Injustice: Gods Among Us - Ultimate Edition

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  1. Ninjo
    Dec 14, 2014
    7
    Injustice: Gods Among Us is fighting game I picked up for free on the Playstation store as it was part of the deal of the month in December, so I didn't hesitate to pick it up. I did recently play Injustice previously on Xbox 360 but never experienced the story until now.

    The story is quiet interesting because you would usually expect superheroes vs villains scenario to play out, but    Injustice: Gods Among Us is fighting game I picked up for free on the Playstation store as it was part of the deal of the month in December, so I didn't hesitate to pick it up. I did recently play Injustice previously on Xbox 360 but never experienced the story until now.

    The story is quiet interesting because you would usually expect superheroes vs villains scenario to play out, but you're facing off against other superheroes maybe because of manipulation or not agreeing with views etc. but I wondered before hand whether or not it would become stale fighting villains constantly until it switched and did well to keep it fresh. You usually play out 3 fights with each character until you switch to another characters timeline.

    The graphics as well as the game play has improved from the gen switch, as you aren't just drawn to the characters but the backdrop as well and because most things are interactive, seeing a heroes fly into a stone statue at full speed is that much more salivating. The game play compares to that of Mortal Kombat in the way its not as fast paced as Street Fighter and not as slow as Tekken but a solid middle, so you can expect to still link up combo moves if your good with a certain character.

    My final review would be the game is good and it does match up with other fighting games and is certainly one I will continue playing in the future. The stuff I didn't particularly like was a repetitive the story ;me as a timid DC fan myself I didn't appreciate the character switch every 5 minutes or so, I would much prefer a campaign for every character in my honest opinion. You end up just grinding the story out and when you're favorite character comes up but don't get to attached because they can be gone in an instant. I found the touch pads interaction too cheesy also.

    The game is a good purchase if paying and worth a try with this deal as its free at the moment.
    Love the variety of different outfits and a good solid roster.

    Thanks for reading m review of Injustice: Gods Among Us-Ultimate Edition (Ps4)

    Ninjo    … Expand
  2. Grimmolf
    Dec 23, 2013
    7
    This game is alright, the controls are meh. The story is pretty enjoyable though and seeing all the DC characters fighting is also pretty nice to see.
  3. electriclight41
    Jan 14, 2015
    6
    A fairly entertaining game, especially when you can pull off one of the over-the-top special moves. But I’ve never found myself dying to play it again.
  4. reviewmatt
    Jun 14, 2016
    7
    A Quite Good fighting game, with great characters, and special moves. Unlike some fighting games, the fighting system is fluid, and natural. It can get repetitive,especially if you're often playing alone; like me :(
  5. Munkey
    Dec 25, 2014
    7
    Injustice the mortal kombat in the DC universe.
    The game is a good fighter with some new features from the mortal kombat reboot.
    Story is good and interesting enough to keep playing it. It took me about 6,5 hour to complete. The game should be played in co-op ( 1 v 1 ) or in multiplayer. There are several modes to keep you playing. The ultimate edition has the dlc included so even    Injustice the mortal kombat in the DC universe.
    The game is a good fighter with some new features from the mortal kombat reboot.
    Story is good and interesting enough to keep playing it. It took me about 6,5 hour to complete.
    The game should be played in co-op ( 1 v 1 ) or in multiplayer. There are several modes to keep you playing. The ultimate edition has the dlc included so even better.
    But to be honest it's nothing new. More of the same and priced a little bit to high. The graphics and textures aren't that impresive on ps4 as I hoped them to be. There better then on ps3 but not that much.
    If you like the DC Universe and fighting games then Injustice is for you but if you're a fighting game enthusiast I would stick to TEKKEN TAG 2 or Mortal Kombat.
    7 out of 10 for me. Bought it for 15£ and it's an ok buy.

    It's free on PS PLUS for Decembet 2014 so it's worth picking up for "free" ;)    … Expand
  6. Sparkticle
    Nov 6, 2015
    7
    It's fun for those really into fighting games. For players not as invested into fighters, this becomes somewhat of a grind, with the classic Mortal Kombat steep learning curve for each character, and believe me when I say this game is somehow much more complicated than Mortal Kombat.

    The story mode is fun, the online is really hard considering all players got the hang of how to play,    It's fun for those really into fighting games. For players not as invested into fighters, this becomes somewhat of a grind, with the classic Mortal Kombat steep learning curve for each character, and believe me when I say this game is somehow much more complicated than Mortal Kombat.

