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Wow! I’m on the Marvel Strike Force press list now. And they wanted me to tell you about the debut of the Spider-Society in the game. These are the beloved characters from the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse film: Spider-Man (Pavitr), Peni Parker (with Spy-der) and Peter B. Parker are joining Spider-Man Noir in the line-up (still no Spider-Ham though, perhaps for reasons I mention below.)
As I wrote in my first MSF opus, I’m a loyal player of this mobile game, closing in my fourth year of daily playing. Whew. One of the things that keeps me playing is the fun character animations, and Spider-Society is no exception. I’ve only been able to play them in a preview campaign, but Peni jumps out of Spy-Der and Peter B. is in his jammies, with baby on board! Mayday swings out over her foes (safely). They join Spider-Man Noir whose attacks are accompanied by a blast of film noir music, and Ghost Spider (Gwen) who was already hopping around in her cowl. Fun for all. And the designs are right out of the comics and movies.
The game is offering a bunch of Spider-like extras for the launch – you can unlock Miles Morales just by logging in, which is a good deal.
If you actually play the game, here’s the deets
Peter B. Parker possesses the dual Origin traits of Bio and Skill. He uses his high Health and Focus stats to keep his allies in the fight and heal them when they’re in trouble. He acts as a mentor to his Spider-Society allies, boosting them at the beginning of the fight and picking them up and dusting them off when they feel the effects of battle. On Spawn, he grants his Spider-Society allies a slew of positive effects, which includes Safeguard in Raids. Whenever Peter B. Parker or a Hero Spider-Verse ally is attacked, he heals the most injured Hero Spider-Verse ally. Each of his abilities applies Regeneration and his Passive Ability grants Spider-Society allies additional Max Health and Resistance.
Spider-Man (Pavitr) is a hard-hitting Brawler with the dual origin traits of Bio and Skill. He’s armed with big Focus and Damage stats and dances around enemies with Rebound Chains on all of his attacks. He helps set the pace of battle by applying Slow to enemies and Speed Up to his allies and via his Speed Bar manipulation on his Basic Ability. Spider-Man (Pavitr) gives his Spider-Society allies more power in Raids with additional Crit Chance, Crit Damage, and Focus.
Peni Parker is a powerful Protector for Spider-Society and possesses the dual origin traits of Tech and Skill. She doesn’t Taunt, but Peni is incredibly dangerous if she isn’t attacked. She dishes out Barrier to her Hero Spider-Verse allies and if she has Barrier, she gains extra Damage for her attacks. She generates Ability Energy on Spawn for Spider-Society, allowing them to use their Ultimate Ability a turn earlier and, in Raids, they can use their Ultimates on the very first turn. And to help her Spider-Society team cruise through the toughest Skill Raid lanes, she arms her allies with Safeguard and applies Trauma to all enemies via her Ultimate Ability.
The Spider-Society is coming out at a bit of an odd time – but when you recall that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse was once over-optimistically planned to come out this Spring it makes more sense. The third outing in the Spider-Verse trilogy has now been postponed indefinitely (!) – although there are hopes it will be out next year.
Perhaps the debut of Spider-Ham will be saved for that release. Because all the Marvel Strike Force characters are animated on the same base model, a short character like Spider-Ham is hard to add from a technical standpoint – although he’s been in other Marvel games.
As long as I’m writing about MSF, I’ve got to tell you all about my Dark Dimension 6 slog. Dark Dimensions are particularly difficult challenges where you have to build up specific teams over a long period and then whittle down very tough enemies. You get only one attack a day and some Dark Dimensions have taken me months to finish.
Dark Dimension 6 launched LAST SUMMER, and it took me months to build up enough gear to even start it. As I recall vividly, I had just come home from New Year’s Eve 2024 when just as I was about to go to sleep, I opened the last bits of Metabolic Enhancers or whatever to level up the last character I needed: Apocalypse. So yeah I’ve been trying to finish DD6 for THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. And I might just finish it tonight after I finish writing this post, because I’m on the last two nodes. There’s something quite comforting to me about doing my DD battles just before I go to sleep. It’s literally the last thing I do every day, and caps off each day with a heroic struggle, just the way I like it.
But learn from my mistakes. There is a lot of advice about what
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