Demo Review: Marvel vs. Capcom 2
My demo review for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will be the shortest ever. I remember playing the game a few times in the arcade but moreso watching my friend play the game. Back then, it was pretty neat to see players swapped in and out.
So when I heard that it was going to be remade and available for PSN and XBL, I was pretty stoked. And I was really stoked when I heard the PSN was going to get an exclusive demo. So, a day after it was released and 200MB later, I installed the game and played it.
After playing around with it, I realized … the only playable mode was local multiplayer. I couldn’t play single player! Or online battles! The only two options available were local multiplayer and all the options!
What an absolute waste of time and space! Why not … allow five matches in single player. Why confine the exclusive PSN demo to local multiplayer – something that is considered a dying trend to many people? What in the hell was Capcom thinking? I guess this game is aimed at people who have local friends that own a PS3 or people who have an extra PlayStation controller.
So the demo failed at what it tried to do, which is to give gamers a taste of the game. So unless you have two PlayStation controllers lying around, don’t bother downloading this demo.
So…um…I don’t understand. Can you even play the game in 2P mode over the internet? If so, then screw this game 100%. I mean, think about it — if you have to have an internet connection to get this game via PSN and it’s supposedly a re-release similar to SSFIITHDR, why wouldn’t it have online multiplayer??? That’s retarded.
Now, even if I’m wrong and the full game does feature online vs. play…why not include that in the demo? In an age where game companies are pushing ONLINE multiplayer like crazy (this is from the same company that released RE5 a couple months ago), why on earth would you EVER restrict gameplay — even DEMO gameplay — to an 2-people-in-the-same-room multiplayer mode?
I don’t get it.
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May 4, 2009 at 5:00 am
Yeah, I thought the demo was pretty lame, but I still bought the full game. There is in fact online play in the full game, but unless you take the time to learn the moves of a large group of characters, it’s very hard. It’s still a good game, but right now I’m actually enjoying Trials HD more.
August 31, 2009 at 4:04 am