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LET'S MERGE IT, BABY

Still no actual gameplay.

So is this basically X-Men Legends 3?

I won't get too excited until I see some gameplay footage.

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Originally Posted by dronepool (Post 3354030)

So is this basically X-Men Legends 3?

No. New take.

SO can anyone name all of the silhouettes?

All of them? No, but I know I saw Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Surge.

Yeah, but can't be bothered to watch it again.

Pretty sure Magneto was in there too.

I'm looking forward to this, although not as blindly as I was for the last one.

I meant Ultimate Alliance 2.

Except this has nothing to do with the Ultimate Alliance series?

Seemingly some of the silhouettes are the "new" character, so I doubt anyone will be able to name all of them.

They better offer some nifty options. Doesn't have to be CoH or Champions but since they toying with the concept, they gotta step up.

Okay if that's the case then I'm probably wrong, on my first viewing I kinda thought I knew who they all were, on second viewing, maybe not so sure:

Cyclops, Emma Frost, Quicksilver, Pyro, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Surge, Colossus (okay, that my was first guess, but upon second viewing could be wrong), Marvel Girl, and okay, this one I don't know. On the first viewing I thought it was meant to be Hellion, but to be honest the powers seem nothing like Hellion.

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Originally Posted by The Destroyer (Post 3355901)

Except this has nothing to do with the Ultimate Alliance series?.

Yeah I know it has nothing to do with the storyline, I just meant "last" in the order they were coming out.

Most of the video game press is interpreting the trailers as hinting towards an RPG (maybe Mass Effect style) where you might get to create your own mutant. If this is the case I am so fucking sold

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Originally Posted by Lara Emily (Post 3356998)

Most of the video game press is interpreting the trailers as hinting towards an RPG (maybe Mass Effect style) where you might get to create your own mutant. If this is the case I am so fucking sold

That makes the title make sense to me. It's our "destiny" to control the outcome or something.

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Originally Posted by dronepool (Post 3357040)

That makes the title make sense to me. It's our "destiny" to control the outcome or something.

Yup sounds like you can be X-Men or Brotherhood. I just really hope it is a Create mutant system that'd be so badass

Huge article in OXM with screenshots and everything. I will bullet point it on here, but not tonight. Tired and lazy.

Who's that tribal tattooed dude? I hope it's not an online RPG :-\

One of the selectable heroes, I guess. Looks like a fuckwit.

Definitely hope the new characters are customizable in appearance. I'm not to interested in playing as Randy Orton's cowboy cousin.

Ah hear voices in muh head...

Fuck I had heard it wasn't going to be custom characters and now that's what one of the 3 looks like? Ugly!

You choose their powerset.

And he looks like a fuckwit, because he is. His backstory is that he is the racist son of a purifier.

All three characters have backstories, and apparently this game is being treated as canon by marvel. I'll tell you guys the rest later. Busy atm.

Can't be worse than Rise of the Imperfects.

That's not saying much. The developer is on extremely thin ice with me after Too Human, I would like to see them return to form.

The game could be a literal piece of shit shaped like a dvd and still be better than ROTI

Yes it was terrible, but I wanna dig this game for it's merits. Not feeling it based on what I know.

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3397179)

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Not feeling it... Need some details on this.

here are some tidbits from the xbox magazine article. It actuals sounds pretty cool being able to decide whether I want to side with the Brotherhood or X-Men and my choices deciding on who I work with and interact with. It sounds like you pick 1 of 3 mutants in the begining and then decide your mutant powers.

* The tone of the game is said to be "dark, mature, & intense" striving towards an adult feel, but a Mature rating is said to not be likely.
* San Francisco is divided into human & non-human sectors as Professor X is dead.
* The game starts with a peace rally being staged to pay tribute to Professor X, which is when you are prompted to pick one of three characters in the crowd.
* OXM's Activision guide chose Adrian Luca as their character.
* The game presents the player with frozen in time "decision moments", indicating its time for players to make a big choice. The first big choice in the game allows you to pick your power archetype ranging from being able to manipulate matter and your body mass, energy projection, or a third one that was kept a secret.
* The game allows you to decide who is friend or foe in the X-Men universe.
* Cyclops, Quicksilver, Surge, Magneto, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, & Gambit are confirmed to make an appearance in the title, with plenty more to be announced.
* X-Genes play a rather large role in the game, ranging from boss fights to deciding to give it to an X-Men, or someone else to form another alliance.
* Linking together a good amount of attacks will fill up your "Mutant power" meter, allowing you to pull off even stronger special attacks.
* One of the special attacks described as a part of the "Mutant power" meter was "Force Pillars". The attack was said to produce crowd clearing beams that rise from the ground.

