That's what I don't really understand about the whole complain about the game being linear, at least in the introduction. I just started playing God of War and that game is incredibly linear at the beginning, with the combat being fun as hell. Yes I agree that they have to work in the graphics and improve and maybe even change some character models (Widow's and Cap's face, Thor's costume and hair), but as far as being linear and cinematic, I fucking love that. This isn't and couldn't possibly be an open world game like Spidey, and it's awesome by me. What I want is that leaked gameplay with God of War / Spider-Man like graphics. Hard but I think they have time to pull it off.
It isn't. There is a campaign story mode that is single player, but you can branch off to multiplayer missions that aren't part of the single player game. It was explained on the Q&As.The single player is very linear probably but the single player makes up some unknown part of the game.
This could end up being 70-95% multiplayer.
GameXplain was super unimpressed and Kotaku seemed not that impressed.
Both think the dialog was hideously bad with Kotaku pointing out that one of the quips assassinates Tony Stark's character by stating that Tony Stark didn't read the mission reports.
If all the Avengers teamed up to fight Taskmaster at once and he held his own this would have been garbage to anyone familiar with Taskmaster. Not every "boss fight" should be the team ganging up on one guy. The fights usually aren't like that in the comics and movies. They shouldn't be in the games.they need to take this whole game back to the drawing board if you do a boss fight, with a single character, in an avengers game. even if this was just an early shoecase of characters...that would be the moment to showcase them working together.
Exactly. You should be forced to constantly switch between the Avengers to make use of their different abilities to defeat the big bad. The team dynamic is what makes the Avengers special.they need to take this whole game back to the drawing board if you do a boss fight, with a single character, in an avengers game. even if this was just an early shoecase of characters...that would be the moment to showcase them working together.
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Was harassing Insomniac devs just because of a fucking suit in Spider-Man PS4
Might be best to put the dude that was pimping his video out last year on ignore tooYeah, that guy is trash. Someone here pimped his video about the control scheme of Spider-Man PS4 last year, which led me to another video of his and he immediately started spouting some MRA/Alt-right type bullshit about Black Panther. I had to block his channel to eventually scrub my YT recommendations afterwards.
Might be best to put the dude that was pimping his video out last year on ignore too
Yeah, that is true actuallyPerhaps, but to be fair, you couldn't tell Lucas' agenda from that video alone. The person posting it might have come across it while randomly searching for gameplay footage from the show floor and wasn't aware of the otherwise dubious content of that channel, so i gave them the benefit of the doubt.
Uncharted The Lost Legacy Creative Director from Naughty Dog is the director of this game.Crystal Dynamics seems like such an odd developer for this game to me, not a good fit.
Uncharted The Lost Legacy Creative Director from Naughty Dog is the director of this game.
And God of War's lead Combat Director is the main combat designer in this game.
CD went and got the Avengers of game developers for this game. And it shows. The leaked footage looked better than any uncharted or god of war setpiece ive played this gen.
Did people really want to walk around an open world as Captain America? Black Widow? People are weird.Judging by the impressions I'm hearing, this thing is gonna be a mediocre, safe as houses linear set piece fest. People were imagining the battle of New York in the first Avengers movie in a Spiderman style open world and that is far from what they're getting.
An Iron Man/Hulk/Thor open-world game would be great. You could put Captain America and Black Widow in a car or something I guessDid people really want to walk around an open world as Captain America? Black Widow? People are weird.
Yes. Open world would be absolutely phenomenal. Even something like God Of War 2018Did people really want to walk around an open world as Captain America? Black Widow? People are weird.
How would the extra work because that's makes me worried about them starting to get samey but with different animationsLooking at the gameplay I can see the campaign being solid. If you're doing mission as Black Widow, then a mission as Iron-Man, then one as Hulk - all tailored to their strengths - that seems like a solid setup for a good action game. In my mind I'm picturing a structure like DMC5.
It's the co-op missions I'm struggling to see playing out in my head. I'm imagining Destiny-like areas, but I'm wondering how navigation will work between the characters. Maybe Captain America and Black Widow get to summon bikes? Or I suppose it's more likely abilities like flying will be closer to hovering above ground.
But the core story mode being designed for a single-player leaves me optimistic about that part of the game.
God of War 2018's combat is great value Soulsborne/For Honor.Uncharted The Lost Legacy Creative Director from Naughty Dog is the director of this game.
And God of War's lead Combat Director is the main combat designer in this game.
CD went and got the Avengers of game developers for this game. And it shows. The leaked footage looked better than any uncharted or god of war setpiece ive played this gen.
Uncharted The Lost Legacy Creative Director from Naughty Dog is the director of this game.
And God of War's lead Combat Director is the main combat designer in this game.
CD went and got the Avengers of game developers for this game. And it shows. The leaked footage looked better than any uncharted or god of war setpiece ive played this gen.
It's just the intro, from the trailer you can already see Hulk vs Abomination as at least another boss battleThe saddest part of the leaked footage is just that you have all these characters to play around with, and your first boss battle is...as Black Widow. The least interesting Avenger of all time.
