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Played the beta today. Gameplay is very repetitive but still enjoyable. Good story can save the game from getting too many negative reviews. Overall this beta reviews are mixed right now.
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Key highlight, all DLC is free, including new character story missions (example of Hawkeye's story given).
Square Enix details vendors, cosmetics, and the battle pass system in Marvel’s Avengers
Here’s how cosmetics work in the new Avengers game
In a new blog for Marvel’s Avengers, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics revealed how cosmetics, vendors, and its battle pass system — called Hero Challenge Cards — work in the full game.
In Marvel’s Avengers, all the new, in-game content is free post-launch. That means Hawkeye, new villains, regions, and missions are playable by everyone who owns Marvel’s Avengers. Spider-Man will also be free for PlayStation players — to the frustration of Windows and Xbox players.
To support this free content train, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have the real-money store. Here, you can buy cosmetic-only upgrades. You can also earn some skins just by playing the game.
Gear will never affect the way your hero looks in Marvel’s Avengers, so you’ll need to unlock skins and a few other cosmetics to change their appearance. Marvel’s Avengers offer four different kinds of cosmetic items:
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“Roy” is one of the gear vendors in Marvel’s Avengers Image: Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Vendors come in two varieties: gear and cosmetic. Gear vendors take a resource called Fragments (gained by dismantling other gear), and trade you new item pieces for different heroes. Cosmetic vendors take a special currency called Units, which you can earn by playing the game. The vendor will take your Units in exchange for certain cosmetic items, which rotate both daily and weekly.
The Marketplace works a bit differently. This is a completely separate menu in Marvel’s Avengers, where you can go to spend Credits, the game’s real-money currency. You can only spend Credits in the Marketplace, and you can only get Credits by paying actual dollars for them. The Marketplace sells outfits, emotes, takedowns, and nameplates. Like the other vendors, certain items rotate daily, and others rotate weekly.
One additional way to earn Credits is through the battle pass system, which Crystal Dynamics calls Hero Challenge Cards. Each hero has a unique battle pass, with 40 levels, and a variety of rewards. By completing daily or weekly objectives, players can upgrade their Hero Challenge Card to unlock cosmetic rewards, currencies, and resources.
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The Hero Challenge Card for Iron Man Image: Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
For Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, and Captain America — the game’s initial roster — they’ll all have free Hero Challenge Cards. Post-launch heroes like Hawkeye will have a free and premium track on their Hero Challenge Cards. For 1,000 Credits — about 10 bucks — you can unlock the premium track and earn more rewards. By the end of the premium track on a new hero, you’ll earn another 1,000 Credits, which you can spend in the Marketplace or save for the next hero.
Square Enix said it won’t refresh these Hero Challenge Cards, meaning players have as long as they want to work toward the rewards.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics will launch Marvel’s Avengers on. Sept. 4 — with an early-access period on Sept. 1 — for PlayStation 4, Google Stadia, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The game will come to next-gen consoles later this year.
Here’s how cosmetics work in the new Avengers game
In a new blog for Marvel’s Avengers, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics revealed how cosmetics, vendors, and its battle pass system — called Hero Challenge Cards — work in the full game.
In Marvel’s Avengers, all the new, in-game content is free post-launch. That means Hawkeye, new villains, regions, and missions are playable by everyone who owns Marvel’s Avengers. Spider-Man will also be free for PlayStation players — to the frustration of Windows and Xbox players.
To support this free content train, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have the real-money store. Here, you can buy cosmetic-only upgrades. You can also earn some skins just by playing the game.
Gear will never affect the way your hero looks in Marvel’s Avengers, so you’ll need to unlock skins and a few other cosmetics to change their appearance. Marvel’s Avengers offer four different kinds of cosmetic items:
- Outfits: Skins that change the way your hero looks
- Emotes: Expressions for your heroes
- Takedowns: New animations for your finishing moves
- Nameplates — Art that goes under your gamertag
Vendors come in two varieties: gear and cosmetic. Gear vendors take a resource called Fragments (gained by dismantling other gear), and trade you new item pieces for different heroes. Cosmetic vendors take a special currency called Units, which you can earn by playing the game. The vendor will take your Units in exchange for certain cosmetic items, which rotate both daily and weekly.
The Marketplace works a bit differently. This is a completely separate menu in Marvel’s Avengers, where you can go to spend Credits, the game’s real-money currency. You can only spend Credits in the Marketplace, and you can only get Credits by paying actual dollars for them. The Marketplace sells outfits, emotes, takedowns, and nameplates. Like the other vendors, certain items rotate daily, and others rotate weekly.
