MARVEL'S AVENGERS Developers Explain Their Decision To Highlight Ms. Marvel And M.O.D.O.K. In The Game

MARVEL'S AVENGERS Developers Explain Their Decision To Highlight Ms. Marvel And M.O.D.O.K. In The Game

Marvel's Avengers creative director and writer Shaun Excayg has shed some light on why Ms. Marvel and M.O.D.O.K. have been given leading roles in the game, explaining how they were brought into the story.

By JoshWilding - Jun 25, 2020 03:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers Project
Source: IGN

While Marvel's Avengers will obviously put the spotlight on key members of Earth's Mightiest Heroes like Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor, Ms. Marvel is also going to play a leading role. Yesterday, we learned that M.O.D.O.K. and A.I.M. will be the lead villains, and when IGN caught up with the game's developers, they asked why Ms. Marvel and M.O.D.O.K. are taking centre stage.

Creative director and writer Shaun Excayg explained that their approach to the game was to explore, "What if we had the Avengers cross the line? The cost of their failings was just too high, people were hurt. You know, some were infected by the Terrigen blast and labelled Inhuman, they lost their leader. You know, they were disbanded and outlawed and you start them in this position."

With the Avengers disassembled, Excayg explains that a void was left for A.I.M. to rise up and that was how Ms. Marvel came into play.

"If we had the heroine and our villain both at A-Day, one infected by the Terrigen Mist, one injured by the Terrigen Blast, how would they both see this world? So a heroine who thinks, ‘No the Avengers empathy and humanity and subjectivity’ and ability to embrace differences and know what their differences are, or even recognize them, is why they are human and therefore the best protectors for humanity."

"And then a villain that feels absolutely not," he continued, talking about M.O.D.O.K.'s presence in the game. "These are their weaknesses, their subjectivity in their power is uncontrollable. They’re ruled by their emotions. In this way, Ms. Marvel and MODOK are positioned as opposites when it comes to their opinions on the Avengers and the story will focus on how this team recovers from an ultimate defeat and learn to believe in themselves again."

Marvel's Avengers is definitely shaping up to be pretty exciting, and getting this insight into why the developers have chosen these two characters to base the story around explains an awful lot. 

In some ways, using the Inhumans here does feel somewhat dated - the decision was likely made when Marvel Comics was still looking to replace the X-Men with those characters - but here's hoping Square Enix is able to tell a good story that launches a brand new franchise for next-gen consoles. 

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CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/25/2020, 4:25 AM
Man, this game looks bad. What was this terrible frame rate drops? That is not a good sign at all.
JustALurker
JustALurker - 6/25/2020, 4:30 AM
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 6/25/2020, 4:49 AM
Ordered the game last night, my local game store was offering a free upgrade to the steelbook edition. Hope it doesn't disappoint.
SuperManes
SuperManes - 6/25/2020, 5:04 AM
What they're not saying is "Marvel Studios has plans for Ms Marvel so we're gonna slap her into everything we can so more people give a damn" She'll be the leader of the Avenders, X-Xmen, F4 and the queen of wakanda before her show/film comes out.
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 6/25/2020, 5:47 AM
Isn’t the new Ms. Marvel basically just an Inhuman with Mr. Fantastic’s stretchy power?
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/25/2020, 6:32 AM
Hoping for the best, but I have a sinking feeling this won't be Arkham or Spidey PS4 quality.
FearTheLiving
FearTheLiving - 6/25/2020, 7:39 AM
@soberchimera - I mean it's also a different type of game. Those are singleplayer experiences this is also including coop and a multitude of other characters.

So I think your expectations may be a bit high if you're expecting the quality of those narratives and as polished.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 6/25/2020, 7:58 AM
I feel like this games existence is why Ultimate Alliance 3 was a mobile game looking exclusive on the Switch.

Also this looks like another MCU synergized property and not a straight up Marvel universe game.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 6/25/2020, 9:50 AM
@Kevwebsz - Weird...so many people complaining this isn't MCU-enough. Which to me is actually a good thing. (I'm a huge MCU fan but like this is separate.) Not really sure why you think this isn't a unique project tho...
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 6/25/2020, 1:05 PM
@Tonic24k - I want Avengers: EMH not Avengers Assemble. You get me? A full on proper Marvel universe like Ultimate Alliance 1&2 or even LEGO Marvel superheroes.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 6/26/2020, 6:25 AM
@Kevwebsz - This feels like a proper universe to me.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/25/2020, 11:35 AM
Gotta admit that on paper it sounds pretty awesome, but I'm not really sold yet by what they've shown so far
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