Last night I finally got a chance to play Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: The Fate of 2 Worlds. I have to say I was visually addicted. The bright lights and colors got me. I was hooked. I loved the long 3 minute intro. It felt longer than that. My brother and his friend rented it from blockbuster and stopped by. We spent the night tearing into the game.
It's a fun game, don't get me wrong, but I had some issues with it. The game is different from the other two previous games. Now aesthetically it was great but when it came to the gameplay I had some trouble. The game felt kind of dummied down. Ok correction it was dummied down. To me it didn't feel like the other 2 MVCs.
The game is move based. What I mean is that it focuses heavily on the characters using their special moves to create combos. Punches and kicks are rarely used. It felt more like a button masher to me that a regular fighting game. This means that anybody can win. Special moves and super moves are condensed into one button. So all you really need to do in the game is just practice your timing on when to strike your opponents.
The punches and kicks in the game that they do have serve no real purpose except for small combo linkages. They're not the same kicks and punches that you would use in Street Fighter to create combos. They're more ornaments on a Christmas tree if anything. To me I didn't feel like they were useful at all because my brother, who doesn't really play videogames, was kicking my butt all up and down gaming street. There were some instances where I couldn't even move. It was embarrassing.
I even got to play a couple of matches online which was actually kind of fun. The matches ran flawlessly without any bandwidth lags, skips, or errors. And this was on a wireless connection with my PS3. So I was very pleased about that. I think I even won a couple of matches. The fun part was gaining points from the matches and unlocking new characters.
All in all its still a very fun game to play with friends and family. I loved seeing all of the crazy super combos. Dante, Adam Wesker, Akuma, and Iron Man seem to be my favorite characters right now. Skillfully the game is kind of lacking. Its not like the other 2 where you could actually incorporate punches & kicks to tie in multiple combos. Everything is pretty much done from the push of a button. It's a double edged sword. The good thing is that it allows everyone to play but at the same time it allows everyone, who lacks skills in playing a fighting game, to beat you as well.
You don't just have to take my word for it. You can check out GameSpot's review of the game here:
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