One additional way to earn Credits is through the battle pass system, which Crystal Dynamics calls Hero Challenge Cards. Each hero has a unique battle pass, with 40 levels, and a variety of rewards. By completing daily or weekly objectives, players can upgrade their Hero Challenge Card to unlock cosmetic rewards, currencies, and resources.
For Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, and Captain America — the game’s initial roster — they’ll all have free Hero Challenge Cards. Post-launch heroes like Hawkeye will have a free and premium track on their Hero Challenge Cards. For 1,000 Credits — about 10 bucks — you can unlock the premium track and earn more rewards. By the end of the premium track on a new hero, you’ll earn another 1,000 Credits, which you can spend in the Marketplace or save for the next hero.
Square Enix said it won’t refresh these Hero Challenge Cards, meaning players have as long as they want to work toward the rewards.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics will launch Marvel’s Avengers on. Sept. 4 — with an early-access period on Sept. 1 — for PlayStation 4, Google Stadia, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The game will come to next-gen consoles later this year.
Marvel’s Avengers leaks suggest Wakanda Raid, new heroes, and ‘echo fighters’
Let’s round up all the big Avengers leaks ahead of release day
Marvel’s Avengers is only a day away from its early-access launch, which hits three days before its standard launch on Sept. 4. But in recent few weeks, players have data-mined numerous (unconfirmed) secrets from the Marvel’s Avengers’ Windows PC and console beta, including new heroes and a location for an upcoming raid. With some recent confirmations around Crystal Dynamics’ post-launch plans, the leaks are looking more likely than before.
[Spoiler warning: This post contains partial spoilers for the Marvel’s Avengers campaign and post-launch plans]
On Sunday, Crystal Dynamics published a blog post previewing its War Table livestream on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The studio said it will announce a new weekend-only co-op game activity during the stream, and give some details on Operations. Based on the blog post, Operations sound like Marvel’s Avengers’ versions of raids, something the studio has mentioned before, but only in passing. In the blog post, the studio announced its first Operation will launch alongside a new hero.
Based on a developer AMA from late July (mentioned here by Osterberg501 on YouTube), we know that Marvel’s Avengers’ first raid will launch within weeks — the AMA originally appeared on the game’s old subreddit, which the mods have since made private. With a new hero launching alongside the Operation, this gives fuel to the long-rumored, seventh launch hero. Thanks to leaked details, we can put together a solid guess of who the first new hero will be, and where the raid may take place.
A YouTube video from the channel Sanders Presents shows them combing through the game’s code earlier this month. Along with other data-miners, they discovered a list of heroes mentioned in the game files, including:
Some of the heroes on this list suggest that Marvel’s Avengers may have some kind of “echo fighter” system, similar to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For those unfamiliar, echo fighters in Smash look different and may have some slight tweaks, but essentially function the same way as their non-echo counterparts — the difference between Princess Peach and Princess Daisy, or lack thereof.
Marvel’s Avengers may have a similar system, with characters like War Machine stepping in as the Iron Man substitute, or She-Hulk for Hulk. While it’s possible these could be completely new heroes, with unique styles of play, it’s also likely that they’re near-exact replicas, or have slightly different abilities.
There are a few reasons for this, mainly that it would allow players to play the same hero as a friend — Marvel’s Avengers only allows one of each hero per team in co-op play. If some of these characters truly do work like echo fighters, then two friends who both love Hawkeye could play as Clint Barton and Kate Bishop on the same team. If echo fighters are mostly a cosmetic difference, it presumably makes it easier for Crystal Dynamics to publish them frequently, giving players access to fan-favorite heroes like War Machine much faster.
For all the echo fighter heroes on the list, there are also several notable new heroes. Some of them, like Vision and Doctor Strange, we know almost nothing about. But there are reasons to believe that some heroes may come sooner rather than later.
The three primary heroes worth speculating about are Ant-Man, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel, with each having a good chance to appear close to launch.
We’ve seen Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man) in his own mini-teaser trailer, when Crystal Dynamics first announced the game last year. We also know he’ll feature in the game’s story. Players will spend some time in a base called the Ant Hill, presumably Hank Pym’s base of operations. But there hasn’t been any data mine that we know of for Pym’s Ant-Man abilities, or a raid centered around the Ant Hill. Ant-Man seems to be the least likely of the three to launch alongside the raid, but he’s worth including since we’ve seen Hank Pym in-game.
