They were ahead of their time and their rerelease wasn't worth supporting. A proper MUA with a good budget and good marketing would sell well in the current Marvel dominated environment.
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Game informer: first Marvel Ultimate alliance 3 footage
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They were ahead of their time and their rerelease wasn't worth supporting. A proper MUA with a good budget and good marketing would sell well in the current Marvel dominated environment.
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Please refrain from drive-by posting. You don't have to like the game or how it looks, but if you wish to discuss those aspects you should be clarifying as to why you don't.
I keep looking at the footage and it doesn't strike me as an Ultimate Alliance game. The gameplay seems more hack-and-slash than a Diablo-like.
I can see why the Game Informer guys would prefer playing with the 'hero cam', because it seems to have been built with that in mind. For instance Daredevil's standard combo carries himself and the enemy across the screen, which makes for dynamic combat when the camera is following your back, but seems hard to read visually when you have a top-down perspective on the action.
I can see why the Game Informer guys would prefer playing with the 'hero cam', because it seems to have been built with that in mind. For instance Daredevil's standard combo carries himself and the enemy across the screen, which makes for dynamic combat when the camera is following your back, but seems hard to read visually when you have a top-down perspective on the action.
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I'm we've seen only two environments and mainly the arenas for challenges. We can't say much yet. Also the Writer is on record saying it's an original comics based story with mcu nods to appeal to everyone. The fact everyone has current comic looks and it's classic helmetless Janet Van Dyne Wasp should attest to that
Also I don't think we'll see mcu costumes or at least not explicit ones. If Antman is in it'll likely be Scott Lang as default with his comic version of the movie costume with classic Pym as an alt. An armored Wadp based off the movie is possible too. However most mcu costumes have open faces which require a license for likenesses of faces. So they rarely make base game, however mcu costumes as a preorder bonus/launch window dlc is possibly as it'd be a limited window marketing agreement rather than a long term contract. That's the way I see it.
Perhaps it would. The issue is that, unfortunately, not every franchise or series is going to be actively supported by the people behind them as they have limited teams and money so they'll focus on the ones that make the most money or the team is most passionate about making. As gaming went further and further into big AAA titles, I'd imagine something like MUA was perhaps made dormant because it doesn't quite fit in with the current gaming landscape. Even now, we haven't seen many Marvel games on consoles, despite the massive success of the MCU. The good thing is, with the success of Spider-Man PS4 and, likely, with this game and the Avengers game that'll come out at some point, we'll probably see more and more going forward
I know I'm asking for too much, but is this all the gameplay Gameinformer has the right to show or can we expect to see more around this month?
Speaking of subtlety, someone posted "the graphics look very bad" and then edited 5 seconds later to add "nevermind my last comment, just learned this in on Switch". The cynicism of some people around here lmao.
Speaking of subtlety, someone posted "the graphics look very bad" and then edited 5 seconds later to add "nevermind my last comment, just learned this in on Switch". The cynicism of some people around here lmao.
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They have more to show they are stretching it out. Every weekday next week we are getting a character profile with accompanying gameplay
I'm hoping this game doesn't have pre-order exclusives like Hyrule Warriors did with some of the costumes.
Hyped for this. I didnt like the second game in the series so I am dying for a quality release.
Oh yeah! I knew they were going to make character profiles but didn't know they would be accompanied by gameplay footage.
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First off with costumes confirmed and especially if Antman is in the game I need the original looks as costumes
My fave part is there is only one character they remember Marvel requesting they put into the game and it was Moon Knight
My fave part is there is only one character they remember Marvel requesting they put into the game and it was Moon Knight
First off with costumes confirmed and especially if Antman is in the game I need the original looks as costumes
My fave part is there is only one character they remember Marvel requesting they put into the game and it was Moon Knight
Please give us that golden iron man. I always loved Thor's original look.
Just watched it on youtube.
I like how it looks overall (had a great time with the first 2 games) the only complain would be how the scenarios feel, they could try and make them more appealing imho...
More X-Men please!
I like how it looks overall (had a great time with the first 2 games) the only complain would be how the scenarios feel, they could try and make them more appealing imho...
More X-Men please!
Rufus > cranky old man Bruce Wayne. Search your heart, you know it to be true.
