E3 2017: There's a Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Story Demo on PS4 Now

Eight new fighters enter the fray

by Sammy Barker Wed 14th Jun 2017

Last night’s PlayStation E3 2017 press conference was surprisingly light on “out now” announcements, but there is a story demo for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite live on the PlayStation Store in most territories now. “With the future of their universe hanging in the balance, the heroes must seek aid from the Mad Titan Thanos, the most powerful villain in the Marvel Universe – but can they trust him?” the official blurb reads.

Capcom also revealed a handful of new characters for the fighter:

Marvel

Thanos
Gamora
Nova
Doctor Strange

Capcom

Dante (Devil May Cry)
Zero (Mega Man X)
Spencer (Bionic Commando)
Arthur (Ghosts ‘n Goblins)

The game’s due out on 19^th September, and you can watch a new story trailer embedded above.

[source youtube.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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RedMageLanakyn
Wed 14th Jun 2017

What's a story demo, exactly? Not a term I'm really familiar with.

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AdamNovice
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@RedMageLanakyn I played it earlier today, it's basically 5 or 6 fights with the storys cutscenes in between that sets up the plot for the rest of the game.

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get2sammyb
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@adf86 What did you think? I haven't tried it yet.

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RedMageLanakyn
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@adf86 Ahhh, ok, thank you. I was thinking maybe it was just some custscenes, but if there's fighting I'll definitely give it a shot.

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shonenjump86
Wed 14th Jun 2017

Looks like that leaked list is coming true. Disappointing roster if you ask me, but I will try out the demo.

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rjejr
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@get2sammyb I watched my kid play the demo twice today, I thought it was the Marvel version of Injustice. Looked nice and he had some fun, and of course now he wants the game so demo did it's job. Demo also highlighted a bunch of DLC at the end so I told him to wait for a complete edition next year.

It was more of a straight up fighter than Injustice, no walking back and forth orcrazy Uber attacks that I saw. I think he prefers this. Also very colorful with all the usual MCU humour. I think he'll hold out for DragonBall Z though, that game looked sick, just needs more than 6 fighters.

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Nei
Wed 14th Jun 2017

My impressions: the gameplay is very good, more footsie-based than the frenetic MvC3 and this has the potential to become a fighting game event staple.

The presentation is really subpar though! Are they releasing this in September? Also: what is wrong with Chun li exactly? She looks terrible and I am not talking about the graphic engine...

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get2sammyb
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@rjejr Cool, I'll give this a go at the weekend!

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WanderingBullet
Wed 14th Jun 2017

@Feena Yeah, not really a fan of the art direction/presentation (Thor's face in particular) either but the gameplay's not bad. I thought some of the voice acting were also kinda bad as well.

I would preferred they gave us just the standard quick match demo instead of the story mode which has spoilers in it.

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Fath
Wed 14th Jun 2017

Note to self: remember to download this demo, like all PSN demos, on secondary PSN account so it doesn't remain in my PS4's library for all eternity.

Otherwise, cool.

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Decoy_Snake
Wed 14th Jun 2017

tried didnt like it, felt bad after Injustice 2

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shonenjump86
Wed 14th Jun 2017

I usually don't care about story modes in a fighting game that much. I mean, I'll play it just because it's there but I'm good with just an arcade, time attack, etc. And of course a decent online mode. That being said I thought the gameplay was good. I just wish the demo was just a training and vs mode.