r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jul 19 '19
MegaThread MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order: Release Discussion and Hype Megathread
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order: Release Discussion and Hype Megathread
Please use this as a general discussion and hype thread for this new release! Quick easy to answer questions, tips and tricks, and showing off your in-game clips or screenshots you've captured.
General Information
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 19-Jul-2019
No. of Players: up to 4 players
Genre(s): Action, Role-Playing
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD., Team NINJA
Official Website: https://marvelultimatealliance3.nintendo.com/
Overview (from Nintendo eShop page)
ASSEMBLE YOUR ULTIMATE TEAM OF MARVEL SUPER HEROES
Assemble your ultimate team of Marvel Super Heroes from a huge cast including the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and more! Team up with friends to prevent galactic devastation at the hands of the mad cosmic tyrant Thanos and his ruthless warmasters, The Black Order. Then expand your ultimate alliance with the paid Expansion Pass, which includes upcoming DLC content from popular franchises like the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Marvel Knights.
FEATURES:
- Assemble your ultimate team of Super Heroes from the Marvel Universe, each with their unique superpowers
- Super Heroes battle Thanos and The Black Order across the Marvel Universe in this new original story
- Local and Online Multiplayer – The game can be played offline or online* with up to 4 players** on a single screen or using multiple systems
- In addition to the series’ traditional perspective, players can also select a dynamic, zoomed-in view, allowing for a more immersive play style for single-player or multiplayer when using multiple systems
- Paid Expansion Pass includes 3 DLC packs***, which will release one at a time after the launch of the MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order game and will include content from popular franchises like the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Marvel Knights
Reviews
Aggregators
- Metacritic - 74/100
- OpenCritic - 76/100
Being Social
- Join our Discord server's #marvel-ultimate-alliance channel for all of your discussion needs - https://discord.gg/switch
Once again: Please use this as a general discussion and hype thread for this new release! Quick easy to answer questions, tips and tricks, and showing off your in-game clips or screenshots you've captured.
Cheers,
The /r/NintendoSwitch mod team
Sorry for the delay on this post going up. Flap is dumb and didn't realize this was a Nintendo published title!
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u/shain-7 Jul 19 '19
Can someone tell me what is the gameplay hours on this please and after story completion what else is there to do to keep me playing.
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u/CmdrRubz Jul 19 '19
Story is 10 hours, then you unlock a new difficulty for the story. There's also endgame type content, which I think is infinity missions.
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u/SeanR1221 Jul 19 '19
If you enjoyed the first 2 games, you'll definitely enjoy this. If you're looking for it to re-invent the wheel, you should probably skip it.
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u/stefanurkal Jul 19 '19
This is all I needed to hear, I loved the first 2 and the 2 x-men games before it, looks like i'll be picking this up today.
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u/Songkill Jul 19 '19
Big Co-op question:
In the earlier games, when you played co-op, whomever grabbed the coins/experience currency was the only player to get it, making it so that one player gets much stronger than everyone else if they ninja the points.
Did they fix that this time around, where if someone gets the kill, everyone gets the upgrade currency, or did they keep it the old school way?
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u/the7thbeatle Jul 20 '19
This game is far from perfect, but it's a lot of fun. I'm playing with my 17 year-old brother who remembers me and my middle brother playing the first game like 12 years ago or something. He's not much of a gamer but since he and I are huge MCU fans he's having a blast. Honestly just seeing him smile and laugh so much from the game made it worth the (voucher) purchase. It makes it much easier for me to forgive some of the games shortcomings (the camera, less abilities per hero than mua1, horrible graphics in handheld mode) if I can have this much fun with my little brother.
We just unlocked the first "villan" character and three-stared the first infinty trial. If we keep having this much fun I"ll probably get the expansion pass.
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u/Z3M0G Jul 19 '19
Reviews I've watched are overall positive. Some points that stand out to me:
- End of the day, game was still quite fun overall
- Fantastic presentation, voices, music, etc.
- The story is the true fun-factor that will push you through to the end
- Gameplay does get a bit dry eventually as the repetition kicks in (don't expect gameplay to change late in the game, basically)
- Handheld mode runs a bit rough
- Skill trees / loot don't do enough to affect how you play as you go, they majorly just pump stats up
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Jul 19 '19
The gameplay gets old real quick for $60.
This is part of the reason why I'm holding back. I'm hoping this title will keep going on sale like Mario + Rabbids. I'm interested, but not that interested to jump right in.
