Bought Thought 10/22/08

[fifthfiend]

I think I might cry if Superman fell to this plague of overly violent 'heroism.'

Heroic Brutality, lolz.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Apocrypha! APOCRYPHA!

 

[Brainiac 8]

I still have some issues with a Mortal Kombat themed DC game...fortunately that does not effect current canon.

 

[Hush]

Ok whats that word mean Corp?

Oh and Brainiac I would just take the MK vs DC game and just do dc guys vs dc guys, lol. Thats why im buying it.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I just want to play the game and have a huge Luthor vs Superman fight.

That will make it worth playing by itself.

Oh, and Apocrypha refers to something that falls outside of canon, so it doesn't affect true canon supes. So in affect even if they have Supes ripping peoples heads off in the game, it still does not represent the actual character.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It means it doesn't count. The DC heroes aren't allowed to kill people in MK vs. DC, at least.

 

[moraldeficiency]

way too addicted to fable 2 and spider-man web of shadows currently to even think of another game. MK has been pretty stale for a while anyway.

 

[Brainiac 8]

You claim that MK games are stale, yet you continue to feed the Activision Spider-Man machine.

For shame.

 

[UK_Stu]

Captain America #43 - After being spoiled with Epting for sometime now,the change to Luke Ross was a tad distracting.Certain pages and panels just looked wonky and didn't seem to flow.It took me a while to figure out what was happening on the page where Buck was jumping from his bike and attacking the goons.Storytelling problems aside,Ross' art is still better than most and a fine addition to Marvel's already stunning stable of artists.I only expect him to get more comfortable and to settle in as his run continues.

After what has pretty much been a 3 and a half year storyline,I think Bru was able to pull off the transtion into a new direction quite well.He sets the ball rolling on so many fronts and plants a great deal of seeds.For the first time in a long time with this title,Bru's noir-styled storytelling sensibilites shines real bright without sacrificing the tone which has been set for the past 42 issues.

Now for some speculation:[BLACKOUT]Brubaker is going to bring back the original Human Torch. [/BLACKOUT]Brubaker managed to do it pretty well with Bucky so I can only imagine how well Bru would do it with him,plus I think it's long overdue.[BLACKOUT]The guy appeared on the cover of the first "Marvel" comic and was one of the early icons of the MU[/BLACKOUT] ,so I'm totally game.[BLACKOUT](1)Torch appears on the variant cover for #46 (2)seems to have a significant role in the flashbacks so far (3) the remains being discussed by Batroc and "informant" could be his (4) notice the time Bru takes showing the young Chinese prodigy in awe of the Human Torch [/BLACKOUT]

Merely speculation at this point,but with Bru totally milking the entire history of Cap and the Invaders for his run,I think it's highly likely.

Nice theory but...

Spoiler

do you think it might be Toro Bru is bringing back?
1) He and Bucky were much closer than Bucky and the torch
2) Both Bucky and Toro spent time fighting in the Far East with the Young Allies
3) When he was 'killed' by the Mad thinker, his body was never recovered
4) He was originally shown to have regenerative abilities

Also what was the final situation, regarding the Vision I being the original Human torch

 

[moraldeficiency]

You claim that MK games are stale, yet you continue to feed the Activision Spider-Man machine.

For shame.

listen you elitist bastard, this game features a married peter parker, that's all I have to explain. If something like OMD happened to superman and you had a chance, limited as it might be, to have a superman like the one you actually like you'd be dry humping it in minutes. My favorite spider-man game continues to be ultimate spider-man oddly enough.

But I'm mainly playing fable 2, though I figured the experience cheat by accident so a lot of the challenge has gone out. Still sacrificing your wives to the temple of shadows never seems to get old for me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Spoiler

Immortus made a temporal duplicate of the Human Torch, which went on to be Ultron's basis for the Vision. So they're the same, but separate. Like Immortus and Kang, come to think of it.

I agree, Toro sounds likelier. It would basically bring things full circle, with Bucky discovering an old ally that rocks him to his core the way Cap discovering Bucky as the Winter Soldier did.

 

[Brainiac 8]

listen you elitist bastard, this game features a married peter parker, that's all I have to explain. If something like OMD happened to superman and you had a chance, limited as it might be, to have a superman like the one you actually like you'd be dry humping it in minutes. My favorite spider-man game continues to be ultimate spider-man oddly enough.

