Marvel MMORPG

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/22/marvel-heroes-is-a-diablo-style-mmo

Sold!!!!!

I am a sucker for World of Warcraft so this is right up my ally. Interesting that it seems that you actually play as the heroes. I would have thought you would make your own hero. So in a way it's similar to XMen Legends/MUA.

No release date on this but hopefully it will be within the next year or so.

The trailer looks pretty awesome.

I like that there will be public zones with random events (like Sentinels dropping in) and that you can team up with other heroes (without being allies or whatever) that are also in the public zone to take them down.

I hope there's a bigger selection of heroes than in previous games.

Looks like MUA and Legends which is good. The part that might be annoying is having 20 hulks running around and twenty spidermen.

http://www.marvelheroes.com/

Official site - More info here including some character bios. I guess they will be adding more as time goes on but for those interested for the X-men side of things Cyclops, Wolverine, Cable and Deadpool.If you click on the heroes tab and then click grid view it shows the twelve confirmed heroes with anothr 24 slots empty. Maybe they will include more characters past 36 in the future....I hope they do as seeing 1000 Wolverine's running round would be irritating....but also apt.
I think it is safe to assume Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Dr Strange, Emma Frost, Iceman, Storm, Daredevil, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Jean Grey will be playable. Plus the likes of Beast, Psylocke, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Rogue, Shadowcat, Scarlet Witch, Gambit, She-Hulk, Ghost Rider, Hank Pym, War Machine, Spider Woman, Namor and Havok in strong contension.


Edited by Gremlin - 22-May-2012 at 8:50pm

Yup... She's there.... Yesssssss

A diablo clone with Marvel characters? I'm cautiously intrigued. It's good timing considering the recent release of D3.

Well not to be entirely nit picky, but Diablo has been around WAY before X-men Legends.

The descriptors that scream Diablo clone over Legends is the "item collection and elements of randomization for loot drops and the layouts of dungeons and combat zones" mention. That is an almost trademark aspect of the Diablo games. The fact that the president of the company making the game also designed the first two Diablos says something too.

Originally posted by Charles Well not to be entirely nit picky, but Diablo has been around WAY before X-men Legends.

Yep, that's why I said X-Men Legends was Diablo-esque in itself. 

So apparently Squirrel Girl will be playable.

First time I'm reading about this. Looks pretty awesome and they've got a good range of characters too. Making it a free MMO online is a pretty interesting strategy too, I can see a lot of possibilities for this if the game gets popular.

Does anyone know if they have a tentative release date stated anywhere?

Dragoness? Anyone?

Th SD Comicon will have a booth where this game is playable. I wish I lived in America.
Info on the game has been quiet the past few weeks other than the announcements of Scarlet Witch, Hulk and Deadpool as playable. A new trailer was released today with some blurb from one of the dev. No new info really but I did hear that Sinister's lab will be in the game so looks like he will be a boss and if you have him then you must have a few Marauders.
Chances are a lot of info will come out of the comicons.

Edit: Gameplay trailer is up. Looks good.

http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6386295/marvel-delivers-an-mmo-with-real-heroes

The guy playing roams around the X-Mansion and you can see Beast, Emma, Cyclops and Xavier plus I think Psylocke. The stories are done on motion comics which look cool. Boom Boom gets a raw deal by the looks of it.
For some reason Mutliple Man is a costume vendor. But they cleverly have Cloak as your teleporter.

Looking good so far.

edit 2: So more from the SDCC and it looks like Rocket Raccoon is playable. A character drawing was put up on their website but taken down again soon after. Not sure what this means but hopefully he is playable.


Edited by Gremlin - 17-Jul-2012 at 8:08pm

http://presale.marvelheroes.com/

Pretty huge news about this game came out today, the announcement of Founders Packs. With the Ultimate Pack you pay $200 but get every character/costume available in the game. What do you guys think of this method of selling the game? Anyone considering shelling out that much? Also is anyone in the closed beta yet? I'd like to know how the game plays before I invest that much money into an MMO.