We?ve seen quite a bit of Marvel?s Avengers? combat and certainly a lot of the opening A-Day mission, however, a new game overview video put out by Square Enix lets us see some new parts of the game?s UI and base of operations. For starters, we learn that the heroes will be using a decommissioned helicarrier as a base between levels. Serving as a hub area, you?ll be able to change your equipment and launch into new missions from here. Square Enix says that the helicarrier will get upgrades throughout the story as well.
We then get our first look at some of the in-game menus, which look quite similar to something you?d see in other loot games like Destiny 2. You?ll use a cursor to select items and it wouldn?t be a loot-based game if each item didn?t have different stats. The video uses Iron Man as an example, starting with some outfits he can equip. There are options for ?emotes? and ?nameplates,? but we don?t get a chance to see either menu. For gear, Iron Man (and presumably the other Avengers) is ranked based on four stats: melee damage, ranged damage, defense, and ?heroic.? There are four sections to equip gear you earn and unlock, tied to each of those stats. Each piece of gear can be disassembled for parts or powered up to unlock more perks, again in a way that looks almost exactly like Destiny.
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