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OldMemes posted:I like how Laura Bailey is basically the de facto voice for Black Widow in everything. How is the story, or is that not in the beta? Yeah the above posts pretty much sum it up. It’s supposedly about 6-8 hours long. We shall see!
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There's two or three story missions, including the prologue which everyone's already seen, about 10 - 12 multiplayer missions of varying length and complexity, some challenge rooms and one hidden mission. It's probably about 8 - 10 hours if you mainline everything. Characters can get up to 45 Power and level 15, but you only have one page of their skill trees available. Shirkelton fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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Aug 12, 2020 00:32
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So it's fully playable single player?
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Aug 12, 2020 00:54
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OldMemes posted:So it's fully playable single player? Everything in the beta and almost everything in the full game can be played singleplayer (I think some of the hardest, end-game content requires actual players like most games nowadays). Your other characters slot in as AI.
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Aug 12, 2020 01:10
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When you’re playing on your own in a mission with the other characters present can you swap between them or are you locked into the one you picked when starting it?
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Aug 12, 2020 01:15
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thebardyspoon posted:When you’re playing on your own in a mission with the other characters present can you swap between them or are you locked into the one you picked when starting it? You can't swap. You're the character you picked all the way through during the 'multiplayer' missions. Singleplayer missions, you do swap during the mission sometimes, but it's pre-ordained.
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Aug 12, 2020 01:16
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I watched a stream of someone playing the beta and even without the exclusives and tie ins this looks like a disaster.
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Aug 12, 2020 01:18
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I liked it
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Aug 12, 2020 01:37
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I went into this expecting it to be completely terrible, but I left the beta really impressed. Maybe the effect of lowered expectations, but it feels way better than it looks and seems like a really robust platform, at the very least.
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Codependent Poster posted:There's only a couple snippets from the story. Though I think everyone agrees that the Hulk and Kamala story mission is the highlight of the beta. Yeah as soon as I got onto the helicarrier and had to do these war table missions, my enthusiasm plummeted. Maybe actually being able to have a full multiplayer team would make a difference but, I also just don't enjoy these capture the flag or beat the wave missions as much as I enjoy advancing a single player or co-op narrative. I recognize that, as an Old, I'm not the target audience for video games anymore, but gently caress me, this is boring. Thankfully, I still have a bunch of GoT to get through.
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Aug 12, 2020 02:00
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The story length is also said to be 10-12 hours. They compared it to the length of the recent Tomb Raider games. They also said if you want to do more sidequests that would bump it up to around 30 hours. But yeah, I don't think I'll be going into the multiplayer thing of this much. Just really want to play the story.
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Aug 12, 2020 02:10
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Yeah you can do everything solo. Every single mode. The story. Everything. So you can go the entire game and never talk to a single person. So if that’s your bag, you’re good!
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ICR posted:Yeah you can do everything solo. Every single mode. The story. Everything. Which is good since there is no text chat anyway!
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Aug 12, 2020 03:01
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you can disable matchmaking in the settings before the intro mission
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ICR posted:Yeah you can do everything solo. Every single mode. The story. Everything. I thought they confirmed the Raids couldn't be done solo/with AI buddies?
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Aug 12, 2020 14:18
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People being genuinely excited for this makes me wonder how out of touch with gaming i am. Combat is so boring to me and the beta just seems like visual eye candy at the expense of gameplay, etc. I was bored by the end. What a shame.
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Aug 12, 2020 17:22
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It looks alright but not something I'd pay full price for
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Aug 12, 2020 17:24
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Has anyone asked the most important question yet? Will there be official forums? edit: guess ill contribute, I played the beta but only for the first two missions, and my limited impression is that its a pretty fun beat em up style game. The combat is interesting in that they are trying to mash up different action platformer styles into one game. So for example if you liked the arkham combat play cap, if you like DMC combat play widow ect. All told it has an ambitious concept, that if I'm being optimistic it really could be the first good action rpg beat em up game. However if i'm being pessimistic my gut tells me it will collapse in on itself like a black hole after the first ten polished hours of single player scripted missions under the wight of its own bloated ambition. I'm going to mess around with multiplayer this weekend. GarudaPrime fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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GarudaPrime posted:edit: guess ill contribute, I played the beta but only for the first two missions, and my limited impression is that its a pretty fun beat em up style game. The combat is interesting in that they are trying to mash up different action platformer styles into one game. So for example if you liked the arkham combat play cap, if you like DMC combat play widow ect. I'll give this a go in the open beta, but I find it incredibly unlikely there's anything deep enough here to approach anything like Devil May Cry. It might be generous to compare it even to the better Arkham games from what I've seen and heard. The Arkham games at least had fluidity and responsiveness on their side. It felt good to artfully dodge between 15 people expertly taking them out. I haven't seen anything that looks remotely like that.
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From the Marble Aggregators/Marsupial Aspergers/Martian Averagers/Mustafa Aligers Website:quote:We’ve been hearing a lot of questions surrounding the PC Specs for Marvel’s Avengers, which makes us excited to finally discuss them! Like other platforms, we wanted to maximize the PC’s capabilities in order to make the best version on Steam that we can.
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ICR posted:From the Marble Aggregators/Marsupial Aspergers/Martian Averagers/Mustafa Aligers Website: Yay I'm more than the recommended!
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Aug 12, 2020 21:07
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So the beta this weekend anyone can download and have a go?
