Since we know practically nothing about these games, we decided that, in true internet fashion, this would be the absolute best time to pick which one is better. Excelsior!
| Thor | |
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| Captain America |
Since we know practically nothing about these games, we decided that, in true internet fashion, this would be the absolute best time to pick which one is better. Excelsior!
Reader Comments (60)
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 3:04PM cbarrentos said
@Ballistic H - Civil War made me a Captain America fan, and also caused me to harbor an intense hatred of Iron Man.
I refuse to ever see an Iron Man film.
and I probably won't see the Avengers film, because I'll be in the back of the cinema screaming "Don't trust him, Cap! He's gonna try to kill you later!"
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I refuse to ever see an Iron Man film.
and I probably won't see the Avengers film, because I'll be in the back of the cinema screaming "Don't trust him, Cap! He's gonna try to kill you later!"
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:01AM TheDarkWayne said
actually a Thor game should be pretty easy to make. Instead of having Thor battle it out with street thugs and petty super villains like Spider-Mans electro or some weakling, set the game in Asgard, where everything is as crazy god like as Thor. Even for Thor it's not a simple thing to take down a family of frost giants. And really, given that the Thor movie is scheduled to take place only in Asgard, except maybe for an after the credits scene, this scenario is pretty likely.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:17AM TheDarkWayne said
well, if it's anything like Segas last game efforts, despite theirs and marvels claims of only making good games, we'll probably still be flying around the same neighborhood with 5 crimes, only they'll be perpetuated by frost giants and dark elves rather than street gangs and super villains
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 11:32AM The Pie Pieper said
Correct, The right answer is niether. They would have been better off asking if we wanted Ant Man or the Green Arrow.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:11AM Bubbameister33 said
If they are anything like Iron Man, I'll pass.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 9:57AM (Unverified) said
In the Capt. America game will the enemies be able to pull off the "Psyche - Hitler"?
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:14AM Uphillbothways said
It was scrapped because it required you and 4 friends to play at the same time.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 12:12PM LaughingTarget said
If heart is like that guy from Temple of Doom, I'd buy it.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 1:55PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:03AM Uncle Jesse said
With a Cap game, you could span different eras and have him fighting in the war and then being thawed out in present time to fight a new battle. His costume would be updated and everything. That could actually be pretty cool. His powers are not even close to Thor's - that's a good thing for a video game. It would make it easier to create enemies for him to fight and it would be a lot easier to swallow Captain America getting beaten down by a bunch of baddies than it would with Thor. It's the same issue they have with Superman that would apply to Thor - he's just too damn strong.
A Thor game could work, but it would have to stay in the realm of the gods. Make it some epic space game or something. I don't think it would look that cool if he was on Earth, present day, flying around with his giant hammer (that doesn't sound right) and yelling "by the beard of Zeus!" as he uppercuts a punk ass with pantyhose on his head.
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A Thor game could work, but it would have to stay in the realm of the gods. Make it some epic space game or something. I don't think it would look that cool if he was on Earth, present day, flying around with his giant hammer (that doesn't sound right) and yelling "by the beard of Zeus!" as he uppercuts a punk ass with pantyhose on his head.
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:10AM TheDarkWayne said
actually what you described in the second half of your post is basically the Incredible Hercules comic, and it's fucking awesome. But yeah, the movie is going to take place exclusively in Asgard, so the game will almost definitely follow it there.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:13AM Uncle Jesse said
I'm looking forward to the movie. It will be a lot different than all the other comic book films. That's probably why I'm really pumped for Green Lantern, too.
Plus, respect to the cast! Thor definitely gets some serious cred for getting the talent it has signed on. I love me some Portman.
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Plus, respect to the cast! Thor definitely gets some serious cred for getting the talent it has signed on. I love me some Portman.
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:14AM TheDarkWayne said
also, people involved with the captain america film have called it a "period piece" and that it will be similar to raiders of the lost ark, so I imagine that will take place primarily in WW2 as well. The dates they give for the games of course correspond with the films releases, but I really wish they could just do a Web of Shadows esque game where it's based on the comics and has it's own unique story. That way we might even be able to go from WW2 cap to modern cap, to Bucky Cap
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:17AM Uncle Jesse said
Agreed, I get why they want to release the game to coincide with the film, but that shouldn't mean that they have to follow the same story as the film. Then it was the cursed, comic-book-movie-video-game, tag.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:06AM (Unverified) said
YOU GO TO HELL!!! YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE!!!!
Seriously what's with all the spam bots???
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Seriously what's with all the spam bots???
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:09AM Bender the great said
Where's the, "They're both gonna suck" option
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:09AM TheDarkWayne said
Man, I'd really enjoy a Thor game. Last year during the Secret Invasion event, there was one part in I think in the 3rd issue, where huge amounts of skrulls and their important facility's just started being decimated, preceded always by an entire panel of thunderbolts, and at the end of the issue, the Skrull Queen basically said "OH SHI-". I dont think id ever read anything more exciting in comics, and I can only imagine how awesome it would be to be Thor while doing that
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:11AM Uncle Jesse said
I think you just want to swing around a big hammer...
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:15AM TheDarkWayne said
yeah, after I read that issue i just went around the house yelling THOR for about 15 minutes, then I spoke in fancy old english for the rest weekend, and I would repeat this every issue of Secret Invasion when Thor did something awesome.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:45AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
Sure would make uppercutting punk-asses and solving major crimes a lot easier on Bruce Wayne if he had those powers...
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:19AM bongoes said
I'm not sure. Thor could be awesome, fighting gods in Asgard, but Captain America has potential too. I guess Thor has a better chance of being a great game. I'm kind of worried that Captain America could end up as another WWII game with a shield.
But I'm really worried about the Green Lantern game, that has the potential to be a fantastic game or a massive failure. I really hope it's the former but it'll probably fail.
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But I'm really worried about the Green Lantern game, that has the potential to be a fantastic game or a massive failure. I really hope it's the former but it'll probably fail.
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:22AM spid said
I would love to see a Call of Duty mixed with Crackdown style Captain America game set in World War II. You have moments where Cap is part of crowd just fighting alongside normal G.I.s but you then have him jump 10ft to scale a building and drop in on the bad guys from behind. There are a lot of things you could do with that setting.
I think an obvious God of War style Thor game set in Asgard could easily work if some one was willing to put money behind it.
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I think an obvious God of War style Thor game set in Asgard could easily work if some one was willing to put money behind it.
Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:50AM TheDarkWayne said
I think a God of War rip off would have been a bad idea. They tried that with ghost Rider and it was pretty boring and generic. I think something akin to Brutal Legend would be best for Thor. Not the RTS' elements of course, but the wide open explorable fantasy world with hack and slash elements, hopefully deeper than brutal legends limited combos though
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 2:17PM glowgoboy said
I just hope that they find good writers and learn from the success of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" (which I have in my gaming queue). As long as the controls are tight for Captain America (he's mostly hand to hand and shield stunts) and the story is compelling, I'm in. Thor never was a favorite of mine, but if done like God of War stuff then it could be interesting.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:28AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
I prefer thor, i think the argument is that he is too powerful, but there is no real reason to give him that much power right at the beginning of the game, I start to think of more epicness to thor then cap, especially side by side with games like GOW
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 10:53AM CaramelZappa said
I voted for captain america, but I can't see either game being any good.
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Posted: Nov 3rd 2009 11:03AM zsavior said
I love cap I really do, But I want to do the freaking GOD BLast. And I want a chance to kick the crap out of Tony stark in his tin suit and make him walk on home. I also want to yell " Have at thee" before busting somebody upside their head with my hammer.
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