I should premise this mostly negative review by stating that I am generally not a fan of fighting games ever since they became so damn complicated. As controllers got larger and started having more buttons the creators of the games felt compelled to use all the buttons, which I guess I can understand from a business point of view.
The idea of fighting with DC superheroes is a good one and one that people were obviously going to eat up and this game sold relatively well, as was expected. I probably never would have gotten involved had i not received it for free with my Extra account even if it was for just a couple of dollars. I'm simply not interested in fighting games.
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Another disclaimer I feel the need to make here is that I only play these gamed for a total of one hour as is my tradition with all of the more than 100 games that a PS-Plus Extra account entitles you to.
The first beef I am going to start out with here is the magnificently long tutorial. I get that they want to teach you how to play the game otherwise you are just hitting random-ass buttons with no real objective, but this has to have been one of the longest tutorials that I have ever sat through and it was way too much information for me to possibly keep track of.
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Keeping in mind that this is just a personal opinion of mine, I don't want to actually know every single possible move that a character can do before I start playing the game. I want a basic introduction with maybe some indications later on about how I can enhance my gameplay as I carry on and get better with the basics. This tutorial basically teaches you 48 different button combinations that I'm afraid my autism just didn't prepare me for.
By the time the majestically long tutorial was finished I did a couple of fights only to realize that I hadn't remembered really any of the moves that I literally just sat through in the tutorial. It was too much information all at once.
Imagine if you were playing a game like God of War or FarCry5 and instead of putting you through the commands piece by piece over the course of several hours as these sorts of moves became more necessary, that they instead told you all of the possible moves including the dreaded R3 and L3 buttons in the first 20 minutes. Then they NEVER mention to you what those buttons were ever again.
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The graphics are fantastic, I will give the game that. The amount of characters that you can play as is also awesome but I was a bit disappointed that they used the Jared Leto "Joker" model instead of the myriad of other, better Jokers that have existed over the years.
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I hesitate to state whether or not I think this is a good game that is worth playing or not simply because of the fact that I didn't put much time into it. The reason I didn't put much time into is though is mostly because I felt as though the tutorial was just absurdly long and this discouraged me from even wanting to try to play the game any longer.
For people who are fans of fighting games with immensely complicated controls and tons of destructible environments, this might be a winner... but for me it was just too much too fast and after an hour of trying it I exited and deleted it from my hard drive to make room for something else.
I guess it is good, it's just not for me
Games I have already tried in my journey to play at least 1-hour of every PS-Plus Extra game
- Gravity Rush 2 (action adventure game with fast movement in every direction. It has RPG elements and a pretty decent story. Make it past the first hour and the game really opens up. Recommended)
- Oddworld: Soulstorm (2D+ platformer with great graphics, sound, and voice-acting. Unfortunately it is plagued with a lot of repetition. Recommended for a few hours)
- Bee Simulator (sort of like a flying FPS game but with no combat. It's graphically impressive and filled with tidbits of knowledge about bees... unfortunately it is repetitive as hell and gets boring fast. Not recommended)
- Prison Architect (a prison management simulator game similar to SimCity. It's a great game but just like most simulation games, it just isn't very playable using a controller. Not recommended on PS4)
- Hotline Miami 2 (a top-down shooter with gruesome violence and terrible AI. Would be great for speedrunners and hardcore gamers. Casuals like me are going to quickly tire with it)
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar (turn based RPG of medium-length that does a good job of teaching you how to play in the first hour. It's pretty old-school and I happen to like that... recommended)
- Chorus (3rd person open-world space fighting game. It's graphically impressive but combat is too repetitive to really hold your interest for the entire story. Still recommended though.)
- Portal Knights (a very well made survival action builder game similar to Minecraft. I really enjoyed this and look forward to playing it more. Recommended)
- Saints Row: The Third (clever and funny FPS game that intentionally puts you in impossible and absurd situations. It's innovative and humorous but ultimately quite dated and got repetitive and boring pretty quick. Not recommended)
- Balan Wonderworld (A rather beautiful 3D(ish) platformer that is extremely easy but still engaging enough to hold your attention for a few hours. Recommended for casual gamers)
- The Artful Escape (an adventure game of sorts with awesome visuals and music, but repetitive areas and controls combined with IMO far too much dialogue makes this game get boring, fast... Worth a look but not recommended to play)
- Until Dawn (interactive horror game that you don't really control a great deal of. It's reasonably entertaining, you can't lose, and the graphics and sound a pretty great. It's not really a game but I enjoyed it and played it to its finish. Recommended)
- 11-11: Memories Retold (a WW1 story that doesn't actually involve much input on the player's part. The game is very boring despite having a wonderful graphical style: Not recommended)
- Desperados 3 (a real time tactics / stealth game that I personally do not feel belongs on consoles at all. If you have never played these sorts of games on PC your opinion might be different. This one gets a "maybe.")
- Maneater (Action RPG where you play the role of a deadly shark. The idea is decent but ultimately the extremely repetitive gameplay makes this one easy to miss. Not recommended)
- TorqueL (physics puzzle platformer that is simplistic at first but quickly becomes maddeningly difficult. Gets boring pretty quickly on consoles and would be better suited as a time-waster on mobile devices. Not recommended on PS4)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon: Turn-based cutesy RPG that is extremely story-driven just like anything Square is involved in. If you are huge fan of Final Fantasy you might like it, for me it was one hour then done forever.
- XCOM 2 : (Turn-based Sci-Fi game set in a dystopian future where you are part of the rebellion. Despite a very slow start IMO the game really gets involved later on... recommended)
- Darksiders Genesis (Top-down hack and slash that reminds me a lot of Diablo 3 but with a more restricted environment. It's very fast paced and as easy or difficult as you want it to be. It's a lot of fun and therefore comes highly recommended.)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (a copy/paste of so many other RPG's out there with too many cutscenes as is so typical of Square-Enix. Recommended for superfans of the movies, but not for really anyone else.)
- Injustice 2 (a DC comics oriented fighting game with tons of characters and IMO extremely complicated gameplay. It could be great for someone who is willing to devote enough time to memorizing all of this, but I am not that guy.)
All other games I have already reviewed (there are a lot of them)