. I was surprised by the water-spot from behind the opponent (even if it's just a repurposing of the stage hazard that was in the game back from Injustice 1).
Him super... When your rival summons a wholly new aquatic area to skewer you, while feeding you to a shark... just skewering, staying in the same environment, pulling them back in, and then doing a laser beam that many of the cast could do, seems lacking. It really feels almost half-finished, or like they needed to save resources for something else.
And then that victory pose... the opposite walk direction of Ralf's Climax DM ending in KoF XIV, lol.
It's very cool, but... WHY? Why do they use something that striking and dramatic for a victory pose, while leaving his Super to look so plain? It feels entirely out of nowhere on an aquatic-based character too, especially since almost nothing else he has even suggest something like THAT would show up.
Netherrelm's design philosophies can often times just be baffling to me, and he's full of stuff that just looks like it'd be so much cooler and coherent in some other companies hands. Though I mostly know Manta via DC animation, so maybe there's a lot of nuance that fits him, that bigger fans can enjoy.
But for me, as the character I was probably most interested in directly in this fighter pack... I'm simply whelmed.
christiankid7
Member
Because that's what they are. Manta's dialogue is new, but they recycle the default cast's dialogue for DLC characters
This. Voice actors strike kinda fucked up some of the would be awesome dlc dialogue.
I thought I heard some new stuff on the previous DLC characters. Well, a shame then! It sounds especially stilted here.
Looks kinda lika Kamen Rider or something.
Because Manta is a crazy psychopath that goes way overboard and leaves death and destruction in his wake.
He will kill everyone and everything in his way to even cause a mild annoyance to Aquaman.
He is by far the most evil person in the game.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Damn he looks tight!
So uh, someone on Reddit with a good eye caught something interesting in that trailer. At one point, Swamp Thing air dashes with his wings. This is not currently a move or ability in the game so that means we're either getting new abilities or Swamp Thing is getting a nice buff.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
But Joker's in the game.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Spongebob's Man-Ray was inspired by this character, right?
According to a leak, were getting a Man Ray like shader for him lol.
Etrian Oddity
Member
Injustice 2 has one of the best stage themes I've ever heard in a fighting game. So fucking good.
I almost typed the samething earlier. Let's hope they stop putting abilities in the gameplay trailers