The recent announcement about Marvel Heroes has me thinking about this. Obviously there aren’t any signs that suggest the game is going anywhere any time soon, it seems to be doing well enough by all appearances, but what about the future?
It would be cool if there was some sort of offline experience for players that had supported the game even after the day when the servers are closed down. I know that a console version exists but it really pales in comparison to the mobile title given the ever expanding roster of characters.
I’m curious if any other players have thoughts on this. As much as I’d like some way to play around with characters I’ve earned after the devs and publisher move on to something else, developing such a thing would take time and money so it might not fit any business model. I don’t think I would feel “owed” by anyone if the game went away, but I can’t help but think about it.
I just hope they reopen the prologue complete with 20iso node awards before it all shuts down. Even though it will pose no challenge whatsoever, it could function as a purgatory of sorts for the Dark Avengers–forever doomed to get curb-stomped repeatedly by excessively over-leveled opposition…
I would be happy to be able to do anything offline right now: I’d love to take a look at my roster, future rewards, events, etc… while waiting for my wi-fi to connect (which can take a while especially when I’m in the countryside).
But, yes, it would be great to be able to play this game in one form or another for as long as you want.
If/when they do shut the game down, I would like to recommend they have a plan in place to patch it over to the console version in its final form. Or set it up as a game in the online store or something. I know I would pay to continue to be able to build my roster long after my mobile game was gone. Set it up in some way that all events run in a sequence over and over, with a reward structure in place (obviously no new characters), and that the “end” of the game would be when you’ve repeated it enough to get everyone available to max champion and get sick of repeating all the missions for nothing.
Actually, if I wasn’t jailed and could post, and you know, contribute to the community I’m part of every day, I would post this in the suggestions forum. Since I can’t, I’ll tag @Brigby and maybe he can pass this info along.
In the past I would’ve gone in hard on this reply.
I.e
I’m entitled to my opinion.
I’ve only been collecting Marvel comics since I were a wee child.
I’m a true marvel fan, and so on and so on, etc, etc.
I can’t even do that now, I can’t even argue. I’m just empty.
I’ll leave it there I think.
As for the money people have spent on the game, it’s best to think of the purchase as a service. Like watching a movie at a theatre. You’re paying to have an experience. No matter how many times you go to see the same movie (or any movie) at the theatre, you don’t get a free copy of the movie when it leaves theatres and is released on whatever contemporary storage media exists. (If there is such a movie theatre, please let me know).
First, they could do a console-like version for offline play if they want to, which would make a fair whack of money to end. Sell it till the licence goes, then remove it from the App Store etc.
Second, makes me think of so many other games, particularly Marvel - War of Heroes. That card game was TERRIBLE for being good for F2P players, and for the Devs making anything fair (you think this game is bad? Man, that game was literally in a league of its own). One day, even though it was selling well, they said, it’ll go in a few months, end of the line. Was sad, though trading in game meant I got an awesome deck for the last few events…
