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[GekigangerV]

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.

Wow, I have been thinking about a similar concept myself off and on over the years.

Volitions Punisher game was great and I would love to see them tackle an open world game that offers you options like you listed above. Harming innocent civilians is a big no, no in the Punisher world though. In fact, it was instant game over in the volition game if you shot an innocent bystander. Tangentially related, it was also a reason I didn't like the Warzone movie that much. The traditional Punisher character would have off'd himself for killing an undercover cop.

It would be great to mix an open world with old school Hitman style assassinations where you had multiple options. For example, some crime boss is leaving a court house and The Punisher could have the option of sniping the guy as he is leaving the court house or following his car and blowing it up along the way or breaking into his home and taking him and his underlings out. Each option would present different consequences such as having the police chase you or having a really hard fire fight against the crime bosses goons at the house.

Of course I am sure such a game would require a bigger budget than anyone is willing to put out for a Punisher game. I would be happy if Volition did a follow up to their original game, even then I am unsure of the chance of Marvel/Disney letting another "M" rated game be made.

 

[KalBalboa]

Overall, there have been a lot of good, fun Marvel & DC games alike, but very few that have reached at top-tier status the Arkham games have. I think that's the qualifier this discussion needs:

There are definitely good Marvel games, but none that game really hit it out of the park critically or sales-wise like the Arkham series.

 

[Pikawil]

Post-MvC2 they gave the license to Activision who made some flat out god awful fighting game with it.

No, that was some someone else entirely --- in fact, it was the very same company they currently outsourced Star Wars to:

Prepare for the worst.

 

[Slamtastic]

I kind of want EA Chicago's Marvel fighting game to become a real thing.

The 3D brawler style, environment destruction, and bystanders around to crash into really give off a "superhero fight" feel.

 

[Daingurse]

Don't know, would love to play it.

Give me a street-level character, and put me in the shit.

 

[Parallax]

Arkham really feels overhyped for what it was. Maybe I was expecting too much. But the adventures of batman and robin is still the best batman game

 

[MadNinjaZero]

Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. That is all.

(Prototype was a, while fun, poor substitute.)

 

[Krixeus]

X-Men:Origins Wolverine.

 

[NavyPharaoh]

They already had one back in 2004. It just took DC long enough to catch up.

Came here to post this

 

[Thaster]

Pisses on MvC3

IT'S MAHVEL BABY!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sZZUMjoxfZA

 

[Wiktor]

Won't happen. Marvel is completely incompetent when it comes to games and all Disney cares about is cheap social titles for browsers and mobile. They aren't willing to invest the kind of money creating something like Arkham would require.

 

[G-Fex]

That's too bad too, I'd really like a good Captain America game.

 

[Pikawil]

all Disney cares about is cheap social titles for browsers and mobile. They aren't willing to invest the kind of money creating something like Arkham would require.

Which is saddening when, as a very recent Sega-16 article about the development of the Genesis Aladdin tells, back in the 16-bit days they did have Arkham-level ambitions in the video game industry:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=783015

 

[TimFL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctb06JQOgDc

April 29th US / May 2nd EU

In Beenox I trust.

 

[Mudcrab]

They could do a Marvel Knights game where the player switches between heroes sort of like GTAV in an Arkham style NYC setting.

Then we get a Heroes for Hire sequel.

 

[SmokedMeat]

While a bit different I felt Marvel Ultimate Alliance was a damn good game.

 

[weevles]

Disney: notmyproblem.gif

Pretty much this. Disney doesn't care about games like this, only mobile/iOS. The closest a Marvel game got was Deadpool, a decent game overall. Maybe Wolverine Origins, which was ok but less fun IMO.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

MvC and Spider-Man?
DC was the slow one

 

[Senor Kami]

No, that was some someone else entirely --- in fact, it was the very same company they currently outsourced Star Wars to:
Prepare for the worst.

I stand corrected.

Anyways, I'm not sure what Marvel's deal is. Maybe they see games as a quick cash-in and simply don't care. They can invest like 2 years or so into a movie and make up to like a billion purely at the box office. Maybe they feel like investing 2 years into a game gives you nowhere near that return so why bother with it at all?

