Marvel's Midnight Suns

A combat/strategy game bogged down with ENDLESS yapping of hollywood generics, some good writing followed by a legion of bad. I get one mission done only to have to wade through everyone's little social issues, emotional breakdowns and feelings of inadequacy before I can FINALLY do another, and if it is story-based the dialogue decisions do NOT matter and every other decision is just +1/-2 etc.


Now you could say: "You can skip all of that and just walk past them" but if you do that, you limit yourself and I don't like to limit myself if I don't have to, but after awhile I got so bored of it I was skipping the prolonged cutscenes just to get some action after a half hour of chatter and then you miss "important" details blah blah.

So in the end, I got tired of the usual hollywood girlbosses, the moody emo chick and the angry lesbians and all the white men being the TV commercial: "goofy idiot" archetype and just uninstalled.

Gameplay-wise interesting concept for turn-based super hero action, but they took the concept and overstretched it with endless insufferable "narrative" of either "Tony Stark you idiot!" or constant butt-kissing of each other or teen angst weather they were teens or not.

Fresh, cool game but could use some tactical depth at the normal difficulty. Lack of a cover system with hit probability modifiers is annoying.

This game rocks, perfect mix of relaxing friendship + foraging simulator with puzzling tactical card strategy. If you love these characters you’ll love this game. Lots of missions to do so you can really take your time with it and allow yourself to enjoy the characters interacting.

There could be more specific character banter when you pick certain teams and the main ground of the abbey hub could be larger and more interesting, but it’s beautiful and very fun.

Lots of customization available.

Definitely buy it especially if it’s on sale and it’s worth to get all the DLC too. Hopefully they’ll come back to it and release more content at some point even if it seems unlikely now.

There are a lot of things wrong with this game. But I'm not going to go into what and why. I did't finish it, that's all you need. I found myself finding it more annoying than anything.

GOOD GAME, NO SUPPORT. WATCH OUT FOR THE FAITHBREAKER SUIT GLITCH DO NOT CRAFT THE SUIT BEFORE THE MISSION BECOMES AVAILABLE. sorry for the caps im not retyping this tho

Great game to get when it’s on sale! The storyline and dialogue are fun. The gameplay is enjoyable and surprisingly challenging.

If you're a turn-based, card-loving, life-simming, Marvel fan, this game is definitely for you.
There are literally hours of dialogue and cut-scenes, to the point where I really only play 2 or 3 actual missions per session because of how much extra fluff there is between them. 40 hours in and I haven't even finished Part 1 of the main campaign yet! It can drag on at times, but once you settle into the game play loop and buy-in to the relationships you're building with the superheros, it's very fun to keep coming back to. Get the complete collection on sale!

Combat is fun, but the story side can be annoying

If you are a comic book fan and turn base strategy gamer then this game is for you. Each hero and villain have different set styles and the card system is a sweet touch as well. I got this during a sale and got the legendary edition for cheapo! I am hoping that they make another game like this but for villain characters!

It's so flawed in so many directions. The story has no stakes because none of the popular licensed characters are allowed to die. You can't actually fail missions, just try until you succeed, so all the game can do is waste your time, which it frequently does (the final mission especially). I got this for $10 and I still can't suggest it. Just play any other Firaxis game.

I enjoyed Midnight Suns but not enough to replay it. The game was fun and clearly showed its X-Com heritage, with constant upgrades to abilities and crew, a growing list of research opportunities, tactical turn-based combat, and numerous missions spread across the landscape. However, there were significant issues.

If you're coming into Midnight Suns hoping for an authentic Marvel experience, you might be disappointed. The game leans so heavily into witchcraft and supernatural themes that the familiar Marvel science and heroics become mere background decoration. It makes me question whether the creators genuinely wanted to tell a Marvel story or simply used the Marvel brand as a convenient backdrop to emphasize how 'witchcraft isn't so bad when it's saving the world.' They even write Iron Man as an apprenticing sorcerer... like... what!?

