Marvel/DC and Superhero/Comic Book Games Megathread - Wanna Take You For A Ride - Games

[img]http://i.imgur.com/BAbXXy9.png[/img] Welcome, True Believers, to the first Marvel (and other comic book heroes) thread! Feel free to discuss anything related to a game adapting a comic book or based on the idea of superheroes, or inspired by comic culture. Comic book publisher doesn't matter, IDW, Dynamite, Dark Horse, DC, Marvel all welcome! Discord: [url]https://discord.gg/tYb7AYk[/url] Steam Group: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/facepunchheroes[/url] Now let's look at some games! [img]http://i.imgur.com/gd2299h.png[/img] [b]Marvel Heroes 2016[/b] - PC Status: Current - Metacritic: 81/100 - Steam: 80% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/226320/[/url] [quote]Marvel Heroes 2016 is the premier Marvel MMO-ARPG that you have been waiting for! Play as the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men and more. Battle infamous villains such as Dr. Doom, Loki, Magneto to save the universe.[/quote] [b]Marvel Ultimate Alliance[/b] - PC, Xbox One, PS4 Status: New Re-release - Metacritic: 82/100 - Steam: 31% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/116197/[/url] [quote]Marvel Ultimate Alliance lets players create their ultimate team from the largest Super Hero alliance ever as they engage in an epic quest to determine the fate of the Marvel Universe.[/quote] [b]Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2[/b] - PC, Xbox One, PS4 Status: New Re-release - Metacritic: 74/100 - Steam: 28% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/116197/[/url] [quote]The Marvel Universe is being torn apart. The Superhuman Registration Act becomes law and Super Heroes must register as weapons of mass destruction, becoming licensed government agents. Assemble your dream team from the Marvel Universe and select from over 24 playable characters, each with specialized powers.[/quote] [b]Marvel Vs Capcom 2[/b] - PS2, Xbox, PS3, XBox 360 iPhone Status:Physical/Retired/Console Download Re-release - Metacritic - 85 [quote] MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2 brings legendary characters from throughout Marvel and Capcom history to duke it out in an insane tag-team fighting experience. From Ryu to Wolverine, pit your favorite heroes in dream match-ups thanks to an unprecedented 56-character roster. With all new online play, take the fight across the globe and decide who really has the best "dream team.[/quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/bqunY71.png[/img] [b]Spider-Man (2000)[/b] - PC, PS1, N64 Status: Physical/Retired - Metacritic: 87/100 [quote]YOU DON'T JUST PLAY IT... YOU LIVE IT He spins a web, swings across the sky and lands with a somersault onto the Daily Bugle building. Who is this masked hero? It's you! Fight, jump and web-sling as Spider-Man as you take on a legion of sinister villains. The city is depending on you. Start swinging...[/quote] [b]Spider-Man 1-3 Movie Games (2002), (2004), (2007)[/b] - PS2/Xbox and PS3/Xbox360 (3) Status: Physical/Retired - Metacritic: (1) 76/100 (2) 80/100 (3) 60/100 [quote]Open-world beat em up games based on Sam Raimi's Spider-man Trilogy[/quote] [b]Amazing Spider-Man Movie Games (2012), (2014)[/b] - PC, PS3/4 and Xbox360/One Status: Available - Metacritic: (1) 69/100 (2) 57/100 - Steam: (1) 70% (2) 67% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/sub/53421/[/url] [quote]Open-world Arkham clone games based on the Andrew Garfield sony movies OH FUCK OH FUCK BING SEARCH MARVEL OFFICES AND CALL THEM[/quote] [b]Spider-Man: Web of Shadows[/b] - PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii Status: Physical/Retired - Metacritic: 68/100 [quote] New York City has been invaded and only Spider-Man can save it. The fate of New York is in your hands...Take Control. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows gives you an unprecedented level of gameplay choice, including, for the first time, control over the game's direction and outcome. Choose how Spider-Man fights, which powers to upgrade, who in the Marvel universe to fight with or against, and the fate of New York City itself. Choose wisely.[/quote] [b]Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions[/b] - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Status: Available - Metacritic: 76/100 - Steam: 63% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/231990/[/url] [quote]: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a thrilling action-packed adventure set in four dramatically different universes from legendary Spider-Man lore, each with a distinct Spider-Man armed with unique skills and strengths, in one original storyline. Players will be transported to new locations never before seen in a Spider-Man game, from lush jungles and dusty deserts to various urban terrains. Acclaimed comic book writer Dan Slott takes players on a mission to contain the magical energy of the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which has been shattered and sent hurtling across parallel universes, and battle fan-favorite villains in a quest to restore the fabric of reality.