    The story mode is fun, the online is really hard considering all players got the hang of how to play, and nearly no newcomers play this game anymore. It's fun for a short while, but you will move onto other titles in your library soon enough.    … Expand
  7. leventguller
    Mar 7, 2015
    5
    Horrible story and scenario. It is like a cheap action movie with limited budget. Writers pushed themselves so hard to create a story that can be playable by all charecters that DC has. Unfortunately the result is total failure. Single player fights are dull and boring.
    On the otherside, PVP mode is fine. You may make 4-5 fights with you friends without getting bored.
  8. Winterhawk200
    Feb 20, 2015
    5
    Solid game play and fun multi-player and single player modes. Zero support available if something goes wrong.
    I purchased this game at launch and I have played it regularly since that time.6 months ago. I started the game up and lost everything, I lost all of the unlockables, my level progression etc..
    I sent e-mails to every company I could find that was involved in making and    Solid game play and fun multi-player and single player modes. Zero support available if something goes wrong.
    I purchased this game at launch and I have played it regularly since that time.6 months ago. I started the game up and lost everything, I lost all of the unlockables, my level progression etc..
    I sent e-mails to every company I could find that was involved in making and publishing the game at this time I still have not received any sort of response. I have had to start over from the beginning. I thought maybe it was my save at first so I tried to restoring to an old save but same problem. At this point I have not had a reply from a single company and have had to replay massive amounts of star lab missions, etc.
    Hopefully, what ever this glitch was doesn't happen to anyone else. But if it does and you need help, you will not get even a response.
    Would have given the game an 8 out of ten before 6 months ago, but knowing the developers and publishers don't care about a player once the purchase has been made has reduced the score.
    In the future I do not plan on purchasing games from this developer due to this.    … Expand
  9. Mosh603
    Jan 22, 2015
    7
    I recently downloaded this for free with my PS+ membership. I'm not a huge fan of this style of game, but I do enjoy being able to play as all the superheroes.

    PROS: -Fun to kill time, especially with friends -Playing as superheroes is neat and entertaining -Decently challenging -Didn't cost me anything for the game CONS: -The cut scenes are horrid, the graphics are almost    I recently downloaded this for free with my PS+ membership. I'm not a huge fan of this style of game, but I do enjoy being able to play as all the superheroes.

    PROS:
    -Fun to kill time, especially with friends
    -Playing as superheroes is neat and entertaining
    -Decently challenging
    -Didn't cost me anything for the game

    CONS:
    -The cut scenes are horrid, the graphics are almost embarrassing
    -The game genre is tired, this style of game has been done too much
    -The dialogue can be a bit corny.    … Expand
  10. AndyPatterson96
    Dec 15, 2014
    6
    Injustice: Gods Among Us is merely an okay fighting game, one with little in the way of lasting appeal or engaging gameplay, but decent enough for the first couple of hours. The next gen upgrade has DLC included on the disk and a slight graphical overhaul, and I find it difficult to recommend not just to people who owned the game on last gen but newcomers entirely, unless it's a rental.
  11. alexmanea
    Feb 3, 2015
    7
    First things first: The story was GREAT and the graphycs were simply beautiful! The controls are a bit hard to understand but if you can learn all combos while progressing. The thing that I disliked the most about this game was the multiplayer...but it is a fighting game so I hadn't had my hopes up.
  12. Dal_ReviewedDat
    Feb 20, 2015
    5
    I knew nothing of this game when I saw it on the shelves, I'm not a DC comic fan, and didn't expect to come round to owning it.

    Though as one of the first AAA games to make the PS+ list, I downloaded it and dived straight into playing it. Firstly, I love Mortal Kombat. MK2 was one of my childhood favs and I got to the point whereby I was awesome at it. Many of the moves within    I knew nothing of this game when I saw it on the shelves, I'm not a DC comic fan, and didn't expect to come round to owning it.

    Though as one of the first AAA games to make the PS+ list, I downloaded it and dived straight into playing it.

    Firstly, I love Mortal Kombat. MK2 was one of my childhood favs and I got to the point whereby I was awesome at it. Many of the moves within Injustice are the same as those in MK series, and for that, it was easy to pick up and start playing.

    As a two player game it's good fun and we've enjoyed it in my household. The characters are varied and fun to try out and work through.

