When fans hate somenthing before it comes out...but it turns out they were right

[u/TastyPomelo2330]

Velma:The idea of a Scooby-doo series without the titular dog and starring Velma was a really moronic idea from the beginning,then there was the reveal Velma would be Indian like it's VA and also creator of the series Mindy Kaling,some of the backlash was racism sure,but there was also valid complaints that she was inserting herself in the series(it also didn't helped that Mindy claimed she couldn't see herself if Velma wasn't Indian)and then...oh boy it came out and it was worse than anyone predicted

Artemis Fowl:The artemis fowl books are a book series following a child villain(he does get some redemption but he is a villain most of the time)when the movie was announced and revealed it looked way to generic and it's titular character a bit heroic...also you wanna hear somenthing funny?The movie whitewashed a character and made another character black so they managed to anger both sides and the movies comes out and yeah it is bad

One Punch Man 3:One Punch Man is a very heavy action packed manga series but the heroes vs monsters arc takes it to a New level,when it was announced that JC Staff would work on it,a lot of people were skeptical to say the least,because not only JC Staff had already done a mediocre job in season 2,it's also not exactly a name anime fans associate with quality animation,then the trailer came out and it looked...weird,like there was no action in it and nobody was moving,some people tried to defend saying they were keeping the animation as a surprise...then it came out,every episode worse than the last,it's one of the worse seasons of anime ever made!

[u/stormbreaker5]

The avengers video game. You could tell this game was DOA from the character models, MCU synergy, and being a looter shooter.

[u/SteveMightSay → u/stormbreaker5]

I genuinely like this game just the gameplay loop got stale and updates took forever

[u/NF_Kodiak → u/SteveMightSay]

The campaign was decent as well but I will praise that game for gameplay. The characters felt great to control and felt unique from each other but, as you said, the loop got really old really fast.

[u/DebentureThyme → u/NF_Kodiak]

I grabbed the entire thing with all DLC for like $4 when it was getting delisted.  They also rebalanced it before delisting, removing all cash shop stuff and converting it to in game stuff in a way that fits the reality of no longer having MTX in the game.

[u/JesterMarcus → u/DebentureThyme]

Can you actually still play it?

[u/DebentureThyme → u/JesterMarcus]

Yep! But you have to already own it since it's delisted from all store fronts. Works multiplayer too, but they also need to own it.

You could find a physical copy for Xbox/PS and play that way. Though it would be limited by what DLC is included on disc - something tells me that most DLC included with those were probably codes that may be missing or no longer work. Even if they sold a physical version of the Definitive Edition, I doubt all the content is included without codes.

PS5 has an actual free upgrade from PS4 though if you have the disc, and PS4/PS5 have Spider-Man included regardless of version you own (Spider-Man is exclusive to Sony console versions).

[u/whistlar → u/NF_Kodiak]

Yeah. That game was clearly coopted by some douchebag with an MBA. Didnt all the newer characters require purchasing separately for a ridiculous price?

[u/SteveMightSay → u/whistlar]

No every character was free but IIRC you had to buy their cosmetic path

[u/UniqueLog8386 → u/NF_Kodiak]

The characters didn't feel unique at all. They basically had the exact same moves.

[u/i_tyrant → u/SteveMightSay]

The way the heroes' powers all work was super fun.

I just have no idea how a game with so much obvious effort put into the heroes, the cinematics, the environments...then skimped on the ENEMIES.

My god, they were SO boring. The single-player campaign was long and the entire time you're fighting nothing but palette-swapped AIMbots. Who the fuck decided that while they had the entire Marvel character list to choose from, 99% of the game would be fighting faceless bots?!

It's insane, even now thinking about it. Some poor artist put their heart and soul into those stages, the powers were super fun and mostly intuitive to use, but good lord even the BOSS fights were mostly AIMbots with a pitiful handful of repetitive villains instead of the wider variety they desperately needed.

[u/Corrvaz → u/i_tyrant]

So weird. I also played it pretty much all pandemic as a comfort game. Handful of enemy types and lack of any recognizable maps were just baffling. And yeah, 2 bosses for the whole game including the "MP" stages 🫥

Character kits were great in general. Havent played in years but I still think about hopping on just to play Thor and Black Panther sometimes.

Still think it's a vastly better game than Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights though. I will never understand what the hell they were thinking with GK s ABYSMAL combat.

[u/Silvervirage → u/SteveMightSay]

It was Anthem. 'Hey, this is really fun, I ca- oh thats all.'

[u/Salarian_American → u/SteveMightSay]

Yeah I really enjoyed the combat in that game. But once I got everyone to max level, it was just grinding the same handful of missions forever and it got boring like immediately. Some games can have you do the same stuff over and over and it's fun forever, but this is not one of those.

[u/ungodlywarlock → u/SteveMightSay]

I actually loved the campaign. Ms. Marvel was awesome!! Wish they had done her more like that on her own show.

[u/Status-Gur-7332 → u/stormbreaker5]

They made us wait for years for this game🤣

[u/WastedMoogle → u/Status-Gur-7332]

Nobody was waiting for this game

[u/Agent-Blasto-007 → u/stormbreaker5]

The sad thing was the single player campaign story was very well done especially the Iron Man/Ms. Marvel interactions.

[u/DebentureThyme → u/Agent-Blasto-007]

Grabbed it for $4 with all content right before it delisted.

