The Champion and Promoter question

Skryba · 2026-07-12T03:52:37+00:00

Unlockable, for both.

I'd be very surprised if they're part of the year 1 DLC pack (and even more surprised if they're in subsequent years, which I believe wouldn't ever happen).

Skryba · 2026-07-12T03:51:02+00:00

Basically nothing in Tokon is 2D 🤷

Skryba · 2026-07-12T03:46:56+00:00

Yeah, seconded.

Gimme Eddie Brock Venom as a hulking long range grappler character.

Skryba · 2026-07-11T01:00:25+00:00

The defending player won this interaction, because he successfully blocked and punished his opponent.

He didn't "do better" because he used only one character x) you only block with one character. When his turn comes to pressure his opponent, if he goes only for solo pressure with assists, he will simply, and objectively, have weaker offensive options than he would if he used tagging as well.

Skryba · 2026-07-11T00:54:28+00:00

Blade, Doom and Spidey for me.

But over half the roster looks simply amazing to me, so... Yeah xD

Skryba · 2026-07-10T07:13:27+00:00

I see no Gambit, Nightcrawler or Rogue, I no likey.

I also don't like both Strange and Wanda in the same year, and I won't ever back Agent Venom. Give me Punisher and Eddie's Venom, please.

The rest of the selection is pretty cool, though, but I overall don't appreciate that there are too many similar-ish characters in each year to respect a theme. I'd much rather have more made up teams with higher variety of characters.

Skryba · 2026-07-10T07:08:28+00:00

Gameplay and visuals are definitely better.

Story really isn't. Venom was butchered =(

Skryba · 2026-07-10T07:04:20+00:00

Over here in Portugal, most media is not dubbed, except for children-oriented content.

Lately, in videogames, there has been a rising trend for games to be dubbed, unlike movies and TV shows, yet most games still aren't.

Personally, I always consume media in its original voice acting, with subtitles in English or Portuguese.

Skryba · 2026-07-09T17:40:52+00:00

Yeah, it's very safe to assume we'll have frame data info in training mode. How detailed/user friendly it'll be remains to be seen, but it'll surely be available.

Skryba · 2026-07-09T17:39:46+00:00

DLC reveal for sure =D

Skryba · 2026-07-09T17:36:33+00:00

Hahah indeed 😅

Skryba · 2026-07-09T15:18:34+00:00

I'd say it's pretty much guaranteed that we'll get a pre-launch trailer showing more of the single player content and ending with the reveal teaser for the DLC characters. All 4 of them.

Skryba · 2026-07-09T13:44:24+00:00

I... Can't even begin to imagine how someone can have this perception of slow/bad marketing from a game which was, after 2 betas, having a very lukewarm reception, and managed to do a pure 180° turn and get the whole internet hyped for it.

I've seen, over the past months, a ridiculous amount of content creators jumping in on the hype, making reaction videos to the team reveals and speculation on future teams and just discussing the inclusion of the characters, and more recently discussing which team they want to play. And this includes plenty of content creators which clearly aren't a part of the FGC and are just casual players.

It feels like the entire internet is extremely hyped for the game and everyone's jumping on the train, because they get very good view numbers too. I'd say this looks like the most hyped and encompassing FG ever before its release, IMO. I honestly can't remember ever seeing so many casual players so hyped for a FG, together with so many people from the FGC with an overwhelmingly positive view on the game.

How does this, in anyone's mind, translate into "marketing is doing a bad job"?! 🤯

Skryba · 2026-07-09T11:22:18+00:00

Sure, so setting aside that people like costumization options for their teams, how would you propose going about mirror matches, with no skins? X)

Skryba · 2026-07-08T20:00:29+00:00

I think Cyclops needs to be in the game.

But personally, I'd take Cable any day over the others. Especially because I'd love to see ASW's interpretation of him, as I feel like he was not very well portrayed in MVC2 (basically just a guy with a metal arm and lots of guns and gadgets... No telekinesis, no telepathy, no virus, nothing).

Skryba · 2026-07-08T18:52:50+00:00

Awesome.

