Its OFFICIAL, Marvel Rival is the latest Marvel...

[Senri]

Flop or maybe Meh release.

https://opencritic.com/game/17210/marvel-rivals Aggregate score: 77
https://www.metacritic.com/game/marvel-rivals Aggregate score: 72

So please stop comparing it to OW. OW is in another level/dimension.

https://opencritic.com/game/1673/overwatch Aggregate score: 90
https://www.metacritic.com/game/overwatch Aggregate score: 91

OW:
- GOTY, like legit universally acclaimed GOTY, not some User/Bot score. Years after release getting awards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwatch_(video_game)
- One of the best selling game of all time (top 10). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
- 60 million peak players.
- Beta alone had 10m players. I think this is where MR is at with a full release. I'm sure MR will have more total players eventually since this is a Chinese game and OW was pulled from China.

I'm not sure why people are touting Steam concurrent player count. Whatever it is it will never be more than the total number of players, at the end of the day lol

[Mitrovarr]

OW: Absolutely driven into the ground by years of terrible balancing and updates. You can't play OW when OW was good, you have to play today's garbage OW2. This is like OW but not ruined (at least not yet).

[JC Denton]

It seems like it's doing alright.

[LittleSisterLover]

"So please stop comparing it to OW. OW is in another level/dimension."

They're in the same genre. How about we let people have fun instead of being a ♥♥♥♥ on the discussion board, hmm?

[E.]

i mean im banned for 4 hours because it doesnt let me play and disconnects me lol.. net ease.

[Credne]

Playercount is what matters to Marvel and NetEase

[Captain Worthy]

On PC, it is the most played Marvel game ever and also the one with the most successful launch ever.

Game went past 10 million players total at 72 hours after launch so it's probably the most successful Marvel game launch ever on consoles too.

It might not get as many downloads over time as Spider-Man from 2018 but I wouldn't call this a flop just based on the launch numbers. You have to understand that Marvel games typically have a niche audience and only rare examples ever reach the mainstream audience. This game has done that.

[CrAZYVIC.]

Well.... nostalgia genius, let me just check my calendar real quick—oh sweet Lucifer, we’re a month away from 2025. You know what that means? It’s been almost nine years since Overwatch hit the scene.

And guess what? "Overwatch is done." Kaput. It’s deader than a T-virus zombie in the middle of Racoon City’s outbreak.

Now, here comes the real deal: Marvel Heroes is the closest thing we’ve had to Overwatch in nearly a decade. That’s why people compare them. Don’t even start with games like Paladins or some other dumpster fire. Marvel Heroes is here to stay, whether you like it or not.

So, do yourself a favor: leave Overwatch where it belongs—in the past. Fanboying over your ex? Not a good look. Time to move on, champ.

[Chaos Guard]

MR is not a chinese game lol
40% of countries can't play this game because they are blocked. Usually it's the West that blocks, not the Chinese.

[tony.ry4kov]

Originally posted by CrAZYVIC.:

Well.... nostalgia genius, let me just check my calendar real quick—oh sweet Lucifer, we’re a month away from 2025. You know what that means? It’s been almost nine years since Overwatch hit the scene.

And guess what? "Overwatch is done." Kaput. It’s deader than a T-virus zombie in the middle of Racoon City’s outbreak.

Now, here comes the real deal: Marvel Heroes is the closest thing we’ve had to Overwatch in nearly a decade. That’s why people compare them. Don’t even start with games like Paladins or some other dumpster fire. Marvel Heroes is here to stay, whether you like it or not.

So, do yourself a favor: leave Overwatch where it belongs—in the past. Fanboying over your ex? Not a good look. Time to move on, champ.

Hey, no need to diss Paladins like that. It's been the closest thing to Overwatch for the whole "nearly a decade" time period, and (in my opinion) plays better, despite being objectively a worse game.
Still, nice to finally have a third good hero shooter on the market.

[Akasha]

Originally posted by Senri:

Flop or maybe Meh release.

https://opencritic.com/game/17210/marvel-rivals
https://www.metacritic.com/game/marvel-rivals/

So please stop comparing it to OW. OW is in another level/dimension.

OW:
- GOTY. Years after release getting awards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwatch_(video_game)
- One of the best selling game of all time (top 10). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
- 60 million peak players.
- Beta alone had 10m players. I think this is where MR is at, I'm sure MR will have more total players eventually since this is a Chinese game and OW was pulled from China.

I'm not sure why people are touting Steam concurrent player count. Whatever it is it will never be more than the total number of players, at the end of the day lol

You didn't read those reviews, a few of them sound fake and forced to rate it low.

[SkeleTom]

Only 10 million players at launch? Damn, what a flop. Dead game I guess lmao

People are comparing this to Overwatch because it IS the replacement for OW. OW is dead in the water twice over. NetEase saw that OW's "Popular hero shooter" slot was available, and they took it

[Cpt Obvious]

Why is OP so threatened by a video game lol?

[Filipino Enjoyer]

marvel rivals is better than ow2 currently, but not better than peak ow

[rkjesseryu]

sissy post

[ODST_General]

Game Rant
9 / 10
GamesRadar+
2.5 / 5
DualShockers
9 / 10
XboxEra
7.5 / 10
But Why Tho?
9 / 10
Try Hard Guides
10 / 10

Taken from your open critic link. Seems fairly favorable to me, and the least favorable reviews are literally holding the fact it is an OW clone against it, while largely ignoring the gameplay.

"...It entertains but lacks originality. It is a polished product that reflects the live-service market's tendency to favor safe, profitable rebranding over true innovation.​" - ReasonsImBroke

This was a score of 1. It is an entertaining game, that is polished. I mean heck that is more than we get from a lot of developers these days.