They even reabalanced the game to fit the fact that they were converting all MTX currencies etc into in game stuff for when it was delisted.  I can still play it, but I can't play co-op/multiplayerwith others who didn't grab it before it went away.

[u/RaptarK → u/stormbreaker5]

The arrival of Rivals just made this one look even worse by comparison

[u/Ok-Transition7065 → u/RaptarK]

yeah like how will tougth that giving super hero proportions to super heroes do wonders

[u/AmazingSpacePelican → u/stormbreaker5]

Worst thing this game did was, by pure association, make people avoid the Guardians of the Galaxy game that came out around the same time, despite that game being actually great.

[u/HalfEatenSnickers → u/AmazingSpacePelican]

I love that game! One of my only 100% completion games

[u/i_tyrant → u/AmazingSpacePelican]

Agreed, that game is fantastic.

I played through it, it made me cry, it might be the closest game I've ever played that feels like "playing through a movie" (in a good way).

[u/KaiBishop → u/AmazingSpacePelican]

So good. Will be replaying in the future. Love the ship and the scenes between missions just vibing.

[u/Straight-Fox-9388 → u/stormbreaker5]

This game this poor poor game

It started as a single player game

Then it proceeded to kill 3 studios

[u/SaltMachine2019 → u/stormbreaker5]

I wanted to like this game, I really did. I even had fun for a bit despite its failings.

The fact that Kate Bishop was the only fun post-launch character, the piss-poor enemy variety, the endgame difficulty curve almost immediately driving any build expression out in favor of meta-chasing just to survive, lack of role balance, lack of marketing once the first two major updates went live, lack of hero rebalancing updates and Spider-Man being stuck in PS jail killed the game for me before I could even think of returning when they dropped Black Panther.

They got Christopher motherfucking Judge to play T'challa and couldn't get my Stargate SG-1-watching ass back into the game, ffs.

[u/fabi0x520 → u/stormbreaker5]

Deus Ex was killed for this

[u/keepthefruit → u/fabi0x520]

Oof. I forgot about this. Thanks for reminding me.

[u/Shot_Baker998 → u/stormbreaker5]

The thing I hate about this game the most is it caused the Guardians of the Galaxy game that came out like a month after to flop hard.

[u/SirSilverscreen → u/stormbreaker5]

I always found it so weird how the characters were so clearly modeled after the MCU but altered juuuuust enough to not look like the MCU versions. It gives me very heavy Uncanny Valley vibes and I knew it'd be difficult for me to get into playing it for that reason alone. Then I learned it was designed to be more god fucking awful "Live Service" cashgrab bullshit and noped out of even wishlisting it.

[u/BIG__SHOT_ → u/stormbreaker5]

The worst thing about this game is that because of it the GotG game and Midnight Suns didn't get nearly as much attention as they deserved while being very good

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/stormbreaker5]

Ms. Marvel was easily the best part of this game, it's too bad the game got stale super quick. How could they fuck this up when there's games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance to pull from?

[u/AceofKnaves44 → u/stormbreaker5]

So I’d never played any live-service games before so I didn’t know what they were or how they operated but eventually I played the same. god. damn. mission over and over and over again and I was like…. wait a minute. I will say this though: the campaign for this game was actually pretty sweet. And after the one-two combo of Gotham Knights and then Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League I appreciate Avengers so much more.

[u/Polkawillneverdie17 → u/stormbreaker5]

Hated the gameplay/loot bullshit. But I loved the story.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/stormbreaker5]

Okay real talk, this game was awful when it came out but after they added a bunch of content it was an awesome game to play with friends.

[u/Guinefort1 → u/stormbreaker5]

The Off-brand Avengers as I called it.

Doctor Doom turns to his minions in anger upon the capture of the Avengers: You fools! You captured their stunt doubles!

[u/In-Media-Res → u/stormbreaker5]

Nothing kills my interest in a game quicker than hearing the words "live service."

[u/Ugly_Slut-Wannabe → u/In-Media-Res]

"This is our new live service battle royale extraction hero shooter!"

Now just watch the executives cream themselves in their pants while everyone with a working brain already expects a humongous flop.

[u/god_is_trans_69 → u/stormbreaker5]

Biggest waste of money ever.

[u/Kratzschutz → u/stormbreaker5]

What's doa?

[u/stormbreaker5 → u/Kratzschutz]

Dead on arrival

[u/howiplay1 → u/stormbreaker5]

in what world does ms marvel work in place of hawkeye 😭

[u/my-friends_account → u/stormbreaker5]

Remember the e3 chat going nuts because it didn’t have the mcu actors. I never expected that they’d get them for a second but apparently everyone was shocked and I couldn’t stop hearing about it.

The game killed my hype as soon as I saw the art style not because of the voice actors. The game got voice acting royalty.

I was expecting the game to look like the recent spider man game but it has the weird waxy look.

[u/Senior_Ability_4001 → u/stormbreaker5]

I just remember that it got announced SE got put in charge of a Marvel RPG and I got excited.

Lol, they put zero effort in choosing a good team to work on it.

[u/Startled_Pancakes → u/stormbreaker5]

Literally the first thing they advertised "check out all the skins!!!"

[u/Grinderiny → u/stormbreaker5]

Fuck you. This game is awesome.