It would be nice if they went crazier though. A company like Platinum would probably love to work on a Marvel license. They make great games so Marvel/Disney wins and I doubt Platinum would have any complaints about getting to throw Marvel branding all over a title.

 

[Shanlei91]

X-men legends > Ultimate Alliance

This just prompted me to buy X-men legends 2 off ebay.

(Is there a licensing issue to explain why X-men Legends and Marvel Alliance aren't available for digital purchase?)

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Marvel vs capcom is all Marvel needs.

Marvel will never have a "batman" title because no "batman" level hero will provide a guaranteed return on investment.

I love black panther as much as the next person but come on now...

 

[SoilBreak]

Marvel vs capcom is all Marvel needs.

Marvel will never have a "batman" title because no "batman" level hero will provide a guaranteed return on investment.

What about a arkham level of quality Spider-man game?

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

What about spider-man?

A good spiderman game focuses on his traversal and acrobatic abilties, not combat.

The arkham games would be pretty dull without the combat system. Whats left is A bad mix of assassins creed and splinter cell.

 

[2+2=5]

I liked Batman Arkham City, but honestly X-Men Legends 2 is on a totally another league for me.

 

[NullPointer]

I'd love a new Ultimate Alliance. Those games were great fun.

Thor + Storm + Captain America + Iron Man nearly maxed out meant that as soon as you entered a room, everything in it was vibranium-shield bonked, tossed, lightning bolted, zzzorched or otherwise exploded in a frenzy of electrical crackles and splinters, including any and all bad guys unlucky enough to be holding out.

I made the same team in Lego Marvel, but it just wasn't the same. That Lego game is an incredible love letter to Marvel BTW - and the only time I've enjoyed fully open world flight as Iron Man and Thor.

 

[Veelk]

I still believe they can make an awesome game if they were to clone Infamous with Iron Man.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Disney owns Marvel and Star Wars. Therefore Disney has released plenty of games better than the Batman series.

 

[SeanNoonan]

Ask anyone who has worked at a Disney studio - the parent company has no idea how to handle games and fumble at every turn (generally closing the studio). They're a little like the BBC regards to not knowing how to handle potentially strong properties in the interactive space. This is why handing Star Wars to EA was a good move - leave it to the experts (i.e. the games to the games people and the movies/cartoons/comics to the movies/cartoons/comics people).

 

[TimFL]

I wonder what Beenox would be capable of with proper backing & a supportive publisher. Their games are usually amazing but they lack the fine tuning and sometimes feel rushed (which is Activisions fault). I have no doubt that they could deliver a groundbreaking Spider-Man title if it wasnt for Activision.

 

[Pikawil]

They're a little like the BBC regards to not knowing how to handle potentially strong properties in the interactive space.

Oh lord no, you just reminded me of that terrible, terrible Doctor Who game on the Wii that'd serve better as a torture device.

 

[Spinluck]

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.)

I agree with everything you said. I'd also put X-Men Legends 2 on that list, holy fuck was that game good with 4 players.

I've been saying this since Asylum; the popularity of the Batman games have to do with how popular the films are really. if the films never existed AA/AC would never be as big selling as they are now

I have to disagree with this though, Batman did get super popular around that time. But the games do have a great production value, and aren't terrible by any means. They are good games in their own right, although Origins looked really meh.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

DC Universe is worse than Elder Scrolls Online

A game that isn't even released yet?

 

[LegendX48]

As others have already said, The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction says "hi!"

I'd say it's much better than all the Arkham games. Spider-Man 2 as well was friggen great, swinging through the city was awesome.

 

[Daschysta]

it's funny, in the comic and movie world, Marvel absolutely pummels DC. But in the gaming world, DC wins (So far)

DCs animated universe shits all over Marvels both in series and one off films. Vertigo is part of DC and so is Batman, so while Marvels comics on a whole are generally of a bit higher quality they have nothing that touches the sandman series, the killing Joke, TDKR, Moores Swamp thing, Watchmen, V for vendetta, Kingdom Come etc... DC absolutely has higher highs, 70 percent of my one offs and TPBs are DC, and I like both universes a comparable amount.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

The whole digital rights expiring really makes me wonder if they have a long term plan in store. Are there any announced projects we know of besides the ASM 2 game? Hope they don't go full mobile.