Marvel’s Midnight Suns - PS/XB/SW/PC - October 2022

[Hexx]

 

[Benny]

Can't wait for Hawkeye to miss a 99% to hit shot.

[shirubagan]

That’s one of the worst cover versions of a song ever. Just… no. 

[Mr. Gerbik]

Hm, I was imagining a proper Marvel Ultimate Alliance like roster of heroes to play with. But that trailer suggests they've gone for a grimdark tone and only that disappointing line up will be playable?

 

I was in for a colourful Marvel superhero XCOM but that trailer is not at all what I imagined.

4 minutes ago, shirubagan said:

That’s one of the worst cover versions of a song ever. Just… no. 

Indeed. Godawful. The original version would've been so much better.

 

[deerokus]

I feel like I've been complaining about trailers using bad cover versions being a player out trope for a decade - and they're still doing it.

[Spatial]

Needs more Moon Knight.

 

If we don't get him, and they shoe horn in Cap and Iron Man just to have some bankable characters, I'll have a little nerd pout. But then cave in and buy it anyway cos playing something Dr Strange-centric is a dream come true.

 

edit: Oh wait, its Suns not Sons. Still the same theme I guess but I guess.

[cassidy]

Who is the woman with the two swords? I have no idea? 

 

I saw Magick in the trailer and if she is a playable character. Then I'm in.

[Spatial]

Seems it's an original character created for the game called `The Hunter`

 

There was talk of the game allowing you to create your own unique character so it could be intended to represent that, or they just decided to take liberties and give Lilith a new daughter (she's had so many offspring and I'm not totally familiar with the lore, so it could be an obscure existing character I guess.).

[Gabe]

I can't really think anything about this until we seem some gameplay in a week's time, but apparently there's no permadeath (expected when dealing with licensed characters) and there's a hub area you can walk around and build relationships with your team, according to Era.

[gospvg]

Looking forward to seeing the gameplay on the 1st September.

[BadgerFarmer]

Just corrected the thread title to avoid any confusion, or in case people are searching for it.

[Captain Kelsten]

Terrible song, terrible trailer, terrible animations, terrible models.

 

Looks great!

[Hexx]

https://www.gamesradar.com/midnight-sons-midnight-suns-marvel/

 

Midnight Sons: Meet the Marvel Comics supernatural superheroes who inspired the Midnight Suns

 

(Notice who's not in the picture? Fucking Wolverine)

[fatbob]

I'm not a big Marvel head, but anything Xcom-y from Firaxis i'm excited to play.

 

I hope that Sandman cover plays on loop in all cutscenes and levels.

[moosegrinder]

If you think that cover's bad don't go looking for the Blacklist album when it comes out. Most of the ones they've released so far are atrocious.

[fatbob]

It'll be interesting to see what this game is. 

 

When Jeff Grubb mentioned it, my hope was that you basically get to make/generate your own characters like Xcom. Maybe have a few real ones dip in and out from time to time. 

 

So, you'll have like the local bench heroes, dealing with a feud at the pork pie factory or whatever. But then Iron Man shows up with an issue and recruits you for a mission against a bigger threat. Some of your team probably die, but that's ok because nobody cares. Iron Man flies off and you get back to the beef at the pork pie factory.

 

It doesn't seem like that's the game?

[RubberJohnny]

Jeff was wrong, but it sounds like your main character is original and customisable.

[deerokus]

It actually sounds more like Fire Emblem than XCom

[Nick R]

1 hour ago, Hexx said:

https://www.gamesradar.com/midnight-sons-midnight-suns-marvel/

 

Midnight Sons: Meet the Marvel Comics supernatural superheroes who inspired the Midnight Suns

 

(Notice who's not in the picture? Fucking Wolverine)

 

I'm not familiar with any of those comics' stories. For me, the orange colour scheme and mystical flames reminded me of Fear Itself, where they get Asgardian weapons and costumes:

 

[Hexx]

I'm not familiar either. I just wanted to complain about Mr-Overexposure being here  

[Nick R]

10 minutes ago, Hexx said:

I'm not familiar either. I just wanted to complain about Mr-Overexposure being here  

 

Could be worse - at least it's not Deadpool.

[Gabe]

21 minutes ago, deerokus said:

It actually sounds more like Fire Emblem than XCom

Although there's no permadeath so I wonder whether missions are a straight succeed/fail or whether you you can fail but still progress (like in traditional Xcom games)? 

[Ktisis]

Jake Solomon has earned a lot of trust after XCom 2 and WOTC, having him in charge and it being Marvel based means i'm going to play the shit out of this. Could do with more Elsa though..

[Benny]

WOTC was basically Marvel aliens, and I still loved it. I'm really not sold on the grimdark aesthetic though.

[deerokus]

7 minutes ago, metallicfrodo said:

 Well they've certainly got enough that it might not be the worst

 

https://www.metallica.com/the-metallica-blacklist/

Oh no.

 

[moosegrinder]

Oh yes.

[StumpyJohn]

4 hours ago, deerokus said:

It actually sounds more like Fire Emblem than XCom

 

13 hours ago, Gabe said:

there's a hub area you can walk around and build relationships with your team, according to Era.

If its like Fire Emblem then 99% of the "gameplay" will be talking in the hub area

[CheekyLee]

Cards.

 

🙈

[Gabe]

Why oh why did they have to make this card-based combat? What a waste. Oh well, I no longer have to care about this I suppose, but what a shame.

[Benny]

I don't see the problem with that. Anyone who has played Slay the Spire will know it can be superb. It also works fantastically in the lesser talked about Chaos Reborn.

 

I'm surprised any strategy fan would be writing it off before trying it just because of "cards". It's just an abstraction like any game mechanic after all.