Talk:Marvel's Midnight Suns

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 04:48, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that in the upcoming video game Marvel's Midnight Suns, players will be able to create their own superhero in the Marvel Universe? Source:

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)

Created by SoWhy (talk). Self-nominated at 07:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC).

• The article is long enough and new enough with no copyright violations. The hook is directly cited. SoWhy, a QPQ is needed. SL93 (talk) 00:21, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

@SL93: ping me if they don't respond within a bit, I'll donate a QPQ. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Thanks for the offer but I'm on it I just didn't expect the review to happen so fast Regards SoWhy 08:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@SoWhy: of course! works for me :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 18:38, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@SL93: QPQ added. Regards SoWhy 11:08, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. This is ready. SL93 (talk) 01:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

To T:DYK/P5

Midnight Sun and Wiki

Will this have its own Fandom Wiki and will this video game have its own page on the Marvel Fandom Wiki? CarverSindile (talk) 03:18, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

@CarverSindile: Fandom is a separate website that hosts wikis, so you need to ask the editors on those wikis. For what it's worth, wikia:marvel:Marvel's Midnight Suns already exists. Regards SoWhy 19:52, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

@SoWhy: I know its a separate website but I asked here because I couldn't find the Fandom wiki for the video game (which mostly like means it hasn't been created yet) but I wasn't sure. Regards CarverSindile CarverSindile (talk) 20:47, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 19 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 09:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

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Marvel's Midnight Suns → Midnight SunsMidnight Suns – I had previously made this WP:BOLD move thinking it would not be uncontroversial, although as it seems it is, I am now making a formal move request discussion, stemming from a separate RM at Talk:Spider-Man (2018 video game). While "Marvel's Midnight Suns" is the WP:COMMONNAME, the redirect Midnight Suns, which already redirects to this article and differentiates it enough from the comics team the game is based on, Midnight Sons, is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and as such, no further disambiguation of "Marvel's" is necessary, and is not used for the likes of Iron Man VR, Blade (upcoming video game), but is used for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Marvel's Avengers (video game) (and I realized should be used for Marvel's Spider-Man), given WP:SMALLDETAILS and WP:NATURAL. The difference between "Sons" and "Suns" should not dissuade us from using the actual common name as the article's title, especially when hatnotes and redirects exist to serve navigation aid for our readers. Trailblazer101 (talk) 08:20, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

• Oppese The current name is the WP:COMMONNAME. Lightoil (talk) 04:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

  Yet "Midnight Suns" is the more common of the two, as most readers would be directly looking for that title than the one starting with the "Marvel's" branding. WP:NATURAL explains "Using an alternative name that the subject is also commonly called in English reliable sources, albeit not as commonly as the preferred-but-ambiguous title, is sometimes preferred. To echo comments from Talk:Spider-Man (2018 video game), Marvel's Midnight Suns is not an ambiguous term, though neither is "Midnight Suns", as that is not used by any other article for a title and both are not ambiguous. It's the same case as for why we use Rogue One as the title and not Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the main title is first-and-foremost unambiguous and clear enough to be the PRIMARY name of the subject, no further disambiguation (of "Marvel's", in this instance), is needed. WP:SUBTITLE also states "When the most commonly used name is ambiguous, the full title and subtitle might be suitable to be used as a form of natural disambiguation." and while one could argue "Marvel's" is enough to differentiate the game from the comics, the clear distinct verbiage for this game's title over the comics one is enough for the simpler title to be used for this article, and for a hatnote to point to the comics article rather than retaining an unnecessary and unnatural disambiguation for this. Trailblazer101 (talk) 04:53, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose "Marvel's Midnight Suns" is clearly the common name used in most reviews and mentions of the game in RS. Simple as that. It's the devs, not us, who are using that to distinguish the name of the game. It's also not a subtitle. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:30, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

  Subtitles can come in many forms, not necessarily a title after a colon. Fast & Furious Presents is the subtitle of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. William Shakespeare's is the subtitle of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Reloaded is the subtitle of The Matrix Reloaded. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:17, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Weak oppose This seems to be a case of WP:CONCISE, where we usually prefer the shorter name if it is precise and unambiguous. However, from a news search online, "Marvel's Midnight Suns" does appear to be the overwhelmingly common name used by sources, so it wouldn't do any harm to include "Marvel's" even if disambiguation isn't strictly necessary. WP:SUBTITLE does permit the use of subtitles if it is not commonly omitted. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:14, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Combat similar to xcom?