I hope they have compelling reasons to join the Brotherhood, rather than 'some players just wanna be evil'. Many games have morality systems that are nothing more than 'be golden or be a dick!'

Show me a mutant child being bullied where the only course seems to be use of violence to save him. Force me to protect myself against human oppressors. Show how hard it is for mutants who don't live in Xavier's lovely mansion. Show me a fair perspective of Magneto's main thesis. Morality shouldn't be based on incentives like 'evil points and powers vs good points and powers', they should mind fuck you. Few games actually made me sit there looking at two opposing options. The first major choice in Fable III comes to mind, as well as GTA4's 'guy hanging off the building' choice.

This I wanna see, but what I'm reading is "Hey you can be fighting Sabretooth or Gambit cool!"

Nah, in the preview, they said Gambit and Surge were on the brotherhood's side, because their purpose in this game is that they want to form an army to combat The Purifiers, and similar hate groups. X-men, I assume, want to take a more peaceful route.

So the Brotherhood isn't flat out evil in this, and in fact, some of the good guys even side with them.

So it's either be good or good-ish naughty?

If this game allows me to be an X-man and kill Gambit, it'll be my fav game ever

Next character reveal:

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by SuperHeroHype
Mar 23rd, 2011
Activision has revealed a new character from the upcoming video game X-Men: Destiny named Aimi Yoshida. The character is described as follows:

Character Bio: Aimi Yoshida
Age: 15
Height: 5’ 1’’
Weight: 95lbs

Character Description
Balance Summary: Small in size but strong in mental focus, Aimi is the mutant ability expert. She specializes in efficient mutant power usage. Aimi’s fighting style is very acrobatic and graceful.

Back story: Smuggled out of Japan by her mutant parents before the entire family could be rounded up and incarcerated in the new mutant camps, Aimi arrives in San Francisco hidden on a tanker ship. She is too young and frightened to appreciate her parents’ motivations for sending her away, and instead feels only the bitterness and anger of abandonment.

A new breed of mutant heroes will invade game consoles this fall in X-Men: Destiny. The all-new original video game casts players as new mutant recruits in a rich, branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny. For more information on X-Men: Destiny head to the game's official website.

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this looks somewhat promising

You're fucking crazy.

I'd have preferred X-Men Legends 3 with Sinister as the focus but I'll take what I can get when it comes to X-Men.

Next character reveal:

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SuperHeroHype has your exclusive first look at the character Grant Alexander in Activision's X-Men Destiny, coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS in September.

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In X-Men Destiny, players control the fate of one of three brand-new mutant characters forced to choose between saving humanity or ensuring its destruction. The branching storyline, penned by acclaimed Marvel writer Mike Carey, features a deep element of choice, allowing players to customize the path, powers and development of their character and to decide their role in the mutant cause alongside, or against, some of Marvel's greatest X-Men franchise characters, such as Magneto, Cyclops, Wolverine and Gambit. In this third-person action/RPG, X-Gene enhancements deliver a deeper level of customization to players’ powers, with a chance for players to experience the abilities of their favorite X-Men mutants. Gamers will evolve their mutant skills in unique ways and engage in fast and furious combat, spectacular combo-driven attacks and rewarding finishing moves against a variety of opponents bent on defending their beliefs.

Grant is in San Francisco hoping to land a starting spot for the University of California, Berkeley, Varsity Squad. Oblivious to the world tensions, Grant doesn't see that the peace rally and threatening protesters around him have any connection to his life. When he discovers his own mutant powers, Grant is faced with the realization that mutant/human relations are absolutely his problem.

We talked to game producer Justin Farren about Grant:

SuperHeroHype: Tell us about Grant and his background.
Justin Farren: Grant is pretty much your all-American boy. He grew up in Sandersville, Georgia and had an affinity for sports from a very early age. His dream is to become a pro football player so he enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley where he is currently vying for a starting position on the football team.

