Marvel's Midnight Suns

[Immortal Weapon]

This must be the rumored Xcom style game


The arcane focused is a huge surprise. I see you Marvel. Changing the name of the team to be more inclusive.

[Derek Metaltron]

Nice roster revealed so far, though I am surprised no Scarlet Witch or Loki yet. Some will probably be annoyed that Robbie continues to be elevated over Johnny I suppose, but I like both so it's no issue for me. Having a few non supernatural types to mix things up is good too. Never played X-COM so I hope this is something I can get my head around.

[Immortal Weapon]

I would have definitely chosen Wanda over Carol in a magic focused game. It was nice seeing Nico.

[Frontier]

This seems like a console version of one of those netmarble mobile games with the eclectic roster, original character, etc., although it looks like it could be pretty cool.

[Bunch of Coconuts]

Wolverine. Sarcastic “yey”.

Gotta sell the game somehow, I guess.

[Derek Metaltron]

The way Eurogamer describes it, it sounds more like a Mass Effect tactical RPG style game. The Hunter can apparently be customized like Shepard and you can even hang out with and form friendships (but not romances) with the other heroes.

It says there are 12 established heroes in the game and nine I think have been revealed already - Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Magik, Nico, Ghost Rider, Blade, and Doctor Strange - and so there's room for Wanda. It would be weird given her powers and recent elevation in the MCU not to include her, if only to insure the male to female roster is better balanced.

EDIT: Polygon corrects and says there's thirteen allies to choose from.

https://www.polygon.com/22641096/mar...-gamescom-2021

[Frontier]

The way Eurogamer describes it, it sounds more like a Mass Effect tactical RPG style game. The Hunter can apparently be customized like Shepard and you can even hang out with and form friendships (but not romances) with the other heroes.

It says there are 12 established heroes in the game and nine I think have been revealed already - Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Magik, Nico, Ghost Rider, Blade, and Doctor Strange - and so there's room for Wanda. It would be weird given her powers and recent elevation in the MCU not to include her, if only to insure the male to female roster is better balanced.

EDIT: Polygon corrects and says there's thirteen allies to choose from.

https://www.polygon.com/22641096/mar...-gamescom-2021

I guess no romance makes sense when a lot of those characters have more or less canon romances (and they don't want to turn this into a Persona game).

I'm kind of surprised Spidey's not in it.

[Havok83]

Interesting choice

[Derek Metaltron]

I guess no romance makes sense when a lot of those characters have more or less canon romances (and they don't want to turn this into a Persona game).

I'm kind of surprised Spidey's not in it.

If they were going to add one more non supernatural type I would think Spidey was logical, though it might be the case they think he's in enough games already. I think if I was going to pick the remaining four heroes I would opt for Scarlet Witch, Morbius, Thor and Elsa Bloodstone.

[Nyssane]

Where the fuk is Storm.

[Besouro]

I guess no romance makes sense when a lot of those characters have more or less canon romances (and they don't want to turn this into a Persona game).

I'm kind of surprised Spidey not in it.

Thank goodness Spidey and Storm are NOT in this.

[CosmiComic]

Thank goodness Spidey and Storm are NOT in this.

Why would you say that?

[Dipter]

The way Eurogamer describes it, it sounds more like a Mass Effect tactical RPG style game. The Hunter can apparently be customized like Shepard and you can even hang out with and form friendships (but not romances) with the other heroes.

That's a darn shame, I would love a game that allows me to create a self-insert and seduce my favorite superheroes. You know how much money that would make? They'd be allowing so many geeks to live out their fantasies.

[Vic Vega]

I love Cap and Iron Man as much as the next old school Avengers fan but I wonder why they are included here. Not sure why Capt. Marvel is here either come to think of it.

Now Wolverine I can see. There's enough supernatural stories in his canon to set him provisionally in this genre.

But Marvel has a bunch of little used supernatural characters that are perfect for this game's premise and setting. No need to use the same characters that we get in every other Marvel game. No Hellstorm? Or Werewolf By Night? Or Scarlet Witch?

Another issue here is while character creation and customization is a major part of the RPG and Action RPG experience, it may be a risk here.

Maybe I'd rather play as Blade or Ghost Rider or Magik than the Hunter?

I wonder what the gameplay will look like. I'm guessing like Dragon Age: Origins. That was as close to classic turn based gameplay as any action video game gets.

Looking forward to seeing more.

PS: FF7 remake is kind of it's own weird hybrid thing so I don't want to count it, but can see others disagreeing.

[Frobisher]

I love Cap and Iron Man as much as the next old school Avengers fan but I wonder why they are included here. Not sure why Capt. Marvel is here either come to think of it.

Now Wolverine I can see. There's enough supernatural stories in his canon to set him provisionally in this genre.

But Marvel has a bunch of little used supernatural characters that are perfect for this game's premise and setting. No need to use the same characters that we get in every other Marvel game. No Hellstorm? Or Werewolf By Night? Or Scarlet Witch?

Another issue here is while character creation and customization is a major part of the RPG and Action RPG experience, it may be a risk here.

Maybe I'd rather play as Blade or Ghost Rider or Magik than the Hunter?

I wonder what the gameplay will look like. I'm guessing like Dragon Age: Origins. That was as close to classic turn based gameplay as any action video game gets.

Looking forward to seeing more.

PS: FF7 remake is kind of it's own weird hybrid thing so I don't want to count it, but can see others disagreeing.

You're right that they don't seem brave enough to not include marquee heroes such as Iron Man and Cap instead of more obviously horror-suitable characters, and the thing is that a Fireaxis turn-based tactical game is already quite a niche genre that will probably mostly sell to the kinds of people who would already buy a new X-Com game. Maybe at least if it gets good reviews they will diversify more from putting out trash F2P games and feel a bit less like they need to crowbar the big faces into all of them too.