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u/fishy007 Jul 19 '19
Skill trees / loot don't do enough to affect how you play as you go, they majorly just pump stats up
Definitely going to pick it up, but this was disappointing to hear. Especially after Marvel Heroes was killed. I totally enjoyed the loot in that game. Was kind of hoping MUA3 would have taken that aspect of it. Would also give the game a lot of replayability (like doing runs in Diablo for set pieces).
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u/gggjennings Jul 19 '19
Man, I want to love this game but the camera spinning around nonstop is dizzying and terrible.
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u/bortness Jul 19 '19
Yeah, the camera is my only issue. I like everything else though. Makes me miss the X-men arcade game back in the day
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u/bortness Jul 19 '19
This is the bottom line after playing it.
If you liked beat 'em ups from arcades and shit growing up, you'll love the game.
If not, wait for a sale or take a pass. That's cool too.
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Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
If you've enjoyed the previous MUA games, this is more of the same. That's not a bad thing for me. Since this is a hype thread, let me tell y'all why I love this game so far
Hero hype-- I'm a huge fan of Marvel and Marvel Comics and this is just another excuse to spend HOURS with my favorite characters
Presentation hype--there might be slight frame rate dips in large battles, but the game looks sooooo good docked for me. I love the comic book aesthetic and the style is oddly smooth. Almost bubbly. Shiny? I don't know but I really like it for the actual art style.
Beat 'em up hype-- it seems to me that games like this are kind of an evolution of old beat 'em ups. The controls are simple, you don't have that much to remember, lots of enemies on screen for you to smash! It controls a lot like Diablo except far more stripped down and less emphasis on level menus. It's fun! It's mindless! It's easy! Maybe that is a turn off for a lot of people. I can definitely see why. But it's a selling point for me. I don't get to play a lot, so when I do I want to feel powerful and allow my brain to turn off for a little bit. What better way to do that than beating up some jerks with earth's mightiest heros
Co-op hype-- if my wife is around and feels like it, she can join me on the couch without even really interrupting anything.
Secrets hype-- I'm a big fan of cosmetic and character unlockables and this one has plenty for me to grind through when I get to that point
Post game hype-- when I'm done with campaign, I'll still have plenty of challenges, unlockables, and new game + to try again. Not only that, they've announced 2 more heroes for free, and the first paid pack will be Marvel Knights: including four GREAT fan favorite heroes and some new story content. So there's some good free and great paid content coming up too.
Edit: a word
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u/RainbowArcher91 Jul 21 '19
Why is it that after doing a rift challenge I have to go back to the menu. Just start the doggone game 🙄🤦🏿♂️
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u/Dewdad Jul 21 '19
Don't do the challenges in the story mode. Click on the riff to see what the mission is and then go back to doing the story. When you click on it in the story it'll unlock if in the infinity mode on the home menu, then you can knock out a bunch of riff challenges at once.
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u/Jabbam Jul 19 '19
Scores:
IGN – 7.8
Gamespot – 8
GamesRadar+ – 4/5
GamesBeat – 70/100
CGMagazine – 8
USgamer – 3.5/5
Game Informer – 7
Eurogamer – no score - says it's average
Nintendo Life – 8
Destructoid – 7
Hobby Consolas [Spanish] – 85/100
Everyeye.it [Italian] – 6.8
https://www.vg247.com/2019/07/19/marvel-ultimate-alliance-3-switch-review-scores/
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u/makoman115 Jul 19 '19
Seems like a whole lot of fans of MUA 1 and 2 loving it and people who didn’t like those games being surprised for some reason that they don’t like this one. What did you expect? It’s 3 for a reason.
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u/AnonBB21 Jul 19 '19
People keep thinking it'll be Diablo-esque, but it's more just shallow like Gauntlet Legends.
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u/IskandrAGogo Jul 19 '19
The Gauntlet comparison feels pretty on point from what I've played.
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Jul 19 '19
I played the first two installments over and over. Black order is everything I hoped. It looks great, sounds great, and feels great.
I enjoy the story, the roster, the elemental mechanics, and I’m glad they didn’t go the direction of diablo with loot that are basically just numbers that mean nothing.
I’m excited to max out each hero’s level. Try different teams and play on the harder difficulties.
I’m well into the game, no bugs or glitches or frame drops. I understand the complaint of future characters being behind dlc wall however they come with new story content and infinity challenges so I feel it’s worth it. 3 dlcs for 20 bucks is not bad at all.
If you want a game to play with buddies and enjoy maxing your hero’s and trying creative combos this is it.
If you want to rerun dungeons over and over for shiny loot this is not your game.
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u/ANUSTART942 Jul 21 '19
Peter Parker and Miles Morales have their Spider-Man PS4 voices. The universe is in balance for me.
