Marvel Rivals: The New Challenger to Overwatch with Beloved Characters and Dynamic Gameplay

And I'm sitting there like bro , bro here , listen , play Marvel Rivals , play Overwatch , play both . Play neither . Just shut the fuck up and play a game . It ain't that deep . But you know , some people want to make it known how much you know it's like bro . Like , are you all a bunch of Some people want to they get known how much it's like bro ?

Are you all a bunch of Attention whores or something ? But anyways , my experience I'm digging it . I'll admit I'm not the best at it right now , but I've been playing as certain characters and Having fun . Like you know , I'm getting into it .

Like I just need to learn the characters and figure out what characters I like to play as , and you know I'll get better over time . Uh , let's go ahead and get into some of the characters . Like . I'm gonna read through some of these characters here . For starters , we got adam warlock now his main thing as a healer . He can resurrect allies like mercy .

I think rocket raccoon can do it too but like uh , with the armor pack , I'll explain that later but with adam I felt like jesus , fishing and resource management is going to be a thing with adam , because you can't just pop off his skills willy-nilly and just end up fucking yourself over it . And he's not the strongest backliner either .

Like if someone like , say , star lordLord gets in your backline , or Spider-Man gets in your backline , or Venom , and he's like all alone and shit . I'm like , hmm , that's just in my experience . Black Panther , melee DPS character Pretty strong .

I didn't get a chance to play as him as much like I played as everybody in the training practice range , but everybody for the most part , like I just played him just a little bit just to kind of get a feel for their abilities and whatnot . But some of them I actually played in actual games and I'm digging them . So far , black Panther is not one of them .

I actually played in actual games and I'm digging them so far . Uh , black panther is not one of them , unfortunately . It's like .

It's like overwatch all over again to where I'm like I want to play with these characters , but I need to be the player that the team needs , over just picking a character that I just feel like playing , and if it's just coincidental that , oh , they need a uh duelist or that's their way of saying dps , because , by the way , uh , tanks are vanguards , uh dps

are duelists , and healers slash support , whatever you want . Home are strategists , but I'm not calling them that . I'll call that . But I'm not calling him that . I'll call it out . Yeah , black Panther decent . I've definitely played against him and he's decent , but I didn't have enough play time with him .

So we'll see Black Widow , the Widowmaker of this game , and it's funny , I'm not trying to make that much of a comparison between Marvel Rite with Overwatch . I'm trying to make Marvel Rite with comparison between Marvel right wasn't overwatch , I'm trying to make Marvel right was his own thing .

But let's be real , uh , with Black Widow , with her uh gun , and that's another thing with this game .

Like , the abilities are so different in a way to where you're not gonna see any some of these abilities in Overwatch and at the same time , these characters are built in a way to where , yeah , they kind of remind me of this other character in this other game , but they're just built different .

So yeah , but black widow , yeah , she got the sniper rifle and whatnot , so , but the main thing is she can't one-shot people . I tried and it's like you get you have to hit him like twice , like double tap , but that's just my experience .

Captain america , uh , he is decent as a tank , like if you get up on him , you know , charging your shield , like throwing your shield , but it's like limited on how many times you can do shield lobs and whatnot , but it's okay , he's okay . Cloak and dagger okay .

First character that I like really got into , because the main thing is switching between cloak and dagger when you need to . But when you do , dagger is the healer part and cloak is more like the dps part . So people are saying that , oh , scarlet witch is going to be like moira of this game .

But I want to give that to cloak and dagger really because they're like the most likely to fill that role , if you can even call it that . But even then their kid is so different from moira that you can't really say that exactly .

But yeah , I really like cloak and dagger where you can be kind of strategic with their um , their walls , like either with dagger it sends out a healing wall , or cloak . It sends out this wall where it kind of obstructs the enemy's view , so it's kind of like a debuff on them . I like cloak and dagger .

They were fun , especially with the ultimate where they're like dashing at people and shit . Dr strange , I was surprised he was a tank , but with his shield spell I'm like okay , well , fair enough , decent , didn't play him as much , but he's all right . Brute , he is probably my favorite shield tank with the walls and whatnot .

Uh , especially if you have rocket raccoon or jeff the land shark on your team , then pretty solid tank . Hawkeye , pretty much the hanzo of the team . But you know , uh , at least with hawkeye he's like genji and hanzo , um and one . But I don't think hawkeye can use his uh score that much .

Like I think it's like an r3 , you know like melee attack , but you have to keep pressing the r3 button or whatever button you have to press on to that melee attack . Now , short range melee attack , but uh , yeah , um , he's kind of annoying to go up against because like he would shoot me down in some matches and I'm like god damn you .

But hey , but hey , he's okay , you know , I like , I like him hella , uh , hella . Once again . I did not play her as much and the crazy thing is like I remember her kit the least . In fact I don't even see her played that much lately . I mean , I did see her get um , some characters , some players playing with her and he's okay .

