Then again, the Marvel Rivals developers have the luxury of watching a similar game strike its own course and falter over the years. Overwatch had an incredibly strong start as a hero shooter. The opening cinematic — a museum fight where Tracer and Winston faced off against Reaper and Winston over the powerful Doomfist relic — was absolutely electrifying.

Good artists copy, great artists steal. That may in part explain the massive success of Marvel Rivals, very much an Overwatch clone.