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'Marvel Rivals' Preview Reactions



Last week selected industry people were allowed to preview the new Marvel online team based hero shooter 'Marvel Rivals' and the reactions seem to be really positive. Simply put, it is essentially an 'Overwatch' clone with Marvel characters and locations thrown in. Marvel Heroes will be a free-to-play game developed and published by NetEase Games and will release on Microsoft Windows and Mac the first quarter of 2025.

What we know about the game so far is that it will have 19 different playable characters from the Marvel Universe at launch. The ones that have been confirmed are: Star Lord, Hela, Namor, Loki, Groot, Rocket Racoon, Luna Snow, Black Panther, Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Magneto, Mantis, Peni Parker, Storm, Magik, Scarlet Witch and The Punisher. The feedback from the people who have had hands on time with this game, say that the characters all feel really unique. Also 'Marvel Rivals' really focuses on the team-up aspect and this is what separates it from 'Overwatch'. Characters have special moves that they can do with other characters on your team. So when you choose a character, it will tell you what characters they have team-up moves with, and then another member of your team could play as one of those. For instance if you play as Groot and your buddy plays as Rocket Racoon, your buddy can jump on your back to do a special team up ability. 



Also combat is not just ranged but also melee, which is another difference from 'Overwatch' and I think will allow characters like Spider-Man to make sense in the world, and give players a chance to create a team with a mix of close range, mid range and long range characters. A final thing that sets it apart from 'Overwatch' is the third person point of view. This makes complete sense though, if you choose to play as your favourite Marvel hero, you want to see them in action kicking butt! Also I don't think I could swing around as Spider-Man in first person without projectile vomiting! 

I love the look of the game, the art style gives personality to the characters and the cartoonish style adds nicely to the chaos. Blessing Adeoye Jr, from popular Online Entertainment Company Kinda Funny, said "They are adding a fresh style to these characters and it all comes together really nicely". I think it is a smart move. I dont want to see another clone of the MCU characters, or the odd look of the 'Marvel Avengers' video game character designs, I want to see new interpretations of my favourite characters done in a cool style, and that is what 'Marvel Rivals' seems to be giving us. Also having Doctor Strange on your team opening up portals all over the map looks sick!



All the maps are combinations of two places that are popular Marvel locations as it is supposed to be an incursion where worlds collide. The ones we know about are Tokyo 2099:Shin-Shibuya, Yggsgard Palace and Yggdrasil Path. So it seems to be leaning heavily on the Thor side of the Marvel Universe and the fact that Thor him/herself isn't present is interesting. The maps are also filled with destructible environments, however it seems like everything respawns way too quick, so players don't feel like they are doing any permanent damage. Hopefully this gets changed based on the feedback because it would give teams a great tactical advantage if they chose to destroy certain parts of the map.

All in all I am excited for this game, and would love to team up with a bunch of you guys when it comes out and create a squad that will be unstoppable!  What do you guys think? Will you play it? Do you also struggle to say 'Marvel Rivals' without getting your tongue twisted? Say it five times right now, go on! Comment below!

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