Jynks
some heroes are born, some made, some wondrous
Max has made a video of him playing a level 1 Batman vs a Level 20 Joker.. I think it is a great demonstration of how the gear system is probably the worst idea to be added to any fighting game in so long.
I mean look at this shit? Base strings taking 1/2 health and more.
The gear system on paper was awesome... but putting stat bonuses was a huge missfire. We already know that pretty much every game you play online will be "gearless". We know that gear is banned form competition so no one who likes to compete will ever use gear as they do not want muscle memory to have moves and stuff they can not use.
All they needed to do was have the gear just be cosmetic and imo, have the variation system setup so you could choose 2 or 3 "skills" as in new strings or specials at the start screen and this would have been epic on all levels...
Instead the gear system is probably the worst idea in the FGC... and one that only a tiny fraction of the playerbase and nearly no one on this site will ever use.
Hope you guys like those "character reveal" videos, as like 1/2 of moves and stuff you saw you will NEVER use. We all can agree the stats idea is mega lame and now it is just a costume system, and yes that is very cool in its own way. Still I think of all the work NRS put into this failure and it saddens me, especially when it was so close to being amazing.