To me, Marvel Rivals feels like what Phase 4 & 5 could've been had they not screwed up and played their cards right
Like, think about it: The multiverse is collapsing (or something along those lines).
We meet variants of well-known characters who feel different from their mainline counterparts (like Psylocke) and contribute to the story instead of just being fan service.
Timelines are merging and splitting apart, creating new timelines and destroying old ones.
Various universes are dying.
There are actual stakes, and we don't really know how the Heroes are gonna solve this problem. Hell, even if they do, they'll still feel the ramifications.
Various Villains are all causing chaos (Knull, Dracula, etc) are causing chaos throughout the multiverse.
And it feels like they're setting up Doctor Doom to be the final boss at the end of all of this. I mean, he was the one who started all of this. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the end, after stopping all the other bad guys, there's this big event where all the heroes have to team up to stop him & 2099 Doom.
To me, I feel like this could've been the MCU if they actually **knew** what they were doing with this whole multiverse thing, had good writers to help build the narrative.
Hell, Kang could've been their Doom had they not fumbled him in Loki and Ant-Man. They wouldn't even need Doom; they could just bring RDJ back as Superior Iron Man!
But that's just my opinion. I probably sound stupid, but after really getting into Marvel Rivals lore, I just felt like this is what the Multiverse Saga could've been...
We meet variants of well-known characters who feel different from their mainline counterparts (like Psylocke) and contribute to the story instead of just being fan service.
Timelines are merging and splitting apart, creating new timelines and destroying old ones.
Various universes are dying.
There are actual stakes, and we don't really know how the Heroes are gonna solve this problem. Hell, even if they do, they'll still feel the ramifications.
Various Villains are all causing chaos (Knull, Dracula, etc) are causing chaos throughout the multiverse.
And it feels like they're setting up Doctor Doom to be the final boss at the end of all of this. I mean, he was the one who started all of this. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the end, after stopping all the other bad guys, there's this big event where all the heroes have to team up to stop him & 2099 Doom.
To me, I feel like this could've been the MCU if they actually **knew** what they were doing with this whole multiverse thing, had good writers to help build the narrative.
Hell, Kang could've been their Doom had they not fumbled him in Loki and Ant-Man. They wouldn't even need Doom; they could just bring RDJ back as Superior Iron Man!
But that's just my opinion. I probably sound stupid, but after really getting into Marvel Rivals lore, I just felt like this is what the Multiverse Saga could've been...
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I do think what they've done with the liberty of the multiverse and free creative license is admirable, but I don't think that means this sort of convoluted thing would have worked well in film. A lot of people simply don't like multiversal stories in general.
Also, I loved the Marvel Rivals Storyline but they don't know how to tell a Multiverse Story to save their lives, I'm still not 100% sure which of the 4 universes Wanda belongs too which is a major problem for me since she's my main Character that I played. Also Turning Natasha into a Sniper based hero was so dumb on their part and I know the reason why they did it.