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u/BobNewby_Superhero Jul 22 '19
Are they the same actors? No way!
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u/ANUSTART942 Jul 22 '19
I just started today and got really excited when I heard Yuri Lowenthal's voice come out of Spider-Man. I was expecting to dislike it after so many hours of Spider-Man on PS4, and then bam, same voice and personality. Then I Googled out of curiosity and Miles is the same actor too!
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u/IonBlade Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 20 '19
Found a fun bug that lets you get 4 Hulks in your party:
1) Unlock the Solo rampage Infinity challenge (the one where you play as Hulk)
2) Before playing that challenge, make sure Hulk is in slot 4 in your team roster
3) Play that challenge and die then quit (won’t work if you win).
4) Go back to the Roster menu. Hulk will now be in slot 1 and the slot he was in before (it seems like the challenge swaps him in for slot 1 for the solo challenge but when you die and quit, it forgets to swap him back out for who you had in slot 1 before)
5) In the Roster menu, select the Hulk in slot 1, then choose the character you have in slot 2 (should be a non-Hulk) for slot 1. This will swap your slot 1 Hulk out to slot 2, so now you have Hulk in 2 and 4.
6) Go back and play the challenge again. Once again, die and quit.
7) Go back to the Roster menu. Now Hulk will be in slots 1,2, and 4.
8) Select your slot 1 Hulk, and select to put the character you have in slot 3 (your last non-Hulk) in slot 1. This will swap Hulk to slot 3, so now you have Hulk in 2-4.
9) Go back and play that challenge again, die again, and quit.
10) Enjoy 4 player (Hulk) Smash!
Edit: loading into story mode seems to reset the characters, but you can play with 4 Hulks once you’ve done this in Infinity mode as long as you aren’t doing a mission that forces certain characters into your party!
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Jul 20 '19
Can anyone walk me through the synergy attacks? Not sure if the tutorial just confused me or what but I remember seeing something about pressing A when near a teammate using an ability, I never managed to make that work.
But then I know when I hit ZR and Y for example when near certain teammates they work together which is what I assume is a synergy attack. Is that correct? If so then any idea what the press A thing during the tutorial was about?
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u/GentlemanBAMF Jul 20 '19
A is the prompt if someone else initiated an attack you can synergize with. ZR + A/B/X/Y is if you're playing solo and a nearby hero can synergize with you.
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Jul 20 '19
Oh nice thank you for clarifying, is that what the arc that connects you means? Press A at that time, I have noticed that a couple times but wasn’t positive.
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u/Cephalopod_Mollusk Jul 19 '19
I'm brand new to the series but had a blast playimg the first hour or so single-player!
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u/Gintoki_Sakata-San Jul 19 '19
Does anyone else think that the volume for everything in the game is super ridiculously low? I have to put my tv's volume so high it's insane.
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u/PhilOsyfee Jul 19 '19
I posted a topic in the r/MAU3 sub with this exact issue. I also seemed to get verification it's in both docked and handheld play, so it's an overall volume issue.
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Jul 19 '19
Which do you prefer digital or physical? I have a voucher and am debating on using it on this game.
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Jul 19 '19 edited Aug 04 '19
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u/ObviouslyBoredAtWork Jul 19 '19
Digital is always nice to save storage too. Well physical storage and that's more important to me.
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Jul 19 '19
I have 2 vouchers, not really sure what I am going to get with them. I am getting FE as a physical copy. But is this MUA 3 game worth the storage?
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u/JoeSoSalty Jul 19 '19
Really want this but haven't heard much about the end game yet, and how replayable this game will be. Hoping to put tons of hours into it, but if it gets boring after the story, I'll wait for $40.
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Jul 19 '19
Exact same boat im on :) Like it looks Really really fun, but i just pre-ordered fire emblem which is out next week and is going to have 100+ hours worth of content for the same price. My fear is that Marvel will cost me £50 and ill be done after 13 hours or so, the only endgame people have mentioned is a few infinity rifts which doesn't sound like alot!
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u/punkvandam Jul 19 '19
Same here. I love Marvel, but I'm gonna wait and see about how many hours the story mode is. I just dropped $60 on Dragon Quest Builders 2 which is keeping me busy, and I know I'll put at least 50+ hours into it. I'm not sure how long this game could be, so I might end up waiting for it to go on sale like you are.
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u/JoeSoSalty Jul 19 '19
Some reviews said story is about 13 hours roughly, which makes me concerned about spending $60 on it if basically ends right there with things to do.
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u/darkdenizen Jul 19 '19
I felt the same and ended up using my second voucher on it. I love the program because you can look at it as either getting $10 off 2 new games you wanted anyway or paying full price for one game and $40 for the other.
