Having you been waiting for an awesome videogame adaptation of Marvel's massive hit and the #1 comic movie of all time, Avengers? Well, keep fucking waiting, because Avengers: Battle for Earth is that shitty Kinect/WiiU fighting game. It appears all seven main characters in the movie are playable -- seven! Such a bounty! -- and you can fight in an arena, a slightly different arena, and even a vaguely different arena. The fighting, of course, should take advantage of the wide range of moves the Kinect and Wii can process, like "wave arms around" and "duck." Look, I know you don't care about this game. I'm just hoping that if I keep making fun of it I'll shame somebody into making a real Avengers game.
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They should at least use the characters/villains from other marvel movies... might be cool to see Abomination, Iron Monger, Red Skull, Whiplash... etc.
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Seriously, just get the guys who did "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" to mix an Avengers-exclusive game. Build in plot with Masters of Evil minipulated by Kang, throw in some time travel stuff (the Invaders and Guardians of the Galaxy as playable characters), amp up the RPG elements and keep stuff like alternate costumes and exclusive dialouge scenes and that's just a license to print money.
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"Quick! We need a Chris Hemmsworth sound-alike for Thor!""How about someone who sounds absolutely nothing like him?""That'll do!"
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I am really surprised we didn't get another Ultimate Alliance Game when Avengers came out called Ultimate Alliance - Avengers Initiative or something like that. I mean that's commons sense marketing right? Right?
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How to make a good Avengers/Marvel Comics game:
1. Use the engine for Mass Effect.
2. Change it from "space team adventure" to "superhero team adventure".
3. Profit.
or...
1. Use the engine for Neverwinter Nights 2.
2. Change it from "fantasy RPG" to "superhero RPG".
3. Profit.
or
1. Use the engine for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2. Change it from "fantasy action RPG" to "superhero action RPG".
3. Profit.
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How to make a good Marvel game: make a sequel to Marvel Ultimate Alliance. A real one, not that miscomplected afterbirth they called 2.
Is there really any good way to make a good Avengers game? I find what makes a good superhero game is to focus on that particular character's strengths and build around that. Batman is the best example with it's focus on hand to hand combat, stealth, and gadgets. Hulk had a pretty decent game (not great) that focused on destroying and throwing everything (admittedly not a deep game but enjoyable). Captain America was pretty good, though it felt slightly like a Batman rip-off. Never played Iron-Man and Thor games, but heard they were terrible. I just don't see how to make a game that tailors to all of the heroes abilities and strengths in one game and not come out a mess.
The only thing I can think of is to focus more on a RPG style of game type, but those are hit and miss in terms of success and popularity.
@js16nite Something where you alternate characters, and each level is tailored to what makes those characters unique -- like Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions or Transformers: Fall of Cybertron -- could work. Maybe if it were open-world-ish, and different characters' strengths/abilities allowed you to access/accomplish things you couldn't with others?
@js16nite I heard the Iron Man game was kinda ok. never played it though. Also, a good Avengers game is not completely impossible, although people might gag when they hear my solution. Ready? Here goes: Devil May Cry/Bayonetta style action game. Yep. The bathroom is over there.
The reason why I said that was because Bayonetta/Dante already controlled like a superhero, so why not put an actual superhero to front that mechanics?
I dunno if the Wikipedia page is woefully outdated, but it says there are 20 characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Avengers:_Battle_for_Earth
The cover art also shows several characters who aren't in the trailer.
@sonicyogurt The comment system botched your link, so I'll just list what characters the Wiki page lists. Which I will have to type because this stupid thing doesn't allow copy paste.
Black Widow, Captain America, Doctor Doom, Doctor Strange, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iceman (wha?), Iron Man, Loki, Magneto, Nightcrawler, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Storm, Super-Skrull, Thor, Venom, Vision, and Wolverine.
Basically, it's a scaled down MvC3 in 3D and a plot cribbed from Secret Invasion but missing most of the characters (Black Bolt? Reed? Pym? C'mon, who doesn't want to fight as Skrull Jarvis?). So there's a lot to be severely disappointed by, but the line up isn't AS sparse as the trailer makes out.
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Already got a pretty nice Avengers (among other characters) game....Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
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@bcb1999 I got that and Justice League Heroes at the same time and everything about Ultimate Alliance just made me scowl disapprovingly at JLH.
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Niiiiice. Reaaaaal nice, Marvel. The movie brought you enough money to sail in an ocean of money in a boat made out of money, and you decide to tie in that iconic piece nerddom with THIS iconic piece of platypus droppings? Yeah, expect some karma to bite you in the ass sometime in the future!
so.... um so motion fighting games. In multiplay, 2 people will be kicking and punching at each other to kick and punch each other on screen. That sounds totally safe!
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@Nicnac It has all the features I could want in a motion fighting game: Accidental injury, property damage, and lawsuits. Well, the lawsuits might be a release day DLC. We'll have to see.
And Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 already includes proper lawsuit accessories.
(Phoenix Wright is a main character. {g})
