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Marvel Heroes Advance Pack 3: Awesome or Meh? - Marvel Heroes 2015 Column
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Marvel Heroes Advance Pack 3: Awesome or Meh? - Marvel Heroes 2015 Column
Last night, Gazillion surprised Marvel Heroes fans with an exclusive sneak peek at Advance Pack 3. We recently speculated on who might make the cut, and I think we did an OK job. Many of our picks made the roster, but that roster is also one character short than we anticipated (seven instead of our anticipated eight).
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Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
The question with some of these is how can the game play of some of these (e.g. Elektra) be made different from similar heroes already in the game (i.e. Psylocke)?
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Looks like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for heroes. I've never heard of Angela or Black Bolt before.
I can forgive you on Angela, she's newer, but Black Bolt? Come on, dude! :)
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AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
We are born of the blood. Made men by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD.
#IStandWithVic
I haven't played since their anniversary event where I did spend a decent amount of money. I think I've spent my last dollar on the game and feel it's shelf life has ended for me. Especially with the massive cutback in content delivery and poor design decisions.
The list, overall for me, is meh. Black Bolt is the only one that interests me.
I get that Green Goblin is something a lot of people are asking for but he doesn't interest me. The rest aren't really that exciting. I like Angela and Elektra so it may depend on how they play, but I'm not so concerned either way. Nick is another one that could be great but I'm having a hard time picturing playing him in game.
I really liked the list you came up with and maybe I'm a little disappointed because that one was so much more exciting. This list is very bland to me. I certainly won't be buying it.
I'll be picking it up, but I do wish it had a bit more to it. Goblin's going to be awesome though. You watch!
Carnage is a great villain, but he has no place in the game. He's an unrepentant murderer and serial killer who kills simply because he enjoys killing and causing pain. Quite frankly, if they put him in the game as a playable character I'll wipe it off my HDD completely. There are plenty of symbiants which were formerly villains other than Venom with unique powers they could add. Scream, for example. Or Toxin, for a fully heroic example.
AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
We are born of the blood. Made men by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD.
#IStandWithVic
Don't get me wrong, here - I DO like that they're cutting the number of new characters down so that quality will be more of a focus, so that's no my issue - my issue is simply the fact there are characters that should be in the game before many of these, and for whatever nefarious reason, they're not, and it's a disservice to the player base.
(Full disclosure here: I voted for Angela in that infamous poll, because I like the character, and I've been saying Elektra should have been in the game a LONG time ago... but I have fundamental issues with Green Goblin and, especially, Ultron being playable.)
I just like there are more Heroes and sidekicks. The game now is where it should have been at launch.
+1
Looks like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for heroes. I've never heard of Angela or Black Bolt before.
Your not serious? Scraping the bottom of the barrel? You absolutely read no comic books do you? Why don't you read some comics with Angela and Black Bolt in them, then come back and make a response. A least you will understand how stupid your comment sounds.
I barely know of the inhumans. so many Marvel Heroes fans assume everyone that plays it is a comics fan. I'm an ARPG fan with a passing knowledge of comics. Marvel Heroes targets Marvel fans too much and ARPG fans too little.
So what you are saying is a game that was created from comic books, shouldn't have many characters from comic books? You comment makes no sense. If you want to play an ARPG go play D3 or POE, because you're make yourself sound highly foolish.
Go read In-humans, go read Guardian of the Galaxy, go read Thunderbolts. Once you have done so, I will guarantee you will not be a Wasp fan. The issue with Wasp fans on the forums is that they don't read comics and are just followers who cant think for themselves.
If someone on a forum says, "Hey!, this character is great because etc" then that person will lists some gif's with the character in it and some of the their heroic feats. People get brain washed and they feel the character is so awesome. The Wasp fans have been pimped! Beguiled into thinking she is more awesome they she actually is. Wasp sucks I mean really, her fame on forums proves how little comic book knowledge people actually have. Wasp fans are an embarrassment to comic book connoisseurs.
I really only care about x-men and related franchises.
Looks like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for heroes. I've never heard of Angela or Black Bolt before.
You've never heard of Black Bolt? Maybe because he is the strong silent type? He's a pretty big name in the Marvel universe leading the Inhumans, mostly in the Fantastic Four comics (the Human Torch marries an Inhuman named Crystal). Expect to see a lot more of him introduced to the Marvel theatrical audience in Agents of Shield and of course he will be a big star in the Inhumans movie in 2018.
Strong and Tough as Thor (has gone toe to toe with the Hulk)
Fires energy beams from a tuning fork on his forehead that are quite powerful and precise
Fast agile flyer, and well trained in the martial arts of the Royal family.
But the big, big deal is his voice. When he speaks, he can cause a mountain to collapse! His wife Medusa can read his intentions and does royal declarations for him.
The world is going to the dogs, which is just how I planned it!
Where did I say that? I can name a lot of heroes not in the game, but I can't name any inhumans.
What I am saying is that they are focused on cranking out heroes to sell but created half ass ARPG systems for players to play in. They abandoned a significant sector of the ARPG market in hopes of getting non ARPG players to play their game.