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[kAmui-]

CGI trailers add nothing to knowing what a game will be like.

Alll this trailer is tell me "There will be an Injustice 2". Telling people this in a tweet with a handful of text characters costs far less than producing a trailer like this...

A trailer like this will create a lot more hype than just a tweet. That being said, so would a gameplay trailer. But I understand why they would do this. Release a cgi trailer before E3 to create hype, and then gameplay at E3.

 

[BronsonLee]

How is this going to work for tournament play?

Lol like they care

Oh so they're adding SFxT gems to the game?

Oh god.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

"The Gear System uses RPG-like mechanics to reward you with loot drops every time you play the game. With each loot drop, you will earn character-specific gear to outfit and power up your roster – changing not only the look of each character, but your fight strategy and your personal approach to every match. As you gear up your characters, you’re building a roster of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains that reflects your choices, and your preferences, which can be vastly different than your opponents. A few play sessions in, you can expect your Aquaman to look and play different than anyone else’s Aquaman you may come across."

How is this going to work for tournament play?

An early theory is that there will be a vanilla mode with no power-ups/gear... Or maybe it will go the Smash route of being able to turn it all off. Ultimately though, we have no idea at this point.

 

[vg260]

There'll be ranked online lobbies for stock vanilla characters to keep the FGC happy.

If the base model is as off-putting as it sounds, that's not going to happen.

 

[Skab]

GRODD?

I'm in.

 

[Mushroomer25]

This.

It's money-burning bullshit and it needs to go.

Wih graphics like they are today, there's absolutely no reason not to do your trailer in-engine at the very least.

Complaining about it is more useful than looking at a bullshit PR device that adds nothing to the game but false expectations and lies.



Maybe it's different for comic book nerds? I can see some appeal there, seeing high-budget CG versions of superheroes you like.

I still enjoy a good CG trailer for the purpose of setting tonal expectations. This is a cool, evocative teaser that sets up the universe in a way that gameplay footage absolutely cannot. It's serving a defined function, just as every other part of the marketing machine does.

Complaints add nothing to the discussion, especially when we're logically less than a week away (at most) from seeing gameplay.

 

[Sonson21]

Sweet gems all over again. We've all seen how well that worked out for SFXT. Whatever I guess, casuals will have something to eat up. Pimping their character with neon armor.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

How many parts will each armour set be split into? I'm thinking Head, Torso, Waist, Arms, Legs - like Monster Hunter. Each part is a stat boost, a complete set gives you a new special move or two or a unique skill or buff of some kind.

That's how I would do it if I wanted to nickle and dime people.

 

[Castef]

Longest-E3-Ever.

 

[AusRoachman]

Armours and loot drops Warner . Really ?

 

[HassanJamal]

Well, neat trailer, did not expect Supergirl to be one of the combatants. Really interested in how they go with this story wise.

 

[Johndoey]

Yoooooo! It's ya boy Atrocitus all up in dis. Someone hold me I'm shivering. Thank you Boon.

The loot system could be interesting, I got enough faith in Nr to see where they're going with it.

Beside they'll have base versions so that's not a huge concern.

 

[Baleoce]

I'll wait it out for a better explanation of what they're doing regarding the customization.

 

[Xav]

So Street Fighter X Tekken gems all over again?

Hehe, good one.

When's Tekken 7 out?

 

[Syntsui]

Lol like they care

Except they have proven again and again that they care A LOT about it.

 

[ZeroX03]

Now give me the reverse of this.

 

[hupla]

Honestly if we get some armors looking like the justice armors I'm in

 

[Leafhopper]

How is this going to work for tournament play?

Whatever they did in SFxT. I think they turned off certain ones.

 

[witness]

A gear system? Fuck that man, no thank you. Adding this just to make that microtransaction money. Sounds game ruining for me.

 

[DevilSnake]

Starring hench Lee Evans as Superman....

I enjoyed the first one, not sure on the armour stuff but looking forward to seeing some gameplay.

 

[vg260]

Armours and loot drops Warner . Really ?

I buy almost every fighting game, and have no problem buying cosmetic costume DLC, especially in super hero games, but when "loot drops" are part of the game model, I'm out. Super gross.

 

[basic_text]

I'll definitely buy if Swamp Thing is in from the go!

 

[CryptiK]

Honestly if we get some armors looking like the justice armors I'm in

Well Netherealm is designing so I doubt they'd look very good.

 

[Acquiescence]

who dat?

It's Johnny Depp's favourite woman on the planet right now.

 

[Kusagari]

Gameplay changing loot drops in a fighting game?

Well fuck this.

 

[EPaul]

So, they learnt nothing from the gems fiasco....

 

[BronsonLee]

Except they have proven again and again that they care A LOT about it.

Lies detected

Netherrealm games have scenes in the FGC in spite of themselves

 

[KonradLaw]

No PC version? I hope it's just to avoid complains about delayed PC version and instead the will announce it after console lauch.

