Deadpool is one of the greatest comic book characters ever. Normally this is where I would back this up with some humorous anecdote or story, but the previous sentence is such an undeniably true statement that I don't need to.
Sadly, X-Men Origins: Wolverine sucks, and though Ryan Reynolds is pretty well cast as the smart mouthed assassin he's not in it enough to be useful. On the other hand the game based on X-Men Origins: Wolverine does not suck, and part of the reason is that Raven Studios loves the character of Wolverine. Evidently, they also love Deadpool. The developer has expressed interest in giving the character his own game.
Dan Vondrak, Wolverine's project lead, says that if they do pick the character up it would be the Deadpool from the comics, not the Deadpool from the movie. Of course the Deadpool from the movie wasn't on screen long enough to be considered a character anyway and making a game based around him would be like making a game based around a guy wearing a red shirt in Star Trek.
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10:00 PM on 05.02.2009
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Oh, and bring Ryan Reynolds in for the hell of it. For the five minutes he was onscreen pre-baraka, he was ideal.
You're fucking nuts. Something is not right with you.
Deadpool + Raven = happy Tazar!
Now a game based off the Deadpool form the comments would be sweet.
Especially if it's rated M, has the funny dialog, and him also questioning the gamer as well as the game (like he does when he's in the comics) would rock.
I do agree with SuitcoatAvenger, they should just go ahead and make him the voice since he was cool in Origins.
Also @ Mozgus: :(
The movie isn't as cool as the game
The movie was damn awful, and if they decide to make a game after Deadpool, I hope to high hell they don't go with the movie one. Weapon XI my ass.
If they make another mediocre action title, but have Deadpool randomly breaking the third wall during it and hamming it up; it will just be another "meh" game. Give Deadpool to Capcom baby! Deadpool May Care. You know it would be a badass game. This is especially realistic if Deadpool is put into MVSCapcom 3.
Although I don't know if adding Deadpool to the game would be good or not. I mean Deadpool is mostly humorous which is why he is popular. Will adding a humorous person to the game be a good idea?
While I agree that the movie wasn't horrible, there's no fucking way you can seriously believe that Deadpool wasn't completely and utterly fucked, when they essentially made him an "engineered" Apocalypse.
Also, the movie was not respectful dude. I won't spoil much here, but Wolverine's wife actually died in cold blood in the source material. None of the movie was true to the source at all. The fact that they were also fucking brothers was completely made up. Those are pretty huge differences! I'm also happily married, and happened to be a huge Sabretooth/Wolverine fan when I was younger.
Yep, my bad. I was trying to prove a point and forgot my proper terminology ;D
Sure it may be a god of war clone but its one of the best by far.
It's nowhere near as bad as you make it sound.
Also, I think Deadpool is an amazing character, but I have this problem where I really want to get into X-Men, but the there is just so many damn comics. I don't know where to start.
But I like Fables. That series starts. That series ends. Good for me. But I still wanna understand X-Men so much more :(
"Overrated dumbass character"
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you've actually read what Marvel has done with the character in the last six years-or-so. I'd ask you to elaborate on your view and give credit to your argument, but your opinion of the movie sort of renders it void anyway.
/ Adamantium bullet. Really.
Can you say fanboy friday?
@Magnalon - Capcom would undoubtedly be the best choice for this (read: any) action game, and I'd love to see it happen in conjunction with MvC3... but how likely is that to happen? =/ I think Raven could pull off a great game if they were to extensively rework the combat and camera mechanics and smooth the engine's framerate hiccups.
Really though, I'd love to see Capcom get this license and do it justice.
@Mozgus - I've not seen the movie and only have played the demo of the game, so my experience with both is either void or limited. That said, I really enjoyed the demo.
As a huge fan of action games in general, I'm completely capable of looking past any flaw in their story. The essence of the genre is in the gameplay; nearly all other elements are tertiary, but can still be appreciated. From what I saw in the demo, the controls were no more loose or sloppy than God of War titles, but its power-ups were definitely more robust and enjoyable.
Personally, technical issues are my following biggest point of contention when assessing a game's quality, and I found the slowdown and screen-tearing to be disappointing, but neither were close to ruining the experience for me.
Visually, I found the gory effects perfectly satisfying for game depicting the killing machine that is Wolverine. It's about time enemies are more than just punching bags when playing as one of the most ruthless and deadly X-men. This level of destruction was long over due; claws are supposed to cut things, and this game finally let it happen with gamers at the controls.
I don't even want to comment on your thoughts of Deadpool as a character... your "personally formed opinion" is likely stubbornly set in stone.
Frankly, I was satisfied with his appearance in X-Men Legends II. Wolverine: Origins the game should have just included Deadpool as an extra character after you beat the game, similar to Vergil in DMC:SE. As it stands, it doesn't give you any reason to ever beat it again, and wouldn't have been that hard to change "claws" to "swords", and add a teleport belt.
That page has always been so awkward for me. I love Kitty Pryde!
When EVERYONE watched the workprint a month ago people were raving about how cool it was....now that AICN and ROTTEN TOMATOES editors don't like it people are changing their minds
@ Mozgus
You clearly haven't ever cracked open an X-men or Deadpool book if you think that it was 90% authentic, and you must have terrible taste if you think either the writing or special effects were good. Shit, half the time the claws were about as convincing as Eddie Valiant's toon gun.
@ Rabite
Swords that are longer than his arms. I mean, shit, that doesn't make sense in any context.
The demo of the game was pretty fun, and as for a Deadpool game...*SQUEE!*
I really liked the movie. Only flaw for me was how they screwed Deadpool at the end. I jizzed when I saw Xavier WALK out to greet the other mutants.
But if you stick around after credits, you see an arm come out of the rubble, grab Deadpool's head, where the head then goes "Sssshhhhh" straight to the camera. Made me forgive the butchered character I saw before. Also you might only see this depending on the theater your in. 3 different post credit endings. 1 being the one that I stated. Another, Wolverines at a bar in Japan (sequel?) and another, not sure how true this one is, it shows the head in the rubble, then you see a person go grab it, camera turns to person, it's Wade Wilson who then says "Who the hell is this guy supposed to be??"
So yeah, I had nothing to say about the game. Just wanted to rant on the awesome movie. Better than X3 you gotta admit.
Deadpool should get a movie now, maybe fix up the story now, add some cancer. I don't care if this movie was a cash in, Ryan Reynolds was a great Deadpool. A Gambit movie would be pushing it. And a sequel would be interesting, maybe show his son if possible.
...and they could use the money.
I haven't seen the movie yet but it is at least paying some respect to the character breaking the 4th wall...
A mission with Big Bertha from the Great Lakes Avengers
A mission wearing Marvel Girl's costume.
A mission where we have the find ingredients to make a Chimichanga.
To each troll there own I guess. I heard all about the movie being bad, went to see it anyways, and left feeling that the movie was indeed bad. The CG in the film looked like it came out of Terminator 2, the attempts at humor I felt were ham fisted, the emotional moments didn't move me, and the action scenes did not impress me in the least. I am not trying to convince you that you think the movie is bad, I am listing the reasons why I think it is.
You came in baiting for an argument, then accuse others of being the trolls? That's some twisted logic.
What's funny is I actually really liked the movie, but I'm still able to admit that it is a guilty pleasure.
Also, it's quite obvious you're trolling because you say "OMG THEY DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING", then I note how drastically they changed the story, and you just roll with it.
Personally, I'd rather see a Guyver game. Now that would totally kick ass.
Get your sonic blades and mega smasher, all up in some Hyper Zoanoid monster butt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER7MPlK59A0&feature=related
I am definitely for this.