Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
TL;DR: A fun, yet disappointing game with a questionable future that at the end of the day does disservice to both Marvel and Capcom brands.
The Marvel vs. Capcom series is one that I hold dear in my heart. And this game’s gameplay is a deserving continuation of that series' tradition of fun, frantic and chaotic fighters with immense depth.
Unfortunately it would be remiss of me to recommend this game in its current form, at its current price, even with the current discount at the time of this writing. The game just simply doesn’t have anything besides its gameplay, with a lacklustre cast of characters mostly imported from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, tremendously disappointing and at times just plain ugly graphics that pale in most regards with its predecessor, mediocre soundtrack with a complete disregard to the series' legacy and some remixes that are… not good and questionable at best UX decisions, with menus that appear to be placeholders and yet still somehow manage to cause lag.
– Real player with 54.0 hrs in game
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Don’t waste your money on this game. It’s already discounted for 33% off because of poor sales; but if you want the full game you’ll need to drop a ridiculous amount of money on DLC anyway, so what the discount actually saves you is closer to 2%.
Gameplay:
The game is actually pretty fun. They dumbed down some of the controls from previous installments, but it adds a new instant tag out system and still boasts an extraordinary amount of depth. Unfortunately, not all of the new inclusions are as fun in higher level play.
– Real player with 28.0 hrs in game
ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3
UMvc3 pros
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It has some cool characters people wanted to play as in a fighting games for ages like dante and arthur and stuff
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It’s easier so you don’t need to worry about things like tricky finger puzzles or blocking or thinking in order to win sometimes and that’s good because everyone wants to win
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I like the little pie chart showing you how much of a scrub you are
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It looks really good, while capcom cut so many corners on this game it’s a circle, they didn’t scimp on the animation. there’s even small things like characters moving their eyes to follow each-other and people having mist breath on the snow stage
– Real player with 212.0 hrs in game
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It’s Mahvel. It’s also MT Framework, so the port is great. The netcode isn’t the best but I’ve heard that’s a problem across the board with all of the re-released MVC3 ports. Playing it on PC with higher FPS than console and in a crisper resolution is a treat.
Bit of cons first -
I will warn you - as someone who played the game semi-competitively in it’s hayday, the online is not very welcoming. You will get trashed by people that have had over 5 years to practice and play. As with any fighter, there’s a strong learning curve and UMVC3 is the definition of “touch of death” combos. The game is very, very fast in comparison to other fighters. Because of that, it’s easy to get frustrated and it can absolutely be considered a flaw. I don’t want to act like this game’s perfect - it’s not. Vergil is still in the game and it’s more or less unpatched since the last update we had on consoles. There’s alot of broken things in the game, I would not pick this up expecting the world’s most balanced and competitive game.
– Real player with 73.2 hrs in game
Injustice™ 2
General Information
Injustice 2 is my second fighting game ever, the first being MKX. The game plays very similar, with some slight differences such as the clashing system replacing the breaker system, and the blocking system all together. You’ll like Injustice 2 if you enjoy other NRS fighters.
MICROTRANSACTIONS
Since microtransactions are currently a hot topic in the gaming community, I thought I would mention how microtransactions impact Injustice 2, and the gameplay.
– Real player with 1214.3 hrs in game
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You like DC characters? You like fighting games with deep mechanics? Then this is the game for you.
Injustice 2 is an EXCELLENT fighting game. The mechanics are quite similar to Injustice: Gods Among Us but definetly have been improved. I like to think of Injustice 2 as an alternative updated version of Mortal Kombat X just with new additions. Speaking of that Injustice 2 does offer some new things such as, the gear system, a loot box system, (which is actually done really damn well) multiverses, and having the AI to play battles for you.
– Real player with 161.8 hrs in game
Here Comes The Hero
1 on 1 action roguelike game with “Saturday Morning Show” art style where you fight through a randomly generated path filled with villains and events until you defeat the final boss.
Simplified control for more focus on action and strategy
Customizable & upgradeable attack and skill
Micro stories that will unravel on every battle
fight through a randomly generated path
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
This game has aged well and still stands on its own merits, even with Injustice 2 available. A fun, casual friendly fighter with a decent story and good overall direction. The characters all look and feel great. In truth, I prefer this to the sequel in a lot of ways. That said, this recommend comes with some hefty caveats:
1. S.T.A.R. Labs is a set of hundreds of side-missions added to the game to pad its length. They generally involve either a flash-game quality arcade style minigame or a semi-normal fight with your arms tied behind your back and/or major RNG components. They are godawful, but there’s an achievement tied to completing them all with the best score possible (but only requires completing 240/300 missions since the last 60 are DLC), so they’re unavoidable if you’re an achievement hunter. I can’t express enough how terribly designed and balanced this aspect of the game is and it was almost enough for me to leave a negative review. Grinding them out is a truly awful gameplay experience, which I think the devs realized since the skins we’d normally have to unlock there come pre-unlocked in this version.