Just , you know , don't have a whole lot to say about her . I might have more things in a later episode , like maybe , not like a , maybe not like a full review , but like , maybe in passing , like talking to the gang the Hulk .

Now , the Hulk is the closest thing to like Diva in this game , to where you start off with Bruce Banner , then you can automatically turn into the Hulk . But then there's this ultimate where you can become Savage Hulk and just Hulk out . Become Savage Hulk and just Hulk out With melee and whatnot . Hulk is not a complicated tank , but he is .

Iron Fist is the most menacing character in this because once he gets on you with the blubber blows and all that shit , he is terrifying to go up against in a one-on-one . So yeah , iron man , the flyboy , the pharaoh of the game . I know I said I was going to make a comparison to Overwatch . Hear me out .

Iron man is the main flyboy in this game when you know flanking and whatnot , got his ray gun Not ray gun on A chest beam , they got in there and enhance his attacks . So I like him . Jeff the Landshark , my second favorite , because you know Cloak and Dagger , and dagger is kind of edging him out , but jeff is very strong .

His kit is not complicated but his ult is what makes him scary , because he can swallow up everybody . Uh , allies and enemies , keep in mind . You can spit out allies and enemies separately . So if you accidentally um swallow up your mind , you can spit out allies and enemies separately .

So if you accidentally um swallow up your allies , then you just spit them out immediately and then you take your enemies that you swallow and just poop them off the view . I love them . I love them . Loki Loki . His abilities pretty much soetor .

If you know Marvel Comics , he's going to have illusionary abilities , but he has this one ability where he can mimic the abilities of other characters . So you could say he's like Echo from Overwatch . But , yeah , luna Snow , I think Lucio from Overwatch . But her abilities she has ice ability . She can freeze enemies and whatnot .

She can alternate between healing and damage . So yeah , magic , magic . That's the funny thing between Iron Fist , magic and Psylocke .

They seem to be fitting the Genji route when you have the guy that's like running around slashing people and magic with this giant sword sees a menace when she get up on you and then especially when she goes like demon mode and really fuck up your shit . So it can be kind of frightening if you're up against a good player . Uh , magneto , uh magneto .

Yeah , he's a tank and he's okay , but for the most part it's like he doesn't feel very effective for me , unless you're ulting . Outside of that , I mean , unless you got scarlet witch on the team , you have like , oh yeah . Another thing that I like about this game is where you get bonus abilities based on who you got on your team .

So it kind of uh , emphasize more synergy with the picks you make . Uh , with magneto it gives bonus ability . Like you get this blade and it's like you can cut . But blade and it's like you can cut , but also I think it's like a short range , uh , electromagnetic cut . He's good , he's okay .

It's just you gotta have Scarlet Witch on your team to make full advantage of his abilities and whatnot . I'll say that you know he's alright . Mantis is surprisingly strong as a healer . Like granted , I haven't fully mastered her , but with her kit it's like she's gonna buff your allies , heal your allies and whatnot .

Hell , yeah , I like her , but I haven't mastered yet . Moon knight . Now , moon knight , oh man , this guy , he's my favorite dps so far because essentially you get those onks down on the field and your moon like moon boomerang , whatever you want to call him , uh his weaponry .

You can like bounce off different enemies like that and it just does so much damage in such a quick amount of time . It's like random bullshit . I love him . His ult does come in quest too sometimes . His ult does come in clutch too sometimes . Moon Knight is a very strong DPS . I like him .

Namor Namor honestly doesn't get a whole lot of play in recent times , I mean , unless I don't go up against a whole bunch of Namor players and I don't team up with a whole bunch of Namor players . But surprisingly he's okay Because you know he has his little turret going and he throws his little , not a little , uh his his beer and whatnot .

He's okay , but you know , not a whole lot of people gonna be picking him though . Uh , penny parker , she might be my favorite no venom , still my favorite thing . She's like my second favorite overall , like you know , because the thing is penny parker . You would think , yeah , she's more likely the diva character .

But yeah , the only thing is with the mech , that's , that's about it . But uh , I would say that with penny parker I like how she has her minds , her webs , that does healing over time . So essentially you web up the force and whatnot , so that way you can be like a self-sustaining tank . That's what I like about her as a tank .

Uh , I would say venom is my favorite tank still , because you know it's been a mom . I'm a venom fan boy , what can I say . But he's also a fun tank , believe it or not . Uh , yeah , but I do like Penny Parker . Like I feel like she's um strong . I don't really care for the ultimate that much .

I mean I guess you could say I'm still kind of confused by how it works . But you know , sending out the mines and you're doing your little spider sweep , but it just Sometimes it just feels like I'm not doing much . When I'm , if anything , I just feel like one big distraction . That's Penny Parker . But yeah , you know , bye , ah , my bad Psylocke .

She can cut through enemies and all that shit . She got the shuriken . So that's why I would say she's also like the Genji character . But unlike Genji I do like how with Psylocke her ult goes off in a certain area rather than you just going off those to no control . But you know you can kind of control where she goes with her dashing in her ults .

