Top Injustice Fails

I will stand by what I have said in the past about Injustice: Gods Among Us - it's downright awesome the game got even made, and it's in some ways like a dream coming true. That being said, now about a year since it's released, I've realized lots of things I hate about it. So, in no particular order or restriction to how many or few points I will bring up - I present to you my personal picks of the biggest fails this game has done.

* Skins and characters
Now, look... I understand DLC had to be included, since it's some mandatory bullshit for any none-Nintendo game to have (don't talk to me about Nintendo-related DLC in the comment section, please), but that doesn't excuse why some of the shit here isn't unlockable IN THE GAME. Lobo, Zod, Zatanna, Batgirl, Martian Manhunter - all of those characters SHOULD be unlockable and NOT be DLC. As with Scorpion? Yes, HE should be a DLC. Same with skin - classic skin for all characters SHOULD be unlockable, and so should the New 52 ones. It's when it comes to the Red Son and Flashpoint skins and such it should be DLC. This is what DLC should be for - the obscure and farfetched, not seen as something standard.
But what the biggest offense to me of all of this is how they are avoiding SO many opportunities for skins and extra characters. Why is there no classic skins created for Batman and Superman - not to mention for Shazam/Captain Marvel, or Green Arrow, and some others? Could have replaced the "regime skins", no one cares about those anyway. And why not make extra "skins" for some characters be extra characters? You already HAVE this with Damian Wayne for Nightwing, Thomas Wayne's elseworld Batman for Batman, John Stewart for Hal Jordan, and Cyborg Superman for Superman. If you have those four, why not more?! It's painfully simple to bring up more suggestions - watch me: Jason Todd as Red Hood for Deathstroke, Bizarro and Supergirl and Superboy for Superman, Robin (or all the Robins) for Nightwing, Arsenal for Green Arrow, Hawkman for Hawkgirl, Cheetah for Catwoman, and plenty of Green Lanterns for Hal Jordan!
And hell, why have Batgirl as her own character? She could and should have been an alternate skin for Batman, not have her own slot! And look, I really do love Harley Quinn - but why is she a character to fight as here?! That's insane - both she and Catwoman feel SO misplaced here, an are only there to show how focused on Batman characters this roster is, along with Batgirl. And it's even worse to think that Scorpion steals the slot for ANYONE else we could have had. There are SO many characters we didn't get to see being playable. Starfire, Beast Boy, Cheetah, Lady Shiva, Darkseid, Big Barda, Mongul, Black Canary, Captain Atom, Power Girl, Prometheus... heck, what kind of a choice for a character is Killer Frost? Isn't she rather obscure? I guess they picked her for diversity... but let's face it - we play this game to fight as the characters we know and love first, and for diversity second.

* Some odd design choices
Getting this out right away - I love Deathstroke's design to death, Lobo looks perfect, Bane looks great, Cyborg looks great... but then there are some choices like making the standard Batman look like a shinier version of the Christian Bale Batman from The Dark Knight. And while I love how Doomsday look... why the ponytail? Didn't know a monster made for destruction cared so much about fashion? And man, the rough angry faces with them biting their teeth together, it looks really weird. Especially on Nightwing, Hal Jordan, Wonder Woman, and Raven. And yeah, I have changed my mind on Raven... she looks kinda bad in this game. Her face is weird, there is no cool shading over her eyes, and her hood is WAY too streamlined and tight.
And the worst of all... Zod. What is up with that stupid design of his? Being bald, wearing those goggles on his head, having such a casual outfit... what the hell? No, I don't care if he has ever looked like that in the comics - it looks LAME. He doesn't look like a powerful general - he looks like a futuristic engineer. Don't come and tell me you wouldn't prefer if he looked more like this: img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20… But at least there's his Man of Steel skin... that's the only comforting thing about it. Oh, and don't get me even started on how butt-ugly the New 52 batsuit looks here (funny to note they made it look great in Arkham Origins).

* The lack of stages
So, there are 15 stages in this game... or no, wait, 13 - there are two variations of Arkham Asylum and the Wayne Manor. Not to mention - two of the stages are completely pointless and insignificant to us; namely Insurgency and Ferris Aircraft. And while it's awesome to have Arkham Asylum, Wayne Manor, Batcave, Gotham City, Metropolis, Fortress of Solitude, Watchtower, Hall of Justice, Atlantis, and Themyscira - it gets rather repetative and boring after a while. And heck, Wayne Manor and Batcave could have been the same level, there's no point in splitting them up in two. So, thinking of them as 10 stages... and the minimum of stages for a fighting game SHOULD be 20, if not 30 stages. There's no Bludhaven, no Star City stage, no Legion of Doom swamp/forest stage, no Green Lantern core stage in space, no Apokolips stage, no Teen Titans stage with their building or something, no Kent farm stage (if they could have Wayne Manor, they can have the Kent farm) or Smallville stage period.

* iOS exclusive content
Did you know the batsuit from Arkham Origins is made as a skin for Injustice? Sounds awesome, right? well... it's iOS exclusive. It's not allowed for the console versions. Seriously. Oh, and even better? You can play as Darkseid in the iOS game... YOU CAN PLAY AS DARKSEID IN A FUCKING CELLPHONE, BUT NOT IN THE ACTUAL MAIN CONSOLE GAME?!! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!!?!

* Superman killing Shazam in story mode
I really shouldn't have to add anything to this. This is still just beyond horrible, meanspirited, and heartless. Superman brutally murders Shazam... a kid... not in a fight, but only for saying he wants out. Superman kills a kid for saying he doesn't want to be a part of his shit anymore. By lobotomizing him with his heat vision, and then shrugging it off like it's not a big deal. Oh my fucking god.

* Ultimate Edition... only on PS4
That's right. So, you have Injustice for the PS3, or for the Xbox 360, and you wish to go out and buy the ultimate edition of it for one or other reason? Well, fuck you then - you need to buy a PS4.
Of all the manipulative greedy bullshit I have ever heard in my life... they release the full complete edition of a PS3/360 game to a next-gen console. Not even on both of them - just on PS4. Well, and on PC and Vita. Oh, and that's not even the "best" part. Guess what? There is NOTHING new included in it! Nope. Like the greedy lowlife assholes they are, they are only giving you what we already got as DLC for the standard version of the game - not even the Arkham Origin batsuit or Darkseid!


So, these were my personal biggest fails with the Injustice game. I'm honestly starting to hate the game, despite it being a lot of fun to play. Heck, I honestly wish it could have instead be a freeroaming game - like the Lego games, but not Lego, choosing any heroes to fight each other with or do other stuff with. Think like DC Universe Online, if it wasn't an MMO.
Either way... I won't support more titles from Netherrealm Studios ever again. They are nothing but soulless greedy assholes, just like most other game developers out there are.