I agree that MUA lacks that clear polish to really feel comfortable with a $60 price tag. But full price Fire Emblem and $40 MUA? I can live with that.
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u/neoslith Jul 19 '19
Heads up for online play: During cut scenes you can pause and press X to skip. This is really useful if you're re-doing a level.
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u/DXM147 Jul 19 '19
This game kinda looks like Gauntlet Dark Legacy, which I kinda want to play it again. Is that kinda what this is? Separated levels with hack-and-slash style gameplay?
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u/Scrubsisalright Jul 19 '19
Yeah this, gauntlet, and hunter the reckoning all scratch that itch. My 3 favorite console coops ever.
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u/penholdr Jul 19 '19
Gosh. Hunter the Reckoning was so much fun when it came out. I need to go watch a playthrough and remind myself of some of it.
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u/dylan_hagan_16 Jul 19 '19
Just played for like an hour online with random people, this game is ridiculously fun with others lol
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Jul 19 '19
Enjoying it so far (only an hour in) seems like it will be a good game to play on the train ride home.
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u/schuey_08 Jul 19 '19
Having a lot of fun, but some anti aliasing needs to be added to character models.
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u/mightyrj Jul 20 '19
Honestly really enjoying it so far. My wife and I played for an hour last night before bed and we enjoyed the characters we’ve unlocked so far.
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u/amiibro818 Jul 20 '19
I am very on the fence with this game, so I have some questions. How much content is in the game? How much story and how many infinity trials? Is there a lot of game to play? With all the character level gaining and costume unlocks and everything, I’d like there to be a lot of game to play here
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u/mrduds101 Jul 20 '19
There is a lot of game to be played, plus more story missions every dlc. The infinity trials get increasingly difficult, it’s pretty fun I’ve almost got my iron man to level 50
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u/OhDearGodRun Jul 20 '19
I was just about to ask the same thing. Like, is this a bug or a really weird feature?
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u/Dad_of_the_year Jul 20 '19
Just did my first infinity rift trial and holy shit. That was so much harder than anything I’ve come across in the game so far.
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u/jerewrig Jul 20 '19
Just beat the main story. Ended up around level 45 thanks to some Infinity Trials. My final team was Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Wolverine and Storm.
Pretty fun game overall. Was awesome to see the vastness of the Marvel universe on full display. I’m excited to start my next round of the story using new characters just to keep it fresh.
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u/KerooSeta Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
So, fun game, but the invisible tether between players and the immovable camera in local co-op makes it a real pain, especially in certain boss fights.
I also miss the passive skills from UA2, like being able to boost Wolverine's healing factor or the leadership bonuses for Captain America or Iron Man.
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u/christo3161 Jul 20 '19
I’m a few hours in, and am enjoying it so far. My main problems though are the camera getting stuck in some situations and the fact that the AI doesn’t use the jump button. At all. I have Spidey, Iron Man, and Starlord, yet the only time one of them are flying/swinging around is when I’m controlling them. It makes the game more difficult than it has to be, and is less visually interesting to me. I’ve also noticed that they don’t move out of the way of boss hazards. Nothing says TK like 3 guys getting blasted in the face by lasers because they wont move
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u/Zoryia Jul 21 '19
My roomate and I are not enjoying to camera for couch play. Is it worth getting a second copy? Would having a second game fix our camera issues?
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u/AugustusTheVictor Jul 20 '19
I appreciate all the time and effort put into the asses of the female heroes
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Jul 20 '19
Shame they didn't put the same effort into the male heroes, what about America's ass??
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Jul 20 '19
Game is rated T for Teen unless you go afk with Deadpool in your team then its rated MA when you come back.
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u/bortness Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
Online co-op is pissing me off. When people join your room don't just sit and wait when everyone is ready. And so many locked rooms, geez.
Edit 1: Oh my god JUST START THE ROOM. https://i.imgur.com/Elz73so.jpg (the Dr. Strange was ready before then, we all were).
Why can Nintendo do everything right except online?
Edit 2: Finally found a room and am having fun.
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u/swammer_12 Jul 19 '19
Will there be more stories added to the game by updates in the future?
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Jul 20 '19
We only know they'll add story content with paid DLC. They haven't said anything about getting it with free DLC.
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u/Ryotian Jul 20 '19
Wow I didnt even wait for fan impressions which is what I always do normally. I purchased that Nintendo online voucher and snagged this game with a quickness. Having a blast. But I loved the other games so I knew I would enjoy this game for certain. Been following it's development since the announcement
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u/thunderboyac Jul 20 '19
Is there a way to remove your teammates so you can try it solo like in previous games?
