Marvel Rivals Might Already Be Making A Classic Hero Shooter Mistake By Adding Too Many New Heroes Too Quickly
When compared to other hero shooters, is launching with a massive roster that compares to other titles years after launch. For context, has been released with an impressive thirty-three hero roster, up from the Playtest's twenty-three, which would have been more than big enough to launch most hero shooters. Compare this with 's launch roster of twenty-one heroes, and it is easy to see that is going big with practically every element. A roster of thirty-three is a far-cry from where hero shooters originally came from.
is credited with being the first, big hero shooter that set the standard, while is credited with making the genre mainstream, winning 2016 GOTY at the Game Awards. has classes, and considering its 2007 launch, the game only has nine of them, yet to hit double figures. looks bigger and bigger with its immense launch roster, although it has some way to go before it reaches fifty-nine champions. With all the character leaks, rostercould reach numbers faster than expected.
As soon as the game launched, dataminers were at work combing through the files to search for where will go in the future. Pair this with leaks, with RivalsLeaks on X being the source of many of them, and it is clear that NetEase isn't slowing down at all. Twelve characters have already been leaked to join the roster: Angela, Blade, Captain Marvel, Emma Frost, Hit-Monkey, Jean Grey AKA Phoenix, Johnny Storm AKA Human Torch, Knull, Mister Fantastic, Susan Storm AKA Invisible Woman, The Thing, and Ultron.
According to Marvel Rivals — Leaks, Susan Storm and The Thing are the least developed of The Fantastic Four, and Susan is going to be a Strategist.
Some of these characters already have artwork done for them and are at different levels in their development. Like with the launch roster, there is a mix of obscure characters, like Angela, Odin's daughter and an angel, and Hit-Monkey, a hit man who's a monkey, for some reason, and popular ones, like The Fantastic Four. It isn't clear how these
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