It’s only been 24 hours since I started playing marvel Snap, and like everyone else trying their hand at the free-to-play card battler, I am completely hooked on it. It’s easy, it’s colorful, it’s free – and it gives you plenty of opportunity to do so act like a total asshole in games without ever having to say a word. But sometimes I just want to say a word after a win – or more.
If my opponent snaps (doubles his bet that he’ll beat me) and I snap back and win, or if I guess correctly what move he’s going to make and stack my positions to get around that, I want to be able to rub it in their stupid small face. Marvel snap doesn’t really give me that luxury.
Players can communicate using rudimentary, comic-like zingers like “I don’t believe you” and “What just happened?!” or throw a Deadpool emote near their icons, but that’s not enough. There could be more emotes, more zingers, more ways to be a little annoying, a little star lordy, if you get my meaning.
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Technically, after winning a game, it’s possible to go back and look at the board and throw an emote. I’m not sure most players know you can do this, and the game’s UI is designed with the glowing Collect Rewards button beckoning you forward. The best time to throw a small spike at an enemy’s retreating back is towards the end of the game, and since the lobby doesn’t close immediately (you must select Collect Rewards to retreat), that should be clearer to you can hang out and rejoice for a moment.
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Marvel snap should also give us more sentences to throw out there; Imagine how angry you would make an enemy player if you played a “Fine, I’ll do it myself‘ after sweeping the board? And if you’re really brave, Second Dinner, give me a chance to type a quick little “ez” into a chat box like I’m playing surveillance 2. There aren’t any phrases that feel specific to post-game interactions, even with players sticking around. But if you don’t want to be a part of the back and forth, you can get out of there quicker than Quicksilver and have me emote into the abyss.
Perhaps this desire to taunt with emotes, or rejoice in my own words, is just a symptom of an FPS player entering the card battle space. This genre is fairly new to me, and in the days since I downloaded it I’ve been muttering taunts and curses to myself on the couch, on the subway, or at my desk.
It’s not like that Marvel snap Developers have not added anything some form of mockery and playfulness come into play – if used correctly during a match, a Deadpool emote can send me seething. And since the game’s creator also relies on the “Dickwad” behavior (see link above), we’re giving players a proper opportunity to indulge in some playful ribs after the dust settles and the dice are swapped.
