As a premise, Marvel Heroes is overflowing with potential. Developed by Gazillion (headed by Diablo co-creator David Brevik) it attempts to combine the frenetic action combat of Diablo with the persistent world and heavy instancing of an MMO, all dressed up in Marvel’s tights. Running around fighting famous villains like Green Goblin or Magneto while hunting for gear upgrades and loot in a free-to-play framework should be fun... but that expectation makes it all the more disappointing that Marvel Heroes regularly feels like a chore thanks to stilted progression systems, repetitive combat, and an incredibly limited endgame.
A non-profit educational group is looking to buy the Marvel Heroes license to either maintain the MMOARPG as-is or use it to build an entirely new game.
Why campaign is set to "Flexible goal"? Like "We desperately need $450 000, but hey, we'll settle for any amount of money you'll give to us. And we won't have to do a damn thing.".
They say in Indiegogo campaign: "To achieve our plan, we are currently seeking a minimum of $450k – $900k". MINIMUM of $450k, so why "flexible"?
Next, they say that currently, "creditors claims totaling at $900K" and "The closer our offer is to those claims, the greater our chances of success". A chance costs $450 000.
They're also saying that "One downside is that Gazillion has spent millions to license the use of characters and story lines over the years", where will they get millions for a license? Another campaign? Aggressive microtransactions? Oh, right, "Unless millions are raised to fund this campaign, the odds of this option being successful are very limited."
Even their Paragon university website has "Coming Soon" on it and "Elder mage" have only one "news" and copy-pasted content from Indiegogo campaign. Sounds like a scam to me.
These were all my feelings as well. The whole thing reeks of ripoff and I'm generally a pretty forgiving guy when it comes to crowdfunding campaigns.
Chris and Colby are back with Episode 2 of the Gaming Historia podcast. In this episode, we use the imminent closure of Paragon as a jumping off point to discuss Digital Gaming and how it affects gaming as a whole. In addition, we get a little off topic about questionable things that are done with amiibos.
There's not a lot of closure when free-to-play games go away.
I almost spent 50 bucks on this game. It's sad for the people that spent all that money.
Had a notification on PSN that refunds will be given on things purchased from IIRC August until now. Hate to see it close down I was starting to enjoy it but at least will be getting some of my money back.
Let me know how disappointed you are for PAYING for this title. For a free to play game and a marvel fan, it's excellent, and is better than those ultimate alliance titles. AND IT'S FREE.
My main problem is the price of the characters. Wish they would lower it down to like 5 bucks for wolverine.
price of the characters and costumes needs to come down and then I think it's a very viable game for marvel fans. I don't want to pay $200 just to play as symbiote spider-man (costume is exclusive to the $200 pack)