Look, I know half the conversation around Marvel Rivals is taken up with comparing it to its obvious inspiration, Overwatch 2, but sometimes it’s hard to talk about much else when developer NetEase continues to copy Overwatch 2’s homework and makes little effort to hide it.

Since well before its launch, Marvel Rivals has been billed as a so-called Overwatch killer - a hero shooter that can topple the reigning king and innovator of the genre in the hearts and minds of fans.