I was lucky enough to get into the closed beta for Marvel Rivals and I must say it really feels like playing Overwatch 1 again. The cast of characters that are available in the beta alone is quite staggering and I can certainly imagine more will be available on release. Most of them feel entirely distinct from each other and some of them even take after older games they used to be in, such as Spider Man’s swinging mechanics and Iron Man’s jet plane-esque flying systems. The gameplay is fun, the range of gameplay styles is diverse, it looks and sounds nice and in total I’m having an absolute blast.
There are a couple issues currently, mostly related to performance issues and the UI feeling a bit cluttered at times. They also don’t have any microtransactions currently live in the game, and with an ‘owned heroes’ tab I can see it makes me feel a bit uneasy as to how this game will be monitised when it fully releases, but in terms of the game currently it’s really fun and even when losing I was still having a blast. I think I’ll continue to play this over the closed beta period, and I’ll certainly be checking it out and reviewing it properly when it fully releases.
That’s all for now, and as always. It’s not just a game, It’s a Life.