More than a year has passed since the Avengers
foiled the alien invasion attempt in New York. In that time, many others
have stepped forth to become defenders of humanity - groups like the
Fantastic Four and the X-Men, and individuals
like Daredevil and Spider-Man. Others like Blade and Ghost Rider lurked
in the shadows, mysteries to the world. Together or alone they fought
the evils that plague our world - super powered menaces, mutant
terrorists, murderous gang leaders. We came to rely
on Superheroes to protect us. Until the day they disappeared.
Iron Man was towing a wrecked oil tanker when it
happened. Witnesses saw a strange purple light flash over him and then,
poof! Iron man was gone, the oil tanker sinking to the depths. The same
happened to Spider-Man, all that's left
of him are videos of webs left whipping in the wind. Millions of
eyewitness accounts described the same phenomenon - a purple flash of
light, and then nothing. At the exact same moment, all around the world,
the super powered beings we knew vanished.
That day saw our greatest villains taken the
same way. Magneto was giving a speech from a captured television
station. Victor Von Doom vanished from his castle in Latveria. A
super-villain prison referred to as the Raft was emptied,
as all the inmated disappeared in the same flash of purple light. In an
instant, we were robbed of our greatest hopes and fears.
That was two weeks ago.
The rioting and insanity that
followed the heroes wake is subsiding. Planet Earth is regaining its
senses. But will this brand new world be safer? Will it make more sense?
Or, having lived with gods and monsters among us, is it too
late to go back?
Basically what I'm thinking is that players would create new
street-level heroes who don costumes to fill the void left by the
vanished superheroes. Only heroes who'd shown themselves prior to the
event were taken, so someone who didn't use their powers
in public before the event would still be around. They'd fight normal
crime, which has skyrocketed since the heroes went away, and new
villains who see the same opportunity.
I didn't explicitly state it in the blurb, but this game would be
set in a version of the movieverse where all the Marvel movies happened.
The Avengers and it's prequels plus the FF, X-Men, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, and Blade movies. Let me know
if there's any I forgot! This way we can tie in to lots of marvel
heroes but the game should be much more accessible. A timeline for the
universe might be a little tough since most of these movies weren't made
with considerations for the others. For that reason,
I figure I won't bother unless it becomes necessary.
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