The only similarity is the turn based aspect. It is not sandbox, there is no ambush possibility there is no flanking.

This comparison should be removed. 104.163.139.69 (talk) 21:25, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Marvel's Midnight Suns/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: OceanHok (talk · contribs) 06:05, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: PresN (talk · contribs) 03:01, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Reviewing this. I do GAN reviews by listing out issues as I read through the article. I fix minor grammar issues as I find them instead of listing them.

• "The game received generally positive reviews from critics, with critics praising" - overuse of "critics"
• Unclear in the lede how the narrative was praised but the writing was criticized. Scrolling down, it seems like the story was praised but the character interaction bits were criticized, which isn't quite what the lede says.

I have expanded slightly in the reception paragraph.

• "and a chance to move and reposition one of their heroes." - unclear if by "chance" you mean that the player may or may not have an opportunity to move a hero, or if you always have the opportunity but maybe it doesn't work.

You can choose to move or not to move the heroes.

• There aren't firm rules on how long a paragraph should be, but a general guideline is 4 to 7 sentences. The first paragraph here is 12, which becomes laborious to read; it should be split in half
• "Magik is essential for crowd control as she can reposition enemies" - veers into editorializing - she can be used for crowd control, but it's an opinion that she's "essential".
• "In addition, the neck collar and the suit the Hunter is wearing also grant them passive perks." - I'm not sure what this means; this is the first mention of outfits. Are these selectable? Findable?
• "craft single-use items for combat" - are these items also cards? Can you use them during combat rounds? You mentioned items before but it sounded like they were something on the battlefield, not something the player brings with them to combat.
• "At night, players can" - how does night happen? This is the first mention of a day/night cycle in the game
• It's confusing that the summoned star is the "Midnight Sun" and the hero squad recruited is the "Midnight Suns" but there's no indication whether or not they're connected despite having the same name

There isn't really an in-game explaination for this either.

• Not a GA criteria, but the plot section is a little overwhelming. If we treat the main game and DLC sections as separate, it's not too long, but it feels like just a series of disconnected events, with new characters jumping in for a cameo sentence before never returning. Maybe that's just what the game is like.
• "in which the ability used by a hero each turn is randomized, but each ability is guaranteed to work" - isn't it that the possible abilities a hero can use each turn is randomized? The player is still picking from their hand of drawn cards. Or maybe I've misunderstood and the gameplay section is misleading- if you draw cards and immediately play them what does "redrawing" cards do?
• "While a player may end up with a deck of cards that do not have enough heroism to play, redrawing cards would always guarantee a usable card." - how? Like literally if you redraw cards it won't give you ones you can't play?

An example: some card requires 4 heroism. If the player only has 2 heroism and redraws a card, the heroism cost of that card will be lower than 2, so you can use it in the same turn immediately.

• The paragraphs in this section are all a touch too long, it feels a bit much to get through any given one.
• "The team was initially shocked by the inclusion of deck-building card combat in the game, as they felt that it was not something common for a triple-A video game." -this sentence makes no sense. Why were they shocked by their own decision?
• "as well as several popular Marvel characters if their inclusion makes narrative sense" - should probably just stop at "popular Marvel characters", as it's pretty clear that narrative sense was not the guiding criteria given that it includes pretty much all of the most popular characters.
• Not a GA criteria, but the reception section largely falls into "X said Y. Z said A." formulations, rather than grouping similar thoughts together, which is preferred; see MOS:VGREC.
• At the end, after several sentences discussing what critics did and didn't like about the character dynamics and subplots, you just drop "The writings of the game received some criticism." What does that mean? The overall story was criticized? For what? And by who?
• GameSensor isn't listed at Wikipedia:VG/RS, and I'd expect to see a firm RS cited for exact sales and revenue numbers.
• Spotchecks didn't find any issues.
• Not a GA criteria, but as a note, overall I found the article to be pretty wordy. Just, taking 100 words to say what 80 could have done. If that's ever something you want to work on, I recommend Tony1's WP:REDEX exercises.

--PresN 03:01, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@PresN: - I think I have fixed most of the issues under GA criteria. I also tried to make each paragraph less wordy. OceanHok (talk) 12:36, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Alright, looks good! Great job, promoting to GA. --PresN 13:04, 21 October 2025 (UTC)