Game Review: Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals is a competitive hero shooter that pulls its characters from the legendary Multiverse of Marvel comics. For those who do not know much about these games, it consists of teams competing for objectives. Each player takes the role of individual characters with different abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. These games are very popular in E-Sport communities for their competitive nature. For characters, it has various super villains and Heroes from the comic Multiverse, such as Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man. Many have called the game an “Overwatch killer,” with thousands of players flocking from the reigning monarch of the genre to this new game in its first weeks of release. However, it is the opinion of this author that it is not strong enough to kill. It certainly means that Overwatch no longer has the monopoly on hero-shooters it once
did, as this new game is a very strong
contender.

The game is free to play, with battle passes and cosmetics. The skins are taken from various comics, with a few originals sprinkled in. The comic-accurate ones contain titles of the
graphic novels they were pulled from. This is a great feature for fans getting to see their comic characters come to life. However, I have to say that the game has not really pioneered much game play-wise. It has stuck to the tried-and-true game modes of competitive hero shooters. I think some innovations are more akin to the cinematic world of Marvel, instead of riveting gameplay of Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, escorting a payload.