Despite owning all the DLC, the storyline felt rushed toward the end. It seemed the developers set up numerous intriguing stories but only completed a handful, leaving many undeveloped:

• I never managed to unlock more than one Abbey power, despite multiple attempts.
  
• Only two statues were unlocked, and their purpose remained unclear.
  
• The entire northern region stayed locked, making me question its significance considering you can finish the game without it.
  

Several frustrating aspects stood out:

• For all the card options, I was never really allowed to customize my hero's abilities... you're playing someone else's vision of a hero, not "you".
  
• Many characters (Nico, Magik, Robbie, Morbius) were pre-destined to remain anti-heroes, despite efforts to positively influence their growth; they never grow or change, lacking any real character development.
  
• Your character frequently makes unavoidable, questionable decisions (such as participating in a séance) and maintains an unnecessarily adversarial relationship with authority figures, behaving more like a rebellious teenager than a mature protagonist.
  
• The writing often felt prejudiced. For instance, when Tony begins helping in workshop, Robbie throws a hissy fit and leaves. When they have the opportunity to talk about it, the writing forces Tony to apologize for helping out, and paint him as the bad guy with Robbie accepting his apology (instead of the other way around). When Tony tries to destroy the page with his gamma accelerator (would've worked), Bruce jumps in and ruins the event. Who do the midnight sun's blame? Bruce Bann- no wait, they go with blaming Tony; and this despite it being Ghost Rider who also interferes with the event (who Robbie still idolizes, despite him selling them out). Yet, when Robbie likewise fails to succeed at their next event, they don't give Robbie the same treatment they gave Tony, it's "aw, shucks, you tried your best, oh well." The group's response was to excuse and support, highlighting glaring hypocrisy.
  
[*] When they wrote a hint for a trist between Eric & Carol, I beelined a solid relationship with Carol to win her over before he could make his intentions known, but you can't do anything about it. The result was *both* of them saying "buzz off"... so much for investing yourself.

Ultimately, the relationship aspect offered little reward. Reaching max relationships provided minor perks like fun powers and outfit changes, but relationships lacked depth, romance options, or unique missions, making them feel superficial and underdeveloped.

And this is where the game ends. You've had fun, enjoyed some of the combat, but the talking & relationships are practically irrelevant. I was actually glad when the game ended, which is sad because I was actually recommending it when I first started. No so much anymore.

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P.S.
Uses Denuvo, and they actively scan for programs like Cheat engine to make sure you can't modify your experience... for a single player, offline game (game literaly quits and poo-poos you). And... actually, you can't play with your DLC skins even after going offline, unless you're online. Makes no sense; just insulting stuff.

On paper this game is very odd, a turned based card rpg? for a superhero game? but its so damn good! Seeing dr strange and iron man play monopoly is what i live for. This game makes larger than life characters feel like real people. Its basically the lifting mjolnir scene from age of ultron the entire game. The characters are relatable and down to earth. I cant believe how slept on this game is, its so good

Like a lot of people, I didn't give much attention to this one when it came out.. I am a long time (40+ year) marvel fan, but this looked like just another cash grab. But a friend convinced me to buy it on sale and try it, and I'm glad I did. I am personally more of a Turn Based enthusiast than a Deck Builder, but the core game play had enough variety with the different heroes available and card combinations that it kept me entertained. Note it was not particularly difficult - I fought about 100 missions, and lost only two on the first try (one early, took 3 support heroes on a DPS mission, one late to very bad RNG on card draws). I pushed the difficulty level up a few levels to Heroic II early on, but found that increasing difficulty (baddies have more hits, hit harder) just made the fights longer, not really more challenging, so I didn't push it up further to the max.

While I came for the core play, it turns out what really hooked me was the interaction with the characters (various marvel heroes) and the built in “friendship simulator”. The dialog scripting and voice acting was generally very good throughout and there was a uprising amount of depth, with lots of new dialog available as the game went on. I found myself spending more time making sure I had heard all the lines and enjoying the interacting part than I did the core play. Not something I normally look for in a game, but done very well. Also its almost entirely optional, you could easily skip almost all of it if its not your thing.

