MvC3 is just... terrible... This is coming from the guy that added the game to the database....
I hate it, plain and simple..
The characters are all floaty. Controls are clunky, and characters bounce off the ground (wtf) for easy OTGs. There's no weight to this game, all the characters feel like plastic.
The controls... Terrible...
Special button is just a button that has all the moves of a certain property mapped to it... Can you imagine playing a fighter that had a Wall bounce button? Regardless of it being a kick or punch? If it's a wall bounce, it gets mapped to that button... That's the case with the launch... If it launches, it's on that button...
Many characters, throughout the series had multiple Launchers, but, now... everyone has one... and it's mapped to the same button...
On top of that... Light medium heavy? Now, because Special button contains that property, I told you about ANY OTHER attack has no such thing!! This is stupid... none of the standard buttons knock you away....
I nearly won the tournament, because the game is terribly simple (at a local gamestop) and, I would have had I remembered to use that cheap, overpowered X-Factor.... Attacks are strong enough in this game, and I'm fine with that.. But, X-Factor on top of that is just rediculous..
I saw someone complain about the endings.... MvC2 ending is FINE, because they weren't trying to overwork themselves... WTF Is the point of character endings when they're just a bunch of boring slide shows... Woo, how entertaining......
Same goes for the story... If you're going to do something, DO IT RIGHT... I'd rather see the game with a corny story, then to have them try and make a story, that turns out to be crap...
But, back to the gameplay... It's SLOW, it's not compairable to Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 in ANY sense... It's not the characters, it's expected to have fewer if you're using fresh assets.
Also, the controls are simple already, WHY is there a SIMPLE MODE on top of TvC inspired controls?! Pathetic... Manual mode isn't actually MANUAL when you have more than one attack per button... I can go on and on for the game about why I hate it.. And, if anyone thinks MvC3 is good, they're either a scrub in MvC2, or loved TvC, or a combination of the two... If you were actually good in MvC2, you would see exactly WTF is wrong with MvC3...
It's X-factor, Simple controls, bouncing for OTGs, and whatever.... I saw the game for what it was months ago, so, luckily, I didn't buy it.. But, I have played it, and will probably play it again tomorrow... Wont miss this game at all..
5.5