But I'm mainly playing fable 2, though I figured the experience cheat by accident so a lot of the challenge has gone out. Still sacrificing your wives to the temple of shadows never seems to get old for me.

You win.

I don't know what I would do if they pulled a OMD stunt on Superman....I might even die a little bit inside.

Spoiler

Immortus made a temporal duplicate of the Human Torch, which went on to be Ultron's basis for the Vision. So they're the same, but separate. Like Immortus and Kang, come to think of it.

I agree, Toro sounds likelier. It would basically bring things full circle, with Bucky discovering an old ally that rocks him to his core the way Cap discovering Bucky as the Winter Soldier did.

Spoiler

I would rather it be Toro, how fantastic would a reunion like that be. And how about when Toro meets Johnny Storm and mistakes him for the original Human Torch. The possibilities are endless.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

listen you elitist bastard, this game features a married peter parker, that's all I have to explain. If something like OMD happened to superman and you had a chance, limited as it might be, to have a superman like the one you actually like you'd be dry humping it in minutes. My favorite spider-man game continues to be ultimate spider-man oddly enough.

Mine's still Spider-Man 2, but Web of Shadows is close. I think they went a little overboard with the special effects when you're just punching people, and I would've gladly taken some different ally characters (Moon Knight? Seriously?), but it's quite good overall. And yeah, not referencing BND is great. It was probably a lot more satisfying than it should've been choosing not to f*** the Black Cat.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I also agree with that assessment on torch.

What happened to the og torch in west coast? I was away from comics at that time.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nothing, really. He popped out of his grave, hung around with the West Coast Avengers for a while, and then sort of disappeared. He showed up later as co-owner or partner or something in Oracle, Inc. with Namor and Iron Fist when Oracle was backing Iron Fist's Heroes for Hire team after Onslaught apparently killed all the "big" heroes. Then the Invaders re-formed, he rejoined, got a s***y costume, and died again.

 

[Brainiac 8]

They should leave him that way and bring Toro back.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I'd take both of them, especially if og torch is like he is in avengers/invaders, it's nice to see a hero come in and look at all these other heroes and say, "back in my day you'd all be villians, then proceed to kick the crap out of everyone" the LMD thing was a pretty good point.


Gotta agree corp, not having sex with felicia has been the highlight of the game for me so far. (the beginning was pretty cool too, dark without being emo)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, although I admit, I was a bit shocked seeing MJ wielding a shotgun at the beginning. Still, if any super-wife would do it, it'd be her. MJ had balls of brass when people wrote her properly.

 

[Brainiac 8]

No emo dancing Peter/no sale.

 

[moraldeficiency]

eh, symbiote invasions are like zombie invasions, you just raid the gun store and start kicking ass. I'm not too far along yet so I don't know what got them to that place, but it had a cool feel when he was just walking by the hail of gunfire like he didn't notice then started kicking ass. It was a cool visual mixed with the music. My main complaint is peter parker sounds like 16 which is a bit off putting, but the fight dynamics are better and easier to use.

I always liked to see MJ kicking ass rather than being a victim, though my favorite beat was aunt may over cameleon by way of cookie. That was priceless, especially when she first told him it was arsenic.

 

[Hush]

LOving everything but the repetiveness from WOS.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, dear lord, I hate Peter's voice actor. The guy is so nasal and whiny about everything. I'm also not too happy with the sense of scale for people. I don't know what crazy fantasy world the devs based this game on, but Luke Cage is not supposed to be a foot and a half taller than Spider-Man. Also, Cage is ugly and lacks any defining facial elements. They couldn't have thrown him a goatee and shades or something? Still, those are pretty minor problems for an otherwise good game.

 

[moraldeficiency]

yeah, cage does resemble the hulk way too much, but they got black cat right at least. I'll have to play through again as evil to see how that plays out.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I remember being surprised at how much they basically thrust the Black Cat's breasts in your face during one cutscene. Like, seriously, she's bending over and the camera looks like it's aiming directly at her cleavage.

 

[Anubis]

I've been playing nothing but 1st person shooters. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, The Darkness (which has actually gotten me into the character.) Medal Of Honor: Airborne, Battlefield: Bad Company. I never really cared for games like that, but I'm starting to get an appreciation for blowing a guys brains out.