Besides core play and relationship simulator, there were several other features.. it surprised me how many they fit in.

Exploration and crafting, which primarily get you bonus consumables that can assist your heroes on their missions (and extra story). That said, I didn't use the consumables much, but might have had to if I pushed difficulty to the max.

Research/base building, to gain minor combat advantages (some required for story missions)

Training/Grind feature that allows you to grind for extra leveling as much as you want to, but since enemies are scaled to your heroes level, it can be skipped for the most part.

Cosmetic system (new combat and casual outfits for all the heroes, plus color pallets) all purchased with in game currency (gloss) you earn from missions and exploration.

Decorate your house” system with cosmetics and the ability to take and hang pictures (which I skipped entirely)

Other thoughts: Replay-ability, not much. You could try to focus more on different heroes, or building your main differently (light/dark mix), but the story is liner. No romance, but hints at two or three FF relationships – stay away if that really offends you. If you get it, recommend you get the legendary edition with all the DLCs, extra heroes and their story missions do add to the game for slightly more.

I personally think this game is the definition of an 8 out of 10. Lot's of fun, not entirely enthralling and has its inconveniences, but super easy to pick back up whenever. It's one strange animal. Gameplay is addicting, all the way till the end. But the strange part is you have to sludge through a superhero dating sim each time you want to play. It's really not terrible, especially if you are already a Marvel comics fan, but it is quite unexpected. The heroes are done justice as far as their character development and dialogue go. Also, the cinematics are pretty entertaining. But I would really advise either speed-reading or just outright skipping all of the dialogue, otherwise you're NOT getting through to the real meat and potatoes of the game.

While it's a fun enough time, I leave this experience baffled.
A passable game that goes too long and has decent (though somewhat grating at times) mechanics.
The story paints your "Hunter" (the main self-insert fanfic OC character, and the one you play as primarily) as the only hope. You are looked up to by heroes like Storm, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Wanda, and Iron-Man. The sheer amount of time you could spend becoming the best friend they have ever had is shocking, and it never gets more interesting then the mysteries around the main hub. Same for the main story, which is just a passable comic book story.

Also it's optimized pretty poorly.

Rating: 3.5/5

Positives:
Surprisingly good soundtrack.
A lot, and I mean a lot, of voice lines.
Would recommend to strategy game fans who can stomach comic books and vice versa.

Negatives:
No minimap for the hub area.
Once you go through all the voicelines for the characters the game feels really dead. It is actually a compliment to how lively the game can feel, but the end definitely feels like it.

On the brightside, the game does not overstay its welcome. The lack of romance definitely keeps it in line with a PG rating, but it makes the game feel surface level and not lived in.

anyone who complains about the combat being card-based has likely never even tried the game. the gameplay is amazing, both the card-based combat and the time you spend in the abbey. also, the dialogue, characterization, and relationship dynamics are far more intricate than the mcu could ever even dream of achieving.

Fantastic RPG with turn based combat. The card based tactical fights have more depth and nuance than I expected, and once I learned how it works, I really liked it. If you like prefer turn based tactical fights over real time fast twitch brawling, I think you will like the system. Make no mistake, this is and RPG, lots of dialogue and quite a few cut scenes. The writing, the story and the acting are great, probably my favorite RPG since Mass Effect 2. It's not XCOM, but if you like XCOM I think you will like this game. It's really too bad it has sold better than it has, I would love to see a sequel!

One of the best superhero games out there. Fun turn based combat and an engaging story featuring many beloved Marvel heroes and villains.

From the studio that brought you the XCOM series comes a game nobody asked for, that's right, a card-based superhero action game with a dating sim stapled to it. Like, why? Why would anyone want this?

That's the only problem with the game really, the pitch, in much the same way trying to explain to someone 'Balatro' is a poker deck building roguelike. But also like Balatro, the game has no right to be as good as it is. It had me in its clutches for two weeks straight, and I'm sad we may never see another game like this. Pick up the complete edition when its on sale, its worth it, prommy.

