Marvel Heroes Online Game

So, Marvel teamed up with game company Gazillion to bring forth a new online game set in the Marvel Universe. I'm currently a part of the Beta, so there's things that I can't disclose yet, but here's the general website and info on the game. All of this is public and doesn't violate any NDA

marvelheroes.com/

Here's a summary of the things that are public, though

-Free to download and play
-You have a limited selection of characters (5) to chose to start with
-More characters and costumes are unlocked through boss drops or by paying for packages
-Diablo style gameplay (isometric adventure game)

And the important bit that's relative to SWM: Playable heroines at launch
-Black Widow
-Emma Frost
-Jean Grey
-Ms. Marvel
-Scarlet Witch
-Storm
and....Squirrel Girl.

This is only the initial lineup for launch, so I'm sure other iconic Marvel heroines (SHe-Hulk, Rogue, Invisible Woman, Mockingbird, ect.) will be arriving quickly

Nice. Couple of questions if you're allowed to answer.
Is it kinda like the X-Men Legends 1+2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance games?
Any date estimate for open beta/full release?
Can you invite people to closed beta?

1) Pretty similar except you're only controlling your one character, not a small team. Like I said, the playstyle is far more equivalent to the Diablo series (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)

2) No estimates on open beta, full release is scheduled for late spring (May/June, probably)

3) No, no invites. You can get Beta access keys via Alienware and Curse. Also, if you buy a founder package, you get Beta access, although the character package you purchase doesn't apply until the game goes live. But Founder Packages start at $20 for a single character with 2 costumes (SPider-Man, Captain America, Ms. Marvel, etc.), $60 for a theme package (Iron Man +all the armor costumes, Avengers, X-Men, etc.) and $200 for the mega package that gives you every character and every costume in the game. Up to you how much you want to invest.

Some more questions then.
1. How many skills does a hero have and are they all active skills?
2. How many costumes are there for each character?
3. Are the costumes just different skins or do they also have different dialogue and such?

ChaozCloud wrote: Some more questions then.
1. How many skills does a hero have and are they all active skills?
2. How many costumes are there for each character?
3. Are the costumes just different skins or do they also have different dialogue and such?

1) Can't answer that one
2) Depends on the character. Most have at least 4 costumes. Then you have Iron Man with 10 sets of armor...
3) Can't answer that one, either

ChaozCloud wrote: 3. Are the costumes just different skins or do they also have different dialogue and such?

I think mostly only skins, Some premium skins have different animations and at least 1 have different sounds.

There are some vids on youtube for those interested, I found one with ~20 min of in-game footage. But couldn't force myself through it. Can't really stand Athene.

There are links to play videos (Athene and non-Athene) on the Marvel Heroes website- marvelheroes.com/ Save Athene until last and then watch as much as you can take, you'll likely get the info you want from the other ones. Also, if you click on the founders pack link and then on the ultimate pack, there is a list of al the heroes you get in that pack. If you click on a hero, it then shows you the costumes in game (at time of publication I think, because it seems like a few of the folk should have a few more costumes that re known.) I've basically been looking at all the videos and interviews I can find on game sites to get info, and since the game is soon, I am getting hopeful. The profile pages have received some updates as well, still bare bones though on what the abilities of the people are. Although some should be easy- Punisher: shoot things, shoot things some more, make stuff go boom!, Hulk: Smash!

Yeah, I'm being a bit closed mouthed on the costumes because there are some game mechanics involving costumes that aren't publicly known yet (I think).

And no, different costumes do not have different benefits; there's a different mechanic involved.

Alrighty Superheroine fans!
This weekend launched the early release for Marvel Heroes! ^^ (Tues 6/4, official launch date) I for one have purchased the Ms. Marvel starter pack and will be jumping in with a friend this week. Is anyone else going to play and if so, do you want to team up and find each other? My name is Superheroinefan and I hope to see some of you guys in game soon! ^^

Fonzie

some interesting heroes



and Ms Marvel
www.marvelheroes.com/heroes/ms-marvel

I decided to do a quick drop-in on Marvel heroes and see how the game is going these days. There's been some more action over the past year with new characters and new costumes that allow you to create female variants of some male characters.

New Female characters:
Invisible Woman
Rogue
Psylocke
X-23

Female Skins for Male Characters
Black Panther Shuri
Lady Deadpool
Ghost Rider Alejandra Blaze
Hawkeye Kate Bishop
Lady Loki
Thor Earth X

In addition, there's a new mechanic called a 'Team-Up' where you get an NPC 'pet' to assist you

Female Team-Up Characters
Arachne
Clea
Domino
Firestar
Gamora
Magik
She-Hulk
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
Wasp

So, some improvements, but still a bit disappointing that She-Hulk and Wasp aren't playable characters yet. But I suppose slow growth is better than no growth.

I play Marvel Heroes and started in april 2013. I do not have every heroes, but it still fun.

Its a cute game.

Like a lot of Diablo clones it can be a bit click on a enemy to die, but It does a good job of making the characters feel different enough... and the worlds and enchounters diffrent looking at least even if it can be a touch formula. I didn't spend 100s of hours on it but its fun for what it is.

And Squirrel Girl once you level her up is pretty powerful. As she should be.

Well, prayers have apparently been heard.

She-Hulk is on her way. You can pre-order her now singly or as part of a pack. And you play her wearing either the classic white & purple one piece or in her finest attorney-at-law attire.

Also, apparently Black Cat is on the horizon as a playable character.

New Costumes: Spider-Girl (May Parker) for Spider-Man

New Team-Up characters: Rescue and Spider-Gwen

I think She-Hulk and the Spidergirl costume have been out for a while. Not sure about the costume, but my She-Hulk is all leveled up and has been for a while.