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Injustice 2: Fighter Pack 1 revealed (Starfire, Red Hood, Subzero announced as DLC)
- Thread starter SpaceWolf
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Selling less of a product each time and getting people to pay many times the original amount just to unlock all playable characters in a fighting game is some predatory shit. But as long as you've got people like this defending greedy, anti-consumer decisions because they've been beaten down over time to accept it, this will continue to get worse.
We all laughed at horse armor once upon a time but somewhere there was a guy going "Take my money", and that's what developers wanted to hear.
Want a full* game? 99.99 please!
*For the first year
exmachina64
Banned
Here's where I'm at right now.
Those are good ideas, too bad they used Sub-Zero instead of Red Arrow/Arsenal.
Here's where I'm at right now.
The one on the far right could be Talia Al Ghul or Cheshire.
That seems about right.
For the final missing 'Black Panther'-esque silhouette I'm wondering who it could be.
Bronze Tiger?:
Wildcat? :
It's probably not Black Spider.
Hmm...
Isn't there a snake guy in DC with a headdress that sorta looks like that?
It does seem like something Ed Boon would do, lol.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
LoL isn't even the same genre, so it wouldn't be fair. I don't like A LOT of WB's practices (Arkham Origins, Knight, etc.,), but nothing they've shown for Injustice 2 is any different than what's been done for Killer Instinct, SFV, et al. They've been done with the game for a while, and people like to expand their roster.
This is no different than it has ever been for a fighting game. Now we don't have to buy new discs or cartridges.
Except for the preorder DLC character. That's scummy as fuck.
Please explain how they're selling less of product? This game has a bigger roster than the last game, a expanded story mode and the multiverse mode which looks so much better than towers. Not to mention all the gear options and rpg elements that come with it.
This seems to be a fairly common response, TT has always been popular in each generation its existed in. This one is probably much more familiar with both cartoons, and the animated movies, than even the new 52 stint of star fire. But odds are you will can make her look like that
Why should they do that if they're selling a season pass?
They are showing people what they get for buying the Digital Deluxe/Ultimate Edition and Season Pass.
Spuck-uk
Banned
Have you seen Street Fighters sales figures? Because lol
SFV is the most anti-consumer game of this generation. The fight money you get by playing all of the single player content will net you 4 or 5 characters at most. Let's say you bypass that by purchasing the season pass, it's locked to your and only your account forever. Other users on your PS4 can't access it, if you make a new PSN name you're out of luck, if you try playing at someone's house and the servers are down (which happens a lot), can't access them either. And don't get me started on all of the stages they sell, some for as much as $10 each.
I really wish they had just sold a new revision for $40 every year and a half with all of the content like they used to do.
TotalMackerel
Member
Please no.
This and tekken, even if I hated a single tekken outfit besides lucky cloe's, there are so much customization in these games hard to be mad.
Its not like GG or SF where one as far as I know... doesn't even have different outfits at all. And the other has lopsided amounts where some characters still doesn't have a single good outfit
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
As he said, the games not out yet. Forget buying season passes before you know whats in them, do people buy them before the games even out? Whats the rush?
Ill be waiting for the complete edition next year. Not a hardcore fan of NRS.
Then why are you complaining? This is clearly the best approach for season pass dlc. There being clear, about the content they plan on releasing. Unlike some other companies that asks for $20 without telling you anything for two or three months.
You just ruined my day.
Ed Boon stressed in an interview the other day that the DLC list is essentially going to be comprised of the most requested characters by fans. He said something along the lines of "If there's a popular character the fans have been asking for, chances are they'll be there".
Characters like Azarel, Bronze Tiger, Wildcat wouldn't really fit that mold.
Characters like Azarel, Bronze Tiger, Wildcat wouldn't really fit that mold.
Outside of GAF, you'll never hear anyone complain about announcing DLC after the game has gone gold. Any game that has a DLC announcement it is constantly the same sentiment "Why are they announcing this before the game is out? I'll wait for the real edition next year" etc. Nobody cares and just want to know more about what's coming and such. For example if the DLC doesn't interest you or if it does, that can determine if the game is a priority purchase or not.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Nobody reads comics.
Street Fighter is struggling for reasons that are not DLC related.
I've never really understood the appeal - Season Passes only made sense when I had the misconception that they were only available for a short time after release, as a "trust us for a discount" deal.
I guess it's an overall discount on the content. So if you like the revealed DLC you can buy the Season Pass to get that DLC, and all upcoming DLC too. If you buy one seperately, without the DLC pass, you're taking the risk that you end up buying all of the DLC for more money.
Hyped for Manta. Will probably wait for the Ultimate Edition as Tekken is too close to this and I don't think my friends will play it much if at all.
Is that you, Janet Jackson?
Is that you, Janet Jackson?
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I thought Azrael was somewhat popular.
They plan to support the game with new content over time. Things like this require some sort of development roadmap and advance planning. That's just the reality of something that requires time and resources to develop. The content is going to come out regardless of when they announce it, and some people will be upset regardless of how they announce due to the perception that they bought a game, but don't get "everything".
Or SFV's route of slowly morphing the terminology from "season pass" to "character pass" to get away with only giving players some of the DLC, since they need to double dip on whales that will buy anything.
It's similair to what happened with MKX. First season pass had 1 guest and then the 2nd pass had 2. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the character next to Raiden was a female MK character. WB just wants them to follow the money.
What's disappointing here though is that if we already have an idea of how these guests will play. At least with MK the guests had new movesets.
MKX did this, tho.
I know SF5 is everybody's favorite whipping boy, but awesome single player content isn't NRS' only contribution to fighting games.
Also
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
JASON YOU FUCKS. LETS GO. RED HOOD.
Now that's not true. But in this case they made a super popular cartoon that sort of ruined what they wanted to do with some characters. Except for cyborg, cyborg is a Leauge member now, DC wants him bat. They want black robotmen on the squad
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
JASON YOU FUCKS. LETS GO. RED HOOD.
Now that's not true. But in this case they made a super popular cartoon that sort of ruined what they wanted to do with some characters. Except for cyborg, cyborg is a Leauge member now, DC wants him bat. They want black robotmen on the squad
MK had fun guests because having horror icons is kind of fun see how they change into fighting characters. Where as here it supposed be a comic brawler instead it morphing into MK vs DC each game
Some people might think it's a bad look like this, and some people would be upset if they bought the game and then DLC were announced later, feeling cheated they didn't wait for a GOTY edition. It's kind of a lose-lose in terms of announcing it.
It's just a bad move though, MK is fine having horror guest characters and even one MK character is fine multiple isn't. If I am playing a Injustice game I want comic book characters as the DLC, I don't want MK characters.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Damn, Raiden too? Sub-Zero is enough. I'm also disappointed because of no Static.
Don't forget that it's all locked to the account of the person that bought it and others on a primary PS4 can't even access it.
Pieman0920
Member
Outside of Manta and Raiden, I think those other silhouettes are just placeholders.
Manta tho
Oh, we're totally getting
"I've been meaning to ask you something"
"No..."
"How's the wife and kid?"
Toni
Member
After her many surgeries, Janet wishes she could look like that.
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
Have they shown full gameplay of those characters or do you consider a CG trailer and standing in place to be completed characters?
Show people what they get in a season pass and they complain, dont show people what they get in a season pass and they complain, dont have a season pass and charge more for each bit of DLC and people complain.