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(More customer reviews)I have been an owner of multiple consoles over the years. From the NES, to the SNES and Genesis, than to the PlayStation and the Nintendo 64, and followed closely by the Sega Dreamcast, I have always had fun with each console generation. One of my all time favorite consoles, to this day, has always been the Dreamcast. With highly unique classics such as Power Stone and Sonic Adventure available for the system, it has always had a great line up of games. However, there was always one Dreamcast game that got more playing time out of me than any other game, and that was Marvel VS Capcom 2.
Building upon the success of fighting games before it, such as Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men VS Street Fighter, and Marvel VS Capcom 1, Marvel VS Capcom 2 is a chaotically fast and addictive game. The gameplay focuses around teams of three characters fighting it out against other teams. The character roster is deep, focusing on both the Capcom side and the Marvel side of the game's two character worlds.
With 56 characters available to play as, the game is intense, and match ups are always very unique. The characters include:
Marvel side
Blackheart
Cable
Captain America
Colossus
Cyclops
Doctor Doom
Gambit
Hulk
Iceman
Iron Man
Juggernaut
Magneto
Marrow
Omega Red
Psylocke
Rogue
Sabretooth
Sentinel
Shuma-Gorath
Silver Samurai
Spider-Man
Spiral
Storm
Thanos
Venom
War Machine
Wolverine
Wolverine (Bone Claws)
Capcom side
Akuma
Amingo
Anakaris
B.B. Hood
Cammy
Captain Commando
Charlie
Chun-Li
Dan
Dhalsim
Felicia
Guile
Hayato
Jill Valentine
Jin
Ken
M. Bison
Mega Man
Morrigan
Roll
Ruby Heart
Ryu
Sakura
Servbot
SonSon
Strider Hiryu
Tron Bonne
Zangief
That's a total of 28 characters, per side, making the roster highly balanced. The benefit that I really got out of the new version of the game is the way that all of the cast is unlocked upon initially downloading the game. This is a huge improvement over the Dreamcast version, in which you were forced to complete Arcade mode multiple times, in order to earn enough points to "purchase" new characters; a task that was truly time consuming, and tedious. It is true, however, that many characters simply do overpower others on the game, such as Sentinel, however, with enough practice, it's actually quite simple to win as any character available on the game.
The graphics have been improved over the Dreamcast iteration, making the colors more vibrant, and the animations much more fluid than they were in the past. The graphics won't compare to games such as Battle Fantasia, Super Street Fighter IV, or BlazBlue, but they are still very solid, and crisp looking. There are no issues with the framerate, and the game feels great to play on the PlayStation 3.
Online play is now an extra mode added to the re-release of Marvel VS Capcom 2, and featurs a spectator mode which allows the player to watch the fights of other users. The menus have been reworked as well, looking much better than the original "hexagon" layout for the menus that the original Dreamcast version had.
All in all, the game looks great, plays great, and feels great, on the PlayStation 3, adding new features such as online play, and tweaking subtle things such as layout. The gameplay is unchanged, still relying on hectic, fast paced, chaotic fights between two teams of three, where even the A.I. can be difficult at times on higher difficulty levels. Getting this game now will definitely help put anyone in the mood for the upcoming sequel due in a few months. This is a must buy for anyone who is a fighting game fan.
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Fans asked, and Capcom listened! One of the most popular fighting games of all time returns! MvC2 brings legendary characters from throughout Marvel and Capcom history to duke it out in an insane tag-team fighting experience. Featuring an unprecedented 56-character roster and now with HD support and online play, one of the best fighting games ever just got better! Download the game today!
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