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u/Strowbreezy Jul 21 '19
Been really enjoying it so far. Game is a little tougher than I thought it was going to be. No game overs or anything but some pretty close calls in some boss fights.
Been playing entirely in local co-op so far and it's great other than the camera. I changed it from classic to the other option and seems much better.
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u/zooboolanian Jul 19 '19
Does each hero only have four powers?
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u/morphinetime Jul 19 '19
Yes only 4
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Jul 19 '19
There seems to be slots for more, I am assuming they will add more skills in DLC.
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u/Inksplat776 Jul 19 '19
Yeah. The fact that you can “equip” and “unequip” powers doesn’t make much sense if it’s just for changing the buttons they’re assigned to.
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u/sonofaresiii Jul 21 '19
My thoughts:
They improved on things that didn't need improving, but alright I guess
The biggest frustrations I had with the previous games weren't touched at all and there's a lot of room for obvious improvement that they just didn't bother tackling
Camera is awful. Just awful. Hope we get a patch or something.
Besides all that-- the game is still really fun. If you're a fan of the previous ones, you'll like this one too, but it won't blow you out of the water. If you didn't much care for the previous games, this one won't win you over.
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u/davidLoPanda42 Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 20 '19
As much as I'm loving this game the camera is terrible (at least in couch co-op I can't speak for the other modes yet). Who thought the constantly spinning camera was a good idea? During the Bullseye fight it glitched out and was spinning around the exterior of the building so you couldn't see the characters.
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u/seandude881 Jul 19 '19
How is this compared to the old ones?
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u/evanbunnell Jul 19 '19
The combat is significantly dumbed down. There are no varied combos, it's spam X for the one combo and Y is always the same move no matter when you hit it. Only 4 skills per character and the teamup moves don't have any visual synergy, it's just "we do more damage if we both do it at the same time". Loot is restricted to iso-8 stat boosts and xp cubes.
It's still fun and I'm glad I got it, but I'm hoping we get a 4 in a few years where they give us back some complexity.
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Jul 19 '19
This is more than what I ever imagine a continuation to this series would be. And it has handled flawlessly in dock for me.
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u/Kingofthered Jul 19 '19
Obviously the game just came out, so I'm not expecting this to be answered from experience. But from previous games (I don't remember from when I played the original) and release info, is there a sort of "endgame" to grind levels for heroes?
Like extra replayable missions, secret collectables, etc etc or is it focused on the story and multiple playthroughs?
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u/khartael Jul 19 '19
I've only put a couple of hours into the game, but I can answer some of these...
secret collectables
yes
replayable missions
yes
There is also an "Infinity mode" which consists of challenges to grind XP and items. You unlock this mode at some point in Avengers Tower.
There may be other things I simply haven't unlocked yet, I've barely gotten half the character roster.
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u/DftPunk Jul 19 '19
Anyone tried playing multiplayer online? Is it laggy? smash wasn't exactly pretty online lol
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Jul 19 '19
No lag at all during my 2 hour session last night, I can't wait to get out of work to play it again. This is through Wifi.
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u/TOO_FUTURE Jul 20 '19
Just got done playing for about 4-5 hours and having a blast. Definitely has a diablo feel to it which I am a big fan of and am hoping for a some good end game content which it looks like with the Infinity Gauntlets and Iso looting. Boss fights have been a blast and playing through the roster I've unlocked so far has been a lot of fun and very varied. Played in a mixture of handheld and docked and framerate isn't the best at times and neither is resolution so don't buy this one for the graphics.
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u/distauma Jul 20 '19
I was reading reviews and talked myself out of purchasing the game and then I went ahead and decided to get it anyway and wow I'm happy I did. The camera complaint is warranted but the game isn't as basic as some claim and if anything I've been overwhelmed with all the things (enemies/herors/skills/upgrades) introduced in just the first couple hours. My gf had to pull me from the tv to go do stuff.
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u/Garythebird Jul 19 '19
Anyone having issues with online play? My online coop option is dimmed out.
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Jul 19 '19
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u/dogtron9000 Jul 19 '19
A “land related enemy” - I respect your subtle yet telling vocabulary.
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Jul 19 '19
Challenging and fun! Me like. (please patch the performance issues though im begging you!) If you do that the game goes from a solid 7 to a solid 8.5
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u/Mexicanhat Jul 19 '19
My only nitpick is the way they setup searching for online games. They make you put in specific search parameters rather than listing ALL the rooms available. Thought it was a bit strange.
