So… I didn’t play the game or anything like that. I’m one of those people who just wait patiently (and impatiently) for users to upload cut scenes edited so seamlessly that they might as well be shown on the big screen and given a big theatrical release. (I do, however, read the comics.)

I wasn’t sure “Injustice: Gods Among Us” could get any better (it was brilliant – comic book- and game-wise), but now I am because it did!

I’ve started collecting the comics for INJUSTICE 2 but have barely read the first issue, kind of like a kid undergoing the Marshmallow Test: the more issues I have at hand to read, the more rewarding it’s going to be, so patience, patience, and patience. 

But I was too excited to watch the cut scenes, since the trailers were, at the very least, intriguing. And the final act with Bruce and Clark (without spoiling anything, really) figuratively kept me on the edge of my seat. Just when you thought… never mind! 

Let’s just say I’m already waiting for INJUSTICE 3 (Any announcements yet?).

I know this is all happening on a parallel earth, and things are out of whack (which says a lot, given that this is comics we’re talking about), but that’s the whole point. The big “what if” fleshed out before us. We don’t like Clark as a murdering dictator who betrays his friends while thinking he’s doing right by the world at large, but we want to see what it’d be like (and how Bruce and the rest of their friends would handle it). 

And, as out-of-character and wild as the story can get, what I love is that none of it feels convoluted. I’m not looking for extra explanations. And while Bruce and Clark are still the main focus, all the other characters are given their fair share of development, I think. If there’s are any inconsistency, I have yet to be bothered by it.

Kudos to everyone involved in the development of this universe. The story, the dialogue, the animation (I mean, have you guys seen how gorgeous Arthur is?), that twist towards the end, the real life lessons you can pick up? Just, everything.