Now that you mention it, a costume disc pack seems like an awesome idea. I suspect many people will pass on new-Cap (at least for a while) since they have the original Cap but I'd buy an MCU costume pack.
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Disney Infinity 3.0 |OT| Episode 3: The Playset Awakens
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Now that you mention it, a costume disc pack seems like an awesome idea. I suspect many people will pass on new-Cap (at least for a while) since they have the original Cap but I'd buy an MCU costume pack.
Chiaroscuro
Member
You forgot Ant-man which we know ia coming. So only two slots left. We already have 2 Spideys so unless their MCU costume iscreally that different I don't think he is on. I think Vision is a strong bet. The other slot depends on how important roles the characters will be on Civil War. Maybe Winter Soldier, maybe Falcon, maybe Wanda.
3.0 is a massive improvement for the series in a lot of ways but I hope 4.0 is centered around them finally getting a hang on how many series they're working with here, hopefully by finally merging them all together. The amount of non-Star Wars content in 3.0 is fairly limited.
I was always thinking that Vision and Wanda were for sure but now I wonder about Vision. With the play set featuring Wakanda, I wonder if it'll be Black Panther and Wanda.
BP could always be an NPC though.
I'd love Black Panther but I doubt we'll see him yet since his movie isn't until 2018. (I know Wakanda is in Civil War, but seems early for that).
I'm still counting on at least one female figure. They've got to do at least one. I think it would look really bad if they didn't.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
I want to get the latest models. I will buy that captain america and deffo ant man. When are those released? has vader been released?
Cool figure and cool playset, yet a bit underwhelmed at both.
New figure been basically an animated Chris Evans with a new moveset and new playset just a brawler (was expecting something like Takeover but focused on Marvel).
Still getting both.
Takeover and Speedway allow all characters.
New figure been basically an animated Chris Evans with a new moveset and new playset just a brawler (was expecting something like Takeover but focused on Marvel).
Still getting both.
Yeah, only Marvel.
Takeover and Speedway allow all characters.
Yeah, I have takeover. But just a powerstone mode with ALL characters would be amazing.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
New character (if you can call it that) is a huge let down.
Well that's good. Johny V indicates that nuCap is in addition to their planned figures.
So there are still four more slots for other Marvel heroes now?
That's great
; means my initial exceptions of Ant-Man, Scarlet Witch, Vision and Quicksilver are still likely to happen hopefully .So there are still four more slots for other Marvel heroes now?
That's great
That's the way I read it.
Yeah, either Quicksilver or Black Panther.
Chiaroscuro
Member
Good. I actually like the new fugure. It was odd that they went with the cartoon version of the characters for 2.0 considering all upcoming movies.
Bear Force One
Banned
Awesome! New Steve is way cool but threw a serious wrench in the works.
VGChampion
Member
It sort of hit me today but I really hope we get backwards compatible play sets with 4.0. Now that they're actually becoming fun to play instead of just a way to level up my characters, I don't want to "lose" access. Or I may start buying the actual games digitally so that I don't need to swap discs out.
Ehhh. It's cool he's an addition instead of one of the planned characters, but including him in the playset means I have to get him now ... oh well.
Christopher
Member
When's the black Spider-Man coming to shelves?
I thought they said "including" those three stages. Hopefully it's more than three.
Gorki247
Member
Same here. I already think speedway doesn't have enough tracks and that's a toybox game. Just three levels for a playset would be really disappointing.
Interesting, so the Planned figures page could be out of the window.
It could be. I saw another tweet tonight that could indicate even more flexibility in that plan.
Question for Disney Infinity players. The Wal-mart near me has the 2.0 for S24 on clearance for a starter set. I know you can buy 3.0 game only for 19.99 on PS3. Do you think this would be a good purchase for a Christmas present for kids? They both have birthdays early in the new year for figures as gifts.
They'd only be able to do toybox things in 3.0 without a 3.0 playset,so you have to weigh that. For instance I picked up the 3.0 starter despite not needing the base because it was like 52 bucks at best buy this week, effectively putting me at 22 bucks for 2 figures + the set over the normal digital upgrade price.
Cool, thanks. I'll watch for some holiday/black friday deals. I know we have to somehow get them 3.0 since they'll play the Star Wars things with their father. (The youngest's first movie in theaters was Episode 1 in 3d.)
I bought Disney Infinity 1.0 at launch along with a second character for each starter set level but after trying Incredibles for like maybe 15 or 20 minutes my brother and I said "meh" and didn't play.
Then 2.0 came out and it was Marvel so we got the set the six main Avengers. Once again, our reaction was "meh." It was too repetitive and easy.
