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Anonymous No.151181988 [Report] >>151182044 >>151182104 >>151182332 >>151184072 >>151186782 >>151187036 >>151187581 >>151193555 >>151195659 >>151200340
>character is famously underutilized and wasted in the comics
>manages to get adapted to a game
>wasted again
Poor Ko-Rel was just not meant to win
Anonymous No.151182044 [Report] >>151182073 >>151182094 >>151182095 >>151182159 >>151182491 >>151187697 >>151188149 >>151188307
>>151181988 (OP)
I should really play that GotG game huh? it's insane how it keeps being praised
Anonymous No.151182073 [Report] >>151182094
>>151182044
It's pretty good overall.
Anonymous No.151182094 [Report] >>151182105 >>151185869
>>151182044
>>151182073

It's ok. Nothing about the gameplay was memorable but for a plot driven slop you could do worse
Anonymous No.151182095 [Report]
>>151182044
It's alright. I wish it went more for the original comic run than the movies but, well a lot of people didn't read Annihilation Conquest.
Anonymous No.151182104 [Report] >>151182378
>>151181988 (OP)
>Famously underused
>died in three chapters
She wasn't some major character she was one of the many new novas Rich recruited. Then Rich's brain made her into the face of the world mind.
Anonymous No.151182105 [Report] >>151182347 >>151182417
>>151182094
>plot driven slop
Shut it.
Anonymous No.151182159 [Report] >>151185859
>>151182044
I'm almost done with it now.
I liked the approach they took to making a story driven single player game about a popular superhero team.
If DC ever makes a Titans game, this is how it should be done. Play as Nightwing and give orders to the rest.
I could also see it working for an X-Men game starring Cyclops.
Anonymous No.151182332 [Report] >>151182595 >>151186812
>>151181988 (OP)
It astounds me that she got to show up in that game and not Rich
Anonymous No.151182344 [Report]
Anonymous No.151182347 [Report] >>151182454 >>151187588
>>151182105
You shut up, that Anon is correct.
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Anonymous No.151182378 [Report] >>151182440
>>151182104
None of that contradicts the idea that she was wasted
Anonymous No.151182417 [Report]
>>151182105
I mean, it's nothing without the story, take that out and it's a very mediocre 3rd person shooter. And the story while functioning, isn't anything that stays with you. Look at this thread, most the stuff talk about was in the first hour or two of the game.
Anonymous No.151182440 [Report]
>>151182378
Surely cuts out the famous part when she was one of dozen other novas introduced at the time.
Anonymous No.151182454 [Report] >>151182521 >>151197702
>>151182347
Cope, uncreative spammer.
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Anonymous No.151182491 [Report]
>>151182044
it alright.
Anonymous No.151182521 [Report]
>>151182454
That's basically OPs thread
Anonymous No.151182593 [Report]
Loved this game. Had a ton of heart and reverence for the Marvel Universe. I know Insomniac is the defacto home of the MU in vidya now, but this one was more interesting to me. The museum or whatever with the easter eggs made me long for a sequel where we'd see some of that stuff, like The Brood. And you know Richard Rider would be in it, ideally playable. Speaking of the gameplay, I actually enjoyed it a lot. You've just gotta think about it like calling plays in a concerted way, and use em all in rotation, rather than just zipping around as Quill, obviously. Like, use someone to draw enemies in, another to bind em, another to take em out, then the last to get straglers, etc.
Anonymous No.151182595 [Report]
>>151182332
I'm astounded they allowed a female character to be sexy with no strings attached. Ko has a pretty face, a sensible haircut, you can see her butt. All aces.
Anonymous No.151184072 [Report] >>151184099 >>151185885 >>151192940
>>151181988 (OP)
What is she really famous for beside one sexy cover from 18 years ago?
Anonymous No.151184099 [Report] >>151184853
>>151184072
Probably not. But I thought she was cool
Anonymous No.151184184 [Report]
Laira was cool in Emerald Knights. I wish she did more than suck and die in the comic.
Anonymous No.151184853 [Report] >>151184869 >>151184875
>>151184099
D&A just couldn't stop themselves for taking out the hot blue women
Anonymous No.151184869 [Report] >>151184875 >>151185904
>>151184853
Man, they really like killing Kree don't they? Do the Skrulls get it this bad?
Anonymous No.151184875 [Report] >>151185030
>>151184853
They got Deathcry too. pretty brutally too.
>>151184869
shi'ar do.
Anonymous No.151185030 [Report] >>151185103
>>151184875
Poor Deathcry was the only person to die in that whole series. Bog 2 love their expendable 90s characters
Anonymous No.151185103 [Report] >>151185179
>>151185030
Wonder if Century would have died if he appeared.
Anonymous No.151185179 [Report]
>>151185103
Oh god I forgot that guy even existed. Which I'm sure is what probably saved him so far.
Anonymous No.151185859 [Report] >>151186849 >>151187550
>>151182159
no because the biggest criticism for this game is how you only ever play as Star-Lord and never get to play the others. if a Titans game did the same with Nightwing instead of letting players try out Cyborg or Starfire it'll bomb from the negativity alone.
same thing goes for the X-Men game with Cyclops, these characters are popular because of their abilities and powers
Anonymous No.151185869 [Report] >>151187603
>>151182094
I need you faggots who throw "slop" everywhere to rope yourselves
Anonymous No.151185885 [Report]
>>151184072
which cover?
Anonymous No.151185904 [Report]
>>151184869
The Skrulls had several planets outright destroyed under D&A.
Anonymous No.151186782 [Report] >>151187710
>>151181988 (OP)
>character is famously underutilized and wasted in the comics
character is not famous for anything of that sort, get a grip your niche favorite redshirt being "underused" doesn't translate to the rest of the comic fanbase
Anonymous No.151186812 [Report] >>151188228
>>151182332
Nah, Rich should have his own game.
Anonymous No.151186849 [Report] >>151187080
>>151185859
The additional workload from having to add multiple fully featured playstykes and having them all be well-rounded and satisfying just isn't worth it. Best to do one thing well than shit the bed by spreading yourself thin.
Anonymous No.151187036 [Report]
>>151181988 (OP)
Been a few years since I played the game but I remember being pissed by her death, and I didn't even know about the character before.
Anonymous No.151187080 [Report] >>151187592
>>151186849
except we've had a bunch of games like Ultimate Alliance or even Rivals where you can play as multiple characters with their own abilities and powers. the workload that goes into other heroes will be mitigated somewhere else, it's not the effort that's the deal-breaker it's the vision. nothing says we can't have a 4-player co-op Titans game that you can play solo with AI companions instead, it only depends on whether that's what the studio wants to make or not
Anonymous No.151187550 [Report] >>151187636 >>151193685 >>151199807
>>151185859
Building a story-driven game with multiple player characters is how you end up with garbage like Avengers and Gotham Knights. I'd rather get a single player character done very well then 4-5 characters that all play like trash.
Anonymous No.151187581 [Report]
>>151181988 (OP)
>Cool suit
>Not the right color scheme
So close, so close....
Anonymous No.151187588 [Report] >>151187611 >>151188080
>>151182347
How? It gave Drax a better arc and development than every appearance he had in the MCU.
Yes, that isn't saying much, but Drax's character in the game is almost universally praised.
Anonymous No.151187592 [Report] >>151187636
>>151187080
I get this is /co/, not /v/, but you're comparing a multiplayer isometric action rpg and a multiplayer team-based pvp hero shooter to a single-player action rpg with player choice and branching conversation trees.

