Injustice 2 Hands-on Preview - Gods Are Coming Back

How do you follow up the best superhero brawler since Curiosity VS Capcom? If Warner Bros. is to be believed, you shove it full of more. Just, more. More than superheroes, more supervillains, more than stages, more destruction, more flashy super moves… And they're not incorrect.

Injustice two is the textbook definition of a sequel – non much in the way of changing the game, after all, why would the fix that which is not broken? Instead Injustice 2 is just bigger and better.

It all starts with roster updates – Harley Quinn has had a complete makeover, and with two playful pups (or big brutal dogs) to assist her rip opponents to shreds. Deadshot makes a debut besides, along with more heroes and villains that are withal to exist confirmed.

What'southward so attractive about Injustice when compared to other fighters – ignoring the recognizable cast of dearest DC universe characters – is the visceral activity of it, the brutality. Street Fighter and Tekken might have you pounding faces beating people to a lurid, but Injustice is visually brilliant. Harley Quinn'southward new super involves her precious pooches, playing fetch with them before they set themselves upon your opponent, doing more than only baring teeth.

Stage transitions continue this trend – and don't the stages just look incredible? It'southward clear the extra horsepower of the new systems has gone in to making Injustice look more visually thrilling than e'er before. Triggering a phase transition is a glorious feast for the eyes, every bit ane player gets bounced off of buildings, thrown out of windows, striking by trains… Information technology makes Dead or Alive await tame past comparison.

Another add-on is more environmental interaction with the stages – this was also nowadays in the kickoff game, just to a far bottom degree. At present the background has chairs, punching bags and more than which you can often grab in order to use them against your opponent. Throw a chair, slam a colonnade into them, accident them upward with something – and what's lovely is that characters volition collaborate with the objects in a mode which suits their unique personality. Of course Superman volition be able to use his animal solar powered force, while Batman uses his smarts and equipment to get the upper hand.

Something I noticed while playing is that now the super meter tin can as well be used to perform an evasive move or to escape your enemy's philharmonic early on, which is nice. There's a whole other host of new features that couldn't really exist explored in a brief hands-on, though, starting with the Gear Organization.

This is possibly the biggest change of this sequel. NetherRealm decided to introduce a loot system which provides players with both cosmetic and functional equipment rewards after their matches, the idea being that each player will and so be able to customize a character like Batman or Superman to make it truly unique in both aesthetics and skill set up. According to NetherRealm there should be over a m options for each character in each category similar chest, legs, arms and cape; of course, there will be a matchmaking filter for those who are only interested in playing with the non-geared version of characters.

Injustice 2 is already promising a wonderful ride, that's for certain. Gorgeous graphics (though the developers have elected to nevertheless use the customized Unreal Engine 3 already seen in Mortal Kombat Ten) and impeccable gameplay combine to make i hell of an first-class fighting game that should make established titans of the genre nervous.

Injustice 2 is scheduled for a launch early next yr on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 1, with mobile ports for iOS & Android post-obit some time afterwards.