At what point should we start feeling sorry for Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics? Even the scheduling of this article, posted directly after Insomniac Games’ free Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales update, feels like a kick in the ion thrusters. Nevertheless, the company has confirmed that, contrary to the wording of a social media post, fans will need to pay for upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe-inspired outfits coming to Marvel’s Avengers.
Here’s what went down: earlier in the week, the game’s official Twitter account teased an impending event named the Red Room Takeover, which is coming to the release later this spring. “[The event] features rewards like animated nameplates, outfits inspired by the MCU, a deadly HARM Room hacked by Yelena Belova, and more secrets to decrypt,” the message reads.
Of course, many understandably interpreted this post to mean that the MCU costumes would be rewards for participating in the event – after all, that’s literally what it says in the post. Not true, the company has since clarified: “The outfits inspired by the MCU will be available exclusively in the Marketplace for purchase with credits.”
Credits are the game’s premium currency, which you can purchase from the PS Store using real money. It’s not unusual for the release’s outfits to be sold using this method, as the title already has an enormous selection of suits that you can buy for its entire cast of characters – many of which need to be purchased from the aforementioned Marketplace. But this is yet another example of an unforced error, with iffy communication leading to an avoidable backlash.
[source twitter.com, via eurogamer.net]
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Seems redundant considering your character models literally look like stunt doubles for the MCU actors but sure
Bruce Banner is literally wearing the same exact clothes he wore in the first Avengers movie minus the jacket
EDIT: Oh and the next in game event is about the Red Room featuring Yelena Belova...I WONDER WHY THAT WAS CHOSEN
When the game goes free to play then I might consider it
I played campaign it wasn't that bad and I never understood the point of buying costumes for guns or characters in video games No offense I never got to the point be like " Damn this guy has a cool costume for his charcter " and I feel like no one cares what is ur costume in video games. But again no offense to anyone it's just me!
Meanwhile Insomniac added extra costumes to Spider-Man for free
Like, I figured this was going to happen, but c'mon..... They couldn't at the very least give these costumes out for free...?
I don’t feel bad for them at all. Cynical cash grabs deserve zero pity.
"At what point should we start feeling sorry for Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics?"
Meh, never. I'm a broken record at this point, I know. But a friend of mine told me they hate shortcuts because typically they fail and you have to take an even longer path to make the difference. That's what this was. They tried to take the "easy route" of making a ton of money with live service and now they're scrambling to make the difference.
Meanwhile, if this would've been a genuine passion project like the actual MCU, they would've been able to swim in all the money thrown their way like Scrooge McDuck
@Kyevo8814 Mile Morales didn't have a season pass and you got the extra costumes added to the original whether you bought the season pass or not.
That's fine. Every other costume in the marketplace is either a boring pallet swap, or just sucks, and I don't know why anyone would pay a dime for them. But all other dlc is free, so I don't mind paying for new skins as long as they actually look good.
They haven’t realised that they’re killing there own game with every update have they?
why would you feel sorry for them when there the ones putting them in and charging for them?
If it was Marvel insisting on it wouldn't they be doing the same for SM & Miles?
@kingtoten I’m with you, but then kids get bullied for being “default”. It’s like having hi-tec trainers in the 80s
Meanwhile insomniac just gives not only the Homecoming suit, but also the infinity war AND the Sam Rami Spider suit while charging nada for it.
It gets worse. The fact that " fans will need to pay for upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe-inspired outfits" makes a clear split between the MCU and the game - because it establishes that the MCU is not an organic part of the SE game but something separate that requires non-game world activity to bring in.
@Jacko11 Spot-on. They have no idea, not even 12% of a plan
"At what point should we start feeling sorry for Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics?"
Given their atrocious monetization model for a game that they utterly butchered to transform into a live service when it could have been so, so, SO much better as a simple single-player game in the same vein as Insomniac's Spider-Man games, I see absolutely no reason why I or anyone else should feel sorry for them.
This is the bed they made for themselves.
Imagine spending money on this mediocre trash that had no reason to exist in the first place 🤣😂
I don’t know why there was an expectation for these to be free. My only thought is some sort of MCU bundle would be nice.
Edit: I had only skimmed the article and upon re-reading now understand that wording 100% sounds like you get the skins from the Red Room missions.
@carlos82 It was also like 4 hours long.
I love the way that all the people who dislike this game so much are the people that claim they wont be playing it but feel the need to voice their dislike for whatever reasons everytime there is an article written about the avengers...we heard you the first 50 times so get a life and move on...your 15 mins are up..
@Robinsad and Mercury trainers in the 90s 😁
@orson tough but fair. One could argue that Miles Morales IS DLC.
@Northern_munkey eh, I can understand some lingering bitterness. This game was, at one time, everything a video game and comic book nerd could ask for... and then it came out.
Now, it's not exactly the worst game ever or anything but when you consider how far it is from what it could have been... well, that's both frustrating and depressing.
It's like when you get jilted by an ex and can't help but chime in when his/her name comes up. Or maybe that's just me lol.
Microtransactions have no pace in full price releases.
@Northern_munkey
I think we need to voice our unhappyness with the state this game is in, I was kinda looking forward to this and it turned out to be a butchered mess.
If Squeenix keeps making ***** moves we'll call them out, I want this game to succeed, I want to like it, but in this current state I just cant not voice my opinion.
@zupertramp i think i understand where you are going with this and i like the ex association..game was a tad disappointing but utter garbage? Hell no its really good fun...i just dont get the troll mentality one bit..strange people..
@LordOfTurnips i appreciate your comments but dont you find it a bit annoying that when an article about something is written the usual crap is repeated over and over sometimes by the same people over and over? Yeah by all means voice your oppinions but do they have to everytime? Really it just gets tiresome..
@Kyevo8814 A paid DLC or expansion like Miles Morales is way better than a GaaS promising free content throughout its lifespan IMO.
The thing I hate about GaaS like Avengers is that the content/timetable/quality is never guaranteed or can change on a whim (see Anthem 2.0), then they pack it full of **** like multiple battlepasses and overpriced cosmetics while people defend or downplay it as being less scummy because it has “free content” and because of this it must be reasonable.
At least with MM you could read the reviews when it launches & decide if the price is warranted upfront, then with the additional costumes they threw in it’s just the cherry on top. With Marvels Avengers, the game is technically finished but nowhere near fully fleshed out (or doesn’t feel that way at least) today & it’ll probably go F2P eventually. Meanwhile its player base is just stuck in limbo until new content while they still find ways to throw in & market costumes.
Reason #17 Not to Play this Game.
Well, maybe when it's free on Plus...
Do I remember it wrong, when they said before launch there will be everything free? You just buy one game and every post-release content will be at no extra cost???
@Robinsad Can confirm. Had Hi-Tec in the 80's. Scarred for life.
@Kyevo8814 Somebody forgot to take a left turn at Alberquerque.
If you have to buy something, it's not a reward.
It's hilarious when developers expect players to buy anything extra from them when they've already burned them with the initial purchase. They've done next to nothing to make up for the mess they sold and they want a reward, not happening.
☺️🤣😂🤣😂 oh seriously 😂 😂😂😂
you know when i was younger we had joypad button codes to change the skin of the character your playing. very sad to see this carry on.
@Kyevo8814 Discussion, mate. If you don't like it, and you don't seem very good at it, don't engage in it.
@Kyevo8814 Manager, can we get this 'person' their cheque please? Seriously, calm down. Someone expresses an opinion different to yours and you go off on one insulting people left, right and centre. Who hurt you? Show us on the doll where they touched you.
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