I ditched this game last year at some point, don't remember when. Something about it just felt off. I can list a bunch of stream of consciousness bullshit about it.
I was so excited for Black Canary to be in one of these games and she released looking like Christina Applegate in the Anchorman movies, lmfao. I was expecting Ed Benes bad bitch Black Canary, and I got a stiffly animated middle aged mom. It was rough. The DLC was another big thing for me personally, I would have loved to see Zatanna back, or maybe Constantine, anything that could have lead to interesting magic/power designs. Instead of picking through the ocean of DC characters, they chose Hellboy, Raiden, and the TMNT. I fucking gagged. Starfire was a cool inclusion, but I would be lying if I said I'm not disappointed with her execution. Red Hood is just about on point. Who the fuck wanted to play Enchantress? Out of all the characters on the dark/magic side of DC they chose Enchantress. That's some really weak shit. Manta was cool, Atom is basically a non-factor. Atom would have been cool if they went with the Sword of Atom. They didn't though, and thus nobody gives a shit about Ryan Choi and his lame ass costume.
The premium costume idea was really fucking cool but it seemed like it totally got dropped at a certain point, and while the cosmetic stuff with the loot system was cool, I'd rather it not return. If the next game launches and a zoning character is as good as Deadshot was, I'm not fucking buying it. Miss me w/ that get good shit, I know how to get around projectiles, it's just not a fun way to play the game on either side, and I don't see how they let it happen twice now.
These stages need to get smaller and more inspired, like quickly. Release stage DLC too. Who the fuck cares about being on a random street in Metropolis? Put me in the Tower of Fate, or the Dreaming, or Madame Xanadu's shop. The House of Mystery, even. I'm not even sure I liked any of the stages in I2, they all felt so bland to me. The ones that stood out at the least were Atlantis and Slaughter Swamp. I mean holy shit, this is a universe rich with so many interesting locations and you put us at a shitty amusement park. Do something cool and put us in hell, have Lucifer Morningstar in the back doing something, don't put me in Arkham Asylum like ever again. Yall fucked that stage up two times in a row, one with shitty interactables, and then again with boring ass design. I mean please, just think outside of the box. How hasn't there been an Apokolips stage? New Genesis maybe?
I think that's the main issue overall is that nobody is trying to think big enough. You could have one of the craziest and coolest fighting games out there featuring weird ass characters like Big Barda and Mister Miracle fighting Klarion the Witch Boy in a vibrant environment where things are actually going on in the background like one of Zatanna's Stage Shows, but instead we get a muted color palette and boring ass Batman characters.