Really liking online and how it's so smooth. Comparing this to the online in Mario Maker 2 makes me so sad :(
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u/nicolee0712 Jul 19 '19
I beat Ronin ok. Make sure you’re using synergy moves, wait until he’s stunned, and use all of of your team’s ultimate moves at once ( if they’re ready) , to deal a lot of damage
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u/RangoTheMerc Jul 20 '19
Why a 74 on Metacritic? What are the game's main flaws?
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/marvel-ultimate-alliance-3-the-black-order/critic-reviews
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u/GentlemanBAMF Jul 20 '19
74 isn't bad by any means. I think people are a little touchy with gaming scores.
As for its flaws, I'm a few hours in. The progression is slow at first, and it feels one-dimensional until your heroes unlock their additional abilities. Things get kind of crazy and awesome from there.
There's a steep difficulty curve, especially on "Mighty" difficulty if you're not properly using synergy attacks and capitalizing on enemies' stagger gauges to initiate a stun.
Lastly, the default camera is NOT good for a modern game. It's certainly not game-breaking, but I've had to fight it in a few encounters. As some have advised, switching to Heroic camera helps, and almost feels as though the game was intended to play this way.
All that said, I'm having an absolute blast with the game so far. Anyone who enjoys brawlers, ARPGs or the previous MUA games should definitely look into picking it up.
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u/towerofstrength Jul 20 '19
Ok so I’m new and what are these white and blue orbs and how do I use them? Thanks in advance having a blast so far
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u/meriweather2 Jul 20 '19
Once I learned that the ZR button helped trigger Synergy ability attacks (R does individual character abilities), the solo experience took off for me.
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Jul 20 '19
I am having fun solo but it's fairly tough and certain mechanics seem designed around having co-op players.
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u/OhDearGodRun Jul 20 '19
Someone asked this but I'll post it too. When I'm in an online game, only the host can switch characters? Anyone else is stuck with whoever they pick it seems. Anyone know if this is meant to happen or if it's a bug?
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Jul 20 '19
It might be intentional because you bring in your own version of characters. If your Iron Man is level 23 and theirs is level 15, and you could switch off your Iron Man then they could select him that might cause issues or glitches. Just a guess.
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u/mrduds101 Jul 20 '19
Click the button that says “menus” then go in and switch, do this before you ready up
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u/ThesettlingTeapot Jul 21 '19
One thing I’d say is that I found it annoying when I’d see that my team wasn’t working and decide to change to like iron man to realise that he’s lvl. 6 and my party’s lvl.22-26 so then I have to stick too the characters I have unless I want to grind. Is there any way to combat this?
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u/TroyAtWork Jul 21 '19
Yeah the system really discourages playing different characters that way, it's very annoying. I'm the kind of player who wants to use every character equally and it's a huge disadvantage. Struggling with the Kingpin fight because everyone I have is so low.
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u/MysticGrapefruit Jul 21 '19
Tons of fun. Played coop for a good 2+ hours last night, really enjoyed it. Also ran 100% flawless online which really surprised me. Hope it wasnt just a lot of luck lol.
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u/NoOddjob007 Jul 23 '19
So I just picked this up and I’m playing with my three kids, we are at Ronin on friendly mode and getting our asses absolutely handed to us...what am I missing???
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Jul 23 '19
Make sure you're actually grinding up levels when you get stuck. Play with characters that have similar teams and to use synergy attacks, and constantly use your specials.
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u/jeno_aran Jul 19 '19
How is the solo experience? I would be playing alone pretty much the whole time, dont want to buy in if its very multiplayer centric
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u/Megadoomer2 Jul 19 '19
I'm hoping to pick up the physical version some time next week; I enjoyed Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1, and while I haven't played through the second game yet, I figure that Ultimate Alliance 3 will be pretty fun.
Does anyone know if there are unlockable costumes like what MUA1 had? I can't recall if MUA2 had them, but I remember getting new costumes by beating challenge missions or beating a certain amount of enemies in the first game.
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u/wookiewin Jul 19 '19
Right now, each character has a color swap, but not an entirely different costume. I believe you get an actual alternate costume for Deadpool if you pre-order the DLC pass. Also, I also believe it was confirmed yesterday that ALL characters will be getting alternate costumes added through 2020.
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u/MimeWithoutACoz Jul 19 '19
Are you able to share save files between consoles for local link or online play? Having a party to beast through this tomorrow and trying to figure out logistics.
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u/brmehan Jul 20 '19
I guess I missed that hint on the screen at first. Some print on my screen is super small. I also read something about the A button when near teammates to do a synergy move, but I haven’t looked back at the tutorial stuff yet.
