Marvel’s Avengers (PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)

Noticing serious issues since updating today. Button presses not registering, environment's not loading in, enemies not taking damage. Thats just the biggies as well, lots of other smaller issues that weren't present (at least for me) prior to the patch.

Oh man this story is dull... I thought it would be the one thing I'd like but Kamala is awful, whoever is playing her is up and down with the lines, she'll be sad and the end of the sentence be happy... it's all over the shop.

"I'm sad Bruce (crying) I'm a freak, WOOO I'm an Avenger, yeaaaahhhhh"

Penn wrote: »

The counter/dodge mechanic is definitely the weakest part of the gameplay. Between the number of enemies, enemies you can't see due to camera or flying enemies, projectiles, and especially projectiles which move slowly... there's almost no point using it unless you know you're pretty much one-on-one with an enemy. I had a mission earlier with a random modifier that projectiles do increased damage and there was just no point. Had to quit the mission altogether. You cannot dodge projectiles effectively enough.

Also, the abilities recharge far too slowly. Even with skills to speed the charge, they're so damn slow.

Spec into skills that drop heroic orbs and stack either heroic charge perks on your gear or flat cool down reductions.

I've a Thor build that puts out crazy stun damage, so I can pull off constant takedowns that drop heroic orbs every time. Have a couple of gear pieces then with one giving me an 18% cool down reduction on heroics, and the other granting a 12%chance to trigger a heroic burst on completion of a signature combo. Between the amount of orbs dropping and the perks activating, I pretty much have access to heroics whenever I need them. That's Thor at level 50 though with most of my gear up around the soft cap power level of 130, at earlier levels I definitely felt the cool cooldowns were too long.

I've a similar build for Black Widow in the works, and have seen a couple of Cap builds that give him constant up time on his heroics as he is able to produce a constant stream of heroic orbs, so its definitely doable with the right combo of skills and gear.

Definitely agree on the dodge mechanic being pretty much useless in a lot of scenarios. Can be especially painful when playing with a character whose intrinsic meter overcharge depletes when taking damage. I pretty much abandoned the dodge mechanic for this reason alone, and rely purely on Odinforce when using Thor to mitigate incoming attacks as you don't need to be as careful with the timing.

Penn wrote: »

It does seem to be improving as I level up, and a loading screen tip last night said that your Might rating affects the cooldowns too so I guess I'll try keep an eye on it. Just always feels like in some fights where you have a few waves of enemies, I'm cautious of using those skills in case there's another wave and fear they won't recharge in time.

Mostly playing as Thor as well, have him around level 30 / power level 57 I think. His hammer spin attack is great for stuns/shields/mobs.

For sure, I was hanging on to my abilities for dear life in the early game for the same reason, never knew what was round the corner!

That hammer spin combo is fantastic yeah, great for getting yourself overcharged as well. Get yourself overcharged via hammer spins, then hit god blast with the 20% extra damage when overcharged skill active, and the numbers Thor puts out is just insane.

Damn I was hoping that

DarC_Kn1ght wrote: »

So whats the overall feeling from those playing this now? A week on from release.

It's Warframe with the grind reduced around 70%.

so where do I loot a shield cache?

I'm in the same boat as Penn, interest in logging in for me has definitely decreased. The lack of villains is a huge issue. Understandable enough that they are holding back character specific villains for the inclusion of heroes coming later down the line, but that's absolutely no excuse for the paltry amount we got at launch.

There should have been at least one villain lair tied to each hero at launch, Mandarin for Iron Man, Red Skull for Cap etc.

The game also needs multiple quality of life improvements before I would dedicate another significant amount of time to it. The war table needs tidied up, with playlists for hives, vaults, villain lairs, drop zones etc. At the moment the table is too fragmented which I would think isn't helping the matchmaking (which in itself is completely f*cking broken). They also either need to drastically improve loading times or else make it so you can just pick up bounties from a menu rather than have to endure lengthy load times between the Chimera and Ant Hill just to pick up both factions bounties; this problem is just going to get worse as well as more factions and hubs are added.

Not sorry I played the game as I had a blast with the campaign and getting Thor fully levelled and geared up, but there is just too much wrong with the game in its current state for me to even consider fully levelling another character.

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Got a start on this this week and so far I'm enjoying it for the most part. I'm hopping in for an hour and coming back every so often. I've just gotten to the fight on the Chimera. Playing on Hard, here's my thoughts FWIW.

Pros for me:
Good, engaging story
Good character relationships
Gameplay is fun
Combat is rewarding and generally smooth

Cons:
Loading times
Camera lock can be finicky
No real sense of reward with gear
Maps are very one dimensional

It's good, overall, and reminds me of Fallen Order in every way which is OK.

Fallen Order as in the latest Star Wars game? HOWWWWW?

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Yes, 'Open World' but it pushes you to your objective. Skill points worming the same way, superficial upgrades and they both use a spaceship as their main base :pac:

I don't see anything the same between them.

I've not played for a while so can't speak to the state of the game atm, but reading around it sounds like it's heading the same direction as Anthem if things don't change soon. Low player count, tech issues still persisting, mess of a grind at end game, no clear content path...not a good look at all.

I cut the game some slack at launch due to my initial enjoyment of the story and combat, but like Bioware, it seems as though CD are out of their depth when it comes to creating a rewarding live service experience.

You know it's bad when I'm getting my Marvel fix from Fortnite.

wes wrote: »

Its no where near as bad a Anthem. The single player was imo pretty good. The games as a service stuff, isn't so great. It really seems like it was a more story focused game originally with optional co-op, that they added the gaas stuff to it later.

I agree with this. Definitely get the feeling that CD were going for a more linear experience originally, but were pushed down the gaas path and had to shoehorn in an "endgame".

I enjoyed the story as well, it really surprised me and I think that's why I was pretty high on the game in that first week or two. It just falls apart at endgame though for me.

I don't think it's quite at Anthem's level of failure yet, but they don't have long to course correct. Destiny has a big release coming up, Godfall is a launch title on PS5 which I think will pull a chunk of the player base away come November. Not that I think Godfall looks amazing, but it's a launch title so will probably gather some momentum off the back of that alone.

This game was always what we got, you can't just turn a game into something else, this was designed from day one to be a grindy mmo type game.

So I see in the gaming news that this game tanked and flopped hard, delighted for them, now give us a proper Marvel game.