{"id":16845,"date":"2024-12-10T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/marvel-rivals-review-discomfitingly-slick-hero-shooter-makes-you-worry-about-gamings-future\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:38:32","slug":"marvel-rivals-review-discomfitingly-slick-hero-shooter-makes-you-worry-about-gamings-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/marvel-rivals-review-discomfitingly-slick-hero-shooter-makes-you-worry-about-gamings-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals review \u2013 discomfitingly slick hero shooter makes you worry about gaming\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; NetEase Games<\/strong>
It\u2019s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it\u2019s well-made and fun to play \u2013 but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste<\/p>\n

The history of video games is, to an extent, a history of subtle iterations of other people\u2019s ideas. The interstellar success of Taito\u2019s Space Invaders<\/a> spawned the entire shoot-\u2019em-up genre, with titles such as Galaxian, Phoenix and Gorf taking the basic idea and adding new features. Later, 1984\u2019s Karate Champ begat the fighting game craze and Tetris brought us falling-block puzzlers. It\u2019s the way things have always worked: adapt, expand, hand on the baton. It\u2019s just that there\u2019s a subtle yet deep gulf between imitation and inspiration\u2026 and not all titles manage to cross it.<\/p>\n

Marvel Rivals, the latest live service game from Chinese mega publisher NetEase, is Overwatch with Marvel characters. That\u2019s not just the elevator pitch, that\u2019s exactly<\/em> what it is. A colourful roster of comic book characters with differing skills meets in a series of sci-fi arenas to do team-based battle over a small selection of play modes. Machine-gun-toting vanilla guy Punisher is Overwatch\u2019s Soldier 76 with a hint of Bastion; God-like healer Adam Warlock is the male Mercy; and as a fist-thudding tank, Hulk is just rampaging gorilla Winston with less hair. Gaming site GamesRadar has even provided a handy guide<\/a> to show players which of the Marvel cast members are most analogous to their Overwatch faves.<\/p>\n

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\nPC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; NetEase GamesIt\u2019s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it\u2019s well-made and fun to play \u2013 but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste
\nThe history of video games is, to an extent, a history of subtle iterations of other people\u2019s ideas. The interstellar success of Taito\u2019s Space Invaders spawned the entire shoot-\u2019em-up genre, with titles such as Galaxian, Phoenix and Gorf taking the basic idea and adding new features. Later, 1984\u2019s Karate Champ begat the fighting game craze and Tetris brought us falling-block puzzlers. It\u2019s the way things have always worked: adapt, expand, hand on the baton. It\u2019s just that there\u2019s a subtle yet deep gulf between imitation and inspiration\u2026 and not all titles manage to cross it.
\nMarvel Rivals, the latest live service game from Chinese mega publisher NetEase, is Overwatch with Marvel characters. That\u2019s not just the elevator pitch, that\u2019s exactly what it is. A colourful roster of comic book characters with differing skills meets in a series of sci-fi arenas to do team-based battle over a small selection of play modes. Machine-gun-toting vanilla guy Punisher is Overwatch\u2019s Soldier 76 with a hint of Bastion; God-like healer Adam Warlock is the male Mercy; and as a fist-thudding tank, Hulk is just rampaging gorilla Winston with less hair. Gaming site GamesRadar has even provided a handy guide to show players which of the Marvel cast members are most analogous to their Overwatch faves. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; NetEase GamesIt\u2019s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it\u2019s well-made and fun to play \u2013 but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertaste The history of video games is, to an extent, a history of subtle iterations of other people\u2019s ideas. The interstellar success …<\/p>\n

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