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Injustice has a few new things that aren’t common to the average fighting game, including an extensive Story Mode, an XP system, and a mission-like adventure called S.T.A.R. Labs.

Story mode kicks off with one hell of a cutscene, something that will leave your jaw wide open. You may have been spoiled elsewhere, but I’m not going to do that here. After the cinematic, you get to play as Batman to start things off. With your first opponent being Lex Luthor, you initiate a small mini-game before the actual match. However, this is not a pew-pew, Galaga type mini-game. This determines how your match is going to start. Let me explain. Lex is your opponent, but before the match starts, you get these simple commands (press B or Y, etc…) that flash pretty quickly at the bottom-right corner of the screen. If done correctly, you throw a batarang to keep Lex from approaching you. I failed this exercise because of how excited I was, but the point is, if you win the game, Lex starts the real match with a chunk of his life missing. If you lose, Lex will keep his life heading into the match. The matches from here on out vary, and you get a chance to play as most of the characters throughout story mode.

If you’re familiar with the trial/challenge/mission modes in most fighting games, then you will absolutely love S.T.A.R. Labs. There are tons of missions to do in this mode, and sometimes even missions within missions. The copy I got to play had over 200 and it still wasn’t the complete build of the game. Every character has a few objectives to complete. As far as the mission within the mission idea, they’ll ask you to do something simple like defeat Black Adam. However, within the same challenge, they’ll ask you to do something like throw Black Adam 10 times, land 8 special moves and perform 2 supers, all before defeating him. All of this, as well as story mode, help you gain XP and level up, which we will discuss later. Remember the Lex Luthor mini-game I mentioned earlier? Well, S.T.A.R. Labs has some surprises of its own. One of the missions I did had a simple task: defeat Harley Quinn. What made this match random was that Two-Face is part of the mission, standing in the background tossing his coin and yelling out heads or tails, correspond to the first and second players respectively. As the sides are called out, he takes pot shots at the fighter whose side is called out. Here I am pulling off one of my sexy combos on Harley and it stops, only to see that Two-Face isn’t there to look cute in the background. I found this to be an extremely cool addition to the mission, and it’s things like these that help set S.T.A.R. Labs apart and keep it interesting.

After spending any amount of time in either the story or S.T.A.R. Labs modes, you’ll have a bit of racked up XP. This currency can be used to unlock things like icons, achievements, skins, and badges. It also helps you level up within the game, which unlocks further tiers with bigger and better rewards, similar to the Krypt in Mortal Kombat.

My time with the game made me very impressed with the way its turning out. While the combat mechanics are on point, the game also offers a story mode unlike anything seen in fighting games before, as well as a few fun diversions in the S.T.A.R. Labs when you want to check out what else the game has to offer.

iceweb38 wrote:It's good to see that DC fans are going to be in for a treat.
It just makes me even more eager to see how their next MK game will shape up, even if it won't be on the current gen

One rumor that is going to make me SUPER HAPPY if it happens to be true:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/19/final-fantasy-x-hd-includes-x-2-on-ps3-not-on-vita

Now to wonder where the hell I am going to find 300+ hours to spend on both games

Don Vecta wrote:I'm getting both PS3 and PC versions. PC most likely will create a mod community just like GTA so things might become more interesting.

Guess late 2013 will have some nice games to play.

Saven wrote:

iceweb38 wrote:It's good to see that DC fans are going to be in for a treat.
It just makes me even more eager to see how their next MK game will shape up, even if it won't be on the current gen

One rumor that is going to make me SUPER HAPPY if it happens to be true:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/19/final-fantasy-x-hd-includes-x-2-on-ps3-not-on-vita

Now to wonder where the hell I am going to find 300+ hours to spend on both games

I would rather have FFX and FFXII's special editions remastered in HD instead. I would buy it day one.

Benny26 wrote:Saint's Row IV trailer has been released. Game release date has been put forward as 23th August.



As the storyline goes, the Third Street Saints have become leaders of the free world after their boss was elected president of the United States. But things quickly turn bad when a catastrophic alien invasion occurs and the characters are transported into a Steelport simulation. Players will have access to insane superpowers and alien weapons to try and fend off the attack.

