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Monday, June 17, 2013

Head To Head! Next Gen Wars: E3 Coveragee

By: Gabriel Roderick

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So it seems that Ps4 is wining the early battle of the console wars!

To every 2 XboxOne pre-orders 3 more Ps4 ones are popping up in the US.

Seems Sony had the best presentation and best day one exclusives.

Save a 100$ and if you're a plus member you'll get Drive Club day 1. That's a 60$ game giving buyers more money to purchase a game along with their console very smart Sony. Or spend a 100$ more day one and get nothing but a console with the XboxOne?

For Nintendo Wii U sales haven't changed much but a spike in 3DS sales after showing many amazing game for it such as a new Mario, Super Smash Bros. and of course Pokemon X and Y most slated for this year.

I was hoping Nintendo would finally reveal cross game play with their new Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. but they didn't which could seriously hurt them in the console race. They remind me of Microsoft for the last few years at E3. Promising more but never living up to it. I hope this is wrong.

Memory comes in a few different sizes:
PS4- 500 GB (usual)
XboxOne- 500 GB that's a huge jump up from their 4GB/250GB/320GB most likely because of having to always be online
Wii U- 32Gb or 8GB the 32 seems the best for 50$ and most of their games becoming available first and online on the eShop.

Price points as they stand
XboxOne- 499.99$
PS4- 399.99$
Wii U- 349.99$ (Deluxe) 299.99$ (Basic)
3DS- 169.99$ (Regular) 199.99$ (XL)
Ps Vita- 299.99$

Release Dates:
All Nintendo Products are already available.
XboxOne - Within the first two weeks of November
Ps4 - Fall most likely the last week of October, early November

I have a strong feeling where going to see some price drops most likely with the Wii U since they beat Sony on handhelds a year ago. And most likely the PsVita drop to 199.99$

You decide, I have a good feeling that the PS4 is the best choice, not have to always be online, used games for the exclusives. Most likely Ubisoft will contribute seeing as they love Sony whereas Microsoft has EA which already charge micro-transactions for everything!

Plus better day ones with the PS4, better price point, unless you are following into all these MMO's coming out then the XboxOne is the better choice because you're already always online and updates seem to go more smoothly for this situation.

E3 Coverage:
So Microsoft took the stage first in the battle of the consoles for this mornings E3. You're Xbox Gold Memberships will carry!

Many great games where shown like Dead Rising 3, Witcher 3 and of course a new Halo. This Halo was just a quick teaser but had some of the best graphics I've ever seen. Other confirmed titles include a NEW Star Wars Battlefront and a game called TitanFall. A Xbox-one exclusive which is made by past members of Infinity Ward, and looks like COD with a Mech twist. COD Ghosts is slated for a release date of November 5th, 2013, so I'm assuming that the console will also be released by then.

**Video 1 Borrowed From Xbox**

Demo plays of Battlefield 4 were shown and of course after a few failed attempts the demo gameplay was shown and well worth the wait. It looks like if you're interested in Battlefield 4, this would be the ideal console to play it on! Looks fresh! The full list of confirmed and unconfirmed and possible dates can been seen on IGN's Website (by clicking the name)

The console is confirmed to be $499.99 and be launching sometime in November. Preorder now before the first allotment is out now at Gamestop!

Ubisoft's biggest title shown was the Tom Clancy's Divison coming out for the Ps4 and Xbox-One, which story seems to be just like the movie Contagion but of course with a Medal of Honor twist. You have a group of soldiers called the "Divison" put in place when everything else fails. Granted it's post pandemic feeding off the paranoia of Black Friday etc... IT could be a prequel to Last of Us. Another cool aspect is using the tablet in order to control air strikes, so you can help out you're friends on the go.

**Video 2 Borrowed From Ubisoft**

The biggest thing is this game is a MMORPG finally one brought to the console which looks great. The interactive feel to it is borrowed from Watch Dogs, giving you the perspective on whats going on, seeing the controls and call outs! Finally it has a true MMORPG and shooter feel.

