Thanks to simple, but inventive gameplay and a fresh new take on the multiplayer brawler, “Marvel Battlegrounds” is so much more than a game that plays similar to “Super Smash Bros” and “Powerstone,” it’s one of the best times you can have on a console this year.
Through our initial gameplay, Battlegrounds is everything you’d expect from a game that features 28 Marvel Comics characters battling it out. Much like Smash Brothers, every character feels unique. Tough guys like Groot, Venom, Hulk and Thor pack a wallop, while smaller characters the likes of Spider-Man, Ant-Man and Rocket Racoon are speedy and crafty. While you’ll get more out of the game if you own more figures, the game allows you to try out characters you don’t have as well. The end result here is a perfect one- you can try out figures before you buy them and you won’t be penalized for having a small collection.
The thing that makes “Marvel Battlegrounds” stand out the most however is that even though it’s a different beast than “Disney Infinity” entirely, it still uses the same health and special maneuver gauges, instantly putting a fan of the series at home. Simple enough to pick up, “Marvel Battlegrounds” can be played by anyone, but with support maneuvers thanks to reinvented Power Discs from 2.0 and 3.0 and Special Maneuvers, as well as an environment that can be used as a weapon as well, there’s plenty of strategy to go along with the havoc.Continue Reading This Article on
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
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