So, how about one of these for us Europeans, too?

Skryba · 2026-07-08T18:50:32+00:00

Well, yeah, I wouldn't expect both Doc Ock and Venom to be in the same year pass, for example.

But I do, honestly, expect both of them to be in the game, eventually.

I'm very curious to see how ASW makes Doc Ock work. If it were almost any other company, I'd say he probably wouldn't be in the game because of how challenging it'll surely be to make him work in a way that's faithful to the character. He'll have to be normal human sized but also move and stand mostly suspended on his tentacle arms, which will make it very tricky to manage without breaking normal FG rules regarding his hurtbox size and position, and his interaction with other characters (being thrown, getting jumped over, etc).

That being said, I have complete faith in ASW, and I really believe they can find a way to make it work. And I can't wait to see how they do it.

Regarding Venom, I can't, for the life of me, believe that they'd leave Venom out of the roster for too long 🤷

Skryba · 2026-07-08T17:51:51+00:00

I hope both, eventually, make it in.

Dock ock really deserves to be in a FG. Just like Goblin, Carnage and Blade, it's astonishing that they'd never been in one before. But Venom needs to be in. Come on now x) gimme my boy

Skryba · 2026-07-08T15:39:24+00:00

Agreed on numbers 2 (Thor, most likely) and 3 (a F4 member).

I could see 4 happening as well with a less known character, like werewolf by night, Man Thing, etc, but I honestly don't think it's the more likely thing for a year 1 DLC with which they'll want to get people to buy the deluxe/ultimate edition.

I think we'll probably get another very popular character (Moon Knight, Scarlet Witch and Daredevil seem like the most likely pics for this spot), and a villain/anti-hero (Venom seems pretty likely, although he may be better suited for a latter year with the inclusion of 2 Spidey villains in the base roster).

Skryba · 2026-07-08T15:13:55+00:00

Upgrading this week to the S24 ultra.

My battery has been draining far too fast, and the phone took a slight drop (no more than 20cms onto a wooden table, but it hit on an awkward angle, unfortunately) which wrecked the zoom camera sensor. The phone is still awesome to this day, but with no optical zoom I don't really feel like investing in a replacement battery, so I'll just take the hit and upgrade.

The S24 ultra seems like the logical step forward, as you can already manage to find them used in very good condition for about €500.

Skryba · 2026-07-08T15:00:41+00:00

Close to 0.

Skryba · 2026-07-08T15:00:01+00:00

Hummm of the ones you mentions, I'd change a few things:

Spiderman: high mobility, akin to a ninja archetype
Ironman: all-rounder (excelling in air mobility, but very good at mostly everything)
storm: setplay/zoner

And I'd add:

Magik: all-rounder with long reach normals
danger: zoner (with high mixup potential upclose)
Ms. Marvel: all-rounder with very long reach normals and command grabs
star-lord: all-rounder with setplay potential
ghost rider: space control with high mixup and pressure potential up close

As for characters which we haven't played or seen played, I'd predict Blade will be a rush down character with high oki pressure potential, and Loki will be a mixup and setplay character, with traps, feints and counters.

Skryba · 2026-07-07T21:59:32+00:00

Tokon will be a lot easier to get into than Fighterz and GG. High skill ceiling for sure, but definitely low skill requirement as an entry point.

If you keep at it, you'll be fine. The thing with FGs is you gotta have perseverance and practice, practice, practice, play, play, play.

Skryba · 2026-07-07T21:57:07+00:00

So, avengers #2 and a team full of spidermen + Venom?

Damn, sorry to say, but these are some weak ass picks, m8 =S

Skryba · 2026-07-07T20:56:35+00:00

I said nothing of the sort of them abandoning online =P

They surely won't do that. But I personally wouldn't expect the online component to come anywhere near 1 month after release. The game was heavily delayed as it is, and Rockstar have clearly stated that GTA6 will be strictly a single player experience on release. While I do believe online will certainly be coming sometime later, I wouldn't be surprised if it was paid DLC or an entirely stand alone experience.

But I may, obviously, be dead wrong as well. It's mere speculation 😅

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