– Real player with 166.2 hrs in game
“Gods Among Us: Anyone can be a Hero”
Fighting games have long since descended from their all-conquering dizzying heights (in the 80’s and 90’s) to become almost a niche genre, as both games and gamers diversify. Within this evolving landscape, ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us (The Ultimate Edition)’ manages to brawl its way into contention as a polished, well crafted fighter, that despite its issues, is a fine addition to any Fight Game enthusiast’s collection.
Campaign: Released in late 2013, NetherRealm | Warner Bros. follow up on the commercial success of ‘Mortal Kombat: The Komplete Edition’ by essentially replicating that game within the DC Comics universe. The ‘Campaign’ mode follows the story arc from the ‘Injustice’ comic books, wherein a crazed Joker has killed Lois Lane and detonated a nuclear device in Metropolis. The game picks up with an enraged Superman asserting martial law over the planet and slowly turning from protector to oppressor. Narrated through well conceived animated cut-scenes and interspersed with 1-on-1 battles, gamers assume control of all their favorite characters as well as some others they might not have been so inclined to. The usual suspects are all here – from Batman, Superman, The Joker, Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Green Arrow and Bane to a host of newer faces like Doomsday, Solomon Grundy, Frost, DeathStroke and Aquaman. A variety of Single Player Arcade-style Tournaments, Challenges, and lots of unlockable comic lore round out a content-rich title.
– Real player with 33.1 hrs in game
Spandex Force: Champion Rising
Long ago it was a good game very funny. And it suddenly stopped working for everyone. Recently the error was fixed and the launcher worked again ( see discussion page). But it is not the same game, it was replaced with a very bad one.
The pictures in the store page are not even the right one, they are from the old version.
So you don’t get what you see and what you pay for. How do you call this commercial practice ?
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
I don’t think the original one will be available again or they would have put it instead of this garbage. So you can forget Spandex Force: Champion Rising. Too bad
– Real player with 19.4 hrs in game
Only played because a review stated Windows 10 latest builds do not work. Not only does the game work on Windows 10 but it kind of grabs you though repetitive.
Premise is create a super-hero, exercise your super powers by playing match 3 battles and unlocking mini games. Some strategy is involved when going against more powerful enemies. One of the mini games was a pain and I felt the game could of been more lenient in this regard. The last mini game I’ve unlocked to this point was a bubble bobble clone giving me an impetus to move forward to see what else the game offers.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
![SUPERHERO-X [Alpha Edition]](https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1267040/header.jpg)
SUPERHERO-X [Alpha Edition]
This is a very unique fighting game, combining high-octane Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon style acrobatics with MCU-style superhero powers and mixing them together with a very well designed create-a-fighter core gameplay mechanic.
There are no pre-designed characters in this game, you create all of them yourself, that is what sets this game out from all the other fighting games.
You want to create a superhero that can summon huge tornadoes that pickup your opponent and send them flying? Or maybe you would prefer to create a lightsaber-wielding Sith Lord type of character? Perhaps you want to create an evil Captain America-like character that shoots lasers out of his eyes like Superman? Well in this game you can do all of that!
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Don’t get me wrong… this game has the potential to be good in the right hands but it’s a half ***ed made game. The graphics are okay, the combat is simple with little effort into actual combo’s. I could literally get my opponent in a nonstop juggle combo until I win. You have to play to unlock most of the costumes to even create your character and even then, it’s not enough to keep playing after unlocking everything in 75 minutes of boring loading screens with the same voice commenting the same thing… over and over and over.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Radical Heroes: Crimson City Crisis
What is it?
A pixel art beat’em up where you save Crimson City from an invasion.
Pros:
Some of the best looking pixel art
Controls work fine
Eaasy to get into
Plenty of funny references
Cheap
Meh:
Sound could use some more variety (what is in the game is fine, but variety is the spice of life)
Con:
Diffilculty, or rather the lack of it:
While it is fine for a game to start off easy and then gradually tighten the screw like this one does, unfortunately it waits too long to do so.
Upgrades are available pretty early on, making things even easier in the early levels (or playsets as they are called here).
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
I have to say as a long time gamer, I love this game. It evokes a bit of nostalgia from old NES days and offers some really unique looking aesthetics.
It is early access so there are some occasional bugs and glitches but overall it’s well worth the buy and I want to see where they take things.
It has lots of playable characters that are unlocked through gameplay (as opposed to how other games do this via DLC) which really adds to my fondness for this game! I love finding secrets and unlocking skills/characters.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Nyanroo The Supercat
Absolutely love the music and the boss fights. There are still some small bugs and typos I noticed, but nothing that hinders enjoying the experience this game offers.
Mudge is easily my favorite boss fight, and the parrot was definitely amazing. I also really love that each boss fight offers players a unique challenge different from the previous ones. The Yarn power ups that were added since the demo are also really rad.
Keep up the good work, all! 3
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
A surprisingly difficult platformer that is well flushed out, its a great time with friends and trying to get further than the other. As someone who typically doesnt do platformers like this, I truly enjoyed the experience and purchased a copy for my friend.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
Ninja Ken
0.05$ average platform game. Not good, not bad. Can’t use joystick or change keyboard.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game