Free-to-play fighting game MultiVersus is currently available in Open Beta. And while it certainly has its share of issues to fix, MultiVersus' soft launch has proven to be a striking success. Unsurprisingly, many players are already looking to MultiVersus' future and asking what content and features could be added soon. One major request for MultiVersus is the addition of a replay system, so matches can be re-watched or shared. The good news is that developer Player First Games is planning on replays, but there's a catch.In a message shared on Twitter by MultiVersus game director Tony Huynh, the Player First Games co-founder confirms that a replay system is on the game's development roadmap. In other words, the team plans to add a replay system in the future, but it's not necessarily anytime soon. It may not even have been started, yet. Huynh elaborates on this, saying that "it might be some time" before Player First is able to add replays to MultiVersus. While it isn't explicitly stated, major features like replays are often evaluated to judge whether they can be completed well before a game's launch. If a system like replays is judged to be beyond the scope of what the development team can reasonably accomplish in the time it has, it's pushed into the nebulous future. Player First Games would almost certainly love to add replays and may have even built MultiVersus around the idea of adding replays later. But its priority right now is finishing and polishing MultiVersus as it stands in preparation for full launch.
Even after MultiVersus launches fully, that doesn't necessarily mean replays are going to be added to the game. At that point, Player First will have to once again evaluate whether it has the time and resources, now dependent on the game's success, to add such major features. Maybe MultiVersus was initially successful but couldn't retain players. Maybe publisher Warner Bros. Games pulls an Overwatch and wants a sequel instead of funding the expansion of the first game.
The idea is that MultiVersus' future is currently up in the air. A lot can change between now and Season 1's launch on August 9. More can change between Season 1 and MultiVersus' full launch later this year. If players truly want a replay system, they have to keep asking for it. Further, they need to continue supporting MultiVersus.
It's still a very good sign that the game director for MultiVersus is willing to openly state that Player First wants to add replays to the game. It sets an expectation in the public eye, which drives the developer to want to follow through. Just don't expect Player First to follow through anytime soon. MultiVersus players will have to get used to a game without replays for the foreseeable future.
MultiVersus is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.