    The reason I'm only rating this 5 though is there's something not quiet right about the controls. It lags or the stick doesn't work at all, and this is something I've heard is the case off friends also. This becomes frustrating when you are blocking in terms of what your pushing, but your character is taking punches to the face. This makes the 1 player mode incredibly frustrating. At least on two players both fall victim of the issue. If they released a patch that fixed this bug, I'd be happy to rate this a 7 or 8. Roll on MKX!    … Expand
  13. emlugo123
    Feb 25, 2015
    5
    I could have cared less about the "campaign". The tutorial was long and not helpful, it was 30 minutes long! Fighters nowadays are just button mashers. I could only execute a combo of about 5-6 hits.
  14. homer4president
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    It's okay I guess, but there's not much to this game just fights here and there. I was under the impression this game was more like an action game where you moved about the universe and did things, not just fights over and over.
  15. Epik_Ninnja
    May 22, 2015
    7
    I never played the original game but the ultimate edition has a pretty good amount of content and a very solid fighting system. Comic book geeks will really enjoy the story and playing as the game's various characters (I enjoyed this, too, even though I'm not much into comic books). It's worth at least a rental for anyone who enjoys one-on-one fighting games. Also, the use of environmentI never played the original game but the ultimate edition has a pretty good amount of content and a very solid fighting system. Comic book geeks will really enjoy the story and playing as the game's various characters (I enjoyed this, too, even though I'm not much into comic books). It's worth at least a rental for anyone who enjoys one-on-one fighting games. Also, the use of environment to attack your opponent is awesome. It's not my favorite (I prefer Soulcalibur V with its custom characters and moving in 3 dimensions) but it's still definitely a good game.… Expand
  16. Nel
    Dec 24, 2016
    7
    I don't usually enjoy fighting games, but this game was an exception to the rule, the game has several well known characters at your disposal and the controls work fine. Story mode is great, but not very long, as this is mostly focused on multiplayer.
  17. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    6
    It's story had interesting concepts and the game-play was fun, but there are many issues. The mini-games were mostly boring and repetitive, and the game looked super ugly, Still mostly enjoyable though.
  18. MercenaryofHate
    Jul 23, 2016
    5
    I really wanted to like this game. It seemed like a truly next-gen game coming with all DLC, I couldn't resist. Unfortunately this game failed to meet my expectations. The roster of villains is awful I don't get why they put in some unpopular characters instead on iconic villains even the add-ons couldn't save this one. The graphics are below average for a PS4 game. The cut scenes lookI really wanted to like this game. It seemed like a truly next-gen game coming with all DLC, I couldn't resist. Unfortunately this game failed to meet my expectations. The roster of villains is awful I don't get why they put in some unpopular characters instead on iconic villains even the add-ons couldn't save this one. The graphics are below average for a PS4 game. The cut scenes look awful like I was playing DC Universe Online it's that bad! Next the controls are bad and they expect you to use both the analog sticks and D-Pad if you wan't to pull of cool moves. The controls are made so that if you hit the right stick forward or backward you can move up or back however they did a terrible job implementing this, making it often you have to be lucky or press really hard and fast to actually move up with the joystick. Course the D-Pad works perfectly but if you want to jump in the air you can only use the joystick so forcing you to either play one way or the other while missing out on some mechanics or struggle to use them all by using both the joysticks and D-Pad eliminating the purpose of any strategic movement and just makes you want to stop playing the game and frustrating yourself. The idea of superheroes and vilians fighting each other is poorly implemented into the game also as most characters have short moves that are a hassle to preform and by the time your about to you get meter-burned and knocked out by your opponent. The game makes it that your punches are incredibly weak and eventually will get slower. They made the game so kid friendly and non violent but characters are repetitive having only 1 basic intro. 1 super move, and that's pretty much it. Voice acting took little our no effort in this game as many of the characters sound like Warner Bros decided to hire the cheapest people for that role. Superman is too overpowered and is always the final boss at the end of arcade mode the start ot the fight is lazy and is just three soldiers trying to apprehend you until superman arrives, than the final cut scene is no more than pictures played with narration . Many of the characters don't have weapons or can only be used for a short period of time. It gets boring after an hour and by 5 days passed you would have already used every character, preformed every move and had all the fun in this game.… Expand
