Iron Man got at least two new moves (a missile projectile & Repulsor Ray), so there's hope that Spider-Man got some new additions to his moveset. Hell, we haven't even seen everything that Cap has.Seeing as Cap and Iron Man look almost identical to their previous incarnations, is it outlandish to hope that some characters get retooled for this game?
I dunno, it's just kinda boring that Spider-Man has been rocking the same moveset since 1995.
Yeah, I'm surprised I forgot some of those. Though Typhoid Mary I remembered alongside Domino, but they're both X-Men characters so I didn't include them.I added a few more that I think are notable to some degree.
So if Ant-Man gets in, who do you think it will be? Hank or Scott?
I think he'll be good. Since he's X and not Classic, they're not bound by the old moveset.Speaking of retools, I'm hoping Rocket Raccoon becomes more of a zoning character with a ton of guns.
God I hope X isn't as terrible as Mega Man was in MvC1 and 2. No more goddamned weapon switching!
Yeah, I'm surprised I forgot some of those. Though Typhoid Mary I remembered alongside Domino, but they're both X-Men characters so I didn't include them.
Another character we both forgot was Angela. It wasn't so long ago that she was getting a big push since they acquired her, but I don't think Marvel cares as much about her right now.
For better or for worse, it was like playing through an 80's anime. As long as you didn't have any unrealistic expectations, it was fun to play through.
Highlights include:
Nash getting BODIED
Zangief breaking a mystical steel sword.... by flexing when it hit his chest
R.Mika and Ibuki having a friendship
Decapre shows up
Juri travels to another continent on her bike in a few hours.
Is GGPO like super expensive or something? I don't understand why they never just pay for that.
Was playing some Marvel today to get me hype
Wow this game is a travesty. You load up the title screen, and guess what you're greeted with? A classic Marvel character? Some balance between the Marvelites and the new folk in action? Naw Heck no. You get a lone portrait of OC garbage who actually one can't even name or identify until they progress near the end of the entire story mode.
I would give them the teensiest tiniest pass if ANY of these characters were interesting, but when one of them is literally Lex Luthor my sympathies bottom out to negative zero. It's as though they were struggling to design them, new characters that could stand with icons -- but if you're struggling at the main concept of your game then maybe you should rethink your concept!?
But forget about them and about the edgy aggressive colorless portrayals of the Marvel characters themselves, fatalities and all, spitting in the face of everything they stand for, the gameplay is just not good although I feel there was room for improvement that a wise sequel could have made really fun. 3D superhero arena fighter! It even sounds fun on paper, but this game's idea of fun is choosing which out of 3 Marvel heroes you will canonically murder in order to progress in the story mode.
Favorite quotes:
"I am judge, jury and executioner." - Matt Murdock
"We call that a web-slinging ass-kicking!" - Peter Parker
"A perfect day...for kicking ass!" - Tony Stark
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. I'll also hope he and whoever did the win quotes did more apparent research than just looking up a few Wiki articles for the Capcom side.
I'm seeing a lot of lists full of Marvel characters that aren't featured in the MCU.
I've been under the impression that one of the biggest reasons why this project was greenlit in the first place is to boost MCU characters. If I were a Marvel exec, the opportunity cost of giving up a slot that could have been used to push MCU for a character that's only relevant in comics is... Too high.
And giving up a slot for a character that's irrelevant to both Universes for pure fan service is even higher.
Thoughts, realistically speaking?
The game is here to make money and promote other properties. If non-MCU charaters will bring in money they'll get in. Either in the base game or as DLC.I'm seeing a lot of lists full of Marvel characters that aren't featured in the MCU.
I've been under the impression that one of the biggest reasons why this project was greenlit in the first place is to boost MCU characters. If I were a Marvel exec, the opportunity cost of giving up a slot that could have been used to push MCU for a character that's only relevant in comics is... Too high.
And giving up a slot for a character that's irrelevant to both Universes for pure fan service is even higher.
Thoughts, realistically speaking?
I'm seeing a lot of lists full of Marvel characters that aren't featured in the MCU.
