Marvel Rivals review – discomfitingly slick hero shooter makes you worry about gaming’s future

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; NetEase Games
It’s Overwatch with Marvel characters, and it’s well-made and fun to play – but Marvel Rivals is also so devoid of new ideas that it leaves a nasty aftertasteThe history of video games is, to an extent, a history of subtle iterations of other people’s ideas. The interstellar success of Taito’s Space Invaders spawned the entire shoot-’em-up genre, with titles such as Galaxian, Phoenix and Gorf taking the basic idea and add