
The expanded stages also make the gameplay feel more like superheroes are slugging it out as opposed to regular semi-super folks. I haven’t played Soul Calibur in ages, Dead Or Alive and Virtua Fighter don’t really interest me and don’t get me started on Street Fighter. Although the only fighting games I’ve played in recent years are hours and hours of Tekken, Marvel vs. Yeah we’ve had leveled stages in fighting games for years but for some reason it feels different in this one. It is about time we are getting these expansive environments in fighting games. The stages themselves seem like they each have places where you can smash into at least two other areas/levels in the stage.I wonder if they will go even further in some cases and add character-specific animations. I love that they are getting little details like this right already. Superman can grab the barrels and chuck them at an opponent with little effort while a weaker character like Flash will roll them at high speed instead. For example there is a part in the video where barrels appear in the Flash vs. Just about everything in the environment is interactive and different characters interact with objects in different ways according to whether they fall into the Gadget or Strength character-type.Power is more for characters like Superman and Grundy while Flash and Batman fall into the gadgets camp (I would imagine that Quinn and Wonder Woman are gadgets and power respectively). Two different kinds of characters are known to exist Power and Gadgets.DC Universe by Midway Studios (Now NetherRealm Studios).

The fighting style of the Flash also seems to stand out a bit more than when we last saw him in Mortal Kombat vs. Every stance looks unique so far and The Flash has his appropriately speedy moves and mannerisms.The Flash has Wally’s Infinite Mass Punch 6:19).Cannot wait to see what rolls out of Comic-Con this weekend.įlash revving up and preparing to do a super move (The Infinite Mass Punch is in the game!). I really just wish the game would get here sooner. The more I see the suit in action though, the more I dig it. With a splash of the armored suit from the first DC Universe Online trailer: For some reason this suit reminds me of a combination of Wally’s modified suit from JLA # 53: Hopefully they remedy that this time around in a big way.Ī really close up view of the cowl. DC all of the planned DLC was scrapped and we were left with a pretty bare bones game with barely any replay value. Due to Midway Studios folding after the release of Mortal Kombat vs. I really just want some bonus stuff! A lot more bonus stuff than last time. I’m hoping that they also decide to include alternate uniforms like the classic iterations and even the New 52 designs if they have to. The Flash also takes a few cues from the latest Flash costume redesign and features a lot of glowing seams and cackling energy.Ī look at some more details on the cowl and the suit straight on. I fully expect this game to look excellent. The game has some awesome animations so far for the Scarlet Speedster and I’m betting there is still some tweaking and tightening up to do in that respect. The Flash while doing some kind of dash move. For the record I am really liking the suit so far. You can kind of see the cockiness coming of off the Flash just by looking at this pose.

Flash kind of moves like a boxer when he is warming up before the fight.

At least this time around all the characters should be DC-related.įlash warming up before the battle with Superman. Unless they are already included in this build I could see us getting a couple more characters via DLC (Download Content). It looks like we will be getting a total of 12 Heroes and 12 Villains for a combined total of 24 characters. Superman (As well as Grundy and Batman which can be seen HERE!įrom the character select screen. Now Ed Boon via IGN brings us 15 minutes of gameplay featuring The Flash vs. So far we’ve been privy to various bits of videos, some wallpapers and art of the confirmed characters featured in the title. As the latest Justice League video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us (due out in 2013) gets further along in development, Ed Boon and the folks at NetherRealm studios are keeping us in the loop with this recent bit of extended gameplay footage.