The Crew a racing game, just like Need For Speed and essentially Fast Five type deal looks great. Everyone has a role, for this racing MMO. It's gonna be great. You will be traveling throughout the US changing you're cars, no realism just arcade and fun. Customizing cars while on you're tablet is a great concept to get them in the game later on.

Sony TIME!

Only 20 minutes past what time they promised us!

New vita games coming, like this summer Telltale Games Walking Dead, 404 days which will be a vita bundle coming with now all 6 episodes of the game. And of course Final Fantasy X and X-2 have been announced for it. One exclusive PS4 game called The Order and looks great, I hate to say it but Van Helsing meets Fuse! Can't wait to see where that goes!

**Video 3 Borrowed From IGN**

February Titles:
Killzone Shadow Falls - Launch Title
Drive Club - Launch Title
InFamous Second Son - Q1 2014
Knack - Launch Title

The Dark Sorcerer essentially resembled the plot twist of Iron Man 3 with the Mandarin. And course from Square Enix we we're offered two amazing trailers, Final Fantasy versus XIII or Final Fantasy XV a whole new adventure! And then Kingdom Hearts 3 which is still IN production. Epic trailers for both, which are exclusives for PS4.

If you need a fix for either now, Final Fantasy XIV will be coming soon and of course Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ONLY on PS3.

Of course more and more Last of Us trailers but a sick Beyond: Two Souls trailer showing a military and whole other side than what has been showed thus far!

Games like Batman and GTA V will have epic exclusives, while Batman's story and new trailer looks amazing still not revealing all the assassin's BUT Joker will in fact be in the game! Also combat and detective skills look epic.

Elder Scrolls Online coming to PS4 as well as PC.

We finally see PS4 and it looks like a giant black wii. The game will in fact play used games with no restrictions!
NO ONLINE needed to play, never need to check in online if don't want to! If you don't connect within 24 hours like Xbox One no worries. All PS+ memberships carry over! Free PS4 titles for Plus members.

What could be better than a slap in the face of Microsoft and end the conference with Destiny. Reminds me of Mass Effect, Halo and other type shooter games. Actually cloud based technology won't start till 2014, US first.

$399.99! NO DATE!?!?! A wise move?

Nintendo's Direct Conference @ E3 2013, starts off very choppy and laggy from their website. After seeing some great features on to connecting better with you're Pokemon it was confirmed that X and Y would be released October 12th, 2013 worldwide!

**Video 4 Borrowed From Nintendo**

A fantastic trailer for Super Smash Bros 3DS and Wii U. Promising two titles and hopefully cross gameplay.

The next title shown after buffering every 3 seconds is Super Mario 3D World which looks just like Super Mario RPG and Super Mario 3D Land combined. But with multiplayer. This will be launched in December! Now Mario Kart 8 i.e Mario Kart Inception! Coming Spring 2014.

Now a new Wii Party U, you will indeed a wii u tablet with hundreds of mini games and feature games. They pushed the date back to further notice, along with Wii U Fit to October and December respectively.

The Legend of Zelda Windwaker HD remake looks amazing, the Tingle Tuner portal you can use with MiiVerse so you can get help and the comments will watch on shore to help! Seeing as Gamecube and GBA are now obsolete. WITH a release date of October.

Finally a new Donkey Kong. You have once again two player multiplayer! Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze coming this November. And another trailer of X, which looks like Final Fantasy, Xenoblade and Borderlands 2 all rolled into one.

Stay tune for all the latest news and updates as they become available.

So far in my opinion Sony stole the show while Microsoft and Nintendo definitely lacked in winning over the crowd.

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Monday, June 10, 2013

E3 2013 Coverage:

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By: Gabriel Roderick

**Video 1 Borrowed From Xbox**

**Video 2 Borrowed From Ubisoft**

**Video 3 Borrowed From IGN**

**Video 4 Borrowed From Nintendo**

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Update: What WE ALL Want @ E3

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By: Gabriel Roderick

**Borrowed From HDPLAYR**

Now for Nintendo I expect them to shift into 5th gear on this one!

