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Q: If changing weapons has an effect on abilities, how much of an effect does changing armor have outside of cosmetic appearances? RELATED: Russell Crowe Reveals Who He Is Playing In Thor: Love And Thunder
It doesn't preclude us from introducing similar mechanics like that in the future for different Champions, but this one is exclusive to Thor's Stormbreaker weapon. Young: That ability is exclusive to Thor. Q: Will the execution mechanic you discussed be excusive to Thor? Or is it something other Champions will get access to as well? As soon as we release, we'll start to look around and see different viable strategies, and that's the interesting part to me now. Players find different ways to fight with a character that were never taught. What's really a surprise to us is as much as we test a character and play in the office, they really only comes to life out there. You can do quite a lot, I probably spend more time dressing my characters than I do playing them. The fun starts when players can start mixing and matching parts to make their own Thors.
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Then we also have stuff like a full Destroyer armor where he's dressed entirely in metal, unworthy Thor, Odinforce Thor. We started with traditional Thor, including the disk plates and wing helmet, but we also have the Sakaar gladiator straight from Thor: Ragnarok with short hair and a more alien outfit. There's several different Thors, and because our game can put forward this kind of thing by playing in several alternate realities at the same time, we decided to bring in all the different Thors. Now, Thor is one of my favorites in the comics, but there's a whole other Thor in the movies. I grew up reading Walt Simonson's run and all this cool stuff.
It was a little too violent.Īnyway, I really love Thor. It's my personal favorite, they look absolutely incredible.įrizzera: I wanted to call the execution mechanic "go for the head," but I don't think Marvel wanted that. I think the customization options on Thor are one of the best we've done. Gabe can talk about this as well, but he's got such a tremendous gear set. There's a bunch of really cool abilities that Thor has, he's one of our most versatile heroes to date. One of the interesting things we're introducing for Stormbreaker is an "execution" mechanic where, on an Ultimate Ability, when an enemy is below a certain threshold of health you can use it to basically destroy them - take them right out of the fight. He also has a second weapon, Stormbreaker, which is a bit more damage-per-second (DPS) focused. That's the niche he fits within the gameplay relative to the other characters. He gets in the middle of the fray, he's dealing damage, he's taking damage. Where he fits within the world is he's like a brawler. He can do all of those things, he can throw Mjolnir in battle and it comes back to him he can whirl it around to charge up and use it to close distance he can fly up in the air and do a devastating attack. When we were thinking about Thor we wanted to make sure we incorporated all those iconic elements the lightning, Mjolnir, flying into his ability kit. Young: Thor is the newest Champion in the 3.0 build, and he can do a bunch of different things. Q: Could you guys give a rundown of what Thor can do in Realm of Champions? RELATED: Why MK11 Dev NetherRealm Would Be Perfect for a Marvel Fighting Game Interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. Game Rant spoke to Realm of Champions development director Ethan Young and creative director Gabriel Frizzera about the game's 3.0 update, Thor, and how it will evolve going forward. Its newest Champion is Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, whom developers describe as an all-around brawler ready to take on any challenge. Unlike its predecessor, Realm of Champions lets players partake in real-time 3v3 battles using customizable characters, called Champions, who represent different Houses on a planet called Battleworld where realities collide.
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Its developer, Kabam, would go on to launch another title called Marvel Realm of Champions in 2020, and on May 4 it released its 3.0 update - described as "the game's most significant yet."
One mobile game that emerged with this newfound mainstream interest in the rich Marvel Comics tapestry was Marvel Contest of Champions in 2014. While Marvel Comics characters like Spider-Man and teams like the X-Men have had television series, video games, and more for a long time, the official beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2008's Iron Man opened the floodgates for new media adaptations.