Um, Nettie's games launched a new overwatch-esque game using Marvel characters.
It is free to play on Steam, which is nice.
We always like stuff that that gives you some entertainment for no money.
Bo Jay and I have spent a little bit of time with it.
So we're going to kind of run through our initial thoughts.
Jay, I think you've probably got a little bit more time in it than I do.
Yep. What's your what's your your broad first impressions of the game?
All right.
So after playing 900 hours, um, yeah, I still just die so much.
Um, it's fun.
It's a fun game.
It is very much like overwatch, um, Valorant or whatever.
It's, uh, but it's quick.
It's easy.
It's fun.
I always like these type of games when like, I don't want to get too immersed
into a storyline because I have to like go to work in like three hours and I need
to go to sleep still, blah, blah, blah, whatever.
I don't know.
Um, but it's fun.
And oh gosh, I'm just like obsessed with the little Jeff guy, a little shark.
There's a little shark.
You're so cute.
And I feel like he is very overpowered.
Okay.
Oh my gosh.
But, um, no, it's a fun game.
Uh, they do have a battle pass that you can buy and then like get like, uh, coins
or whatever and then go to the shop and unlock more characters and stuff.
But, um, my first reaction is that it's fun.
I like it.
I love that it's in the Marvel universe.
And, um, yeah, I'm going to continue to play it like in between some of these
like story games.
What about you?
Yeah.
Um, so I want to reiterate something you have again, like, I kind of put games
into two kind of categories where like where the cyberpunk 2077, like we were
talking about earlier in the show, like if you're, you can't sit and play that
for 20 minutes and just walk away.
Like you've got to have a couple hours to like kind of work through some stuff.
This is the kind of game that if you've got 20, 30 minutes, you can get a
match in or two.
Um, I'm curious if you had the same experience as me.
I found matchmaking was really fast.
Oh yeah.
A hundred percent.
Like quick match is like, oh, you're in.
I'm like, oh, cool.
Like, and I like that.
Um, it's a third person shooter.
Yeah.
Um, which is interesting.
I also like the fact that I kind of had some hand to hand in there and some
range that did it to the besides Jeff.
Have you, have you locked on any other characters you really like?
I'm sorry.
I unlocked the Scarlet Witch shop.
Um, I'm trying to like her.
She has the ability where she can like hover and I think she's kind of
invisible at the time.
Yeah.
I think.
Um, and, um, she's like, okay.
Now I will say I've seen people play venom and I'm like, oh, I got to get into
venom because venom looks so sick.
Um, but yeah, right now I've only played, I think like Jeff and Scarlet Witch.
Okay.
Um, I spent a little bit of time before I got into a match in the like tutorial
arena where it's just an open space to do stuff.
Um, kind of like getting a feel for like, oh, you're a rate of fire is this and
this is kind of this and did to do.
Um, so far I've had the most success with Hawkeye.
Really?
Um, because I figured out that like there's, there's some, some element to it who,
like how long you hold his bow pull.
Okay.
And damage.
Like if you hold it down for a second and like.
Right.
Like I was getting the eyes for half to three quarters of their life in a single
arrow.
Um, so I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like,
I was like, um, like, okay.
So, you know, the best for me is, but like, you know, that's, like my
love for my Vegeta King and Mario game.
And that's, like, ACTUAL.
And yeah, yeah.
Yeah, got no things to answer the other stuff while I was playing it, but like.
Tham.
Okay, yeah.
All right.
Staying!
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question to me is staying power. Yeah. Um they're going to have to
forget their competitive scene quickly. They're going to have to
figure out balancing quickly. I've heard some complaints online
about like the the teams are kind of like three DPS and a healer
right now. You know, like I don't think they've kind of got
figured out the roles between tanks and healers and DPS yet.
Um it's early days for the game but they do have to figure it
out quickly because gamers will move on fast. Yeah, I would
say like every time that I played, I haven't actually played
online with friends. Um and I feel like that would probably
make a difference but playing just randomly with a god like
my I feel like my healers never did anything. I'm like, where
are you? I think most of the time I didn't have a healer. Yeah
or they just they're not there. Um and I will say like this is
very very interesting because if you look at the I'm going to
make so many people cringe. Watch our numbers are going to
drop like crazy. Um when you compare it to like Fortnite
Fortnite, I know but they are very successful with like
continuously re-releasing like or coming up with new characters
and like new ways to draw you in like and they'll come out
with like Ninja Turtles and like I don't know this that
whatever like whatever appeals to like little nine year olds
and and adults. Um and it's going to be really interesting
with how Marvel rivals can do that because they do have like a
limited I guess you could release like skins and stuff
like change the outfits. You could do retro outfits,
futuristic outfits, but you're kind of like limited to
Marvel. That makes sense. So, I don't know how you're going to
keep the audience like addicted to it. I I think that I think
that if you Marvel has such a deep well of characters,
right, that they can keep introducing more and more and
more and more, right? Get Mr. Fantastic in there, right?
Wait till next year with this Marvel Rivals game and then do
a big launch of all the Fantastic Four right as the
Fantastic Four movie comes out. Wait, when is the Fantastic
Four? Next July. Is that going to be like the second
movie I've ever fallen asleep to in theaters? I don't know. This
is an MCU one. So, I'm hopeful. Um so, again, I think
there's a lot of tie in stuff you could do. You could tie it
into MCU releases. You could tie it into a lot of other
things. Adding characters. Uh there is Squirrel Girl in there
for god's sakes. Um I tried Spider-Man for a minute but
man, his web swinging like stuff is hard to control. Um we'll
say I tried Iron Fist for a second. He was kind of fun for
a minute but I it's it's hard to play a melee guy in that. Um
so, again, if they get their competitive scene up and
running and they get some good balancing and good
matchmaking, like I think I think it it has a chance to do
well. Okay. I think it's got the good bones of a game.
I mean, it's it's free. Like you really don't have anything
to lose. Like just downloading the game is a play.
Yeah. I don't know for sure. Um but yeah, let us know what
you think. Have you already picked up Marvel Rivals? Are
you planning on picking it up? You're gonna give it a shot.
Let us know.