Marvel vs. Capcom is still going strong, especially with the new collection on the horizon
Deadpool & Wolverine continues to absolutely tear up the box office having made around $800 million worldwide after its second weekend, so of course fans and people smelling the opportunity to make some money are looking to snatch up and / or sell off any relevant media they can right now.
That even includes the not so great and delisted Activision Deadpool game going for hundreds upon hundreds of dollars right now when there’s already a much better game you can play as both the Merc with a Mouth and Logan plus a ton of other Marvel characters.
I do find it a bit funny that up until like a month ago almost nobody was clamoring for the Deadpool game to come back for the third time.
Meanwhile fighting game fans have been pushing hard for Marvel vs. Capcom’s revival for a multitude of years until we finally got the announcement of the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, which lit the community ablaze with hype and hope for something new in the future.
Sure MvC doesn’t have Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman (or their butts on controllers), but neither does the Deadpool game.
And if you were to look around sites like eBay right now, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Deadpool are going for on average around $120–200 or so and upwards of $500 for sealed and graded copies — so don’t waste your money on those.
The original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies are cheaper at around $45–70 online, which you’d need the old hardware for, but even that is definitely not worth it for the game.
Now, Deadpool is not a terrible, 2/10 game, but that almost makes it worse because instead, it’s just woefully mediocre at best.
High Moon Studios certainly put effort into the project. The final product, however, just did not feel very good to play.
As someone whose favorite genre is probably character action (even more than fighting games) and top series is Devil May Cry, Deadpool’s combat lacked any real impact and felt like I was whacking a bunch of muscled up sponges with a stick.
It got boring very quickly.
That leaves the only potential saving grace being the writing and story, which was just okay even back in 2013 (though sometimes grating even then), and still not enough to carry the experience.
I picked up Deadpool upon its original release with a friend, and we made it about 2–3 hours in before giving up because we’d much rather go back to a better over the top action game in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance — and that was a great decision.
And I’ve never felt any need to go back even after the 2015 rerelease.
But then of course Activision and Marvel got what they could out of the game for the first Deadpool movie and pulled it back off of store shelves in 2017.
Instead, players looking to scratch that Deadpool itch should pick up Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
You won’t get a full story mode for Wade, but he still has his whacky interactions, fourth-wall breaks like using the health bar as a weapon and more antics plus the rest of the package more than makes up for it.
And of course there’s still the great intro cinematics too.
Marvel is a pretty wild series to try and get into with a lot going on, but even at a more casual level, UMvC3 is still fun to hit buttons with using almost 50 of your favorite characters from both companies along with weirdos like Shuma Gorath.
Although Marvel 3 came out a few years before Deadpool, the game still offers a better package for most people.
There’s a multitude of reasons why Marvel 3 still has a very active tournament scene even if the game is busted as hell.
On top of that, PC owners can also take advantage of the Marvel modding community’s hard work to bring a ton of other Marvel and Capcom fighters to the roster in impressive fashion.
That even includes the likes of Gambit, Colossus, Blade, Venom, Thanos, Psylocke and a bunch more on just the comic books side.
But if you really need that Deadpool action, be sure to get Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 because that’s the only fighting game he’s in (that’s still available).
Wolverine and the X-Men are basically in them all except for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, which is currently undergoing its own modding overhaul to fix its myriad of issues.
Yes, Ultimate Marvel 3 is still priced at $25 digitally, but I think it’s worthy of that price, and if you can wait, the game often goes on sale for just $8–10 every few months.
Plus, supporting UMvC3 and the upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection now could help make a new fighting game a reality since both companies seem very interested in doing more together in the future.
I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but play Mahvel and have some fun. (Just maybe avoid online matches if you’re brand new).