Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is rapidly approaching, with that tasty 19th July release date getting ever closer. To get us all hyped and ready for the game, Nintendo has shared a new X-Men-focused trailer.
Aside from being all dramatic and epic in equal measure, the trailer has confirmed the appearance of several new characters. We already knew about a handful of X-Men characters being present in the game - like Wolverine, for example - but now we can see Magneto, Mystique, Juggernaut, Cyclops, Colossus, and Professor X students Psylocke and Beast. It would also seem that Sentinels are included as a common enemy.
At present, it's not fully clear whether or not all of these characters will be playable or simply part of the game's plot, but we're sure X-Men fans will be happy to see their inclusion regardless.
Over the last couple of weeks, we've also been treated to seven minutes of gameplay footage and further information such as the game's file size. Make sure to check those out if you missed them the first time around.
Do you plan on picking this up in July? Happy to see all of these X-Men characters make the cut? Let us know in the usual place.
[source youtube.com, via uk.ign.com]
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Oh yes.
Luvvly Jubbly.
This is good stuff
The game keeps looking better.
We only need the FF and characters like blade and ghostrider and than there is something in this game for every marvel fan.
I honestly had no interest until the X-Men showed up. Now I think I might get this when there's a sale.
The more I see, the better it looks. Nice to see more X-Men love, I know some felt they were being unrepresented. Now if we can get Ghost Rider, Blade and Moon Knight, it’ll be a perfect roster to me. If we don’t that’s ok too, it’s impossible to please everyone. I can’t wait to play it.
never played these games before, is the combat realtime?
how RPG heavy is it? I want a hack and slash/brawler, if this is this style I am down to get this
The waiting is killing me....
Have they clarified whether there's local multiplayer on a single Switch yet? Or is it just local wireless?
@jufonuk it’s basically diablo with marvel. Although we haven’t seen in depth gameplay yet so omega force could change things up.
Deadpool tease at the end as well👌 - may actually get this day one!
Magneto and Psylocke in the game? My two favorite Marvel characters, and Betsy's in her best outfit too? Sold.
X Men makes everything better!
@jufonuk
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/video_7_minutes_of_new_marvel_ultimate_alliance_3_the_black_order_gameplay
Here’s a video from Gameinformer from a week or two ago. This gives you a pretty good idea what to expect. Real time combat, I’d classify it as a hack and slash/brawler. Just kinda mindless fun.
I kinda feel sorry for Capcom. One of the reasons why MvC:I got such negative feedback was because they could not use the X-Men in that game. A lot of fans were turned off and ignored the game over the fact that no mutants made the cut.
In the same year, Disney starts to buy Fox and now that they got the film rights back have started to promote the X-men. I wonder if things would have been different had the X-Men been allowed in that game.
@Caryslan
As far as I’m aware, the film rights are different from the video game rights. Maybe Marvel just didn’t want to put them in for whatever reason? Or maybe it was just other legal hurdles?
Nightcrawler! Beast! Juggernaut! Magneto!
What a killer lineup. They’ve exceeded my expectations.
"At present, it's not fully clear whether or not all of these characters will be playable or simply part of the game's plot, but we're sure X-Men fans will be happy to see their inclusion regardless."
Nah. If Cyclops isn't playable I'm really not sure if I want this game.
You had me at Nightcrawler. Bamf!
Juggernaut and Psylocke? Yup, I’m sold.
Yes god yes this made me use that daft voucher 2 game thing promotion
Storm will make the cut surely.... now you’d think they’d be a few extra X-Men on top now
Every time I see this game it looks better and better
Pity I don't really care that much about any Marvel character. Spiderman's cool but I don't really feel that strongly about him. Carnage is more in line with what I like but it's always a stretch that he'll be added in for any game. And even then... Venom is always a main pick.
Speed might be more my thing but its unlikely he'll get in either.
@darkswabber We've actually gotten a lot of gameplay recently thanks to game informer! The combat looks a lot more dynamic. Its still very much like Diablo, however it also looks similar to other third person action games.
Loads of great characters to look forward to. This game keeps looking better and better.
I'm sold, Just caved in and preordered it.....
