This game can get messy, even for a hero shooter. Imagine the chaos of Overwatch 1 but with more alpha effects, destructible environments, and with half of the roster being able to fly, glide, or something in between. You can't keep the entire action on your scr

"We also put a lot of thought into the team-ups between the heroes , based on their history with Marvel. We have popular ones like Groot and Racoon, but we also have new ones like Venom giving his powers to Penny Parker, which will add more fun to the gamepl

With full access to Marvel’s history, including its comics, the MCU, and previous games, Chen confirms that NetEase still has more characters to reveal ahead of launch . But it’s not just the most well-known heroes that will be coming to Rivals, with the director saying, "Every hero has their parallel universe. And the heroes from different universes can join our ga

Enchantress, while not being as well known as the other Asgardians like Thor in Marvel Rivals , would be a fun addition to the Strategists. Her abilities play perfectly into the support role, and she would already have multiple characters to synergize with . A kit for her would be best, with only one healing ability and the rest focused on confusing the en

Hero shooters are confusing by nature. While Marvel Rivals has the benefit of third person view's wider angles, you'll still end up having to react to things that happen off-screen. That's where voice lines for ultimates should come in. When you hear "HULK SMASH!", you know it's time to run away from the green guy. Unless you have one on your team too, because in that case you'll want to run towards him and help him smash your oppone

With Marvel Rivals launching with a massive roster of thirty-three that eclipses Overwatch 's launch roster of twenty-one, balance could be a problem at launch, let alone later on, as the game continues to grow. Although the closed beta can be excused due to not being the final product, it had some balancing issues that need to be addressed before the full launch. **Marvel Rivals will launch with a competitive mode ** , and although it is an impossible task, any competitive game massively benefits from adequate bala

With his signature shield, Steve Rogers, AKA Captain America , is a powerful Vanguard character in Marvel Rivals skins Rivals . Not only can he throw his shield to ricochet and deal heavy damage, but when he uses it as a shield, it is deadly and protective at the same time, since it can rebound attacks such as Iron Man's ultimate ability right b

Interestingly, there are some major omissions thus far in Marvel Rivals ' roster , despite its size. Of course, a few are yet to be announced, but some of Marvel 's most famous heroes, like Wolverine, Deadpool, any member of The Fantastic Four, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and many more aren't in the roster yet, but if Rivals does well, it wouldn't be surprising to see all of these characters join the cast, eventually. As the roster continues to grow, however, balance will be a problem going forward, especially if the characters are released quic

The glaring detail that was missing was the accept button. If you reached Gold or above in the Closed Beta Test, you'll have seen that queues could get pretty long. The accept button is the easiest solution to most early game AFKers, as it prevents people from joining a game unless they're at their PC or console saying "I'm ready to go". It should be a simple addit

Chen also feels like the hero’s individual powers offer differentiation from Rivals competitors, telling me, "The ideology behind our design is to make it fun for players, and we use the Marvel IP to do this. For example, Spider-Man can fly, and Doctor Strange can open portals. These are all recognizable things from the Marvel universe that we’ve added to the ga

After a long wait, Marvel Rivals is set to officially release on December 6, 2024, for free on PC, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. A hero shooter in the same vein as Overwatch or Rogue Company and, like those games, Marvel Rivals will feature a wide variety of characters on the ros

Another hero shooter that has enjoyed prolonged success is Team Fortress 2 , with the series being famous for starting the genre. **TF2 has nine classes, has a relatively small roster for a modern hero shooter, ** and doesn't get much attention at all from Valve, yet it still has some balancing issues. Having a balanced hero shooter experience will help Marvel Rivals shine in a genre known for having poor balance, but that becomes more difficult as the roster gets bigger, and Rivals is starting very big compared to many of its competit

In-house testing isn’t the only way the Marvel Rivals team is dealing with data, though. Chen mentions recent betas "received like 100,000 pieces of feedback from players," something the team "will carefully consider to see whether they can help us to improve our ga