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Marvel vs Capcom Infinite Gameplay/Pre-Launch Discussion Thread
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Honestly Smash is probably the FG where loot boxes would work best without changing the game up too much.
- Lots of history to draw costumes and colors from
- Lots of collectibles like trophies
- They already implemented randomly getting custom moves through gameplay
- They had a TON of DLC for Mii Fighter costumes
I can easily imagine a version of Smash 4 made by Activision that's literally the exact same game except there are loot boxes and it's way harder to earn everything in-game.
ElBoxyBrown
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Lucia from DMC2. I wouldn't mind if she made it in. DMC2 happened. No point in ignoring it forever.
No one needs to ignore it since it falls way behind everything else.
Level 3s aren't unscaled anymore so they're really useless now.
don't give them ideas
If they still get start up invincibility, they're not. Plus that little extra damage will help in certain situations, even if it is scaled.
But yeah, not as important as UMvC3.
Spoilers for final arcade mode boss, dont click if you dont want em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8yfCplDfc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8yfCplDfc&feature=youtu.be
zip leak ultra super duper extra confirmed.
Ugghhh hangin around this thread I know someone is going to slip up and spoil shit. Please don't peeps.
Jawmuncher
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Looks so dumb
It's perfect.
These types of
giant
EDIT: Kind of applies to fighting game AI in general.
PadWarrior
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Ugly
TheSpoiler
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It's a throwback y'all need to play more X
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
We already have a thread for that. Some people don't want to get spoiled with final boss.
It's a VS series staple at this point though. Gotta have some
big ass monster than barely moves around while you fuck it up
At least it's better than Abyss.
Killa Sasa
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Good legacy boss.
Zip may as well be guaranteed now.
Jawmuncher
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I'd probably prefer Abyss, because at least you can go around him and over him while you wait a few seconds before he does his next move.
Ultron-Sigma is alright though.
Jawmuncher
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I don't think I've ever beaten
a mega man game so the homage is definitely lost on me
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Take the final boss discussion to proper thread because of spoilers.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1430921
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1430921
Jawmuncher
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Eh. If it's spoiler tagged I don't see the problem. Not like it's a big surprise tbh.
I just meant in terms of the final boss actually being an amalgam of Capcom and Marvel stuff, instead of just "Fuck it, we made up this bullshit character out of thin air. Fight it now."
Never make an action game thread again.
Killa Sasa
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So Venom/WS/BP and then Hunter/Sigma/??? Can't recall who the last Capcom one is.
Hoping they get a femme fatales pack in asap for a bit more balance but game is definitely coming together.
Hoping they get a femme fatales pack in asap for a bit more balance but game is definitely coming together.
PadWarrior
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Winter soldier is going be interesting.
Meioh, probably.
Also, I can almost guarantee we're not getting an all female DLC pack or whatever. The ratio will keep getting worse and worse with each DLC season. Also also, the game having the newcomer characters that are probably in the game already as DLC is not what I would call the game coming together.
So we'll only get 1 new franchise on the capcom side with the Hunter. Sucks.
Doctrine Dark
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I ain't clicking any of this shit.
I can agree on this, it's appropriate to an MvC game for sure.
It's actually really well done! Just wish we had better footage of it...
Doctrine Dark
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Did the guy beat the boss?
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
So you mean to say they got it right?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iI234wG6Nr0/hqdefault.jpg
Only those who have played the X series will appreciate it and honestly if this was supposed to be what Ultron Sigma had to turn into in order to beat you, it would make sense that final transformation looks like a train wreck fusion.
Only those who have played the X series will appreciate it and honestly if this was supposed to be what Ultron Sigma had to turn into in order to beat you, it would make sense that final transformation looks like a train wreck fusion.
Honestly, this works so much better than Ultron Sigma since for there, it just looked like just another playable character.
Nope. Not that the boss looked all that difficult, mind.
Spoiler tagging images doesn't work on mobile, please turn that into a link.
ElBoxyBrown
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Ha! I knew they would do something like this.
Sorry! Still learning the ins and outs of NeoGaf!
Killa Sasa
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Greedily speaking for myself, sorry. More than one Spider-Man character and even another Cap character and BP is a plus for me. Roster has been discussed ad naseaum and it is definitely lacking from an overall standpoint for every fan, but hits all of my personal notes except for female characters.
Gimme X-23 and Wasp and Elektra and Kamala, fuckers
Female pack is almost definitely a pipe dream to be sure. I will be having enough fun to weather the rockier times for this roster but totally legitimate for some people not to.
...yeah that's the whole issue with it.
One of the things with lootcrate-style systems is that they also do a lot to help with player retention. There's something to be said about getting people into the habit of playing the game every day for the free chances at drops, or by getting them to play "one more game" as they're one win away from another free loot crate. No fighting game outside of Injustice 2 on console even attempts to do this (interestingly, the arcade versions of Virtua Fighter and Tekken were way ahead of the curve when it came to this). And I think it could work with smaller fighting games, assuming that the core playerbase is dedicated (and rich) enough (as the more niche FGs tend to have much higher levels of engagement on a per-player basis). Smaller mobile releases can be fueled by even something like 100 whales.
It absolutely could work in, say, an alternate-universe version of SF5 (although they might have to put in more work creating content to pad out the loot crates, such as new taunts/win animations, profile fluff like icons and titles, and so on). They might need more staff to create more content (for both things players do and don't want), but it wouldn't surprise me if they ended up making more than enough money to offset that. Business wise, putting a cap on what your whales can spend in-game is stupid. I feel a little gross typing that sentence... but it is what it is.
Exactly. If they offered golden loot boxes on a more regular basis (which guarantee at least one legendary skin), I'd be happy. Hell, if it gave you at least one guaranteed item that's a shit-ton of gold, that'd be happy. But even if you buy the loot boxes with cash, it's still randomized.
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