MUA 2

[Tomato]

Um... I certainly like that design more, but... is there any particular reason for his toes being meshed out?

[darkknight92]

Venom looks sick!

[captmorgan72]

Looks like those boys went and got lazy today. They haven't posted a pic of the new alt costume. Hmmm, I wonder if these guys are the same boys working on the champion site? 

[murs47]

oh man! everyone's gonna love this one!

[captmorgan72]

Hey awesome Hancock is in this!

[Glitch Girl]

Actually it's not bad. Luke's not noted for his many "costumes" (most of which are just street clothes) so I don't mind this one so much.

[Courtnall6]

Not sure about the pants...but infinitely better than t-shirt and jeans.

[Podmark]

They really seem to be targeting newer costumes and ones that haven't been used in the previous games. Also the bad guys (Goblin, Venom, Juggernaut, Penance) look better than a lot of the heroes are coming out.

Still I'm excited for this game, probably not buy it first day excited though. The way I've heard the civil war aspect described it sounds like it might add some replay value to the game.

[BWPS]

Why not have his original afro-styled costume? That would be sweet!

[captmorgan72]

Thought for sure it was going to be the ultimate version but glad it wasn't. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/captmorgan72/thor-2.jpg I like very much.

[Courtnall6]

I think my skin turned out better

Both of Thor's costumes work for me...but the same problem with MUA1 is still there...Mjolnir is too big.

[captmorgan72]

It looks like they gave the costume design credit to the wrong guy. Here is the quote "Inspired by Marko Djurdjevic?s design as seen in Thor |#8.)"
It was Olivier Coipel that designed that costume.

[Uncle Yuan]

Am I the only one not in the least excited for this?  MUA1 was OK, but not earth shattering.  Civil War as a story line bugged me immensely.  I'm just not sure about a game based around it.  I want Cap and Iron Man on the same team!  I may pick it up used at some point, but for now I'm just not feeling it.

[daerdevil]

Nope, there's not much excitement on my end.  The character redesigns are so awkward and random they might as well not even slap the Marvel label on them and call it Super Hero Civil War instead of insisting that this is a sequel to MUA.  The fact that they have to constantly update and tweak existing characters to make them more "edgy" or "realistic" (both in quotes because I don't think either really describe these ridiculous costume choices) just proves in my mind that they are missing the point of these games.  There's plenty of action games out there to choose from, but what makes games with the much protected, trademarked Marvel characters so great is that it they capture the look and feel of those characters.  When we're putting Luke Cage into some bizarre spandex suit, and ignoring his comic based costumes, we've basically made him generic.  I guess I wouldn't mind them so much, as long as they included a "Classic" look (like in every other version of an XML game) to satisfy the fan base.  It just seems like they're hell bent on alienating a core group that would buy this in a heart beat.  Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

As for the Civil War story line, I was hoping in video game format, it could make for some good replayability.  I'd be willing to give it a shot if it wasn't a bunch of silly looking characters that vaguely resemble Marvel characters.

[Talavar]

No I'm definitely not getting this, because have you seen that box cover art?  Who taught a chimp how to use Photoshop?  How can I enjoy a game with such ugly cover art? *end hyperbolic overstatement mode*

Seriously though, I'm fairly excited about the game (not Arkham Asylum excited, but excited).  It appears to have great gameplay, good graphics, a wide range of Marvel characters to choose from, and it's the sequel to a game that provided me with a lot of entertainment hours.  I hope there's a demo though, because I hate buying games without ever getting a chance to actually play them.

[Tomato]

I'm not really into it at this point... storyline doesn't impress me, the overall look doesn't impress me (and I'm not just pointing out costumes, I'm talking the look in general... The world doesn't feel right to me, like it's trying too hard to be realistic and not enough actually looking at the source material) and above all... no PC version. At this point I probably will not buy it unless it comes out for PC or is in a bargain bin for <$20 whenever I finally get my bigger console.

But then again, that might change after it comes out... because that's when I'll start hearing about the gameplay. I mean, show videos all you want of it, that's no comparison to a first-hand account from someone who has actually played it. That's gonna be the ice-breaker for me this time around... If there's enough added to interest me, then I'll pick it up. If not... there's always ebay in a year or so.

[AfghanAnt]

I heard that one of Cap's alternate skins was going to Patriot and one of Thor's was going to Wiccan. Is that true?

[murs47]

I heard that one of Cap's alternate skins was going to Patriot and one of Thor's was going to Wiccan. Is that true?

I hope this is true. Prev pointed out Patriot in one of the trailers to me so it's a strong possibility.

EDIT: Here's Jean, First Class mode.

[AfghanAnt]

I heard that one of Cap's alternate skins was going to Patriot and one of Thor's was going to Wiccan. Is that true?

I hope this is true. Prev pointed out Patriot in one of the trailers to me so it's a strong possibility.

Also I just saw one of Thor's alt and I am very happy he's got the Coipel design for this game. Does anyone know if they are just going to use alternates from the previous game i.e. Ult costumes?

Also they still haven't revealed all the characters yet? What's the deal with that?

[captmorgan72]

Found this http://comics.ign.com/articles/101/1018503p1.html

[Uncle Yuan]

EDIT: Here's Jean, First Class mode.

Good lord, who modeled that?  That is the worst torso I have ever seen.

[Glitch Girl]

Not to mention her poor broken ankles. 

The costume in the drawing is not bad, but there's so much IK distortion on the 3D model... ew.

[murs47]

Found this http://comics.ign.com/articles/101/1018503p1.html

cool, that warmachine art is hawt

[TheMarvell]

Am I the only one not in the least excited for this?  MUA1 was OK, but not earth shattering.  Civil War as a story line bugged me immensely.  I'm just not sure about a game based around it.  I want Cap and Iron Man on the same team!  I may pick it up used at some point, but for now I'm just not feeling it.

No, you're not the only one. I haven't been nearly as excited as I want to be. Right now the game has yet to really interest me as much as the first one. I WANT to be really excited, but I'm not. There's just something about it that seems off to me, and it's not just the character designs. I think the game just looks and sounds too...generic. It doesn't help that the last several "reveals" have made me yawn. Revealing characters that have appeared in most or all of previous X-Men Legends games and MUA1 isn't very new or exciting.

I'm definitely going to read the reviews, both professional and casual, before I drop $60 on this.

[AfghanAnt]

Her boobs are HUGE.

[Glitch Girl]

Guess they wanted them visible on wide zoom.

[Xenolith]

I can't say any of the "art" is appealing to me.  If the game play is good, i might get it. 

[JeyNyce]

Her boobs are HUGE.

That was the first this I notice and THEN I saw the rest of the costume.  So it doesn't matter what her waist or ankles looks like, they wanted you to notice her "upper body"

[tommyboy]

Spoiler

meh..
He looks like Black Wolverine.

I have some faith that the new game might be fun. I still give MUA1 a dust off every now and then, and that too suffered from some dubious roster choices, and "ultimate" costume stuff, but was still a fun game. Plus, I just modded in any characters or costumes I actually wanted. Of course, no MUA2 PC sort of puts paid to that....

[deano_ue]

is thor a standard character? a few uk game shops are offering an exclusive thor character if the game is bought there