Capcom 3 now boasts 12 new characters to try and incorporate into my team - six from the Capcom universe (Frank West, Strider, Nemesis, Firebrand, Phoenix Wright, and Vergil) and six from Marvel (Nova, Rocket Raccoon, Iron Fist, Hawkeye, Dr. You can imagine my excitement that Ultimate Marvel vs. From my experience with the first installment, while the roster was plentiful, in order to play the game competitively, there were only a few characters I had to choose from - Wekser, Dormammu, and Spencer was my team, and those are all characters quite familiar in high-level play.

Whereas most of the other people on staff have probably played this game casually, or got into it at launch but tapered off as other big releases hit, I have been playing it non-stop since its release. I’m going to start out by saying that I am a HUGE fan of Marvel vs. Is this game a legitimate update that is worth your money, or should this have been an optional DLC purchase as many people were demanding? Now that the game has launched, I’ve been fortunate to spend enough time with it to form an opinion on how it stacks up as a new installment in this franchise. As a budgeted upgrade to the “vanilla” version, there was some hostility towards Capcom’s releasing this game to cash in on the flaws of the first installment. However, not even a year later, amidst complaints of how “broken” X-factor was and how certain characters were overpowered, Capcom responded with the announcement of Ultimate Marvel vs.

With the addition of brand new characters, a new mechanic called “X-factor,” and the promise of even more characters in the form of DLC, this appeared to be the fighting game to get.

Capcom 3 was released, fans jumped for joy at the long awaited return of the Marvel Vs.

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