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Aug 12, 2020 22:27
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teacup posted:So the beta this weekend anyone can download and have a go? On PS4, allegedly. Xbox and PC are pre-order only this weekend, and next weekend is apparently open for all three platforms.
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Aug 12, 2020 22:41
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Does the power level or actual level of the other characters affect the AI at all if you play solo?
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Aug 12, 2020 22:43
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Seedge posted:Does the power level or actual level of the other characters affect the AI at all if you play solo? I’m not entirely sure, the cosmetics are definitely there, but I think they might scale to your lead character’s level. Zaodai posted:I'll give this a go in the open beta, but I find it incredibly unlikely there's anything deep enough here to approach anything like Devil May Cry. It might be generous to compare it even to the better Arkham games from what I've seen and heard. The Arkham games at least had fluidity and responsiveness on their side. It felt good to artfully dodge between 15 people expertly taking them out. I haven't seen anything that looks remotely like that. It’s different from both of those games, but more complex than the Arkham games.
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Zaodai posted:On PS4, allegedly. Xbox and PC are pre-order only this weekend, and next weekend is apparently open for all three platforms. Great, I've got a PS4 Pro so I'll give this a shot before dropping any cash on it.
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I just watched a few beta review videos, and the general consensus is that this game isn't that great. That and it looks like it's going to be a gross cash grab post launch, as in like possibly a battle pass you have to buy PER CHARACTER.
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Patch Notes for tomorrow’s OPEN PS4 beta and preorder beta for PC/Xbox. Here goes: https://avengers.square-enix-games.com/en-us/news/patch-notes-beta-103 quote:General
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I get the feeling this game is going to launch in a poor state similar to Anthem.
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It has solid gameplay and seems to have something beyond a baseline level of content, so no, I don't think it'll be anywhere near that. The beta alone is a more fulfilling and interesting experience than the entirety of Anthem's release.
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It looks like it will at least have a satisfying single player story which also puts it ahead of Anthem.
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That too, I think the moment to moment writing doesn't shine in what they've showed, particularly the awful A-Day level they've used to promote the game, but it seems like it's got a pretty decent spine and some of the Bruce and Kamala stuff was really nice. I get the Anthem comparisons and this is still a GaaS thing, so it could just fall flat on it's loving face at launch in any number of ways, but I think people are forgetting just how loving bad Anthem was at launch.
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yeah if you've read the Kotaku story about Anthem, it was obvious just how loving insanely bad the production and development of that game was, right down to the wire. The Avengers game at least looks like they're putting out a decent product and with a lot of promise for a fun game you can just mess around with. There are a lot of Destiny/Anthem games out there so it's nice to have one that's more in line with Ultimate Alliance and less to do with shootman stuff. Will be fun to play as characters like Hulk, Thor, and Ms Marvel since that's the kind of brawling stuff I'd rather do in a GaaS experience.
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How does a 6ft tall chump with a shield block Hulk beating on them? That's a problem with this game. You don't feel like a badass superhero. You feel just slightly more powerful than chump enemies. A lot of enemies are more powerful than you. Not named Villians just big robot #352. It's one thing that Marvel Hero's got right. You could burn through tons of chump enemies with ease. No way it should take hulk or Thor more than 1 or 2 hits to knock out chumps. Watching Iron man's uni-beam just take off such a small amount of health off a non-boss enemy is just sad. The combat in general just feels so drat boring.
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I think if you're getting that outmatched by the basic enemies in the beta, who aren't that powerful in game terms, you're not using the abilities to their fullest. A lot of stuff in the beta is under-tuned due to not having it's specific skill trees unlocked; Iron Man's Hulkbuster for example or some of Hulk and Ms Marvel's moveset, but pretty much all the basic enemies are easy to deal with in one combo or less. If you're dodging, parrying and utilizing all the moves available to you, especially with Iron Man or Black Widow, you should pretty much never get touched and can be constantly dishing out lots of damage. Even the Adaptoids, who are probably the 'toughest' enemies in terms of sheer health pools and resistances, are pretty easy to burn down if you're co-ordinating and using your abilities appropriately.
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Lol they're not complaining about being out matched, they're saying that if hulk punches a basic guy that guy should immediately go flying, not just stumble in place so he can take another two hits.
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Dan Didio posted:I think if you're getting that outmatched by the basic enemies in the beta, who aren't that powerful in game terms, you're not using the abilities to their fullest. I just started playing an couple of hours ago. I was talking about all of the looks at the beta made it look like combat was bad. After playing yep the combat is poo poo. It does not feel good. God of War feels great. PS4 Spiderman feels great. This is is just bad. Please don't say it will be better on release cuz it won't. I really wanted this game to be good and its not. I bet the loot grind is going to make Destiny look absolutely fast-paced.
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dogstile posted:Lol they're not complaining about being out matched, Raged posted:A lot of enemies are more powerful than you. Raged posted:I just started playing an couple of hours ago. I was talking about all of the looks at the beta made it look like combat was bad. Oh, I thought when you were talking about how the game felt, you'd actually played it at the time. It's a shame you didn't enjoy it, it's certainly not as precise or refined as God of War or Spider-Man, but they're all very different games, with a very different focus.
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I would argue it doesn't feel bad. It just feels fine. Mediocre? Average? It's a good baseline for comparing to other games.
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Raged posted:After playing yep the combat is poo poo. It does not feel good. God of War feels great. PS4 Spiderman feels great. This is is just bad. But I didn't have issues with the combat as much as with the mission structure, and that's on me playing solo. The campaign should be fine.
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