[/quote] [b]Untitled Spider-man PS4 Game[/b] - PS4 Status: Unreleased [quote]Spider-man game revealed at E3 2016 developed by Insomniac Games[/quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/lcqCJjy.png[/img] [b]X-Men: Legends[/b] - PS2, Xbox, Gamecube Status: Physical - Metacritic: 79/100 [quote]X-Men: Legends is the first game to capture the complete essence of the X-Men by allowing players to control multiple characters that fight together as a team.[/quote] [b]X-Men: Legends 2[/b] - PC, PS2, XBox, Gamecube Status: Physical/retired - Metacritic: 84/100 [quote] In X-Men Legends II, the X-Men must join their enemy the Brotherhood to fight a greater menace--Apocalypse. The sequel to the team-based role-playing game X-Men Legends lets you play as one of many X-Men, and use and combine his or her unique abilities to defeat enemies.[/quote] [b]X-men Origins: Wolverine[/b] - PC, XBox 360, PS3, Wii Status: Physical/retired - Metacritic: 77/100 [quote]Unleash the razor sharp adamantium claws, feral instincts, and mutant regeneration powers of the world's fiercest Super Hero - Wolverine - and uncage the story of how the ultimate weapon was created. The team at Raven Software has dedicated Wolverine's development to unstoppable, true-to-character authenticity. Take on impossible odds and exact revenge.[/quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/SbCW6vG.png[/img] [b]Punisher (2005)[/b] - PC, PS2, Xbox Status: Physical/retired - Metacritic: 67/100 [quote]Serving as a sequel to the 2004 film, "The Punisher" video game represents the best of over 30 years of "Punisher" comic books and depicts some of the grittiest storylines in the Marvel Universe. Developed by Saints Row series developers Volition, third-person shooter[/quote] [b]Deadpool[/b] - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Status: Available - Metacritic: 63/100 - Steam: 91% [quote]There are a few important things I need to say before you crack into my insanely sweet game. (Oof. Here we go again.) I'm a mercenary with an accelerated healing factor. I've been described as unstable, which is just plain coo-coo. (Wait, do sane people say coo-coo?) I'm gonna battle for the safety of humans and mutants. (And even mumans.) Be prepared for just about anything. (Holla!) I made sure to capture all my good sides, so I made my game a third-person action-shooter. (Yep, you get to look at my heinie.) Keep a look out cuz some of my X-Men pals (Whoa, what pals?!) are making an appearance. (Hope you don't mind picking hair out of your tacos.) I'm really good at killing, so I made it a blast stringing together combos, and totally eviscerating my enemies. (Ev-is-cer-a-ting!) I brought my skills and a buttload of my favorite things. Katanas (check), guns (bang!) explosives (boom), duct tape (quack) and of course, yours truly - ME! (Checkmate!)[/quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/yCsJPCQ.png[/img] [b]DC Universe Online[/b] - PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Status: Current - Metacritic: 72/100 - Steam: 83% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/24200/[/url] [quote]DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Comics universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.[/quote] [b]Batman Arkham Series[/b] - PC, PS3/4, Xbox 360/One Status: Available - Metacritic: 91 (Asylum), 96 (City), 74 (Origins), 64 (Blackgate), 87 (Knight) [url]http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Rocksteady%20Studios[/url] [quote]Series of amazing Batman beat em up/stealth games that defined the set up for a lot of modern beat em ups and hero games[/quote] [b]Batman: The Telltale Series[/b] - PC, PS4, Xbox One - Delayed PS3, Xbox 360 Status: New/Unreleased - August 2nd, 2016 [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/498240/[/url] [quote]Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.[/quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/KxzuyNh.png[/img] [b]The Darkness II[/b] - PC, Xbox360, PS3 Status: Available - Metacritic: 80/100 - Steam: 90% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/67370/[/url] [quote]An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.[/quote] [b]The Wolf Among Us[/b] - PC, Xbox 360/One, PS3/4 Status: Available - Metacritic: 85/100 - Steam: 97% [quote]A gritty, violent and mature thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books (DC Comics/Vertigo). As Bigby Wolf - THE big bad wolf - you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.[/quote] [b]Champions Online[/b] - PC Status: Available - Metacritic: 72/100 - Steam: 77% [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/9880/[/url] [quote]Grab your cape and defend Millennium City in this comic book-style action MMORPG! Design your hero and costume from thousands of costume pieces, face super-villains like Dr. Destroyer, and create your own unique nemesis.[/quote] I will be updating the OP periodically with additional games/changes and more information.

Hopefully now I get to meet more Facepunchers that play Marvel Heroes.

