Injustice: Gods Among Us

That's what turned Superman into one of the most evil dictators ever. Forget Nero, Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, and those others. Try imagining having a nearly indestructible man as your leader. Make him a not-very-nice man. Then make him someone that used to be a hero to you, but grief and loss turned him into a man as insane as The Joker. But more powerful. Would you want to kill him? Would you try to end his reign? Then take into consideration the fact that Kryptonite probably costs near a billion dollars on the black market. By then you probably would have lost all hope. That's the situation we are all currently in in a parallel universe. That's the DC Theory.

Injustice: Gods Among Us is one of the most brilliantly-conceived, gloriously-animated video games out there. The fighting style is swift and the moves are beautiful. As difficult as the combos are to learn, once they are applied correctly, the result can be spectacular.

The Story is surprisingly inventive and moving for a video game; I almost wished DC had decided to make it into a movie instead. The Story uses the intriguing idea of different universes. In the DC universe we know and love, everything is familiar. The Joker is terrorizing the Justice League (and the world) with another of his maniacal Metropolis-destroying schemes. We see an all-out war going on between DC's best known superheroes and not-so-super-villains. As Flash and Green Arrow observe the more-powerful heroes (Superman, Wonder Woman) fighting the most menacing villains (Doomsday, etc.), Arrow calls them gods. Flash responds, "What does that make us?" Arrow replies cleverly, "The people that clean up the mess." Throughout the game--which can almost be called a movie--such trivial dialogue occurs.

Not to long into the game, a mind-blowing plot point occurs. A few of the members are transported into another universe--one that appears to be a lot like ours, with other versions of themselves. Although it appears to be a lot like ours, it is in contrast almost the opposite. Sure, Lex Luthor and Superman are still enemies...but their roles are reversed. Instead, though, Superman isn't struggling to become president...he is pretty much Supreme Ruler of the entire world...except for Atlantis.

One funny moment is when Cyborg is accidentally transported to the other universe (after all the others) and eavesdrops upon Lex Luthor's conversation with Deathstroke about defeating Superman. Cyborg then charges in and fights them, only to find out after beating them that he is on the same side as they.

The rest of the game is just as exciting, with funny moments, tragic moments, epic moments, and definitely some thought-provoking moments. Throughout the game it is appalling to see Superman--one of our greatest heroes--trying to bring upon us what he considers "world peace". Here it's really just a fancy word(s) for world destruction.

This game was amazing but... some of the game characters were OP and the controls were some what hard to get used to. If you like Soul Calibur you will like this game. Noe there are some minor problems on this game like it will freeze on my XBOX 360 250gb and making me restart my whole XBOX. Otherwise this was a pretty awesome games. On app store this game does lag a lot anything below the 4s. Personally i like it on IOS. So overall i really loved this game but with some minor issues i had to give it 9 out of 10.. for the lag and Xbox problems. I really hope they fix this. This game is worth the money that you spend, but if you like batman buy batman ark ham origins which is like 18 out of 10 ye i said it 18 out of 10 best game ever... but thats a whole different topic

'Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)' tells a tale of alternate universes, evil Supermen and fist-fights in the street. It's a fighting game focused on DC characters from the developers of the 'Mortal Kombat' series, with battles that play out in a very similar fashion to the newer 'MK' titles. Of course, they aren't quite as violent. They are, however, hectic and high-powered. Not only can you perform regular special moves (mapped to a combination of directional inputs and face button presses), you can also perform devastating super attacks which cinematically remove a huge chunk of your opponent's health. You can also use the environment to batter your foes and even knock them off the edge of the map, sending them rocketing into each stage's second area. One of the more superfluous problems with the game is the inherent disconnect between street-level characters such as Green Arrow or, even, Batman and God-like characters such as Superman; the battles should be over in seconds, and the super moves vary from 'that looks like it hurts' to 'that would literally kill you'. Still, this is an inevitable consequence of allowing any member of such a diverse roster to fight another and, really, you wouldn't want it any other way. The roster is pretty great, with heroes and villains from across the entire DC line-up. These feature heavily in the game's rather good - if somewhat complex - story, which mixes cut-scenes with traditional fights in an effective way. Alongside this, there are various arcade ladders for each character, a challenge mode and, of course, the one-on-one fights - either online or in-person - that act as the bread and butter of any fighting game. Overall, this is a distinct and entertaining experience. It's easy to jump into - and abuse special moves - but it's difficult to master, with combo chains requiring precise timing. It's a really fun time, especially with a friend. Any fan of DC should give this a go. 8/10

I've never been a big D.C. (or Marvel for that matter) fan, and I've played fewer fighting games than almost any other genre. In other words, I'm not the target audience for this game. Yet I really enjoyed every moment of 'Injustice: Gods Among Us'. I don't know what die- hard fighting fans will make of it; maybe it's too accessible for some of them, but as a relatively casual player I can't think of much to criticise. I *do* wish that Batman's playstyle was a little smoother -- playing him seems a little trickier than the rest of the characters. The story is surprisingly good - the fighting fits within the narrative rather than the other way around, and this is probably why it was such a success. The sequence of events feels natural, and not just an excuse to line up the next opponent. Many of the story fights actually add to the plot in some sense, and so the player is always left with an impression of progress which runs much deeper than just beating the current level. I bought this game in the sales but would in retrospect happily pay full price -- the amount of content is *very* impressive. There are enough unique challenges to not only acquaint you with all the characters, moves and settings, but to also fill dozens if not hundreds of hours. (The fact that I haven't logged many more hours on this is largely due to the fact that I'm not very good with fighting games and just *know* that I won't get very far with the additional content.) This game, in brief, is definitely worth your money and time

As a massive fan of the Tekken fighting games, i am always wary of getting other fighting games, but as a super hero fan, i simply had to give this game a shot. What I ended up with was an enjoyable game with simple enough controls to get to grips with, but there is scope to learn to use the moves of each character to incredible effect.

The game has a story mode that is far superior to most fighting games, and the level of detail that has been put in to the S.T.A.R. labs missions makes the 1 player content last much longer while not seeming like too much of a grind. I was also glad that the studio didn't make superman and batman the instant pick that they may have been being the famous pair, the other characters are all very competitive for 2 player use.

If your favorite character is not one of the 24 playable ones, you can almost guarantee that they will have a cameo in the game somewhere, and with down-loadable content on the way, the games longevity will be increased.

I would recommend this game to any fan of fighting games and/or DC comics characters, and i hope that this becomes a franchise of games, not just a one off. Note to Disney: make a game like this for Marvel characters, there is lots of money to be made!