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Marvel's Avengers Embrace Your Powers trailer, pre order details
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Anyone who says this will commercially flop is insane. Really the only even slight threat to their sales numbers is the fact that they are pretty close to Cyberpunk and even then they are different kinds of games.
Critical reception is a different story, but this game will sell.
Critical reception is a different story, but this game will sell.
I really don't like Captain America's suit but otherwise, I think the character designs are fine. I especially like Thor, Hulk, Ms. Marvel, and Iron Man. They look good. Gameplay still looks kind of rough but I've been wanting a third-person Captain America game so hopefully, this gets me a bit closer to that.
Something that I think people are forgetting, but even though it isn't announced, it's all but confirmed Batman is coming this fall. If anything is gonna have an impact on sales, it'll be that.
Yes.
Reviews are a complete different thing but unless this game is worse than The Quiet Man or Left Alive it's going to a be a success sales wise.
Unless Batman is within a week of this game, I don't think they affect each other much at all. If Batman hits in say October, the die will already be cast on Avengers. Either it's already sold all it's gonna sell because it's trash or it's got a month of good WoM that gives it unassailable momentum.
Pretty much exactly what I pictured...a fuck ton of leveling/grinding and random collecting. No thanks.
Alright, a better sales talking point, Spider-man. Does this game go over or under Spidey's sales?
With Cyberpunk coming September 17th, I think it's safe to say Batman will be in October. I wonder if the inverse will happen and Avengers sales will affect Batman. I can't see many people outside hardcore gamers having the money to buy two big AAA superhero GaaS games a month apart.
That definitely depends on quality but it absolutely should considering it's not exclusive. Last number we got on Spider-Man was 13.2 million IIRC. I could see it besting that if it's decent.
They need to sit down, set a date, and give us a 30 minute chunk of gameplay other than the start of the game.
LOL why are people saying this will sell solely on the Avengers name...that's not how it works, look at all the other successful film and movie properties that has flopped as a game.
When people think Avengers in 2020, they think MCU movie Avengers...this has none of those vibes. This game looks like your uncle with a beer belly and his friends showing up to a costume party in homemade Marvel gear. And every other property listed in this thread (EA Star Wars games this gen, Spider-Man) have looked INFINITELY BETTER at every step of the way than this game. And then, only a few characters to choose from?
We haven't seen one snippet of gameplay that doesn't either look like trash, or looks mediocre...or even worse for the casual audience people are mentioning, "What is this game exactly?" Like, that's how bad it looks, you have experienced gamers here that don't know what the hell this is.
Then you have Square Enix, who can't market ice to a penguin. This has bomba all over it...but remember, people also though Anthem wouldn't flop "because Bioware" and "people will eat up the opportunity to be a flying Iron Man!"
When people think Avengers in 2020, they think MCU movie Avengers...this has none of those vibes. This game looks like your uncle with a beer belly and his friends showing up to a costume party in homemade Marvel gear. And every other property listed in this thread (EA Star Wars games this gen, Spider-Man) have looked INFINITELY BETTER at every step of the way than this game. And then, only a few characters to choose from?
We haven't seen one snippet of gameplay that doesn't either look like trash, or looks mediocre...or even worse for the casual audience people are mentioning, "What is this game exactly?" Like, that's how bad it looks, you have experienced gamers here that don't know what the hell this is.
Then you have Square Enix, who can't market ice to a penguin. This has bomba all over it...but remember, people also though Anthem wouldn't flop "because Bioware" and "people will eat up the opportunity to be a flying Iron Man!"
I hope it's fun and last we saw gameplay of it at least a few of the characters were confirmed fun, no?
Spider-Man PS4 is still the high watermark so we'll see if this approaches it. I also want to see multiplayer in action before committing.
Will wait for an inevitable sale so I can see how they support and build upon the base.
Wonder if it's supposed to be a DMC or Sekiro alike.
Spider-Man PS4 is still the high watermark so we'll see if this approaches it. I also want to see multiplayer in action before committing.
Will wait for an inevitable sale so I can see how they support and build upon the base.
Wonder if it's supposed to be a DMC or Sekiro alike.
This is a major AAA blockbuster coming out in September backed by one of the biggest IP's of the generation across media.
Same. It looks like all the generic Marvel games that came out last gen, except for prettier graphics of course.
How many of those have we had this generation? Most big IP branded games with production value sell nowadays. This isn't the PS2 generation where the brand is being slapped on everything and the market is overloaded.
Aw shit here we go again.gif
y'all don't get tired of being wrong about this shit?
What big IP...this looks nothing like any IP I'm familiar with...If I put on a Captain America costume, people will mistake me for Chris Evans? That's not how it works...it looks like a cheap Avengers knock-off that you'd buy from Dollar General.
I just wanna know what the gameplay loop is. Cause even looking at the achievements it just looks like a collectathon and get x kills on y. What are the missions like? Is there strike like content? Raid content? What makes this a GaaS title other than more missions/characters post launch? What's gonna keep me coming back? Cause I dont see this being more than a rental.
You know for a fact any kid looking at this is gonna say "Avengers!" Come on, son.
Agreed, it's bomb proof. But if it fails to top Spider-man's sales... Yeah that would be bad
also thank god sony has that spiderman IP wrapped up tight. we got an actual good marvel game. (and into the spiderverse)
Yes, just like most comic book movies sell well...didn't prevent Justice League from flopping because everyone could see from a mile away that it is trash. We've only had 3 "big IP games" I believe (the 2 Star Wars games, Spider-Man...and I'll throw in Batman even though I'm not sure when the last one of those released)...those all looked infinitely better than this game has in even its best form.
And to be clear, I think I speak for everyone saying this game will flop, we mean that this game will not break even for Square Enix. No way.
The same kids that are playing Fortnite for free? Isn't this the excuse people made when they were told that the latest Star Wars movie would be a box office disappointment?
It's 3star wars games and damn that's some revision history cuz this very same community in bulk BULK said battlefront both 1&2 would bomb
No it wouldn't. If the game sold 10 million it would be a big success. If the game sold 5-9 million, it likely would still be a success. And I'm not even including any type of extra revenue generated by GaaS DLC and microtransactions. Obviously it's all dependent on the overall production and marketing budget of the game. Spider-Man was a massive success and the fact it was exclusive to one platform makes it all the more impressive.
Revisionist history? I'm speaking for myself...I'm not speaking for any community. All of the EA Star Wars games have looked great before launch and has sold as much. Most of the people here that thought the Battlefront games would bomb was because of bitterness against GaaS, and comparisons against older Battlefront games which alot of people playing games now did not play.
Plus remember everyone...we've never seen Square Enix market ANYTHING well. Good luck overcoming that bad first impression that most of this thread sees.
Both of y'all in a bubble. The game will be decent and it'll sell a buttload of copies because it's *ahem* the fucking AVENGERS.
Since when is the Batman game a GaaS? I thought it was just the Rocksteady game that's GaaS....
That's fucking frightening
It'll sell fine off the Avengers name, but everything about this game looks meh. The only thing I like is that Kamala Khan is in the main cast.
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