A week or two ago we were really itching to play any Marvel game not named MvC3 so we decided to try Infinity 2.0 again. This time we cranked the difficulty up to the highest level and suddenly it became a lot of fun. The game gets really freaking hard and suddenly the mindless brawler has required a bit more thought as you are dodging monsters that kill you in like two or three hits. I assume we are close to the end of the Avengers playset and so I went out and bought the Guardians playset along with the other three Guardians for $50 (they are on sale at Walmart and Best Buy is price matching).
And with these now of course I have to buy the Spider-Man set. And then after that there is no way I don't get Star Wars. And then I will probably go back to 1.0 to give those playlets another shot. DAMN YOU JOHNNY V!
Also what are the chances we get War Machine? I need a War Machine figure. Some Agents of Shield figures would be great too. I want to play as Ward. And where is Hercules?
Then 2.0 came out and it was Marvel so we got the set the six main Avengers. Once again, our reaction was "meh." It was too repetitive and easy.
A week or two ago we were really itching to play any Marvel game not named MvC3 so we decided to try Infinity 2.0 again. This time we cranked the difficulty up to the highest level and suddenly it became a lot of fun. The game gets really freaking hard and suddenly the mindless brawler has required a bit more thought as you are dodging monsters that kill you in like two or three hits. I assume we are close to the end of the Avengers playset and so I went out and bought the Guardians playset along with the other three Guardians for $50 (they are on sale at Walmart and Best Buy is price matching).
And with these now of course I have to buy the Spider-Man set. And then after that there is no way I don't get Star Wars. And then I will probably go back to 1.0 to give those playlets another shot. DAMN YOU JOHNNY V!
Also what are the chances we get War Machine? I need a War Machine figure. Some Agents of Shield figures would be great too. I want to play as Ward. And where is Hercules?
Should try the 3.0 melee characters, goes another level beyond. 2.0 had decent basics on harder difficulties, as you've noticed. 3.0 force users have tons of shit, the ranged ones not as much but still a lot more.
KelpPlankton
Member
That new Cap looks really good, great likeness of Chris Evans and a much better costume than the classic Cap we got for 2.0. But on the other hand, I already have Cap so it feels weird knowing that I'm going to have to pick him up again as part of the playset.
And if he's not just a reskin, and is instead a proper 3.0 character with juggling and pause combos and all that stuff, it's going to be even more worrying. I don't want to see this game go down the Skylanders path where they release improved versions of characters every version of the game and require you to buy them to benefit from the new game's improvements or changes. Sorceror Mickey and normal Mickey are totally different and that's cool by me, but Captain America and Movie Captain America don't strike me as being drastically different characters.
But like I said, at least it looks really good. Definitely the better looking of the two figures.
And if he's not just a reskin, and is instead a proper 3.0 character with juggling and pause combos and all that stuff, it's going to be even more worrying. I don't want to see this game go down the Skylanders path where they release improved versions of characters every version of the game and require you to buy them to benefit from the new game's improvements or changes. Sorceror Mickey and normal Mickey are totally different and that's cool by me, but Captain America and Movie Captain America don't strike me as being drastically different characters.
But like I said, at least it looks really good. Definitely the better looking of the two figures.
Bear Force One
Banned
So the nuCap comes as part of the Playset? I hope we hear who else does too on Saturday.
Yup. I suspect we'll at least find out who the other play set pack-in is. I wouldn't be surprised if Marvel will make them save some figure announcements until closer to Civil War.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Heck no, now maybe we can get the original Maleficent, both versions of Alice(you know movie will get priority) and so on.
Glad I passed on original because he is way cooler.
Well, I'm speaking only about Marvel really. The new one is better but it's still just Cap. I have a huge list in my head of Marvel figures I'd rather see before MCU semi-upgrades.
So the NYCC DI panel seemed like a bit of a bust. A better look at Battlegrounds yes, but no new figures show. They announced an announcement of at least one Star Wars figure being revealed next week so that's something. All the rumors of a new Force Awakens trailer coming next week makes me think it's a TFA character. Although, at the pace they've been revealing Marvel figures, it could be Sy Snoodles.
Chiaroscuro
Member
As new versions of DI are released I expect reposes/duplicates for the same reason Skylanders does that: they want to provide to the new players the popular characters without the need of chasing old releases. After all, they need to discontinue 2.0 figures, but what if a player new to DI want to use Captain America in Battlegrounds? I know used market is an option, but Disney does not profit anything from it.
Direct feed footage of the live played Marvel Battlegrounds playset at the NYCC2015 panel:
https://youtu.be/N4t28-V7r5M
https://youtu.be/N4t28-V7r5M
KelpPlankton
Member
2 player local, 4 player online
RobbieNick
Junior Member
It's online?! That's awesome. Can't wait now.
whoa what? Like, place two on the pad, then your next two?
Something like that, they talked about it briefly at the panel. They've beens aying it was 4p co op the whole time though, that's why they were making a big deal - you could always play 4 player online so that wouldn't have been anything new.