As was heavily rumoured, the new Marvel game is indeed a six-on-six, team-based, hero-based multiplayer shooter. It's called Marvel Rivals, and it's built around each character having their own unique abilities. You've got the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther... It looks to be quite a robust roster.
There's just one problem: Marvel Rivals hasn't been confirmed for consoles, including PS5. Right now, it's PC-only, with an alpha test dropping in May. We would assume that it'll eventually be brought to other platforms once the project's closer to completion, but there are obviously no guarantees.
And yes, it's being developed by colossal Chinese entity NetEase Games, which is already promising a "continually evolving universe" through "robust post-launch updates".
If the gameplay's a hit, we could see Marvel Rivals being a bit of a juggernaut based on the brand alone. But what do you make of it? Watch your entire team pick Iron Man in the comments section below.
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So it’s Marvel Overwatch. Yeah I’ll pass.
I’m sure heroes will be reasonably priced and there won’t be any disgusting microtranactions and….pfft, I couldn’t even keep a straight face while typing that.
You can see all the love and hard work put in this title
I like the originality
Marvel wants their own version of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League. 😬
Nice. Server shutdown within 24 months.
This looks really dreadful and soulless; pass!
So glad we're getting a sequel to the Avengers game!
Like Simon Cowell would say that's a no from me.
Netease, no thank you.
Oh no, what a loss. Reading more on it, it's one of those "multiverse" games, how exciting
I think an Ultimate Alliance type game would be far better than this and it just baffles me why they keep making games most people simply don't want.
Damn. Even the maps look like OverWatch.
Marvel free-to-play Overwatch. Definitely not for me.
Pure trash, most of this marvel stuff should stay at the movies.
I was a comic book nerd as a kid and have an instant attraction to anything related to marvel or dc, but no, hard pass on this.
I got a genuine chuckle out of how the video thumbnail looks just like the art book cover that Overwatch had in it's collector's edition.
Also the first thing I noticed in the video is that the UI looks exactly like Overwatch's. Crazy.
If one typed "make me a 6v6 hero shooter pc game featuring Marvel characters" into GPT, this is the game that would come out of it.
If THIS is why the Spiderman 2 Multiplayer game was canceled Marvel done goofed!
I’d assume it would be harder for NetEase to harvest data from your PS5 than your PC.
Not fussed on the level design but if the gameplay is fun and the business model doesn't take the p*** then I'll give it a go.
Does anyone care if it didn't come to consoles?
Why is Galactus an anime girl ???
I thought it looked pretty good?
Doesn't sony have the rights to use spiderman or something?
A marvel Overwatch rip off? Hasn’t anyone told marvel that Overwatch itself is long past its sell by date???
@MoorePs5 Marvel only sold the movie rights to Spidey. Comics, games, merchandise and tv all remained with Marvel.
That’s a relief 😅
Hopefully the 2 people in the comments that are interested in it pump enough money into the micro transactions to keep the servers up for more then 12 months. I have played a very small amount of Overwatch but boy does that look a lot like overwatch!
Good! It can stay on just PC. That looks like garbage.
Why is this being advertised here it's only coming to steam
@Rossif3r this is netease we are talking about a Chinese mobile game company known for ridiculous micro transactions
@Czar_Khastik it's netease a Chinese mobile game company what are you expecting
It looks like an Overwatch mod and that isn't a compliment lol.
"There's No Mention of PS5" Yeah they can keep this one.
@Randzilla the amount of times this has to be repeated when Spider-Man shows up in a game not developed or published by a Sony business is criminal lmao
Another whale economy game. Fantastic step forward for the two hundred gamers that are excited to pay to win!
Let's hope the omission of PS5 was because it's not coming. Looks dreadful. No thanks.
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@get2sammyb
Honestly? I kind of do too. I initially scoffed at the idea but the characters are actually using powers that fit their character. I'm not really into Marvel very much outside of Spider-Man or X-men but the trailer looked much better than I thought it would.
Weirdly positive ratio and YouTube comments on the video hosted over there...
6v6 superheroes all shooting each other sounds so divorced from the franchises.
