Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition (Review)

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8/10

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(Note: At the time of this writing, I've played for less than an hour on Steam, but I played this game WAAAAAAAAAAAY to much, back on the Xbox 360.)Well, it certainly works better than the first time the tried it. We will never speak of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe again!For any fighting game fan, or any DC fan, or any gaming fan, this game is worth your time.Well... It's *Mortal Kombat... but with DC superheroes...*(Throughout this review I will be talking about Mortal Kombat 2011, unless stated otherwise.)That's about it! It sounds stupid, but it works really well! It's like when you were at school and started conversations, or arguments, about whether The Flash or Batman would win in a fight.You've got the attacks, the combos, and the "Super Moves", which are less violent "X-Ray Moves".The Super Moves are all flawlessly executed! Batman runs you over with the Batmobile, Martian Manhunter takes you to Mars to fight a giant version of himself, and the list goes on.Fatalities have been removed, but "Clashes" have been added.Just like in Mortal Kombat, you charge up your Super Move with attacks and damage. You can track your Super Move status is tracked in a bar. That bar is also used for Clashes. You press a key to choose how much of your bar you want to use in a Clash... Basically it's a Quick Time event.While this sounds lame, the dialogue that takes place is hilarious. My personal favorite:Killer Frost: Do you ever shut up?!Green Arrow: Every other Tuesday!Fantastic.But, here's the question I'm dodging here. Is it better than Mortal Kombat?In my opinion?Yes.Here's why!Yes, this is what makes this game better, in my humble opinion, than Mortal Kombat.I know ALL of these characters. I knew every move that each character would have!In Mortal Kombat everyone was a new character to me, except for **Freddy Krueger, which I still only had a vague idea of, because I'm not into horror. You had to really take time to read the moves list just to figure out what your character did! Meanwhile, you KNOW that Superman is gonna have laser eyes and you KNOW Batman is gonna have batarangs.**(Seriously, what is up? I mean, I can kind of understand some "non-Mortal Kombat" characters being in Mortal Kombat, like Predator, because he kinda seems like a Mortal Kombat character, but really? Horror movies? Why do you need the option to play as Jason V. and Freddy K.? Seems odd, but that's just me.That's like playing a Batman game and adding in Indiana Jones as a DLC character! Sure, they're both guys with no super powers who do cool things, just like how Scorpion and Jason both really enjoy killing stuff, but do they really need to be there, let alone be on the cover!?)Some of the choices were... odd, though. Killer Frost? Ares!? ***SCORPION!? Why?***(At least they didn't put him on the cover of this game...)Still, all of the characters are fun and different to play and the Super Moves are always cool to watch and ESPECIALLY to rub in a friend's face.My personal favorite characters are Deathstroke, Nightwing, and Harley Quinn.Overall the graphics are pretty good.I wouldn't say "stunning", but I wouldn't say "bad".Some Super Moves feel cheap, Cyborg's Ultimate for example, and there is a noticeable animation error in Deathstroke's where the sword he LITERALLY THROWS INTO HIS ENEMY DISAPPEARS! I don't expect it to stay in for the rest of the match, but still...Also, regarding costumes for characters, some have FAR to many and others have... two.All these are well animated and designed, but it seem like there was some obvious pandering towards certain characters.Why does Sinestro get TWO costumes, both of which were used in the story, meanwhile Batman gets SEVEN?! It just seems unfair.Some outfits are also only unlockable by playing the Injustice mobile app, which is boring and pay to win.There is also a "zombie" mode, which gives everyone a zombie skin...Not... Not really sure what they were trying to do there...Also, if you K.O. an enemy with an attack that made him fall onto the ground, he fully stands up and falls into his "defeated" pose.All of these are very nit-picky though, and the graphics are overall well done.I thought I would put this in here because I thought it was at least interesting.Compared to Mortal Kombat this game is almost tame. The lack of blood and fatalities is almost strange, but I think needed. I wouldn't like this game nearly as much if I had to watch Batman decapitate The Flash every time I lost a round.Well, unless you're gonna pull this one out to play with friends, there is almost ZERO replay value.You can try to level up, but all you unlock are cosmetic changes to your "Hero Card" that shows your level and name, which is useless, especially since the multiplayer is dead.You can just try and get better against the bots, but that's boring.There are also the Star Lab missions, which... Oh my gosh, I must suck at this game, because I can't do ANY of the moves they want me to do.I can't really recommend anything you haven't heard before. Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Marvel VS Capcom. I have also been recommended Skullgirls, but I've never played it.This is another game I got off a trader for about $5, the normal price of this game on sale.I wouldn't recommend for it's normal $20 price tag, but would totally recommenced it on sale!I would say that the six extra characters and multiple unlocked skins make this an even better bargain, but it seems that the "Vanilla" edition is not on Steam.A solid fighter that's just fun to play! If you ever wanted to play a fighting game with your favorite DC superheroes, you really can't get much better than this!Thanks for reading! Please, support my work by joining my group , inviting friends, commenting below, and maybe even sending me something cool! As always, this is DropTheChair dropping another great review on Droppable Reviews!Let me help you guys out. Here. Download the file in this thread and extract it. Ignore what the commenters said. It does work.This file contains all of the skins that can only be unlocked through the Injustice mobile app.Go to your Injustice file in your Steam "commonapps" folder, go to "DiscContentPCS", go to "DLC", and paste the "Uncle Fester" file inside.Enjoy!