For the Wii U, you probably think I'm going to ask for Zelda but NOPE I want to see more on Wonderful 101. To me it looks like Nintendo craziness and Viewtiful Joe all rolled up into epic game.

Check out Nintendo's teaser trailer:

**Borrowed From Nintendo**

Now for their 3DS it's simple Pokemon X and Y. I want to know everything about this game and why it should be on the 3DS. Don't get me wrong it's about time seeing as the 3DS has been out for about 2 years, and to me Black and White 2 where awful. I want the best Pokemon adventure with all new pokemon, as long as I can get Sandshrew an can use him in 3D everything will be okay!

Maybe if Nintendo was smart they'd make a game like Pokemon Z for Wii U that can port you're games over from a 3DS kind of like Pokemon Battle Revolution BUT BETTER! We have the technology so let's use it. The 3DS is compatible of being a second controller.

Finally we have Sony, who is also like Microsoft revealing a new console.

I bet you can't guess what Playstation 3 game I'm excited for!

Both main characters were in Marvel movies, one playing a villain the other played a hero.

Give up? I'm pumped for Beyond: Two Souls!

This game is coming from Quanitc Dreams, the wonderful creators of Heavy Rain, and now that they're using a 100% of their physics engine, this will be the most beautiful game of all time.

**Borrowed From Sony**

Now for they're new console the Playstation 4, many games have caught my eye.

But most recently the game Knack, which will be a Sony exclusive. It's essentially a next gen Little Big Planet but with touches of Crash Bandicoot, God of War and Katamari games all rolled into epicness. I can't wait to play it. From the trailers I've seen it also looks a lot like Incredible Hulk!

Now you know what I'm excited for!

By: Nevill Adeyeye

Nevill told us, "with 2 hot new consoles coming out and Nintendo doing things a little different this year my fellow gamers and myself at Our Honest View are pretty excited for all the coverage and new to be coming out in the following week or so. I'm here today to talk about 4 of my most excited games that are going to be shown at E3 this year.

1: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Kojima got my pants very tight with the Phantom Pain trailer he put out not to long ago, which made me go back and pick up a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4. After putting about 7 hours into it got stale and boring, but the Phantom Pain brought all that back. Especially now that Kiefer Sutherland is rumored to be playing..SNAKE

2: Dragon Age III Inquisition: Bio-wares Short comings with Dragons Age 2 puts their backs to the wall, and with Mass Effect 3 not being the total package most people wanted I fell like Bio-Ware is going to come out of the gate swing and HOPEFULLY show some gameplay or something for the next gen.

3: Beyond Two Souls: SO this game is being made by Quantic Dream............. They made Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain........... NUFFF SAID!!!! Well Gabe already said everything else!

4: New Final Fantasy Title: I could really get into the FF 13 series, but not matter what I will always have faith in Square Enix to bring me something that I can get my teeth into hopefully they deliver."

After speaking with Nevill, I turned my attention to talking with Adam Zimmerman, the video game ninja. He seems to be the most neutral to every video game and has the most experience playing!

He had this to say, "If I were to list everything I wanted to see at this years E3, it would take til after

Adam Zimmerman

E3 was finished to read the entire list. So to save everyone a lot of time, I’ll keep it a little broad.
From Nintendo, even though they aren’t doing a traditional press conference like Sony or Microsoft, I still want to see a strong showing from them. They have already showed off their “new” hardware with the WiiU and 3DS XL. I don’t want to see them announce another 8 colors for the 3DS or something stupid like that.

