surprise snapshot is a game about exuding confidence to intimidate opponents.It’s also a game about pretending until you can convince your opponent that you are real deal They should retreat.
It can also be a game to play with your opponents instead of taking poker on your phone as seriously as some freaks do. The point is: the millions of people who play it perceive Marvel Snap differently, and nowhere is that more evident than in its title features.
Headlines are what you think they are; you can choose simple, snappy sentences to display next to your avatar. It’s one of the first things your opponents see when they’re paired with you, and they’ll appear whenever you tap their avatar during a match.
They’re often fun, playful, and occasionally subtly echo iconic quotes from the Marvel Universe. Think “might be great”, “this is my first game, take it easy”, “I’ll spare your little planet”, etc. They are intended to convey information about the player who selects them.
To be sure, many of these players only have one or two titles to their name, so they don’t Exactly Sit down and craft their Snap persona. But many of us, especially those who have been obsessed since launch, have amassed various titles that they mix and match with their amassed avatars to project… some sort of aura.
And herein lies the problem: Marvel Snap needs to give players the ability to build their characters the way they want, not just get lucky with the right title and avatar. In that spirit, it also needs to recognize that many (probably most) of its players are actually responsible adults who can say nasty things here and there without getting reprimanded for it .
And what better way to support this segment of players than by offering games that are purchasable! It’s just that they need to be somewhere between PG and R; brazenly flying over kids’ heads, under the watchful eye of a government agency, or whatever.
Some of this stuff already exists in the game, like “why yes, that’s a loincloth”, “Ant-Man could have killed Thanos”, “slimy but firm”, etc. – but they haven’t gone far enough.
For a game about cards and cartoon violence, it’s odd that Marvel Snap has wildly different age ratings depending on where you live. Google Play lists it as T-Teen and PEGI-7. On the other hand, the App Store has a more general 9+ age recommendation.
All of this is to say that these differences create opportunities for subjectivity rather than total objectivity. Add to that the different interpretations of these ratings in different regions, and I think you have a solid basis that hints (sexual and otherwise) and things of that nature can exist.
Granted, I’m no age rating expert, but I think I’ve made some new titles should No problem at all, or at least go around the wire enough to let it through.
Below are some examples, but feel free to share your own in the comments; you never know who is reading this.
- Stop playing your deck.
- This is a family show, use condoms.
- What if quirk shaming is my quirk?
- Everyone loves a skinny 90, but what about a skinny 69?
- Pull it out and shake it.
- My actual title is considered NSFW.
- The last few drops always end up in your pants.
- No morning wood to chop?