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OK Marvel Comics. Where is your "Batman" gaming title?
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Senor Kami
Banned
Capcom makes good games with the Marvel license. Marvel/Disney is funny though. They get talent, they yank the license away. Post-MvC2 they gave the license to Activision who made some flat out god awful fighting game with it. They just yanked it from Capcom, honestly it would be best if they shelved making fighters period rather than give it to someone terrible and have some poor unfortunate soul out there think it's from the same lineage as the Capcom ones.
Any time Marvel or DC does anything, the other company must respond in kind. Lest....something happen. Not quite sure what, exactly, but something.
So it has been, and so shall it ever be.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
it's funny, in the comic and movie world, Marvel absolutely pummels DC. But in the gaming world, DC wins (So far)
Riposte
Member
This was the best it ever got.
Konami belt-scroll? Uh, no.
Cameron122
Member
Guys just mod freedom force vs. the third reich to have marvel and dc characters.
Such an excellent game. RIP Irrational.
Such an excellent game. RIP Irrational.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
*snort*
spyroflame0487
Member
Question is, who would be the Arkham version for Marvel? Perhaps Spidey and maybe working on stuff on The Raft? Perhaps Cap doing stuff in both WW2 and now?
It's the only Marvel game I recall enjoying immensely, along with many others.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Why shouldn't there be. People want good games based on their favorite characters.
I havent played Deadpool yet.. but i know its got mixed reviews.. some love it, some hate it. Hoping we get it with PS+ someday lol.
Wolverine Origins was awesome.
The Iron Man games sucked.
Ultimate Spider-Man was awesome on PS2, but really i havent enjoyed ANY of the newer spider-man games... even though i got to play as 2 of my favorite spideys (2099 and Noir are super awesome... just that game sucked)
Every Marvel Movie Licensed game on last gen has been crap (aside from the "semi-tie-in" with Wolverine Origins... the fact that they made the game rated M and gave Logan all the awesome bloody moves made that game so much more than a movie tie-in (pg13 movie no less).
Wolverine Origins was awesome.
The Iron Man games sucked.
Ultimate Spider-Man was awesome on PS2, but really i havent enjoyed ANY of the newer spider-man games... even though i got to play as 2 of my favorite spideys (2099 and Noir are super awesome... just that game sucked)
Every Marvel Movie Licensed game on last gen has been crap (aside from the "semi-tie-in" with Wolverine Origins... the fact that they made the game rated M and gave Logan all the awesome bloody moves made that game so much more than a movie tie-in (pg13 movie no less).
Barrel Cannon
Member
completlet forgot about hulk ultimate destruction. That game is the best super hero game ever created thus far imo as far as making you feel like the super hero you are playing
Waiting on this, lol
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Pisses on Arkham.
Ultimate Destruction? Better than Arkham.
Spider Man 2? Better than Arkham.
Marvel's been putting out Quality games way before DC. Come on; let's be real. Treyarch are the gods of Spidey games (and now CoD, ironically.)
game gets no respect
Because the people playing it have no respect.
Askherserenity
Member
Marvel has had way more and better games than DC has ever had. What is this question.
Sevket-Erhat
Member
I am waiting for a good Iron Fist game
it's also ridiculous cause this whole Batman phenomenon is just ugh.
It's one of those things that Batman doesn't even seem like it belongs to DC, it seems like DC belongs to Batman. Batman is this big franchise of games and movies and none of the joe everybody wants to see anyone else, they're all considered weak links. "superman is lame, wonder woman is lame, flash is lame, aquaman is lame" and it just centers completely on Batman.
I don't know, it's just ugh
It's one of those things that Batman doesn't even seem like it belongs to DC, it seems like DC belongs to Batman. Batman is this big franchise of games and movies and none of the joe everybody wants to see anyone else, they're all considered weak links. "superman is lame, wonder woman is lame, flash is lame, aquaman is lame" and it just centers completely on Batman.
I don't know, it's just ugh
NinjamicWZ
Banned
meh @ the Arkham games
X-Men Legends 2 & Hulk: Ultimate Destruction all day
X-Men Legends 2 & Hulk: Ultimate Destruction all day
The Punisher is one of Marvels "Batmen" also. Along with the already mentioned Moon Knight.
All Glory to Khonshu!
Also; an Iron Fist game that followed the Capital Cities of Heaven arc would be pretty damn boss.
Chilling with Fat Cobra and his victory wenches, and having a playable Orson Randall in a WWI flashback.
Ahhh....to dream of such things.
GekigangerV
Member
Pretty damn good game too. It is the reason I like Vision. I never saw the 4 player version, but I know it exists. If they want to make Hawkeye scenes a bit more interesting in the next Avengers film they need to get him his flying bike.
Ultimate Destruction was not only a great game it had a huge influence of how Hulk is portrayed moving through cities. I have only picked up a couple dozen Hulk comics over the last twenty or so years, but never before did I see him climb buildings in the way they saw in the game and that was definitely adapted in Edward Norton Hulk movie as well as Avengers. Hell, they even had the car gloves in the Norton movie.
