{"id":2043267,"date":"2026-07-14T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043267"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:25:57","slug":"marvel-rivals-players-are-airing-their-frustrations-over-season-9s-excessive-visual-clutter-and-other-issues-making-it-difficult-to-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2043267","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals players are airing their frustrations over Season 9&#8217;s excessive &#8220;visual clutter&#8221; and other issues making it difficult to enjoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-rivals\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel Rivals<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Marvel Rivals players are airing their frustrations over Season 9&#8217;s excessive &#8220;visual clutter&#8221; and other issues making it difficult to enjoy<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Wear sunglasses while playing, it helps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Jubilee-in-Marvel-Rivals-S9.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Jubilee in Marvel Rivals S9 trailer\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Jubilee-in-Marvel-Rivals-S9.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>NetEase Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-14T16:25:57+00:00\">July 14, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-season-9-player-feedback?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c3dd765e-0a90-45dd-9648-c13fff8187a4\" data-name=\"Marvel Rivals\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Rivals\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Rivals\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" title=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel Rivals<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Marvel Rivals has only been around for 18 months or so, but already we&#8217;ve reached Season 9. And with it comes a narrative arc focusing on Marvel characters like Apocalypse, perfectly timed to coincide with X-Men &#8217;97&#8217;s season two. Marvel&#8217;s Rivals also welcomed fireworks-throwing mutant Jubilee a few days ago, and while many players are digging the new hero, the update that introduced her has been heavily criticised by fans.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t take much hunting on social media to find all sorts of clips in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/s9_marvel_rivals_chaos_be_like\/\">veteran players are being overwhelmed by a barrage of bright, colourful visual effects<\/a> &#8211; resulting from the ever-increasing roster of Marvel icons&#8217; various passive abilities and active skills. It seems readability in any teamfight involving more than a few characters is becoming an absolute nightmare. &#8220;Not defending it, frankly my eyes hurt looking at this. But it is funny and ironic that the clutter slop got amplified tenfold in a Jubilee season&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/comment\/oxfxxc7\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">one player wrote on the game&#8217;s subreddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Rivals - Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Z2R4Ricqq8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9Z2R4Ricqq8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Rivals &#8211; Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel Rivals &#8211; Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Z2R4Ricqq8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar complaints aren&#8217;t hard to find. &#8220;People will say &#8216;get good&#8217;, but I literally have no idea what&#8217;s going on,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/comment\/oxfzx7o\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">another player replied<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely insane to me that the majority of this sub think this is fine,&#8221; a Peni Parker main added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More concerns can be found on the subreddit&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/season_9_patch_day_share_your_feedback\/\">main Season 9 feedback thread<\/a>. &#8220;Sometimes the game is almost nauseating now, and I&#8217;m definitely not an epileptic or anything like that,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owuvay2\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">one user said<\/a>. &#8220;Played some matches today and I was genuinely miserable&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/ox2yt9c\/\">another added<\/a>. Moreover, players are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owr4lp0\/\">reporting the overabundance of effects<\/a> is making the framerate tank on pretty decent PC builds, so you have to wonder how the console versions &#8211; especially the PlayStation 4 port &#8211; are holding up.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;visual clutter&#8221; complaints are a recurring theme following the release of Marvel&#8217;s Rivals&#8217; latest update, there&#8217;s also the matter of team-ups &#8211; synergies between characters that add new abilities and passives. One player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owsj5rs\/\">called Season 9&#8217;s additions and reworks<\/a> &#8220;really frustrating&#8221;, and another &#8211; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw8qkc\/unless_you_play_opbroken_characters_new_season\/\">lengthy post detailing what they see as the troubling state of the game<\/a> &#8211; wrote, &#8220;With the amount of abilities getting spammed every second, the game turned into MMO Rivals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Over on Steam, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2767030\/Marvel_Rivals\/\">Marvel Rivals&#8217; recent reviews rating<\/a> has now plummeted to &#8216;Mixed&#8217;, and <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/2767030\/discussions\/\">the game&#8217;s forums<\/a> are full of complaints about crashes, performance issues, and wobbly balance. It looks like a case of adding too much too fast, causing the user experience to suffer. So the hope is the development team takes more care with the mid-season refresh, <a href=\"https:\/\/marvelrivals.gg\/season-9-roadmap\/\">which is currently planned for 7th August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Marvel Rivals has only been around for 18 months or so, but already we&#8217;ve reached Season 9. And with it comes a narrative arc focusing on Marvel characters like Apocalypse, perfectly timed to coincide with X-Men &#8217;97&#8217;s season two. Marvel&#8217;s Rivals also welcomed fireworks-throwing mutant Jubilee a few days ago, and while many players are digging the new hero, the update that introduced her has been heavily criticised by fans.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t take much hunting on social media to find all sorts of clips in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/s9_marvel_rivals_chaos_be_like\/\">veteran players are being overwhelmed by a barrage of bright, colourful visual effects<\/a> &#8211; resulting from the ever-increasing roster of Marvel icons&#8217; various passive abilities and active skills. It seems readability in any teamfight involving more than a few characters is becoming an absolute nightmare. &#8220;Not defending it, frankly my eyes hurt looking at this. But it is funny and ironic that the clutter slop got amplified tenfold in a Jubilee season&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/comment\/oxfxxc7\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">one player wrote on the game&#8217;s subreddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Rivals - Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Z2R4Ricqq8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9Z2R4Ricqq8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Rivals &#8211; Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel Rivals &#8211; Official Apocalypse | Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Z2R4Ricqq8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar complaints aren&#8217;t hard to find. &#8220;People will say &#8216;get good&#8217;, but I literally have no idea what&#8217;s going on,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw3anr\/comment\/oxfzx7o\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">another player replied<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely insane to me that the majority of this sub think this is fine,&#8221; a Peni Parker main added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More concerns can be found on the subreddit&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/season_9_patch_day_share_your_feedback\/\">main Season 9 feedback thread<\/a>. &#8220;Sometimes the game is almost nauseating now, and I&#8217;m definitely not an epileptic or anything like that,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owuvay2\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">one user said<\/a>. &#8220;Played some matches today and I was genuinely miserable&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/ox2yt9c\/\">another added<\/a>. Moreover, players are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owr4lp0\/\">reporting the overabundance of effects<\/a> is making the framerate tank on pretty decent PC builds, so you have to wonder how the console versions &#8211; especially the PlayStation 4 port &#8211; are holding up.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;visual clutter&#8221; complaints are a recurring theme following the release of Marvel&#8217;s Rivals&#8217; latest update, there&#8217;s also the matter of team-ups &#8211; synergies between characters that add new abilities and passives. One player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uskud0\/comment\/owsj5rs\/\">called Season 9&#8217;s additions and reworks<\/a> &#8220;really frustrating&#8221;, and another &#8211; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/marvelrivals\/comments\/1uw8qkc\/unless_you_play_opbroken_characters_new_season\/\">lengthy post detailing what they see as the troubling state of the game<\/a> &#8211; wrote, &#8220;With the amount of abilities getting spammed every second, the game turned into MMO Rivals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Over on Steam, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2767030\/Marvel_Rivals\/\">Marvel Rivals&#8217; recent reviews rating<\/a> has now plummeted to &#8216;Mixed&#8217;, and <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/2767030\/discussions\/\">the game&#8217;s forums<\/a> are full of complaints about crashes, performance issues, and wobbly balance. It looks like a case of adding too much too fast, causing the user experience to suffer. So the hope is the development team takes more care with the mid-season refresh, <a href=\"https:\/\/marvelrivals.gg\/season-9-roadmap\/\">which is currently planned for 7th August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals players are airing their frustrations over Season 9&#8217;s excessive &#8220;visual clutter&#8221; and other issues making it difficult to enjoy &#8220;Wear sunglasses while playing, it helps.&#8221; Image credit: NetEase Games News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on July 14, 2026 2 comments Follow Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals has only been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2043267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2043267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2043267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2043267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2043267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}