It's just the intro, from the trailer you can already see Hulk vs Abomination as at least another boss battle
Are they planning to feature more Avengers or have they confirmed that what we see is all the characters? Because it would be a damn bummer just to ape the MCU's core crew. Hell I'd just be happy for Black Panther but hoping for Monica Rambeau as well.The lack of creativity is stunning. You make a game called MARVEL'S AVENGERS and it focuses solely on the four white dudes and one white woman from the Avengers movie from seven years ago, looking almost exactly like their movie counterparts. Super bad look as the MCU continues to diversify.
Are they planning to feature more Avengers or have they confirmed that what we see is all the characters? Because it would be a damn bummer just to ape the MCU's core crew. Hell I'd just be happy for Black Panther but hoping for Monica Rambeau as well.
The game is designed as gaas where they'll keep releasing new heroes and location after the game launched.Are they planning to feature more Avengers or have they confirmed that what we see is all the characters? Because it would be a damn bummer just to ape the MCU's core crew. Hell I'd just be happy for Black Panther but hoping for Monica Rambeau as well.
God damn. You'd think with the revival of the Ultimate Alliance series they would try breaking the mold. I know the films are popular but I can't imagine having the licence and not going as bold as possible for a unique roster. Maybe they aren't taking risks due to mandate from Disney/Marvel but it's lame either way.There will be a couple more, but I wouldn't expect any roster deep cuts beyond Kamala. This game is designed to be as safe as humanly possible.
The game is designed as gaas where they'll keep releasing new heroes and location after the game launched.
I'm not sure of the current core 5 avenger is all there is in the game when it launched, or will there be other unlockable avengers you can get in the launch. We had teaser for AntMan, but I'm not sure if he'll be unlockable at launch or future dlc
They said that as a live service you're getting free dlcs characters over time
Which doesn't make that hopeful because I'm worried that the characters may end up be samey and free sounds too good to be true but I'm waiting and seeing
They said that as a live service you're getting free dlcs characters over timeAre they planning to feature more Avengers or have they confirmed that what we see is all the characters? Because it would be a damn bummer just to ape the MCU's core crew. Hell I'd just be happy for Black Panther but hoping for Monica Rambeau as well.
I don't think we should be wary about character feeling samey. They seem to be proud that the current 5 character feel very distinct from each other. At least I imagine they're aware and will try to differentiate how future dlc character will play compared to other.They said that as a live service you're getting free dlcs characters over time
Which doesn't make that hopeful because I'm worried that the characters may end up be samey and free sounds too good to be true but I'm waiting and seeing
Looking at the gameplay I can see the campaign being solid. If you're doing mission as Black Widow, then a mission as Iron-Man, then one as Hulk - all tailored to their strengths - that seems like a solid setup for a good action game. In my mind I'm picturing a structure like DMC5.
It's the co-op missions I'm struggling to see playing out in my head. I'm imagining Destiny-like areas, but I'm wondering how navigation will work between the characters. Maybe Captain America and Black Widow get to summon bikes? Or I suppose it's more likely abilities like flying will be closer to hovering above ground.
But the core story mode being designed for a single-player leaves me optimistic about that part of the game.
"We've literally had to put these five studios together and say: 'We're going this far. Tomb Raider, awesome. Rise of the Tomb Raider, even better. Shadow of the Tomb Raider... and it's like no, we're going beyond the boundaries'.
"We've had to go hire experts like Shaun Escayg, who is our creative director. He told stories for Uncharted and The Last of Us [at Naughty Dog], we needed him to help tell this story. Dave Fifield was a game director who worked on Halo and Call of Duty, we needed him to help us with multiplayer. We go around and look at what we need. Who are the experts? Vince Napoli, he's our lead combat designer, he just did God of War, come help us with the combat. We cherry-picked the best of the best and said: 'Let's put this together in a new way for something bigger than we've ever done'."
"Marvel showed up and said, 'What do you want to do?'," Amos explains. "That's how it started. They really looked at us and said, 'Crystal, you guys are experts at making games, we're experts at The Avengers. What do you want to do? What's the original take you want to do on visuals, on story?' But they are true north. We work with Bill Rosemann, their VP of creative, and ask whether Tony [Stark] would say this or not, would Hulk do this particular move or not, does this gear make sense?
In film, the majority of the Marvel movies connect together to form one huge universe. Avengers is the second big-budget Marvel game to arrive after last year's hit Spider-Man. In the demo, there was even a character [Taskmaster] who appeared in both games. Amos stopped short of denying the existence of a Marvel Interactive Universe, although Spider-Man's influence has been felt.
"Every game has an influence on us," he concludes. "We look at any great game and ask what we can steal from them. Looking at Spider-Man, it was close to our hearts for sure, but think of all the games that have shipped in the last ten months. We'll steal from anybody who is the best. We look at it with Marvel. They're very savvy. They know what's going on in their world, from movies to shows to games. They help keep us abreast of what is going on and what's the right and wrong ways for us to reference each other.
"At the end of the day, this is Avengers. We're building The Avengers universe. This is our thing."