It's tempting to say that Saints Row is getting too stupid now...but then that's always been the case so what the hell.

I 100% won't be buying this day 1 like i did with SR: The Third though (boy was that game a letdown)..I'll be waiting for the fanbase reaction first, and I'll bet I'm not the only one who's going to do that.

bazzza wrote:
Really a HD version of the 2 worst final fantasy games in the series I want square to what most of the world want and that is HD versions of VII and VIII.

Don Vecta wrote:

Benny26 wrote:Saint's Row IV trailer has been released. Game release date has been put forward as 23th August.



As the storyline goes, the Third Street Saints have become leaders of the free world after their boss was elected president of the United States. But things quickly turn bad when a catastrophic alien invasion occurs and the characters are transported into a Steelport simulation. Players will have access to insane superpowers and alien weapons to try and fend off the attack.

It's tempting to say that Saints Row is getting too stupid now...but then that's always been the case so what the hell.

I 100% won't be buying this day 1 like i did with SR: The Third though (boy was that game a letdown)..I'll be waiting for the fanbase reaction first, and I'll bet I'm not the only one who's going to do that.

Dafuq? Aliens? President of the US? Where's the GTA alternative it used to be when SR2 got released? Man, SR2 was pure golden and I consider was the best of the series. SR3 went way too vulgar and coarse and didn't even bother buying it.

Allow me to also be on the sidewalk as it's get released. If I see it's more crap then will be a R.I.P. for another game franchise.

bazzza wrote:What the third is the best in the series had better gameplay than the first two lot better story gameplay was smoother and the humour was better suited to the type of game. In fact with the third the first two can be forgotten and number two pure golden really it played like shit and the comedy was awful and the story....in my opinion

Criss wrote:I don't trust Netherrealm with DLC. They promised a lot with the DLC for Mortal Kombat and we got a were mute Kenshi, a mute Rain (both were good though but I mean come on...) Freddy Krueger (hooray! a character no...one...wanted...), a Ninja Chick (cool new char) and nothing but ninja palette swaps, some even on the disc. No new stages, no new fatalities, no new costumes. Jesus as much as I hate Capcom's prices they supported the crap out of SSIV.

After the shit they pulled with the Vita version and its extras, they really gotta step it up to compete with Bethesda/Rockstar Games/Bioware in terms on DLC-loyalty.

Mr.Din wrote:Would be nice if they revisited mk9 though, that complete version should get more content and a netcode fix...

bazzza wrote:

What the third is the best in the series had better gameplay than the first two lot better story gameplay was smoother and the humour was better suited to the type of game. In fact with the third the first two can be forgotten and number two pure golden really it played like shit and the comedy was awful and the story.

I am liking the look of the 4th as well with the alien invasion theme and the comedy looks even more left field it is looking good.

badjab326 wrote:The great thing about SR1 and 2, is that the humor, while over the top and ridiculous, wasn't forced down your throat like 3 and like 4 is shaping up to be. I like a bit of comedy and satire in my games, but I don't find naked people wearing chicken heads shooting people with lazer guns the least bit funny.

Hell the main problem I had with San Andreas was that it was wayy too over the top for a GTA game. And one of the main reasons I hate playing Arcade mode in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is because the ridiculous customizations used on the characters really breaks the fluidity of the game, and the personality of the characters I'm fighting.

iceweb38 wrote:Now that we're talking about it, there's a rumor saying that a PC version of MK9 is planned, based on a Amazon page.

But yeah, don't expect any MK games so soon when they seem to favor doing Batman&cie games

iceweb38 wrote:I guess we can say Capcom does what others won't, like supporting their games years after their original release.

Or remastering their classics like this one:

iceweb38 wrote:I guess we can say Capcom does what others won't, like supporting their games years after their original release.

Or remastering their classics like this one:

iceweb38 wrote:I guess we can say Capcom does what others won't, like supporting their games years after their original release.

Or remastering their classics like this one: