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Injustice 2 Roster Discussion & Speculation Thread

kind of strange that NRS made the joker more handsome than he is traditionally depicted. also his voice doesn't match his face to me. he looks young and has a old sounding voice.
 
kind of strange that NRS made the joker more handsome than he is traditionally depicted. also his voice doesn't match his face to me. he looks young and has a old sounding voice.

Yeah, the voice doesn't really mesh with this rendition to me. I think something less exaggerated and more sinister fits better with his visuals. The exaggerated voice fits better with his classic, more exaggerated long face. I would have preferred that both Harley and Joker tone turn down their character's voices a notch.
 
For those wondering like myself, what the god and demon shader that comes w/ the deluxe preorder looks like...
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here is some examples that i could find.

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Yeah, the voice doesn't really mesh with this rendition to me. I think something less exaggerated and more sinister fits better with his visuals. The exaggerated voice fits better with his classic, more exaggerated long face. I would have preferred that both Harley and Joker tone turn down their character's voices a notch.
Troy Baker would've probably fit better with the younger look.
 
My continued theory is that they are too nice, and Richard Epcar really likes voicing the Joker, so they aren't going to switch him out.

That said, well I really liked him in the first game, he really doesn't fit that model.
Either does Starwars.
 
For those wondering like myself, what the god and demon shader that comes w/ the deluxe preorder looks like...
As expected, the Gods shader will look good on everyone and the demon shader will only really look good on a few characters.

Thanks for the pictures!!
 
Can the content from the Ultimate edition be purchased separately?
I would be legitimately surprised if you can't.

They might make that stuff only available for a limited time exclusively to Ultimate Edition owners, and then eventually make them available for all.

Though I don't see them doing that with the premium skins, only the shaders realistically. Premium Skins being exclusive to Ultimate Editions is way too much money on the table.
 
Just about two weeks until release and they still haven't mentioned anything regarding the PS4 Pro yet. :/
Makes me worried there either isn't a Pro mode (has happened before) or it is probably pretty negligible. Maybe not even a higher resolution mode...
 
My continued theory is that they are too nice, and Richard Epcar really likes voicing the Joker, so they aren't going to switch him out.

That said, well I really liked him in the first game, he really doesn't fit that model.
Either does Starwars.

He's been doing the voice for them since MK vs. DC, so yeah, your theory probably is correct. But I appreciate when a company doesn't treat its employees as disposable, and Mark Hamill certainly isn't hurting for work, so I'm glad Epcar is back.

Anyway I'm sure the voice will fit when everyone puts him in his purple suit.
 
Just about two weeks until release and they still haven't mentioned anything regarding the PS4 Pro yet. :/
Makes me worried there either isn't a Pro mode (has happened before) or it is probably pretty negligible. Maybe not even a higher resolution mode...

Higher res would be the most they could do considering how delicate frame timing is in fighters. Not sure why they wouldn't.
 
I find the prospect of CW skins to be pretty pointless. It's not like they're going to use the actors and record new lines. They can just have the costumes as gear pieces. I'd rather skins all be ones that turn a character into a new one in-universe.
 
Higher res would be the most they could do considering how delicate frame timing is in fighters. Not sure why they wouldn't.
I'm worried they leave it as it is in or if they have a high res mode they don't let you downsample. All happened before. :/
It's 2 weeks before release, they could at least say something.
 
I find the prospect of CW skins to be pretty pointless. It's not like they're going to use the actors and record new lines. They can just have the costumes as gear pieces. I'd rather skins all be ones that turn a character into a new one in-universe.
That's exactly what they'll do.
 
I was going to say, they had Stephen Amell come in and do that for I1. I can easily see Grant Gustin doing it for the Flash as well. Now for major DCEU actors? fuck no lol.

I'm thinking they might get Gal Gadot and Momoa cause they're not huge megastars.

Batman has a mask and Superman was already given a face that's 90% Henry Cavill so they don't need them.
 
I'm thinking they might get Gal Gadot and Momoa cause they're not huge megastars.

Batman has a mask and Superman was already given a face that's 90% Henry Cavill so they don't need them.

Maybe if you're nearsighted and squint. Let's edge that back to a 60%.
 
So who are we all planning to main?

My possible mains in no particular order:

Brainiac
Swamp Thing
Scarecrow
Dr. Fate
Captain Cold
Darkseid
Atrocitus

Secondaries (no particular order):

Poison Ivy
Bane
Gorilla Grodd
Harley Quinn
Aqua Man
Blue Beetle
Firestorm (hopefully we'll get a Deathstorm premier skin)

Just about two weeks until release and they still haven't mentioned anything regarding the PS4 Pro yet. :/
Makes me worried there either isn't a Pro mode (has happened before) or it is probably pretty negligible. Maybe not even a higher resolution mode...

