Marvel’s Avengers adds a new, ‘Cel Shaded’ skin for Captain America that looks like it was ripped straight from the pages of a comic book.
Marvel’s Avengers has added a new skin for Captain America that looks like it was ripped straight from the panels of a Marvel comic book.
As announced by the official Marvel’s Avengers Twitter account, Captain America’s ‘Cel Shaded Outfit’ is now available in the in-game Marketplace. The post also includes a video showing the skin in action, with the comic book-esque Star-Spangled Man certainly standing out against the game’s more realistic-looking setting.
In fact, Cap’s new Marvel’s Avengers skin is sure to evoke memories of a similar outfit players can have Peter Parker wear in the Insomniac Games-developed title Marvel’s Spider-Man. That game features the Spidey’s ‘Vintage Comic Book Suit,’ which similarly uses cel-shading to create a comic book-like effect, making the friendly neighborhood superhero stand out against the realistic New York City. In Marvel’s Spider-Man, players can unlock the ‘Vintage Comic Book Suit’ upon reaching Level 41 and having the necessary Tokens.
This trend continued in Insomniac’s spinoff title, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. While Miles’ solo game did not feature a comic book-styled suit, per se, it did feature the ‘Animated Suit,’ based on the character’s appearance in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. Like Peter’s ‘Vintage’ suit from the first Spider-Man game and Captain America’s new suit from Avengers, Miles’ ‘Animated Suit’ used cel-shading to achieve the desired effect. Miles Morales players can unlock the suit upon reaching Level 7 and, again, having the necessary tokens.
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As far as Marvel’s Avengers is concerned, one of Cap’s greatest allies and adversaries recently joined the fray. Nov. 29 marked the addition of Bucky Barnes/the Winter Soldier as a playable hero. Like every other playable hero in the game, Bucky comes with his own collection of alternate skins, including one that acts as a throwback to his original outfit as Captain America’s young ward during World War II — long before he was presumed dead became the brainwashed, metal-armed Winter Soldier.
Developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix, Marvel’s Avengers is currently available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows.
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