As if you needed another reason to pick up your controllers and jam on some "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2" again, a slew of new characters and sim missions are on their way to Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers. We'll have weekly spotlights on each new character with screenshots, video and quotes from the folks behind the games, and today the enigmatic mutant and soldier from the future, Cable, is our star!
Alex Kerr, Community Manager for Vicarious Visions, on Cable:
When I'm playing as Cable, the word that comes to my mind is "brutal." The power designers, animators and sound designers infused a feeling of deadly efficiency throughout all of his moves. From a visual standpoint, Cable has some of the most visually striking powers in the game (a favorite around the office is his fourth power, Particle Beam, which projects a searing, multi-layered laser into Cable's foes), but his body language is calculated, abrupt and professional—reflecting his training as a soldier.
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| Cable blasting away in "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2" |
Randy Ma, Intern, Marvel Games:
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| Cable in "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2" |
Cable definitely falls under the rubric of a ranged character. Aside from a radial attack, most of Cable's special mutant attacks are grenades, beams and bullets, so players should definitely consider sitting back in battle and shooting off enemies from a distance. That is not to say Cable isn't suitable for brawling in MUA2—but there are few things more satisfying than shooting off a particle beam and destroying four enemies in a line. Also, be on the lookout for a fun little Achievement/Trophy with Cable's "best buddy." It's definitely a great Easter egg for comic fans.
Chris Scharling, Sound Designer for Vicarious Visions, on Cable:
I worked closely with Chris D'Ambrosio, another one of our sound designers, to make Cable sound like a walking cyborg tank. We were extremely fortunate to have the freedom to go crazy with our creativity and with that, we set out to make him badass.
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| Cable and Iron Man in "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2" |
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:259a1e0946="coupedeville68"]Cable better be available for PS3...seriously. MUA 1 for 360 had the kick-a$$ Gold edition and PS3 owners got hosed...time to make amends. :cable: on PS3. 'Nuff said![/quote:259a1e0946]welllllllll,i dont think its that much of a prob'. :cable: is okay to have as a playable character.I know you feel very pissed but whats worse is not having bishop as a DLC.And ...
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:259a1e0946="coupedeville68"]Cable better be available for PS3...seriously. MUA 1 for 360 had the kick-a$$ Gold edition and PS3 owners got hosed...time to make amends. :cable: on PS3. 'Nuff said![/quote:259a1e0946]welllllllll,i dont think its that much of a prob'. :cable: is okay to have as a playable character.I know you feel very pissed but whats worse is not having bishop as a DLC.And also,what about :shehulk: :norinradd: and :beast:
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:101601d657="Crossxbonesx"]I wonder what the teams are gonna be? i mean Bosom Buddies! :dead: :cable: andIron Fist Luke Cage?there has GOTTA be a team with deadpool and cable side by side. I'm like a cult follower of DeadPool..If he doesn't get some sort of team with Cable, I'll cry and send hatemail![/quote:101601d657]Unfortunately, Marvel and/or ... (edited based on correction after game update)
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:101601d657="Crossxbonesx"]I wonder what the teams are gonna be? i mean Bosom Buddies! :dead: :cable: andIron Fist Luke Cage?there has GOTTA be a team with deadpool and cable side by side. I'm like a cult follower of DeadPool..If he doesn't get some sort of team with Cable, I'll cry and send hatemail![/quote:101601d657]Unfortunately, Marvel and/or VV didn't see fit to make that quartet a team, can't figure why for the life of me, but I see some folly about 'Pool, Cage, Spidey and Venom - but if the point was that there never was an official team formed with the actual two best bud duos, they contradict because there definitely wasn't one with Spidey and Venom - particularly as Spidey could've hung with Brock from time to time, but definitely not Gargan; who this Venom is.Hopefully some online game update will resolve that and make a team formed by putting those four together; Cage, Fist, Cable and 'Pool, that is.[size=14:101601d657][Thought there wasn't a Double Date team, turns out that now the game update that kept failing to install was the culprit preventing all of BP's, Magneto's and Cable's team combos from showing, still no combo boost with Cable, 'Pool, Cage and Fist though][/size:101601d657]. I know they don't have to and won't include (or think of) every tentative team formation there could be in there, but these are the biggies of recent (and Civil War related) history.A zanier idea would be an automatically triggered substitution for Human Torch into Firestar whenever he's put on a team with Iceman and Spider-Man making an Amazing Friends team (instead of the mere minor conversation bonus), but then I realized it'd void the creation of 'Shut Up Already' - unless they make it so it's triggered by the fourth being anyone but Deadpool, or specifying a fourth to cause the triggering.They should really look into the FF team bonus opportunities though, especially since everyone was noting how Avengers and X-Men centric the rosters are.(edited based on correction after game update)
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I wonder what the teams are gonna be? i mean Bosom Buddies! :dead: :cable: andIron Fist Luke Cage?there has GOTTA be a team with deadpool and cable side by side. I'm like a cult follower of DeadPool..If he doesn't get some sort of team with Cable, I'll cry and send hatemail!
I can't wait to tryout Magneto too. He is pretty powerful in the comics so I can't wait to see how that translates into the game.Going to have to start a new game with Gambit :gambit: , Magneto :magneto: , Psylocke :psylocke: , and Juggernaut :juggernaut: /Jean :phoenix: /or Storm :storm:
He'll be always on my team along with Jean Grey.