So I like her , but I didn't play her as much the Punisher . The Punisher , similar to how you know you have Soldier 76 and bashing where like yeah , the guy that's like shooting with guns , he also had the turret guns and his oldest , as you know , him by Malga .

So if anything I feel like with the Punisher , people probably would pick him to be like a last resort , like oh , you're definitely , definitely losing the point or they're almost done pushing the payload . So you got like OK , we got to pick out a dude that will definitely suppress them from winning Rocket Raccoon .

Probably my second , no third favorite healer , because you know with the armor packs he can buff your allies with his ult , kind of like with Baptiste , and you know he's like a stronger backline support .

You know with his gun , because if somebody sneaks up behind you , like I said before with Spider-Man or Star-Lord , at least with his gun it somebody sneaks up behind you , like I said before , with Spider-Man or Star-Lord , at least with his gun you can kind of do something

. You know , scarlet Witch , she kind of she's like the DPS Moira of the game . I do like her old way . It kind of goes off like DVa's on DVa Bomb and outside of that she's okay . But I do , like her old way , kind of goes off like divas on Diva Bomb and on Saturday she's okay . She can be terrifying to go up against , like all that DPS .

But yeah , squirrel Girl , oh my God , squirrel Girl is not only fun . She kind of reminds me like she feels like the junk rat . I'm sorry Once again I'm still doing those comparisons but I can't help it at this point .

But another thing about squirrel girl is that , aside from her having like a simplistic I mean it's her , her kid is not complicated and the thing about it is that her character design by the way , all these character designs for the girls , champ's Kiss the guys making this game at NetEase Games . They were cooking with these models .

People were even data mining for these models and Squirrel Girl is definitely a strong inspiration for that because girl is built thick . I like her Spider-Man . He probably have the highest Skill ceiling . Um , he Definitely Practice playing with him , um , you know , swinging through and all that shit . But he is pretty good .

Thor Lord , think of him kind of like Tracer , but you know he can fly and all that and his ult goes off like Soldier 76 where he automatically Targets people and he's kind of fun .

Storm , oh man , storm Just stands out where it's like she deals damage to a poor team With speed buffs and damage buffs , so she's kind of like a mix of dps and support and her old man oh , once again , storm with that character design beautiful , just fucking beautiful really with , uh , dagger storm , a whole bunch of them , yeah , like netease gang for doing

their thing when designing these characters . Thor , okay , I need to take this back because Thor is like my third favorite tank right now , because at one point I just locked in as Thor and I was just pressing button imagine pressing and then I was like just sustaining .

For the most part I thought I died a bunch of times , but I'm like , oh man , I'm still , I'm still alive . I feel like Sonic from the first movie was like how are you still alive , man ? I'm like I don't know .

Venom already kind of explained where he is my favorite tank , but he also has a whole bunch of mobility and whatnot and you know an infinite primary fire and whatnot .

Yeah , I like Venom Winter Soldier he is just about as threatening as , I would say , the Punisher and Iron Fist , where if I see a Winter Soldier out on the field I'm like I just got a whole piece , not good . Wolverine same deal kind of like with Iron Fist , where once he get up on you , oh my god , he is so annoying to get up off you , man .

And especially with Raze Berserker mode . Yeah , that's pretty much all the characters that , and especially with Raze Berserker mode . Yeah , that's pretty much all the characters that are in the game right now . But there are some characters that's been leaked like maybe like rumored or whatnot .

Like you know , we have the Fantastic Four , ultron , blade , and some people were hoping for characters like Deadpool and um , doctor Doom to be playable in this game , and I kind of hope for that too , because , honestly , with Marvel Rivals , like the potential behind it , here's the thing .

First of all , there's a whole lot of characters in the Marvel universe , so they can just pretty much pick and choose whatever character that fits the game and just add them in the game eventually . And second of all , I like their marketing strategy where most of the skins and whatnot are fairly affordable , like I think most bundles are like $18 .

And that's another thing . With Marvel Rivals being third person person , it's already doing something better to where okay , for starters , 6v6 versus overwatch 2's 5v5 , and of course people prefer the 6v6 because you know two tanks to the s2 healers .

But also , with it being third person shooter , when you put on those skins , you can actually see the skins , like in other words , yeah , you can probably like , do like emo and overwatch and kind of get a good look at your skin , but then again , outside of that you it's pretty much fan service for your enemies like you don't get to see the skin for the

most part when you're actually playing the game , but when you are in playing marvel rivals at least you can see this game , even though you can't always see like the front of it though , like maybe in the uh mvp title card whatnot . But yeah , that's all I pretty much had to say on marvel rivals .

Uh , ultimately I'm really digging this game , so I hope for more . I hope it doesn't flop and if it's the overwatch killer , then I say , give it at least a year or two , because you know anything can happen . But that's all I pretty much have to say on that . Thank you for listening . You take it easy .

Have yourself a good morning , good afternoon and good night , good night , thank you . So you .