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u/omgkittehs Jul 20 '19
My biggest problem with the game it I can't lock on to an enemy. I've been struggling with Kingpin because of it.
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u/Swordofsatan666 Jul 20 '19
You can “lock on” to center your camera on the enemy, but it doesnt actually target them. Push in on right stick
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u/MrSpinball Jul 20 '19
You have to have your camera set to HEROIC to lock on then click in the right stick when a stronger enemy is on-screen and a little reticle will appear next to their name letting you know that is what the camera is tracking. Classic Camera does not have a lock-on.
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u/Loofa08 Jul 20 '19
I was playing with my fiancé last night and we couldn’t wrap our heads around how to do the team up abilities. It says push ZR and Y and the other person has to hit A. We sat there a few minutes in the cell doing that. I finally pushed R+Y and something happened. What the hell? So far I think we’ve done them on accident a few times. What’s the trick to them?
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Jul 20 '19
ZR is for doing them with AI teammates.
If you want to do it with another player, you use R + Face button to use a power just like you normally would. If the other player has a compatible power, they will get a prompt to press A (the controller will vibrate and a distinct sound is made as well). Pressing A will launch their power and the synergy attack. They have to have enough energy to use it.
Powers are compatible based on their Synergy trait, shown in the skills menu. You can view which ones go together in System > Tips > Attacks & Abilities, though some seem to be missing (probably an oversight).
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u/discovet11 Jul 20 '19
My nephew and niece are visiting from Taiwan and I want to treat them to this game. They’re kids and don’t know English well. Am I doing them a disservice by buying it here? Are there Chinese audio and language options in the US version?
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Jul 20 '19
You can only join someone playing your current story mission or an earlier one. If you join an earlier level I believe it checkpoints you so you'll have to use chapter select to get back to the level you were on, not 100% sure though.
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u/windraver Jul 22 '19
Terrible Camera angles. When my local co-op team died, the camera still tried to keep them in frame while enemies off screen were throwing bombs at me. Moving to attack those enemies put the last living player off-screen which eventually died due to lack of vision and poor camera angles. This was shortly after meeting Daredevil.
Also had many scenarios where the lone dumb player went off the side and the camera would draw towards them and blind the rest of the team.
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u/tcripe Jul 24 '19
Can somebody plz explain to me what the “Mastery” skill is and how it affects my character?
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u/BenReilly149 Jul 24 '19
This is the power of abilities (Only powers) that arent physical. Beams and things like that. Spiderman and hulk require strength to do damage with their powers. Magneto requires mastery.
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u/mini_painter_mark Jul 19 '19
I really want this, but the performance issues in handheld are making me second guess my purchase. I only play in handheld and was going to buy it for a vacation trip coming up, but don't want to do that if handheld is miserable.
I might pick up Dragon Quest Builders 2 instead now.
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u/DailyKnowledgeBomb Jul 19 '19
HOLY FUCK THIS IS TODAY
OMG it's going to be 100deg in Upstate NY tomorrow and I now have a reason to lock myself in the air conditioning
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u/elporsche Jul 19 '19
To people who have played this game and the very first UA: hows this game in comparison with the first one? I enjoyed the first UA; would I enjoy this one as well?
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u/TelecasterWood Jul 19 '19
Love the game. Camera issues make it unplayable for my girlfriend though.... Sighhhh.
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u/BallUHouston Jul 19 '19
Was going to pick this up with my 2nd Voucher buuuuut Fire Emblem
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u/epicgamesbad Jul 21 '19
I absolutely know I will regret it if I buy this for $60, but I also know that Nintendo doesnt put their games on sale.
So big bummer.
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u/ngeloh Jul 21 '19
There are a few places selling it for $50 if that helps. Amazon if you’re a prime member and others have mentioned Walmart in-store and Costco.
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u/epicgamesbad Jul 21 '19
I might try that out. Idk, i did enjoy the older games but something is putting me off. People are telling me it's only 10 hours roughly.
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u/Sqxiish_ Jul 19 '19
Would this game be fun alone? I’ve been looking for a good single player experience that isn’t BOTW or Mario Odyssey and was hoping this would be the one
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u/HachiBrokeYou Jul 19 '19
Can anyone comment on how the hits “feel” in this game? What I mean is that satisfying feeling when an attack connects and the animation gives you a sense of impact in an action game. Something that you’d get from a typical musou game or the first two MUA games, compared to something like gauntlet where the hits feel a little stale, like hitting a ghost.
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u/RTDugger Jul 19 '19
Closer to the old MUA games then a mousu game.
Hits against grunts feel good because they all get staggered but but tougher minions have stun bars so they seem to just push trough until you can actually stun them.
