So, I'm in the Marvel Heroes beta. Any port in a storm, and all that.
WHY CAN NO ONE GET SUPERHEROES RIGHT?
?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gameplay, not too bad. I dont see the blocking mechanic: yay! Nor do I instantly die, and there is something to be said for this. But omg, the rest.
1. Diablo-style gameplay. Why is this bad?
Fixed point of view. I said fixed. You will not be mousewheeling around, nope. Not even a little. You are looking where you are looking, and that is all the looking you are gonna do.
Your character is a little tiny figure running around, no detail is visible. The main glory of CoX was your being able to dress your avatar in 50,000 options and then revel in their bad-assitude, or in their beauty!! You will not be doing that in Marvel Heroes, as your avatar is 500 feet away. No joke. And you cannot mousewheel closer.
I dont want to be 500 feet away from myself, nor do I wish to be unable to see myself at all, FPS-style.
2. No flying that I can see, nosir. Shank's mare, just like you were running around in any medieval-style game. GEEZ, is this not why we want to play superheroes to begin with??!!
3. You cannot jump obstacles. Paranormals who can't jump, its like a bad joke. Hell, regular humans had that down pat last time I checked, much less the superpowered.
And last but NOT least: 100 Hulks, 50 Scarlet Witches, 20 Thors, 5 Captain Americas and 10 Daredevils inhabit the same space. LAWL, PEOPLE. Just *lawl.* It is the stupidest, most immersion-breaking thing you have ever seen.
Hurry up, Phoenix Project or else I am gonna die waiting.