Why we want our own Characters

On the Marvel Heroes FB page.

"i still dont understand why people think playing as existing Marvel Heroes is such a bad thing"

I posted this in response...

"By being able to create you own characters, you create your own stories with in the Marvel Universe, with you as the lead character. This is YOUR marvel Universe where you can be more heroic as Captain America or more sinister than Doom. Imagine them look at you with respect or fear as their equal or even their superior. Haven't you had an idea for a superhero, but you couldn't draw? Imagined what powers he would have? Imagine that character come to life and a part of the Marvel adventure!"


I wanted to be clear why Marvel made a mistake with going with a Diablo 3 clone in their new "MMO".

UPDATE: I got one "like" from my post and it was from...MARVEL HEROES!

Agreed. And, this is an aside from the topic of why we want our own heroes, which we're in agreement about, as far as I've heard, they haven't said that you cannot make your own characters in the game, have they?
I've certainly not kept track of it at all, I only remember hearing and reading some of the information regarding playing their trademark characters.

Just curious if it has ever been stated that this is the only way to play the game.


It's funny, I only somewhat recently finally found some understanding of wanting to play the trademarked characters.
Don' get me wrong, I still much prefer to play original creations of my own and I think it'd be a ridiculous mistake to prevent people from creating their own original characters in such a game. I just finally related playing other people's characters to portraying characters, as an actor, that have been written by someone else. I can certainly take them on as my own and portray them as best I can. Of course, within the realm of playing ongoing video games, it still pales in comparison for myself. Especially since it's not like I was solely chosen to represent that recognized/famous character.

As you said, I'd much prefer to see my own creations come to life.

"they haven't said that you cannot make your own characters in the game, have they?"


Yes they have said exactly that. Many have gone on to say that this is because people will only make Marvel clone characters if given the opportunity.

They aren't making an RPG. They are making what they always wanted: an on line game for playing as Marvel characters. It was the failure to do this that led to the falling out with Cryptic.

You might as well ask "why can't we play as out own characters in Chess?".

They call it a "MMO Action RPG"


http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...-Diablo-3.html

I got an e-mail from the new Marvel MMO (@MMM Society), they posed a question what I would like to see featured in the new MMO. I basically listed off a huge list of CoX related features including changing the name of the game to City of Heroes .

"Collect and play as your favorite Marvel Super Heroes including Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, Wolverine, Hulk, and many others.

• Choose from a list of fan favorites from the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and every corner of the Marvel Universe.
• Build your character using a library of spectacular powers appropriate to your hero.
• Customize your character with a library of costumes from Marvel’s rich history.
• Discover an endless variety of gear to increase your hero's power."

"Customize your character with a library of costumes from Marvel’s rich history"


That means reskins of their characters. No personal characters.

You know what as much as my initial thought to this game was "Can't make my own characters? Meh" I'm still going to try it. Given the current options we have for scratching that super hero itch, this one may well be the best of a bad bunch.

Additionally, whilst our own imaginations give us the scope to create unique characters, the scope of the existing Marvel Universe is such that there is almost certainly a concept that is covered to some degree by an existing Marvel character. So long as they give us plenty of different ones to choose from, other than what we've come to expect from previous Marvel licensed titles as a mere smattering (think the Ultimate Alliance games), then personally, I can't see a problem.

The problem is just simply that we all have "CoH Lock". We want CoH. We can't have it, therefore any game that isn't it, simply won't do. I'd rather try a game out and judge it on its own merits first.

Ive read rumours that 8,000 Marvel characters are going to be included as playable. Sounds good to me.

When they demoed the game, your choice was established marvel hero and which of their alternate costumes you wanted them to wear.