You don't buy DLC for the meta.You buy it because somewhere deep down,you believe a red beam or a rocky fist can still fix what's broken.Marvel Cosmic Invasion just dropped its first two paid characters—Cyclops and The Thing—and together,they cost less than a latte.That's not a deal.That's a dare.

 

　　Cyclops shows up wearing a jacket that says I've seen things even before he opens his visor.His optic beams don't just push enemies back;they create distance in a game that wants to eat you alive.He fights close,then blasts you away,then comes right back in.That's not a playstyle.That's a man who's spent decades learning that control is the only thing keeping the people around him alive.The jacket helps.

 

 

　　Then there's Ben Grimm.The Thing doesn't need a tragic backstory in this DLC—he is the tragic backstory,turned into a battering ram.His rocky fists connect like punctuation.Every punch ends a sentence."It's clobberin'time"isn't a catchphrase anymore.It's a promise he kept long before you bought him.You're just here to watch him keep it again.

 

　　For$3.99 bundled,you're not buying two move sets.You're buying an X-Man who never stopped aiming for something better and a Fantastic Four member who never stopped standing up when everyone else fell down.That's the quiet mercy of a perfect punch.That's the trailer below.Go watch it.Then go clobber something.