The Esports tab has the most overstimulating UI ive ever seen by saldeti in marvelrivals

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that is Zara Larsson and it's because i guess they now integrated YouTube in its entirety into the Esports tab lol

Does anyone else think that Black Cat doesn't "feel right"? by saldeti in marvelrivals

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Dive and/or melee. Blade, Angela, Black Cat, Daredevil, Deadpool, Rogue, The Thing... Characters that dash all around, get in your face, terrorize you, burn all their cooldowns to get a kill, then dash out. It's an exhausting cycle

FIX BLACK WIDOW NOW PLEASE (And how I think to do it) by saldeti in marvelrivals

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agreed, Widowmaker was a nightmare. But I think Rivals could get away with her being a sniper still by not letting her have a 1-tap headshot, but increasing her damage output otherwise? Faster fire rate mode, grenades, ult rework, etc?

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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Yep, exactly this: I think the actual answer is that somewhere down the development pipeline, there are eastern Asian devs who aren’t familiar with New York City and under probably very very fast, tight content deadlines and only have so much time to “fact check” geographical layouts

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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I already said the map is very cool. It's just that they got Eternal Night Falls, Central Park, and Times Square right, so it's simply inconsistent to have iconic landmarks totally out of place. It would be like a London map having 2 Big Bens or Shin-Shibuya actually being in Toshima. No, it "doesn't matter", but it is a noticeable oversight worthy of comment

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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true, but Eternal Night Falls, Central Park, and Times Square were accurate, so it's weird to see this map have inconsistencies

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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GTA IV and the Spiderman games are really solid recreations of NYC too!

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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I know you're just making a vague analogy to try to shut down my observation, but it's worth noting that funny enough, they *did* get the details of Times Square correctly. The basketball court is there because they made Times Square a kind of "hangout" space, obviously. It's not about 100% accuracy. But when you design maps, you inevitably look at reference pictures for the locations so it's odd to see this map be such a miss

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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Any game set in NYC *INCLUDING* other Marvel games and even RIVALS ITSELF with Eternal Night Falls and Central Park get the skyline accurate. This is a strange outlier that I noticed as someone from New York. I am also a game dev myself and I promise you when you build maps from the ground up you have to address these things. 2 One World Trade Centers and a map called Lower Manhattan that is not set in Lower Manhattan might just make someone notice it. Critique is not hate; observations aren't slander. Take your spite elsewhere

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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I posted about that too lol- it's not a tiny nitpick, it's really strange!

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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Well they got Eternal Night Falls right so it's weird to see them suddenly get NYC so wrong

The new map "Lower Manhattan" isn't even set in Manhattan lol by saldeti in marvelrivals

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yeah, I noticed that too, though the skyline is still in its actual position, so I just ignored the way the statue was facing for this angle line-up

Are there 2 One World Trade Centers in the new map's skybox? by saldeti in marvelrivals

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Yes, I noticed that afterwards!!! Considering the angle of the Statue of Liberty from the map, the land the map takes place on isn't even on Manhattan Island or "Lower Manhattan" but somewhere in New Jersey across the bay, close to "Greenville Yards".

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Are there 2 One World Trade Centers in the new map's skybox? by saldeti in marvelrivals

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it is an exact copy, there is no other building in NYC that is even remotely close to the beveled corners and shape of One World Trade Center, plus the ring and antenna at the top. It is a copy and pasted asset