SHH: What do you think gamers will like about playing as Grant, compared to the other two new characters?
Farren: I think one of the coolest aspects about the "X-Men Destiny" characters is that each one is unique. We really wanted to differentiate each of the characters in terms of their backgrounds, ethnicity and personality. The goal was to provide something about each character that players can relate to. In Grant’s case, he’s got that sense of wonder about him. He comes from a small town and this is his first experience living in a big city like San Francisco. I think that his background has really shaped how he approaches the events that unfold in the story and will provide for some unique and interesting interactions with the other characters.

SHH: What is the game about?
Farren: In a nutshell, the game is about giving players the ability to play a brand new Mutant character, select what their core power will be and then shape that character based on their decisions, actions and power customization choices. Ultimately, players will end up with different characters at the end of the game, even if they all started as Grant and chose the same core power. "X-Men Destiny" is all about customization and player choice.

SHH: What type of gameplay does Grant have and is he designed for a particular type of player?
Farren: Early on in development we had approached the design of the characters around a certain "archetype." One would be a melee specialist, another would be ranged, healer, etc. We ended up changing our philosophy to rely on the core power and customization choices to determine what kind of play style a given character would have rather than any sort of pre-set template. This gives players more options and allows them to play with any one of the characters and tailor them to their play style. For example, the Density Control core power is one that is perfectly suited for up-close melee fighting where the Energy Projection power provides more of a ranged attack. What we really get that is specific to each character is the deep backgrounds and personalities that come along with them. Grant may have different reactions and affinity to certain X-Men Universe characters than Aimi. I don’t want to spoil any of the story so I’ll let the players discover what those differences are as they play through the game.

SHH: What sort of mutant powers does he have and how does he use them to his benefit?
Farren: Again, "X-Men Destiny" is all about customization and player choice. A great example of customization is our X-Gene system. X-Genes are core powers that have been extracted from various X-Men Universe characters, which the player can collect and equip to enhance their abilities. Let’s say I picked up Surge’s offensive X-Gene and equipped it, my character would then receive an electrical energy damage bonus to all of their attacks. What’s even better is that you can spend experience and level up those X-Gene powers, which provides a lot of different options. So, the answer to this question is that it is really up to the individual player to choose which powers they want to use with Grant and what types of benefits they bestow.

SHH: Does Grant have any weaknesses?
Farren: Mom’s apple pie.

SHH: What sort of associations does Grant have with other X-Men characters?
Farren: One of the interesting things about having three diverse playable characters is that when playing as one versus another, gamers will have different experiences with each. While we don’t want to spoil any of the surprises, you can rest assure that each of our characters will have some unique interactions with the various franchise characters that they meet throughout the game.

SHH: Does Grant have an arch-nemesis that seems to always find a way to oppose him?
Farren: Being that "X-Men Destiny" is an origin story, there are no rivals or enemies that exist before the story begins. That said, players can make various choices throughout the game that will have a direct impact on their affiliation with different characters and factions present in the world.

SHH: Can you talk about why Activision decided to include three original playable characters in this game rather than having franchise characters playable?
Farren: One thing we wanted to focus on in "X-Men Destiny" is the notion of choice. When dealing with established characters they can bring with them certain established conventions that you need to adhere to. By using three original characters in "X-Men Destiny," we give players the option to create their own mutant character and introduce them into the "X-Men Universe." Gamers will have plenty of interactions with the established franchise characters that fans have come to know and love over the years.

http://www.superherohype.com/feature...-x-men-destiny

Supposedly they will be showing more at E3.

Gameplay footage:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSczov84JEA - audio sucks on this one and embedding is disabled, but it gives you a better idea on gameplay since it's from an actual demo at the show and is longer than the others.

Still pissed you can't make your own X-Man

Still gonna get his game, cause why the fuck not but man it'd have been amazing to create your own character with your own power set and then interact with the marvel universe however you see fit rather then a choice of 3 stock characters.

