Gazillion's Marvel MMO - F2P, Play as existing Marvel characters only

[Ragnoros]

Can you play Diablo with a game pad?

Yes.



Also, you know, PS3 edition.

P.S. It's better with one.

Also: Having played, these guys are making a game from years ago. BIIF: Meh

[Falconeer]

Hey, they make FPS for console and joypad now. It doesn't mean they are any good.

[Sky]

BIIF: Needs gamepad support.

Avoid if you're looking for XML/MUA.
Try (f2p) if you're looking for Diablo in tights.

edit: Falc, your comment would have been valid if there wasn't already a string of really good Marvel arpgs that used gamepads.

[Threash]

This is live today for those who care, it's on steam.

[Hutch]

LOL at the DLC on Steam:
Avengers Assemble Pack: $$84.99
- includes Capt America, Iron Man, Hulk, Ms Marvel
X-Force Pack: $84.99
- includes Cable, Wolverine, Deadpool, Colossus
Knights Pack: $79.99
- includes Spider-Man, Wolverine, Punisher, Black Panther

Packs also include costumes and "Fortune Cards", whatever those are.
Those prices are nuts. I get that this is a F2P, but I'd rather buy the heroes individually. I wonder if that's an option.

[Ragnoros]

Messing around as Ragnoros.

[Hayduke]

Those prices smell of flop sweat and desperation, or comic book fans are a lot dumber than I thought.

[Ragnoros]

I am slightly intrigued by one portion of the endgame PVE, Survival Challenges.

Basically, you jump into a queue which throws you into a holdout scenario where you fight wave after wave of baddies until you lose or beat the supervillain in the final wave. Interesting bit is you do it along with 14 other people. So basically, a diablo raid.

Edit: Oh, and they gave me a second free hero for completing the 10 minute tutorial mission. I picked Thing to start and they gave me Storm. My account was in beta, but I don't think it mentioned anything about that, so I assume everyone gets a second hero.

[MrHat]

I am slightly intrigued by one portion of the endgame PVE, Survival Challenges.

Basically, you jump into a queue which throws you into a holdout scenario where you fight wave after wave of baddies until you lose or beat the supervillain in the final wave. Interesting bit is you do it along with 14 other people. So basically, a diablo raid.

Edit: Oh, and they gave me a second free hero for completing the 10 minute tutorial mission. I picked Thing to start and they gave me Storm. My account was in beta, but I don't think it mentioned anything about that, so I assume everyone gets a second hero.

I started as Scarlet and got Hawkeye.

[Sky]

Still say I'd be there if it was controller based. I think aping Diablo rather than MUA was dopey.

Anyway, now it's launched and I can safely ignore it. Have fun, those enjoying it!

[Hoax]

I don't miss a controller at all. This is not a controller game its a Diablo game and I don't get why people want controllers in Diablo either.

I do wish this was multiplayer MUA, can't believe those aren't still being made.

The boss fights are pretty fun. If I had a kid/wife/gf that would game but only easy games I'd be pretty thrilled with this.

[apocrypha]

Thought I'd check this out.

Can't paste into the login password box & no fullscreen windowed mode.

Uninstalled.

[Hutch]

Last night, I finished the download and played through the tutorial/intro missions.
I picked Thing. He's both the melee/brick choice of the free toons, and also my favorite among them.

It was fun. Plodding around, beating up bad guys. I got a loot drop that gave me (slightly) advanced access to Thing's Charge ability, which was awesome in terms of increasing my mobility.

When I got to the end of the tutorial, I also got Storm as my reward unlock.

And there I was, in multiplayer land. There happened to be a lot of Hawkeyes and Daredevils running around when I was there.
And that's as far as I got. I'll probably check out the multiplayer this weekend.

[Fordel]

Which version of Ms. Marvel are they using? Pantless McGee or the newer Captain Marvel look?

[koro]

Likely both, as there are a variety of skins available.

I find it kind of    that there are no female heroes in the game that aren't ranged shooty types.

[Hutch]

Which version of Ms. Marvel are they using? Pantless McGee or the newer Captain Marvel look?

Pantless, sporting some thigh-high boots.

[Fordel]

Wait, Marvel isn't a puncher? Isn't she like on a Thor/Hulk level of physicality?

Now I'm even sadder.


Someone call me when she looks more like this: http://quin-ones.deviantart.com/art/Captain-Marvel-GROUNDED-337912473

[Hutch]

Hmm. While Ms Marvel should be a playable character (she's in one of the DLC packs), her entry on that page is incomplete. So you can't even see her basic abilities.

The fact is, most Marvel heroes are ranged zappers of one flavor or another. The brawlers, of course, are mostly male. Ladies that spring to mind are She Hulk and Rogue. And Rogue's strength and toughness were some kind of perma-steal from Ms Marvel, iirc, so yeah. Ms Marvel should be a brawler.

