Images Compare Marvel Rivals Skins to Marvel Avengers

Summary

Marvel Rivals gained over 20 million players with 33 characters, offering unique play styles for each.
Reddit users prefer Marvel Rivals' art style over Marvel's Avengers, calling the latter's skins knockoffs.
New costumes are forthcoming in Marvel Rivals, as Season 1 approaches, promising more content for players.

Images taken from Marvel Rivals and Marvel's Avengers compare and contrast skins from the two games. Marvel Rivals became a big hit after releasing near the end of 2024, with the game reaching over 20 million players so far. The title allows gamers to play as a number of different heroes and villains from Marvel's rich history of characters.

Marvel Rivals features 33 playable characters so far, with more on the way. The characters are separated into three different classes, with each having a certain play style. This includes popular Marvel figures such as Iron Man and Spider-Man, as well as lesser known characters such as Squirrel Girl and Cloak & Dagger.

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By Matthew O’Dwyer

A Reddit user named Captain_JiinSage shared a collection of images that show skins from Marvel Rivals side by side with costumes from Marvel's Avengers. The collection of pictures shows both the similarities and the differences between how the characters look in the two games. They also emphasize the stark contrast between the art directions of the titles, as Marvel's Avengers went with a much more realistic approach than Marvel Rivals. It shows that the two games were vastly different despite both being based on the Marvel universe and sharing playable characters.

Skins from Marvel Rivals and Marvel's Avengers Compared

Gamers on Reddit were very vocal on how they felt about the comparisons between Marvel Rivals and Marvel's Avengers. Many did not like the direction that Marvel's Avengers took and stated that they preferred the art style of Marvel Rivals much more. A good number of players mentioned that they felt Marvel's Avengers had a lot of wasted potential and that the skins in that game looked like knockoff costumes. One commenter said that a game based on comic books should have an art style that embraces the inspiration and not attempt to make it realistic. It seems that many agree that the costumes in Marvel Rivals are much more appealing than those in Marvel's Avengers.

According to recent leaks, new costumes are on the way for the cast of NetEase's popular shooter. Marvel Rivals will be entering Season 1 soon, with a trailer showcasing what players can expect dropping on January 6. It will be interesting to see how the characters of Marvel Rivals will be dressed up when the new season starts. The shooter is incredibly popular at the moment, so it is very likely that a lot of content for gamers to sink their teeth into is on the way. Players will have to wait and see what direction Marvel Rivals goes as it continues to receive content.

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