Marvel Rivals receives its first major update that fixes some of the most well-known bugs

Shortly after a successful launch, Marvel Rivals is already receiving fixes for some of the game's most pressing bugs, fixing many of the issues that were impacting an otherwise smooth initial launch. Developed and published by NetEase Games, Marvel Rivals quickly became one of the most popular games in the genre, competing with other popular hero shooters such as Surveillance 2. However, although the game has been successfully released, there are still some issues to be resolved.

As announced in Marvel Rivals website, the game received its first major patchwhich corrects many of the Rivals'most known technical problems. This includes fixes for some common crashing issues, freezes, and some notable gameplay bugs, such as issues with Black Widow and Captain America's ultimate abilities. Notably, a memory leak issue has been fixed on PC, and the patch does not include any balance changes for heroes, which will likely come in a later update.

Marvel Rivals' first update fixes several major issues

First major patch for Marvel Rivals fixes crashes and clipping issues

Just four days after the game's initial release Marvel Rivals had a quick response for its first patch, which hopefully means players can expect equally quick updates to resolve the game's remaining issues. Most notably, The patch aims to resolve players getting stuck or clipping geometry on certain mapswith the patch notes specifically highlighting Hell's Heaven and Symbiotic Surface, although the patch notes preamble states that “Further adjustments may still be necessary to fully resolve the issue“.

Aside from pressing technical issues like crashes and freezes, most of the update's other changes are relatively minor. The only change that affects a specific hero's balance, for example, is that terrain knockouts from Doctor Strange's portals no longer restore energy to him, although the patch notes also promise more changes to this issue in the future. Other changes in the patch mainly include relatively minor bug fixes, and larger issues will likely be resolved in a later patch.

Marvel Rivals still has issues for future updates to resolve

Some major issues still remain after the first Marvel Rivals patch

However, despite a relatively smooth launch and a quick turnaround in its first patch, Marvel Rivals still has some notable problemssome of which were not resolved by the latest patch. Connected players Redditresponding to the patch notes, noted that they are still experiencing crashes, freezes, and significant FPS drops when a specific ability, Doctor Strange's portal, is used. Game optimization also seemed to be a common issue, with some players noticing poor performance regardless of settings.

Additionally, while players and developers may want to let the game settle down before any significant balance changes are made, players have called out some heroes, most notably Iron Fist, as being especially overpowered, something that was not addressed in the patch. most recent. Hopefully future updates for Marvel Rivals will be able to solve more of the game's most pressing problems, and the game will cement itself as a mainstay of the hero shooter genre.

Sources: Marvel Rivals, SmashMouthBreadThrow/Reddit