Black Panther has one of the strongest cases. In the PC beta files, players found reference to Wakanda, as well as Klaw, a villain who has strong ties to Wakanda in the comics and MCU. More interestingly, the Klaw file specifically calls out “Klaw Raid” and Klaw boss fight only — just because it refers to it as a raid in the files, doesn’t mean Crystal Dynamics will call it a raid.
Wakanda appears to be a new region for the game, complete with new missions and objectives. A questionable story leak for Marvel’s Avengers also suggests an embassy opens up for Wakanda after players finish the base game. If Crystal Dynamics was to launch a hero alongside a raid and region, Black Panther would fit naturally with Wakanda.
Captain Marvel seems to be a strong candidate for the game’s seventh hero. One of the game’s PlayStation trophies, called “New Girl Makes Good,” describes defeating MODOK (the game’s primary villain) and the Kree. The Kree are militaristic aliens with strong ties to Captain Marvel. The Kree also haven’t appeared in the marketing for the game, suggesting they’re a secret, endgame enemy type introduced near the final boss fight with MODOK. There are also files in the game that refer to a Kree boss, similarly to the Klaw boss files.
Kamala Khan is a huge fan of Captain Marvel. We’ve seen images of her childhood bedroom, complete with a massive Carol Danvers poster. And during the A-Day mission, Kamala wears a Captain Marvel T-shirt. While Kamala’s style choices confirm nothing, it would make for some pretty clear foreshadowing.
Based on the information we have, it’s possible that Captain Marvel and a Kree-centric raid will likely appear a few weeks after launch. Shortly after that, Hawkeye will appear — possibly alongside Kate Bishop, his echo. Then Wakanda, Black Panther, and a Klaw-centric raid may appear as the game’s first major content update.
However, all of this information comes from data mined from the Avengers beta. With how out-of-date betas can be, it’s possible that little of this is accurate. Players should find out more information during the Marvel’s Avengers War Table stream on Sept. 1.
Let’s round up all the big Avengers leaks ahead of release day
Marvel’s Avengers is only a day away from its early-access launch, which hits three days before its standard launch on Sept. 4. But in recent few weeks, players have data-mined numerous (unconfirmed) secrets from the Marvel’s Avengers’ Windows PC and console beta, including new heroes and a location for an upcoming raid. With some recent confirmations around Crystal Dynamics’ post-launch plans, the leaks are looking more likely than before.
[Spoiler warning: This post contains partial spoilers for the Marvel’s Avengers campaign and post-launch plans]
On Sunday, Crystal Dynamics published a blog post previewing its War Table livestream on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The studio said it will announce a new weekend-only co-op game activity during the stream, and give some details on Operations. Based on the blog post, Operations sound like Marvel’s Avengers’ versions of raids, something the studio has mentioned before, but only in passing. In the blog post, the studio announced its first Operation will launch alongside a new hero.
Based on a developer AMA from late July (mentioned here by Osterberg501 on YouTube), we know that Marvel’s Avengers’ first raid will launch within weeks — the AMA originally appeared on the game’s old subreddit, which the mods have since made private. With a new hero launching alongside the Operation, this gives fuel to the long-rumored, seventh launch hero. Thanks to leaked details, we can put together a solid guess of who the first new hero will be, and where the raid may take place.
A YouTube video from the channel Sanders Presents shows them combing through the game’s code earlier this month. Along with other data-miners, they discovered a list of heroes mentioned in the game files, including:
- Ant-Man
- Black Panther
- Black Widow
- Captain Marvel
- Captain America
- Doctor Strange
- Falcon
- Hawkeye
- Hulk
- Hulkbuster
- Iron-Man
- Kamala
- Kate Bishop
- Mar-Vell
- Mockingbird
- Quake
- Scarlet Witch
- She-Hulk
- Thor
- Vision
- War Machine
- Wasp
- Winter Soldier
Some of the heroes on this list suggest that Marvel’s Avengers may have some kind of “echo fighter” system, similar to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For those unfamiliar, echo fighters in Smash look different and may have some slight tweaks, but essentially function the same way as their non-echo counterparts — the difference between Princess Peach and Princess Daisy, or lack thereof.
Marvel’s Avengers may have a similar system, with characters like War Machine stepping in as the Iron Man substitute, or She-Hulk for Hulk. While it’s possible these could be completely new heroes, with unique styles of play, it’s also likely that they’re near-exact replicas, or have slightly different abilities.