"I also don’t want to see them focus on new services or features. All I want from them is for them to address their biggest issue from the last 3 home console generations, which has been a lack of games. Yes they have had their great first party games, but can any of you remember the last great game on a Nintendo console that wasn’t made by Nintendo? Resident Evil maybe? Heck, I would go all the way back to Eternal Darkness. They need games, and lots of them. Of course I’d like to see new titles in their core franchises like Mario, Mario Party, Zelda, etc. I’d also love to see an Animal Crossing game for the WiiU that worked with the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the 3DS (check out the review for this game within the next couple of days). Beyond those titles though, I want, and they need, some exclusive new franchise that can compete with the Halo’s, Gears of War’s, and God of War’s of the world. I’m not saying they need something as violent as God of War, but they need something for the mature audience that is exclusive to their console. When the WiiU was unveiled they touted that there were going to be games from lots of 3rd party developers aimed at the mature audience. Outside of a few initial ports of games from other systems like Batman and Mass Effect though, that really hasn’t happened."

Ask for for Microsoft and Sony he said, " I want the exact same thing. I want to know all about their new systems. I want to know when they are coming out, how much they are going to cost, and what the launch games are going to be. I am sick of hearing about what’s coming out in the “launch window” as far as games go. That’s about a 4 month time period. I want to know exactly how much money I am going to have to plunk down on day one to get all the stuff I must have. Also, just like Nintendo, I don’t want them to focus on new services the systems will provide. I want all the focus to be on the hardware and the games.

Besides all the games that have already been announced and shown off a bit already, there are new games being made in certain franchises that I would love to see make some kind of appearance at E3. Dragon Age 3, Rainbow 6, and the new Mass Effect trilogy lead that list for me. I know some info has already come out about 2 of those games, but nothing for a while now. I want more! Some other games I would love to see new entries announced for would be a new Ratchet and Clank, Fallout, and the game that I will most likely be pining for until the day I die, a new Road Rash. As far as Ratchet goes, I mean a real Ratchet and Clank, not a crappy entry like All 4 One or Full Frontal Assault (which still hasn’t been released on Vita like it was supposed to way back in November)."

What are you looking forward to?

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Review: "Metro: Last Light" (2013) "The Lights Pretty Dim"

By: Gabriel Roderick

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It's not that this game is terrible in any way shape or form.

Metro: Last Light is actually a good FPS but it's lacking on some main fundamentals from making this a fantastic and BRIGHT game. Rather what THQ has left us with, well now Deep Silver is a much dimmer light.

This game like most Deep Silver games i.e Dead Island is very glitchy and buggy. Though it's not as bad as Dead Island and I think we should be use to this after the launch of Dead Island Riptide.

Now when I say buggy it's more or less that Borderlands type buggy, like when you shoot someone in the face and they twitch about for 20 minutes or so, or until you shoot them again! I've heard from multiple users on the Playstation console which is the same system I'm using the game for that these "bugs" have caused them to glitch to the point where they had to hard reset or even play through the game invisible to everything else in the game.

This is probably why the game lets you auto save every 2 minutes or so. I heard though if I glitch is impacting your game, it's in the games data not the save so restarting will not get rid of it. Yikes.

I'm glad the glitches I've faced are minor, such as delayed controls, graphically errors and sound and motion being off a few seconds. This hardly impacts the game especially because there is NO multiplayer only single player.

With that your replay value drops drastically, granted there are items like notes to collect to put in your journal. And DLC like Ranger mode for the limited edition copies but if you can't muster up the patience to beat the game on a easier difficult ranger mode is pointless.

This gets me into the graphics of the game, by far not the best but surely better than Homefront another THQ game from back in the day! The graphics try so hard to be up to par but instead look like Crysis 3 but has beautiful cut scenes that truly seem realistic. You are then reminded after when a cut scene is over your in the dark depressing catacombs.Though if you want a dark depressing game where stealth is key for a majority of it, you shouldn't have a black background as well. I found myself changing the lighting several times just to beat what should have been easy parts because I couldn't see where I was going.

The game follows in a typical linear fashion and progresses using the concept of telling and visual images of the past even prior to the first game. This is partly due to the gas and radiation on the surface but also just because we need to know why the world is this way and why not be told by survivors that lived through it!

