one thing im hoping with marvel rivals is
ROGUE
exact old same outfit and a tank hero since i think her powers are strength and absorption. i think ill play that hero just because of reasons. (staring at rogue covers way back in the day and not buying them but reading them when the store shop owner wasnt looking)+
i guess i have my hero fantasies as wellā¦
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wait she might be the āECHOā of the marvel universe? copies peoples powers?
Building an empire with that many liked characters is more than just āluckā though.
Thatās a big thing we need to not overlook
Do people like it more because of the characters and pre existing IP.
Yes.
But theyāve worked hard to have this many characters that people like in the first place.
I see her for a Strategist. Somerhing like Moira. Draining oponents HP and heal teammates.
I agree I just donāt like it when people dismiss someoneās accomplishment based on luck. I think thereās a quote that goes something like success is when good luck meets hard work/preparation. Were they lucky to land the marvel ip. Sure. But thereās plenty of people who find themselves in a lucky situation, get complacent and waste it.
Well, it was immensely fun. Canāt remember laughing so hard at a game so much before or since. Thorās body not loading in so he was just a cape and hammer is still vivid in my mind. You kept playing to see what whacky fun would happen next.
For the thread though:
Rivals is unpolished - too much visual and sound ānoiseā while failing on important cues, over powered and underwhelming ults, team up feel overtuned, etc.
But it is fluid and fun, and incorporates very fresh and interesting kits. Learning the characters is fun.
This thread is about IP though. And itās interesting that the game intentionally chucked in less popular and unknown stuff. The flagship character is a cute landshark barely anyone knew of. Ironfist is a fanboy wannabe, not the Ironfist. Who sat down and though Namor would be a popular choice? Magik is super cool but only known to a handful of people, and those that played Midnight Suns (fun game).
So yeah, some characters were clear hooks to get people in, but the rest were chosen to be fun rather than popular. Because if they are fun, then theyāll become popular.
Thatās what I always think whenever I play a marvel game. āWould I play this game if I couldnāt be spiderman or wolverine or etc?ā The answer has always been a resounding, NO, lol.
That doesnāt diminish the fun of fighting your favorite superheroes against each other though. Yeah, the game sucks, but the marvel appeal exists nonetheless.
It would depend on how the original characters and style would of been. But i donāt think Marvel IP alone would of made it popular if the game wasnāt fun. Look at other super hero games that have flopped (didnāt squarenix have a live service one)
But so what if it did, people play games for characters/story and it will serve blizzard right not making any full fledged TV/Movie series on a high potential IP. What is Overwatchās story even? All these years of cinematics and weāve only got as far as"Does this mean overwatch is back together?" Cut to logo Rewind and repeat.
And the gazillion other games based on world famous IPs that bombed nevertheless. OPās premise is ridiculous.
Canāt say their generic alot of them are originals.
Its more fair to say overwatch has generic heroes archtypes alot of which losely inspired by comic book heroes.
strange thing about marvel rivals is that it showed me how much i dont know about that universe
i didnt know about
squirrel girl
that spiderman daughter chick (d.va clone huh lol)
that little shark thing named jeff? (was baffled by that)
i never knew who IRONFIST wasā¦
cloak and dagger. i think i heard of them but yeaā¦ dont have a clue
namor ā¦ never heard of the dude
moon knightā¦ i think ive seen this guy but never cared for him.
everybody else i know for sure since probably more centered in comics or more well known. maybe im not a marvel fan after allā¦ errā¦ just looked at the covers if scantily clad female
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oh i didnt know who in the world LUNA SNOW was but yea when i saw her i was likeā¦ isnt that just a female lucio?
Heās that guy from the really bad Netflix show.
Which Iām realizing as I type this that ābad Netflix showā doesnāt narrow it down all that much.
Wait, there are other characters?
I feel like whoever put Namor in the game didnāt actually know his powers and thought āeh, heās off-brand Aquaman - thatās easy enough.ā
Thatās Danny Rand.
Ironfist in this game is someone else maybe 5 people in the world even know the name of.
In game comms people call him that. And his ult is āsplash attackā.
Peni Parker debuted in a 2014 comic, 2 years before OW1 launched.
Why does this give off BIG nerdy millenial vibes?
Between your insane number of posts, the āyeahā¦ lolā¦(READ the comic)ā
Calling the artstyle āliberalā?
And your fixation on calling it netease/China instead of just the company.
But anyways
The game is cool, the gameplay is clearly inspired and of course the IP is the main attraction behind the game. There are maaany hero shooters already that try to be original only to be beaten by OW. Itās just that iconic
close but im gen xā¦ the nerd part is right since all i do is play video games
well, i mean its about showing off assets. there was that other game concord that failed because maybe that was the term liberalā¦ i just threw that term out there with no meaning or maybe i dont know the meaning of it
it is netease chinaā¦ or that game is based in chinaā¦ right?
yea the game is coolā¦ im not saying that it isnt. what i am saying is that maybe having the IP MARVEL had a part to play in it. i dont think a generic cape hero shooter would have been as successful?
Itās alright, just certain parts seem baity and you know how people like to point out artstyle of a shooty shooty game because insert politic view
And yeah, i fully agree and i donāt see people defending it for that. Itās the IP thats the main attraction with good gameplay to back it up.
Just as when OW first went live, people saw the cinematics before and those were pretty cool and got people hyped up. It just so happens that marvel is THE biggest superhero IP there is to make a HERO shooter about. Just a smart decision honesly and iām glad it turned out alright not like the Avengers game
New cope just dropped. Meanwhile in reality 2 of the most popular heroes in the game, Luna Snow and Jeff, nobody ever even heard of before
that is strange if you think about it. never knew about them till nowā¦
i am curious about that jeff shark heroā¦ its odd that they have a hero named jeff in a game that isnt overwatch that was the lead developer and its cute to boot
now the other hero i can see being popularā¦ because of reasonsā¦
wiki on jeff the landshark. 2018 comic debut