@Timsworld2 They're definitely not using MCU actors for voices here. The guy voicing Magneto is doing a great Ian McKellan impression, but it sounds more like Gandalf than Magneto. Other voices in the trailers don't sound anything like the MCU characters.
I'm kind of happy about this, honestly. I like the Marvel movies but I don't feel like they are the definitive versions of the characters.
This game will be a day one purchase for sure! Really looking forward to playing local co-op with family and friends excelsior!🙌
@NinjaWaddleDee like a bit of a balance between diablo and omega force’s usual games?
Man there are a ton of playable characters in this game! Glad to see the X-men represented here, really glad to see Psylocke playable! So far my team will be Daredevil, Psylocke, Black Panther and Iron Fist
@darkswabber I'd say that, yes!
I’m loving this. Roster is shaping up to be great. I’m going to 4-player co-op the hell out of this game.
@In_Ex_Fan Absolutely yes! Whenever someone tells me they don't like Cyclops, they're basically admitting that they've only watched the cartoon/movies and never actually read the comics.
I'm beyond thrilled that we're getting more than just a Wolverine cameo. Psylock, Nightcrawler, and Juggernaut are some excellent choices for inclusion.
This game better not disappoint.
@JasmineDragon I remember him being OP in th xmen games.
@MoonKnight7 They didn't want to put them because of the movies.
I love the callbacks they have to the past games. I have the complete X-Men Legends to Marvel Ultimate Alliance franchise. Easily in the top 5 franchises for me. I love the isometric action rpg genre.. more so on Switch! Diablo 3, Nine Parchments, Mages of Mystralia, Victor Vran, Bastion, Elli, Hob, Moonlighter and Oceanhorn.
I also cannot wait for Torchlight 2 and Baldo to arrive later this year along with Oninaki, Link's Awakening, Kingdom of Night, Crystal Chronicles and Hindsight 20/20. Pretty sure there's a few I'm missing as well.
It's all about the infinity stones again. How many games do we need until that storyline is over?
Marvel vs Capcom: I dont feel so good...
This trailer looks so much better than the recent gameplay preview we saw here, that looked like everything was in small, confined, circular arenas, with unconvincing characters. There's hope after all. 😄
@Timsworld2 Well, using the MCU actors would have probably doubled the cost to make the game. But also, these are not the MCU versions of the characters. Different uniforms from the MCU, a different storyline, and some characters that have never been in a Marvel movie. Which is fine with me, personally. I dig the classic comic book uniforms, and I'm happy to play something that draws from the whole Marvel universe.
This roster is really shaping up to be great. Venom, Daredevil, Rocket Racoon, Beast, Nightcrawler...
For reference's sake, I'll just put up a video of the second game:
@jufonuk Might also be useful for you, so you can compare gameplay footage from the previous game with this one.
@darkswabber I thought I saw Ghost Rider holding an infinity stone at the start?
@Dualmask best outfit and they remembered she's British which seems to get forgotten in some adaptations. Hopefully her twin brother can join the game too...
@ThanosReXXX
this looks good, I guess kinda repetitive. but I hope the newer Game irons out this.
if it gets 8/10 or above I am in
@jufonuk Well, it's basically a cross-breed of 3D beat em up/hack and slash and dungeon crawler, with RPG elements, so there's only so much variation that it can offer, but make no mistake: once you're hooked, these games remain fun to play.
All the unlockable characters, the replay value, branching story lines, etc. For a decent comparison, you should also give the video of the new game's gameplay in the article linked to in comment #13 a watch, so you can see how the two games compare, besides now having a more cell-shaded/comics style than before.
And keep in mind: the games are usually around 10 - 15 hours long, if you play through the main campaign and the extra missions, and if you're a so-called completionist, then you can easily rack up around 40 hours or more:
https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=5692
So, what you just saw, is only a VERY small part of the game. There's usually quite a bit of variety in environments, which also brings with it a change of tactics to overcome the enemies and/or puzzle elements.
I'm pretty sure it'll get that 8, but either way: I'm a fan of the series myself, so for me, this is already a no-brainer.
@YorkshireNed that was dormammu, not ghost rider.
No Gambit? Damn... Still awesome rooster, though. What a fun game will be.
@Dazzle As long as the gameplay is good and fun, which matters most.
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