Well, that didn't take too long, and I'm thankful. Next week, Marvel Rivals is getting its first PvE game mode themed around the Marvel Zombies Disney Plus show, and I'm excited.
I love me some PvE content, especially as I get older and my PvP competition seemingly gets younger and more skilled, so this is right up my alley. And yeah, this is kind of NetEase Games "reheating Overwatch 2's nachos" as the kids say, but they absolutely should do so.
OW2 was promised as a PvE game and it got scrapped not long after launch, with Blizzard Entertainment instead focusing purely on PvP. It's one of the game's major missteps, and I hope NetEase knows there's a big want for this type of mode in hero shooters.
Meanwhile, Marvel Rivals is ripe for additional and important PvE experiences considering the story that's told in the game follows through each season as Doctor Doom and Doom 2099 use the multiverse as their chess board.
I doubt NetEase goes for a full campaign mode with Marvel Rivals any time soon like OW2 once tried, but I think this sets a good precedent for the future. I hope to see seasonal story beats playable in PvE modes and not just confined to cutscenes one day, because that just sounds like a good time, and a great way to keep players engaged in the game's running plot.
I have to reserve full judgment on the mode until I can play it, but for now, it looks like a fun MCU tie-in if nothing else. Players can queue up for the co-op mode for four players and play as one of five heroes, including Blade, The Punisher, Magik, Thor, and Jeff the Land Shark as they slay zombies in New York City and eventually make their way to the final boss: Zombie Scarlet Witch, also known as Queen of the Dead.
Marvel Rivals' Marvel Zombies mode comes to the free-to-play shooter next week on Oct. 23, just in time for Halloween week.
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