I’m a lifelong Marvel fan, and I’ve played Overwatch regularly since its 2016 launch, so I hope you can imagine how excited I was when I finally got my Marvel Rivals beta key. It’s a colorful team-based hero-shooter with all my favorite Marvel characters, so what could go wrong?

I spent nearly two weeks with NetEase’s answer to Overwatch and had a blast, but Marvel Rivals might be the most audaciously derivative game I’ve ever played.