Marvel Future Revolution

(Very) Early thoughts:

Well, Netmarble did what SquareEnix couldn't: they delivered a very decent open-world MMORPG game with characters from the world of Marvel. But let's not beat around the bush. The gameplay of Marvel Future Revolution is mediocre at best. There’s a lot that Netmarble could do with the game but players just have to spam the attack button and then there’s autoplay as well which just makes the game a repetitive and boring grind. The characters do look pretty, especially on higher graphical settings and players get to choose who they want to play as. The cool thing with all the different characters is their signature special abilities and attacks. But unfortunately, it’s a wasted opportunity since you just keep clicking the attack button and can take out enemies without even thinking about it. Being all about the characters and you can play as a bunch of different heroes from the Marvel Universe. Another thing which was a cool feature was the suits your characters can wear. Costumes can be mixed up and paired with different items to make your hero stronger and more resilient. But this comes with a couple of downsides. The game does have a story and there’s PvP gameplay and the story has been written by Marc Sumerak who has worked for Marvel. It’s an original story set on Primary Earth. At present, players can play as Starlord, Black Widow, Spiderman, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Storm. One big issue for me was optimization. Even my Samsung S20 FE which is pretty good for mobile gaming struggled a little and as far as I know, overheating and freezes are pretty common across devices which really is a big issue and should be worked on (you can see it by how this playthrough ended - later I noticed that the game crashed because my phone was just burning up). The game doesn’t have advertisements which is pretty cool but the In-App purchases are among the biggest concerns here. The game is way too pay-to-win and if you were to take a look at the store, you’d find a lot of different cosmetics for every character but they’re not just visual addons. They can increase the damage and strength stats of your players which some might consider as unfair towards other players. There’s a bunch of different bundles which cost quite a bit and if you’re going into PvP, someone who’s made these purchases is going to have a big advantage. Since the game does have an engaging story, I do think that kids 10 and above will find it pretty fun to play, but as the game goes it's non-stop violence, so take that with a grain of salt (or the entire shaker). 3 out of 5 Pandas (for now)