

Captain Marvel may want to go spar with you. “Robbie Reyes, the new Ghost Rider - he may want to play video games. Solomon said players will explore it in third person, using their time to develop relationships with the other superheroes. In between missions, players will have free rein to explore The Abbey, an all-new headquarters area designed in partnership with Marvel Comics, and its grounds. How those skills are advanced is perhaps the biggest departure from the XCOM franchise. They and their compatriots’ skills will level up and improve over time.

Players will embark on turn-based missions with three other superheroes.

Solomon said that there are over 40 different superpowers available to the player across a wide spectrum - from light (mirroring the most traditional of the superheroes in the game, like Iron Man and Captain America) to dark (mirroring more occult anti-heroes such as Ghost Rider and Blade). The Hunter is there to stand in for the player, and will be highly customizable in both appearance and combat ability. In Marvel’s Midnight Suns, players will take on the role of The Hunter, an all-new character designed in partnership with Marvel Comics. “There are zero mechanics shared between XCOM and the Midnight Suns,” Solomon said. Right away, they understood the kind of games we make.”ĭuring the course of the game’s design, Solomon said that his team had to throw away most everything that had come before. “When I had a call with the Marvel team, there was an executive vice president from Marvel on the call and they had very specific feedback about finale mission, and a bunch of people started chiming in, and I was like, well, these guys are actually really are big fans. “It was Marvel that reached out to us after we made XCOM 2,” Solomon said. Solomon told Polygon it’s his favorite arc from that period of Marvel Comics history, but the game itself wasn’t really his idea. Strange, Frank Drake, Morbius, Jonny Blaze, and Blade, must come together in order to stop Lilith, Mother of Demons, from taking over the world. In it, a rogues gallery of anti-heroes, including Dr.

The Rise of the Midnight Sons arc began in 1992 with a series of Ghost Rider comics. Image: Howard Mackie, Andy Kubert, and Joe Kubert/Marvel Comics Lilith, Mother of Demons, as portrayed in Ghost Rider vol.
