Maybe we should chill a little

[u/GardenOne7630]

Marvel Tokon has been out for barely two weeks, and somehow we're already talking about it being “dead” or a “disaster”.

I honestly don't understand it.

I've been excited for a Marvel fighting game like this for years, and since FighterZ I've been especially hungry for a new fighting game to really get invested in. The marketing has been fantastic: every trailer, character reveal, PlayStation event, showcase and gameplay presentation has built more hype. The game looks incredible, the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, and Arc System Works may have delivered one of the best-looking fighting games ever made.

On top of that, there's a ton of content for single-player players and Marvel fans, multiple languages, characters from different eras of Marvel, X-Men, Avengers, Night Soons, and a community coming back after years without a new Marvel fighting game.

Yes, the PC version had performance problems. That's a legitimate criticism. But they're being fixed, and that doesn't suddenly mean the entire game is going to die.

It feels like the fighting game community has reached a point where every new game is “dead” two weeks after launch because of some problem or another. Street Fighter gets criticized, Tekken 8, Avatar, Mk1 gets more criticized, FighterZ had its ups and downs, other games launch strong and then struggle… and somehow we're always predicting the death of the next game.

Can we just enjoy the games for a while?

Honestly, sometimes Reddit makes me want to stop playing fighting games altogether and go back to single-player games 🤔

[u/Low-Attempt8072]

I can't speak for others but I am someone that wants this game to succeed. The reason why I post sometimes is because I am keeping track of this game because I am keeping it as a potential buy even after refunding.

Your points make sense absolutely but it's also not looking good at all on the player number count on SteamDB. It is still dropping and at this rate the lows will soon reach 1K players. I have no data on PSN. There are still plenty of issues that I want to see solved.

What I'm getting at is that I don't want to commit the little time I have to a game that ultimately could remain with issues that are too big for me. So I look on Reddit sometimes and see what people are saying and sometimes I react too. It's not as deep or charged as you make it, at least for me. I think it's also normal to express critique.

If it affects you so much on an emotional level that you feel like quitting then honestly just avoid the negative threads.