Capcom is currently in full ‘unexpected update’ mode, it seems. After returning to the two-year-old Dragon’s Dogma 2 last week to clean things up ahead of its Dark Arisen expansion, the PC port of 2011’s Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has also just received its first new patch in years. Sadly, it appears to have broken more than it has fixed.
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s new patch is the first to receive actual Steam patch notes since 2017, but they’re limited. According to Capcom, this latest update provides “verified compatibility with Windows 11” and “miscellaneous bug fixes”, which sounds good on paper. But the reality is that it’s straight-up broken Jean Grey’s Dark Phoenix ability.
“From what people have found, Dark Phoenix no longer triggers,” one Reddit user wrote, “but other known bugs like Frank’s zombie plungers are still there.” As another community member explained, prior to Capcom’s update, Grey “basically [had] no health so her entire gameplan involves getting five metre stocks and dying which activates a buffed Dark Phoenix state which is the strongest character in the game”. Now, however, “she will die instead of transform”.
Other contentious changes include a fix to prevent players from executing the ‘Kubota escape’ – a mechanic that first made it into the game as an unintended “bug”, but which has been embraced by the community over the years. Less surprisingly, Capcom’s update has also broken many of the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 mods developed in the years since the publisher last updated the game.
Capcom has yet to comment on its patch, but players are now waiting for a hotfix.
