Injustice: Gods Among Us

Injustice: Gods Among Us is a fighting video game based upon the fictional universe of DC Comics. The game was developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. It was released in April 2013 in North America, Europe, and Australia, and June 2013 in Japan.

Plot
In an alternate universe, Joker (Richard Epcar) tricks Superman (George Newbern) into killing his pregnant wife Lois Lane, which detonates a nuclear weapon that destroys Metropolis and kills millions. Batman (Kevin Conroy) interrogates Joker (on where he got the weapon) after the attack, but a devastated and enraged Superman breaks into the interrogation room and murders Joker in retribution, quickly losing his moral compass. Over the following years, Superman becomes a ruthless dictator who establishes a unified world government named the One Earth Regime that eliminates crime through a worldwide authoritarian regime, which he leads as its High Councilor, but Batman establishes an Insurgency against his tyrannical regime, and a war breaks out between the two factions, leaving the Justice League disbanded.

Five years into Superman's regime, the insurgency discovers a parallel universe where Joker's plan failed, and they teleport that world's Wonder Woman (Susan Eisenberg), Aquaman (Phil LaMarr), Green Arrow (Alan Tudyk), and Green Lantern (Adam Baldwin) into their universe, to join the insurgency and end the totalitarian regime. Batman and Joker are accidentally transported as well, but are separated after an encounter with the regime's military forces. While searching for somewhere to recharge his power ring, Green Lantern encounters Sinestro (Troy Baker), and his Yellow Lantern counterpart. Aquaman visits the archives of Atlantis, where he discovers how Superman descended into tyranny and that Atlantis has agreed to complete subjugation under Superman. He is then forced to fight his counterpart as well.

The prime heroes eventually meet the alternate Batman in Gotham City. Batman and the alternate Lex Luthor (Mark Rolston), an Insurgent mole inside the Regime, explain that a nanotech pill derived from Kryptonian DNA can make regular humans thousands of times stronger and more resilient, as well as their plan to use a kryptonite-based weapon stored in the Batcave against Superman; DNA samples from the Justice League are needed to unlock it, but, in their universe, most core Leaguers were either recruited or killed by the regime. Meanwhile, the prime Batman pursues Joker through Gotham, but Yellow Lantern and Hawkgirl (Jennifer Hale) mistake him for their own Batman and arrest him. Joker then reunites with the alternate Harley Quinn (Tara Strong), who founded an underground organization called "Joker Clan" in his memory. The insurgents sneak into Wayne Manor, where they fight off regime enforcers. The heroes are able to enter the Batcave and retrieve the kryptonite weapon.

In the prime universe, the remaining Leaguers attempt to recover their comrades, but their teleporter sends Cyborg (Khary Payton) into the alternate universe, where he joins the insurgency effort and works with Deathstroke (J. G. Hertzler) to commandeer the Watchtower's teleporter while the other insurgents stage a break-in on Stryker's Island to rescue the prime Batman. The alternate Superman attempts to destroy the Watchtower, but fails when Deathstroke overcharges its core, setting off a massive explosion. Luthor tries to use the kryptonite weapon to kill Superman, but Shazam (Joey Naber) stops him, allowing Superman to execute him. Now aware of humanity's determination to depose him, Superman decides to destroy Gotham and Metropolis to demonstrate the chaos that would arise in his absence and invade the prime heroes' universe to punish it for interfering with his rule and murders Shazam when the latter protests, causing Flash (Neal McDonough) to defect and fight his way to the Insurgency.

As the Insurgency's plan failed, Batman convinces his counterpart to recruit the prime Superman. When open war between the Regime and Insurgency erupts, Ares (J. G. Hertzler) teleports Wonder Woman to Themyscira and reveals that Superman plans to have the Amazons invade Metropolis. After defeating her counterpart, Wonder Woman convinces the Amazons to help the Insurgency. An army led by the alternate Aquaman attacks Metropolis, where the insurgents and the Amazons fight them off. Prime Superman defeats powerful regime enforcers, including Doomsday (Khary Payton), and engages in a final confrontation against his counterpart at the Fortress of Solitude, where he emerges victorious, ending the reign of the High Councillor.

After the High Councillor's downfall and the regime's defeat in Metropolis, the Regime is dismantled and all of its accomplices are arrested. Harley Quinn has the Joker sent back to the prime universe after realizing that he does not care about her, Green Lantern hands over his counterpart and Sinestro to the Guardians of the Universe to stand trial, and Wonder Woman dethrones her counterpart. The dictator Superman is placed in a prison emitting red sun radiation that renders him powerless, and his prime counterpart admits that if he were placed in the same position, he might have done the same thing. The alternate Batman tells Superman that he hopes that Superman never has to learn what he could be capable of if he turns evil, and warns him that if something ever happens to him, causing him to go down the path of his counterpart, he will come after him. As they walk away, the alternate Superman's eyes glow red, indicating he still has some degree of his powers.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Excellent story, where an alternate version of Batman summons the Justice League to defeat his universe's Superman, who has become a tyrannical dictator after the Joker tricked him into killing his wife Lois Lane and destroying his hometown of Metropolis with a nuclear bomb.
 * 2) A huge variety of DC characters.
 * 3) Good soundtrack.
 * 4) Powerful attacks.
 * 5) Fun S.T.A.R.S. missions.
 * 6) Great voice acting. Many of the voice actors reprise their roles in voicing some of the characters, such as Kevin Conroy as Batman, Grey DeLise as Catwoman, Troy Baker as Nightwing, and Tara Strong as Harley Quinn.
 * 7) * Even some of the dubs reprise their roles from various other DC-related media; Brazilian Portuguese (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Joker, Green Lantern), Latin Spanish (Superman, Batman, Joker, Green Lantern, Harley Quinn, Catwoman), and French (Batman, Hal Jordan, Raven, and Cyborg).
 * 8) Excellent presentation.
 * 9) Solid fighting mechanics.
 * 10) Powerful special abilities.
 * 11) Nicely detailed graphics.
 * 12) Destructive environments.
 * 13) A large amount of collectibles.
 * 14) Smooth environment transitions.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Scorpion. Despite being an awesome character in his own franchise, Mortal Kombat, his inclusion felt downright insulting due to Ed Boon stating there would be no guest stars in the game as well as taking up a slot that could've been given to a more deserving DC character like Darkseid, Deadshot or Starfire.
 * 2) The QTE minigames felt boring and useless.
 * The, “Gods Among Us” part in the game’s title caused some controversy and some countries had the game banned.
 * 1) Some moments are hugely disturbing, most notably Shazam's death.

Reception
The game has received generally positive reviews.

Angry Joe gave this game a 8 out of 10.

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