With Marvel Rivals’ Gambit, NetEase is still taking inspiration from Blizzard

It’s been almost a year since NetEase launched Marvel Rivals, 11 months and five seasons of time to grow and move out from Overwatch 2‘s shadow. And NetEase did, for a time, but with new Strategist Gambit’s debut in season five, it seems the studio just can’t quite break the habit of drawing a bit too much on Blizzard’s game for inspiration. The blatant similarities between the two were a bit silly when Rivals launched, but now? Now it’s just out of touch with how Marvel Rivals plays.