[QUOTE=SoftHearted;50806850]Hopefully now I get to meet more Facepunchers that play Marvel Heroes.[/QUOTE] I played for all of a week but the UI was just painful to me.

I'm planning on playing it some more but when I made my account when the game was announced I named it "moot" which is stupid. I made a new account as venomousbeetle then realized I had shit on the moot one and it turns out name changes are like $10 paid currency I still need to ask support if they're gonna let me just delete the second acc and change the first or swap them for the same price or if they're gonna make me spend $20 in ingame currency [editline]31st July 2016[/editline] Can't wait for next steam sale I pray that MUA is fixed with DLC by then and at 50% discount, probably gonna be shit like 20% but it'd be nice if it was 50% so it'd be easier to get players

Anyone ever heard of X2: Wolverines Revenge?

[QUOTE=AaronM202;50806988]Anyone ever heard of X2: Wolverines Revenge?[/QUOTE] The one with Mark Hamill playing Wolverine? I've heard only that tidbit about it.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;50806887]I played for all of a week but the UI was just painful to me.[/QUOTE] Was that recently? they changed a lot of stuff a few patches back.

Probably a month or so ago.

Is anyone buying Batman's telltale series? I'm thinking about it apparently there's also a new feature where you can twitch stream and have people vote on which choice to make, we could do facepunch plays batman

I heard about that game before. Sounds interesting specially with all the detective related stuff that has to do with Batman. I haven't really played any Telltale games thought besides Poker Night. Was thinking about buying their Sam & Max games some time ago but kinda gave up on the idea.

I'll give it a shot definitely but I really hope it isn't too tied down. The Bruce Wayne stuff is really interesting but with most creators they end up forgetting about it after like Y2 of Batman. That and the Y1/grounded setting is starting to get a bit overplayed IMO with Gotham, Arkham Origins and Batman Begins/Nolan films. If anything I think would have liked a Robin PoV Telltale game where you have to deal with being a hero as well as helping your father figure/mentor not go over the edge and set it at maybe Y3. Something that isn't just another gang war/Two-Face origin story.

Only thing I'm concerned about is I don't really care about "Bruce Wayne outside of the costume" but maybe keeping up the charade will be fun now that it's not a walk around game Edit: I guess what I'm trying to say is I kind of find Bruce Wayne when he's not Batman kind of boring and I'm uncertain about focusing on it, but hopefully he'll be interesting, this is a good opportunity to make him moreso. [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] I wonder if the untitled marvel telltale project is gonna be this same concept but Iron Man

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50810419]Only thing I'm concerned about is I don't really care about "Bruce Wayne outside of the costume" but maybe keeping up the charade will be fun now that it's not a walk around game [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] I wonder if the untitled marvel telltale project is gonna be this same concept but Iron Man[/QUOTE] If the rumored MGU is going to be a thing now and the Telltale project is part of it then I expect it'll maybe be Daredevil or Jessica Jones, character that are grounded enough that they can be story focused with occasional action(although Daredevil is prime for an Arkham-esque game). Iron Man has too much gameplay potential to waste on a Telltale game IMO, they just need the right devs.

Wait there's a marvel game universe rumored? That actually sounds kind of like a bad idea. Consistent continuity works in movies and fiction but it only serves to ground potential games, their stories, characters, their content and features [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] Hell even the films can get conflict with how they all effect each other, but with a game something like "oh so and so died in x game so they can't be used for this game" and other such things would bring the whole game down imo Edit: plus comic books already have branched into a million continuities because of this [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] It'd also greatly effect the freedom of player's actions, it'd become a serious headache to make a telltale game work in that environment given how they're about choices. It'd also likely cause a lot of games to be like assassins creed where deviating from the singular thing you're supposed to do is punished

There's no solid evidence but when Spider-Man PS4 was announced the new head of Marvel games said stuff that some people interpreted as maybe something like an MGU but everything he said was pretty typical brand speak about Marvel Gaming being its own thing and not much else. [url]http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/14/11937012/marvel-games-aaa-spider-man-insomniac-games-jay-ong[/url]

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50810449]Wait there's a marvel game universe rumored? That actually sounds kind of like a bad idea. Consistent continuity works in movies and fiction but it only serves to ground potential games, their stories, characters, their content and features [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] Hell even the films can get conflict with how they all effect each other, but with a game something like "oh so and so died in x game so they can't be used for this game" and other such things would bring the whole game down imo Edit: plus comic books already have branched into a million continuities because of this [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] It'd also greatly effect the freedom of player's actions, it'd become a serious headache to make a telltale game work in that environment given how they're about choices. It'd also likely cause a lot of games to be like assassins creed where deviating from the singular thing you're supposed to do is punished[/QUOTE] "so and so died" doesn't really apply for comic characters. Batman and Superman have died how many times?