  19. Gerard51MX
    Jun 22, 2016
    7
    ya habia jugado las versiones de xbox 360 y ps vita, aun asi lo compre en oferta pues es un juego muy entretenido. No me gustan los juegos de super heroes, es mas, no me gustan los super heroes pero el juego merece la pena, la historia me gusto, la cantidad de luchadores es buena, los escenarios son pocos pero incluyen las transiciones y eso los hace buenos, la musica es regular,ya habia jugado las versiones de xbox 360 y ps vita, aun asi lo compre en oferta pues es un juego muy entretenido. No me gustan los juegos de super heroes, es mas, no me gustan los super heroes pero el juego merece la pena, la historia me gusto, la cantidad de luchadores es buena, los escenarios son pocos pero incluyen las transiciones y eso los hace buenos, la musica es regular, graficamente cumple su cometido, la dificultad... esa es otra cosa, tendras que invertirle varias horas en las misiones y batallas... algunas son frustrantes. El control reacciona bien aunque no termino de entender algunos combos y su timing... recomendado definitivamente… Expand
  20. CoreGamer1408
    May 4, 2019
    7
    Used to be a big fan of these style of games until burnout. This game actually got me interested back into the fighting genre last year or so. Maybe it was the mostly easily identifiable characters with the story mode that helped. Lots of modes, arenas, characters, skins, unlockables. The in rendered cut scenes do make this game look last gen, but the actual fights I didn't get the sameUsed to be a big fan of these style of games until burnout. This game actually got me interested back into the fighting genre last year or so. Maybe it was the mostly easily identifiable characters with the story mode that helped. Lots of modes, arenas, characters, skins, unlockables. The in rendered cut scenes do make this game look last gen, but the actual fights I didn't get the same dated visual feel. After the fail of some more recent fighting games this is a nice fun looking game to fall back on for this type of fighting fix.… Expand
  21. SortOfCritic
    Dec 30, 2017
    7
    Injustice Gods Among Us is a game I never realized I wanted. It combines the great fighting style of Mortal Kombat, with the awesome roster of DC characters. But at no point does it feel like a Mortal Kombat game, it gives its own spin. The story mode is nothing special but the premise is pretty intriguing
  22. TheCornflex
    Jan 31, 2018
    7
    Cool fighting game. Really cool to be honest but can't **** with Mortal Kombat, Sorry.
  23. DeusXCom
    Apr 21, 2015
    7
    Pretty solid fighting game. Not as exciting as Mortal Kombat, but mainly because I'm not too familiar with DC universe, so from my perspective this looked like Batman vs Superman and tons of other generic looking superheroes in gay outfits. This was even more emphasized in story mode, where 2 realities mesh and there are 2 versions of each superhero in action making things even morePretty solid fighting game. Not as exciting as Mortal Kombat, but mainly because I'm not too familiar with DC universe, so from my perspective this looked like Batman vs Superman and tons of other generic looking superheroes in gay outfits. This was even more emphasized in story mode, where 2 realities mesh and there are 2 versions of each superhero in action making things even more chaotic. The story campaign is not that great and quite short, but it's good that they at least try to make things more enjoyable for single player, back in 90's you had usually just a simple ladder to climb and the rest was the fighting fun with friends. 2 player local versus mode is of course still present, but honestly, after a few matches and trying out a few different characters, you get usually bored pretty quickly. I liked the technical side of things, almost an absence of loading screens is a nice touch, as the game in story mode flows seamlessly, cut scenes are shifting to gameplay and back without any loading at all, which feels like a blessing after experiencing the hell of all loading screens on PS4 called Bloodborne. Online PVP worked surprisingly smoothly without any lag and what I liked as an addition are interactive arenas that you can use to your advantage. If I had to choose a good fighting game, I would still go for MK, as I prefer that universe and characters, but if you like these superheroes and want more quality fighting games, Injustice is a good place to go. 7/10… Expand
  24. MaxieZeus
    Sep 6, 2022
    7
    Decent fighting game with a decent story mode that is certainly better than Mortal Kombat's story mode.
  25. filip92
    Jul 11, 2022
    7
    Good fighting game... if you don't have Mortal Kombat. I beat the campaign and never touched it..
  26. alexslork
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    previously on Xbox 360 but never experienced the story until now.

