Fighting games as a rule are played by two kinds of people. Those who play online with strangers and those who play on their couch with friends. Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3, more than just about any other fighting game out there is focused on the former. Most folks who play with someone in person with friends, probably won’t see too many differences from the last game that came out around 9 months ago. While there are certainly tons of changes and some of which make a great deal of impact on the game. It will be hard for the average fan to notice them.
This game adds lots of new characters, backgrounds, and some balance changes to some of the characters to create a better overall experience. There is even a brand new mode promising to add some even cooler changes to the game, unfortunately rather than being packaged with the game it will be post launch downloadable content; at least it’s going to be free.
There are some UI changes from the first game that are a little hard to get used to. The way that X-Factor and your three character team are displayed. Both only made it more difficult to easily evaluate at a glance. The other cosmetic upgrades really make no difference to gameplay. All of these changes were probably done to differentiate the game from the earlier title. But were not necessary in the end.
The gameplay itself remains virtually unchanged. Returning players from the last game will be able to jump right in and while some of their favorite characters may not be quite as effective as they once were. It doesn’t seem like any characters were broken by the balance changes. Some of the framerate slow down has been addressed which gives the game a feeling of being even faster than it was originally. Which can be a good or bad thing depending on your personal play style.
Most of the people who are playing Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 online right now seem to be folks that were pretty addicted to the first version of the game that came out earlier this year. There is going to be a steep, all most insurmountable learning curve for anyone picking up this game cold. While normally I would suggest picking up the first game, first in order to learn more slowly. I would not in this situation, for $40 it’s just not worth buying both game which combined would probably cost you between $70-$80. Training and mission mode are useful tools in learning; but practice, Youtube videos, and perhaps a strategy guide are probably going to be more effective than anything built into the game. All of this applies somewhat to this reviewer as I’ve been away from Marvel versus Capcom 3 for about 4 months. So while it was my favorite fighting game, I’m still all most starting from scratch compared to all the folks online who have been playing the game nonstop.
As with many Capcom fighting games of late, Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 is light on modes. While these game are by far the most popular with the tournament players. It is hard to understand why Capcom doesn’t want to appeal to some of the casual audience by putting things like survival, story, or even time attack modes. All of which are pretty much a throwaway for the professional players. It makes the casual player feel more like they are buying a better product than just getting arcade, versus, online, and training modes. While at $40 Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 is probably the best fighting game your going to find. It is also hard to not remember that last February 16th regular old Marvel versus Capcom 3 came out.
Marvel versus Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was definitely the best fighting game I’d ever played. The game had what seemed like an infinite amount of depth. Which only makes me love Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 even more exciting(even if it’s going to take me 2-3 months to get to be any good at it.). So while I’m not sure that this game couldn’t have been DLC, I also I’m not sure that it would have been much less expensive so for this reason I give Ultimate Marvel versus Capcom 3 a 9.5/10.
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