MultiVersus – Rifts
Short-burst fun for lone players
INFO FORMAT PS5, PS4 PUB WB Games DEV Player First Games YEAR 2022
These days it can be pretty hard to find a bite-size game to hop in and out of and enjoy when you’ve got just 30 minutes or an hour spare. MultiVersus’ Rifts – singleplayer sequences of battles against AI, added as part of the game’s relaunch – has become a strong contender.
Each Rift has a theme. For example, Multiversal Mayhem! focusses on the
Joker, while Jason Vs Multiverse puts the eponymous serial killer in the centre of the frame. You’re rewarded for completing challenges, and if you’re a completionist that will definitely keep you coming back to the Rift. While the lower difficulties are way too easy, higher ones like ‘Crushing’, ‘Insanity’, and beyond do require quite a bit of strategy and skill.
Rifts provide the perfect balance of being memorable but not lasting so long that
you’ll feel trapped in the
game. You’ll never find yourself watching the clock tick down as you’re caught in a fight or cutscene right when you need to be doing something else, like leaving the house. With each fight being separate from the others, you can take on Joker or Bugs and simply leave if you don’t have time to finish the Rift off completely.
Then, upon returning, you can hop back in and spend an hour or so over a few evenings working your way through the current Rifts to earn some
The perfect balance of being memorable but not lasting so long that you’ll feel trapped.
rewards or just to enjoy the game’s excellent fighting mechanics. Because you can make it as challenging or as easy as you like, spamming attack buttons or trying to take on the AI on the highest difficulty, it’s a real ‘comfort food’ experience, and you will return for more.