This game requires something special to play and that's patience!

The game takes about a hour or so until you're that clique fps kicking ass and taking names. Or in this game killing Nazis! The story combines elements from Metro 2033 and what feels like Wolfenstein. So I highly recommend you play the first game first!

Though this is partly due to the reason that you start off with your character Aryton a veteran of the game, and a great story of being kidnapped and escaped you know the usual. But after this the story becomes quite dull. And for a game that doesn't have more than 10 hours of game play and no multiplayer you'd expect a story that lasts for as long as possible. I suppose you can only squeeze a orange for so long till it's out of juice. You become a Ranger and must team up with a nice Communist.

The actual plot not to give spoilers goes into a type of Bioshock Infinite your looking for the Dark Ones and trying to rescue a child. Once you find the child and make your final stand like Metro 2033 you're left with two decisions in order to get two different endings! But is based on Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro Universe books that are very riveting. Though without this little word I've called patience this would be a better science fiction film featuring Will Smith or something than a game.

The game has some historical accuracies in it to further the story such as issues between Soviets and Nazis all of which would like happen if leading into a Nuclear Holocaust. More or less a even darker version of Dr.Strangelove!

Yes, this is very neat but then again to get this point can be painful if you're not patient.

Once you adjust to the slow start, cheesy graphics and of course glitches this game can be extremely fun for adventuring the world that A4 Games has a surprise for you. A vast post-apocalyptic world that can be shoot and stabbed for surviving.

I didn't like the combat as much as I thought I would in this FPS. For one it was TO easy. You shoot the AI in the leg twice and that guy is dead! The guys are not as bountiful as you would imagine however they do the trick. You can even shoot people in their coots and the bullet can travel from side to head or whatever method you'd like.

It's funny though the difficulty jumps tremendously when you progress in the story, not only do you have to worry about getting gassed out, you also have to worry about running enemies. The AI can be a little ridiculous at this point, if I shoot you point blank with a shot gun or shoot in you the mouth you're not getting back up, mutated or not!

The controls are a little silly, so much on a controller. I hate to say it but this would be the perfect game for Wii U, just because with a tablet screen controller you'd be able to access everything a little easier. The game walks you through and reminds you sometimes when you need to change out something or throw knives.

If these are harden survivors it should be a challenge to kill them.

Something that bothered me also was changing from stealth type fighting to guns blazing fighting.

I like one gun style, this isn't Dishonored where you can fight or play through the game 10 different ways. The problem with the change is they don't really tell you, it's up to you to figure out whether or not to sneak or fight through. And I found myself 9 times out of 10 getting gassed out because of it.

This get's into the idea of spending bullets for items such as other weapons and armor and such. I never ran out of ammo through my play through just filters for my mask. Which is funny they say everything is scarce but you can make it through on the three guns you start with no problem. Now filters for example are scarce and if you kill let's say 10 guys only 2 maybe will have filters and you're left wondering if I go all out I can be shoot to death but if I go stealth they'll gas me out before I can get to another filter.

Stealth is exactly like it should be and reflects the Batman series. You don't attack a group of guys with a silencer. You wait till they turn around and then shoot them. Then go into a corner and wait while the split up to find you with their short range flashlights then shoot them in the head. If you're lucky and there's no gases you'll be fine.

I always though that when you gas someone out these gases tend to be flammable?

You have a lighter to see your compass which at some points (no pun intended) is no help to you. Anyways I was hoping that when you light up something you could make explosions this way, in last ditch efforts when surrounded, nope!

Then again this compass of yours helps for the most part but something I like in first person shooters is just an arrow indicator with distance meter below it to how long your next stop is.

Our Honest View gives, Metro: Last Light a 7.5/10. A solid FPS plagued with a bad AI system which is also intern faulty due to the bugs in this game. You can't really blame Deep Silver for this one because THQ was nearly done with it after filing for bankruptcy. However sequels are a hit or a miss. They either are better than the original or worse. Last Light definitely is not better than the original and is a last light a dim one.