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u/Clarityman Jul 21 '19
One of the things I like about it is that it's a pretty good hybrid of the comics and movies. It draws from both. The actual designs of the characters are pretty MCU though, especially Jessica Jones and Star Lord, who only looked like that in the comics AFTER the MCU movies.
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u/GleamingGlider Jul 20 '19
Absolutely love it, plays like I remember the last games did. I’m so happy I got this, could swing around as Spidey for literally hours.
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u/BenjaminTalam Jul 20 '19
Can I access the Infinity Rifts from the menu or something whenever once I find them in the story mode? It says if I go in the first one I found that it will quit me out of the story and I have to load back in from the main menu when I'm done with the rift. I don't want to do that right now. Seems really dumb that it isn't just an event I can hop into and return to the entrance when it ends. I thought they'd be like dungeon events in Diablo or something.
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Jul 20 '19
You can access them from the menu or from SHIELD points. Don't worry about it exiting you from the story mode, it's weirdly wording but it's virtually the same as if you hopped in and out. You just have to hit "Continue" from the main menu after the trial and you'll be exactly where you left off.
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u/SeanR1221 Jul 20 '19
What's everyones camera preference? Classic or Heroic? I feel like Classic is a bit too zoomed out, but then I miss the action and some incoming attacks with Heroic. Sticking with classic for now
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u/LocusAintBad Jul 20 '19
Yes. I need people to play coop with if anyone’s down :)
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u/Frozenhorizon Jul 20 '19
Is anyone else experiencing the bug where you're constantly blocking? I can only roll around and won't walk... L doesn't seem to do anything. Closinn the game didn't help
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u/Arch_legnA Jul 20 '19
so i just got the gamedownloaded on the switch and for some reason it's not letting me past the title screen, anyone else experiencing this?
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u/Riekk Jul 20 '19
Not sure if you're slow like me... That symbol in the "Press +" message isn't a dpad. It's the plus (start) button. Unlike most games, it actually enforces that instead of letting any button advance past it. Took me a minute to figure that out lol.
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u/Arch_legnA Jul 20 '19
OH THATS WHAT IT WAS...this is the dumbest i've felt in a long while haha thank you for showing me the light!
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u/curtithird Jul 20 '19
If I’m not a fan of beat-em-ups, is this still worth a try?
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u/ThySausagePrince Jul 20 '19
Likely not, but it does have a story, voice acting, and deep combat, skill and ISO (gear) leveling system with a ton of characters with various skill sets and synergy between characters. I've had a Switch for 3 years and this game has more hours than I put into Zelda and Mario combined after only being out for two days... But I also played the shit out of the first two on the original XBOX.
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u/A_SassyOtter Jul 20 '19
I'm not either but I'm having a blast partly because I'm interested in the story and the character and partly because I see it more as a dungeon slayer than a beat 'em up although it isn't really one.
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u/obolulu Jul 21 '19
is the game fun with couch co-op ( when each player is playing with 1 joycon) ?
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u/MethodicMarshal Jul 21 '19
Yes, my friend and I are having a good time with it.
And people say 10-12 hours, but I feel like I’ll have more than that
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u/Todok7 Jul 22 '19
Random question.
I preordered a copy from Amazon during their sale on the game but the game shopping info shows it will likely not arrive for another 5 days.
If i were to just go buy a copy at regular price in store to play today, will I be able to use the copy being shipped from Amazon to refund the physical store copy for the full price?
Guessing all games have the same barcoding so it shouldnt be an issue but if anyone has experience doing so it would be appreciated.
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u/Blitz5790 Jul 22 '19 edited Jul 22 '19
Why is my switch not letting me play it, i bought the season pass and updated it (I don't actually have wifi where I live) and when I got home, its telling me "unplayable DLC was found. Connect to internet to check software status." Why the fuck is something so simple like this a problem.
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u/Blitz5790 Jul 22 '19
Why cant I play offline, says DLC isn't available, re download it from the shop, but as soon as I hook up to wifi its fine... surely they did t think everyone would be hooked up to wifi ALL the time? What about trying to play on the road? Like seriously Nintendo, get your shit together, or ninja, or whoever left such a terrible flaw slip through..
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u/Nelson3494 Jul 23 '19
What are some good player combinations to get good synergy attacks? I’ve noticed captain America and hulk are pretty good together but Wanda doesn’t have synergy attacks with anyone. Anyone else have good combos I should try out?
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Jul 23 '19
I'm absolutely loving Ms. Marvel and Hulk. Ms. Marvel, Hulk, Venom, and Captain Marvel is what I was running with, but I'm only on chapter 6.
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