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You Won't Spot The Assassin In Monday Night Combat

At least, not until she starts smacking you silly.

Jul. 28 2010

Posted by: Matt

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Monday Night Combat

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@Besetment said:
" Everyone's mentioning the "how did I miss that?" line as some kind of reference to TF2. I don't get it. How is that a reference to anything? "
(Full Disclosure: I played small amounts of TF2 years ago) 
 
I think it's referring to the Pyro in TF2, which may be a lady under all that bondage gear.
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I guess this isn't TF2 after all!

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Every single one of these videos makes this game look awful, and that it is trying way too hard to have TF2's style and likable characters.

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That's racist.

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"That girl is uglier than a tree full of opossums... bless her heart!"
 
I had to watch this several times to make sure that was actually said

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@Wandrecanada said:

" If anyone who thinks this game is a TF2 clone or ripoff took a moment to actually watch one of the dev diary videos regarding the actual game and not just what the trailers looked liked they would be worth listening to.  TF2 has non character Bots?  Jump pads?  Strategic turret locations?  Mid combat upgrades bought through resources obtained via kills?  A CoD level perk system?  Sounds like DotA, Halo, Shadowrun, CoD and UT all melded together.  Just because the art is stylized does not make the game Team Fortress.  By that standard you could call Borderlands a TF2 clone.  There's a black guy, a big white dude who carries large weapons, a slim fast moving dude who wears a mask and excels at assassinating people, a dude who throws turrets, a bomb specialist who's good with shotguns, a guy who heals other players by shooting them, etc. ad nausiem...  Perhaps one should actually see what the game is about before criticizing it as a clone of something that's already a clone of many other things. "

The art style and type of "comedy" is directly and pathetically trying to convey that feeling.  No one said it had similar TF2 gameplay.  Your little hissy fit is invalid.
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Anyone complaining about the voice acting needs to realize that this is a multiplayer shooter and not Final Fantasy XV.
 
I don't think it is going to matter.

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While the combat and such looks interesting, that voice work.... geez.

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So it's TF2?

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Everyone's mentioning the "how did I miss that?" line as some kind of reference to TF2. I don't get it. How is that a reference to anything?

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I was gonna get this.
 
Then I heard the dialogue.

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So apparently people have played TF2 and came away thinking it was a futuristic third person game. Fascinating.

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It's starting to grow on me a tad.

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I want to play this game pretty bad but dear god they need some good writers. Why make the inspiration in the characters so blatantly obvious when they can't even execute on them not even half as well as the source material?
 
The only thing missing from the dude going 'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?' was a coy, knowing smile at the end of it with either a BADDA DA DUH DA DA music clip or some laugh track.

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Edited By Zeninnnnnnnn

Really looking forward to this. I love League of Legends AND Team Fortress 2. So this SHOULD be the perfect game for me. Will it be? Probably not. But here's hoping! 
 
And to any of you League of Legend players out there: Add me! Username= Zeninnnnnnnn

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At least the assassin doesn't have a horrible voice actor like the sniper.

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The gameplay actually looked better when I was expecting but the characters in this game don't seem great, that comment in the middle of the video was one of the worst things I've heard a video game character say in a long time.

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If anyone who thinks this game is a TF2 clone or ripoff took a moment to actually watch one of the dev diary videos regarding the actual game and not just what the trailers looked liked they would be worth listening to.
 
TF2 has non character Bots?  Jump pads?  Strategic turret locations?  Mid combat upgrades bought through resources obtained via kills?  A CoD level perk system?
 
Sounds like DotA, Halo, Shadowrun, CoD and UT all melded together.  Just because the art is stylized does not make the game Team Fortress.  By that standard you could call Borderlands a TF2 clone.  There's a black guy, a big white dude who carries large weapons, a slim fast moving dude who wears a mask and excels at assassinating people, a dude who throws turrets, a bomb specialist who's good with shotguns, a guy who heals other players by shooting them, etc. ad nausiem...
 
Perhaps one should actually see what the game is about before criticizing it as a clone of something that's already a clone of many other things.

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I thought this game looked alright, until the characters spoke.

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So how exactly is a third person DoTA game like Team Fortress 2? Someone enlighten me.

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Been loving league of legends so ill bite for 1200pts. wait that's what it costs right?

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The long stare at the camera made me realise this game's trying to be stupid.

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the game looks cool and everything, but these trailers suck. they make me hate the game's characters

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uh... why does this make me want this game?