Overall - a solid 7.5 game. A good spin on familiar XCOM battles + a lot of "inspiration" from Fire Emblem Three Houses in the hub. Gets a tiny bit stale right at the very end, but story finishes just at the right time.

Played 50/50 on PC/Steam Deck, solid in-battle performance on LCD Deck, but eats through battery real fast. The final story mission dropped to literally unplayable 7 fps on the Deck, but can't fault the game, I ran on high for the high-quality attack animations.

DO NOT pay full price for this game! My review is based on the fact that I purchased the Game + All DLC on sale for $20, otherwise I would NOT be recommending this game. Especially at the "spit in your face" price of $60 for Vanilla and $100 for the Game + All DLC.

This game had a lot of potential with some cool character design and voice acting work as well as a fun card combat mechanic that pleasantly surprised me. Unfortunately that's where the good ends.

It's important to remember that this game is more of a Social SIM than anything, the vast majority of the campaign you spend having linear conversations and collecting social points to "Make friends" with all of the Marvels characters at your base.

Choices do NOT matter.

Actual combat only accounts for a small part of your playthrough and you have to "go to sleep", start a new day and have half a dozen conversations after EVERY 15 minute fight before you can start another combat mission.

WAY too many cut scenes which are un-pausable and forced conversations make the game lose its allure rather quickly.

Poor optimization: No way this game needs the GPU power it uses to produce what it does.

I don't know if the devs ran out of time, money, motivation or all of the above but this was a huge miss at the asking price.

Short and to the point.

The game is pretty incredible. but there is a game breaking bug that has been present since 2022 and it ruined my whole campaign. 60 hours down the drain :)

Google faithbreaker suit bug if you plan to play this because you HAVE to know about it.

Game is a sleeper pick for one of my most underrated games ever, fun RPG game with great mechanics!

One of the legit strangest games I have ever played.

You play as someone named "The Hunter", which is your birth name, given to you as a baby. You're a centuries old dead god who is brought back to life in a full suit of armor to help Marvel superheroes fight your immortal mom. The game actually starts with Ghostrider telling you to get bent, and then you fight against a Venom/Hydra team-up.

Midnight Suns is a game that feels like 3 different games mashed together:
-A turn-based deck-building card battler, which is how you fight and defeat enemies- Which might turn some people off in a combat superhero game, but it is actually super well executed here.
- A semi open world rpg. You can choose conversation choices that reflect how the other characters interact with you (You can be a big ol' a-hole if you want). You also run around unlockable maps opening chests, archiving lore, and picking up collectibles (including tarot cards and journal pages from Salem witches). You can even go mushroom foraging.
- A life sim where you build up friendships with superheros (Blade, Magik, Deadpool, etc) by hanging out with them, and bringing them gifts. There's even a "superhero only" social media. You also can customize tons of things from your bedroom to the hero's outfits (Seriously, you can literally choose what swim trunks you want Dr. Strange to wear). There's even a photo mode where you can create custom comic book covers.

It is so, so weird, but it is SUPER fun so far. I'm really enjoying it, I think maybe it's unintended, but it is hilarious. This feels so insanely like being a kid at the movie theatre playing in the arcade in the strangest of ways. There is even an invisible announcer that screams out "K.O." every time you kill someone like it's Mortal Kombat. I wish I knew more people who have played this so I could talk about it more. It feels obscure for being a Marvel game made by the XCOM team, but maybe that's because its sort of niche.

AND, last but not least- You CAN pet the demon dog.
($100 is crazy though, buy it on sale lmao)

This game was simply ok.

Pros (for me anyways) - The battles were well done, the whole using cards was iffy at first but once i learned how to use it better i found myself enjoying it more than i thought. It looks really good and i feel as though they put a good amount of effort into the character models and environments.

Cons (opinionated again) - The writing/dialogue is a bit off. I've seen the complaints of others and agree with most so i wont expound on it. The friend level thing seemed forced and lifeless. Some of the cut scenes seemed deep and meaningful but most felt like an after school special. The biggest issue for me is the optimization. Its laggy and crashes often even now that the 2k launcher is gone. I find it ridiculous the store runs fine but the game doesn't.