That being said anyone whining that you don't get to play as Wolverine or Cyke or anyone needs to STFU. The whole point of this game is you get to be an X-Man or fight alongside the Brotherhood, wouldn't work if you got to play as Wolverine LOL

I like the concept of this game, but I'd like to see a list of powers you can choose from. The video kept focusing on the same powers over and over again and those just didn't excite me for the game at all.

Really wish you could at least customize the characters appearances a little. These 3 look exactly like you would expect a video game stereotype character to look.

Hard to believe this comes out tomorrow considering it has gotten such little hype.
I would pick it up but I want to play as established X-Men characters too..not just new ones :?:

They've not hyped it because it looks horrific and they're hoping the X-Men name will sell it.

Remember when Silicon Knights were good? Yeah, it was a while ago...

can't wait to play as white guy or asian girl

It's a fairly simple choice for you. WTF do I pick?

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Originally Posted by Funky Fly (Post 3642181)

It's a fairly simple choice for you. WTF do I pick?

A different game.

But I'm the resident X-Men nerd. :(

This game is fail. Completely missed opportunity from the concept. How do you not think people would wanna make their own mutant? Fuck this. And don't get me started on the gameplay shown.

Honestly, they shoulda just put out X-Men Legends 3 and called it a day. Even if it'd be the 5th game in the series and probably dumbed down to hell, it's still a better option. :(

Yeah. XML/MUA were great.

The last one was definitely typical Activision (dumbed down, shortened with punched up graphics), but I still enjoyed it for the week or so I owned it.

It's not even a hard kind of game to do. The engine is there already. The bulk of the work is writing a good story and picking the right cast.

Games like this need to be 30 dollars from the start. I'm glad it got bad reviews, maybe Activision will wake up.

I'm not sure why they allowed SK to make an X-Men game when they've done shit in over a decade. It was a bad move from the start and I knew it from the first inbo and screens. What a waste of money and time and license. God.

Give Raven Software the X-assignments from now on. They are on point about all things X-Men.

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Originally Posted by Funky Fly (Post 3642380)

But I'm the resident X-Men nerd. :(

I object to that! :foc:

Hate all the x-men legends/marvel alliance games. They are not bad games, per se, but I don't feel like I am playing a superhero. For me, that is the most important part of a superhero game. The hack n slash genre doesn't deliver this feeling at all.

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Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 3643211)

I object to that! :foc:

Objection overruled.

Funky has literally read every x-men comic ever.

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Originally Posted by Captain of Fun (Post 3643629)

I know what you mean. Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was very satisfying that way, because you really got the Hulk experience.

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Originally Posted by Captain of Fun (Post 3643630)

Objection overruled.

Funky has literally read every x-men comic ever.

THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!

FUCK THIS PLACE! I FUCKING QUIT! FUCK YOU ALL!!!

:foc:

MUA2 was utter shite. Hated that game so much. It was so watered down.

Back on topic... this game is a shame. Conceptually I love it. I was kinda psyched, because there was so much potential. Potential that, from everything I've found out, they completely ignored.

I could have tolerated bad graphics, I've never been a graphics whore. But the gameplay and related factors being so bad? Nothing short of inexcusable. It's really a shame.

Game's getting totally raped by reviewers.

Yeah, starting to feel bad for them.

I started to feel bad for them, then I saw some gameplay footage. This is about as close to a crime against humanity as a video game gets.

At least until Auchwitz Live!, my new XBLA title which will feature the deaths of real Jews with each achievement unlocked.

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Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 3643211)

I object to that! :foc:

I'm kind of X-Men nerdy as well. :(

But not so much that I'd buy this game.

It's kind of sad that IGN gave this game a better review than the new Spiderman game. I mean I haven't played either of them yet, but Shattered Dimensions got a much better review than Edge of Time, you wouldn't think it would drop off that much.

IGN's scores are meaningless.

You're probably right, but I just found it so odd that the developmental sequel fell so far off from its predecessor, especially when it doesn't look like a whole lot has changed.

Some of the comments I have heard of the new Spidey game have been well. They said the game is not much but its a noble effort.

yeah this game seems like it was designed to be awful. terrible ai. dudes run into walls, and continue running into walls after you've hit them. stuff doesn't interact well in the environment, usually your player with everything. pretty strange clipping. the story is its big quasi-redeeming feature, and even that is a little bit weak. huge disappointment.