Agreed. I think so many people have been caught up in the whole franchise universe concept that its blinding people on the fact that self contained works are still a lot more flexible and allow for a lot more freedom when creating a story and in-particular gameplay when it comes to games. References and Easter Eggs are always nice but they should never be a reason to block storytelling decisions. They're both valid ways of creating a universe but I'd like a break from it. Muh merge

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;50810502]"so and so died" doesn't really apply for comic characters. Batman and Superman have died how many times?[/QUOTE] In the MCU? [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] As far as I'm aware batman and superman haven't even lived in the MCU so I don't think they would be dying and undying in the MGU

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50810590]In the MCU? [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] As far as I'm aware batman and superman haven't even lived in the MCU so I don't think they would be dying and undying in the MGU[/QUOTE] It was an example of how characters die and resurrect all the time.

Man, I used to play the shit out of Champions Online. Anyone still playing it? Also, am I the only one who actually liked that weird X-Men Destiny game for the 360 and PS3?

Spider-Man 2 on consoles were the greatest on PC.. Well, not so much. But if there's one game that got Spider-Man right in video game territory it was definitely the Spider Man 2 console version.

[QUOTE=Ray551;50810823]Man, I used to play the shit out of Champions Online. Anyone still playing it? Also, am I the only one who actually liked that weird X-Men Destiny game for the 360 and PS3?[/QUOTE] I used to play Champions Online all the time, it was one of my first few MMOs. I was surprised to see it's still online. I might give it a go again sometime, I loved the customization. [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=FezianEmperor;50810830]Spider-Man 2 on consoles were the greatest on PC.. Well, not so much. But if there's one game that got Spider-Man right in video game territory it was definitely the Spider Man 2 console version.[/QUOTE] I still maintain the Spider-man (2000) game made for PS1/N64/PC is probably the best all time example of a Spider-man game [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] also pizza

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;50810833]I used to play Champions Online all the time, it was one of my first few MMOs. I was surprised to see it's still online. I might give it a go again sometime, I loved the customization. [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] I still maintain the Spider-man (2000) game made for PS1/N64/PC is probably the best all time example of a Spider-man game [editline]1st August 2016[/editline] also pizza[/QUOTE] I was a huge fan of those Spider-Man games that were on N64 and PS1, they haven't aged well but they were a shit ton of fun back then. That Doctor Octopus - Carnage hybrid was terrifying.

[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;50811457]That Doctor Octopus - Carnage hybrid was terrifying.[/QUOTE] That thing ruined me as a kid. Heck, the whole last act of the game, with symbiotes taking over portions of the city, was just more than I went in expecting. Amazed that never made it into a book storyline

It says monster ock is GAME EXCLUSIVE in his bio so I guess they had some integrity on that promise, wish he was though [editline]2nd August 2016[/editline] Also I used a humble coupon on MUA bundle and they have fixed the audio issue in mua2

Web of Shadows kinda does takes that symbiote part of the old PS1 games and pumps up to eleven. Now that I think about it's kinda weird that Dock Ock wasn't in that game. Well, at least we had symbiote Wolverine and Electro.

Anyone think someone will re-release the Punisher game from the 2000s, uncendored too? It's the only decent Punisher game I can think of

I love venom-ifying characters I bet monster ock wasn't in WoS because Carnage isn't iirc and there wasn't much reason to include Ock in the story anyway. Spider-man Friend or Foe was probably my favorite psp game when I had one. You could team up with and play as a ton of villains/sidekicks and they were all using Raimi designs. Psp version even had carnage. [editline]2nd August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;50815812]Anyone think someone will re-release the Punisher game from the 2000s, uncendored too? It's the only decent Punisher game I can think of[/QUOTE] I hope so. I'm not sure where the rights stand for it. Maybe they could make major changes and make it Bernthal? Is volition deep silver's bitch rn or do they just own Saints Row? A new volition punisher game would be great [editline]2nd August 2016[/editline] There was also a short lived punisher FPS on PS3 but it's taken down much like MUA DLC was, and being a console download exclusive it's basically gone forever. I have the demo saved to my account but it's demo was multiplayer only. You'd have to borrow an account that bought it back then to get it, and I've not found anyone.

For anyone playing Marvel Heroes, the [B][I]big[/I][/B] patch dropped today, including the Main hub remake, Dynamic Combat Level overhaul, and complete blessing reworks

Here's hoping support gets back to me about names soon, any new characters or other non-QoL additions?