Higher res would be the most they could do considering how delicate frame timing is in fighters. Not sure why they wouldn't.

I'm worried they leave it as it is in or if they have a high res mode they don't let you downsample. All happened before. :/
It's 2 weeks before release, they could at least say something.

I'm really hoping for at least a 1440p resolution, I mean we got it with KOFXIV. 1800p would be sick.
 
Maybe if you're nearsighted and squint. Let's edge that back to a 60%.

Whatever. Their intentions were obvious.

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Now :

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They're not identical since they had keep another actor's proportions for the motion cap, but the facial structure and hairline are not fooling anybody :p .
 
Am I the only one that (while I realize it's stupid to harp on) is immediately taken out of the game when I see Joker fucking up a character like Superman? Like...I know it's a fighting game and all and I don't expect them to NOT balance characters for the sake of the game not being shit, it's just...not something my brain can easily "switch off" enough for it to not be totally jarring.
 
Cavill's hair parts on the other side of his head. I'm sure the DCEU Superman skin will have have a different hairstyle. Even the Man of Steel Superman skin in Injustice 1 has a different hairstyle than the default model.
 
Green Arrow, Black Canary, Firestorm, Supergirl, and Flash each with unique reactions against everyone? We'll see.

There won't be unique reactions against everyone, but the Amell skin had enough reactions to make sense of most of them. They can get them in there for an hour. The CW folk already lend their voices to the animated Vixen too.

Also they'll just look cool and familiar.
 
Am I the only one that (while I realize it's stupid to harp on) is immediately taken out of the game when I see Joker fucking up a character like Superman? Like...I know it's a fighting game and all and I don't expect them to NOT balance characters for the sake of the game not being shit, it's just...not something my brain can easily "switch off" enough for it to not be totally jarring.

Well if it makes you feel any better, in the comics they use "pills" that boosts their abilities.

You can also tell yourself Superman is fighting near Kryptonite.
 
There won't be unique reactions against everyone, but the Amell skin had enough reactions to make sense of most of them. They can get them in there for an hour. The CW folk already lend their voices to the animated Vixen too.

Also they'll just look cool and familiar.

Didn't Amell just record preexisting dialogue in his own voice for the Arrow skin in I1? That makes it a whole lot easier.

Oh and I almost forgot, I shall also main Grodd hahaha. That restand is going to fuck people up big time.
 
Didn't Amell just record preexisting dialogue in his own voice for the Arrow skin in I1? That makes it a whole lot easier.

Oh and I almost forgot, I shall also main Grodd hahaha. That restand is going to fuck people up big time.

I'm not sure if it was pre existing, but it was generic.

I don't expect big custom CW based discussions between the characters lol.
 
So how does it with the premiere skins work? are there only 3 skins? does every character get one? can you unlock them in the game?
 
So how does it with the premiere skins work? are there only 3 skins? does every character get one? can you unlock them in the game?

We don't know how many there are or who gets them yet, beyond the three included in the Ultimate Edition, Cyborg's Grid, and Captain Cold's Mr Freeze.

You can unlock them in-game, but it's not clear if they're tied to achievements or the drop system or what. Grid is unlocked on consoles via the mobile game. Freeze is unknown. The ultimate edition ones are unlikely to be unlockable in-game.
 
We don't know how many there are or who gets them yet, beyond the three included in the Ultimate Edition, Cyborg's Grid, and Captain Cold's Mr Freeze.

You can unlock them in-game, but it's not clear if they're tied to achievements or the drop system or what. Grid is unlocked on consoles via the mobile game. Freeze is unknown. The ultimate edition ones are unlikely to be unlockable in-game.

Ah okay, thanks.
 
I thought during one of the watchtower streams they said premier skins are in drops like everything else.

Yeah, except since then the only skins we've actually seen were Mr Freeze (probably a drop?), Grid (not a drop) and the three from the ultimate edition (not a drop).

There's a lot they're not telling us yet, including if there's a LOT of these skins, or if we end up with like, one or two as loot and the rest of them locked behind other methods.
 
Ahuh, not a fan of timed shit. There's still emblems and banners I am missing on mkx due to the living towers.

Living towers stopped working properly after the first year. It just cycling through the holidays, the old MK's and Scorpion's toweres.NRS never fixed it. Its going to suck if they're locking gear behind them and the same thing happens in IJ2.
 
I would be legitimately surprised if you can't.

They might make that stuff only available for a limited time exclusively to Ultimate Edition owners, and then eventually make them available for all.

Though I don't see them doing that with the premium skins, only the shaders realistically. Premium Skins being exclusive to Ultimate Editions is way too much money on the table.
Man, I think I'll end up picking it up, just to be on the safe side.

Also, the Joker's look reminds me of Trowa.
 
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