A brand new, free to play title just hitSteamearlier this morning… and it’s already number one on the Trending Games chart and number four on the Most Played Games chart.NetEase Games’ “Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter”Marvel Rivalsis finally here, after what feels like years of waiting.And, well, seems all that hype wasn’t misplaced, given it’s current player count rankingsover on SteamDB.AdvertAs of writing, there are almost 300,000 people in game. It peaked at somewhere around 444,000 concurrent players a mere hour after it was available, but given that it dropped in the early hours of last night… I think we’re going to see it break that record in roughly eight or so hours (once all the Americans finish work and hop online).It’s also currently the 25thmost-played game in Steam’s history, beating out titles such asSons Of The Forest,World of Warshipsand evenGrand Theft Auto V.Marvel Rivalsis also only a couple thousand concurrent players short of knockingAmong Usoff the 24th spot too, which honestly might be the most unbelievable part of its success to me.So, big player numbers are great and all, but what’s the critical reception like?AdvertIt’s… pretty good? Sort of.Marvel Rivalsis currently rated"Mostly Positive" on Steamwith over 8,300 reviews, 74% of which are positive.Now, a 7.5/10 outta 10 sounds decent, but let’s clear a few things up regarding this score.The game has been out for like 12 hours. Steam thankfully reveals a user’s playtime in their reviews, and 90% of these reviews are from people with less than a couple of hours of playtime.In short, don’t trust that score. I don’t care if someone gave it a good score, a terrible score, or something in between; basically every single one of these reviews is worthless at this current point in time.AdvertCheck back in a few days when people have truly gotten to grips with it, and we’ll see how much that score percentage has changed.Featured Image Credit: ValveTopics:Steam,Marvel,Free Games,NetEase
A brand new, free to play title just hitSteamearlier this morning… and it’s already number one on the Trending Games chart and number four on the Most Played Games chart.NetEase Games’ “Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter”Marvel Rivalsis finally here, after what feels like years of waiting.And, well, seems all that hype wasn’t misplaced, given it’s current player count rankingsover on SteamDB.AdvertAs of writing, there are almost 300,000 people in game. It peaked at somewhere around 444,000 concurrent players a mere hour after it was available, but given that it dropped in the early hours of last night… I think we’re going to see it break that record in roughly eight or so hours (once all the Americans finish work and hop online).It’s also currently the 25thmost-played game in Steam’s history, beating out titles such asSons Of The Forest,World of Warshipsand evenGrand Theft Auto V.Marvel Rivalsis also only a couple thousand concurrent players short of knockingAmong Usoff the 24th spot too, which honestly might be the most unbelievable part of its success to me.So, big player numbers are great and all, but what’s the critical reception like?AdvertIt’s… pretty good? Sort of.Marvel Rivalsis currently rated"Mostly Positive" on Steamwith over 8,300 reviews, 74% of which are positive.Now, a 7.5/10 outta 10 sounds decent, but let’s clear a few things up regarding this score.The game has been out for like 12 hours. Steam thankfully reveals a user’s playtime in their reviews, and 90% of these reviews are from people with less than a couple of hours of playtime.In short, don’t trust that score. I don’t care if someone gave it a good score, a terrible score, or something in between; basically every single one of these reviews is worthless at this current point in time.AdvertCheck back in a few days when people have truly gotten to grips with it, and we’ll see how much that score percentage has changed.Featured Image Credit: ValveTopics:Steam,Marvel,Free Games,NetEase
A brand new, free to play title just hitSteamearlier this morning… and it’s already number one on the Trending Games chart and number four on the Most Played Games chart.NetEase Games’ “Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter”Marvel Rivalsis finally here, after what feels like years of waiting.And, well, seems all that hype wasn’t misplaced, given it’s current player count rankingsover on SteamDB.AdvertAs of writing, there are almost 300,000 people in game. It peaked at somewhere around 444,000 concurrent players a mere hour after it was available, but given that it dropped in the early hours of last night… I think we’re going to see it break that record in roughly eight or so hours (once all the Americans finish work and hop online).It’s also currently the 25thmost-played game in Steam’s history, beating out titles such asSons Of The Forest,World of Warshipsand evenGrand Theft Auto V.Marvel Rivalsis also only a couple thousand concurrent players short of knockingAmong Usoff the 24th spot too, which honestly might be the most unbelievable part of its success to me.So, big player numbers are great and all, but what’s the critical reception like?AdvertIt’s… pretty good? Sort of.Marvel Rivalsis currently rated"Mostly Positive" on Steamwith over 8,300 reviews, 74% of which are positive.Now, a 7.5/10 outta 10 sounds decent, but let’s clear a few things up regarding this score.The game has been out for like 12 hours. Steam thankfully reveals a user’s playtime in their reviews, and 90% of these reviews are from people with less than a couple of hours of playtime.In short, don’t trust that score. I don’t care if someone gave it a good score, a terrible score, or something in between; basically every single one of these reviews is worthless at this current point in time.AdvertCheck back in a few days when people have truly gotten to grips with it, and we’ll see how much that score percentage has changed.
A brand new, free to play title just hitSteamearlier this morning… and it’s already number one on the Trending Games chart and number four on the Most Played Games chart.
NetEase Games’ “Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter”Marvel Rivalsis finally here, after what feels like years of waiting.
And, well, seems all that hype wasn’t misplaced, given it’s current player count rankingsover on SteamDB.
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As of writing, there are almost 300,000 people in game. It peaked at somewhere around 444,000 concurrent players a mere hour after it was available, but given that it dropped in the early hours of last night… I think we’re going to see it break that record in roughly eight or so hours (once all the Americans finish work and hop online).
It’s also currently the 25thmost-played game in Steam’s history, beating out titles such asSons Of The Forest,World of Warshipsand evenGrand Theft Auto V.
Marvel Rivalsis also only a couple thousand concurrent players short of knockingAmong Usoff the 24th spot too, which honestly might be the most unbelievable part of its success to me.
So, big player numbers are great and all, but what’s the critical reception like?
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It’s… pretty good? Sort of.Marvel Rivalsis currently rated"Mostly Positive" on Steamwith over 8,300 reviews, 74% of which are positive.
Now, a 7.5/10 outta 10 sounds decent, but let’s clear a few things up regarding this score.
The game has been out for like 12 hours. Steam thankfully reveals a user’s playtime in their reviews, and 90% of these reviews are from people with less than a couple of hours of playtime.
In short, don’t trust that score. I don’t care if someone gave it a good score, a terrible score, or something in between; basically every single one of these reviews is worthless at this current point in time.
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Check back in a few days when people have truly gotten to grips with it, and we’ll see how much that score percentage has changed.
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