I guess I'm in the minority, because I enjoyed the trailer. Obviously, it remains to be seen how it controls and what the post launch roadmap is, but, overall, I like the diversity of characters, both bigger and obscure alike, along with their abilities and playstyles. Hopefully, there aren't obtrusive microtransactions, but that's wishful thinking. Will be keeping an eye on this one.
The art design looks cool tbh...but thats about it.
Hard pass.
@RubyCarbuncle couldn't agree more. Ultimate Alliance would be great on modern consoles and pc
Another generic and licenced multiplayer shooter. I'll pass.
Wow, some studio bigshot greenlit this just on the basis of market research. This'll backfire in this oversaturated market unless it's made on a low budget.
Sounds like the worst game ever. Is this the modern day ET moment
First off, what happened to Galactus? Second while I love games that dig into the Marvel grab bag (mainly because it is often the only way the characters I like get a chance to shine) I am not fond of marvel heroes fighting each other (bad enough when it happens in the comics) there are tons of baddies, go beat them up. And lastly I am not feeling that art style.
This looks like an attempt to pull in the east asia market and I hope it works out for them. I will pass though. Plenty of other marvel games to play. Probably best to keep on PC for a bit to focus on the Asia demographic.
@Dusk_Actual And the comments are still more unique than the game.
@get2sammyb This is why we love you. You're the critic that helped Charlie Brown pick out his Christmas tree.
@get2sammyb Agreed, the art direction with the character design looks great, and the team ups and combo possibilities look fun. Not my genre, but I can see this being pretty successful.
@NEStalgia I find the parity uncanny, actually.
@Randzilla thanks, I wasn't sure how it worked
Looks like boring mobile trash upscaled to PC, I'm rooting for it to stay over there!
@AdamNovice This is NetEase we are talking about it will certainly take pi** in the MTX part of it.
Looks like I'm in the minority, but I thought it looked pretty good. I went into the trailer expecting to hate it.
i can’t wait. single player only gamers cope and seethe on your mountain of AAA and indie quality games that you get throughout the year , every year .
@Professor_Niggle I loudly said "What the F$#%" is this when they showed that Galactus girl. My kid said it was some Tiktok anime girl. I think they were only half kidding. At least they explained to me the girl from the made up mobile game.
@NEStalgia Chat GPT would have been better, some corporate bigwig came up w/ this. 😂
I'm having serious "Star Wars Battlefront 2" PTSD from this trailer. It looks ok to me - I've never played Overwatch but I'm a big Ultimate Alliance fan - but I'm just thinking all of these heros will take 1,000 hours to unlock or $1,000. 🤑
@rjejr a real head scratcher that one lol
Apparently it is Galactus' daughter, Galacta, who was introduced from a short lived sereis. I don't know why they put her there it's just so funny to me how out of place it is
@Professor_Niggle "Galactus' daughter, Galacta"
Who's the mother?!?! I think I like the Tiktok anime cosplay girl hit by whatever force created the Fantastic Four these days my kid said better. 😂
True story, back in college in like the 80's or 90's I wrote a comic book called "The Semen Surfer", probably while bored during my economics class, where during a giant storm a surfer dude crashes into a giant underground storage container where Galactus is keeping his sperm and he becomes the Semen Surfer. I followed that w/ "The Waste Warrior" about a guy who falls into a vat of human waste and gets struck by lighting or some such. I only got as far as the cover of "The Semen Surfer VS The Waste Warrior" before the semester ended. 🤷♂️
And that's still better than Galacta in this game. 😜
@rjejr new lore unlocked. Semen Surfer must have fused with Galactus to form Galacta. All makes sense now 😂
That is actually much better than the actual creation of Galacta which I think is just Galactus popping out a child and being like, "yeah, cool."
@Professor_Niggle Galactus being pregnant for like 13 billion years, at least based on the lore I grew up with, who knows today, then finally giving birth makes as much sense as anything that's happened in comics in the last 20 years since I stopped reading them. And the 20 years before that were getting pretty weird as it was. 😂
@rjejr the acid and paint they must be huffing to come up with this stuff must be plentiful 🤣
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