I've been under the impression that one of the biggest reasons why this project was greenlit in the first place is to boost MCU characters. If I were a Marvel exec, the opportunity cost of giving up a slot that could have been used to push MCU for a character that's only relevant in comics is... Too high.
And giving up a slot for a character that's irrelevant to both Universes for pure fan service is even higher.
Thoughts, realistically speaking?
Seven Force above already talks about how Phoenix Wright's quotes already showcases how they likely had little/no idea about what to do with him.
But for me, the main disappointment was seeing how characters like Morrigan, for example, were handled in TvC, compared to MvC3. We go from a line like this, where after defeating Viewtiful Joe in TvC, she says...
"I had such high hopes for you, especially after Alastor's words of praise."
...to not having anything memorable to say to any of the Team DMC members, Arthur, Firebrand, Strange, Dormmamu, or copy-pasting her quip to Joe again, in MvC3? Y'know, the characters that either deal with denizens of Demon Worlds on a regular basis, or live in them?
It's like they focused on Morrigan's kinks & innuendos, and completely glossed over the fact that she's really just a bored member of the Demon World's nobility looking for her next thrill. You'd think she'd have plenty to say to the sons of Sparda, Astaroth's regular pain in the ass, the Red Blaze or someone who looks like one of Pyron or Jedah's drinking buddies (like she did to Onslaught in MvC1), but nope!
The more you look at the Capcom side, the more these types of "missed opportunities" are apparent. And it only gets sadder when you consider how the likes of SNK and Monolithsoft (Project X Zone) clearly did their homework better.
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So...all that to say, if the same MvC3 crew is back again, I hope they do better this time.
Seven Force above already talks about how Phoenix Wright's quotes already showcases how they likely had little/no idea about what to do with him.
But for me, the main disappointment was seeing how characters like Morrigan, for example, were handled in TvC, compared to MvC3. We go from a line like this, where after defeating Viewtiful Joe in TvC, she says...
"I had such high hopes for you, especially after Alastor's words of praise."
...to not having anything memorable to say to any of the Team DMC members, Arthur, Firebrand, Strange, Dormmamu, or copy-pasting her quip to Joe again, in MvC3? Y'know, the characters that either deal with denizens of Demon Worlds on a regular basis, or live in them?
It's like they focused on Morrigan's kinks & innuendos, and completely glossed over the fact that she's really just a bored member of the Demon World's nobility looking for her next thrill. You'd think she'd have plenty to say to the sons of Sparda, Astaroth's regular pain in the ass, the Red Blaze or someone who looks like one of Pyron or Jedah's drinking buddies (like she did to Onslaught in MvC1), but nope!
The more you look at the Capcom side, the more these types of "missed opportunities" are apparent. And it only gets sadder when you consider how the likes of SNK and Monolithsoft (Project X Zone) clearly did their homework better.
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So...all that to say, if the same MvC3 crew is back again, I hope they do better this time.
I think people are generally overthinking the MCU connection, honestly. At this point, the core MCU characters are basically the long-time bread and butter characters of the comics (Guardians notwithstanding, although they have quickly become a mainstay since Annihilation: Conquest).
For the most part, the Marvel side of the roster is going to appear to adhere to the MCU, just because of the fact that those are major characters and the X-Men/FF aren't going to be in the base roster. But you're still going to get some characters who are a long ways off from appearing in any movies because they are popular and relevant in the current comics (Kamala Khan being a prime example), and maybe one or two oddball picks who aren't super relevant right now but make for interesting characters and serve to make cult fans happy (Machine Man or Howard the Duck would fit in this category).
Marvel isn't going to just say "No, Ms Marvel isn't coming to the MCU for a while, don't include her". And they certainly won't turn down a Howard the Duck / Machine Man / Squirrel Girl type of pick, although there will probably only be a couple of those total.
Here is shameless advertisement for She-Hulk. She need to be back in the game.
You should probably change the first bullet point to "that were mutants at the time that Marvel & Fox did the initial X-Men/F4 live-action deal", seeing as certain characters (namely Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch) are no longer mutants in the comics. I'd mention Squirrel Girl in that as well, but I think Marvel just flat-out has the rights to her.I think Marvel probably shares the movie rights with Fox for:
1) Characters that are mutants but are closely associated with brands whose movie rights Marvel owns, like Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Typhoid Mary, Molly Hayes, etc.
