There’s like a 10-year gap between Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Marvel vs Capcom 3. I definitely don’t want to wait that long again. So when should we get Marvel vs Capcom 4?
Answering this question honestly, I’d much rather see 1 more patch than a new game, especially if we want to see the competitive-side of this game not burn out sooner. But technology-wise, there is still a bit to flesh out with this game, and I’d hate to see what happened to vanilla marvel (died so fast before we could definitively see the end game teams go to work, like mvc2) happen to this game. I’d give it 3 more years before we can say we found at least 80% of everything whats in this game.
Have you seen the issues with that game? It’s really easy to love hate it with its problems despite loving what it does right.
I keep wanting a patch desperately, but I’m realizing the system is so fucked up I think a ground up rebuilding is more in need. currently issues we have in UMvC3:
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[]A few characters are OP: Zero, Vergil, Morrigan, etc…
[]Many characters need buffs
[]TODs too easy, require minimal meter or conditions, and too common with characters or pairings.
[]TACs infinites
[]TACs in general don’t work - Thier intention as a free tag out extensions with an immediate perk (meter gain/steal or dmg) is completely ignored since extensions now yield stupid amount of meter and dmg, leaving only side TAC to have any utility…basically the mind game is broken and you have a 66% reset with stupid gain (you can fill 5 meters off a TAC infinite)
[]Throws - being able to throw completely off camera is dumb in a game with throw break lock out (and god forbid you try to throw or throw break 1 pixel too far away and get :h: and fuck yourself…options select throws are dumb with that system)… (doom/wesker/nova/etc…)
[]A few minor glitches still remain
[]X-factor is a good idea (anti snowball mechanic since you are losing valuable utility as characters die), but the offense power is much too high. XFC block punish, 6-10 hit normal combo TODs, etc… It needs to be completely redone.
[*]and…fucking incoming. Incoming in this game is the biggest issue. it’s FUCKING RETARDED. You’re completely fucked with ambiguous or unblockable set ups in a game where TODs are rampant and sometimes not very hard. It doesn’t help the case any evasive maneuvers often require a dedication versus reaction and may still be open to other mix ups if they make the read. You’re already down a character and for 4 seconds you don’t have access to assists, DHC, THC, hard tag, or alpha counters. There’s no reason incoming characters should be that absolutely fucked from avoiding these free set ups with those more sensible disadvantages. Incoming needs to be completely reworked. It’s be nice to see 3 neutral games occur against Zero or Wolverine, and not 1 touch > TOD > ambiguous incoming >TOD > ambiguous incoming >TOD > walk around like a you did something skillful and intelligent.
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The game is bad but as it is right now it’s fine. Nearly everything there is to complain about in this game has been complained about.
When there’s concrete news of a patch, I’ll get excited. For now, though, people should either suck it up and just play, or just go play something else. It’s that simple.
optimally for me: an update (not even about new characters, just an actual balancing update where they change more than just a few frames and make zero better again) after evo 2014, marvel 4 in 7 years.
I laughed when i saw those years, here i was thinking 2017 the absolute earliest, IF WE GET LUCKY. Street fighter 4 is easily more popular.
2015… SMH… Hey guys the Ps4 just came out… fast forward 3 years later ohh em geeeee i’m bored guYz???When’s Ps5!!!
Good game or not, UmvC3 is here to stay.