Outstanding Fighting Game
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.
