Made
popular by her appearance in the cartoon Justice
League, Hawkgirl is the only other female member of the Justice League to
appear in Injustice: Gods Among Us alongside
Wonder Woman. Like the Amazing Amazon, she is a powerhouse fighter whose style
emphasizes her warrior training.
Hawkgirl
is one of the easier characters to get a grasp of in the game. Her fighting
style revolves exclusively around her mace and each special move shows off a
different way to utilize this medieval weapon. As such, Hawkgirl has good range
which makes her extremely versatile. Additionally, Hawkgirl is characterized as
a tank in the game which means she can interact with the heavy objects strewn
around each stage, enabling her to toss such things as motorcycles and large
robots at her opponent. Where developers went wrong with Hawkgirl, however, was
in her super move and her character power. Her super move sees her hurling her
enemy into the air and delivering two high-powered blows to their body with her
mace. It lacks the flare some of the other characters have and denies the
character the opportunity to really let her opponent have it with her trademark
weapon. In terms of her character power, she was given the passive ability to
fly upon pressing the character power button. It’s not a very useful ability as
battle is best waged on the ground. A better suggestion for her character power
could have been heightening the electricity on her mace to cause additional
damage for a short period of time.
Very
little is known of Hawkgirl in her narrative aside from the fact that she’s the
first Hawkgirl and that her husband Hawkman has died in the alternate universe
ruled by Superman. She’s hardly in the story mode and it’s rather disappointing
since that makes her one of the only League members not to receive a chapter in
that mode. Luckily, her costuming is at least on point. While her default
costume is undoubtedly reminiscent of Kendra Saunders’ Hawkgirl costume it is
still stylish and features some interesting textures. Her alternate costume is
an Egyptian-inspired costume that’s both regal and badass. Having two great
costumes in the game is a luxury most of the other characters don’t have.
Hawkgirl
is a treat to fans of Justice League and DC Comics more generally. They
took a risk with a winged character and it paid off to some degree. She’s a
brilliant warrior whose mace proves to be a rather fun weapon to toy around
with on the battle field but the lack of attention paid to other aspects of the
character is disappointing. While she’s hardly the worst female fighter in the
game, she’s not the best either leaving her somewhere in the middle.
Grade: B
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