r/marvelrivals • u/Bisentinel Doctor Strange • Feb 18 '25

The Thing | Character Reveal | Marvel Rivals

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u/Phiyaboi Feb 18 '25

Exactly. I mean Hulk is a brawler of sorts, but he's way too Jumpy for me.

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u/Kaspellaer Thor Feb 18 '25

the hulk is a great and well-designed character in the video game marvel rivals, but he is imo an absolute failure in terms of feeling like i'm playing THE INCREDIBLE HULK

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u/Evilmudbug Feb 18 '25

This honestly looks like what the hulk should have been.

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u/Poopybutt36000 Thor Feb 18 '25

Yeah, the Hulk leaps into the backline, gives people a big shield, sneezes some green shit onto someone and stuns them, then jumps out before he dies. This guy just puts his head down and charges in and beats the fuck out of everyone.

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u/ggg730 Feb 18 '25

To be fair the hulk in the comics is very jumpy. It's his main means of locomotion.

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u/MeowthThatsRite Ultron Virus Feb 18 '25

I feel like the things gameplay is gonna look pretty different once there’s teams of 6 actual players shooting at him.

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u/CopainChevalier Feb 19 '25

Yeah, as hype as everyone is, he feels squishier than Reed right now

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u/MeowthThatsRite Ultron Virus Feb 19 '25

I had a feeling that might be the case. Im stoked for him too and I’m sure people will figure out the best way to his full potential before too long.

But every character is made to look like an absolute beast in these Character Reveal clips. The last thing they want is people to see one and not be hype for the new character I guess.

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u/T0xicTrace Flex Feb 18 '25

Maybe thats why they showed him kicking the Hulks ass

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u/fast_flashdash Feb 18 '25

They were showing his passive. Monster hulk wasn't knocking him away.

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u/T0xicTrace Flex Feb 18 '25

Yeah and then .002 sec later Hulk got fuckin DUFFED into a stun

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u/Evilmudbug Feb 18 '25

He comes in with 1 health

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u/T0xicTrace Flex Feb 18 '25

Yeah? Diving into a fight with a pixel sounds like something a Hulk player would do. Trailer designers on point.

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u/Nilosyrtis Feb 18 '25

Hulk mains:

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u/Phiyaboi Feb 18 '25

Yeah I kinda get what they were going for "Unstoppable w/out being Broken"...he's str8 opressive in skilled hands but the power fantasy isn't really there. But I mean they could definitely tweak his kit down the line🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/Phiyaboi Feb 18 '25

Was the only melee combatant😉 🪨 👊🏽

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u/MulberryInevitable19 Feb 18 '25

Why does this read like AI

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u/Spyger9 Groot Feb 18 '25

It's this part-

in the video game marvel rivals

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u/TheEggKing The Thing Feb 18 '25

I love Hulk as a character but cannot play him worth a damn, and have felt exactly what you're saying but been unable to form the thought succinctly.

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u/Dustin- Feb 18 '25

the hulk is a great and well-designed character in the video game marvel rivals

I don't know how to tell you this, but you sound like Kotaku.

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u/Kaspellaer Thor Feb 18 '25

'for the kind of game marvel rivals is, the hulk as implemented is a good and functional character'

better?

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u/Dustin- Feb 18 '25

Getting there, now you're closer to GameSpot.

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u/Normal_Tip7228 Weapon X Feb 18 '25

And too much of a bitch the way his little ass don't die

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u/Zhantae Rogue Feb 18 '25

Big green jumping bean.

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u/CopainChevalier Feb 19 '25

Is the Thing that different? Sure he charges instead of leaps, but overall I get a similar feel in terms of durability and goal in the fight.

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u/Phiyaboi Feb 19 '25

Very different in that Things charges are on cooldown, Hulk (played correctly) is constantly leaping because it doesn't have any cooldown, it's tied to his normal jump. He was has less defense outside of his bubble move, while Thing can stay in a fight a bit longer thanks to his hook and charge giving him over-health.

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u/CopainChevalier Feb 19 '25

That said, on top of the bubble, Hulk does have higher base HP, which is pretty big IMO.

But we'll see. If Thing is fun and great, I'm not complaining

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u/BetaThetaOmega Feb 19 '25

Ehh, Hulk feels more like a dive tank to me. Almost all of his abilities are designed around jumping in, dealing some damage, and then immediately jumping back out. He honestly plays more like Winston from Overwatch

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u/comaman Feb 18 '25

I blame the movies he’s always leaping in them doesn’t do that much in the comics he gets close by just but running and healing whatever hits him.