Injustice 2 Reviews: 9 Critical Reactions You Need To Know

2. Microtransactions Will Probably Divide Players

"Loot boxes spark the dreaded microtransaction fear, but you can't buy Mother Boxes with real world money, which at least demonstrates some restraint on the part of the analytics people at Warner Bros. Rather, you can buy Source Crystals with your hard-earned cash. This virtual currency can only be used to buy cosmetic items, Premiere character Skins and shaders. So you never feel as if you've been outgeared by someone with considerably more money than you. But you do occasionally feel that you might have been outgeared by someone with considerably more time - and luck - than you." - Eurogamer

"The ominous option to spend real money on Source Crystals (yet another form of currency) is in Injustice 2, but its pull isn’t that strong at launch, as it is tied only to color shaders, but will be used in the future for premiere skins, which is likely where some of the movie and comic tie-in content will reside." - Game Informer

"Though you can earn some source crystals by playing Injustice 2 over dozens of hours, they come few and far between to seemingly make spending real money seem like a necessary evil." - Gamespot

Yes, like just about any game with loot boxes these days, Injustice has microtransactions, but you know what? It seems that they're not that bad, at least in terms of not encroaching upon the central gameplay mechanics or giving paying players a ludicrously unfair advantage.

It's still skeevy business as always, and some players will feel the pressure to shell out due to the rigour of the RNG, but players who simply pay for the base game won't be put at a gross disadvantage.

Of course, it's worth being wary that, as other developers have done, NetherRealm could very well change their microtransactions model once the reviews have dropped, but right now it's looking totally manageable.