Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is a gorgeous fighting game with Hulk-sized problems
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Marvel vs. Capcom is one of the most beloved fighting game series of all time, with a legacy so strong that even after Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite burned a lot of goodwill, many genre oldheads would probably still sacrifice their firstborn for a new installment. In this way, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls always had an uphill battle: How could a new Marvel tag fighting game possibly live up to finger-breaking Magneto infinites and legendary tournament moments that people still reference decades later?
What do we want? The ability to be evil in video games! How do we want it? Designed in a way that's mechanically enriching! That's what I'm hoping Arise Dark Lord will be, anyway, a Frankensteinian mish mash of action, real-time strategy, tower defence and base building where you are an evil overlord who rules over a nefarious army and wants to kill all humans.
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