Injustice 2: 10 Characters That Should've Been Included

Yo, NetherRealm. We have to talk about this Cheetah over Vixen business...

by Ewan Paterson
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Surprise surprise, turns out Injustice 2 is a heck of a lot of fun and, even better, a stark improvement over its predecessor. It's got a zany elseworlds-esque story and a combat system that, although difficult to learn, delivers some pretty spectacular online confrontations. It also happens to have a pretty underwhelming character roster, which is pretty annoying to say the least.

For a game that takes so many cues from the DC Animated Universe, you may find it surprising that, out of its 29 playable characters, almost a third are sourced from everyone's favourite Bat-fam. While this does make sense, given how - y'know - pretty much everyone, their aunt, and uncle loves the caped crusader, it is disappointing that NetherRealm once again opted for a selection of characters that are more Bat-tastic than fantastic.

Indeed, the title's predilection for all things Bat feels pretty lazy when you consider the sheer scale of the source material NetherRealm have to work with. On top of that, the inclusion of certain 'premier skins' fail to compensate for the absences of Vixen and John Stewart, the latter of which has, once again, been reduced to a costume despite the fact he's infinitely more popular than Hal Jordan - a character most audiences associate with tacky CG and a failed cinematic universe.

Injustice 2 is a great game. If it had a better roster, it could be even greater.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.