Asmangold slander

"As someone who spent too much time and money in a useless degree in game design" As someone whos in debt still for a game design course, I felt that.

Obsession with balance killed so many great games. Stop asking for nerfs, learn to flex and counterpick.

Marvel rivals success is due to why you listen to the fans. Overwatch downfall is when you don't listen to the fans.

All I hope is that they add more asymmetrical purple flowers :/

I strongly disagree with you on the seasonal buff being a bad idea or a 'balance nightmare' - the fact that any one hero might get some kind of damage increase means that you'll be encouraged to play other heroes regularly becuase you value it, or you'll feel like your own skill expression on your best hero that doesn't currently have it really means something more because here you are on Squirrel Girl beating out Iron Fist in every 1v1 purely because you spent the time to get good with her, and he's got a damage boost right now and you're still whupping him. It means no one hero or meta will ever be 'the best' forever, it will be a perpetual rotation that rewards onetricks temporarily with a power boost, and when they don't have it they'll still get value from skill on that hero alone - while also rewarding players who are willing to swap around because they can prioritize what they percieve as the 'best picks' due to these seasonal bonuses. It will basically prevent anything like a stagnant long running boring meta like GOATS from OW ever happening in this game, because it gives you options, not required picks. I've been playing heroes without even paying attention to the season buff and doing great with the heroes I jive with, and once I figured out what that little gold thing was I was like 'Oh, cool', and then never paid it much mind again; and I haven't had an issue where any one hero with the buff felt overly strong or impactful or impossible to play around because getting a 15 or 20% damage boost doesn't really matter all that much considering there are so many damage deflection abilities or things that you can use to close that distance and survive regardless. Widowmaker in OW was oppressive because of the distance she could get; snipers have a much harder time doing that in the Rivals maps, there are far fewer sightlines that they can take advantage of and once you figure out that's a problem you can use the many flanking routes or even make your own by blowing up the map environment!

I think these are the worst takes I have ever heard in my life

Great review keep the marvel rivals content flowing.. subscribed

05:23 Dude? What's the story here? 😂

As far as the balance criticisms go, as seen with storm, a few number adjustments took it her from eh to busted tier . A 20 percent speed buff for allies and a 12 percent damage buff in her aura, while a 70 percent slow and a lightning aoe for enemies, in addition to high damage cleave in a faster projectile, just made her a little to much. The game balance is definitely on the for fun side but being so early in the life span of the game, it definitely is not bad. Just need a few more number adjustments on things like widow alt, and for people to understand characters more.

Im gonna be real with you, overwatch stopped being fun after doomfist dropped. Anyone who keeps playing to this day has some form of Stockholm syndrome. Its time you left that toxic relationship and just play marvel rivals. Hell even paladins is better than overwatch

They put crack in this game and I refuse to seek help.

Good video for the most part glad your enjoying the game but the characters stuff is just a miss for the most part hear me out Hulk IN THE MOVIES AND COMIC have a thunder clap move not the hawk tuah ur right about that one but he’s very well designed imo and rocket value is having more base healing and consistent healing on top of crazy movement for great survivability and his ult needs to have a higher damage buff then other ults Luna for example but it’s a great one a tier for sure it was won me fights where for example star lord reaper ult lol does crazy damage and can kill two supports with just that and his gun if every bullet hit has some of the best damage on the game I do agree they should make it less spratic but tbh it’s a good kit and his BRB getting a tank for example back in the fight after death too 3 abilities in the game also storm busted now

Everyone is broken = best balance anyone could ask for 🙌

I hope devs buffs captain america ass in the next season

Thats a horrible Rocket Raccoon take

The peak is up ro 644k. Rivals won't kill OW in terms of OW actually ceasing to exist. Rivals has already killed OW in terms of cultural relevance. As someone who played well over 1000 hours in OW1 and another couple hundred in OW2 i don't think I'm going back. Rivals is better in pretty much every way.

This is random but can you explain to me why a game design degree is useless bc thats exactly what im thinking of doing😅😭

I do agree with a lot of the sentiment here. Yeah the game is fun but many of their kits just feel weird. Like Thor straight up just doesn't feel right. Sure you can make him work to great success but it doesn't mean that it feels good to play. Also I can't be the only one to think that aim in Rivals seems off. And I don't think it's a third person POV issue because I can play other third person games like Fortnite and the aim feels smooth and fine. Again I'm not trashing the game. By all means it is fun and I've been playing it a lot more than any other game. But it definitely has a long way to go. Honestly I'd have preferred more polishing up on mechanics than new heroes

came into this vid with a negative outlook but honestly your point of view is well explained and honestly really well produced video surprised you only have 189 subs. You've gotten one from me look forward to more of your thoughts.

For the map criticism about the purple flowers, you also need to take in account the lore behind it. The flowers are a vital part of Wakanda's lore. That is why its shown so much

very good critic, i myself love that everyone is equally bonkers broken but sadly not everyone and certain abilities doesnt really make sense. And it would be best to actually give other characters new abilities or a complete rework to balance them out. And of course the disproportionate amount of characters in each role does suck, that is why you will alot of games with too many dps because there are alot of options there that almost everyone will find appealing unlike the tanks and the supports. I dont think forcing people to play a certain role is the goal but instead encourage them.

04:46 It's The Punisher, of course he does that

Why do you care SO MUCH about BALANCE over FUN? 😢 The game is fun because everyone is broken in a way

A big reason I enjoy this so much and not overwatch is it's imbalance

9 years quickplay warrior who played the OW1 Beta? SUBBED

The Squirrel Girl ult just has been changed. Now it doesn't run on a straight line like before, what it does now is that it follows the enemy players. And they lower the health bar of the ult. So you can kill it easily but it will run you over.

