Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "MARVEL RIVALS: EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE CLOSED BETA"

Starting point is 00:00:03 Hi, I'm Paul Ella. I'm the head of production for Marvel Rivals. Hi, everybody. I'm Thad Sasser. I'm game director. I'm Marvel Rivals. Hi, everyone. I'm Danny Kew, executive producer from Marvel Games. All right, so first off, analytic dreams video on Spotify, to see the video along with the audio, because let me tell you something. Wherever Shack News Entertainment is, or Shack News interviews, go follow him right here. Because let me tell you something. He asked the... most hard-hitting questions that we want to know about Marvel rivals.

Starting point is 00:00:38 And why do I say that? Well, just take a listen to this. And I mean this in a good way, but what do you say to the person who's looking at this right now, the gameplay of the trailer and just saying it's just Marvel Overwatch? Like what would you say to that person? I would say that while Overwatch is probably one of the bigger games in the genre, we are definitely bringing something to this play area that we think is completely different to everything else.

Starting point is 00:01:03 We have, of course, the iconic Marvel characters, the heroes. We have the destructible environments. We have the team matchups. All of those things, I think, differentiate us from other games within this genre. And I think that is an important thing and is why we should be set aside from those other games. All right, the reason why I said that he is asking the hard-hitting questions, because if you don't know the recent drama surrounding Marvel rivals, it's very apparent that the creators involved

Starting point is 00:01:43 did not want content creators to have subjective negative reviews. Literally, that was the wording in the contract. And after receiving negative feedback because of the wording and the contract, because imagine you go to play, test a game, and then in the contract that you sign, you find out that the wording says, it says no subjective negative reviews. Very broad, right?

Starting point is 00:02:16 So basically, they don't want you to critique the game. And one of the things that was also in a contract that I'm not seen right here, but I know from listening to people who went to the playtest, basically they said do not compare it to other games that is similar. like an Overwatch. Literally that's what it said in the contract. And so for him to start off this interview with, and these are the like listen to these names again. These are not like just random people

Starting point is 00:02:42 who working on the game. These are like the head people. Hi, I'm Paul Ella. I'm the head of production for Marvel rivals. Hi everybody. I'm Thad Sasser. I'm game director. I'm Marvel rivals. Hi everyone. I'm Danny Koo, executive producer from Marvel Games. So if you listen to those names, the positions that they are hosting. I mean, it's pretty easy to tell that you're not talking to just some random person who's behind the scenes, right? You're talking to the head of these, of this game and asking the direct questions that they tried their hardest to get around. Because if you don't know, once so much feedback came out, the negative response to the contract being, well, the contract terms being talked about, NetEase, which is a developer of Marvel, Marvel Rivals, came out, apologized, and revised the contract to be less restrictive.

Starting point is 00:03:38 And now they actively encourage creators to share the honest thoughts and criticisms as they play. That's why it's very essential to keep the open dialogue while also creating content. Because if there's somebody out there who's listening to. to your um first test of the game impressions but they don't know that you can't critique it then they're going to call you uh all sorts of names and all when all actuality is not even your fault so i'm glad that the content creators came together and banded together to even talk about this game and basically give uh net ease which is the marvel rival's uh developers some pushback because lord knows they would have just kept going with it if not for the pushback so i'm glad that we get this open dialogue um landscape now to

Starting point is 00:04:34 openly talk about the game which to bring it full circle is why i said the shack news coming at well not coming at them but basically asking them the one question that they they intentionally tried to avoid it was very interesting how they handled that whole situation uh situation because obviously that's the reason why they put that whole no subjective negative reviews clause in the contract in the first place. So anyways, with five minutes of explaining that, let's get into the actual beta announcement because there's some big things coming with the beta. One of them being that the closed beta starts July 23rd at 6 p.m. Eastern and ends on August 6th at 3 a.m. Eastern. and PS5 slash Xbox Series X signups are live right now and also the Steam signups starts on July 20th at 6 p.m. Eastern, 48 hours before the test starts.

Starting point is 00:05:41 So console codes will roll out daily from now until the closed beta starts. Events, tournaments, live streams will be announced in July, similar to the closed alpha there will be additional opportunities for codes beyond the questionnaire above the steam sign up so if you're a content creator i would definitely try to sign up for a code it's really not as complex as some content creators think like as far as getting a closed beta code people think it's some illuminati meeting when in all actuality you just got to follow the people who create the game and make sure to uh sign up when they tell you to sign up so you don't get left out um so with that being say some of the other things I wanted to get into besides the closed beta details was no no

Starting point is 00:06:28 no actually I want to get into more beta news so console only cross play so sorry PC players pick slash band system cross progression and five times the amount of participants will be invited to the closed beta than the close alpha servers in North America Europe Asia closed alpha Well, the closed alpha was U.S. only, but now it's going to be North America, Europe, and Asia. Choose the server you will want to play in. Cross region. Play will be supported in closed beta through latency, though latency may suffer. The server ticket rate is increased to 60.