    The story is quiet interesting because you would usually expect superheroes vs villains scenario to play
  27. ToshLichev
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    A good yet flawed fighting game that serves as the base for one of DC's best modern stories and gives players access to a good amount of DC characters to fight with. However an odd FPS-drop during cutscenes, a very short story and good yet not great combat leaves more than a bit to be desired.
  28. ChumaGG
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    review de 200 letras o menos
    PROS
    -vale la pena por la historia
    -la historia
    -neta la historia
    CON
    -poca duracion
    -terrible graficamente
    -poca variedad de personajes
    -terriblemente desbalanceado
  29. powernap66
    Dec 7, 2019
    6
    The animation of each character and their super moves are top shelf and amazing. I'm not into multiplayer, I prefer single player story-driven campaigns and on that front, the story bit of this game is some laughably weak tea that might as well been left off. But I do appreciate that's not what most people are drawn to this game for, which is basically Mortal Kombat with DC characters andThe animation of each character and their super moves are top shelf and amazing. I'm not into multiplayer, I prefer single player story-driven campaigns and on that front, the story bit of this game is some laughably weak tea that might as well been left off. But I do appreciate that's not what most people are drawn to this game for, which is basically Mortal Kombat with DC characters and in that respect, it definitely succeeds. My gut feeling wants to rate this slightly lower but the truth is that, despite the missed story potential, and the fact I got it relatively cheap on sale, I don't regret buying it. I just wish it had been something with more substance.… Expand
  30. lesiuML
    Jun 8, 2023
    6
    Pretty enjoyable experience but little bit stiff and rough on the edges. Story is really nice and engaging, difficulty level is balanced and fair. But mechanic of combat are somewhat clunky and not so smooth. General idea is superb, roster of heroes is quite satisfying but the graphic design is kinda ugly for me. Washout colors, muddy textures and really oddly zoomed out battle camera isPretty enjoyable experience but little bit stiff and rough on the edges. Story is really nice and engaging, difficulty level is balanced and fair. But mechanic of combat are somewhat clunky and not so smooth. General idea is superb, roster of heroes is quite satisfying but the graphic design is kinda ugly for me. Washout colors, muddy textures and really oddly zoomed out battle camera is making this game really tedious after few hours.… Expand
  31. Rodrigo_
    Jun 28, 2020
    7
    Graphics: 7/10
    Atmosphere: 7/10
    Gameplay mechanics: 7/10
    Story: 5/10
    Game experience: 8/10
  32. Mr1
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    слетают сохранки и весь прогресс в ноль просто.
  33. alank8704
    Mar 27, 2021
    6
    fun game to play with friends. Average story nothing amazing. Havent played much other fighting games but I am sure this game can do a lot to improve maybe injustice 2 will make improvements
  34. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    6
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  35. Ivo_Bustamante
    May 15, 2021
    7
    Es muy buen juego,lo más destacable sería su historia su jugabilidad tipo arcade no es de mi agrado pero me gusta también.
  36. Max20
    Aug 15, 2021
    7
    Es un juego de lucha bastante entretenido dentro del genero, aunque con una jugabilidad bastante vacía y unas misiones secundarias bastante mal logradas , lo único bueno que le veo a este videojuego es la fascinante historia que nos puede dar
  37. MortalShaw
    May 15, 2023
    6
    no me gusta la historia de injustice, me parece muy meh, el roster de personajes esta bien, pero viniendo de warner bros esperaba mas en la jugabilidad al ser un juego de peleas un poco mas lento que los comunes, escenarios zzz, historia medio zzzz
  38. meatmant
    Nov 18, 2021
    7
    Геймплей - 8/10
    Графон и визуальный стиль - 7/10
    Сюжет - 7/10
    Саундтрек - 6/10
    Общая оценка - 7/10
  39. Alikhshm
    Jul 29, 2023
    7
    A good fighting game for DC universe and its characters.
    I just enjoyed the storytelling not fan of Its fighting combat.
  40. micro10k
    Mar 27, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. injustice gods among us is my worst of the day, I don't play and win this little trophy, I don't like: The characters are dead, The good ones and Bad ones, it doesn't make sense and there are no DLC costume.… Expand
  41. Satsoku
    Jan 6, 2023
    5
    Not a horrible game. The story of course is horrible. Is yet another fighting game with no big twist or any game defining mechanics. I had a big issue with it losing my progress however every time I played a local multiplayer battle, wasting hours of my life spent star missions.

Awards & Rankings

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#11 Best PS4 Game of 2013
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#11 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2013
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#7 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2013

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 3, 2014
    80
    Not worth the upgrade if you already own it on PS3. Definitely worth a next-gen late-adoption. [January 2014, p83]
  2. Level7.nu
    Feb 16, 2014
    70
    A quick fighting game that is easy to get into and doesn't require the player to memorize very much to be good. The Playstation 4-version has a graphics overhaul with higher resolution and better anti-aliasing, but aside from that there is nothing new.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 26, 2014
    70
    This straddles the generation gap rather awkwardly. [Feb 2014, p.90]
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