2) Characters/concepts that are as closely related to Marvel-owned movie brands as they are with X-Men/F4, like the Skrulls.
Exceptions are probably when Marvel at some point retcons the character's origins like they did with Squirrel Girl.
I assume the same applies to Spider-Man-related stuff. I can't imagine that Sony would fully own the movie rights to characters like Anya Corazon or Spider-Woman.
Decisions for Marvel character choices fall squarely on Marvel. Capcom can suggest a few, but the Big M has the final call.Make it happen, Combofiend
(no i don't know if he has any pull in these matters)
!!Actually, I think this was by the art director for Gurren Lagann.
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Seth Killian did manage to influence the inclusion of Mags, Storm and Sentinel for MvC3 though, right? Combofiend plays a similar role so he may have some sway.Decisions for Marvel character choices fall squarely on Marvel. Capcom can suggest a few, but the Big M has the final call.
Seth Killian did manage to influence the inclusion of Mags, Storm and Sentinel for MvC3 though, right? Combofiend plays a similar role so he may have some sway.
Though I understand that today's Marvel is a different Marvel.
Seth Killian did manage to influence the inclusion of Mags, Storm and Sentinel for MvC3 though, right? Combofiend plays a similar role so he may have some sway.
Though I understand that today's Marvel is a different Marvel.
Probably fair to say for She-Hulk too I would think.I know Sentinel was a hard sell (as he should be), but I can't imagine it was too difficult to get Magneto and Storm in there.
Even SFV has a Cinematoc Story Mode, so MvCI kinda has to measure up, now.
SFV has a Cinematoc Story Mode
MvCI kinda has to measure up
Is GGPO like super expensive or something? I don't understand why they never just pay for that.
There are reasons for why it's not ideal for 3D games, mainly because of consistency with syncing movements of background items and such.
Basically it's the way it's saving the state of the game and making sure it's accurate. They'd have to rewrite it to be simply the state of the controllers and matching it with the tick rate of the client/server to verify it's correct. With 2D stuff it's very specifically in x/y position with a specific frame at a specific time, so the rollback can be accurate or not needed. With 3D, even though it's usually fairly controlled, there's a lot more data there. If you stripped it down to merely what button was hit when, you might as well just go back to input verification, because rolling back to match THAT in a 3D game introduces a lot of engine problems to solve for.
Here is shameless advertisement for She-Hulk. She need to be back in the game.
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Seeing as Cap and Iron Man look almost identical to their previous incarnations, is it outlandish to hope that some characters get retooled for this game?
I dunno, it's just kinda boring that Spider-Man has been rocking the same moveset since 1995.
Viewtiful Joe and Amaterasu's victory dialogue hurt me so much to read in MvC3.
And Phoenix Wright who should really be the one character to have unique dialogue for everyone or at least the most memorable has probably the worst dialogue of all. Yes, even worse than Nemesis.
not only that she needs to get back her destroy true 4th wall nature !
Viewtiful Joe and Amaterasu's victory dialogue hurt me so much to read in MvC3.
And Phoenix Wright who should really be the one character to have unique dialogue for everyone or at least the most memorable has probably the worst dialogue of all. Yes, even worse than Nemesis.
"In battle, it's not a question of 'guilty' or 'not guilty.'"
What does that even mean?
Sorry Platy, but as she herself said, that ship sailed somewhere in the year 1991.
I hope he does too. That web zip thing in UMvC3 is nice, but he still doesn't feel all that different. Another super that's not Ultimate Web Throw would be nice too.Seeing as Cap and Iron Man look almost identical to their previous incarnations, is it outlandish to hope that some characters get retooled for this game?
I dunno, it's just kinda boring that Spider-Man has been rocking the same moveset since 1995.
Here is shameless advertisement for She-Hulk. She need to be back in the game.
"In battle, it's not a question of 'guilty' or 'not guilty.'"
What does that even mean?
People made a good point earlier in the thread that it's odd given Spider-Man's popularity, how hard he is to play.