LordOfLore
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Injustice 2: Fighter Pack 1 revealed (Starfire, Red Hood, Subzero announced as DLC)
- Thread starter SpaceWolf
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The gold game disc was sent out weeks ago.
gigantor21
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Starfire looks like 90's Orchid with red hair.
I like it.
I like it.
dammit
Rynocirator
Member
Arguably, the MK characters will likely be the most well-known outside of Batman and Supes.
Give him a Static Shock skin. Done.
Does Static even fight like either Raiden or Black Adam? He could bend interactables around people and do some other magnetic like stuff without even going into what they do.
A Majority of people who read comics. I think you will find that you fall into the minority here.
HelloNewman
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Five bucks for a character is a steal go play Marvel Heroes where they charge 19.99 for a character and one shitty default costume or when they sell costumes for 10-17 dollars. Capcom can't even be bothered to put all their DLC into the season pass.
blitzwolf215
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I do want to see where they go with Raiden in MK 11, that looked interesting. But I think 2 MK reps in Injustice 2 when there are a lot of DC characters people want in, just seems wrong. One character made sense considering the first Injustice and it is NRS and they love guest characters.
Throwing my hat in with this one.
Counterpoint./question: Why do people expect to keep getting fighting game characters over time for free? Characters are the most significant content in a fighter, and require a lot of development effort. If a studio continues to produce DLC over time after launch, why shouldn't they be compensated for their work, be it costumes or characters? Should they keep spending development resources putting out characters for free and lose that investment?
F2P games have other monetary hooks like loot box gambling or other microtransactions to make money. Same concept, different content.
Somehow I doubt all of the DLC is in this bundle. I'm sure there will be more "premium" skins to be bought.
All of the cosmetic DLC wasn't in the MK character passes (or whatever it was called), either.
beatdowniidx
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well looks like john constantine is out not going to lie disappointed if so
El Sabroso
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maybe the next Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct has the nearest model to game as a service in fighting games so far
MH is F2P
Oh don't worry, Injustice 2 will probably have something akin to a cosmetic lootcrate model. You'll still have to pay for the characters lol. #WB
Anyways Raiden is a terrible choice. It's never going to happen but I wish they went for Robotman. He's the better DC Iron Man, not Cyborg.
This is actually the most infuriating part of their DLC model. They could sell loot boxes to to allow characters to be free but oh well
Edit: got my info wrong
Baron von Loathsome
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It's also a server-based game that will inevitably go offline some day. But that's irrelevant to this thread, to be fair.
J_ToSaveTheDay
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Meh, I'm most excited about Sub-Zero out of these initial three. Starfire's never really managed to stick with me, and I don't think I've really ever liked Red Hood outside of his debut story.
Really hoping for Batgirl but with a completely retooled moveset down the line, appreciated that she made the DLC roster in the first game but always felt like her fighting style was kinda whack.
Really hoping for Batgirl but with a completely retooled moveset down the line, appreciated that she made the DLC roster in the first game but always felt like her fighting style was kinda whack.
How are they selling loot boxes?
Psychoward
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So... are they gonna release injustice 1 characters for free dlc then?
Here's where I'm at right now.
That's damn good
You have to use your in game cash! Oh no!
Hopefully Catman. Or some weird Animal Man design.
No. You're screwing over one part of the userbase by exploiting a real money gambling scheme instead of just simply putting out content that people can purchase if they want.
Making others gamble their money in hopes to get a costume or some minor cosmetic item just because you want to keep getting content for free sucks.
As long as they keep the pricing reasonable, simply offering additional content for purchase where you can simply buy what you want is the most amicable solution for everyone.
Heh, as a person who actually was into the original Static Comics (back during the Milestone Days), you'd think I'd know better!
Bes way to troll the reveal would be for Static to be under all that Raiden Garb, which he has a costume customization options in the game.
... Now I wish there were Hardware and Icon skins / characters in the game too. :-/
Glendemonium
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Mortal Kombat characters in this huh? I might give this a try.
I had initially thought that, but if we are talking characters that fit a fighting game, Bronze Tiger absolutely.
blitzwolf215
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I'd totally be down for Beast Boy, but isn't he dead. Well this is a comic story, so I guess Lazarus pit it up.
But...this is a DC Comics fighting game
The Broken Ska Record
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Well, he's DLC, so he wouldn't be part of the Injustice canon.
Dark_Tzitzimine
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Jason and Kori looking good
So now for the hard hitting questions.
Release date around a month from now?
All of them released at the same time or staggered releases?
So now for the hard hitting questions.
Release date around a month from now?
All of them released at the same time or staggered releases?
Jason and Kori looking good
So now for the hard hitting questions.
Release date around a month from now?
All of them released at the same time or staggered releases?
Finally some good faces.
Sounds like a good reason to make an MK vs. DC game again.
Shame that we get less DC comic representation in this game because of this.
blitzwolf215
Member
Fair point, all right bring on BEAST BOY
Here's where I'm at right now.
stretchy as eff
I would rather have new, free characters than cosmetic items. Personally I do think lootboxes are very predatory and is basically gambling... but I can't lie and say I'm not benefiting from it. I haven't bought a single lootcrate in Overwatch. I don't play Overwatch these days, but I do log on every time they have an event and play a few rounds. The constant support that game gets is largely because people willingly drop money on those lootboxes. I think people would be more willing to return to a game after hearing there is a new free content update as opposed hearing that they just added a bunch of stuff you have to buy.
I understand selling cosmetics and characters straight up is the bread and butter for many (all?) fighting game franchises. I have bought characters and costumes before for fighting games. But I would think in terms of longevity and player interest, perhaps someone could succeed with a model that focuses on primarily free updates with purchaseable cosmetics as a secondary source of income.
False Witness
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I like how people are acting like NetherRealm are attempting to sell a barebones game to people when the base game has arguably more content than every other fighter out there.
MadLaughter
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Think it's possible that the silhouettes are red herrings? Boon likes doing that shit.