I adore the comic, particularly the first two years.
Amazing writing. Actual stakes. It's my favorite writing and rendition of Harley Quinn ever as well.
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Injustice 2 Roster Discussion & Speculation Thread
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I adore the comic, particularly the first two years.
Amazing writing. Actual stakes. It's my favorite writing and rendition of Harley Quinn ever as well.
LordOfLore
Banned
In short, the Injustice universe takes place about five years after the Joker blows up Metropolis and tricks Superman into killing Lois and their unborn child.
So there's basically five "volumes" chronicling the first year, second year, third, fourth, and fifth, right up until the point the Injustice game commences, five yours into Superman's regime.
I don't think there's an omnibus of the whole thing yet, if you can find a complete "year one" or something, that covers that whole year.
Here's a link to Year One, complete for example.
Are the volumes just the individual issues in each year?
LordOfLore
Banned
Ground Zero actually goes so far as to FIX the problems of certain scenes in the original game. Like, Harley Quinn just up and joining the Joker after spending 5 years living her life without him. In the game, it's abrupt. In the comic, you have her thought balloons, hear her thoughts, and see her internal struggle, and how she's inwardly hating herself for slipping back into her old role. She knows it, she recognizes it, and she's like a moth to flame and drawn to it.
The comic really is far, far better than I ever expected a comic tie-in to be.
Making my way through some of the stuff i missed. It all looks so amazing. Captain Cold seems way more fun that i imagined at first, Bane and Scarecrow look cool too. Too bad that Catwomans face didn't get a change, i guess it was too much to expect characters like her and Adam to get better since they've been revealed later.
I'm so ready for this. Now if only the Ultimate Edition would be available for preorder her :s
I'm so ready for this. Now if only the Ultimate Edition would be available for preorder her :s
LordOfLore
Banned
Should I start with Ground Zero then?
Gotcha. Thanks.
Here are some French people trying to play this video game.
It will make you yearn for the days of Xavier Woods.
It will make you yearn for the days of Xavier Woods.
That Dude John
Member
Man, you know who was really with the shit in the comic?
Wonder Woman.
She was instigating too hard.
Wonder Woman.
She was instigating too hard.
Well, at least we see some probably near finished Aquaman. He looks good visually.
Great image quality, no aliasing, good anisotropic filtering... I wonder if the game will really look this good on the consoles. I guess it will run in 60fps and 1080p on PS4?
Do we have infos regarding the Pro mode? If the game is already stable 60fps (like most fighters) on standard PS4 they can basically only improve the resolution and visuals.
Here an older screen from Twitter that also looks pretty good IQ-wise:
lucebuce12
Member
A lot of those screenshots are bullshots, and I wouldn't read too much into them. Plus you're never actually going to be THAT zoomed in during gameplay ever.
You can watch videos of the Beta which ran incredibly smoothly on the PS4. The gameplay that they show off on their twitch channel almost weekly is also very indicative of the quality as it's running on a PS4 and not a PC.
The game in general does look AMAZING though and it runs at a perfectly locked 1080/60 with the exception of Super moves which run at 30 fps.
There's been no confirmation of a Pro version but I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a resolution increase.
TheSpoiler
Member
I remember watching a Youtube video some dude created that explained the events of the previous game in detail, including the usage of the comic book prequel to fill in the gaps. Right before he hit further into the game, I lost the name of the videos. Does anyone remember the name of that recap series?
I figured these were probably bullshots. I've also not seen one video of the game that wasn't severely compressed in quality by Youtube or Twitch. I'd really like to see what the game actually looks like. Can anyone link me to direct feed footage (video or screens)?
We're getting a Flash gameplay trailer tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/InjusticeGame/status/851117513521811456
https://twitter.com/InjusticeGame/status/851117513521811456
Dammit why do they keep doing this? Lol.
It's like how we had the IGN video for Swampy and then a break down on stream afterwards. I wanna see some Green Arrow gameplay
.Edit: I want to jump right in that Monday night before release but Best Buy here isn't doing a midnight release
. I'm still going through them because of my GCU and reward certificates, but what are the odds of Redbox having this game available at launch? I'm so impatient lol.
I don't know if there really is any. Typically Gamersyde has the best footage. They tend to capture high bitrate direct footage for some games. However, it looks like all they have is what was released by WB:
http://www.gamersyde.com/game_3614_en.html
Still might be better original bit rate stuff than after it gets compressed for YouTube.
Galactic Specter
Member
The KO animations need to be fix, the way the characters bounce across the stage like a basketball and get up only to fall back down looks incredibly silly.
CaptainKashup
Neo Member
This is was taken from the beta
Waitwaitwait, is that a new Beta or unseen screenshots from the old one ? I'm confused
That's my screenshots from the older beta.
