OK, I take it back, Marvel Rivals is not an aggressively bad, unsalvageable mess—it might even be good

Let it not be said that I am too precious when it comes to my takes, or that I am an inflexible grump—for one of my last acts before I scoot off for my Christmas hols, I am going to admit that I misjudged a game. The game in question is the spandex-heavy Marvel Rivals, NetEase's gaudy hero shooter, which I called "aggressively bad" back in July. It is, in fact, fine. Good, even.

I really did hate my time with Marvel Rivals' beta back in the summer, but like the redeemed Ebenezer Scrooge...