Bad Costume Design, Flash

So E3 is upon us and its time for us all to be extremely cross and disappointed in the videogame industry.  I never quite understood hype--it seems to pass up incredibly good games (Kingdoms of Amalur, anyone?) for whatever new Call of Duty or Super Mario title shows its face.The way things work is a new title comes up, it's praised by the media and the fans for months, it comes out. and then everyone tries to convince themselves that it was worth all that spent energy...remember the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?  Rubbish.  Remember Gears of War 3?  Preteen testosterone caricature nonsense...didn't answer any of the interesting questions the previous titles brought up.  That's another story.

This time its a DC Comics fighting game developed by the guys behind that Mortal Kombat reboot of a few years past called Injustice: Gods Among Us.  This title dares to ask that question that everyone else has been busy knowing the answer to all these years, "What would happen if superheroes went bad?"

You would think that a DC Comics-themed fighting game would be EXACTLY what I would want, you know, being such a Detective Comics fanboy and whatnot.  I am a current subscriber to seven of their monthly comic books and have a countless number of trade paperback collections.  I currently have a batman costume in my closet--I may actually end up wearing it by the time this post is done.

The first red flag that came up for me was the costume design for the Flash.  What's up with all those shoulder pads and moving pieces?  It's like someone started drawing him and then never stopped.  With all those hard edges and pockets and pieces sticking-off his frame, you would think that there would be a tremendous amount of drag huh?  Especially if he is running faster than light?

There's another thing--why are we even having this discussion anymore?  The Flash would win hands down.  How do you fight someone who can move and react faster than the speed of light?  He can literally dodge lasers!  You can't fight someone like that--there is no argument there.  Even if you do find a way to even the field (maybe by fighting on an ice rink?) he can vibrate through solid objects--what are you going to do?

In the Justice League of America arc: Tower of Babel, Ras al'Ghul finds a way to take every member of the Justice League out of commission with incredible efficiency--he causes Martian Manhunter to erupt into flames do to small magnesium bugs, makes Aquaman develop a fear of water, blinds the Green Lantern, etc.  As it were, this is all from Batman's files--since Bruce Wayne is so paranoid he has developed a contingency plan for every member of the League just in case they go bad some day.

His solution for the Flash was a special bullet designed to attach itself to the spine when it senses the Flash trying to vibrate through it--this bullet causes the Flash to experience seizures at light speed.

My point?  Unless the "X" button on the controller is mapped to "Use the Special Vibrating Bullet", No one has a chance against this guy.

NOT excited about this title--going back to play more Kingdoms of Amalur.