Picked up the game on sale.
Mixed review, personal experience may vary.

TL;DR = Game is enjoyable, but a main character is insufferable however and ruins the experience.

Gameplay is enjoyable, if a bit buggy sometimes. (Cards not being removed from your hand, softlock when team combo someone on the arena edge).

Honestly didn't mind just running around the abbey map exploring.

Even the friendship stuff got a chuckle occasionally, like asking Morbius if he eats bugs.

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Minor complaint, the game commits the cardinal sin of choice based dialogue. In that the selection you make does not match up with what your character says. This can lead to annoyances when the "summary" line does not accurately reflect what the dialogue will entail.

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Major complaint. One of the characters is so infuriating that I cannot be convinced to finish the game. They're a central character, and thus reappear alot. They're short sighted, selfish, and impulsive. One example being that when one of their plans backfires critically and almost ruins absolutely everything, they double down instead of reflecting. They love to complain about the situation and about others, but take no steps in trying to resolve this, to talk to anyone meaningfully, rather they throw tantrums and complain. This wouldn't be so bad by itself, but the game wants to insist that this character is right, leading them to be absolutely insufferable and infuriating.
The character itself is written well and well realised, it's just a character I can't stand.

If you can put up with Nico, I recommend the game.
But, if like me, you can't stand high school teenager drama type characters with no critical thinking abilities, You might have a hard time finishing this.

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Disclaimer. I don't care about Marvel. Maybe her previous comics make her less annoying, I wouldn't know.
I haven't watched any marvel movies, nor read any comics, my decision to try the game was based on the gameplay.
I can only judge the characters presented by the Media in front of me, and can make no comments based on supplementary material.

cool card game. too bad the combat sequences are set so far and in between USELESS and ANNOYING DIALOGUE! It is so hard to stay invested with how much stupid, bombarded "social networking" is in the game. I would not recommend. Play slay the spire instead.

As an avid fan of X-COM, and MARVEL, I thought this would be a no brainer, boy was I wrong.

The core gameplay/combat is fun. It's sort of like X-COM meets a deckbuilder, and has enough innovative and creative abilities for each MARVEL hero to make it fun and interesting. The only problem is, all of the boring stuff in between each mission. The great thing about X-COM is being able to run mission, after mission, after mission. There never seems to be a lull for long, Which is great. But, with this game, literally, not figuratively, of the first 5ish hours of the game you get 3 maybe 4 missions, and those missions may only take 20 minutes to beat. So then you're left with about 4 hours of walking around a big, open, boring base, while being smashed over the head with even more boring exposition from characters you really couldn't give a flying f*** about.

Witchcraft this. Witchcraft that. Blah. Blah. Blah. Agatha this. Agatha that. Blah. Blah. Blah. You're a demon born. Blah. Blah. Blah. This goes on... and on... and on... you just find yourself checking out after each mission because of all this utterly boring exposition being delivered to you in dull, uninteresting, uninspired dialogue by voice actors/actresses that really don't seem to care either. But, you figure, alright, maybe I just have to get through all of this, because it's introducing new game mechanics for upgrading my cards, and what not, and maybe then it'll pick up the pace a little.

Nope.

It just goes on... and on... and on. The dull droning just never stops. I've almost ten-hours into the game, and I'm so unbelievably disinterested in the story and characters. It is mind-numbing. It is every bit as bad as most of the dreck coming out from the MCU now. It feels like something written by the people behind the Agatha TV Series. It's every bit as boring and uninteresting. Now add in a dash of a half-baked friendship mechanic with all of the Hero characters, and it gets even more boring. Mind you, this half-baked mechanic can only really be accessed once per day cycle, which is basically the game's turn system. Making things worse, when you finally do start to unlock more missions, you can only take one per day. Which means that those you don't take, will disappear from the map and you miss them.

Normally, I'd be fine with that sort of a mechanic, as in X-COM you can't take every mission either, but the issue is, that all of the pointless and boring stuff that goes along with each day cycle, means you'll be spending the better part of each hour in this game, doing more boring, and pointless activities, only to spend maybe 15-20 minutes in the actual good part of the game, the missions.