Replay Value: Moderately Low

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Monday, April 29, 2013

720: 22 Days Left?

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By: Jared Collings

Microsoft

So with the Xbox event coming up on May 21. Many questions have arisen.

Will Xbox be headed in the direction of the Zune?

Will Microsoft offer a merger with Sony or Nintendo?

Will Steam be incorporated in a new console?

In just a few short weeks all these questions and more will be answered. Especially what the name of the console will be. However what we know is online only AND no used games. What's been rumored is raise in price for games and micro-transactions and of course the DAMN name.

I thought I would take the time to go over the good the bad and the ugly on Durango or 720 or what ever they are going to call it. Actually I saw great guess on Reddit saying it will be Xbox infinite. Which I think fits pretty well but who knows. How can you have a 720 which is TWO circles that's just a dumb name.

Surprisingly they're announcing this in late May just a few short weeks before E3. So I can't see to much being revealed and just teasing the massive fan groups. Microsoft has truly lost the rights to future Halo games being Microsoft only seeing as Bungie has gone cross consoles. All they really have left is Forza, Gears of War and Fable though you can play Fable on PC. With games like Killzone and Drive Club being revealed for PS4 I don't think many of us will miss these Microsoft Studio titles.

With Steam eventually coming to consoles like the Ouya, Steam has mentioned that they wouldn't be on Microsoft consoles if anything Wii U and PS3/PS4. Value games on 360 now like Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 will loose their spunk if I can play my PC version on another console.

Okay lets start with the good. They are switching to blu-ray finally. I really need to complete my porn collection. Ha who pays for that anymore.

But the will get rid of two disk games. Which is sad because when you opened a game and saw two disk you knew you were in for a ride. I am going to miss that. It's a some trade off from having to install disk two and realizing you have a 4GB Xbox and yeah that sucks no DLC for you.

They also will be releasing a new Kinect which I was a huge fan of it is one of the most innovative pieces of tech in a long time. Its great to see them try and improve it. I wand to learn piano on my Xbox make it happen! I do have to say that there are rumors that it will always be connected. Couple That with the fact that they can monitor the feed from them that some real big brother stuff. But still maybe its the aliens beaming there demon voices in my head while I sleep. Lets just hope for the best on the that.

There is a lot of bad news. According to the leaked dev kit photos all games will be full installed on the hard drive. Which I personally have gone through 4. So I don't really like that to much. But what really gets me is that they are also going to bump up the price to 70 bucks a game. Now that is a lot for anyone to try and keep up with newest titles. Especially sense the pc versions of the same games are 20 bucks cheaper! That just wrong in my opinion. But the cherry on top of the mud pie sundae is it will have to always be connected to the internet. I don't about you but I live on an island rain can knock my internet out. I don't want to pay 6 to 7 hundred bucks just so I can't play a game because Microsoft doesn't want me playing used games during thunderstorms.

Yep that's right NO used games 70 bucks every time. The ps4 isn't doing it so... why is Microsoft shoot themselves in the foot? So when you buy the newest Call of Duty and you want to loan it to your buddy Tommy, Tommy is sure going to be pissed that he can't play it.

This may also harm Gamestop but with two other success systems like Sony's and Nintendo's I don't think they'll be worried.

I am a huge 360 fan, I defended it many. A time from the PlayStation Fanboys. I don't want to have all my loyalty and trust get thrown to the wind because they wanted micro-transactions in every game so they can give me half a game for 70 and buy the rest every time I beat a level. I am a little emotional about this.

Come May 21 we shall know all so buckle done. Hold on to you butts and hit that power switch cause it coming.

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What are your thoughts on the new Xbox?!?!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Review: "Injustice: Gods Among Us" (2013) "Crash Of The Gods?"

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Let me first by saying I had low expectations after the playing the demo! However this was a HUGE step up from the demo!

