Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 - Quick Thoughts

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Where do I begin with this? I'm going to make this short and quick but I wanted to say something about it.I'm a casual fighting game player so I don't get into the mechanics of it very often. I don't really notice the re-balancing of characters or how some moves have been nerfed. Dante is still a massive powerhouse to me and I still enjoy playing him.

You know what I don't enjoy about this game? Phoenix Wright. What a wasted character he is. He has to be the weakest, most annoying character ever to appear in a fighting game. His mechanics and gameplay are just SOOOOOO awful. I kept trying to see his ending but the way he randomly flails about makes it really hard to attack. I couldn't believe how bad of a character he is. There were so many other characters out there who would've been SOOOOO much better.

I actually enjoy Nemesis though. He's a pretty slick powerhouse of a character. Still not happy with him being another Resident Evil character. We really didn't need 4 of them in this game.

That's probably my biggest complaint with this game though. A lot of the new characters feel like wasted choices. Off hand I would throw out Rocket Raccoon, Phoenix Wright, Nemesis, Vergil, Nova, Iron Fist and Firebrand. Wow that half of the dozen new characters that were added.

Now for who I would've replaced them with? Rogue, Silver Surfer, Blade, Nick Fury, Ms. Marvel, Daredevil, Cyclops, Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Black Widow, or Luke Cage would've been better choices on the Marvel side. Seriously they should have just studied Marvel Ultimate Alliance for a great character list. Squirrel Girl should have been the most obvious choice for this game.What a missed opportunity.

For Capcom, how about classic Mega Man (and no, not the crappy North American boxart version. I liked the joke for Mega Man Universe but having that version show up in Street Fighter X Tekken is taking it a lot to far). Rival Schools and Power Stone both had characters ripe for the plucking. How about Regina from Dinos Crisis? Or how about someone from the Onimusha games? Why not someone from the Breath of Fire series? There were so many untouched games with much more potential then what was used.

Part of me hopes for character  DLC in the future but I think Capcom will stick to lame costumes and call it good. (Seriously, why would anyone pay money just to change a costume? That crap should have been included on disc.)

So I fell for the double-dip. That's my choice. What can ya do? I'm just going to have to deal with it.

Warriors Orochi 3 - The Great Gut Wrench!

Hey. It's been a bit but no one actually reads this blog anyways so I'm not all that concerned. I just felt that typing this out will help me vent a little bit. Maybe fix this bum mood that I'm in. This is probably a very silly reason to upset but I will admit that it did get to me. You see, I'm a big fan of of Koei's Warrior series of games. I was bummed when Samurai Warriors 3 was Wii exclusive (I still think that was a dumb move). But I've been eagerly awaiting the announcement that Warriors Orochi 3 was coming to the U.S and that I could get it for my PS3. On January 23 that announcement finally came!

Man was I excited. It was supposed to launch on March 20th which is right before my birthday so I thought that this was perfect. It would make such a great b-day present. But today I was looking up some info when I ran across the news, some really bad news (to me at least). The game will be released in with Japanese vocal track only.

WTF?!

Now I understand that the Warriors games have become more a niche thing and are no longer the massive seller here in the States that it once was. But now the series has gone super-niche. It will appeal only to those who enjoy subtitles.With the Warriors games being fast paced it's not exactly easy  to read during battle. It doesn't help that I only have a standard def TV and no one makes text readable for those types of TVs anymore. It's really frustrating not being able to tell if it's an 8 or b that's on screen and this isn't going to help me any.

So I'm going to pass on Warriors Orochi 3 for now. My excitement level is completely crushed and I will admit that I feel kind of betrayed by Koei. I've always been a day one purchaser of their product. Now I get that they don't actually owe me anything, but it doesn't change the way that I feel about it. I may still pick it up when it's going for under $20. And then it will probably be used too...

Now if they happen to announce a free English voice pack download to fix this horrendous mistake then I will reconsider my purchasing plans. But at this point I just don't care if they stop releasing the games overseas. I would like to listen to the game in my own language. Anyone else is afforded the same right. Just as I have to forgo my purchase.

Thanks for memories Koei. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm sad to see that you've stopped trying.