Dear reader, there are a few times where I need to eat some humble pie, and this is one of those instances—I was not giving Marvel Rivals a fair shake. I saw the live service box it was coming in and thought 'there's no possible way this'll work', especially not in a year of Concords and Suicide Squads and X-Defiants.
After playing around a bit, though? Marvel Rivals is a great bit of fun. The actual design of its cast can be a little hit-or-miss (I'm still not sure why Venom stabs you with tendrils as his main attack, instead of smacking foes with his big claws), but when it hits? Oh baby, does it hit. The moment a happy little shark swallowed up my entire team, and proceeded to kill us all by running off a ledge was when I knew this game had the juice.