By: Gabriel Roderick

Though all fighting games have flaws!

Let's start off with the things I liked about this game. For one graphically it's impressive compared to it the other MK games. It looks like your watching a movie with it's cut scenes which is always nice!

Something I didn't like for about the graphics was the predecessor Mortal Kombat vs. DC. Universe had battle worn fighters. This game you can me smashed and bashed and no damage is showed. I would love to see torn costumes and blood emitting from the heroes.

Control wise this is the game. With easy combos for certain characters, it makes kicking butt easy! However the controls to me were also flawed. For one the combos where not as easy for most characters and seeing as when your playing in story mode you HAVE to play as most characters. Plus once again this game has a sluggish feeling to it which does effect the game in more modes than one.

Which is okay to me at some points because a few of the super heroes have the best combos and easily became my favorites. Aquaman (Surprisingly right?), Green Lantern and Deathstroke were my favorite characters in the game!

Something that truly hurts this game is that's a T game! These specials that each character can do should be fatalities! At least they could have kept the x-ray vision when destroying the opponent.

Why Aquaman?

For once he's got the huge staff to beat the crap out of everyone, plus his special is throwing you into the ocean for sharks, come on!

Plus not to ruin the story but they have a total role switch. We see Green Lantern beaten by Superman but Aquaman is able to hold his own against the man of steel. He's even able to dodge a attack from Flash when's running at him. How could you not want to use him!

Characters I didn't like where Batman (I know Right!?!), Wonder-woman and Superman of course. For two reasons, they are overrated and of course they have to be the most sluggish characters in the game.

If they corner you they constantly hit you with the same combo which is hard to counter. But when your playing as one of them, you can barley work off a combo and just button mash your opponent till you can hit them with a finisher.

Online of this game is great for the PSN. Surprisingly there is little lag and they match you up with fighters which you can easily request a rematch. Just as if you were playing with them in the room right next to you.

The game plays A LOT like Tekken 6 which is my all time fighter. The level up system not only pertains to the story but also online, the experience you earn carries over to both.

However my only complaint with the multiplayer is the sluggishness of the mechanics. This makes the online feel like a 1980s arcade game, and just button smashing your opponent.

This game has one of the best story lines to a super hero game I've ever played. It picks up the used ideas of the first game, MK. vs DC. Though there is no relation to the two. I do like the idea that it's basically a huge what if!

What if Superman became a tyrant?

What if Joker and Lex Luthor were the good guys?

The story hits the title home! The world you play in is a reverse world where justice is the injustice and Superman and other League members are seen as gods.

As I said before the story has amazing cut scenes but sadly is plagued with some cheesy dialogue and at some points drags. It's funny that this game drags seeing as it's only about 5 hours. Which is pretty dismal for the story that they're trying to portray.

I understand the whole point was to lead up to Superman vs. Superman however I was surprised that good Superman doesn't enter until the very end. This could easily have been fixed.

Now to compensate for the short story the game has a mode called S.T.A.R. L.A.B.S. This mode is playing as your favorite super hero and completing odd tasks and fights with stipulations. If you pre ordered the game you can play as the Red Son Superman which adds a whole other story to the game BUT with conditions in your fights. This extra mode adds about another 3 hours to the game for full completion.

Best part of the story is this game has a killer ending which leaves the idea of the war continuing on the other side of the dimension. I think they have left a good enough mark in order to have a sequel that is relevant this time. I'm pretty confident to they'd be able to fix the mistakes that I found.

Our Honest View gives Injustice: Gods Among Us 7.9/10. This game truly packs a punch and is a huge improvement from it's predecessors. However it has some major flaws that pull it down. The fact that the game is rated T hurts the game so much. In a world where it's injustice or justice and it's down to the wire fatalities should count for something. Also these sluggish mechanics just don't count, in a day and age where games look so real. I want the most realistic fighting game!

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Replay Value: Campaign (Moderate) Multiplayer (Infinite)

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