It's a shame.

The core is there, but this game desperately needs modding to shorten all of the out of mission bleh, and give you more time in said missions.

Oh... and something that's really sad, is that the mission locations, while featuring some neat interactable objects, are effectively static maps. They don't change or evolve as the mission goes on. They feel so small, and confined. Again, in X-COM, you would enter into some maps that felt huge, and which would evolve as the mission went on. In this, you spawn in, sometimes without even the slightest bit of a cinematic, and fight wave after wave of enemies that just come running in from the edge of the confined space.

The after-mission photo-mechanic that is carried over from X-COM 2 is back, and it's a neat thing to have, given the fact that they're all Comic Book characters, and you can create your own Comic Book covers after each mission, but it lacks any real innovation, and feels far more restrictive. You can't even write custom text for titles and or captions; you're instead limited to utterly repetitive, generic text generation, which leaves you with only so many combinations before you start giving up.

Overall, the game is a neat concept, but it lacks the polish, the creativity, the innovation, and the fun of the X-COM series, which is a shame, because it's such a neat concept; taking X-COM and making a MARVEL game with it. I mean, just imagine if you took X-COM 2's gameplay, and replaced the soldiers with MARVEL characters, each with their own abilities and powers. That would be amazing! Instead, we got this, which ends up being an utter disappointment.

TL;DR I bought this on sale. Got the 'Ultimate Edition' for $20. I have about 700ish hours in X-COM 1 & 2. I love the MARVEL Universe and their characters. I will probably 'NEVER' complete this game, because it is so ridiculously boring.

It is a turn based system which works well, especially for people with limited hand function as we can take our time a bit

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☑ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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Don't let the edgy costumes fool you, this game has fun with all the characters you hang out and fight alongside. Lots of little references to stuff from the comic books, and fun social righting.
The actual mechanics for the battles is fun enough, especially with all the added mechanics with the Abbey and deck building beforehand.

This game is so much better than you'd think it would be. I mean, it's way better than I thought it would be anyway. Such a unique take on tactics games by adding deck builder elements, and somehow it still feels like a marvel superhero game with it's mechanics.

This game goes on sale quite often for under $10. PLEASE give this game a shot sometime, I promise you won't regret it.

fantastic gameplay, graphics look awesome (except for peter at times, he can look a little rough) story is very good imo, the combat doesn't really get dull with the deck building aspects in the game. If you like deck building RPG style games, I would give this game a shot 1000000%

very poggers, shame game didn't perform that well/marvel burnout prob affected but it's a really good strategy game and fun and well made and epic and so cool and i love morbius hes my favourite dlc character

Awesome game! good fun and great characters

The gameplay is awesome, but the dialogue is unbelievably terrible.

This came out during covid, so I am going to assume that the writing is a result of the writers not having talked to another person for quite a while at that point.

I found the dialog (& especially introductory/expository title cards) unbearable. The constant quips are painfully cringe inducing; nothing is taken seriously & each character is written with the exact same voice (which is typical of recent MCU slop). The writing is so bad that I couldn't get far enough through the game to make a fair assessment in a broader sense; the combat seemed decent, but not good enough to offset the godawful writing & the unnecessarily hideous character models. Pretty unforgivable given the fact that this is from a major studio. I bought this at a steep discount -- even then, I really can't recommend this.

I liked the game. The mechanics were fun and the story was interesting. The dlc story was pretty good too. I like the interaction between heroes, the references to other storylines, the dlc story was very good.

I will say some of the dialogue is kind of cringey at times and the ending of the main story was kind of disappointing. The random super villian encounters were cool but kind of turn general missions into a drawn out thing. Also deadpool had a terrible kit.

I hope they make another and they make the dialogue less campy and the make it so it gets less grindy for friendship. Also please learn what radiation is and how it works. I know that is a nit pick on my part but please.

But overall it was cool.

Its a somewhat shallow game, with a gameplay loop that seems to annoy most people, but i really did enjoy my play-through, and by the end, i was left wanting more, which can only be a good thing.