 

[Zakard]

Superman looks like Jimmy Kimmel.

 

[kiguel182]

Rpg elements in a fighting game isn't really appealing to me. Combining it with micro transactions probably makes it worse.

Oh well.

 

[Tabby]

We haven't even seen or heard anything about how this works and everyone is already losing their minds.

 

[Slayven]

Now give me the reverse of this.

His combos would just be him running around snapping, a second goes by and sonic booms just rip people apart.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Oh man I am excited for this...

Every battle defines you in a game where players personalize iconic DC characters with unique and powerful gear earned throughout the game

Nevermind, all hope is lost!

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

that was dope as fuck

 

[XAL]

There is no poll option for:

"FUCK NO. Remember when alternate costumes used to be unlockable and fairly achievable by players who paid for the game? Now we have to fork over dough or face exploitative slot machine odds. Great."

I really don't want these kind of microtransaction crates to permeate every fucking game genre.


Trailer is hype tho.

 

[ZeroX03]

His combos would just be him running around snapping, a second goes by and sonic booms just rip people apart.

In the Injustice world they all take Kryptonian pills so they all have superhuman tolerance on par with Supes himself. Also Flash is Barry so he's very incompetent.

That's a fighting game based on comic books for ya'.

 

[SDBurton]

You got my interest with Supergirl.

 

[OmegaDL50]

Injustice used absolutely nothing from MK9, it was a world different in regards to mechanics and gameplay.

This is pointless semantics. You know exactly what I mean.

Unless you really want to argue the point that Injustice does not at all borrow the baseline foundations that MK9 was built on. Attack animations are similar, timing and specials are done in the same fashion. The Super Move uses the same command as the X-Ray. Besides stage transitions and interactive stage elements (which were reused in MKX), the underlying core is very similar.

So no, Injustice borrows plenty from underlying core of the modified MK9 engine and is NOT a world of difference as you claim.

 

[Nirolak]

There is no poll option for:

"FUCK NO. Remember when alternate costumes used to be unlockable and fairly achievable by players who paid for the game? Now we have to fork over dough or face exploitative slot machine odds. Great."

I really don't want these kind of microtransaction crates to permeate every fucking game genre.


Trailer is hype tho.

These aren't just costumes though. They're move and ability modifiers.

 

[pixellated_man]

That's one very well made trailer. Yeah, it's cg but unlike most, this one actually made me hyped for the game.

 

[BronsonLee]

There is no poll option for:

"FUCK NO. Remember when alternate costumes used to be unlockable and fairly achievable by players who paid for the game? Now we have to fork over dough or face exploitative slot machine odds. Great."

Shit, even Injustice 1 hid a shitload of skins behind stuff like the mobile game

 

[Demoskinos]

Wonder if Ra's al Ghul is involved somehow. "Each time I enter the pit I emerge reborn" sort of sounds like a reference to the Lazrus pits.

 

[vg260]

We haven't even seen or heard anything about how this works and everyone is already losing their minds.

Well, then they certainly failed to give a good first impression.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Fantastic trailer. Not sure how I feel about gear-based fighting games but I'm open to seeing what NRS do.

Hopefully something like Battleborn's system of in game leveling decisions.

Battleborn's leveling system effects your character's speed, damage, movement, and skill cooldown. Things that the FGC would not be cool with in a fighting game.

 

[Holundrian]

CGI trailers add nothing to knowing what a game will be like.

Alll this trailer is tell me "There will be an Injustice 2". Telling people this in a tweet with a handful of text characters costs far less than producing a trailer like this...

I mean not that I don't get gamers being jaded on CGI trailers. I did feel that way but I think I'm beginning to enjoy them again by not associating them with any expectations or going in to them with the mindset of "not this shit again".

I mean some of these CGI things are actually pretty cool things, that at least I can appreciate from the perspective of thinking about all the work that went into them.
That said sure there's also probably tons that are very generic and boring.

Also am I justified in hoping that one of these days that we're going to push companies to give credit to the studios creating these?
For now I just assume this one is made by Blur studios again.

 

[LewieP]

The PC version of Injustice came out later anyway, that was still bad but, yeah. However after MKX I wouldn't be surprised that it never happens.

Were they announced side by side, or did they not mention the PC version until after it came out on consoles?

 

[pizzacat]

So they're making sfxt hahahahahahahahahhah

 

[Slayven]

In the Injustice world they all take Kryptonian pills so they all have superhuman tolerance on par with Supes himself.

That's a fighting game based on comic books for ya'.

WOuld make more sense if they took some kind of Venom/Velocity 9/Gringold cocktail.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Why reveal such an unpleasant mess like this with a cg trailer? Nothing about the gameplay is being conveyed here. It looks like a Smash Bros. arena fighter or some mobile game with pay-to-win mechanics.

Byt is it a triple AAA game with pay-to-win mechanics?
I'm mad in the morning, my day can only get worse

 

[MegaSackman]

Supes is looking kinda rough these days...