Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Apparently Not)

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is a fighting game at its core. It has always been. I remember playing MvC 2 at an arcade many years ago, being fascinated by the fact taht Megaman is fighting along side a cute lego-looking Servbot. It was simply amazing, but I never had enough quarters to play it. Then Marvel Vs Capcom 3 came out, and it was great to play with friends. You can pull off some lengthy combos with all of your favorite characters like Dr. Doom, Deadpool, Wolverine, Zero (Megaman wasn't in it for some reason), Frank West, Phoenix Wright it was crazy!

Then I saw footage of Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite and I liked the features, liked the fast-paced character switching to pull off cool-looking combos, and I liked some of the characters. Then the game came out.

Holy Crap! The game has only 30 characters in its roster! That's is less than what MvC 3 had when it first started with only 36 characters. So I thought about it at first, and thought that maybe some of the newcomers were added, like the Monster Hunter and Black Panther would be cool to play as. Since they were pushing the Marvel film franchise to the series, I would see the likes of Starlord, Drax, Daredevil, Punisher, even Iron Fist. I even thought since it looked like they were reusing some characters from the previous installment, I would think it would make sense to see Phoenix Wright, Amaterasu, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, and Tron Bonne. Guess what, they're not in the game.

First off, I actually thought, since people talked about Monster Hunter and Black Panther so much, they would be release characters. I have no Idea how Monster Hunter would be played, but Black Panther makes sense to replace Wolverine since the X-Men characters aren't around for release, including Deadpool, who has Gamora kind-of replacing him. You see them in the story mission expecting a fight, but they don't even give you that. They are future DLC characters along with Venom, Black Widow, Winter Soldier, and Sigma. You may wonder if you cared about the story of the game at all, why Sigma wasn't playable at the start? He's in the game, he's half of the main villain, Ultron Sigma, who fused together with the power of Marvel's Power and Space Stones. I don't have a real answer for why the roster is ending up like this. I don't know why the roster is going to be mostly Marvel characters even though in the past, it has always been an even number on both Marvel and Capcom sides.

Readers, I don't have an answer for why characters are straight up left out from the last game to this one. I can't find a reason for why some characters didn't get replaced with new ones, with the exact same moveset. I also have no idea why they decided to actually leave out Deadpool, who is arguably one of the best characters in the game, other than Sony owns him. I also can't tell you why Infinite's collector's edition is a pile of easter-eggs. I can tell you readers, that I am not happy with this game. I'll complain about the story some other time, I'll talk about Online fighting later too, but right now, the game stinks.

Comedy Night: Having a Terrible Good Time

I have one to describe Comedy Night, stupid. Unfortunately, that’s also why I like the game, because it’s stupid. Comedy Night is very simple, you create a character, join a lobby hosted by players with really silly names, and join the room in hopes of hearing some really offensive or bad jokes. Though, here’s the best part: the bad jokes you’re hearing? That’s another player saying that. The audience? They’re also players. The game is created on its base core of player interaction and it’s highly addicting for the most part.

There will be moments where you will be hearing the most racist or offensive thing ever muttered through a microphone, and the next you’ll be hearing an exceptionally hilarious story about a man who got in trouble in middle-school because he flushed his dirty underwear down the toilet. It’s all there and it’s raw. The best part about this game is that it first started off as an Xbox Live arcade game that used the Xbox 360 avatars for players to tell jokes through. It’s also just as bad as you think of course.

What does someone do with a game like this? You can’t just casually play Comedy Night. Sometimes you’ll be on stage too and you’ll say something that someone will laugh about and that is exciting to me.

You’ll probably hear more stories from me about the game in the future.

Endgame Afterthoughts: Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is what I believe to be one of the more fascinating games of the year right now. It's story has evolved, but not as much as I'd hope, and the gameplay has gotten much better than the first game's. It’s also been a couple of weeks since the game came out and here’s how I think it is.

Destiny 2 at its core is like an MMORPG. There’s plenty of people playing it and there’s plenty of things to do in the game. You can go do strikes or do its nightfalls to gain better loot at around 260+ power if you want the good max level stuff. I’ve only gotten a couple of items that have a power level of 270. Right now, I’m just doing the milestones to get better gear in order to do the Leviathan raid or even get people to participate in the Trials of the Nine with.

What will I do before then? Well, I am one of the people that will be getting Destiny 2 on the PC and will do a short review on how well the community is there. So for me, I’m going to try out the other classes and maybe do some milestones on the side. Until then, I’m going to have a lot of fun.

Absolver: Endgame Afterthoughts (May Contain Spoilers)

Absolver is a game developed by Sloclap and Developed by Devolver Digital. After making my review (which will be posted very soon) Absolver still proceeds to fascinate me. After beating the final boss, you become an Absolver and you are told that you may be needed later and that you should train in the meantime. For me, I am okay with this. It basically means that the game will have more (hopefully free) content later on and I should just practice getting good at the game in the meantime. Though for most people, this will be a disappointment.

What will most people do after the beat the game? More than likely they will play PvP against other players and level up and hopefully get more moves to fight people with. Though, what if you feel like fighting other players gets old after a while? Well, maybe you can explore the land and fight enemies alongside other players. Unfortunately that can only grab someone’s attention for so long, and the world is pretty small at the moment. It will probably take about a whole week for most people to learn all of the moves and fighting styles for many dedicated players, but there isn’t a whole lot to do right now.

Hopefully, Absolver will be updated on a regular basis and possibly evolve into something even better. That is what I want to see.