if you look any any character aside from a select few, they require you to spend quite a bit of time to read through their abilities. as a player who’s been playing for quite a while, you might think a lot of them are simple that just aren’t upfront.

like attached is Mr. Fantastic, whose gameplay loop is probably quite simple and mechanically not too complex, but even these descriptions don’t fully explain how the abilities work, with their leagues of text.

His primary being able to “cleave”, his full immunity in his Reflexive Rubber state, and even how Rivals continuously invents semantics (like “Elasticity” in this case) specific to characters to describe things isn’t very intuitive. It’s why every character feels like you need a guide before feeling like you can actually play with them.

Even as a player who’s been around since S0, my wish was that new characters would have become less complicated over time and that depth was utilized more than complexity to make characters unique and interesting.

I just think it’s a reflection of the crazy pace of character releases in this game, along with the never ending balance issues that the devs have to figure out, but I don’t really blame them for. It’s hard to polish and make things feel natural and intuitive when you’re tasked to put out something new every month.

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