INJUSTICE – Gods Among Us
(also on Wii U, PS3)

This winner of the Best Fighting Game critics’ award at the 2012 edition of E3 (the world’s biggest gaming market) takes classic DC comic book heroes and villains to another level with an intense multi-layered fighting scenario.

Marvel often seems to dominate, but people sometimes forget that legendary DC characters include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow and Green Lantern on the side of the virtuous, and villains like the Joker, Bane, Catwoman and Lex Luthor. These add up to around two dozen playable characters, and you can pick your side (also including less high profile but diverse names like Cyborg, Killer Frost, Sinestro, Deathstroke, Doomsday and others).

When facing an opponent, and it feels a lot like Mortal Kombat to you, then that would be because it comes from that classic fighting game’s creators. Naturally the unique abilities and strengths of each character gets highlighted, but a wide range of special moves and crazy powers are added with which to annihilate your foe.

With a whole bunch of gaming options and locations to choose from (like Batman’s Batcave and Gotham City, or Superman’s Fortress Of Solitude and Metropolis), you’ll definitely need to take on the story mode that pits many a hero and villain against each other – here the Joker destroys Metropolis, sending Superman into a fury, resulting in Batman’s Insurgency alliance having to stop Superman’s new Regime.
With alternate universe characters being the opposite of how we know them, the detailed plot transcends mere ass-kicking sessions.

A must for comic fans.

5 / A
- Paul Blom

A - Multiple Playing Prospects
B - Can be taken for another Run
C - Once Should Suffice