The first two MvC titles were enjoyable but insanely fast-paced. In many
ways, it became incredibly frustrating. It was too many characters, too
much random action, and too much speed.
The third game, however,
seems to really fix up the problems. MvC3 is a still-really-quick
fighting game, but one that a less-than-gifted fighting game player such
as myself can figure out enough to work, but that the most skilled
players can really hit the depth of the game in total.
The
character count isn't as high as the second title, but the quality is
dramatically higher than previous affairs. Visually, it is impressive
and the framerate doesn't hitch in spite of the sheer insanity on
screen, which is nothing to sneeze at. The voice acting, well, it is a
video game. I'm not expecting Oscar material.
This isn't a game
that lends itself to a lengthy review. Either the game works or it does
not. This game works well. Aerial combos are the key component of the
game and without that, you have no prayer of doing much. Fortunately, it
is quite simple to bust out aerial combos (a single button push). You
have access to slightly more advanced offensive and defensive
techniques, but you can without them. Some characters work quite well (I
loved Wolverine, X-23, and Dante, personally) and others seem to be
almost useless in combat --- but most people will find some squad of
fighters that click with their particular style of combat.
Even
though I am not the biggest fighting game fanatic out there, I am happy
to see the genre make a return. And that it is returning on a series of
top-notch titles with more niche titles available via DL gives one hope
that it will not simply disappear in the near future.
Capcom has
become a total master of fighting games and this is another one in their
line-up of killer titles. There isn't a single Capcom fighter you can
go wrong with.
