Once Brainiac hits the scene, though, the campaign picks up hefty, if familiar, weight. That makes the first hour of Injustice 2’s story feel a bit rushed.
Characters like Doctor Fate, Swamp Thing, Atrocitus, and The Joker feel more like cameos than plotline movers and shakers. At points, it feels like the developers simply needed to throw in at least a token story-mode appearance for some fighters to justify their inclusion in the roster of fighters. Some of this is glossed over in the game, partially because an Injustice comic book has been filling in those gaps since the first Injustice game. New battle lines and factions are drawn as familiar characters pop out of the woodwork to express how they feel about preemptive justice and, when it comes down to it, whether killing is ever justifiable. With Injustice 2, NetherRealm is going all-in on its own Elseworld fiction. The previous Injustice saw this “alternate” universe calling in help from a more recognizable DC Comics world. The alien machine-man wants the Kryptonian for his own personal collection, and perhaps the only one that can stop the invasion is Superman himself. Just as Batman and his “no-kill club” allies are returning things to normal, a Superman-level threat invades Earth in the form of Brainiac. The first Injustice ended with the last son of Krypton locked up and awaiting trial for murdering both criminals and “potential” wrongdoers without hearings of their own.
In the Injustice-verse, Superman is a villain. But the cinematic unfolding of alternate-universe comic-book antics in Injustice 2 is wildly fun in its own right. Granted, that’s a low bar to clear, and NetherRealm is mostly competing with itself.
That permissiveness begins with Injustice 2’s single-player campaign, which just might set a new gold standard for such modes in fighting games. But thanks to developer NetherRealm’s ongoing commitment to making the most accessible fighting games this side of Divekick, Injustice 2 is only occasionally overwhelming. There’s a lot going on in Injustice 2-maybe more than the game itself can keep track of, at times. Links: PlayStation Store | Microsoft Store | Official website
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