3:50 Just want to point out the fact that you realize his "bubble damage" gets lower the higher she gets. Something that I saw Platinum player hasn't realized yet. It clearly shows "the leftovers" from Overwatch that you have. Tiny things like that are what separate "former" Overwatch players from new players to the genre.

wont see the ccp devs apologize for showing off glorious cake... unlike blizzard

I main the tanks, and recommend getting into the groove with Magneto. There is definitely overlap in Zarya's playstyle, and knowing how to quickly recharge that secondary fire with correct CD management gives a crazy threat range. His whole kit felt weird at first, but after a while it clicked and now feels really good. I agree that the Shield CD is a bit steep considering it is on a resource, which is my main complaint with the kit. However, he has enough tools to survive without instantly getting burst down while cycling the CD's of Bubble, Shield, CC on right click, and primary damage. Add the Scarlet team up in there and you lead the board with damage dealt and mitigated.

Marvel rivals has appealing sexy baddass designs, overwatch and blizzard we all know spread that DEI and woke crap and has been making ugly woke characters nobody gives a dam about.. not just that blizzard can't decide if they should be a 5v5 or 6v6 and gouging people with battlepass characters, no promised PVE .. a AAA stupid getting destroyed by a CCP company who dont care about putting rainbow flags everywhere.. above all, the characters in MR are just way more appealing, the gameplay much more fun, the 3rd person actually make you more connected to your character and makes skin much more worth it, and most importantly the game is just way more fun

I think your criticism of Hulk's kit and similar things is subject to opinion, as another diehard overwatch and marvel fan, I think it's positive. Hulk is one of the only heroes with gamma powers. In the "big rock, smash" category we also have: Juggernaut, Thing, Korg, Colossus, Kingpin, Abomination, Sandman, Ymir, Fin Fang Foom, potentially Red Hulk, and probably more that I've forgotten. Obviously these won't all utilise this archetype but I feel the idea will be split across. We still got the hulk smash and we still got to punch as our AOE, and I feel that hulk's kit supports his role as a dive tank, whilst showcasing what makes him unique versus all the other giant muscle men in the marvel universe. Taking some creative liberty as opposed to just taking the generic features from MCU movies helps keep the game fresh so we don't get a hulk clone when Thing releases at the end of this month. The game is designed more casually versus competitively in my opinion, and that's great. As long as they don't go down the Blizzard route I think the game will stay fresh. Great review though! Good to see a take that doesn't just glaze the game completely as much as I am guilty of the same when trying to get my friends to play it.

I hope Marvel Rivals gonna focus much less on top levels of plays than Overwatch and not gonna balance out the fun out of game like OW.

Fun > "Perfect balance"

Thank god someone pointed out the underwhelming map design. I'm absolutely loving Marvel Rivals but outside of the art, the maps leave a lot to be desired. I feel very similar with the general design of pretty much all of the tanks, makes me feel like the Devs actually don't know how to design a tank that plays with the team as most of them bar Magneto play for themselves 90% of the time. Hoping The Thing is a step in the right direction.

as someone who recently got really into Storm, i will say, her flight is purely an escape tool, shes essentially a ground based character whos designed around playing in the middle of a grouped up team, aiming at grouped up enemies, and peeling for supports, she wants to be behind a shield and she wants to take advantage of her projectile's piercing as much as possible, and honestly, making good use of her goddess boost both for yourself and your team is key

Conceptually, i like seasonal buffs. It gives an avenue for the game to test how a certain buff would work for certain characters before tweaking or finalizing them later down the line. The implementation on the other hand...

The hate on the Wakanda map is hilarious because god forbid the nation known for one specific purple flower grows a lot of that specific purple flower.

3:46 those giggle physics had to have been modded!

You sound like a documentary narrator. Pretty good!

Well done review. Fair criticism as well, keep up the good work bro.

I think the S1 balance changes address most of your concerns Marvel Rivals is just what Overwatch hasn't been in a long time: a really fun game

"Dissing on Marvel Rivals disguised as Review, by OW fan" - however/howeverNOT, if you don't like it just return to OW2, Woke Blizzard needs yours support, generalisation of all characters to feel a same... do you even understand how stupid you sound asking to make Racoon be like Luna Snow, when he is AOE top healer in the game, just sit back in OW2 with all this hypocrisy bs

Played to level 30 with an Infantry Lasgun, then I saw this gun in the shop, so I bought it. Not going back to Lasgun. Maximum DAKKA is way more fun and goddamn this weapon f-kin slaps man

Outside of the hydra base I think the maps are fine

so refreshing to hear someone not just blindly praising the new shiny toy for some reason. i love this game but it has a lot of huge problems and baffling or nonsensical balance decisions. yes these can all be fixed, but not if everyone just pretends the game is a masterpiece. also why is no one talking about how the aiming in this game isn’t accurate to your crosshair i feel like im insane or something no one even acknowledges how ridiculous and bad it is

average diehard overwatch fan

idk if i’m tripping but u kinda sound like an ai🤷🏾‍♂️

Brotha, we switched over because all of blizzards empty promises. All they showed us was how lazy they can be when there is no competition. I left ow with 2100 played hours. Haven't touched or thought about ow since rivals dropped. Woke ass game could've been actually good if they delivered. The last skin I bought was literally to help make Lifeweaver look somewhat masculine lol. Playing with a guy shooting flower petals while healing. The military medics are majority females in real life....females are naturally great healers because of there nurturing. But noooo, lets give them a random woke fruity flower petal guy design. L This company deserves to fail at every future project.

Just saw your sub count and couldn’t believe with this quality of content you are this small. Great video, you gained a sub. Keep it up man!