I've had this idea buzzing around in my head for the past month or so, and figured this'd be the last time in a while I'd be able to get it down in writing.

I was playing some Heroes and Heralds in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and won a match using Taskmaster, of course his win quote was something about him being a mercenary and having photographic reflexes (The ability to see someone do any action within human possibility and be able to perfectly replicate that action without practice.).

So I thought, "Hey, what if Taskmaster starred in his own game where his photographic reflexes where a central mechanic?" He's a mercenary who works for whoever he feels like, so there could be a moral choice system or something. And he's relatively well-known in the Marvel universe, so you could have some headlining heroes and villians in the mix for PR screenshots or the back of the box. And he's a supposed business man who keeps getting found out by heroes and having to regroup, so there's your starting point in the story and why Tasky would probably need a bunch of upgrades and stuff.


Look at that design. Lovely.

Of course, it would have be a 3D beat 'em up in the vein of God Hand or Arkham Asylum, and there would be different equipable moves and different jobs to take that might affect each other. For example, if you took a job for SHIELD busting up some undercover Latverian weapon smuggling, and later tried to accept a job from Dr. Doom, you wouldn't get any firing support because none of his outer troops would have enough ammo to fight with. But if you kept on the SHIELD side, things would be easier because the enemies would run out of ammo while fighting because you interrupted their resupply. There would also be rewards for be loyal to one side and doing things that would be of great aid to them such as freeing prisoners or stealing enemy schematics. There would also be opportunities to double-cross your allies for lump-sum rewards like one-of-a-kind equipment or a signed poster of Charles Barkley.


All you'd have to do is erase Nick Fury's file in Pokemon. Would he have White or Black?

Time between missions and money earned could be spent on buying and watching videos of heroes in action to learn new techniques instantly. You could also buy new equipment like swords, shields, armor, bows, and such.

There's just one point I keep getting stuck on, and that's the crux of it all; The photographic reflexes. I was thinking there would be some light stealth elements (Think Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Guess it'd be kinda hard with a cape, though...) and a button you would press to make Taskmaster focus, then you would have to scope out someone and watch them. The longer you watch when a move isn't being done, the longer it takes to actually learn and master the move. i.e., If you focus and watch someone standing idle for a second before they do anything, you won't fill up your 'Ability Bar' as quickly or you won't get as many 'Ability Points' or whatever.


He knows you're looking at his crotch.

The more I think about it, the less I want to think about it.