This is was taken from the beta
Is that the PS4 version? It's heavily compressed though. I see lots of compression artifacting.
Thanks though.
Ah, I completely foget about Gamersyde. Yes, they have the most recent trailers in pretty good quality.
Is that the PS4 version? It's heavily compressed though. I see lots of compression artifacting.
Thanks though.
I guess imgur is pretty terrible.
Hopefully this has less compression.
I guess imgur is pretty terrible.
Hopefully this has less compression.
Much better, thanks.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Netherrealm's take on this?
Galactic Specter
Member
Netherrealm's take on this?
But more armory because NRS has a hard on for putting armor on DC characters
There better be gear of normal costumes.
KelpPlankton
Member
NRS has had some pretty big problems with female characters in the past, but honestly as of MKX and now Injustice 2 they've improved quite a bit with their character designs and outfit designs. They're working on being better and while they're not quiiite there yet it's at least been some good progress. Especially since they've put a lot of focus on making the MK girls have major story roles and a lot of personality, as well as outfits that aren't just like strips of cloth wrapped around their nipples. MKX was solid. Not perfect but solid. Injustice 2 doesn't seem to have any problems other than the typical half-naked superheroine stuff that's been standard for these characters, unfortunately, for decades now.
I haven't seen anyone really voice any problems with Injustice 2 specifically that aren't really just problems with the comic book industry or video game industry as a whole though so I dunno what you ran into. But it's probably just more of that.
Like I said, at least NRS is making an effort to improve their designs. And with this game, you can customize people and give them looks that are less provocative if you want, which is also good.
What's their rationale for arguing I2 is sexist? What happened?
Ever since MKX, NRS has been pretty "woke".
ArgyleReptile
Banned
Wouldn't go as far as to call them "woke", but NRS appears to be doing right by many of the female characters. They've come a long way from MK9.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
That's a good point. I wouldn't have minded if Raven and Hawkgirl came back over Bane and Black Adam. I would say I have hopes for the DLC, but...yeah.
You will get one female DLC character and that's it.
Probably Starfire.
Also you are crazy Bane and Adam were far more fun to play and watch then Raven and Hawkgirl, and I say that as someone who played Raven.
Should have ditched Cyborg and Blue Beetle, maybe Deadshot.
That's a weird issues to take umbrage with, especially given how prominent the female characters in the narrative of the stories and the variety often given to us.
About a third of the roster is female. I mean, yeah, more girls are always appreciated, but it's a helluva lot better than the rosters of the actual comic and movie universes these days...
By comparison, I'd say this isn't half-bad. Comparable to the original.
I mean, it's not Dead or Alive's girl-centric slapfest, but it's not bad given the source material skews so heavily male-centered.
Hawkgirl single-handily helped me clear all the hardest modes in the game. Her mace-dive was god-tier.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
I'm thinking we'll get two.
I never bothered with either, so it'd be no skin off my bones if they were gone. Besides, I liked Hawkgirl's gameplay. I just like Raven as a character.
Getting rid of Cyborg and Blue Beetle would have opened the game up to other criticisms. Admittedly, I am still a bit disappointed in that aspect, but Firestorm lessened the blow and I have hopes for some diverse DLC characters.
I fully expect two female dlc characters as well. What's everyone's predictions for the first dlc character pack? I assume we're getting 3 sets of 3 here. I hope they show Cyborg off soon because if there was anyone in need of a complete overhaul it was him. Just not any fun to play with at all.
ArgyleReptile
Banned
Cyborg will probably be one of the last characters shown off and I doubt he'll have much fanfare when it happens. I also don't expect much of a change in his fighting style either.
As for the first DLC pack, it's hard to say. Starfire and Constantine have the highest chance to show up first along with whatever guest character NR wants to force in.
God I hope we get Constantine lol. Something tells me that might not happen, though. I think it might be Starfire, Red Hood and Spawn. I don't really want Red Hood but people seem to want him badly. The only thing I've noticed about Cyborg is that his trait now is that motherbox but no clue how it works. I wish his Zipline move was better, I hated it in the first game. Should be commands and not just directional IMO
Edit: if you're reading this, GGs again 2n2!
ArgyleReptile
Banned
I think Constantine will be in and he'll have some of Zatanna's moves.
Don't care about Red Hood and with Deadshot's inclusion, I don't expect him.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Mother Box was re-purposed from Zod's ability in the first game.
I sure hope so. A lot of people have said "how would he work? He doesn't physically fight anyone". But as we've seen Dr. Fate doesn't either. All his attacks including normals are magic based, that gives me hope.
If it was that then I might actually give Cyborg a shot haha.