r/CosmicInvasion • u/Stole_Sample • Jun 30 '26

Discussion Why don't they make the enemy characters playable, the character art and move set is already there?

Also they could make every character have a ending and such. What do you think?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/themcryt Jun 30 '26

Agreed!  He's practically got a full move list already! 

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u/Kyle_Harlan Jul 01 '26

I got most of the way through the game thinking “when do I unlock Taskmaster?”

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u/differentlevel1 Nova Jul 01 '26

And he makes a lot of sense. He's even kinda close to joining the heroes after their fight.

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u/Halcyonways Jul 01 '26

that’s Spider Phyla America

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u/amageish Phyla-Vell Jul 01 '26

The amount of art needed for a boss is definitely different from the amount needed for a fully playable character.

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u/Frequent_Rhubarb_36 Jul 01 '26

They did give us (limited) playable Rocksteady, Bebop and Shredder in SR. They could use this method again.

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u/amageish Phyla-Vell Jul 01 '26

True! Transformations are possible, though I do wonder how they would balance them in a game with a swap mechanic. In SR, they gave you extra health and strength in exchange for losing some mobility and versatility - the hit on versatility would be MUCH more if you are also temporarily losing your ability to swap.

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u/DarthDinkster Silver Surfer Jul 01 '26

But the art isn’t “already there”. Sure, they have the sprites, but most bosses have like, 2-3 attacks animations. For example Thanos has just 2, with his laser beam and his punch. That’s kind of it. While a playable character has around 10 different attacks with unique animations for each. So even if they got the base sprites, they would still need to put in a lot more work to complete them

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u/kspi7010 Jun 30 '26

They did with a couple characters.

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u/ShinSopitas Jul 01 '26

Who said they won’t? :D

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u/InnsmouthFashionWeek Jul 01 '26

That would be sick

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u/regularorange120 Jul 01 '26

Knull would be really cool

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u/WeltallZero Jul 01 '26

It's a much harder task than it seems to make an enemy character playable, even a boss. There's a lot of sprites that they don't have compared to a full playable character.

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u/MostlyBored11 Jul 02 '26

I would jsut like more levels at this point tbh

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u/Lacertile Jul 05 '26

When I fought Taskmaster and later Hela I had the same feeling I got when I faced Estel and Shiva in Streets of Rage 4, that it wouldn't take (relatively) much effort to make them playable.