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@keff said:

" TF2 ripoff "

Wow. I didn't know that. I didn't see that at all. Nor did anyone else here. Everyone here reading these comments is amazed and made better by your incredibly original statement that this is a class based third person shooter like TF2. You sir have won the internets. /sarcasm
 
But seriously, looks kinda cool, but too much for what seems to be too little.
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Not for PSN? FAIL!

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You might not want to show off your completely crappy voice acting skills?

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tf2 + Dota =.... huh?

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@DaBuddaDa said:
" I want Valve to hire this team and make a full multiplatform version of it. The idea is fantastic and I don't know why nobody has tried it sooner (DotA style team based FPS). "
It is a full game already and since its a exclusive downloadable game then its most likely the choice of the developer to have it so and not because of some exclusive deal whit MS. 
Also, if Valve got involved then the came wouldn't come out until 2013. And not everyone wants to be a part of a big company, alot of developer like to be small and independent.
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I want Valve to hire this team and make a full multiplatform version of it. The idea is fantastic and I don't know why nobody has tried it sooner (DotA style team based FPS).

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Actually looks like it could be fun. I'll wait and see.

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So this game is like TF2 only bad and unfunny? 
SOUNDS LIKE GAME OF THE YEAR.

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@Sogeman said:
" @wonderhare said:

" 'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?'  Ugh. "

Wins the prize for worst line in a videogame trailer. They really wanna go for the 12 year old customer 
 
 


Pretty sure most 12 yr olds won'tt get that TF2 reference but i might play this game with no sound the way its heading.
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@TadThuggish said:
" @wonderhare said:
" 'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?'  Ugh. "
Made even worse by hanging on the guy's face, like he just told some incredible joke they're giving time for you to laugh and high-five your friends over. "
HAHAHA! DID HE REALLY JUST SAY THAT? AWESOME!
 
In a perfect world they were just giving you enough time to groan and stop the video, but unfortunately I think you're right.
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Definitely wait for the reviews on this one.

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@Resident4t:
yeah there is some persistance, from winning games and getting kills, etc. you get cash that you use to unlock titles, endorsements which are kinda like perks where ther is a bronze silver gold rank to ever type of perk for example an endorsement from the ammo companies gives you bigger clips but the gold company "ammo mule" gives you the biggest boost. when loading out your charaters you pick one gold silver and bronze endorsment for them. the cash is supposed to unlock other stuff to forgot what it was but yeah there will be some character persistance and prgression try going to their website it talks more about that kinda stuff in their FAQ
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At least she isn't yelling noob

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"The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?"
He was probably distracted by the fact she runs like a full speed Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Oh, Black Guy, you're so adorable. 
 
The music is pretty cool, and the game looks better than I expected.

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Looks like a cool Sci-fy TF2, this is pretty much the only summer of arcade game I'm looking forward to, love the graphics style also.

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@wonderhare said:
" 'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?'  Ugh. "
Made even worse by hanging on the guy's face, like he just told some incredible joke they're giving time for you to laugh and high-five your friends over.
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This continues to look absolutely horrible.
 
Whether it's a TF2 ripoff or not, the characters are overwhelmingly grating, with the sniper as a 13-year-old on Xbox Live (too bad you'll already be playing with 13-year-olds on Xbox Live) and a black guy whose whole persona is "I am black.", all coupled with horrible timing and voiceovers.  I don't care about the gameplay by this point.  Maybe the gameplay itself will be great!  But I don't want to have to pull back layers of skin.  I don't want to take a swift kick in the nuts every time I boot it up.  Nice going Uber Entertainment and Microsoft, you already de-sold me on your product.

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monday night combat.....could have come up with a better name...game looks alright tho.

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oh hai tf2 knock off! 

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Hmm... I might buy this.

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@wonderhare said:

" 'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?'  Ugh. "

Wins the prize for worst line in a videogame trailer. They really wanna go for the 12 year old customer
 
 @Bigrhyno said:

" I think it will be fun, but I don't think it will stay populated for long. "

Yes, I don't expect there to be a fully populated game after the Summer of Arcade is over 
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stoked.

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'The assassin is a chick? How did I miss that?'  Ugh.

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@doctorchin said:
" Maybe some kind of a shadowrun/TF2 thing going on. May have benefited them to take a slightly different tact on the trailers. "
TF2 with a dota twist- e3 interviews mentioned lanes that bots would go down.
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@Skrams said:
"*waits for more OMG TF2 RIPOFF comments* But ya I heard the game was sort of like DotA. Actually sounds pretty good. "

I agree. Sucks it probably won't come to the PS3...