I've Fallen In Love With MultiVersus And It's All Velma's Fault

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MultiVersus has snuck up the inside track to nestle in as one of my favourite games of the year. It's extremely early days, of course. I liked it enough during the closed beta, but the open beta has fully got its claws in me. It's only been a couple of days, and the open beta doesn't even fully open for another week because video games are silly sometimes, but MultiVersus has my attention. Stray was one of my most anticipated titles of the year, and I've carved out enough time to get about halfway through it, but it's MultiVersus that keeps pulling me back in. My interest could fade away, but I'm not expecting it to. After the disaster of Nick Brawl, MultiVersus feels like a breath of fresh air, and a huge part of what's keeping me invested is Velma Dinkley.

Velma was not one of the characters I expected to like in MutiVersus. I watched Scooby-Doo as a kid, but it didn't have a particularly nostalgic hold over me. It was fine. But Harley Quinn is one of my favourite characters of all time, and I love Looney Tunes, DC, and despite how it ended, Game of Thrones. I expected Velma to be middle of the pack, or even lower. I tried her in the closed beta and bounced off, so I thought that was me done with her. How wrong I was.

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During the original beta, I was a Harley main, but I wasn't above a little bit of Taz cheese too. Reindog was fun, along with Wonder Woman, but I was expecting to just stick with Harley. After picking up the Founders Pack and having a bit of spare currency, I was looking forward to splashing the cash on some fancy outfits, but was found wanting. Harley comes only with her Batman: The Animated Series outfit which is a little predictable, as