The ESRB has now rated Injustice 2 just a few weeks before its official release this May. It gives us a description of what will be included in the full game.
Injustice 2 has been rated Teen. The content descriptors say: Alcohol Reference, Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence. The game was rated on both PS4 and Xbox One.
The rating summary says: “This is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one battles with popular heroes and villains from the DC Comics universe. Players punch, kick, and use a variety of weapons (e.g., knives, swords, machine guns, laser blasters) to drain opponents’ health meters in melee-style combat. Matches are highlighted by impact sounds, splashes of blood, and colorful light effects as fighters are hurled across the screen or to the ground. As players engage in fantasy combat, they can trigger super attacks and transitional attacks that propel opponents from different levels of fighting arenas. Some super attacks depict blood-splatter effects as characters are injured by creatures and/or impaled with swords.
Cutscenes depict additional instances of violence and blood: a character impaled with a sword; a prisoner lying in a small pool of blood; a character stabbed with a trident; a villain’s throat slashed off-screen. The game’s dialogue contains brief sexual references (e.g., “They’re thieves. Rapists. Murderers.”), and some female characters wear revealing outfits (e.g., deep cleavage, tight-fitting clothing) and/or perform suggestive poses. One fight setting takes place in a bar with several alcohol references: signs that read “Beer”‘; drunk patrons in the background; kegs of beer that can be thrown at opponents. The word “sh*t” is heard in dialogue.”
Injustice 2 will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on May 16th, 2017 in North America and May 19th, 2017 in Europe. If you pre-order the game, you get access to Darkseid as a playable character.
