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Is Injustice too balanced to be hyped?

John Grizzly

The axe that clears the forest
I'm surprised more people aren't talking about Lobo. Grabs, armor, advancing specials, ridiculous damage, cross-up otgs, full-screen trait that does 29%...

Lobo is the real deal.
Shhh.

I like playing a character that is rarely seen. I don't want everyone hopping on the Lobo train and ruining all my fun.
 

Rude

You will serve me in The Netherrealm
I'm sorry, but once Lobo mains fully flesh out all of his match-ups, I see him in the top ten conversation.
 

shaowebb

Get your guns on. Sheriff is back.
It's fairly balanced, but it doesn't hype IMO because it doesn't have as many options or setups as some other games do. Game is fine, but it is it's own thing. People either click with it or they dont. For what its worth Im up to 5 people I work with being hyped enough to go buy it because of the things I've explained about the game to them that they can use.
 

AZ MotherBrain

If you believe enough, -7 could be +7
I think injustice is fairly hype.
Watching REO is always a pretty hype.
I kinda miss KDZ too.
Shazam is pretty hype too.
 

Skkra

PSN: Skkra
I wasn't sure if this was a joke thread or not.

IGAU certainly isn't hyped because of overbalance. That's the last thing holding it back. It's just linear, has uninteresting footsies to watch due to the glacial walkspeeds, and has too much "sitting full screen throwing projectiles" going on at high levels among the strongest characters.
 
I'd say the things holding it back are the life bar system and the overall walk speed. It just takes too long to move in and out, really surprised they didn't improve overall movement speed with the last balancing patch.
 

TaffyMeat

Infinite Meter Kombos
Hype the game up because this character/that character gets a beat down?
Stupid. How about, lets hype the game because we care about it. Not about which character gets the shit kicked out of them.
 

AK Stormthegates

WOOLAY!!!!
Injustice isn't hype because other than combos and chucking corvettes at people there is literally nothing going on the screen. Seriously, I didn't know music played in the background til I left practice mode on at a incredibly high volume. The combat system is interesting but there is literally no other ambiance, flashing lights, or anything going on. It's like a trying to do combos on a grey screen. It makes me sleepy.
 

Zoidberg747

My blades will find your heart
The main reason it isnt hype is there is no real comeback factor. Some characters like KF and Batgirl obviously have one but there is no universal mechanics that aid a comeback.

I still like watching the game and know of plenty of hype moments in majors and weeklies. It is more personal preference than anything.
 

G4S KT

Gaming4Satan Founder
Lobo is the truth

not only that, he's one of the more fun characters to watch.

Most hype match so far in IGAU history: Grr (Bane) vs. Rico (Doomsday) holy shit that was an epic slugfest
 

Crathen

Death is my business
What i see in all this MK9 vs Inj talk is the same thing how GG players talk about BB , Tekken / Soul Calibur or 3s players about SF4 , game is stupid / imbalanced / bad mechanics / easy.

A game is hype as how people hype it up when playing it , fast pacing isn't hype itself it's just more people liking it , whenever i watch any GGA weeklies i dig the hype , commentators are hype so the game benefits from that.

People talk big on "FUNDAMENTALS" and refuse to aknowledge fundamentals differ on the game and simplifies it as SFIV footsies.

Can we talk how even a footsie based game can be dumb? Do people forget how dominant was Chun Cr. Mk?But it was hype because people saw Kuroda winning with Q and show amazing skill , so best game ever right?

Back to Injustice , people complain about fullscreen projectiles and the struggle some characters have to pass through slowing the pace down and making it "unhype" , that's bs and it's your opinion , i love when i see a good player patiently making his way in and make a good read / reaction and going to town and i enjoy the patience a zoning player has to put it to not get blown up by a ballsy guess the other guy may be doing.

Now i'm not dreaming about Injustice and saying best game ever , the music department is lacking ( volume up pls ) and we don't have C-cc-c--combo breaker screams every 10 seconds to reminds us how awesome the game is , some MU are still ehhh but luckily it's not a mess ala MK9 / 3s / Mvcwhateva and some characters aspects could be tweaked a little more , but the game itself is solid enough to be played for years and develop more strats / tech / neutral game as long players keep searching stuff.

If some people don't like it and don't find it hype then there's no reason for them to play it , drop it and play whatever you want you shouldn't forcing yourself to play a game you don't enjoy and then complain / bitch about it.
 

HellblazerHawkman

Confused Thanagarian
I think we see a lot of the same in Injustice. You don't see a lot of stuff from the characters, just a set game plan. I agree that's what makes certain guys like ChrisG hype as fuck, because some will do some crazy shit out of no where for a win (forget what it was, but I remember one a while back with ChrisG winning a match by shooting an up Arrow at a Doomsday doing Supernova when he was about dead). Slow speeds and zoning being as strong as it is don't help either.

And about the commentators, I agree with the remark earlier. My buddy's first tourney he made the finals (don't remember which one atm) and the commentators were trash. Forget the fact that they only showed the grand finals, but the one jackass said straight up he didn't know Injustice and spent the time criticizing my buddies Lex because he got bodied by the Aquaman he was playing. Personally, I feel I should do every major and talk about made up sciences and comics so everyone on stream can be confused about life
 

The Krish360

Absolute Scrub
This game was just not made to be hype. Too much zoning, no footsies, no mindgames. You basicaly run in and see what happens. Music is bland, color is not eye catching, the atmosphere is pretty boring. Not to mention screen size is pretty big so that's why zoning is powerful and comebacks very hard.

If you're looking for hype, go play Killer Instinct. Everything about that game is hype.
 

SUPARNOVAX

Low tier? I was born in it, molded by it
How would you define "hype"?
Like it's not really exciting to watch. Playing it can be a different story.

There's probably a lot less people talking about this game in the FGC offline.

Maybe you can chalk it up to other factors but the game is just not exciting and it looks like it's going on a decline due to new releases and other games getting balancing and more exposure.