Then an X-Men/Street Fightertag game followed by all-of-Marvel/Street Fighterfollowed by all-of-Marvel/all-of-Capcom.

Then it went from two-on-two to three-on-three.

Years later, theyd bring it back and spruce up the graphics to 3D.

So what do you do next?

When you dig past its many issues,Street Fighter Vhit the same kind of wall.

The Infinity Stones system is unproven at this early point, but at the very least a good idea.

This time around, your Infinity Stone has its own meter thats reminiscent ofStreet Fighter IVs Ultra meter.

As the background transforms into a colorful hurricane, you have a potentially game-breaking advantage.

Maybe the opponent is confined in a cube due to the Space Stone.

Maybe the Power Stone enhances your offense.

Maybe the Mind Stone maxes out your super meter (four bars, FYI).

Or theres the Reality Stone, causing all sorts of ice/fire/lightning/energy attacks to envelop the screen.

I imagine there will be lots of tweaking on this with patches, but its an overall great start.

If someone hits a gnarly enough combo, at one point you simply stop delivering any real damage.

Just an ugly Band-Aid over a much bigger issue.

The roster starts with thirty characters along with the games boss situation.

Newbies include Captain Marvel, Gamora, Ultron, Jedah, Mega Man X, and technically Thanos.

Its his first time in 3D and his moveset is very different from hisMarvel vs. Capcom 2days.

Having Sigma as DLC does feel really dumb, especially when hes such an important part of the story.

Why am I fighting Ultron and Strider before the Ultron/Sigma hybrid?

Then theres the big Mammomax in the room.

The roster is completely devoid of X-Men and Fantastic Four-related characters.

Your franchise is built on being a crossover.

That really unfortunate image of Chun-Lis face thats been going around is no longer relevant.

Just go with it.

Basically, its the plot ofMortal Kombat vs. DC Universewithout the dumbRAGE!!

!gimmick keeping the good guys at each others throats.

Instead, the game starts off three months after the merger.

While the heroes and villains remain the same, their reality has amalgamated into a mixture.

Learning their lesson fromStreet Fighter Vs debacle, they actually put an arcade mode in this baby.

Not that there are any endings to reward you, so…eh.

Rating:

3.5 out of 5