While we’ve been focusing a lot on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s gameplay and its roster, not much has really been said yet about the single-player modes coming with the game — aside from the initial Story Demo. Now we already know that the game is coming with story, mission, and arcade modes (the last of which Capcom’s other game, Street Fighter V, still doesn’t have), as well as gallery mode called the Dr. Light Database. Thankfully, Game Informer recently got a chance to try the game and these single-player modes out.
We’ve already seen a bit of story mode with the game’s Story Demo, and it seems that, based on Game Informer’s impressions, we’ll see even more varied types of matches with NPC mooks and drones. One such match featured the same weak drones from the Story Demo, but with a timer that counted down to when these drones would fly off to attack Valkanda, with the city eventually being destroyed if the player didn’t stop them in time.
Additionally, the story mode features a lot of other NPCs, including some who may become playable characters down the line — such as the female Monster Hunter that Maximilian mentioned in a previous video. [A little more on that later. – Editor]
Mission mode, on the other hand, is a collection of ten trials for each character. Now while the first set of missions simply serve as a tutorial for the character, the latter seem to be designed to help players wrap their heads around the new systems. For some of these, characters are given a set partner that the player is tasked with switching to mid-combo. Meanwhile, other missions involve using a specific Infinity Stone’s Infinity Surge or Infinity Storm as part of the combo.
Finally the Dr. Light Database is, as one would expect, a collection of unlockable character art, character data, cutscenes, and even voice samples.
Of course, the actual article has a bit more, including some bits in of the story mode that some may count as spoilers. Head on over to Game Informer to read the complete article.
Source: Game Informer