Starting point is 00:07:10 Support for non-languages, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and traditional Chinese. Chinese. Venom, he is confirmed to be a vanguard and Adam Warlock is a strategist. I'm going to get into the overview in a second, but right now I'm just talking to my Marvel rival sweats. So anyways, Shinn Shibuya, how do you say that? Shin Shibuya. There we go. We'll also be updated to support the new thematic environmental destruction features shown off in the latest trailer of Spider Island where the spider bots work to keep certain structures in place after they are destroyed that's a very interesting mechanic because one of the biggest things which i don't even

Starting point is 00:08:03 think the developer said but you know he vaguely said we bring different stuff than Overwatch like obviously the similarities but one of the things i think they should harp on is the uh the the environmental destruction because i think that's very battlefield-esque which separates them from of Overwatch because I believe Overwatch doesn't have any environmental destruction. So the way that that happens and the way that impacts the gameplay, I think the developers should harp

Starting point is 00:08:30 on that more. Even though he did say they have unique things that make it stand out from Overwatch, I think he should get into specifics so people don't think he's just like bluffing or just giving them word salad. So anyways, various effects and HUD elements

Starting point is 00:08:47 have been enhanced to improve, hit, impact feedback as well as to increase player situational awareness then we have a balance update i think from what i've heard i think it was scarlet witch or star lord one of those was like broken or whatever or maybe both of them was broken but yeah so um maybe we'll see them get balanced and also one of the things i kept hearing was that the hoke is like straight out of the mcc you because he is not as strong as he should be you know how they say uh strong as there is well i don't know what mc u did to the hulk but ever since uh infinity war he's just never been the same

Starting point is 00:09:37 it's like he went out on a high in ragner rock and in infinity war they was like let's just mess the whole character up and ever since then hulk has never been the same so apparently he's just like that in this game just very soft and not hard hitting so as far as the um the balance update i'll probably see them buffing um hoke significantly anyways comment selection um pick slash ban system now active for the upper tiers of rank play and for special events past lives in parentheses k o cam system implemented focus selection controller functionality updated friends list is now cross platform crossplay seems to be locked on for casual mode but can be toggled on or off and ranked console only crossplay toggle will also be available on ps5 slash Xbox series platforms and then

Starting point is 00:10:34 cross progression teased but definitely won't be up for closed beta so that's all the nerdy news as far as the closed beta because i wanted to talk to my marvel rival sweats first now let's get into the more casual gamer in which i want to know about that the game. So basically, Marvel Rivals is developed by net ease games, right? It's coming out on PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X and S and PC. The reason why I'm giving the overview second after all the specific nerdy details is because the beta, the closed beta is going from July 23rd to August 5th. The actual game and the actual release date, I don't know if you've actually got a real release date for Marvel rivals.

Starting point is 00:11:20 Actually, let me see. Marvel rivals release date. Like, I don't think we've received a release date. Yeah, they keep talking about beta dates confirm. So, yeah, it's really no release date for the game. Because if they're talking about a beta, obviously that means that the game is still under construction. You know, it's still in development.

Starting point is 00:11:47 So we don't have an actual release date, I don't think, for the actual game yet. So that's why I'm doing the second. But anyways, is a full roster and the basis of the game is it's, how do I put this? It differentiates itself from Overwatch, but it's basically Overwatch with Marvel characters. I'm sorry, but that's just how I got to put it. The emphasis on unique abilities is a Marvel staple because you have Spider-Man, Iron Man, like A-listers all around.

Starting point is 00:12:27 as far as the Marvel superheroes. It's not like one of those type of games where, oh, you can't use this character, you can't use that character. All characters on the table for Marvel rivals. They're really trying to compete in a big way when it comes to Overwatch. So, yeah, expect Marvel's expansive universe and hero dynamics to be all throughout this game. So that's basically it, Overwatch with Marvel characters. And, yeah, if you want to stay updated, make sure to follow the games official social media channels

Starting point is 00:12:56 and wish lists on Steam for the latest news and updates. So yeah. With that being said, hopefully my Marvel rival connoisseurs gets into that closed beta. You know what I mean? Hopefully y'all make it through the sign up because once again, it starts July 23rd. So that's why I'm putting this out when I'm putting it out because I want y'all to have the, I want y'all to know beforehand so y'all can be up on it when it eventually is available to sign up for. and as far as console and PC on console you have to fill out a survey what uh whereas on

Starting point is 00:13:33 PC you have to visit the marvel rival steam store page on july 20th so in request access so with that being said i don't think there's anything else um crossplay i already talked about that initial impression i talked about that focus primarily okay i talked about that yeah so that's basically it so with that being said click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social medias, what do you think about Marvel rivals and if you haven't played it yet, which character are you most excited to play as?

Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "MARVEL RIVALS: EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE CLOSED BETA"

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