The box art for the critically acclaimed fighting video game Injustice: Gods Among Us reveals a dark and grim tone that plagues the entire game. The violent images depicted parallels the main themes and gameplay. Rather than promote the games beautiful story or massive roster of characters, the art glorifies the violence and death that occurs in-game.
The game tells a tale following the death of a alternate reality superman’s wife and unborn daughter, the Superman has become a oppressive ruler of the Planet Earth, murdering all criminals, and even heroes who resist his control. Meanwhile, the alternate batman summons the help of the real world's Justice League to end the alternate Superman's reign of terror. The box art clearly identifies …show more content…
Batman, wielding green kryptonite, one of the few substances that can actually harm the Man of Steel, and Superman using lethal force by firing his heat beams from his eyes. This happens over the corpse of the hero Green Arrow who seems to have died in the ensuing chaos. The destroyed landscape creates the feeling that the battles that take pace in the game are full scale and interactive. Smoke and dust billows from the battleground again emphasizing the scale of destruction that takes place. The background image enhances the central image by showing that nobody is leaving this story unscathed. It depicts 5 comic characters all of which bares a somber, serious expression on their faces, except for the Joker who sits in the middle of the five sporting a devilish grin. Having who is arguably the evilest villain in all of fictional history as the face of the game lets viewers know that the themes this game will deal with are violent and deep. On the box it can also be noted that none of the main characters are featured together, they’re separated by small but noticeable lines making it clear that each individual has their own goals. They also all have varying degrees of worried looks on their faces showing that each individual has their own story to
The game tells a tale following the death of a alternate reality superman’s wife and unborn daughter, the Superman has become a oppressive ruler of the Planet Earth, murdering all criminals, and even heroes who resist his control. Meanwhile, the alternate batman summons the help of the real world's Justice League to end the alternate Superman's reign of terror. The box art clearly identifies …show more content…
Batman, wielding green kryptonite, one of the few substances that can actually harm the Man of Steel, and Superman using lethal force by firing his heat beams from his eyes. This happens over the corpse of the hero Green Arrow who seems to have died in the ensuing chaos. The destroyed landscape creates the feeling that the battles that take pace in the game are full scale and interactive. Smoke and dust billows from the battleground again emphasizing the scale of destruction that takes place. The background image enhances the central image by showing that nobody is leaving this story unscathed. It depicts 5 comic characters all of which bares a somber, serious expression on their faces, except for the Joker who sits in the middle of the five sporting a devilish grin. Having who is arguably the evilest villain in all of fictional history as the face of the game lets viewers know that the themes this game will deal with are violent and deep. On the box it can also be noted that none of the main characters are featured together, they’re separated by small but noticeable lines making it clear that each individual has their own goals. They also all have varying degrees of worried looks on their faces showing that each individual has their own story to