That's a testament to Marvel Studios more than anything else, to be honest. If you had told anyone 12 years ago that the biggest box-office movie of the year would be a three-hour film starring Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man, and a talking raccoon (with Spider-Man relegated to a supporting role), they'd be asking you to list all the drugs you were on.
It'll likely be Lang since he's almost become the face of the Antman IP now.
I've never played a MUA game but I've been interested for a while so I keep coming back to this thread giving the video more chances to win me over but...it just doesn't look good to me. Visual style reminds me more of sterile mobile gaming than console gaming and nothing about the gameplay is standing out. I'm still hoping a future video changes my mind and shows off more interesting environments. At least I can say the cutscenes look fun, I like those.
Having never personally played either, what were the main differences?
Having never personally played either, what were the main differences?
Oh exactly, only meant it as a compliment. The fact that an Inhuman is a playable character bodes well for more obscure figures too which is great.
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I mean Crystal isn't obscure by any means she's been a major player in marvel comics since she first appeared in the pages of the Fantastic Four in the 60's(she and Medusa were the first two to come into play) and she's been on the rosters of both the fantastic four and the Avengers(Lockjaw for that matter was even a pet Avenger).
To your point about grabbing objects, that always kind of felt out of place in these games to me. Like a character that can shoot beams out of their hands or conjure magic would want to or see benefit in grabbing a club or piece of piping to wack a character with?
Some of the advanced abilities that you describe like with Strange - I'm with you on those types of advanced movesets adding a lot more to the game. But even if it adds gameplay diversity, Iron Man holding a barrel and walking his way to another character is just odd. I'd rather that gameplay diversity be built into the movesets or area hazards/boosts.
I feel the same way about grappling. In fighting games, the combat system has to be built around grappling as a viable option/counter for other mechanics but in ARPGs it's almost always an afterthought that is either OP because enemies can't uniformly counter, or useless against bosses, or it disrupts the flow of gameplay. It's already hard enough to balance grapplers in fighting games that they end up having niche uses in ARPGs, which is bad in co-op when someone is forced to use those characters.
The story is based around the six stones being thrown to the edges of the MCU, so I would expect no less.
Undoubtedly they're waiting to show off story locations for another day, which is also why they stuck to the Infinity Trials.
I thought it was kind of assumed that this was the case, given that it was explicitly gameplay B-roll, they were strictly focusing on the mechanics and demonstrating the things they're talking about, and it being mostly Infinity Trials footage to not distract you from what they're doing.
Perhaps GI should've gone the extra mile and been more specific about what they're showing and then people wouldn't get confuse or expect something that's not what the trailer is showing.
The cutscenes look very clean and polished to me. Not sure what it is but they look like they're gonna be fun
On the podcast they said the gameplay was mindless. Not what I'm looking for in a game.
You can all the characters and progression systems you want, but that's just the frosting on a poop cake.
You can all the characters and progression systems you want, but that's just the frosting on a poop cake.
That's what press usually says about Musou games as well and it's never true.
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They also said it was an intentional choice for the the friendly(easiest) difficulty so you could just have fun with friends and that the two higher difficulties(including one that requires beating the story) would require more skill and tactics
I'm interested to see how they handle all of the boss fights. I'm hoping for some awesome surprising dialogue pre-fight.
That pretty perfectly outlines my concerns with what's been shown. Characters being limited to only having 4 abilities total is a huge issue.
Same here. Especially since they said they will require strategy like having to lure venom into sonic weapons.
yeaaa feeling the same way.
Hope i'm in the wrong here, but it's looking like a shell of its former self. Like MvC:I
edit: maybe it's the camera angle? i dunno
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I mean we have the biggest roster in the series, each power has customization and more rpg elements than ever
I don't know, I was really hyped for the game but somehow this managed to make me less hype. The art style, the VO, the performance, the gameplay, they're all a bit budgety. It seems similar to a mobile game in terms of quality and feel.
That being said, I just love Marvel so much that I'll be buying it anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter.
That being said, I just love Marvel so much that I'll be buying it anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter.
This is what I'm eager to see. 4 move is definitely disappointing on top of lack of grab and throws but if the skills could be customized like in Diablo 3 or Path of Exile it would be really nice. Hopefully it's good and meaningful progression and customization and not like Hyrule Warriors or Fire Emblem Warrior where it's insane and mind numbing grinding only to push numbers.
No need for splitscreen. All four characters are always on the screen at the same time, so coop doesnt split anything.