Marvel Heroes was one of those few PC games I “port begged” for, one of those games you wish was on your gaming platform of choice and keeps you hopeful of it one day making its way over. I am happy to report that Marvel Heroes is now making its way to PS4 and Xbox One as Marvel Heroes Omega. Luckily console players have had the opportunity to get an early peak at the game via the closed beta which runs until the 16 May 2017. So how is it?

Marvel Heroes is a free to play MMO Action RPG. Basically it’s like playing Diablo in an MMO world. Loot is plentiful and characters are faithful to their comic book versions. On the topic of characters Marvel Heroes has quite an impressive roster. From popular names such as Cyclops, Wolverine and Thor to lesser known heroes such as Moon Knight, Magik and Angela. It even has the most OP character of all time, Squirrel Girl.

While the game is free to play you can buy currency in order to purchase new characters and costumes, however throughout the beta I never felt like I was pressured into buying anything. The game does give you currency and I was able to purchase an additional character during my time with the beta without needing to spend any actual money.



Technically, the game is not up to par at the moment as it suffers from a bit of slow down and frame skipping, but hopefully this changes when the game officially goes live. Even with these slight issues I cannot play this game without a smile on my face.

It’s a Marvel fans dream, getting to pick one of your favourite characters and running around a world with other players while using signature attacks to defeat mobs of enemies and eventually running into a big boss fight against foes like Doctor Doom or Mr Sinister. It’s an incredibly fun game to play with varied abilities that can get extremely deep at times.

Characters level up as they gain experience and learn new abilities. Abilities can change later down the line to the point where it becomes something completely different to what it once was. It was this mechanic in conjunction with the loot system that kept me coming back for more.

I played with quite a few characters as all characters are free to play up until level 10. If you want to take them past level 10 they need to be purchased, however this is plenty of time to see if they suit your style of play. Each character felt different and not just a copy/paste of something else.

There is a story but it’s nothing remarkable, in the end the game is all about the grind, getting your character to max level, getting the best possible equipment for the build of your choice and then pushing cosmic challenges which are basically just difficult dungeon type areas where you compete solo or with a team.



All in all I enjoyed my 20+ hours with the beta and I'm looking forward to the open beta where more players will be able to join without having to buy a founders back to get access and then the eventual full release of the game.

Marvel Heroes Omega will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One within the next few months and will be a free to play title. It has left a very positive impression on me and I look forward to the official release and hopefully playing with some readers.