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Speculation: The Avengers decided to add a singleplayer campaign rather late in development
- Thread starter Nirolak
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A TPS would be easier than designing a minimum of five different heroes each with their own power set.
Where and when did they "Destiny clone" rumor come from? I remember it from the old board but I can't remember the origins.
To be honest a Destiny clone of sorts sounds exciting. Having your Avenger in a shared world and different locations or "zones" you can go about solo or co-op. Partake in shared activities or have your own superhero team aka clan of 4 or 6 to taken on end game raids. The gameplay loop being experience to level up your Avenger and his or her powers with loot drops for new gear.
And as much as I like the sound of that...I just don't know how it would be accomplished or works? Would we be playing as established Avengers like Cap or Iron Man meaning there will be multiple copies roaming about or do we create our own hero? FPS or TPS? Etc etc.
Obviously there's more questions given we know practically nothing other than its a project and the developers lol but I'm still cautiously optimistic and excited. Hoping TGA is the reveal.
To be honest a Destiny clone of sorts sounds exciting. Having your Avenger in a shared world and different locations or "zones" you can go about solo or co-op. Partake in shared activities or have your own superhero team aka clan of 4 or 6 to taken on end game raids. The gameplay loop being experience to level up your Avenger and his or her powers with loot drops for new gear.
And as much as I like the sound of that...I just don't know how it would be accomplished or works? Would we be playing as established Avengers like Cap or Iron Man meaning there will be multiple copies roaming about or do we create our own hero? FPS or TPS? Etc etc.
Obviously there's more questions given we know practically nothing other than its a project and the developers lol but I'm still cautiously optimistic and excited. Hoping TGA is the reveal.
Marvel Heroes done as Warframe.
Alternate realities justify cosmetics and duplicate characters.
Holy shit. Ok yeah there it is, now I have better idea of how it could be done and I didn't even think of Warframe as an example despite being a player.
Great. Now my expectations might be astronomical. Thanks. LOL
Hey Nirolak,
I was actually contacted by an acquaintance of mine that wants to shed some light on the Avengers Project. Again, I'm disclosing information that I've received from this individual who has given me permission to state the following.
The Avengers Project will have a heavy story/narrative focus and not in any way be a "shallow" online/multiplayer only title. A deep single player experience has been a priority/focus since the project's inception.
I trust this individual by stating the above information. If you require any further proof, I'll just mention "Kamala Khan".
Edit: I only use the term "shallow" since that is the word most frequently used when describing multiplayer/online focused titles with only lite story elements.
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Do you mean it is an online/multiplayer only title, just not a shallow one, or that it won't be online/multiplayer only? Does it have an offline singleplayer mode?
A heavy story/narrative driven co-op campaign. Can be played solo or with friends (up to 4 player co-op).
Edit: I revised the above info. I initially thought 4 characters would be on-screen at all times and as a solo player, you could toggle between all characters or have friends control the other 3. The game will actually allow "up to" 4 players in the campaign.
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This Avengers game was seriously going to be multiplayer-only focused??....That would have been a huge pass from me then.
But if it turns out to be a rushed campaign....then it'll still be a huge pass.
But if it turns out to be a rushed campaign....then it'll still be a huge pass.
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I always kind of assumed this game would basically be Overwatch with Marvel characters.
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Okay, this would actually clear up a lot of the seeming overlap between the two Marvel games from Square Enix, and I was kind of wondering if we might see this split.
The Avengers: Campaign based, relatively traditional (action/adventure) game that can be played co-op or solo, and presumably has some additional online modes for longevity either at launch or later. This is a growingly popular model we've seen with games like Dying Light, Far Cry 5, Ghost Recon, Divinity, and the like, and is usually most to the liking of people who like singleplayer games while still catering very well to the co-op audience.
Guardians of the Galaxy: This one seems to be more of a shooter RPG with co-op and competitive multiplayer, so I'm guessing this is much more in the mold of games like Destiny, The Division, Anthem, Borderlands, etc, but probably with a heavy narrative focus given the studio who is making it.
