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

[Evildrider]

OMGOMGOMG!  Squirrel Girl!  I don't need any other heroes.

Do you need another way home?

I think she just wants a life beyond thunderdome.

[eldaec]

That's what all the children say.

[Scold]

Squirrel Girl should have her own scenarios separate from everyone else, taking on Thanos and the like.


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so this prompted me to google squirrel girl, and I came across this banner ad:

[Jimbo]

Don't mess with Squirrel Girl

Thus far, Squirrel Girl has beaten:
Doctor Doom
Mandarin
Giganto
MODOK
Thanos
Terrax
Bug-Eyed Voice
Bi-Beast
Deadpool
Pluto
Fin Fang Foom
Baron Mordo
Korvac
Ego the Living Planet
Wolverine

All without the all-might Twinkie or Hostess Fruit Pies 

[UnSub]

Squirrel Girl is almost everything that is wrong with comics.

[Sky]

Squirrel Girl is almost everything that is wrong with comics.

There needs to be a chibi version.

[Hutch]

Marvel Heroes Has A Story?

What is going on here?
They are making a Diablo-alike with Marvel supers as your PCs.
They're putting some effort into writing a story, complete with cut scenes and voice acting.

Is this game really going to be F2P?

[UnSub]

F2P like Superhero Squad Online, I'm guessing.

And no-one will care about story and voice acting if the gameplay isn't interesting, which is the trap that DCUO, SWOR et al fell into.

[Scold]

Squirrel Girl is almost everything that is wrong with comics.

...the problem with comics is that they're too light-hearted and fun?

[Tannhauser]

Cautiously optimistic.  I liked how Electro stood toe to toe with the Hulk. 

[Falconeer]

I know a beautiful woman from Asheville, and I always called her Squirrel Girl. I didn't know there was superheroine with that name. All of a sudden I care about this game.

[UnSub]

I know a beautiful woman from Asheville, and I always called her Squirrel Girl.

trying so hard to avoid nuts-related joke

[Evildrider]

I know a beautiful woman from Asheville, and I always called her Squirrel Girl.

trying so hard to avoid nuts-related joke

I think that's the point right?  He wants some hot girl to go all squirrel on his nuts?   

[Lantyssa]

Squirrels have rather sharp teeth.  (As I found out when one bit me.)

[koro]

Heavy risk.

But the prize.

[Numtini]

Pre-orders are up. Decent enough values I suppose since you get the same amount of points as the cost of the pack, provided the game is good.

[Falconeer]

 

But I am confused. Is this a Diablo clone, or a MOBA?

[Numtini]

Last I heard Diablo clone. The thing I'm wondering about is grouping. I was less than impressed with Diablo, but being able to "LFG system" pop into a game with strangers was a lot of fun. Fun that's missing in Torchlight 2, even if it's overall a better game.

[Falconeer]

A Diablo clone with 30 widely different playable characters is interesting, if they can pull it out decently.

[Ragnoros]

I'm basically considering this Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3. Only with a more aggressive monetization scheme. Not throwing any money at them till I get to play it though. Them's the rules.

[UnSub]

Multiplayer Diablo, developed by a team that includes David Brevik who was one of the creators of Diablo and Diablo II.

Gazillion will be putting a lot into this title - it's the only thing they've got left apart from Super Hero Squad Online. And now that Disney owns the Marvel IP, that 10 year contract probably doesn't offer them the protection they thought it did (and they wouldn't want to take on Disney in the courts anyway).

Oh, and they just announced Founders Packs - $20, $60 or $200.

Mini-rant: fuck Founders Packs. You've got a game you want to develop, great, I'll consider buying it when it comes out. I'm not going to pre-pay you for a game that is still months away and barely has any kind of public information around about it. I used to object to the idea of pay for beta, and that was usually just $5 to $10. This approach isn't even as good - it is pay more for pre-beta. It's awful.

If you're a gaming studio and are having money issues, that's even less reason for me to pay you ahead of releasing the game for your particular brand of mismanagement. That Marvel Heroes is pre-selling in-game currency as a reward is an additional fact that makes the bile rise in my throat.

/rant

[Margalis]

$200 so you can get some of the content in a free-to-play game.

Lol.

[CmdrSlack]

The only marginal value I can see from the founders stuff is that you can pick (what appears to be) any hero as your starting hero. Given that I'm only really interested in playing as Deadpool or Squirrel Girl, well, yeah, no. It's still not worth it.

[Venkman]

Mini-rant: fuck Founders Packs. You've got a game you want to develop, great, I'll consider buying it when it comes out. I'm not going to pre-pay you for a game that is still months away and barely has any kind of public information around about it. I used to object to the idea of pay for beta, and that was usually just $5 to $10. This approach isn't even as good - it is pay more for pre-beta. It's awful.

Which has been my sentiment for kickstarters all along.

[shiznitz]

Mini-rant: fuck Founders Packs. You've got a game you want to develop, great, I'll consider buying it when it comes out. I'm not going to pre-pay you for a game that is still months away and barely has any kind of public information around about it. I used to object to the idea of pay for beta, and that was usually just $5 to $10. This approach isn't even as good - it is pay more for pre-beta. It's awful.

It is only awful; if it doesn't work.  It is a great idea if 500 people give you $200.

[UnSub]

After Mechwarrior Online announced they got US$5m from their Founders Packs, it's a technique that is going to be used for a while to come.

[Numtini]

I really admire the chutzpah these guys have. I get new offers for stuff from the item shop every couple of days. The latest was an Iron Man 3 tie in. Yet the game isn't even out and who knows or really cares when it will be. Usually, these games offer you a couple of options where you pay for some points in the store and they let you into beta. These guys are in full marketing mode. It's really incredible.

[UnSub]

Gazillion have to be a bit desperate. Of the titles they've launched, two have been from NetDevil and god only knows what they spent on titles that got cancelled in production (like whatever Romero cashed out on for Slipgate Ironworks).

So they're left with Super Hero Squad Online, which was very limited last time I played it, and this Marvel Heroes game. If Marvel Heroes fails to grab an audience - and Disney must be looking closely at the Marvel licence deals that were signed before they took over - then it'll be hard times at Gazillion.

[Venkman]

I think I played this at PAX East today (in that I think this is the right thread?). It's basically Diablo 3 with Marvel characters. The keystrokes all felt very familiar. I was bored about 10min in, but MMOs at shows always feel that way. I played a bit of Cyclops and Storm. There was some very satisfying moments of mayhem. Good for a few laughs. But if you want to like this, you gotta want a Diablo 3 style game with comic book characters 

[Ragnoros]

Also: This is dropping June 4th.

[Hoax]

Its surreal how Diablo-like this is. Your super hero runs out of inventory space often laden down with 20 masks some of which are green or blue or whatever. A game like this must be what Gamesworkshop has nightmares about which leads them to being such control freaks with their IP.

[UnSub]

David Brevik, who was one of the Diablo creators, is the head of this project (as well as the studio and Gazillion itself, iirc).

[Venkman]

It's not a terrible strategy. Know characters in a proven game system. Kinda standard practice

[Threash]

Does buying a starter pack give you beta access?

[Ragnoros]

Does buying a starter pack give you beta access?

The 60 and 200 dollar ones, yes, but not the $20, IIRC.