[Fordel]

That's how I understood it yea. From what I saw in that old X-Men cartoon where Rogue stole her powers and from what I've seen in the newer Avengers Cartoon where she regularly dukes it out with hulk level baddies (and the Hulk himself once) and seem quite comfortable in those situations. (She almost even wore pants in the newer Avenger Cartoon, almost!)

She can also absorb energy or something to shoot laser beams, because WHY NOT  or a  I suppose!



I have no idea what her actual Comic Canon power level is or whatever, I just really like her new look with the full jumpsuit from her rebooted book. Actually looks like a superhero, instead of say, a stripper.

[Hoax]

That fully clothed costume is in the game, they call it Captain Marvel costume, it costs 1k G's whatever that means, I'm guessing $10? The default is the thigh highs with no pants and yellow sash dark blue outfit.

Pretty sure at least one of her basic powers is melee and she has a mix of ranged and melee skills. Seen her using beams but also using kicks and uppercuts.

[Fordel]

Oh nice, maybe I'll waste the pizza budget on this instead.

[Falconeer]

I tried Ms. Marvel in the beta and she is (or was) definitely a brawler. She actually has been probably my favourite character out of the about ten I tried.

[Hoax]

I followed one around probably long enough to creep the dude out. She brawls but has some beams and aoe blasts. Looked really fun.

This is probably not the game for me. I hate alts. I hated alts in D2 for the record. I'm almost to the end and I've never seen a true hero unlock drop. Not going to say that means they are too rare because I just don't know. Overall I've never grouped with anyone, mainly because there are no chat bubbles so you never know if someone near you is talking to you and I'm not much interested in playing a lot more of this. It wasn't poorly made though. Its a shame more of the people keeping this from being dogshit weren't working on D3. They managed to keep the fun in an ARPG that can't have visual loot.

[Threash]

I don't know why people are surprised cash shop items are rare drops, that they drop at all is the weird part.

[Fordel]

I got my Ms. Marvel in her Captain Marvel outfit, I am punching the shit out of these muggers.


It's a little bit derpy how you see like, 15 of every hero. Killed some zone boss event dude, Electro, and there's like, 5 storms, 3 daredevils and 4 hawkeyes with me. I even saw a few more copies of Ms. Marvel, but none of them in my costume, just the slutty ones.  



If you grab the game through steam, it will use your steam wallet for the real money stuff, which I like, since I trust the steam wallet and I already had a few bucks lying around in it.



I'm guessing I'll give this a weekend, or however long it takes to finish the story or hit level cap (or both). Then I'll promptly forget about it forever.


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[Modern Angel]

This isn't as awful as I was fearing. A bit bland, but I'm a sucker for superheroes (weirdly, I'm a sucker for superheroes in everything BUT comic books). However, I was led to believe that Squirrel Girl would be playable. It does not look like she's playable.

[Threash]

She's post launch, coming soon.

[Fordel]

Princess Sparklefists is level 14 and just finished Chapter 3. She seems to have a lot of "traps" skill point wise, lots of one and done talents. I don't have any of the really fancy stuff yet though, still a few levels to go.


PRO TIP: Do not stand in front of Rhino's charge attack. 

[Lantyssa]

I have her up to level 19 and she's just not that impressive.  I've only bothered adding points to her two basic attacks, her leap, a few in the energy to spirit power, and her toughness skill.

And I still feel incredibly weak compared to anyone with a gun who seems to hit harder and is better able to avoid damage.  Boss fights seriously suck on her since they're pretty much immune to her staggers.

[Fordel]

Just beat the Kingpin and his hired help... what a chore. Staying in melee range was suicide and my ranged options were fairly unimpressive. Shoot Shoot, run run run, Shoot Shoot, run run run.


I dunno if my build is shit, or if my gear is shit (its all purple and seems better then the random drops that fill my bag), or if Ms. Marvel is just poop in this game or what.



The gameplay is either utterly boring or frustrating and tedious.

[Lantyssa]

Ms. Marvel is very unimpressive.  Seriously.  Scarlet Witch is insane with just the level 6 AoE power, and she's not even the strongest ranged hero I've seen.  They really need to make her Photon Blast a basic power so it doesn't cost spirit to use.

[Sjofn]

I have to say I'm surprised you even tried this, Fordel, given you have admitted to me in the past that whatever gene it is that makes people think Diablo-likes are fun is not present in you.

I plan to try it when I get back and no one else is playing it. Woo!

[Fordel]

I wanted to be Princess Sparklefists, sue me! The novelty is rapidly wearing off though and the base gameplay is just, meh.


With random trash, hold down mouse button, collect bacon. With boss fights, blow entire mana pool with ranged power, kite till it comes back, repeat. There's like, no gameplay or shitty gameplay.  I still don't get the appeal.

[proudft]

Step 1: Punch Monster.  Step 2: Get Treasure.   Get with the program!

[Fordel]

That's not a video game, that's a slot machine.