BADCP - GPOW Tribute

The Outrage Mob

DATE:
25 YEARS AGO

GPOW 25TH
A N N I V E R S A R Y



PLAYSTATION 4	BAD	MARVEL VS CAPCOM INFINITE


			Now, these characters are great, but this is where one of my few criticisms of MVSCI come in. My main issue with the added characters here is not so much that they were added digitally through download (like in SFV), but how Capcom did so. There should have been a Shop in Marvel VS Capcom Infinite like there was in Street Fighter V. Some players saw the Shop in Marvel VS Capcom 2 as giving the game "replay value", and Marvel VS Capcom could have used some of the good will from those players and their nostalgia for Marvel VS Capcom 2. The point system could have even been the same, and the characters could have all been unlocked this way. They could have also made alternate costumes that way. To me, this would have been far better for the game, and I think that good will would have went a long way. I think that there would be more people playing now if a point purchase system had been implemented as an alternative to the cash purchase system.

They were already halfway there with stage and color unlocks, then why did they stop at the characters and alternate costumes? Back in the day with Marvel VS Capcom 2 and Capcom VS SNK, it was interesting to compare what your friends had unlocked on their games; Marvel VS Capcom Infinite is missing this. Marvel VS Capcom Infinite continues Capcom's return to form in Street Fighter V, though. That is, in regards to non-playable characters. Capcom's fighters gradually allowed for most (if not all) minor, hidden, and/or boss characters to be used. Characters like Shin M. Bison and Shin Akuma eventually became playable in the Street Fighter Alpha 3 series, and most (if not all) of the "piss-ant" minor enemies in Spawn: The Demon's Hand were playable. Capcom VS SNK 2 EO also allowed players to use Shin Akuma and Omega Rugal, who were not playable in the original (arcade) version. Later, spiritual Rival Schools successor Ken'ichi and the almighty Gundam VS Gundam would break this trend, but it was still late. Making these non-playable characters playable, Capcom fighters came to lose their sense of mystery and intrigue. There was little wonder left for noncompetitive players. Thankfully, Capcom went back to keep non-playable characters non-playable in SFV, and continued to do that in MVSCI.

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	SSS
	T Y L E

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	SCREEN-FILLING
	Boss.

	43
	ULTRON
	Sigma driven into the ground by Haggar's most brutal piledriver.

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	LAUNCH
	Preparations for flight above a hidden locale.

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	SCREEN-FILLING
	Boss Super Move.

These characters include completely new B.O.W.s from Resident Evil, Grand Master Meio from Strider, M.O.D.O.K., Ultron's drones, Thor's tainted kinsman, an infected Monster Hunter monster, and the Symbiote from Marvel. Then, there's endboss Ultron-Sigma, who comes in both a normal form and screen-filling form (like Onslaught from the very first Marvel VS Capcom). The B.O.W.s themselves are probably the coolest character designs Capcom has had not just in this game, but this whole generation! Their design will bring longtime players back to the days when Capcom would actually make new character designs that were cool. The ultra-evil and eerie Grand Master Meio doesn't even touch the ground as he moves about the screen, using summons and ranged attacks that require the player to adopt a totally different strategy from fighting other characters.

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	UN
	Locked.

Unplayable XGardians, Thor's infected kinsman, and infected Thor have different attributes; they can get out of launchers, have armor, and can walk through projectiles like Hawkeye's arrows. I'm still figuring out different things about these unplayable characters, and I've had the game since launch! Sometimes, you'll see these unplayable characters do Special Moves and Super Moves (or even normal moves) you didn't even know they had! From time to time, they'll even rip out a strategy that will leave you in a trap you didn't expect. I reckon that much like Street Fighter V and its unplayable characters, some interesting things will be discovered in the future by a crazed fan (like Desk). More enemies from the Capcom side would have been cool, though. Unorthodox fights against MegaMan enemies, or even some Strider enemies would have been cool. It is cool that they put a screen-filling Monster Hunter boss in the game, though, since their appearances in games outside their home series are rare.

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	DOCTOR
	Stranger things than his outfit?

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	NIGHTMARES
	Back to haunt us from the MegaMan X series.

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	GOLD
	Standard.

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	SHEER
	Terror and imbalance has returned.

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