Cyber Caesar
Member
You have point. Nolan and Goyer taught fans how to take Batman serious. I wish Snyder would direct X-men.
Yep.
The consumer audience doesn't give a fuck about anything DC. In their eyes DC doesn't exist. Only 'Batman.'
Marvel does a much better job of getting their other characters out in Media. There will be a fucking Amadeus Cho film/game before there is a Wonder-Woman film/game. Count on it.
Slamtastic
Member
These topics are so annoying because they always ignore the great fighting games Marvel has had.
Might as well rename it to fucking BC. Batman Comics
Slamtastic
Member
Detective Comics
It especially sucks because it's made me utterly sick of Batman. I've never been the biggest fan of the character, but I do like him. But man, I am just sick of the guy and the constant perpetuating of this idea that he's just soooooo much better than every other superhero.
Maybe if DC actually gave other characters a fair shake, they'd see people like them just fine. I mean, fuck. There's literally legions of people, many of whom don't even read comics, just waiting to give them money for a Wonder Woman movie and WB is just sitting there like ¯\_(ツ
_/¯DukeTogo1300
Member
Zen 2 has been good enough for me, followed by all the Capcom VS fighters.
I need that table flipping little emoticon right now. Hahaha
It's not just a idea anymore, it's just general opinion now among a lot of people. DC isn't helping that any, it is their lord and savior and cash cow after all.
Ask anywhere, most people are batman marks, doesn't seem to be any fatigue in sight.
Funny enough, Superman was way more popular than Batman when they took that name. I guess someone saw into the future.
I know. You'd think WB/DC would interested in fighting that perception, or at least using their other heroes to appeal to people that don't like Batman, but alas.
God forbid Batman ever fall out of favor with the public; they'll have nothing to fall back on.
Slamtastic
Member
And yet despite the Batman bias, multiple overall DCU games have been made recently.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Pisses on Arkham.
Ultimate Destruction? Better than Arkham.
Spider Man 2? Better than Arkham.
Marvel's been putting out Quality games way before DC. Come on; let's be real. Treyarch are the gods of Spidey games (and now CoD, ironically.)
Difference in opinion. You could only believe this if you really, really enjoyed fighting games. Plus UMvC3 has this bad habit of making people I know want to throw it out the fucking window, even when they claim to enjoy it. Arkham's never made me want to do that. Other games don't either, because typically I don't pay for frustration.
Storm Chamber
Banned
It's true
There's a lot of potential in a Punisher game. I'd like to see a mechanic (not too ham handed, mind you) that forces the player to be judicious with their actions to avoid police and FBI targeting. Blowing up a low rent drug house? Possible, but will bring heat to you. Blowing up a Jigsaw operation? Big move, but because of Jigsaw's status, not much heat comes to you. Shoot up a block, damaging storefronts/harming innocent bystanders...you will feel consequences.
Just something to allow the player to feel like they exist in a world.
Pisses on Arkham.
Ultimate Destruction? Better than Arkham.
Spider Man 2? Better than Arkham.
Marvel's been putting out Quality games way before DC. Come on; let's be real. Treyarch are the gods of Spidey games (and now CoD, ironically.)
Pisses on MvC3
Which is surprising. And cool.
Though I'd love to see some more solo games starring other DC characters. Like a character action game ala Bayonetta or GoW starring Wonder Woman, or a big open world action game starring the Flash.
Yep, just like how flooding shelves with plastic instrument games expanded and strengthened the market for more of them.
Oh wait no the opposite of that happened
The Arkham games really are in a special class.
Other games out there might feature super heroes, like the ones above, but few really achieve a game that feels like it was 100% what you'd want from the character. I don't want a Superman fighting game, nor an overhead dungeon crawler with Cyclops/Wolverine. That doesn't make them bad games by any stretch of the imagination, but my point is that the Arkham games delivered games that felt like the ones people had wanted for ages, if I'm making any sense. Arkham feels like THE game Batman fans wanted to play, whereas things that even aim for the right approach (Spider-Man 2) fall short in enough respects to never achieve that A-class (lack of mission variety, semi-dated hardware not enough at the time, etc).
- X-Men Legends is a great beat-em-up.
- Injustice was a pleasant surprise.
- Spider-Man 2 & Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction are awesome open world games.
- DCU Online is a really fun MMO.
Other games out there might feature super heroes, like the ones above, but few really achieve a game that feels like it was 100% what you'd want from the character. I don't want a Superman fighting game, nor an overhead dungeon crawler with Cyclops/Wolverine. That doesn't make them bad games by any stretch of the imagination, but my point is that the Arkham games delivered games that felt like the ones people had wanted for ages, if I'm making any sense. Arkham feels like THE game Batman fans wanted to play, whereas things that even aim for the right approach (Spider-Man 2) fall short in enough respects to never achieve that A-class (lack of mission variety, semi-dated hardware not enough at the time, etc).