MMaRsu
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What an abomination. Western dev design is absolutely pathetic.
Is the character on the left a model as well? Or just art.
Because comparing art to an ingame model isnt really a fair comparison is it?
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Marvel Rivals retained 90% players on Steam after one month of release
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Is the character on the left a model as well? Or just art.
Because comparing art to an ingame model isnt really a fair comparison is it?
Lambogenie
Member
In-game. Rivals has some nice celshading and line work at higher res.
That said, the images actually do a small disservice to Avengers. It's more grounded and bland (my opinion) but technically not bad. Just reminds me too much of what studios like NetherRealms would prefer to do vs any decent, IP knowing, visual identity clued-up studio.
This video is a better comparison and shows Avengers is not bad, bad. Just boring, which some people do enjoy.
The problem I see with Avengers is a few such as the realistic look but also the view that anyone can be a hero/villain. Sure, the comics were like that too, take Peter Parker. But as Spidey he's drawn way more heroic, pose and all. These Avengers poses, and studios that follow this direction, strip any heroism or powerful posing away completely. The Black Panther one is a good comparison. His Rivals pose is eye catching, it's emposing and striking. His Avengers pose is weak, average and not larger than life it just lacks so much character and punch. I personally want my fictional heroes and villains to be larger than life even if they came from being an ordinary person by lore (Peter Parker, Miles, basically any of them). This is also a reason in my opinion why games or art from games like Capcom's Versus stuff is still amazing decades later (because they understood character design perfectly), but also why Marvel Infinite lost it's visual appeal (because of similar reasons as Avengers).
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PatientGamer
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Western devs are scared to admit that people like playing as characters that are either COOL or ATTRACTIVE.
SBI wouldn't dare take on the devs from China that made Marvel Rivals, they'd get rekked.
SBI wouldn't dare take on the devs from China that made Marvel Rivals, they'd get rekked.
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT
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A game with hot women and not tr00ns is successful? Color me surprised!
Lambogenie
Member
Sue Storm... oh my
Revolutionary
Member
Blade is definitely on the docket, seeing as how vampires and Dracula himself are at his doorstep... wouldn't be surprised if he's a mid-season drop
Angry_Megalodon
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Plague Doctor
Member
I am so over capeshit and will never play this but happy this is doing well.
Destroys the concord narrative of no room for hero shooters outside of OW2
Also, all the models are the quintessential versions of the comic book characters as opposed to whatever the fuck the avengers game was doing. Stylized, superhuman proportions and remiscent of designs from 20 years back and it is going gangbusters.
Disney is fucking dumb. All they ever needed to do is use what worked in comic book designs. That's it and it could print money.. Just play the greatest hits and do it well.
Destroys the concord narrative of no room for hero shooters outside of OW2
Also, all the models are the quintessential versions of the comic book characters as opposed to whatever the fuck the avengers game was doing. Stylized, superhuman proportions and remiscent of designs from 20 years back and it is going gangbusters.
Disney is fucking dumb. All they ever needed to do is use what worked in comic book designs. That's it and it could print money.. Just play the greatest hits and do it well.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The problem for me with realistic graphics is even if it's technically awesome photorealistic art is that t doesn't fit well for crazy shit like superheros which not only look nuts but also move and do crazy attacks. The Avengers game shows characters that look mo-capped with realistic moves a normal human does. Rivals doesn't.
Realism fits better with grounded games like modern action or military games. Or even for something more like Skyrim which is made up skeletons and mages casting fireballs and stuff, but it's not meant to be like cape characters jumping and smashing stuff with style like Spidey or Hulk.
So what you get with Avengers game is more like people dressed up in Halloween costumes looking like retards than spiffy superheroes.
MayauMiao
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Lambogenie
Member
I do wonder if anyone at Marvel or Disney told them to cut it during reviews or something.I guarantee it is the most replayed part of the video. Her butt is simply..
MayauMiao
Member
Disney: We don't feel good about Sue's behind...
NetEase:
Disney: Do as you please.
MayauMiao
Member
Same thing happens to me with Overwatch, which is why I never got into it. At least Marvel Rivals, you can see your character.I know its free but i'm actually surprised by this. Not because its a bad game or anything, more because whenever i watch someone playing this, i can barely tell whats going on lol. In fact even some of the streamers i watch say they cant tell whats going on 80% of the time.
OGM_Madness
Member
Charles with a glass chair, simply because you need to be able to see his butt to fit the game
I actually remember having that toy back in the day…
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Caked up Xavier!Charles with a glass chair, simply because you need to be able to see his butt to fit the game
I actually remember having that toy back in the day…
Hawk The Slayer
Member
Having great looking characters and art helps.
Female characters that actually look like females and male characters that look like males.
Female characters that actually look like females and male characters that look like males.