The GOTG method is a perfect way to faithfully adapt stories like The Judas Contract and Terror of Trigon.
Anonymous No.151187603 [Report] >>151187615
>>151185869
What would be the better word for this then? The story is a poor quality left over of a 2010 era concept story fitted into a game that was a left over concept not even related to GotG.
I', all for spelling it out if you want, I just figured "slop" was appropriate as it summed up what this game was.
Anonymous No.151187611 [Report] >>151187702
>>151187588
>almost universally praised
By who? This game bombed. If it wasn't for the shit like Game Pass even fewer people would have never played it.

It's just a bad /co/ game. Not the worse, but it's forgettable to say the least. Your thread proves as much.
Anonymous No.151187615 [Report] >>151187625
>>151187603
>The story is a poor quality left over of a 2010 era concept story fitted into a game that was a left over concept not even related to GotG.
That doesn't mean it's slop. Things get retrofitted, altered, canceled, and reborn as unrelated projects all the time. That's what happens when you create something.
And considering that the majority of people who even bothered to pick this game up, and liked it, means you're double wrong.
Anonymous No.151187625 [Report]
>>151187615
define what you think slop means. In general it means leftovers of poor quality.

>And considering that the majority of people who even bothered to pick this game up

What the fuck are you doing? Do you work for the studio? Are you trying to make some weird thread to show shareholders? Is this just some attempt at getting bait going?
Anonymous No.151187636 [Report] >>151188196
>>151187550
"these two games with multiple characters failed for reasons OTHER than having multiple characters so surely this means all future games with multiple characters are doomed to fail"
>>151187592
anon the GOTG game was written off by many people simply because it was only about Star-Lord. if people disliked not being able to play as mediocre characters like Rocket or Drax, you bet they'll be more livid if DC announced a Titans game but said you can't fly around as Starfire or transform into different animals as Beast Boy but instead you were stuck doing acrobatics and hitting enemies with sticks as Nightwing
Anonymous No.151187697 [Report]
>>151182044
I mean, if you're ever a fan of the GotG comics it's worth a try since they go for some really deep cuts throughout it. My only issue with is is that the art direction is kinda ugly.
Anonymous No.151187702 [Report] >>151187772
>>151187611
>This game bombed.
Yeah, financially. I'm wellll aware of that. We're talking about the overall quality of the experience.