There are a few reasons for this, mainly that it would allow players to play the same hero as a friend — Marvel’s Avengers only allows one of each hero per team in co-op play. If some of these characters truly do work like echo fighters, then two friends who both love Hawkeye could play as Clint Barton and Kate Bishop on the same team. If echo fighters are mostly a cosmetic difference, it presumably makes it easier for Crystal Dynamics to publish them frequently, giving players access to fan-favorite heroes like War Machine much faster.
For all the echo fighter heroes on the list, there are also several notable new heroes. Some of them, like Vision and Doctor Strange, we know almost nothing about. But there are reasons to believe that some heroes may come sooner rather than later.
The three primary heroes worth speculating about are Ant-Man, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel, with each having a good chance to appear close to launch.
We’ve seen Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man) in his own mini-teaser trailer, when Crystal Dynamics first announced the game last year. We also know he’ll feature in the game’s story. Players will spend some time in a base called the Ant Hill, presumably Hank Pym’s base of operations. But there hasn’t been any data mine that we know of for Pym’s Ant-Man abilities, or a raid centered around the Ant Hill. Ant-Man seems to be the least likely of the three to launch alongside the raid, but he’s worth including since we’ve seen Hank Pym in-game.
Black Panther has one of the strongest cases. In the PC beta files, players found reference to Wakanda, as well as Klaw, a villain who has strong ties to Wakanda in the comics and MCU. More interestingly, the Klaw file specifically calls out “Klaw Raid” and Klaw boss fight only — just because it refers to it as a raid in the files, doesn’t mean Crystal Dynamics will call it a raid.
Wakanda appears to be a new region for the game, complete with new missions and objectives. A questionable story leak for Marvel’s Avengers also suggests an embassy opens up for Wakanda after players finish the base game. If Crystal Dynamics was to launch a hero alongside a raid and region, Black Panther would fit naturally with Wakanda.
Captain Marvel seems to be a strong candidate for the game’s seventh hero. One of the game’s PlayStation trophies, called “New Girl Makes Good,” describes defeating MODOK (the game’s primary villain) and the Kree. The Kree are militaristic aliens with strong ties to Captain Marvel. The Kree also haven’t appeared in the marketing for the game, suggesting they’re a secret, endgame enemy type introduced near the final boss fight with MODOK. There are also files in the game that refer to a Kree boss, similarly to the Klaw boss files.
Kamala Khan is a huge fan of Captain Marvel. We’ve seen images of her childhood bedroom, complete with a massive Carol Danvers poster. And during the A-Day mission, Kamala wears a Captain Marvel T-shirt. While Kamala’s style choices confirm nothing, it would make for some pretty clear foreshadowing.
Based on the information we have, it’s possible that Captain Marvel and a Kree-centric raid will likely appear a few weeks after launch. Shortly after that, Hawkeye will appear — possibly alongside Kate Bishop, his echo. Then Wakanda, Black Panther, and a Klaw-centric raid may appear as the game’s first major content update.
However, all of this information comes from data mined from the Avengers beta. With how out-of-date betas can be, it’s possible that little of this is accurate. Players should find out more information during the Marvel’s Avengers War Table stream on Sept. 1.
Surprised Sony haven't put out a Spider Man specific trailer.
Is Spider Man even gonna be available to PS4 owners on day 1 or is it a later date ?
Is Spider Man even gonna be available to PS4 owners on day 1 or is it a later date ?
There's a new article up on kotaku.com right now, they are giving high praise to the single player campaign and the story mode, that kind of gives me some hope for the single player campaign as well, but I don't think I will be picking this up full price on release date, I'm going to wait a bit until it's available for cheaper in the used market before getting it.
And since the PC version is always online and has denuco DRM, it's probably not going to get cracked for a couple of months at least. No interest in owning this permanently or paying full price for it.
And since the PC version is always online and has denuco DRM, it's probably not going to get cracked for a couple of months at least. No interest in owning this permanently or paying full price for it.
Dropped to 72.
www.metacritic.com
Looks like the general opinions are that the campaign is good but the forced MP stuff drags the game down a lot.
Marvel's Avengers
Marvel’s Avengers is an epic, third-person, action-adventure game that combines an original, cinematic story with single-player and co-operative gameplay. Assemble into a team of up to four players online, master extraordinary abilities, customize a growing roster of Heroes, and defend the Earth...
www.metacritic.com
Looks like the general opinions are that the campaign is good but the forced MP stuff drags the game down a lot.
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