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Today I submit my review for Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the third installment of one of my favorite arcade fighters.
Lets start with the cast, a collection of all-stars from both sides that's left slightly lacking. You have the obvious characters; Captain America, Ryu (Street Fighter), Spider-Man, Chun-Li (Street Fighter), Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Akuma (Street Fighter), Zero (some Mega-Man game). And then others that I didn't expect; Amaterasu (Okami), Chris Redfield and Wesker (Resident Evil series), Dante and Trish (Devil May Cry), Deadpool, X-23 (a botched Wolverine clone, in case you didn't know), Super Skrull, and M.O.D.O.K. (yes, seriously. And he's way overpowered.). Some of these characters are easy to use, and there's some that I never wanted to select again. Such as Super Skrull. Strong character, has all the powers of the Fantastic 4, but operating this character felt slow. Not slow like the bigger characters who deal tons of damage, but slow as in there was no time to react to an opponents counter-attack. My favorite to use though, Deadpool. To be fair, Deadpool and Spider-Man are my favorite Marvel characters of all time, but Deadpool has the comical flair in this game that always earned him a spot on my teams.
Gameplay? Controls? That's entirely up to you. No joke, you decide how to play the game. There's Normal, and Basic controls. Basic makes it easier to perform special moves and counter-attacks as well as your team-ultra combo. Normal mode is basic Street Fighter controls, made easier with the use of the analog stick rather than the D-pad. If you've never played a Street Fighter game on the PS3 or Xbox 360, let me just tell you that the moves aren't as clear as Mortal Kombat's control scheme.
Multiplayer time! I love some good fighter genre multiplayer and this game delivers that. My only issue with it is the use of DLC content against players that don't have it. Such as the character available for purchase; Sheo-Gorath from the Marvel Universe. A strong character whose special moves are easy to troll with if you're in Basic mode. Pissed me right off with how many people were using him as their teams strong point. If you don't have internet connectivity (then you're probably not reading this) then you can still enjoy playing with a friend in the same room. Really though, if you're making a fighter game then it had better have 2 player locally available. So my complaint about the multiplayer isn't really with the game, it's with the players online. They are evil.
Graphics are pretty basic, but still visually satisfying. Characters move on screen in a way that's almost fluid depending on who you choose. The music is nothing to brag about, just a basic fighter soundtrack.
Replayability depends on how easily you get bored with a game. Playing the single player campaign over and over again bored me, and the people online just irritated me. I'd recommend this game to people living with room-mates, or college students living in the dorms, because unless you've got somebody to play with it's going to get really boring, really fast.
Overall I give this game a 4 out of 5 stars, if the single player had a story (like the new Mortal Kombat) then I might've kept the game a bit longer to play through with each character.
So that's it for this game, let me know what you think and if my review was helpful.
-Virus
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