Summary:
Its a turn based tactical game, where unlike Xcom, you dont move each character each turn, you have a set number of moves, 3 by default, that can be used by any superhero, the battles are played out more like a puzzle than a action packed fight, usually there are certain enemies you need to eliminate in order, to clear the mission. After the fights, theres a vast contrast in gameplay as your taken to the mansion, chat, hang out and power up, research etc.

Story:
Well, its terrible, i was never invested in it, but i didnt let that get in the way of my fun factor while playing the actual fights. The mansion gameplay itself is so out of place, giving more of an 'Adams Family' feel to the game. A lot of dark and eerie stuff around, cauldrons spells and witchcraft, so out of place in a superhero adventure game, i was constantly puzzled by where exactly this entire theme came from, it really does feel like your playing two completely seperate games at times.

Look and Feel:
I have to say, i was so impressed by the music in this game, it really amps up the immersion unlike any other game ive played, sounds are great too, every punch, slash and knockback really feels great. Graphics are meh, i was really unimpressed by the fact each character, especially the women, are the exact same template model, making them not so unique. I feel the females especially got a little neglected, all same bust size and booty size, very generic and boring. The outfits also are very meh, you will get 100 variations of jeans and cargo pants, all the exact same template.

Overall:
I got the game on special at 80%, defiantly worth it, the negative reviews are correct, the loop can be boring at times, a little too much talking, the friendship and bonding part could have been fleshed out a little more, since it makes up such a vast part of the game. But in my opinion, its all salvaged by how fun the combat is, and the immersion the game itself creates. I did enjoy it, and i would reccomend the game to any fan of tactical turn based combat.

Loved this game, didn't think I'd be into the turn-based/deck building aspects of the game, but in practice it's actually pretty fun and engaging, feels like you're playing a weird game of chess and the pieces are replaced with some of your favorite marvel heroes. This was my first experience with this style gameplay, and since then I've also acquired other similar titles like the XCOM franchise. This game is a great introduction into these types of games. On lower difficulties it can be a great laid back and story-rich experience, I'd often plan out my next moves while having a movie or something playing on another monitor without too much distraction to either activity. Can be a satisfying challenge on higher difficulties as well, enemies turn you into glass but it makes you have to prioritize strategising turns ahead and using different card combos you might not need to bother with in the early game. The gameplay itself isn't reinventing the wheel but the story and more specifically the character interactions are so compelling and does a good job of making you feel like YOU are a part of the team, on par with the square enix guardians of the galaxy game if not better. Hoping for a sequel, if you're skeptical wait for a sale but I'd say this is a comfortable pickup at any price. The DLC is definitely worth it as well, I enjoyed the game on release before the DLCs dropped and enjoyed the game then, but now the game doesn't feel like a complete package without it.

This game is the closest you can ever get to perfecting the formula of great companion characters. The cast is the best part of this game, and anyone who says the Relationship building sucks doesn't know what they're talking about. Each character is written both exactly as you'd expect, and with such a depth that it builds upon that legacy. It's really fun to be able to leave your mark on the Marvel universe, and make friends and allies with some of the biggest names, cast in the best way.

I originally wasn't into the Card Game idea, but I really came around to it. It's really cool to play through them like combat puzzles, with plenty of opportunities for defenestration and environmental damage. Each hero's card-set is so well designed that they all play a little different, allowing for strategic and flavorful combination. I haven't played a Marvel game that utilized it's characters so well since Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

The story is pretty good, but pretty much what you'd expect from a comic book event series. Think about any of the comic events, these are the vibes. Characters are transformed and die in interesting ways, that'll certainly be undone by some sort of cosmic force, it's kinda the name of the game here. What it is, though, is a very fun thrill ride. Lots of little twists and turns, and the level of dialogue choice can really make your experience *yours*.

The DLC is pretty worth, I even enjoyed Deadpool, he wasn't annoying and had a really fun play style. Game is super good, underrated even, especially from the X-Com devs. Masters of the Strategy genre for sure, they can turn a silly card game gimmick into a really fun tactical puzzle game.