I think that's actually a very good call on their part. Lead out with the more traditional game first, and save the more very online focused one for next-gen.
Thanks for the heads up.
Also, I'm assuming that Kamala was the one narrating that trailer all those ages ago, haha.
This does actually line up with that old rumor on this note: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ru...-co-op-but-not-mmo-ish-characters-more.42361/
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This doesn't make sense. How does GotG lend to this type of game? Everyone is going to create a random marvel character that "joins" the guardians? Or everyone will be running around as one of the guardians?
Yeah, I feel it's going to end up closer to Marvel v Capcom: Infinite than Marvel's Spider-Man in reception.
Idk if you can answer but I just want to know if this will be done with Avengers or a "shield agent" like was rumored because that's what will make or break this game
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Wait.. this game wasn't single player focused from the get go? Like that'd be the only reason why I'd choose Square Enix for a company if I made these sorts of decisions.
I still question what kind of game this will be. I wonder if Overwatch was a contributing factor to the type of online gameplay they had planned.
I still question what kind of game this will be. I wonder if Overwatch was a contributing factor to the type of online gameplay they had planned.
The roster will include several members of the Avengers. Each character/hero will even have a skill tree of their own (rpg elements). Hope that bit of info helps!
So like BL did characters that doubled as classes, each Guardian would be a choice of Char/Class? Or it'll legit be like BL where you just pick rando class & have AI Guardians?
This is phenomenal. Thank you for answering. To me this was the major pillar of the game. Because that SHIELD agent talk was very depressing
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I would assume each character is basically a class and that you play as that class when you pick them.
Like you can have four Mayas in Borderlands, but they're all still the character Maya. They then offer additional character customization options beyond that so you don't look identical while still clearly being Maya.
If we did this very literally, Starlord would presumably have dual wielding as a special trait a la Salvador whereas Gamora would have a sword a la Zer0.
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Actually, what Squirtle just said for The Avengers game would fit with this kind of concept too.
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For these types of well established IPs, I also really feel it's the right direction to go.
With Destiny and The Division, they were new IPs, so there wasn't really a set of existing characters people were dying the play as, but obviously that's the core draw in a superhero game.
This is also where Arkham Origins got its multiplayer very, very wrong. Who on earth wants to be a random goon in The Joker or Two Face's gang???
Eh, it was still a pretty cool idea to have two players as Batman and Robin intervening in what is essentially a TPS match.
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Didn't Marvel say they were taking a much, much more active approach to their games like they do their movies? Perhaps whatever CD made wasn't up to their standards and they are still working on it.
I don't know how involved they were with Spiderman but Insomniac was making a big deal out of earning the Marvel badge of quality.
I don't know how involved they were with Spiderman but Insomniac was making a big deal out of earning the Marvel badge of quality.
this is why that SHIELD agent talk had me on absolute zero anticipation for this game
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Marvel does daily meetings with their game development partners about the games these days.
That said, they've been very clear they're actually really excited about this one.
This is the only thing I'm interested in and thank god !!
I was afraid it's going to be a Destiny-like
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Square Enix is taking some business direction changes: http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/pdf/ar_2017en.pdf
Sort of explains their decision to make Final Fantasy XV comrades. Maybe that was to see if building in their engine for a multiplayer game was possible.Square Enix is taking some business direction changes: http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/pdf/ar_2017en.pdf
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Yeah, Tabata was clear that most of the post launch feature updates (co-op, offroad driving, character creation, running live events, that sort of stuff) was being done as technological groundwork for their New IP.
Any idea on how long Luminous Production's new IP had been in development for? It'll be interesting to see if the studio will continue working on this IP or start over from scratch. I'm hoping it's the former. Thanks.
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IIRC they had some amount of staff on it prior to FFXV shipping, but didn't start in full until about a year after FFXV came out.