Injustice 2

'Injustice 2 (2017)' continues the story of its predecessor, picking up with a divided set of heroes and villains dealing with the aftermath of Superman's regime. It isn't long before a new threat, the ominous Brainiac, forces our superheroes to work together once again. The plot is pretty entertaining, feeling like an appropriate sequel while mitigating its predecessor's potentially confusing elements by taking place in one universe. Each chapter allows you to play as a different hero or villain and you're often given the opportunity to choose who to play as if more than one character is present. The gameplay is largely the same as in the first game, even if it is more refined. All the special moves, environmental hazards, stage transitions and super attacks you expect are present. Once again, it can be a little distracting to see someone as powerful as Superman go up against Harley Quinn, for example, but it's worth it to be be able to play with such a diverse and engaging roster (even if some of those super moves are just ridiculous). As you fight, you build up a meter which can be used on the aforementioned supers or to augment certain special moves. This adds a nice layer of depth to proceedings, as do the difficult-to-pull-off combos and bespoke character abilities. It's typically a lot of fun to play. It is somewhat unresponsive and clunky at times, though. It also has a rather heavy gear system, which allows for customisation of your characters both visually and statistically. This comes into play online but can thankfully be turned off, allowing for generally fair match-ups. The loot box system isn't too in-your-face but it is a little bothersome. Still, the piece is entirely playable without extra monetary aid. Overall, this is an entertaining fighting game that looks great, has a solid story and is especially enjoyable with friends. 8/10

The story and gameplay are amazing, and I love the graphics.

This is a must-have for fans of fighting games like me.

You don't even really need to have played the first one, I know I didn't.

Injustice 2 is the sequel to Injustice: Gods Among Us, and it has some new additions as well as a great story.

For the story mode, set five years after the events of Injustice: Gods Among Us, Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, are trying to rebuild the world after Superman's Regime is defeated, however, The Society, a group of villains led by Gorilla Grodd, has emerged for one goal: world domination. Batman has to send in heroes Black Canary and Harley Quinn, alongside Green Arrow, who has come from the other universe, to stop them. However, Supergirl is on Earth, having been rescued by Black Adam, and along with Wonder Woman, they plan to bust Superman out of his containment cell and bring the Regime back to power, all while Braniac, the mastermind of the Society, makes plans of his own.

One of the new features added to Injustice 2 is the Gear System, which allows you to customize characters using gear like masks, weapons, glove, etc, which can be gotten by either playing the game or buying Mother Boxes using in-game currency. There is a microtransaction side with Source Crystals, but that is mostly used to buy premiere skins and color palettes that can be obtained by normal gameplay (at least they are just for cosmetics and not for gameplay advantage).

Also, the roster in the game is good, as it is a mix of characters old and new. Superman and Batman do return, as does a select few characters from the first game (with Nightwing returning as Robin), as well as new characters like Gorilla Grodd, Poison Ivy, Swamp Thing, Blue Beetle, and Supergirl. Braniac serves as the final boss of the Battle Simulator mode (the game's version of Arcade Ladder) and the true antagonist of Story Mode. Also, there are the DLC characters, with the first one, Darkseid, being first as the timed pre-order exclusive, and being followed by nine more characters, who range from DC characters like Red Hood, Starfire, and Black Manta, to MK characters Sub-Zero and Raiden, to guest fighters Hellboy and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the latter sharing the same slot, as the turtle you play as is determined by the weapon you equip when changing gear). This makes for a good roster, and some characters even have premiere skins that allow them to become another character (hate Raiden being in Injustice? He has a premiere skin that turns him into Black Lightning).

As for modes, NetherRealm brings Multiverse Mode, which plays like the Living Towers in MKX, as it has events that change at certain times. This time, it has multiple events, each one having different conditions needed to play (like playing as a certain character or having a certain level for a character). However, success rewards you with Mother Boxes depending on how big a score you got, which can be opened to get gear, with some Multiverse events even having exclusive gear.

As for gameplay, it remains literally the same, the only difference is Story Mode got rid of the mini-games and instead, has chapters where certain fights allow you to choose between two characters. Injustice 2 is a good game, and deserves checking out.

I always loved Injustice: Gods Among Us from 2013! But Injustice 2 was 10 times better than they first! The Story was amazing!!! (The Story in the first game was better) but I have to say the characters and the gameplay style make this game what it is! They've added something called "The Gear System" which allows you to customize your characters. They also have the TMNT in the game!! All in all I give this game a 10/10.

This game to me has become a classic since the day this game released as it has incorporated absolutely everything brilliant about the first game but brought it up and beyond the best Mortal Kombat games in my personal opinion which many others seem to share, and you don't even need to like DC to enjoy the fluent amazing silk smooth combat system and brilliant story! Truly a masterpiece of gaming!