TL;DR: You want a Marvel RPG with a fun Tactical Card Gimmick and solid representation across the Marvel Universe? Get this game.

Extremely fun however the only thing that feels weird is my male character moves like a female.

An actual hidden gem! While it does suck that this game will likely never get a sequel, it is very replayable and I see myself playing it years from now. Seriously, gratuitous gunship helicopters, some of the best turn-based combat I've ever played, hot steamy geriatric lesbian romance, what DOESN'T this game have? I know it's a bold claim to make right after Marvel Rivals and the re-released Marvel vs. Capcom 1 & 2 have all made a splash, but this is genuinely the best Marvel game I have ever played. Most of the original team is here with Blade, Morbius, Strange, and Ghost Rider (albeit as Robbie!) and the newer additions all fit really nicely. The teambuilding narrative that plays out between missions is fantastic worldbuilding. The roster is fantastic.

I am enjoying the base game. The added bonuses are completely not needed. Mostly just extra skins. There's plenty of content in the base game. There's are more than enough skins in the base game too.

The combat is fun. Deck building / card-upgrading is fun. The main story is good. Most conversations can be skimmed (and there are a lot of them). All annoying treasure-hunt type stuff can be googled.

I dislike Marvel movies and i would still consider them Citizen Kane next to the writing in this turd. Gameplay is ok if you like deck building, but not good enough to win you over if you weren't a fan before. The game sucks for the first 10 hours as you're stuck in tutorials with awful, awful, awful characters (Nico, Captain Marvel, and Iron Man are the most annoying). It gets better for about 15 hours as you near the end of act 1 and get better characters ( Spider-man and Captain America are decent), and begin exploring the abbey grounds solving puzzles. By the end of act 2 you've seen most of what the game has for you and you just want it to be over.

Also, the game has some technical bugs throughout, but the worst is by far the final mission. I don't know if the engine couldn't handle all the characters on screen, or there's too many particle effects, but the fps absolutely TANKS. i dropped from a stable 60 fps throughout the game to about 18-20 fps during the entire end mission. It was also annoying to play.

If you like babysitting super heroes and tactical turn based combat, this game is for you!

I went with low expectation and for the price that I got it during discount, game is good. Not a fan of card based games but surprisingly it has good and fun card-based combat system. Story is decent, hero-card effects and skills are animated nicely, some exploration around Abbey at night for solving side-quests, card upgrades, friendship lvlup, items crafting, balancing HUNTER's light and dark balance and Exclusive skill unlock later based on it etc. are some nice touch. Missions are quick and even hardest of the mission is fun simply due to its combat mechanic and some strategic elements that will get you win at a dire moment. It does not have XCOM's miss rate even at 90% lol, but fights are fun in this game. However, these get boring soon, as exploration has no value once all side quests are done (which are very few in my opinion), once you are mid game and have decent lvl team you won't be even crafting items. Annoyingly game still has some bugs even after so long time, like texture tearing, one of the wall-frames in the room can't be accessed, Ancestral costume and passive skill related to it is not received upon opening the said chest in the location (Nexus Mod fix available), etc. The D-Day had nice twist but I felt the battles were easy and ending was super weak. It was like re-living the final season of Game of Thrones, all hyped villain but not satisfying finale. Only things that kept me going was I wanted to unlock every hero and their exclusive outfits along with their exclusive skills before the final chapter. And off-course my beautiful Wanda's companionship :D . Overall, it's not worth full price so get it only during discount that includes DLC's as well [which shouldn't be more than 12-15 USD (game+dlc's)].

LOVE it. Strategy, story, Marvel, customizing your characters...what's there not to like? Heavy on story and humor, so if that's not your thing and you just want to fight, I guess you might get bored? I love the balance of fighting, dialogue, plots and jokes. Some exploration and side quest stuff too. 10/10

This game is amazing. Music is good, combat as well, and on top of that 1A character development, Defiantly worth it especially if its on sale. But think more like Persona than XCOM so please keep that in mind when checking it out.