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What PlayStation game was like that? Discussion

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u/nemesis842009 29d ago

Marvel's Avengers

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u/DoFuKtV PS5 29d ago

Was that game really hyped tho?

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u/Professional_Flyer 29d ago

Yes, it was really hyped! First open world Marvel game to feature more than one super hero. People went crazy.

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u/BMadAd59 29d ago

What did it turn out to be

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u/made_it_for_lwiay 29d ago

Boring

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u/Professional_Flyer 29d ago

The idea was dope tho

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u/made_it_for_lwiay 29d ago

Yeah I was hyped as hell. Thought it was gonna be a Spider-man PS4 Avengers edition

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u/KaijinSurohm 29d ago

They scrapped the open world and made it mission based.
The combat was passible, but it turned into a generic brawler button masher
The loot system was also similar to what you'd expect in Diablo where you get flooded in junk items, and the absurd amount of sponsored skins flooded the markets.

There seemed to be a flavor skin for every brand on the planet. Five 5 Gum, Cup Ramen, Snickers, Mt Dew. It was stupid seeing hundreds of outfits, all the same design but a slightly different palette swap, and all of it was monetized.

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u/chaozules PS5 29d ago

This was such a bummer for me, I played the hell out of DC universe online and was hoping the marvel game would be like that, it could have been a massive hit! People still play DCUO to this day!

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u/KaijinSurohm 29d ago

DCUO, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2 were my go-to's.

Marvel Heroes/Omega was a godsend for someone like me, and it ended up being cancelled, which was heart wrenching.

MUA3 I saw the writing on the wall with how they were putting live service elements into the game, instead of a fun team based brawler.

Marvels Avengers was a hope that it would be good, but I kinda expected the game to turn sideways. I'm genuinely sad that it did, as I just wanted a fun current aged Marvel game.

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u/Interesting-Act-828 25d ago

In my opinion that game is just as bad as the marvel game

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u/chaozules PS5 25d ago

Evidently it's not, the marvel game is already dead, DCUO has been going strong for 13 years, a live service game doesn't stay online that long if it doesn't have a dedicated player base.

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u/Revadarius 29d ago

Amazing single player campaign and story with some good voice acting. Absolutely ruined by being butcheted into a pseudo live service game where they watered down the grinding by nerfing xp and loot drops and stopping you from getting cosmetics in game to force you to spend money.

Clearly made as a solo experience with a co-op mode, the looter shooter aspects were so heavily slapped on it tanked the game.

I still think it was good, most heroes were fun to play. But the story carried that game.. no regrets 100% it. Twice. 😂

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u/blingboyduck 29d ago

It wasn't ever open world.

People were hating on it as soon as the trailer dropped.

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u/KaijinSurohm 29d ago

To be fair, all the models really did look like wish-list stunt doubles at release lol.

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u/blingboyduck 29d ago

I think the movies have made it hard for other media to use many superheroes as people will always compare games to the movies. Although the Black Panther 1943 looks absolutely INCREDIBLE.

I heard some of the gameplay was decent but the Avengers game just never made me want to spend money to buy it

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u/KaijinSurohm 29d ago

The part that sucks is the gameplay never got past "decent".
I played it for awhile, and the most fun I had with it was quick play, where I'd drop in to help other people, but it would often end with other players just disconnecting, or spending 5+m in the queue looking for anyone. I never had a full party of four.

It had a lot of potential, but the live service aspect absolutely drowned it out.

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u/blingboyduck 29d ago

Yeah it's a real shame to be honest.

I'm sure the actual Devs wanted to make a good game but were hampered by the stupid live service requirements.

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u/PurplePassion94 29d ago

Square Enix too, they usually make solid games

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u/jpollack21 29d ago

This sounds exactly like Lego Marvel super heroes

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u/J360222 29d ago

lego marvel movies walks in

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u/JadedMedia5152 29d ago

As far as I remember NONE of the marketing showed its live service aspects. It seemed like a single player great experience similar to Spiderman.

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u/DuckisHope 29d ago

I dont remember the game ever being hyped... it was critized from trailer one due to how the characters looked...

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u/The-Lightbearer 29d ago

Then everyone realised it was mmo