Wednesday, November 12, 2014

WHAT IF...WE ALSO HAD MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE ONLINE?

Immediately there will be those who disagree, and feel that the Big 2 comic companies stop imitating each other. Understandable. However, they are going to generally do it anyway, and let's face it, there are moments where imitation lead to something bigger, and better things. An example of this would be Deadpool. The Merc With A Mouth is a massive success, and although has become his own character, Wade Wilson is a rip-off of DC Comics Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson.

So, why doesn't Marvel try their hand at online gaming in a style similar to DC Universe Online? Similar. It wouldn't have to be a direct rip-off, as they could even listen to the audience (which contain both DC and Marvel fans) and improve off of it. Everyone would have their own list of ideas, for both game play and stories. Even having the "real" heroes and villains be more involved than they do in DCUO, where they are involved but not on a level that matters really.
Perhaps take from Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, and have the paths that gamers choose be decision based through out the game. Or at the very least an option to turn and continue on with the character you already have instead of having to build a new character.
Story wise break the initial options down to "Mutant", "Alien", "Experimental", and "Human". Experimental would cover characters like Captain America, but also "accidentals" like Spider-Man and Daredevil.
Visually it would be nice to have costumes, powers, etc be more Marvel based, with some things similar to that of the DC characters. Which seems to be needed based on the number of Marvel characters that are running around the worlds of DC Universe Online.

Of course this may or may never happen. One can dream and hope. There must be others out there who also want this. Even as a mainly DC Comics fan, find myself wanting this to happen.

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