Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 – Too Casual for the Hardcore?

Matt Sims of RipTen: I’ve been playing Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 for about a day now, which makes me an expert on the subject (that’s just the way the internet works). In all my exhaustive coverage of the game, I’ve certainly noticed something a little strange.

[Invadersims]

This game is awesomely fun, just not incredibly deep.

[Myst]

Agreed. Pretty much all that mattered to me was "could it still be fun?" and despite what some saw and said as simple mode being it's downfall, it's still fun.

[jaredhart]

Agreed, definitely still fun.

[Perjoss]

so lets see,
the championship players are not happy with MvC3, they make up like what, 1% of people that will play the game, other people sem to think the game is fun, mission accomplished no?

[donnaluke2003]

Hardcore fighting game fans are almost as bad as Socom fans. Point being, douche bags one and all.

[Invadersims]

I have to agree, it always seems like they have a need to complain about something

[PSK22]

Yea ppl need to stop bi****** and just play the game. Its a great game.

[Corepred4]

no its not.

[Baka-akaB]

yes it is

[midgard227]

its no blazblue but its still a ton of fun

[DragonWarrior]

Fans who been around since the Dreamcast games have waited 10 years for this. As a long time fan, I am not dissapointed at all. Its also cool cause i can put it in simple controls for my 4 year old son and even he can be a challenge.

Just saw a MvC3 commercial while I typed this. Creepy.

[SolidLatino]

Wow. Weird. I also played MVC2 years ago as a teenager but have been following the Vs. series when it first began. I also have a 4 year old son and putting in simple controls was perfect for him.

It's weird thinking that way back when I was obsessed with these games as a kid, going to the arcades with my buddies and dumping loads of quarters into the machines. Now I'm playing MVC3 (never thought it would happen) with my son (also never thought it would happen).

[PaladinXII]

I'm one of those middle-of-the-road players and it's fantastic to have a game that I can pick up and play without having to invest a ton of time.

I still won't beat my friends that are hardcore fighting game lovers, but I also know that if I have someone over who has even once played a Street Fighter game, that they'll be willing to play more than a couple of matches.

The best word that I've seen to describe MvC3: Accessible.

[BabyTownFrolics]

i'm tired of this core vs casual shit. it stinks to me of a media made problem. we were all casual gamers once.

[BeAGamer]

i was born hardcore

[MadMax]

lol

[Arnagrim]

They aren't complaining because they think it's a bad game, they're complaining because they don't want to see an easily accessible fighting game to be incorporated on the Tournament Circuit.
Here's an example, Super Smash Bros. is a great, fun game; however you don't see it at events like Evo. Why? Because the game mechanics in that game are about as shallow as a kiddy pool, and anyone who plays Smash Bros "hardcore" is joking themselves.
I don't see anything wrong with not wanting a "casual" friendly game getting recognition in high level competition.

On a side note, give me Virtua Fighter 6 over this stuff any day.

EDIT:
Okay, apparently Melee and Brawl were represented for 1 year each at Evo, eww.

[SolidLatino]

Virtua Fighter is a different beast altogether. Hell, it's even a different beast from Street Fighter proper.

[Baka-akaB]

Except mvc2 was always accessible . And they didnt seem to b*tch neither for Tatsunoko wich is featured in tournaments

[MadMax]

Yea, tatsunoko has the same controls as this on simple! no one said anything about that game at all. at least you can play MVC3 on normal and it makes it more difficult to pull those fancy moves. i love it, awesome fighting game with awesome characters!

[anasurimbor]

It's easily the most novice friendly competition fighter released in years, but that doesn't subtract from the fun factor one bit.

[Redempteur]

Well it not like easy input make a game easy ...
smash bros has easy input but to master it you'll need some time ..

MVC3 , we'll probably need to look under appearance to see the REAL meat .

[BrokenGamez]

its good but very dumbed down and noob friendly. its alot slower than mvc2 character movement wise. thats what i dont like

[Invadersims]

I hate that when you double tap in a direction the character will occasionally just dash two steps, stop, and then get smacked in the face.

[cochise313]

I love this game so far, but i wish there was a way to get the old controls back.

[Invadersims]

You can set the controls any way you want. I assume you are talking about the physics of the game?

[cochise313]

I set the buttons to standard, but it's still not the same. I don't like changing the characters out with the should buttons. and the one button super attacks still exist.

[MadMax]

you can, just configure the buttons to your liking and play it with normal controls.