Injustice: Gods Among Us' smooth transitions in story mode and versus create fast paced action - first chapter of game full of tension and drama

This can actually be a good thing because it can keep a players momentum high without having to wait for a next round

This is a brilliant idea to make story mode more fun :-D

"characters have two health bars layered on top of each other, and when one of them loses the first part, the action briefly pauses as that character picks themselves up again."

Oh my god, sounds revolutionary, why couldn't Darkstalkers and Mortal Kombat have that exact same mechanic in versus?

I don't think that is a good idea at all. I personally need those 2-3 seconds to either think of my improvement in the second round if I lost the first one, or to think of how to continue playing well in the second round if I won the first one. But hey, judging from those long-ass stage transition cinematics I think I will be fine.

Doesn't Darkstalkers do that already?

not too found of the cinematic action, in mk i liked to watch the cutscenes peacefully then fight

@5:

Killer Instinct did that in 1994 (2 bars,onelong round). I think the first DS to do that was 3? (1997)

We need videos!

I want to play a demo..... :(

The point was not Them being the first ones to use this double hp bar mechanic (there not), however they are refining it since not much games used this since the change of the millennium

I can't wait to play this!

A little off topic, but I am playing DC Universe Online for the very first time and Almost every confirmed character so far was in the opening cinematic save Bane and Nightwing I think.

Pretty interesting. I can't wait to try this game!

@7:

Thank god someone realized that. Killer Instinct was the first game that came to mind and it worked out amazing, so I'm hype as crap about the two health bar system.

So they're doing what the Dragon Ball Z games did and incorperating it into a more competitive fighter, that is actually a brilliant idea in terms of keeping the flow going.

NRS is doing a lot of cool things for fighters. They may not be the most technically solid, as of yet, but they're definitely innovating in the single player and graphics department.

Honestly MK gets a lot of crap but a lot of other FG companies could learn a hell of a lot from them when it comes to design.

I like how people just point out negatives, especially when said negatives are made up and imagine. Then they get mad when you callthem a sheep.

So, can we expect this game to have an option that extends the health bar beyond only two?

@20... I guess...

Should be interesting, I liked that mechanic in Killer Instinct.

It should make for more interesting matches when your playing catch up when your health is low and you lost 1 round. This game is not for babies it seems.