Sadly, its getting worse with each update...
Netmarble is very quickly driving what was a profitable and fun game into the ground and burying it under the weight of their greed. It honestly feels like they are preparing to lose the Marvel license (like Marvel Heroes Omega) and are attempting to cash out as much as possible before it happens. Ill happily update this review next update hoping for the best but for now the game sits at 1 star.
The last 5 updates have introduced overpriced premium content without adding any new playable content to go with it. This latest update is attempting to capitalize on the Black Panther movie hype by locking nearly all new content behind a $46 pay wall.
To each his own with how much theyre willing to spend but lets take a look at the content. For nearly the price of a full console game you can unlock a new uniform for Black Panther (that doesnt add enough to his stats to make him a top tier character like the much cheaper Ragnarok costumes did) along with "extreme mode" for 3 playable battles (if theyre similar to their free counterpart battles theyll each be beat-able in seconds). That is the ONLY new content you get for nearly $50, the rest of the package is freely obtainable through other means. Let that package sink in for a bit and it will tell you all you need to know about the current development goals of this game.
To go with that package, Killmonger, the villain from the Black Panther movie, is locked behind a separate pay-wall and the other new movie costumes are priced at a higher rate than similar MCU costumes in the game. Neither of those specific updates rock the game much since Nermarble has been raising the price of uniforms and adding more and more pay-walled characters but its pretty bad news for fans hoping to take part in the new content only to find nearly every piece of it is blocked.
On top of ruining what could have been a great Black Panther update Netmarble is breaking promises made to the community. With massive community backlash and boycotting over newly introduced loot boxes Netmarble had agreed to remove them from the game and not lock characters behind a loot box gambling mechanic. In this update they once again introduce loot boxes under the label of random biometrics generators. New name, new price, same concept and its the only way to unlock a few fan favorite characters such as Nova and X-23. Two slaps to the face to your players/customers in a single update. Even 1 star seems too high for this update.
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