

Although all the information is there, the games user interface is a little hard to decipher. What I didn’t realize, however, is that Kitty is not included in the X-Men pack. I would have rather been Nightcrawler, but he wasn’t an option. While you make your way through the tutorial as a few introductory Avengers, you’ll soon get to ‘try’ from one of the dozens of Marvel's most famous and obscure heroes.Īfter a little deliberation, I settled on Kitty Pryde, otherwise known as Shadowcat. The sheer scope of the choice that is almost immediately thrust upon you is a little overwhelming. And while it has some kinks to be smoothed out, Marvel Heroes Omega is one of those games that you just can’t stay away from if you're a fan of the genre and setting.įinal Fantasy XIV Endwalker Hands-On Preview – To The Moon! I’ve been enjoying the closed beta for a little while now, trying out the different heroes and exploring the vast and convoluted Marvel Universe to see how it feels on a console. This is a game that has been around for quite some time on PC, but it seems fairly comfortable on your favorite console too.

Having just released the first episode of Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy, we now get to enjoy the dungeon crawling escapades of Marvel Heroes Omega, at least in beta. Each character is voiced and reacts to other player characters they meet in hubs and other areas.It seems that Marvel is really pushing for market saturation on consoles. Whether you stick to your two free starting characters or support the developers by buying more, each character's progress through the story is separate from other characters. They also come in bundles that offer a better value. But mostly, the characters will cost about $5-10 each. If you save up Eternity Splinters long enough, you can actually get almost anybody for free that way. They can be purchased with either Eternity Splinters (a currency dropped by enemies at timed intervals) or G, the game's premium currency. To continue progressing after that, you'll need to buy the character. The rest of the playable roster of 38 launch characters can be sampled for free, but you can only level them up to 10. But Captain Marvel is probably the best starting character. Since Squirrel Girl is one of my favorite characters, I started with her. You do get a total of two free characters right out of the gate, though.ĭaredevil can be snagged for free from the Xbox Store, and then you get to pick your second character from a decent pool of heroes: Angela, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Hulk, Kitty Pryde, Nova, and Squirrel Girl. As a free to play game, Marvel Heroes Omega makes money by selling characters, boosts, and lockboxes.