>>What the fuck are you doing? Do you work for the studio? Are you trying to make some weird thread to show shareholders? Is this just some attempt at getting bait going?
It's called a discussion. I know that's a foreign concept in 2012+13, but not everything is a "bait" or a "troll"
Anonymous No.151187710 [Report] >>151187772 >>151189982
>>151186782
I am certain more people than just me were a bit disappointed that the bitch didn't last 3 issues.
Anonymous No.151187772 [Report] >>151187787 >>151187831
>>151187702
anon most people that pick it up panned it, only the reviewers died on the hill that it was any good. Hence why anon doubts you are being genuine.

>>151187710
It's just you.
Anonymous No.151187787 [Report]
>>151187772
>anon most people that pick it up panned it,
Try again
Anonymous No.151187831 [Report]
>>151187772
You're just lying at this point. The game got decent reviews across the board, a simple search will tell you that.
Anonymous No.151188080 [Report]
>>151187588
>How? It gave Drax a better arc and development than every appearance he had in the MCU.
You're correct, but a crazy aside to this is that a lot of people didn't even get to hear that heartfelt monologue he delivered on that, what was it, casino planet? I'm very glad I expore a lot, and caught it. But i've heard from a lot of people that they just didn't even see it/trigger it.
Anonymous No.151188149 [Report]
>>151182044
Not so much that it's like a mind breaking game, but it is a game that isn't too ashamed of the source material and actually pulls from the comics then just being entirely MCU based. Also a lot of people feel guilty not supporting the game when it first came out because of the Avengers game
Anonymous No.151188196 [Report] >>151193685
>>151187636
I thought the GOTG game was written off because Avengers nuked all the goodwill for Square Enix Marvel games the year before.
Anonymous No.151188228 [Report]
>>151186812
Never happening. The MCU died before he ever got a chance. He’ll never be popular enough for his own game
Anonymous No.151188307 [Report] >>151188364 >>151189152 >>151190711
>>151182044
The gameplay was very fun. I liked the huddle mechanic, being able to coordinate your specific allies to do things like a team (this was the best part, I liked that much better than just being a shooter), and also that the music only played when you were kicking ass and not getting your own ass kicked (it made for some super hype moments, like I got to finish off Foom to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’). In my modest experience it was my favourite gameplay for a fighting game I’ve seen

The story is good, you’ll appreciate it a lot more if you’re a real GOTG fan from the comics.
I will say though on the story, because it keeps track of your actions with your friends to determine what happens, I did do a lot of wikiskimming to make sure I was completionist.
It doesn’t seem to change much though if I’m honest, like they’ll talk much less openly with you but otherwise will do the same things. And some characters don’t show up to aid in the final level, but that’s only if you’re really purposefully a dumb asshole who chooses the stupid things to say.
So for that could’ve been better, if you go hunting everywhere for every possible scene you won’t change the story much if at all, so you should purely go hunting for extra scenes if you want to watch the extra scenes, not because it will affect he ending. If you want to get a “bad ending” you’ll be disappointed, being an asshole to your own team will just make their dialogue less interesting. But it’s very easy to keep them happy since you don’t need to do every single right choice for them to like you, just like 50% right choices, and they’re all super obvious anyway.
I guess I feel a little cheated by that because I was so concerned with keeping the team happy with me when it actually wasn’t that hard or important lol

