Looking for Marvel games where Loki isn't just a bad guy

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

That's a weirdly specific request, I realize, but I'm an MCU Loki fan of the "all sympathetic interpretations and/or redemption arcs all the time" variety, so while I'd really like to play a video game with Loki in it (even better if he's a playable character), I'm not overly interested in one where he's just a one-dimensional villain...and I don't exactly have the time or money to try everything myself. So I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions--maybe experience with the games I've listed under the cut, or something totally different.

• The apparently god-awful Thor movie tie-in game for consoles--I'm sort of interested because Tom and Chris actually voice the characters, but as I understand it, Loki's the villain in a way that doesn't really even make sense with movie canon.


• Disney Infinity--I think he's the bad guy in at least one Thor-focused storyline but also a playable character? So...does that mean you can also play him as not a villain in sandbox mode or something (and potentially in other storylines)? I don't entirely understand how this works.


• LEGO Super Heroes--I keep wanting to buy this and then not getting it for this exact reason. Is Loki just a nuance-free villain in this (despite maybe being based on MCU canon)?


• Marvel Heroes 2015--it looks like Loki's a playable character both in a comics costume (which I really don't care about tbh) and an MCU costume but...also a storyline villain? Again: I don't get how this works.


• Marvel Avengers Alliance--see above. On the wiki it looks like Comics Loki is an enemy and MCU Loki (or at least Loki in his MCU costume) is an unlockable hero, which is slightly hilarious to me and also pretty much what I'm looking for, but I'd still like to hear from someone who's played it.


• Marvel Contest of Champions--from the Wikipedia article, it looks like Loki isn't a playable character. Is that true?


• Marvel Puzzle Quest and Marvel Pinball--are these anything but Bejeweled and pinball with Marvel decorations? Not hugely interested, if so.

So--has anyone played any of these games or others you'd recommend?

Comments

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Oh man, A FAN AFTER MY OWN HEART. (Are you on Tumblr? I need to follow more people there who like Loki in similar ways as I do.) Okay, definitely going to try Marvel Heroes 2015--and yeah, I'm going to buy the Disney Infinity figure of Loki even if I don't get the game (which I probably will), because I am also very weak and I need all the Lokis. All of them. I have, uh, eight Loki figures already?

Very helpful article about Disney Infinity, thank you! And sad lol at Loki leading a bunch of Frost Giants to do anything. I mean, going by the costumes I guess this part isn't really based on the movies (more the Avengers Assemble cartoon, maybe?), but still. I'm still wondering how the Play Set story mode works with newer characters--like, Loki is a playable character now, and when I checked out his demo at the store, he was shown fighting Frost Giants. I guess I should really just download the free PC version and see if I can figure out more by actually playing it.

I've had the exact same thought on the Marvel/Telltale game. I mean, I know it's not going to happen, BUT WHAT IF IT DID.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

I feel like we have much to discuss.

Are you on Tumblr? I need to follow more people there who like Loki in similar ways as I do.

OH MY GOD YES (http://qualapec.tumblr.com/). (I am in a very similar boat!)

I am also very weak and I need all the Lokis. All of them. I have, uh, eight Loki figures already?

Ahh, I MEAN. I don't have that many...but I do have the Loki Hot Toys figure that came out after The Dark World. So I have one really expensive one >:D

I've had the exact same thought on the Marvel/Telltale game. I mean, I know it's not going to happen, BUT WHAT IF IT DID.

Oh man! You're the first person I've met who also thinks so! I actually have a post where I was brainstorming about what it could be. My top three guesses are: Loki, Spider-Man, or Winter Soldier background.

I will say, like a month before the announcement, I was playing TWD and it occured to me what a perfect avenue a TT game would be for a Loki spinoff of any kind. (I mean, there is hope, since Thor: Ragnarok comes out the same year the game will). With my luck it will probably be Howard the Duck but a girl can dream. Like, I don't think a movie will happen since he's so well represented in other movies, and honestly, I don't think Marvel could pitch that, because their movie thing is straight-up hero heroes, and I don't think that's the right way to handle a good Loki story (even a redemption arc-- I think a Loki solo story would always need to be a bit darker). I'd say a Netflix series, maybe, but that's a pretty high cost for not much payoff. Then it occurred to me: boom, Telltale. Then a few weeks later, that announcement was made.

I will say, if it IS about Loki, I will feel like a prophet.

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Hot Toys Loki, ahhhh I'm jealous. I really want one but I haven't been able to justify it to myself...even though I did spend $60 on the 6-inch Avengers Loki. Also because I am the world's biggest dork, I actually have a photo series of my action figures (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3204995).

Totally agree about Loki game vs. movie. I actually haven't played any Telltale games yet (I have so, so many games in my Steam library I haven't played yet), so I'm not positive how they are with balancing player choices against a distinct storyline, but I can definitely see that working. Tbh I'm a little leery of anything going really in-depth about what happened to Loki between Thor and Avengers, because I've read a lot of really great fic that I'd hate to see invalidated, and frankly I trust ficwriters to do right by Loki more than I trust anyone at Marvel. But I guess we'll see. I'd also love to see a game about a character who's received less attention so far, ideally a female character--like, a game about Gamora or Black Widow could be really amazing.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

I just saw your tumblr post with all your figures! That's a great collection :D

Yeah like, I try not to think about how I have $400+ worth of Hot Toys figures upstairs...I have Loki, and TWS Black Widow. I had a couple rough university quarters this year and I used Hot Toys to motivate myself LOL.

But I guess we'll see. I'd also love to see a game about a character who's received less attention so far, ideally a female character--like, a game about Gamora or Black Widow could be really amazing.

^^^ I agree with this.

Ideally, honestly what I would like in my IDEAL world, is for the Telltale game to be set in the "Court of Thanos", for lack of a better word. Telltale has done really awesome things with having multiple, fairly diverse POVs. Their Game of Thrones game is mostly dudes, but has 4 major characters, but their Borderlands game (which I would recommend first), has FANTASTIC POV balance between a dude and a lady.

So what I would really want, is a game with Loki, Gamora, and Nebula as characters-- we learn a lot more about all of them, their actors aren't SO big that they couldn't be brought in to VO, and it gives more background info for Infinity War!

Lol, though I am in complete agreement about not necessarily trusting anyone at Marvel to handle Loki well. Everyone was super excited about the Russo bros possibly doing Infinity War, and I'm just sitting over here like "...but will they treat Loki well or will they make him the cautionary side of a morality tale ending..."

That being said, I've watched some of my favorite tv antagonists get the shittiest writing and have their actors recover it and make sense of it. Lana Parilla in OUAT, and Rob James-Collier in Downton both have worked really hard to rationalize terrible writing choices and maintain some vestige of continuity (IMO), so while I don't trust anyone at Marvel, I DO have some faith that Hiddleston can work with whatever he's given! (Or I hope @_@ at least )