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Marvel’s Midnight Suns new gameplay video reveals how this deckbuilding XCOM-like will actually playSuper friendly headquarters
Super friendly headquarters
Afterannouncingtheir new tactical RPG at Gamescom the other week, Firaxis held a 20 minute livestream forMarvel’s Midnight Sunsyesterday, giving us a brand-new look at the game’s card-based combat system, its RPG elements and a deep-dive on how Wolverine, Sabretooth and big bad Lilith will play in-game. And from the looks of things, it’s all shaping up very nicely indeed.
The team have already told us a bit about how Midnight Sun’scard combatworks, but they elaborated on the system even further during the livestream. If you want to see it for yourself, have a watch of the stream below.
The Hunter and Wolverine vs Sabretooth | Marvel’s Midnight Suns Gameplay ShowcaseWatch on YouTube
The Hunter and Wolverine vs Sabretooth | Marvel’s Midnight Suns Gameplay Showcase
Speaking of, we got a brand-new look at a few the iconic Marvel characters we’ll be playing as, too. Thecinematic introductionof Wolverine and his rival, Sabretooth was perhaps the finest parts of the stream for me, if only because the developers seem intent on maintaining the MCU’s quippish sense of humour. Sabretooth’s introduction included the mocking in-game description, “2nd best there is at what he does”, before Wolverine leaped on screen with “the best there is at what he does.”
Firaxis also reiterated that the game will feature 12 Marvel heroes on top of the player character, Hunter, as well as a “large cast of villains” including the game’s main antagonist, Lilith, mother of demons. Perhaps most intriguing of all, there will be enemies called the “Fallen” who are Marvel heroes and villains that Lilith has corrupted, so it seems likely that players will get to do battle with some famous Marvel heroes as well classic baddies.
The last part of the stream showed off the Abbey, your superhero headquarters. “The Abbey is the entirely new superhero headquarters that we created with Marvel," the devs explained, and is fully explorable, allowing players to customise their characters, find hidden lore and interact with all the Marvel heroes present through branching dialogue choices. Players will also need to make decisions about who to hang out with to deepen their relationships, which gives me big Persona vibes. In true RPG fashion, the game includes a light and dark balance system when it comes to dialogue. Think Paragon/Renegade fromMass Effect; you can even see a “dark point +1” message on screen.
The Abbey’s most important feature, though? That’s definitely petting the adorable hellhound, Charlie.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is set to launch in March 2022 via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