Also Game Gamora >>>>>>> Movie Gamora. She’s Pretty.
Anonymous No.151188364 [Report] >>151189152
>>151188307
I regret not playing it on hard mode. I played it on normal but the “summon your team to attack like Pokemon” thing was really fun so I had fully figured it out in no time. Could definitely have done the harder challenge
Anonymous No.151189152 [Report] >>151190817 >>151193628
>>151188364
>>151188307
It's funny, toward the end when you get "rewarded" for helping Cosmo by... bypassing what looked like a great battle with an incredible set up? Loved the game but it was a slight kick in the balls, an "ohh shit, the enemies are amassing, here we go" moment into Deus ex space canis moving you onto the next section.
Anonymous No.151189982 [Report]
>>151187710
If anything she lasted way too long. There was no point in keeping her character around in any form.
Anonymous No.151190711 [Report]
>>151188307
>Game Gamora >>>>>>> Movie Gamora
I don't like how covered up she is though. I find Zoe Saldana's version pretty hot and I thought she was mdoest with her clothing, but the game just about covers up everything that isn't her head
Anonymous No.151190817 [Report] >>151191916
>>151189152
Not just Cosmo, you get the same thing if you passed the dialogue checks with the World Mind. How is this any different from any other game where you gather your allies like Mass Effect or Dragon Age. If you did it right it makes the end sequences easier and you get the best ending.
Anonymous No.151191060 [Report]
When will Nikki make it to the 616?
Anonymous No.151191916 [Report]
>>151190817
Yeah, it's fine, it's an idle nitpick, I just meant to intimate that I liked the combat and would rather have fought that part out than be rewarded with less gameplay, no biggie
Anonymous No.151192940 [Report]
>>151184072
what sexy cover, she looks generic in all her comic images I've seen so far
Anonymous No.151193020 [Report] >>151193463 >>151198544
If you were to make a sequel, what would it be like
I'd probably go for a loose Thanos Imperative adaptation
Anonymous No.151193463 [Report] >>151193618
>>151193020
I just want an actual adaptation of Annihilation
Anonymous No.151193555 [Report]
>>151181988 (OP)
Maybe if they made the women attractive it would have succeeded. Gamora looked liked an emo guitarist
Anonymous No.151193618 [Report]
>>151193463
Maybe in the 2030’s, but don’t hold your breath
Anonymous No.151193628 [Report]
>>151189152
I felt the exact same.
The World Mind didn't help much, but before Cosmo I had an "oh shit" and blood pumped moment when you saw the Billion and 1 of those super OP juggernauts on the walkway. Like you'll have to give it your all more than any previous level
Then Cosmo just let you skip it but that seemed like the coolest part of the whole level so I kinda didn't want to skip it lol
Anonymous No.151193685 [Report]
>>151187550
>Avengers and Gotham Knights
>Story-driven game
They may have had stories, but no one who played the Avengers game could possibly argue it was "story-driven." It was, like Anthem, meant to try and bridge the gap between the creating studio's prior, single player focused work, and a money generating, endless multiplayer GAAS. Both failed at that and failed in general. Ironically, it was their inability and unwillingness to squeeze the audience for cash that did them in (and also being shit). Neither had anything actually worth spending money on, nor any endless content worth playing, and not even a basic gameplay loop worth doing.

Gotham Knights is trickier, but ultimately the same: it tried to pretend it was always meant to be a one and done, story game. But obviously before the leaks that explicitly mentioned it'd been hastily converted from a GAAS project, the nature of its mechanics and systems made it obvious.

Whereas GotG was hit with what anon points out here: >>151188196
It was another MCU-esque Squeenix game, but it was actually through and through a single player narrative game. But after all the failure of Avengers, Squeenix didn't bother to push it much and people weren't looking forward to off brand MCU, even though the game turned out to be its own things aside from that (though it still kind of was). The fact that you only really controlled Starlord may or may not have sunk it in a different context, but it was never given any attention by the mainstream audience because of the above before that even really became a concern. It's like blaming the story in the Avengers game focusing on Kamala Khan when everything else about that game killed it first.
Anonymous No.151195659 [Report] >>151197693 >>151199846
>>151181988 (OP)
her daughter's hot
Anonymous No.151197693 [Report]
>>151195659
Should've been Peter's.
Anonymous No.151197702 [Report]
>>151182454
you sound angry
Anonymous No.151198544 [Report]
>>151193020
for this game? it's never happening if it it somehow did then Annihilation is my preference, and while we're at it have them redesign Star-Lord to look good for once, I don't realize how despite the game being so fun they managed to make Quill look even lamer than the MCU version
Anonymous No.151199807 [Report]
>>151187550
neither of them failed because of having multiple characters you fucking tool
Anonymous No.151199846 [Report] >>151200017 >>151200699
>>151195659
It's a shame her endgame design is so fucking bad
Anonymous No.151200017 [Report] >>151200699
>>151199846
who was in Endgame???
Anonymous No.151200340 [Report] >>151200525
>>151181988 (OP)
It's a shame how much that Avengers game ruined the general opinion of Marvel games until Rivals came along
Anonymous No.151200525 [Report]
>>151200340
to be fair their whole obsession with realism has fucked Marvel games since at least 2017, Rivals stood out particularly because Netease embraces comic characters looking like they should and aren't afraid of fanservice for both men AND women
Anonymous No.151200699 [Report] >>151200725
>>151200017
bro, really?
>>151199846
Her endgame design is literally just her comics design. Also, she's 12.
Anonymous No.151200725 [Report] >>151201086
>>151200699
And it translates like shit into 3D
She's not the worst offender, there are some really awful outfits in the game, but I laughed out loud when she rocked up in this getup
Anonymous No.151201086 [Report]
>>151200725
They needed to make the hair bigger & longer.